With regard to Cheng Gong's suggestion that he personally invite him to visit the Donghua Ministry of National Defense and the Donghua Imperial Navy, Army, and Air Force Joint Command and Operation Control Center, Stalin certainly knew that this was the intention of the young emperor of the Donghua Empire to show him the military strength of the Donghua Empire, and to tell the Soviet Union that although the Donghua Empire was established for a short time, it definitely stood in the top position in the world militarily.

Stalin not only gladly accepted this kind of overture, which would enhance strategic and political mutual trust between the two countries, strengthen the relations between the two countries and the armed forces, and promote cooperation between the two countries and the two armies, but was also full of expectations.

This is because in the East and Soviet Union's comprehensive cooperative partnership, the cooperation between East and the Soviet Union in the military field has a special and important position, and is an important content and support point for the comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

On July 31, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the People's Commissariat of the Soviet Union, and Supreme Commander of the Soviet Red Army, accompanied by Cheng Gong, Emperor Jincheng of the Donghua Empire, visited the Donghua Ministry of Defense.

This was the first time that a foreign head of state had visited the Donghua Ministry of National Defense, and the Donghua Empire and the military attached great importance to it.

In the morning, the military flag fluttered on the square at the main entrance of the Pentagon of the Ministry of National Defense of the Donghua Empire, and the salute soldiers stood majestically.

At nine o'clock, Stalin and Cheng Gong arrived at the scene by car.

Jiang Fangzhen, Minister of Defense of the Donghua Empire, warmly greeted Stalin in front of the Pentagon and held a grand welcoming ceremony for Stalin. Amid the majestic military music, Stalin, accompanied by Cheng Gong, inspected the honor guard of the three armed forces of the Donghua Royal Navy and Army. The military band played the national anthems of the two countries.

After the welcoming ceremony, Stalin met with Chiang Fangzhen, First Deputy Minister of National Defense and Commander of the Royal Army Sun Fumin, Commander of the Royal Navy Chen Jiliang, Commander of the Royal Air Force Gao Zhihang, and other senior generals of the Imperial and Military Empire of Donghua.

During the cordial talks between the guest and the host, Stalin said that he was very pleased and honored to be the first foreign head of state to visit the Ministry of Defense of the Donghua Empire, which was suggested by His Majesty the Emperor Jincheng of the Donghua Empire, and I believe that this activity is conducive to enhancing strategic and political mutual trust between the two countries, strengthening the relations between the two armies, and promoting exchanges and cooperation between the two armies.

Stalin pointed out that in the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the East and the Soviet Union, cooperation between the two countries in the military field occupies a special and important position. It is an important content and support for the strategic cooperation between the two countries. I sincerely hope that in the next cooperation, the Donghua Royal Navy, Army and Air Force and the Soviet Red Army can carry out exchanges and cooperation, and carry out military technical training cooperation among high-level visiting personnel.

In particular, Stalin stressed that the world today is facing a moment of crisis when the Second World War broke out in full, and the pattern of international peace has been disrupted. In the face of the complex and ever-changing international situation, the two countries should strengthen coordination and cooperation and jointly face various threats and challenges from the Axis powers and the Allied Powers.

It is hoped that the units of the Royal Navy and Army of Donghua and the Red Army of the Soviet Union will conscientiously implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, make better plans for exchanges and cooperation between the national defense and armed forces of the two countries, promote deeper and broader development of relations between the two armed forces, and contribute to safeguarding the common interests of the two countries and promoting world peace and stability.

Jiang Fangzhen extended a warm welcome to President Stalin's visit to the Donghua Ministry of National Defense. He said that Chairman Stalin was the first foreign head of state to visit the Donghua Ministry of National Defense and the Donghua Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force Joint Operations Command Center, which fully demonstrated the high level and special nature of the comprehensive cooperative partnership between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

The current international situation does not allow for optimism, and the flames of war in Europe and Asia are spreading everywhere, involving more countries and regions. As a comprehensive cooperative partnership, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe should strengthen military exchanges and cooperation and safeguard the common security and international strategic balance between the two countries.

