Chapter 415: The Age of Automation
The Ottoman Empire collapsed in World War I, leaving a huge power vacuum, and the British took advantage of the situation to get the territory in the Middle East that originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire into their own hands, but the British have now begun to decline badly, and their strength is no longer enough to maintain a large colonial empire.
However, the British Empire is still self-aware, and they clearly see their own crisis, so Britain chose to end the era of the British Empire with dignity, and now Britain is brewing to loosen its control over the colonies, allowing the colonies to have independent powers, but sovereignty still belongs to the British Crown.
In the original history, Britain passed the Westminster Statutes in 1931 and formally established the British Commonwealth, in the current time and space, Britain has been weakened even more, especially the Northern Burma Campaign has exposed the decline of the British army, and the centrifugal tendency of the colonies is becoming more and more serious, I believe that it will not be long before the British Empire will become a loose Commonwealth.
Of course, as an old man, the British Empire will not be so honest, what he has to do is to mix sand and stumble in the colonies, so that the colonies fall into infighting, and the British become high-ranking mediators, only in this way can the life of the British Empire be extended to the greatest extent.
The British want to let the Jews and Arabs fight together, and then profit from it, the Jews are not stupid, they clearly see through the British plan, but the desire for the restoration is overwhelming, a large number of Jews are still desperate to emigrate to Palestine, they want to work hard to build their own country in the future.
However, now the Arabs still occupy the majority in Palestine, and the conflict between them and the Jews is also intensifying, with bloody casualties every day, if there is a well-trained army at this time, the Jews can change the unfavorable situation, and they can also cultivate armed forces for the future, so Qiao Yu's condition can be said to be in the hands of Ben-Gurion, and he has decided to take the army into his hands regardless of everything.
"Mr. Gurion, there are quite a few troops of three thousand. Will you be able to settle it? ”
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, rest assured. Although the Jews do not have a state, the Jewish power is still not to be underestimated, and there is no problem at all in arranging these troops! ”
Qiao Yu nodded slightly, "Mr. Gurion, you Jews know how to do business the most, how much do you say these three thousand people are worth?" ”
Ben Gurion heard Qiao Yu's blunt words and wanted to negotiate terms with himself. He couldn't stop beating the drum in his heart, although he was full of words, but in the Zionist Organization, he was still just a junior and didn't have much influence, if Qiao Yu made any excessive requests. I'm afraid he won't be able to agree, but at this juncture, he can't help but retreat.
"Your Excellency the President, we can contribute 30 million US dollars, and we will hand over all the training and weapons supply of the army to China in the future, what do you think?"
One mouth is 30 million, and the Jews are really powerful. However, Qiao Yu obviously wouldn't be tempted by a little money. Therefore, he said: "Mr. Gurion, you have misunderstood. Money doesn't mean much to me, and I hope that your Jewish organizations can help me get these technologies, and that's the most important thing! ”
Ben Gurion suddenly felt a little embarrassed, it is true that the Chinese president who holds great power will not be tempted by a little money, what he hopes most is how to improve the strength of the country, and now it is very normal to propose to let the Jews help with technology.
However, the things listed by Qiao Yu above are more important, there are three in total, the first is the latest nuclear physics research results, no one knows the power of the atomic bomb better than Qiao Yu, so Qiao Yu has already started to arrange, but it is really not so simple to produce nuclear weapons, it takes a lot of energy to do basic research in the early stage, and Qiao Yu does not know much except that uranium-235 can be used as a raw material, plus China's basic science is weak, It is undoubtedly best to be able to absorb international gains as soon as possible.
Ben-Gurion has not yet realized the importance of nuclear physics, thinking that this item is nothing, the Jews can easily get it, and the next two items make him a little difficult, the second is die forging press technology, in large equipment and important equipment, such as power stations, steel rolling, petroleum, shipbuilding, aerospace, weapons and so on need to use large forging parts, so the level of forging press is an important indicator reflecting a country's industrial technology and defense industry.
It can be said to be the most critical large-scale equipment, in terms of forging presses, there is no doubt that the Germans went the farthest, before the outbreak of World War II, only Germany and Britain built more than 10,000 tons of large forging presses, but the British only 12,000 tons, compared to Germany's 30,000 tons of worse is too much, as for the United States is even worse.
At the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union carved up Germany's forging press technology, which led the world, of course, Germany has not built more than 10,000 tons of forging presses, but their technical reserves in this area have reached a very amazing extent.
Although Germany has in-depth cooperation with China, it is still reluctant to take out the ability to take care of the house, and only helped China build two 500-ton forging presses, and China's current aviation industry is developing rapidly, and it is ready to design an all-metal monoplane fighter, how can it be done without a forging press!
