Chapter 128: Kiln Gang Emergency Wireless Telegraphy

When crossing the Kaiyuan New River, Zhang Zhimu and others went ashore to visit the colleagues of the Kaiyuan New River Management Committee and the officers and soldiers guarding the Kaiyuan New River.

Of course, the managers and officers and soldiers here were happy, but what Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that they took out a telegram to Zhang Zhimu. It turned out that the communication brigade of Yaogang was still very efficient, and the telegraph had already been transmitted here.

Holding the telegram, Zhang Zhimu looked a little nervous. The telegram was sent by Chen Yufeng, telling the people here that they had met Zhang Zhimu and asked Zhang Zhimu to go back to the kiln as soon as possible, there was something important. Zhang Zhimu asked the people in the management committee here: "Your telegraph is in the mountains and the troops are still here?" ”

"In the troops. Our telegrams are also sent and received there. ”

Zhang Zhimu immediately went to the telegraph room of the troops on the mountain. This telegraph room is still very neat, the kiln gang sent two telegraph operators are there, they didn't expect Zhang Zhimu to come to them in person, usually there are no outsiders here, stand up and salute Zhang Zhimu, said: "Mr. Zhang is good!" ”

"Hello! Great work. Send a telegram to the kiln command center immediately. ”

"Yes, Mr. Zhang. Please! ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Command center, Uncle Chen:

I have arrived at Kaiyuan Xinhe and am here to send you a telegram. Excuse me, what's the urgent matter at home? Hurry back to the telegram, I am here to wait for your reply.

Chiki

August 20, 17th year of Chongzhen. ”

A telegraph operator finished recording the telegram dictated by Zhang Zhimu with a pen and handed it to Zhang Zhimu. After Zhang Zhimu took it and signed, he said, "Send it out immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The telegraph operator took the recorded telegram and began to tick it out.

After sending the telegram, Zhang Zhimu asked: "You use the latest telegraph, right?" ”

"Yes, it's something we produced after we trained it. We didn't have such a good transmitter when we trained! A telegraph operator said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Such a good equipment must be protected." ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu's words fell, the red light of the telegraph flashed, and there was a tick-tock call. The telegraph operator quickly answered and began to receive telegrams.

After receiving the telegram quickly, the telegraph operator quickly opened the telegram code book and translated the telegram. Then hand it over to Zhang Zhimu.

After Zhang Zhimu took the telegram, he signed it, and saw that the telegram read, "Zhimu: The situation is urgent." The Mongol tribes recruited by the Manchus began a large-scale offensive against the tribes of the Tori princes, who were unwilling to surrender. If they succeed, the killing of Hukou, Zhangjiakou, and Datong will all be threatened. Prince Tori is now waiting for our support. Please come back quickly to discuss the solution. Chen Yufeng. ”

After reading the telegram, Zhang Zhimu handed it to Ouyang He, who glanced at it and said, "Then let's not delay." Go to Tongguan to make arrangements, and go back immediately! ”

"Let's go! It seems that we can't afford to be a little more relaxed. Zhang Zhimu muttered and walked out.

When he came to the ship, Zhang Zhimu ordered the boat to start immediately. Little Hongyu and Princess Anping haven't had enough fun. Especially Princess Anping, it was as if she finally broke out of the cage. She and Xiao Hongyu came here to see everything fresh, and they were watching the tugboat drag a string of boats through the Kaiyuan New River. Zhang Zhimu and they honked their horns on the boat to urge them, and they reluctantly returned to the boat.

Back on the boat, Princess Anping said to Zhang Zhimu with some unhappiness: "Zhang Dongjia, why are you in such a hurry." Let's look at it for a while! ”

"No way! Something happened at home, and we had to rush back early. Zhang Zhimu said.

Princess Anping asked, "Are you in a hurry?" ”

"Sort of, let's come back when we have time!" Zhang Zhimu saw that the ship had already sailed, so he came to the cabin and told Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, and Lu Bingyi about the telegram from Chen Yufeng.

