After visiting the headquarters of the Huaxia Space Force, Li Yang waited in the visitor room for the arrival of the director of the Political Department of the Space Force, who was waiting to meet someone.

Li Yang here is waiting for the meeting to end, but the meeting of the Political Department of the Space Force over there has just entered the climax stage, and the director of the Political Department of the Space Force is also an old acquaintance of Li Yang, General Chang Weisi, and this is also the first time he has presided over the meeting after taking office.

At the beginning of the meeting, General Chang Weisi directly asked all the participants, "Everyone, who has the belief that the future war will be won?" If you have this belief, please raise your hand. ”

It's a pity that no one raised their hands, and when Chang Weisi looked around, almost all of them's eyes looked at the tabletop, and only one person's eyes were firmly looking ahead, and he was Zhang Beihai.

Chang Weisi asked a little unwillingly: "Then does anyone think that in the future war, we have the possibility of victory?" Note that I'm not talking about a chance of a few tenths of a percent, but a chance that really makes sense. ”

At this time, Zhang Beihai raised his hand, and there was only Zhang Beihai.

Seeing this scene, Chang Weisi was not surprised at all, he said: "First of all, thank you comrades for your honesty, and secondly, we also invite Comrade Beihai to talk about how you built this confidence. ”

Zhang Beihai stood up, and Chang Weisi motioned for him to sit down, "This is not a formal meeting, we are just talking." ”

Zhang Beihai still stood upright, "Chief, I can't say your question clearly in a sentence or two, after all, the establishment of faith is a long and complicated process. The first thing I would like to point out here is the erroneous current of thought in the troops.

As you know, before the Three-Body Crisis, we had always advocated using a scientific and rational perspective to examine future wars, and this way of thinking has continued to the present with its powerful inertia, especially the current Space Force, which has been joined by a large number of scholars and scientists, which has further aggravated this trend of thought. If we think about interstellar warfare four centuries from now, we will never be able to build the belief that we will win. ”

"Comrade Zhang Beihai's words are very strange," said one colonel, "and is not firm conviction based on science and reason?" Beliefs that are not based on objective facts cannot be strong. ”

"Then we must first re-examine science and reason, and understand that this is only our science and reason, and the development of the three-body civilization tells us that our science is just a child who picks up shellfish by the sea, and the sea of truth may not be seen yet.

Therefore, the facts we see under the guidance of our own science and reason are not necessarily real objective facts, in this case, we should learn to selectively ignore it, we should see that things are developing and changing, and we should not use technological determinism and mechanical materialism to see the future as a step to death. ”

"Good." Chang Weisi nodded and encouraged him to continue.

"The belief in victory must be established, and this belief is the foundation of the responsibility and dignity of the army! Our army once faced a strong enemy under extremely difficult conditions, and established a firm belief in victory with a sense of responsibility to the motherland and the people. I believe that today, a sense of responsibility for all of humanity and the Blue Star civilization can also support such a belief. ”

"But when it comes to the ideological work of the troops, how do we do it?" An officer said, "The composition of the Space Force is very complex, which also determines that our work will be difficult in the future due to the complexity of the thinking of the troops." ”

"I think that at the moment we should at least start with the mental state of the troops." Zhang Beihai said: "Generally speaking, last week I went to the air force and naval aviation units that have just belonged to my own branch of the military to investigate and found that the daily training of these units has been very lax. Yesterday was the day of the unified change of summer uniforms, but there were actually many people in the headquarters organs who were still wearing winter military uniforms.

This state of mind must be changed as soon as possible. Look at the fact that now, the Space Force is being turned into an academy of sciences. Of course, it is undeniable that it is currently taking on the mission of a military academy of sciences, but we should first realize that we are an army, and an army in a state of war! ”

The conversation went on for some more time, and Chang Weisi sat back in his place, "Thank you, I hope we can always communicate frankly like this in the future, and now, we will enter the formal content of the meeting." Chang Weisi said, and when he raised his head, he met Zhang Beihai's gaze again, showing perseverance in his calmness, which made him feel a little relieved.

"Zhang Beihai, I know that you have faith, you have such a father, it is impossible not to have faith. But it's certainly not as simple as you say, I don't know how your beliefs are established, and I don't even know what more is contained in them, just like your father, I admire him, but I have to admit that I didn't see through him in the end. ”

Chang Weisi flipped through the document in front of him, "At present, the research on the theory of space war is in full swing, but it soon encountered a problem: the research on interstellar war is undoubtedly based on the level of technological development, but now, all basic research has just begun, and technological breakthroughs are still far away, which makes our research lose its support."

