The wind blew in his face, and although he was wearing goggles and ear protection helmets, he could still feel the slightest whistling sound in his ears, which went straight to his brain. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Although the grassland under my feet has begun to wither and yellow, looking down from the sky, it is like a green and yellow blanket covering the whole world. The mountains were retreating, and the birds were flapping their wings vigorously beside them, trying to catch up with the big companion they had never seen before.

Li Mo gently pulled the joystick, the fuselage seemed to be held up by something, and after the flap behind the wing was driven by the transmission rod to open quickly, the nose of the aircraft was suddenly pulled up and gradually straightened under the sudden increase in lift.

Beside him, two identical two-winged war eagles also raised their heads at the same time, like three sharp arrows in the sky!

This scene made Du Dazhuang, who was standing on the ground holding a telescope, and everyone sweated on their backs, and the eagle head on both sides of the nose and in the circle under the wings seemed to have become hideous. Didn't those old pedants suggest it eight times? Why do you want to learn to fly an airplane? Isn't that a toss-up!

Although this kind of biplane has been finalized, the flight is not as comfortable as everyone imagined, at least in the cemetery of the Air Force Secret Flying Club located in the Chifeng Prairie, there are already more than 20 Chinese warriors who have given their lives for the test.

In the sky, Emperor Li, who had just learned to fly an airplane, had a lot of fun, and everyone below was anxious with black lines on his forehead, and then all his eyes were focused on Adel, the president of the China Aviation Research Institute and the chief designer, and the sharp edge seemed to poke this Frenchman out of hundreds of holes.

Because if it weren't for this old man coming to report the good news, saying that the first type of aircraft has been finalized, and the flight is stable, suitable for learning and reconnaissance, it will not make Emperor Li suddenly interested in running here to learn to fly!

Finally, the red-painted biplane seemed to have had enough, and with the escort of the other two planes, it made a quick turn in the distance, aimed at the specially leveled grass and slowly began to descend.

In the cockpit, Li Mo carefully operated the plane, take-off and landing are always dangerous stages in flight, until the wheels hit the grass, the fuselage sank sharply and then lifted under the action of hydraulic pressure, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned off the engine switch.

With the help of inertia, the plane slowly taxied, through rows of open hangars, in front of dozens of planes of the same model, and arrived on the concrete tarmac, which was already crowded with technical experts, pilots and officials.

"Mr. Adel, Zhuoru, how am I flying?" As Li Mo jumped off the plane, cheers suddenly rang out, and even he couldn't help but be secretly proud, and asked Adel in front of him and Liang Qichao who was accompanying him with a smile.

"Fantastic, honorable majesty, you are the perfect, outstanding pilot I have ever seen, God, I can't believe that this is your first solo flight!" Adel did not hesitate to praise him, and to tell the truth, he really couldn't find any fault with this big boss and emperor who changed the flight test room into an aviation design institute, funded the construction of a whole research institute, built two wind tunnels, and never refused to apply for funds.

If researchers like him only provide brains, then Li Mo is the never-ending heart, transfusing blood for the growing Ministry of Science and Technology, it can be said that if you are conducting experiments and scientific and technological research in China, then you only need to do research with one effort, and the rest of the chores, including your family, will be arranged for you in every detail, which is currently a treatment that scientific and technological workers in all countries in the world cannot get.

Emperor Li scratched his belly, this Frenchman is quite good at talking, he smiled and handed the helmet and eyes to Da Zhuang, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, thank you for your compliment!" ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty Adel, you and the Aviation Research Institute you lead have designed a perfect machine." Li Mo blinked: "And I have one more good news for you, remember the first time we took off a few years ago?" Although for various reasons, I had to hide it, but now ....... ”

Li Mo patted the first-generation war eagle beside him, and suddenly said loudly: "I am going to release the film taken from our first flight to the world in Shanghai, and I am also going to make a demonstration flight of that aircraft, I want to tell the world that its designer is you, Adel and the designers led by you!" ”

"You were the ones who gave the humans a pair of wings!"