Lu Chengxiang said: "It seems that it will cost some silver again." ”

Ouyang He said: "I don't think it's a bad thing at all. Sooner or later, it's a matter of time on the Mongolian side. It's just that we didn't expect to hit them first, let's see this time. I don't think it's time to fight them. As long as we can resolve the immediate crisis. It is better for us to clean them up at the end and try to solve this great hidden danger in the north once and for all. The threat to our north has been around for thousands of years, and it is time to eradicate it. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "My idea is that we will send troops after our train passes through Kill Hukou and Zhangjiakou, and our transportation capacity has been greatly improved." And it's better to wait until our diesel engines are successfully developed, and we have armored vehicles. Then the cavalry of the steppe is like our prey. ”

Li Yunhe was very interested when he heard Zhang Zhimu talk about diesel engines and armored vehicles, "Mr. Zhang, what you said is to put the diesel engine on the car and take the car away, right?" ”

"yes. The diesel engine is small in size and has high power. We can weld a steel shell, people sit in it, and mount machine guns and artillery. If it is equipped with tracks, it will be invincible in the world. Zhang Zhimu said.

"What do you call a track?"

Zhang Zhimu knew that he had said a lot, and he had to explain, "You all saw the chain of the bicycle, right?" Let's say we widen the chain, let's say it's one and a half feet wide. The gear didn't go through, and we dropped the widened chain to the ground. One on the left and one on the left and one of the convoy, instead of the wheels, the drive chain is not on the go. ”

Li Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "If you have enough strength, you will definitely be able to walk." Let's go back and experiment with that diesel engine. I just don't know if Master Qingfengzi can refine kerosene. ”

Ouyang He seemed to be more interested in these new things, "Mr. Zhang, if the armored car you said can be done, let's do it as soon as possible." With that thing on the battlefield, it won't be a problem for us to deal with cavalry. If you want to attack the city, you can directly hit the bow and arrow. No bow and arrow can help our steel-hulled armored vehicles. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "That's it, you need a lot of coal tar at that time, right? ”

"That's what Mr. Lu said. We can later replace coal tar with fierce fire oil. Because the production of coal tar is limited after all. Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu wants to personally grasp this matter." Let's look for the department that is looking for mines, and look around where there is fierce fire oil. In fact, the fierce fire oil we use now flows out to the ground by itself. In some places, there is still a large amount of fierce fire oil underground. Since the pressure in the ground is very high, if we can drill a hole in the right place with a drill bit, the oil will come out on its own. Even if it doesn't pop up, we can pull it out. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Now we have no big problem with drill bits, and our tungsten steel production technology is very mature. All you need to do is get a drilling rig. However, I have heard that there is fierce fire oil in Yan'an, Shaanxi. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew in his previous life that there were some oil fields in Yan'an, "We have to find a way to implement this matter." If that's fine, we'll be able to pick up the oil later. That's a baby. ”

"It's not difficult, we issued a statement in the "Kiln Gang Weekly". Whoever is the first to point out to us the place where the oil is produced? After it is confirmed, the reward is ten taels of silver. Make sure someone comes back to earn the money. "Lu Chengxiang has a lot of ideas.

"Mr. Lu, you are too stingy. You don't know how important this thing is. When we go back, we will issue a statement that whoever can help us find the origin of the fierce fire oil will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. And if you find a place, you will appreciate it once. Zhang Zhimu said, "That's right." Mr. Lu, we need to set up a special department for this matter, which is called the Petroleum Exploration Department. We need to prepare ahead for the era of diesel and gasoline power. However, I know that there is a lot of oil in the ground over there at Yumen Pass. In the future, we will not only fight there, but also build the railroad there. There was a railroad to bring back the fierce fire oil there. ”

"Why is it called the Department of Petroleum Exploration?" Li Yunhe asked.

"Fierce fire oil is also called oil." Zhang Zhimu still has to explain.

Along the way, Zhang Zhimu and the others began to plan for a new era of power.

Liu Yun and Ning De had already received a telegram from Kaiyuan Xinhe in Tongguan, and after calculating the time, they waited at the Tongguan dock early.

Zhang Zhimu and his fleet landed at the Tongguan wharf, and Zhang Zhimu decided not to enter Tongguan. So Liu Yun and Ning De were invited to the ship.

Lu Chengxiang also met Lu Yun and them from the Tongguan branch on the dock.