Therefore, Qiao Yu has to make an idea from the Jews, let these Jews with hands and eyes help him, and the third thing that Qiao Yu is most concerned about is the automated production line technology, entering the twentieth century, human beings have developed a semi-automatic production line, which has greatly improved production efficiency.
But compared to the automated production line, the semi-automatic production line is still too slow, and the first to make a breakthrough is the British, Coventry, a small car company Morris Motors took the lead in developing an automated cylinder processing line, the whole production line is 56 meters long, driven by 53 electric motors, workers only need to operate according to the program, an average of four minutes can be manufactured a cylinder, the accuracy can also reach a very high level!
This speed is more than five times faster than the current world automotive field overlord Ford, China's current demand for engines is quite amazing, the development of northeast China requires a large number of agricultural machinery, the army to carry out mechanized construction, the need for a large number of motor vehicles, gradually wealthy Chinese also need their own automobile industry, so the automated production line is very important.
More importantly, this is just the beginning, with this technology, the Chinese only need to figure it out and eat it thoroughly. More automated production lines can be developed. To comprehensively improve China's industrial level, you must know that China's leadership system is different from that of foreign countries!
For example, the Morris Company has such a good technology, they cherish it and keep it strictly secret, and after China gets this technology, it will be greatly promoted in the national field and concentrate the strength of the whole country to promote industrial progress.
After taking a closer look at these three items. Ben Gurion was not too surprised, these techniques prescribed by Qiao Yu must be very critical, Ben Gurion was not sure to do it, but for the Jewish consortium with eyes and hands, it is not too difficult to do, as long as some money is used, there is still power. I'm not afraid of not being able to get something.
Jews are the least patriotic people, if they say love, it is only Israel that has not yet been established, and they don't really care about the impact that China will have on the world when it gets these technologies!
"Your Excellency, I can't meet your conditions yet, but I will convince the upper echelons of the Zionist Organization as soon as possible to help you get everything you need!"
"Mr. Gurion. Tell your superiors. China will provide greater support if necessary. The rest is up to you guys! ”
After Qiao Yu explained a few words, he sent Ben Gurion away, Jiang Baili was silent all the time, and after watching Ben Gurion leave, he said: "President, can the Jews get those technologies?" That is the key factor in the rapid improvement of China's industrial level, and I am a little worried about putting hope in these people! ”
"Brother Baili, the power of the Jews is far greater than imagined, not to mention a few technologies, even the president of the United States, they want to catch up with the way, the key is whether there are interests they are interested in!"
There are not a few presidents who have been assassinated in the history of the United States, even the famous Lincoln has not escaped the poison, if it is a complete coincidence behind this, I am afraid no one will believe it, but this is only the tip of the iceberg of the Jews, the world has been accompanied by periodic economic crises since the beginning of the industrial age.
For ordinary people, every time it is a tragic experience of bankruptcy, and for financial conglomerates, every time is a feast for sheep shearing, they are getting more and more inflated, and a huge shadow has enveloped most of the Western world.
"President, these Jews have such an influence, it is terrible, and China has to guard against it!"
Qiao Yu didn't know the terrible Jews, but at present, China's capital power is far from mature, and it can't fight hard, so it can only accumulate strength steadily.
"Brother Baili, this time I value the most automated production line, as long as we build one, we can produce 100,000 tractors a year to produce the engines needed, for China's industry will be a revolutionary technological breakthrough!"
In the industrial age, countries competed for production capacity, and this was most evident in World War II, when both Germany and Japan outfought their opponents in combat, especially under the domination of frenzied expansionist aggression, and these soldiers seemed to have no regard for life and death.
Advanced tactics, well-equipped, and excellent soldiers enabled the fascist side to sweep the world, but after surviving the early stage of the war, the terrifying production capacity of the United States and the Soviet Union broke out, and it was hard to rely on the endless production capacity to completely crush the invincible Germans, and Japan was completely finished, so it can be said that World War II is the ultimate competition in production capacity!
How could Qiao Yu, who had already seen through this, ignore this problem, Jiang Baili also attached great importance to it, at this stage, there is not much difference between the territory of tanks and tractors, as long as the factory that produces tractors is slightly transformed, tanks can be produced.
As long as China builds a few such production lines, then it will be able to supply tanks almost unlimitedly, coupled with China's huge population, once combined together, a huge steel torrent will be formed, and I am afraid that no one will be able to resist!
"President, technological progress is too fast, and the role of generals is getting lower and lower, but what a good person, as long as the industrial strength of the country he serves is backward, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win!" Jiang Baili actually had some depression between his words. (To be continued.) )