After the meeting, Cheng Gong and Stalin, accompanied by Jiang Fangzhen, went to the Donghua Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force Joint Operations Command and Control Center.

The three huge LCD screens on the three walls of the Joint Finger Center immediately stunned Stalin and Alexander Ilyich Egorov, chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army.

Although I have long heard that the Donghua Empire has a very magical wall-type giant display screen, and can be used as a relay station by the air early warning aircraft to play audio and video images in real time, but rumors are hearsay, and I really experienced this kind of symbolizing the world's most cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements at the scene, and the strong shock in my heart is by no means depicted by pen and ink.

For television sets and films, Stalin was certainly no stranger to them. However, how can the kind of black-and-white TV and movies with not very clear images be compared to the large high-definition color LCD screen.

Although Stalin and Yegorov behaved like Grandma Liu walking into the Grand View Garden, the young officers and women who were on combat readiness duty at the Joint Command Center all stood up solemnly and saluted Cheng Gong and Stalin.

"These are personal computers, which are one of the highest scientific and technological achievements of our Donghua Empire, and we call them computers." Jiang Fangzhen pointed to the desktop personal computers with big heads on the work seat, and proudly introduced: "All these computers form the central nervous system of the joint index center!" ”

Stalin stared wide-eyed at the image on a color table display and muttered: "Is the computer a brain made of electron tubes?" ”

"Mechanical computers have been born for more than 300 years, but electronic computers have just been born for less than ten years." Cheng Gong said in a vague manner: "Comrade Stalin, it is quite intuitive to use the term 'brain composed of electron tubes' to describe the electronic computer we invented. It's just that this kind of low-level computer is still relatively backward now, and there is still a big gap between it and the high-end computer in my mind. ”

Cheng Gong's eyes were full of smug looks, and Stalin was so depressed that he couldn't wait to spray his face.

How much cloth is there! How much cloth is there! How much cloth is there!

Stalin secretly shouted several Soviet scoldings in his heart. If this is still said to be backward, then our great Soviet is not in the Stone Age!

Next to a computer, Stalin watched as a young and beautiful female officer of the Donghua Royal Navy tapped her fingers on a mechanical disk.

The identification on each health position on this kind of mechanical health plate is obviously an Arabic numeral, why is it that it has become a Chinese character in the display screen?

"Comrade Stalin, it seems necessary for me to give you a simple science popularization." Cheng Gong introduced with a smile: "Electronic computers are composed of hardware and software, and there is no hardware but no software, and this kind of electronic computer is no different from mechanical computers.

Supplementing an electronic computer with various application software is like injecting soul and life into a computer. This kind of program is that we use the principle of Yongzi Eight Laws invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China to disassemble and subdivide all Chinese characters to form an eight-digit binary code and compile the Donghua Standard Information Exchange Code, referred to as DSCII.

This is a set of computer coding systems based on Chinese characters, which is mainly used to display various languages such as modern Chinese and English. It is the most versatile single-byte encoding system available today and has been recognized as the ISO/IEC 646 standard by the International Organization for Standardization.

At present, our computer experts have written some relatively simple application software with DSCII code, such as office computing software, financial software, statistical software, communication software and so on. Unfortunately, due to the limited production of micron-scale germanium tubes used in this electronic computer, its manufacturing cost is too high to be popularized and promoted. ”

It's no wonder that Cheng has made the entire capitalist world revolve around the Donghua Empire! They can use a large number of electronic computers to replace manual work!

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I wonder how expensive such an electronic computer is?" Stalin asked curiously.

"That's about 45.89 tons of gold!" Cheng Gong did not hesitate to offer a sky-high price.

When Stalin heard this, he was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.

Such an inconspicuous electronic computer is equivalent to the cost of a battleship!

(To be continued.) )