Ouyang He briefed Liu Yun on the situation of exterminating the bandits in Hongze Lake and occupying several islands in the lake, and also told them about the decision to send out an additional regiment to form a new division on the side of Hongze Lake and appoint Shi Xiu as the division commander.

Liu Yun said: "Okay, we will arrange the team to go over immediately." But I think we have to add to the two regiments we drawn. ”

Ouyang He said: "Don't worry about this, we will arrange it." After our recruits are trained, you can transfer officers from other regiments and expand the number. It is necessary to ensure that each division is fully staffed. ”

"Liu Yun, you have to finish arranging the work here as soon as possible. It is very likely that the matter here will make General Ningde worry a lot, and you must have received a telegram from Uncle Chen here. The situation in the north is a bit tense. We need to go back and figure out how to deal with them. Zhang Zhimu said, "We won't stop." Rush back immediately. It's likely that the cavalry will have to be transferred back, and you guys are a little prepared. Zhang Zhimu said.

Ning De heard that there was a situation in the north and was very anxious, "Mr. Zhang, let me go to the north." I've always wanted to have a good fight with those Tartars. You can leave the matter here to anyone. Li Zicheng's people ran away from us. Those Hangu Pass and Shaanxi County were all left behind. We have sent a company of guards in each place, and the most important thing is that there is a telegraph there. We telegraphed once an hour, without anything. Ensure that the contact is unimpeded, and if you don't get through, there will be something. In fact, just leave a division here in Tongguan. ”

Liu Yun heard Zhang Zhimu leave immediately and said, "Mr. Zhang, there is one thing I want to tell you alone." Please come up to the pier. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Liu Yun must have something important, so he came to the dock with Liu Yun.

Liu Yun leaned close to Zhang Zhimu's ear and said, "Yangchang sent someone over to conduct a long-range telegraph experiment. Uncle Shi's telegram asked for strict confidentiality, and only General Ningde and I knew about it. Now I've heard that I can telegraph directly with the kiln. Do you want to take a look? ”

"Oh my God! Yangchang: The shortwave telegraph they made was connected. Zhang Zhimu was surprised and said, "Take me over to see them." Zhang Zhimu knew that if this thing was passed, the communication ability of the kiln gang would take a big step forward.

Liu Yun hurriedly led Zhang Zhimu towards Tongguan City. Li Jing and Yang Jing immediately got off the boat and followed. Everyone on the boat was talking, Zhang Zhimu was not in a hurry to go back, he didn't want to go ashore, how could he see Liu Yun say a few words, and followed Liu Yun away.

Ningde knew what was going on, but he couldn't say it now.

Yangchang sent a group of five people, as well as a squad of guards sent by Chen Yufeng. Liu Yun specially arranged a small courtyard with several rooms for them, with guards sent by Liu Yun outside, and guards from the experimental team inside. When they saw Liu Yun leading Zhang Zhimu here, they immediately saluted and put Zhang Zhimu and Liu Yun into the courtyard, but stopped Li Jing and Yang Jing. Li Jing and Yang Jing were just about to get angry, but Zhang Zhimu said, "You two stay outside." ”

Li Jing and Yang Jing are so depressed, is there still a place where the two of us can't get into Yaogang. The angry Li Jing shouted to Liu Yun: "Senior brother! I remember today. ”

Liu Yun smiled and said to Zhang Zhimu: "This little rabbit cub feels faceless today." ”

"Leave them alone." Zhang Zhimu said: "This matter is kept as secret as possible. ”

The people in the experimental team were overjoyed to see Zhang Zhimu come in, and the team leader said excitedly: "Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect you to come." We succeeded, and the telegram from here to the kiln was no different from a cable telegraph. I think if I go back and change it, there should be no problem with voice calls. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Congratulations! Your success has taken our communications business a step further. ”

Zhang Zhimu went over to shake hands with them one by one and congratulated them one by one, and asked, "Can you send a wireless telegram to Yangchang and them?" ”

"No problem!"

"Good! Please record. Yangchang and all colleagues who participated in the development of short-wave telegraphs. Congratulations on your great success! Please give credit to your colleagues who have participated in the development according to the size of your contribution. Our company will also give them awards. I hope that you will make persistent efforts to improve and improve the experimental equipment, so that they can be mass-produced as soon as possible. Thoroughly improve our communication level and make a greater contribution to our cause!