"In addition, I will pay tribute to the newly created Royal Science Foundation of Greater China (despise Nobel, Li Dashao himself to get you, because I think, it's you!) Open the sky for mankind and let dreams fly freely! ”

Adel breathed rapidly, the designers' faces flushed, and after a moment of depression, it seemed that the whole grassland was thundering, hundreds of aviation experts and their student technicians cheered, and even the hundreds of pilots who gathered around and were willing to pay the price of their lives for the aviation cause, with courage and wisdom to test fly again and again, grope again and again, and become more and more frustrated and brave!

Liang Qichao was also scalded by this hot wind, but he was impressed by Li Mo's words that seemed to be always optimistic and always demagogic, and took a wooden frame from four years ago to show it and tell the world about Hua's ability, but at the same time bought the hearts of tens of thousands of scientific and technological personnel!

It's worth it!

"Zhuoru, I saw you pouting. [ I want to update it super fast ]" Emperor Li threatened.

"How is it possible, are you dazzled, Your Majesty?" Lord Liang, who has been promoted to Minister of Education, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you just flew awesomely!" ”

"Fuck off, don't come to the sycophants!" Li Mo smiled, put an end to the little joke between the monarchs and ministers, and asked, "Zhuoru, how are these things going on with the University of Technology, the Medical College, the Agricultural University and the Technical School?" ”

"All are already in preparation, and the university is expected to be a little slower, but the first technical school can be opened at the end of the year at the latest."

"Well, it has to be done more, and it has to be done well!" Li Mo nodded, pointed to the plane in the distance and said: "Our technical ability is still too bad, especially the shortage of senior skilled workers is too big, I just said that it is perfect, in fact it is not only imperfect, but it is still far from my dream, I began to think that it can seat at least two people, but now it seems unrealistic." ”

Liang Qichao also knew the current industrial defects, and asked curiously: "What kind of plane is the emperor's dream?" ”

Li Mo narrowed his eyes and didn't answer directly, but said quietly: "Zhuoru, if I tell you that the future plane should be able to carry three or four hundred people at a time, and it can fly from *** all the way to New York, believe it or not?" ”

"This ......, how is this possible!" Looking at the rows of neat wooden shelves in the distance, Liang Qichao's eyes widened, and even if he used his imagination, he couldn't sketch that picture in his mind.

"Nothing is impossible!" Li Mo said with a smile: "In fact, Adel and they have come up with a good design, but because the one-type engine is delayed, it cannot be realized, and the reason for the delay is not the design, but because the processing requirements of that engine are very high, and the ability of our workers is not up to it!" ”

Li Mo took a deep breath: "So, you, the Minister of Education, can't just focus on making a fuss, science and technology are the wings of the nation, excellent skilled workers are the cornerstone of the country, agriculture is the foundation of the country, officials are just ordinary people who sort out these things neatly!" ”

"Education is about producing scientists, writers, artists, technicians, agricultural technicians, etc., but that's not all! Because what you have to do is very hard, because you have to dare to smash the single-plank bridge that has lasted for thousands of years, and lead many people to other industries, teach and educate people, in addition to cultivating top people for the country, you must popularize the concept that "there is no nobility in the profession!" "Because only when the three hundred and sixty-five rows go hand in hand, the country will be one!"

"You have a long way to go, and you may not be able to change it in your lifetime, but your Ministry of Education must continue and implant this kind of thinking from generation to generation!"

The leisurely words seemed to penetrate the vast prairie in front of him, and it was the first time for Liang Qichao to hear Li Mo elaborate on his dream of education in such detail, the sentence "career has no nobility", as if a window had been opened in front of him, a window that could see a different sky.

Seeing that Liang Qichao seemed to be a little engrossed, Li Mo knew that he had already planted a seed, and he couldn't do anything about it whether it could sprout, because this kind of thing couldn't be changed by him alone.

The sound of squeaky brakes broke Liang Qichao's contemplation, and when he saw Chen Ping walking hurriedly, he hurriedly avoided it for the time being, because at this moment, there was still an important matter.

