Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Young man, I think your teacher must have envisioned a flying machine that surrounds the earth, right?" ”

Herbert said: "My teacher did conceive of such a flying machine, but it was not my teacher's idea, which was conceived when Sir Newton published the law of gravitation, and Sir Newton called it a 'satellite.'" ”

Lin Yuan then asked, "Then have you ever thought about what this kind of satellite can do?" ”

Herbert was stunned and looked at Lin Yuan in surprise, the satellite is also one of the secret equipment being developed by Germany, Herbert saw Lin Yuan suddenly ask this question, and didn't know how to answer.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Do you want to keep it a secret?" There is no need to keep it secret, I know what the satellite is used for, it is nothing more than communication, reconnaissance and positioning, whether you can develop it or not I don't know, but our satellite will soon be in the sky. ”

Herbert was surprised and asked, "So what are your satellites for?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "It is for communication, the first batch of three launches, located in sun-synchronous orbit, with these three satellites, our global communication capability has been greatly improved." ”

Herbert's eyes widened in surprise and he didn't speak, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Tomorrow is the launch window, but unfortunately, our launch base is located in the Kalimantan Island Autonomous Region, too far away from Beijing, we can't go to the scene to see." ”

Lin Yuan laughed heartily after speaking, and Swart asked at this time, "Why did you get the satellite launch base to Kalimantan Island?" ”

Lin Yuan pointed at Herbert with a smile and said, "You can explain this problem to him." ”

Herbert said to Swat: "That's right, the lower the latitude of the place where the satellite is launched, the better, and the latitude of Kalimantan is very low, so it is appropriate to launch a satellite there." ”

Schwart nodded, he looked at Herbert with an embarrassed face, but Lin Yuan was talking and laughing freely, knowing that their weapons did not scare Lin Yuan at all, he felt a sense of loss in his heart, he coughed lightly, and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, let's go back to negotiations, don't you plan to sell Poland?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, I don't plan to sell Poland." ”

Schwarter frowned and said, "Is there no room for concession at all?" ”

Lin Yuanyan nodded, and Swart sighed lightly and said, "Then we have nothing to discuss, let's stop today's meeting." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, let's stop here, what are your plans next?" If nothing else, stay and watch the live broadcast of the satellite launch. ”

Herbert's face showed excitement and anticipation, but Swart's face was expressionless, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Alright then, we'll stay." ”

After Schwarter said this, he briefly exchanged a few words with Lin Yuan, and then took Herbert out of the Purple Light Pavilion, and on the way back to the embassy, Schwarter asked Herbert: "I don't know much about technology, didn't you talk about missiles at the beginning today?" How do you talk about it and talk about the satellite? ”

Herbert replied: "Ballistic missiles are actually launch vehicles plus warheads, and if you replace the warheads with satellites, launching missiles becomes launching satellites, so we talked about satellites from ballistic missiles." ”

Schwarter then asked, "What about China's missile technology?" How does it compare to us? ”

Herbert shook his head and sighed: "We can't compare with China, China has been able to launch satellites, we don't have this ability now, Lin Yuan also said that they launch three satellites at a time, I guess Lin Yuan must mean to launch three satellites with one rocket, it's amazing!" ”

Schwarter was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with launching three satellites with one rocket?" Is there anything hard? ”

Herbert explained: "It's called 'one shot with multiple satellites,' and it's difficult, but it has a lot of military significance, because if you replace satellites with warheads, you can attack multiple cities at once." ”

Schwarf nodded, did not speak, returned to the embassy, and informed the German Emperor Wilhelm II of the news of the failure of the negotiations by radio, Wilhelm II immediately invited Schlieffen and showed Schlieffen the telegram to Schlieffen, who said without thinking about it: "Your Majesty, we must not hesitate at all, we should immediately withdraw our troops from those places and stick to Poland." ”

Wilhelm II sighed and said, "What a pity! So much land, more than 500 kilometers of buffer zone! ”

Schlieffen said helplessly: "The fiasco of the Fourth and Fifth Heavy Divisions has already told us, it is not possible to fight like this, there is no industry in these places, the railways are not developed, and the logistics and supplies cannot keep up, which is very unfavorable to us, and we can only retreat to Poland." ”

Wilhelm II thought for a moment and said: "Well, I'll listen to you, withdraw all the troops in those places, but don't withdraw now, and wait until the Chinese army attacks." ”

Schlieffen agreed and began to prepare a plan.

The next day, on April 7, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Yuan invited Herbert and Schwart to Ziguang Pavilion, and said with a smile: "According to the calculations of our experts, 6 o'clock in the evening today is the launch window, and the satellite will be launched at that time. ”

Schwarter was stunned for a moment and asked, "Watch the live broadcast?" What do you think? There's no such thing as a TV in China. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Our TV can't receive video signals from so far away, and when we have communication satellites, we can only listen to the radio." ”

Lin Yuan said and asked an attendant to bring a radio, put it on the table, adjusted it for a while, and the announcer's loud voice came from the radio: "Listeners and friends, this is the Central People's Radio, and now we will broadcast the ......launch of the 'Jade Bird No. 1' satellite for you live."

Lin Yuan turned off the radio, poured a glass of wine, handed it to Swart, and said with a smile: "Try our Chinese beautiful bar, we drink and chat." ”

How could Swart be in the mood to drink and chat with Lin Yuan, just took the wine glass and smiled faintly, Lin Yuan saw that Swart's interest was not high, so he turned his head to chat with Herbert, Herbert was very interested in the "Blue Bird No. 1" satellite, he held the wine glass and asked, "Blue Bird No. 1?" Why such a name? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The name Blue Bird comes from our Chinese myths and legends, and legend has it that there is a fairy named Queen Mother of the West, and the divine bird that sent her a letter is the Blue Bird." ”

Herbert exclaimed: "I really admire the naming of all Chinese weapons and equipment that reflects Chinese culture." ”