Zhang Zhimu

August 9, 17th year of Chongzhen. ”

The telegraph operator finished sending the telegram tick-tock, and after a while, he received a call back from Yangchang and them. Mainly thanks to Zhang Zhimu for encouragement and the like.

Zhang Zhimu said to Liu Yun: "We are likely to send troops to the Mongolian steppe outside the Great Wall. It's so convenient with a telegram. ”

"We could install a telegraph on each of our ships, and it would have been too convenient to command the naval battle at that time." Liu Yun thought of the water army.

"If your experiment is done. Give my boat back right away. Zhang Zhimu said to the leader of the experimental group.

"That's it! We'll go back with you. Wait a minute, we'll just put away the antenna outside. Originally, we were going to finish today, and everything else was put away. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked: "Can you use the machine for your experiment?" ”

"It's okay to harden it. When we designed it, we took into account the use of it on the back of future generations. We're still a bit heavy now, but it's not too much for such valuable equipment to have a special carriage, right? The leader of the experiment said.

"Well said! We can specialize in a kind of communication vehicle for field use, and we can also build a mast with automatic lifting of the antenna on the car. Zhang Zhimu thought of the communication vehicle in his previous life.

After the experimental team packed their things into several large boxes, Zhang Zhimu and Liu Yun took them out of the small courtyard.

Li Jing and Yang Jing at the door saw Zhang Zhimu and them coming out, Li Jing's eyes were sharp, and she said to Yang Jing: "Why are Uncle Shi's guards here?" ”

Li Jing and Yang Jing immediately understood that there was a reason why this courtyard did not let them in. Because Chen Yufeng's guard soldiers were all personally selected by him, it was impossible to send them without major matters.

The group came to the ship again with their things, and the flotilla sounded the whistle and set sail again.

The people on the boat knew that Zhang Zhimu must have something important to bring back a group of people from ashore. Zhang Zhimu didn't say it, and no one asked about it.

Waiting for the boat to leave the Yellow River and enter the Fen River, Zhang Zhimu came to the deck and watched the crops on both sides of the river with a bumper harvest in sight. Xiao Hongyu came over and asked, "Mr. Zhang, what are you doing mysteriously?" ”

"Your curiosity is heavy." Zhang Zhimu said: "However, I can't say it. Confidentiality is required. ”

"Humph! Keep it a secret from me. ”

Then another voice said, "Why don't I keep it a secret from you?" You're not the head of the company. "It was Princess Anping who pretended to be dissatisfied.

"Things that don't need to be made public, and they should also be kept secret from the company's leaders. This confidentiality system has nothing to do with trust or distrust. Zhang Zhimu said.

The two women together began to bicker on one side again.

Zhang Zhimu saw that Ouyang He also came out, walked over and said, "Mr. Ouyang, great news." The person I brought back just now was an experimental team sent by Yangchang. They experimented with wireless communication between Tongguan and Yaogang. Now the wireless telegraphy in the two places has been successfully tested. ”

"Really? No wonder I saw Mr. Chen send out his guards. It seems that this matter cannot be overly secreted. Ouyang He said.

"Just now I personally asked them to send a congratulatory telegram to the kiln gang, and they immediately replied with a telegram, and I received it."

"Oops! If only I could go out on a northern expedition this time, I would have taken a telegram with me. Ouyang He immediately thought of this northern expedition.

I asked. They said they could take it with them if they went back and reinforced it. My idea is that we will specialize in a communication vehicle. Install the radio station and the power generation equipment in one car. A liftable antenna should also be installed on the car. In this way, our brigade has a car that can maintain communication with our family. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's better to get one on a horse. Sometimes the troops are divided and there are no roads for vehicles to pass, so they can keep in touch at any time if they can bring a radio station. Ouyang He thought about it more carefully, "It's too convenient to fight now." ”

"Take your time, as I told you, in the future, every infantry company will fight without a telephone, and it will not exceed two years." Zhang Zhimu said.