"How long do you expect it will take for Russia to complete its preparations?" Sitting in the car, Li Mo asked while looking through the documents brought by Chen Ping.

"It depends on the timing of the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway." Chen Ping said: "According to the intelligence and the on-site observation of the Nighthawk sent to it, the railway has been paved to Hailanpao, and it can be extended to Vladivostok and Shuangcheng in another half a year. ”

"Judging by the intelligence in Europe, the recruitment of troops is being intensified in Russia, and the time it will take to get these troops to the Far East, we expect Russia to declare war in August next year!"

"That's eleven months?" Li Mo raised his head, and his eyes flashed: "How is the Russian Navy?" ”

"The purchased and built warships are basically in place, but the main five Borodino-class battleships are estimated to be completed in another year, according to intelligence reality, the Borodino-class redesign was initially designed with reference to the Huangtai, which was aimed at our Polar Star, but due to the service of the Duke class, the tsar thought that the firepower was not enough, so he turned to the French and added two parallel 210-mm naval guns between the chimneys in the middle of the hull, so that the displacement was also enlarged by a thousand tons, and when firing to one side, it could have six main guns of more than 200 mm.

In addition, Duan Fei's news, the Su-class second-class battleships you discussed with McKinson last time are also very likely to fall into the hands of the Russians, so that Nicholas I basically has twenty-eight capital ships, plus auxiliary cruisers, destroyers and other warships, he may finally send us a fleet of sixty or even seventy ships! ”

"Hmph, that's a big deal!" Li Mo smiled coldly and asked, "What about us?" ”

"The speed of the navy can basically catch up, the first two battleships can be launched for testing next month, and although the latter two are half a year late, Tang Xiao guarantees that they can be delivered in March next year, plus the test time, it can be completely caught up.

"The four heavy cruisers can also be launched one after another next month, and we are going to put all the sea trial sites of the battleships and heavy cruisers in the Ogasawara Islands, and we also plan to try *** in this area, prohibit any ships from entering, and strive to take them out until May, when the British six battleships are half built, and they can't stop."

"On the army side, fifteen infantry divisions and five cavalry divisions have all been formed and withdrawn to the country, Luzon, Borneo, and Guam will be garrisoned by the 3rd Marine Division and 2 National Guard Divisions, Honolulu and Daxia will be under the responsibility of the 4th Division, the 1st and 2nd Divisions will all be stationed in Hokkaido, and the Korean Army will continue to be stationed together with us on the islands of Shikoku."

"The only problem for the army now is that the 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions are being redressed and reorganized, and it is enough according to the time schedule, but it is difficult to say whether they can form combat effectiveness."

Li Mo raised his head, he knew about the change of clothes of the first and fourth divisions, and this was promoted by him, according to the plan, these two infantry divisions will be reorganized into semi-mechanized infantry divisions first, why are they semi-mechanized? Because he currently only has armored vehicles and trucks in his hands, and although tracked combat vehicles have long been proposed, the engine and transmission and other issues are still being solved, and it is difficult to say whether they can catch up.

So he made up his mind more than a year ago to first use the current equipment to transform the two divisions and do experiments for full mechanization in the future, but although trucks and cars are mature and can be mass-produced, the price is not cheap, and the funds of the Prime Minister's Office have not been completely alleviated at that time, so the royal fund was also used, until the Prime Minister's Office took over and continued to provide the required funds.

This is a complete reform, but it is still unknown whether the two divisions and regiments can fully form combat effectiveness and whether they can give full play to their equipment, and the north is a cold zone, and the impact on vehicles in winter will be great, so whether they can play the expected effect remains to be examined.

The air force has jumped out of the stage little by little with the war eagles that are constantly taking off behind them, and Li Mo has no idea how much role they can play in this battle array, so the army and navy are still the main force in this war!

"Do you think Russia will return Dili?" Li Mo closed the document and asked quietly.

"No, never!"

Chen Ping replied firmly, making him take a deep breath, in fact, many people misunderstood the Russian ** team because of the poor performance of the Russian fleet in history, thinking that Russia was scum and vulnerable.