In order to adapt to this situation, the General Headquarters revised its research plan and divided the original single theoretical study of space warfare into three independent parts, so as to adapt to the various technological levels that the human world may reach in the future, namely, low-tech strategy, medium-tech strategy, and high-tech strategy. ”

"At present, the definition of the three technical levels is underway, and a large number of index parameters will be determined within the main disciplines, but the core parameters are the speed and navigation range of the 10,000-ton Baozhou spacecraft."

"Low-tech level: the speed of the spacecraft reaches about 50 times the speed of the third universe, that is, about 800 km/s, and the spacecraft does not have the ability to eco-cycle. In this case, the combat radius of the spacecraft will be limited to the interior of the solar system, that is, within the orbit of Neptune, within a space range of 30 astronomical units from the sun. ”

"Medium technical level: the speed of the spacecraft reaches about 300 times the speed of the third universe, that is, 4800 km / s, and the spacecraft has partial ecological cycle capabilities. In this case, the combat radius of the spacecraft will be extended beyond the Kuiper Belt, within 1,000 astronomical units of the Sun. ”

"High-tech level: the speed of the spacecraft reaches about 1,000 times the speed of the third universe, that is, 16,000 km/s, that is, five percent of the speed of light; The ship has full eco-cycle capability. In this case, the spacecraft's combat range will be extended to the Oort Nebula, and it will initially have the ability to travel interstellar. ”

"Defeatism is the greatest threat to the space armed forces, so the political and ideological workers of the Space Force are shouldering an extremely important mission, and the political departments of the services should fully participate in the study of space military theory, remove the pollution of defeatism in the field of basic theory, and ensure the correct direction of research."

"All the comrades present here today will become members of the space war theory research group. Although there are overlapping parts in the research of the three theoretical branches, the research institutions are independent of each other, and the names of these three institutions are tentatively designated as the Low-tech Strategic Research Laboratory, the Medium-Tech Strategic Research Laboratory, and the High-Tech Strategic Research Laboratory. Let's talk about your choices. ”

Of the 32 officers of the Political Department who attended the meeting, 24 chose the low-tech strategic research office, seven chose the medium-tech strategic research center, and only Zhang Beihai chose the high-tech strategic research center.

"It seems that Comrade Beihai is determined to become a science fiction enthusiast." Some say, eliciting some laughter.

"What I choose is the only hope of victory, and only by reaching this level of technology will it be possible for humanity to build an effective Blue Star and Solar System defense system." Zhang Beihai said.

"Now there is no mastery of even controllable nuclear fusion, propelling a 10,000-ton warship to five percent of the speed of light? Make these behemoths a thousand times faster than the truck-sized ships of today's humans? It's not even science fiction, it's fantasy. ”

"Aren't there four more centuries? It is necessary to look at the problem from the perspective of development. ”

"But the basic theories of physics can no longer be developed."

"The application potential of existing theories may not even be tapped." "I feel that the biggest problem now is the research strategy of the scientific and technological community, which consumes a lot of resources and time on low-end technology.

Taking the space engine as an example, there is no need to engage in a fission engine at all, but now, not only has a huge amount of development force been invested, but even the same force is being invested in the research of a new generation of chemical engines! Resources should be directly focused on the research of fusion engines, and the development of non-working fluid fusion engines should be directly developed beyond the working fluid type.

The same problem exists in other areas of research, such as the fully enclosed ecosystem, which is a necessary technology for interstellar spacecraft, and has less reliance on the basic theories of physics, but the scale of research is now limited. ”

Chang Weisi said: "Comrade Zhang Beihai has raised at least one issue that deserves attention: At present, the military and the scientific and technological circles are busy launching their own work in an all-round way, and there is not enough communication between them. Fortunately, both sides are aware of this situation and are organizing a joint conference between the military and the scientific and technological circles, and at the same time, the military and the academy of sciences have set up special organs to strengthen exchanges between the two sides and form a full interactive relationship between space strategic research and scientific and technological research.

In the next step, we will send a large number of military representatives to various research fields, and at the same time, a large number of scientists will also be involved in the theoretical research of space warfare. Again, we should not passively wait for technological breakthroughs, but should form our own strategic thinking system as soon as possible to promote research in various fields. Here, let's talk about another layer of relationship: the relationship between the Space Force and the Wall Facers.

"Wall-facers?" Someone was surprised and asked, "Are they going to interfere with the work of the Space Force?" ”

"At present, there is no sign of this, only Li Yang, a Chinese man, is currently inspecting the headquarters, and Taylor has also proposed to inspect our army. But we should also be aware that they have some power in this regard, and if interference does occur, it could have an unexpected impact on our work. There should be mental preparation for this, and when such a situation does arise, some balance between the wall plan and mainstream defense should be maintained.

Okay, that's all for today's meeting, everyone go back and think about it, let's adjourn. ”

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