"I understand better now, why Mr. Zhang tried his best to disagree with the public, and did not immediately expand after beating Li Zicheng, but to shrink. You are right when you say that time is in our favor. If we are not in a hurry, our strength will develop faster and faster, and when it reaches a certain point in the future, there will be many places where we don't need to fight, and they will come back to themselves. Ouyang He said, "However, when you entered Tongguan just now, General Ningde said that the news they received was. Li Zicheng: They are also learning the lessons of failure. They can't make muskets, but they are making a lot of our kind of ignition **. They know how powerful it is. ”

"It doesn't matter, wait until our armored vehicles are built. Their kind of ** can't help us. Again, we are not in a hurry. Zhang Zhimu said.

"And yes! Mr. Zhang, when I saw Mr. Chen's telegram, I was thinking. Now Prince Tori is waiting for us to help at the kiln. I think we have to send troops this time anyway, and with our weapons and the level of training of our soldiers, it shouldn't be a problem to win a few battles. Why don't we just stick our hands out this time. We have been defending against the threat to the north for thousands of years, and this time we might as well use our advantage to fight the Great Wall. We put forward a condition: it is okay to send troops, but we want to put the Hetao area under our ownership. It's a good place to rely on the Yellow River for irrigation. If we manage it. We are completely self-sufficient in our food problems. Ouyang He thought long-term.

"Mr. Ouyang He's idea is exactly what I want. You see us coming along the Yellow River, and you see how many slender men along the coast have nothing to do. They didn't last long. If we take the Loop, we can encourage immigration. We were responsible for sending each of the immigrants to the place, and no one gave them five taels of silver, and three people gave them a cow. If the whole family goes, we should encourage it more. We can be tax-free for three years, and we can provide free seed fertilizer. Zhang Zhimu completely agreed with Ouyang He's idea.

At this time, Lu Chengxiang saw Zhang Zhimu and Ouyang He talking about Zhenghuan, and came over to ask: "What are you happy about, come and listen!" ”

Ouyang He said what they thought, and Lu Chengxiang said, "Okay! The Loop is a great place. There used to be an old saying, 'The Yellow River is harmful, but only one is rich'. If we want to gain a foothold there, we will send troops over. The army can be used as cadres. Impose martial law. The key is to resettle the migrants well. ”

"When our train reaches Niutou Mountain, our steel production will also increase greatly. We will not care about other places, but also build the railway to the Hetao area. At that time, the northern Xinjiang will be worry-free. Zhang Zhimu not only thought about the grain fields there, but also thought that it was a rare earth base in his previous life. With rare earths, the future development of the electronics industry is very favorable.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhimu had been to Baotou several times, but the environment in Baotou was already very bad. Zhang Zhimu thought that if he took it now, he would definitely protect the environment while the environment had not been too badly damaged.

Zhang Zhimu and his fleet went upriver along the Fen River and arrived at Lingshui Wharf in more than two days. Before the boat docked, Zhang Zhimu felt very down-to-earth in his heart.

What Zhang Zhimu didn't expect was that Chen Yufeng and Yang Yulin took Xiaoqing and Xiaohu to Lingshui Wharf to pick them up.

As soon as Zhang Zhimu stepped on the dock, he said to Chen Yufeng, "Uncle Chen, why did you let you pick us up here." ”

"It's so convenient to get here now, just take a boat. When I heard that you were coming back, I couldn't stay in the kiln. Chen Yufeng said.

After talking to Chen Yufeng, Yang Yulin came over with the two children, Zhang Zhimu went over and hugged Xiaoqing and Xiaohu and kissed him and said, "You didn't go to school today to pick me up?" ”

"No, today is Sunday, and my aunt said she was coming to pick you up, so we followed." Xiaoqing said.

After talking to the children, Zhang Zhimu said to Yang Yulin: "You also came here to pick me up, did you miss me?" Zhang Zhimu's words made Xiaoqing and Xiaohu stick out their tongues.

Yang Yulin looked happy and said, "I'm here to see, did you let someone else abduct you?" ”

Zhang Zhimu was a little sour when he heard it, and said, "Are you from Qingxu?" Why does it smell like old vinegar? ”

"Who's jealous again?" Little Hongyu and Princess Anping are here.

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Five-line scores, oscillating circuits, caesarean sections. Guo Shoujing made alloy cannons, and Guan Hanqing created "Journey to the West". --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".