But in fact, Russia is not easy to fight, with the tenacity of the historical army, still paid a huge price, the later generations known as the god of the army, at the moment is waiting to die in a prison in Hua under the big mountain rock, also once hit the head and bleed, leaving the corpses of nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, if it is not for Akashi Motojiro's heavenly handiwork, maybe who wins and who loses is really difficult to say.

And this people have a natural roughness and can even be said to be barbaric, maybe they were honest farmers before they became soldiers, maybe they didn't dare to raise their heads in the face of whistling bullets, but if they perceived that you threatened their lives, they would immediately turn into terrible brown bears, desperate to pounce and fight with you!

This is the character of Russia, and there have been no less than 100 dangerous games with the United States during the Cold War in later generations. In the face of the reconnaissance plane, play the game of disemboweling directly with the tail of the fighter jet! In the face of the dangerous environment underwater, roll up your sleeves and chase the collision.

They never think about the consequences, even if the nuclear pointer is about to go to zero, they still have the same teeth!

Don't think that this is something that the Red Soviet Union can do, the Russian nation in history has done too many such things, otherwise with Russia's national strength, why would Britain, France, Germany and other countries have a headache when they see him?

Because this is a barbaric people who are willing to speak with their fists, Nicholas II is brutal and idiot, but after he gave the order to go to war, it is not that there are not millions of soldiers who do not even have rifles and rush to the border with cold weapons! They may have been forced, or they may have been forcibly pulled in, but they did not collapse at the touch of a button, but many people spontaneously charged into the bomb pile with their blood and bodies!

This is Russia!

A country that is so stubborn, brutal and brutal that it is a headache for the whole of Europe, and it is not very willing to provoke!

To deal with such people, you can only add barbarism, harden them, and beat them face to face, so that they lose the ability to fight back, and imprint the strong and invincible deep into their souls.

This is the first real national war in the history of China, the previous Young Master Li was a warlord to put it bluntly, and he could turn back if he lost, until he fought with the British Navy when he unified the south, but it was only a fight.

But this time is different, this is a confrontation between two countries, is the inevitable consequence of geopolitical conflict, this country with a border of thousands of miles with China, whether the tsar is in power or not, will bring people a great sense of oppression, at this time he can understand why Taizu was so nervous after breaking off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and even did not hesitate to shake hands with the US imperialism in his mouth, in order to resist the cold current from the north.

This border line is too long, so long that no army can do everything, even in the era of satellite radar flying in the sky, it is also troublesome, if it is not for the north to contain too much power of the republic, why can't it break through a small first island chain?

And now, what I have to face is this long border that has plagued the Chinese nation for hundreds of years!

This is a good era, the two super-empires of later generations have not been formed, whether it is the United States, which is rich in resources and super strong manufacturing capacity, or Russia, which has a large land and abundant resources, and a large number of soldiers, rough and barbaric, they are still second-class citizens in the world!

But this is also a bad era, because Hua's power is still too weak, so there is no doubt that this is a war that can be staked as a gamble with national fortunes.

Thinking of this, Li Mo took a deep breath, closed the file and asked, "What are you going to do, Wittheft?" ”

"Since he likes Dili, let's stay there." Chen Ping seemed to know that Li Mo would ask this question, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he said with a smile: "I won't let him in, but I won't disturb him either, because he will be there to witness a naval battle of the century!" ”

"Whatever you want."

Li Mo instantly understood Chen Ping's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Give you an extra task, help me you select another 3,000 people from the army and the university to Xue Muhua, and it should be time for his air force to train some people!" ”

"Yes."

As soon as Chen Ping responded, Li Mo stuffed the document back to him, curled up, looked at the war eagle passing by from time to time outside the car window, as if he saw the picture of the dragon taking off, and after a long time, as if he had made up some kind of determination, he turned his head, and the clear black pupils like paint flashed.

"Tell Mr. Li to immediately hold a press conference and issue a letter to the people."

"Siberia, we're going back!"