The question of what computers can do is not difficult to answer for people today. Computers can do a lot of things with calculations, so complex that they can simulate complex meteorological conditions with computational models, or conduct nuclear tests completely virtually.

In other words, with the help of mainframe computers, humans can simulate virtual nuclear tests, completely replacing all kinds of nuclear test projects in dangerous and polluting reality. On the smaller side, we can use a tablet to play parkour games and a computer to play large virtual games...... Those complex image processing chips can even highly restore a virtual scene that is difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

Of course, in 1939, all this was a distant dream, but through their own efforts, mankind finally completed the dream of counting 6,700 times a second in the laboratory of the Imperial University of Berlin. This dream does not seem to be as shocking as flying into the sky or entering the sea, but it does mark another improvement of human civilization.

Accardo was also speechless for a long time in amazement after the Imperial University of Berlin finally developed a real electronic computer. He was more familiar with the future than everyone else around him combined, and he certainly knew better than anyone else what computers meant.

With this thing, the code that could not be deciphered in the past is just a set of complex word games; with this thing, some precise experiments that require countless experiments can be easily deduced as long as the law is mastered; with this thing, some complex calculations that cannot be deciphered can also be easily completed, and from then on, anything that can be deduced by the program is no longer a tricky problem for human beings!

"My Führer, after checking, we have finally made a breakthrough in the deciphering of the code used by the British, which we have been puzzled with. When General Gascoll reported this, his tone was obviously full of amazement and admiration: "The frequent use of confusing and wrong word order by the British army makes it difficult for us to decipher it. ”

Gascoll did not expect that such a difficult code-breaking job would be so easy in front of an electronic computer. The complicated and complicated work that makes people collapse, the machine is simply handy to do. It is impossible for the human brain to record such a vast amount of information, but computers are simply made for this.

So when the results of the computer check came out, all the codebreakers had a feeling of brightness. The information that has been marked and checked repeatedly for several months is checked in front of the computer in just a few minutes, and even human errors are marked out because of logical problems.

"The latest decipherment results, we have sent to the Navy to test, whether it will work or not depends on what happens next. "Gascoll was obviously very proud of this, knowing how important it was to know the enemy's communication code when the two armies were fighting, and the thrill of knowing in advance what the enemy wanted to do, which every commander liked very much.

After Accardo got the news, he also nodded, this era can be said to be the best era for soldiers, and it can also be said to be the era of the end of the law for traditional soldiers. Once this era is gone, the war of the new century will no longer give birth to the soil of the so-called handsome and talented generals.

On the battlefield of the future: satellites in the sky have clearly seen the enemy's movements, the electromagnetic stem formed by superior electronic warfare weapons can block the enemy's eyes, and powerful strike fire can suppress the enemy outside the enemy's range of fire -- if this is not won, then the commander can commit suicide.

On this battlefield, however, there is air force reconnaissance, but the effect is very limited, and the inferior enemy can rely on camouflage and feints to deceive the opponent; the command level of the generals can still influence the battlefield situation, at least in war, and the art of command can still be seen; people are still an important factor in controlling the battlefield situation, rather than relying on weapons to crush their opponents.

And after this era has passed, after the fall of one brilliant general after another, people are no longer familiar with the names of army generals, but the names of weapons such as F15 or Patriot Scud. Therefore, the generals of this era are happy, at least people will remember the defeated Yamamoto Isoroku, and the general who won the Gulf War does not seem to be as famous as the Tomahawk cruise missile and the F117 stealth bomber.

"Let the navy pay attention and not show too many flaws. Thinking about some questions that were not related to the matter at hand, Accardo finally spoke: "The British are quick to change passwords, and if they suspect that we have them, they will change them." ”

"My Führer, with this computer called the Prophet, we can decipher their code at least ten times faster than before. We are not afraid of them being replaced, because the speed at which we decipher them is not what it used to be. Gascoll was a little inflated, and spoke with a look of contempt for the British.

It's really no wonder that he has this self-confidence, anyone who completely crushes his opponent in terms of technology and means will show this kind of expression. It is a kind of pride above the opponent, it is a proud pride of being a master. Because Turing had told him that the computer called the Prophet was just a ladder of progress, far from being their final goal, and that they would improve the machine and increase the speed of the machine to 10,000 operations per second in a month.

Accardo was amused by the self-aggrandizing Gascoll, he looked at the other party with a smile, and said: "Wouldn't it be better if we didn't let the enemy know about the existence of our secret weapon?

Gascoll immediately wilted when he heard that other departments would also use this computer, and he even had an idea to build such a computer in his intelligence department to decipher enemy codes. But he knew that it couldn't be produced in batches, so it was just a good wish of his own.

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In the rough seas of the North Atlantic, a new German submarine is breaking the waves. Because of the unique bow design, this submarine does not sail fast, much slower than the old submarines with sharp bows. Because it was operating in enemy-occupied areas, there were very few crew members who drilled out of the submarine to release the wind, and only a few people such as the captain and the first mate had this privilege.

Putting down the telescope in his hand, the first mate in charge of vigilance leaned on the guardrail and complained: "I said, this baby has a long-range warning radar and an alarm receiver, what do we look at with the telescope in accordance with the regulations?"

The submarine's control tower was painted with a huge number painted in gray and white, and this number symbolized the honor that the submarine had achieved -- the U-47! It was a gunwale that made the British Royal Navy gnash its teeth and the German Navy was very proud.

"I can't trust the machine!" Prien leaned against the railing and said in a foggy voice: "Where you can use people, try to work as hard as you can, if the radar fails, we will really be sunk by the enemy!"

At this time, an officer on duty climbed the submarine control tower and slipped a telegram into Prien's hand: "Sir, a message from France with the highest level cipher that the intelligence services have deciphered the British cipher......"

"Really?" Prion was overjoyed, grabbed it and read it carefully. It was even more surprising than he had thought, because the British and American forces were plotting to repair the Icelandic air base, as recorded in a newly intercepted cipher-encrypted message.

Next, it is almost impossible to assume that the repair of the Icelandic base cannot be met by air, so the United States and the United Kingdom are deploying a large number of transport ships to rush a batch of supplies to Iceland.

What is even more shocking is that this telegram even clearly states which route this transport fleet codenamed "Alpine Dog" is taking and what time it departs......

"It's not a lie, is it?" In the past, most of the decipherment work was to speculate some ambiguous information from the vocabulary already known. This time the information was so detailed and accurate, it is impossible to say that it was a trap set by the British! The first mate, who had read the telegram, said to Prion with a look of disbelief.

"Maybe General Dönitz also thinks it's risky, so let's check it out, and by the way, add some results to our records. Prion threw the cigarette butt into the sea, then said with a smile, "Isn't this what our submarine force does?"

In the past, when they received all kinds of indetailed or erroneous information, they would also go to their sea area to verify the situation, and the authenticity of this information was not important to the German Navy's submarine forces at all. They sail the oceans and do not miss any opportunity to hunt down their prey.

"Let's go and see if this intelligence letter from China is accurate or not!" Prien exchanged the message to the officer on duty and gave the order to fight: "Turn the rudder to the right, correct the course by 19 degrees, and move forward at full speed!"

A few minutes later, one after another confirmation cries were heard from inside the cramped submarine, which echoed through the steel-welded passages, and there was a hint of joy in the solitude of finding the prey: "Turn the rudder right, correct the course by 19 degrees!" "Go at full speed!" "Go at full speed!" "Go at full speed with the rudder!"