I want to be emperor

Chapter 1145 Radio

The particularity of the Guards and the complexity of the entire military system are all designed to prevent a certain military branch from becoming dominant, a certain general holding a large number of troops, or even launching a rebellion.

In addition, in addition to controlling the system and personnel, the Dachu Empire also better controlled the army through the upgrading of military equipment.

If the ancient army wanted to rebel, it was very simple... they could do so with cold weapons.

As for the modern army, it is more troublesome to rebel, because the modern army uses guns, and for guns to be effective, they require a large amount of continuous ammunition.

Generally speaking, front-line troops have limited ammunition reserves during peacetime... and the ammunition in front-line troops is actually stored in special ammunition depots. Soldiers do not actually have much ammunition in their hands, and artillery shells are also limited. Not much.

If the army wants to rebel, it must first ensure that all the armies, ammunition depots, etc. of the army are captured, so that it can obtain the ammunition needed to meet basic combat needs.

But it's just basic ammunition... because the ammunition stored in the front-line troops can only be used for short-term high-intensity operations.

Going forward, higher-level ammunition supplies from the rear will be needed.

Ammunition in the rear is often stored in strategic warehouses under the jurisdiction of the army or even the group army.

And even if it obtains a reserve ammunition warehouse at the army or army level, it is far from meeting its ammunition needs... because the more advanced and stronger the combat effectiveness of the army, the greater its ammunition consumption.

On the eve of World War I, various countries also stocked large amounts of ammunition before the war. After the war began, after the ammunition was distributed to the frontline troops, they found that the consumption of ammunition far exceeded their expectations.

For example, the French army, according to the estimates of French generals before World War I, was expected to consume more than 10,000 artillery shells a day after the war broke out... Doesn't this number sound like a lot?

But in fact, after the war, when the fighting was fierce, the French army often consumed two to three hundred thousand rounds of artillery shells a day!

Even on average, nearly one million rounds were consumed in the first month of the war, and the monthly consumption surged to four to five million rounds about two years after the war began.

At its peak in 1918, the German army on the opposite side consumed eight to nine million artillery shells per month.

Extremely exaggerated!

The pre-war ammunition reserves of various countries in the original World War I were all consumed in the first few months of the war. Then the war pattern in World War I became: after a large-scale battle, the army Stop the action, adopt a strategic defensive posture, wait for the rear to produce and purchase ammunition and transport it to the front line for storage - reserve these ammunition for a period of time to launch a large-scale battle.

It can be seen from this that the ammunition consumption of modern armies after modern times, especially when equipped with rapid-fire guns and machine guns, was huge.

At the same time, the ammunition used by the modern army cannot be produced casually. Bullets and artillery shells may seem to have no technical difficulty, but in fact they require the support of a complete industrial system and must be produced by specialized arsenals. , and the arsenal requires a large number of upstream suppliers to provide equipment and raw materials.

what does this mean?

This means that after the rebels have exhausted their combat-ready ammunition, it will be difficult to replenish it... unless they can control a large area and use the arsenal in the area for production, and this area can also provide raw materials and equipment to the arsenal.

This is why the Chu Empire would rather transport weapons and ammunition all the way from East Asia to the world... than build arsenals in the Americas, Africa, India, Europe and other regions... even the directly governed territories in these places. Do not build arsenals.

The main production bases of the five major weapons companies in the Chu Empire are all in East Asia, to be precise, the traditional Chinese mainland.

Although there are arsenals in other places, they are mainly used to repair firearms. They are generally very small and do not have the ability to transform into large-scale wartime production of guns and ammunition.

The most typical one should be the 'Ordnance Institute of Cadiz'. This company is an arsenal invested, constructed and operated by the European Arms Trading Company. It is a typical factory that repairs and refurbishes guns, and it only has the ability to repair and rework eleven items. mm caliber single-shot and repeating rifle capabilities, and even the eight-millimeter smokeless Type 27 rifle cannot be repaired.

Why it can't be repaired...because it's not politically allowed.

The Chu army would rather produce guns and ammunition in East Asia and then transport them all the way to Europe by ship... than see that the directly-administered territories in Europe have the production capacity of guns and ammunition... even Cadiz. I don’t want to see it in the directly governed territories either.

The Great Chu Empire has always had very strict control over the defense industry. Over the past decades, except for a brief period in the early days when some chartered companies, such as Li's Steel, were allowed to enter the weapons industry, later, except for the five major weapons companies, No other company has ever been allowed to enter the arms industry.

Even the regional arms trading companies with weapons repair and rework factories in overseas areas belong to the top five arms companies.

For example, the European Arms Trading Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dachu Empire Arms Trading Company, which was jointly invested and established by the five major arms companies.

The Dachu Empire not only did not allow other companies, including other official companies, to enter the weapons industry, but also strictly restricted the location of the main weapons production bases.

Basically, except for the traditional Chinese mainland, it is impossible to see the large-scale weapons production base of the Chu Empire in other places. Even in the later occupied Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Siberia, Nanyang Peninsula and other regions, there are only small-scale ones. It is just a weapons factory with a single type, and there is no large-scale comprehensive weapons production base.

But in other places, such as places like the Americas, there simply aren’t any!

This is because controlling the national defense industry and these arsenals is tantamount to controlling the lifeblood of the millions of troops in the Chu Empire...

Even if the Chu army in some overseas areas rebelled and occupied large areas overseas, they would not be able to obtain enough weapons and ammunition in a short time... Even if they used the local civilian industrial system to set up arsenals for production, it would still take a while.

During this period of time, it was enough for Jinling to dispatch a large number of troops to encircle and suppress the rebels several times...

The Da Chu Empire set up a quite complicated system to prevent the army from rebelling...and this is what any mature modern country would do.

Any normal country will have mature and complete measures to prevent military rebellion, but it does not mean that an officer can just lead a rebellion with his troops.

Especially in the mainland of East Asia... In contemporary peacetime, it is almost impossible for front-line field troops to mobilize privately in organized groups, not even a single platoon.

In the peaceful times of East Asia, if you want to mobilize these main field forces in an organized manner... In addition to the approval of the Military Council, you also need to obtain imperial permission.

Basically, mobilizing troops in East Asia requires telegraph orders...

Combat orders from the Military Academy still require the approval and signature of layers of superior generals.

It’s not like a random superior officer can lead an army to rebel after his brain gets dizzy today!

Suppose your superior officer directly gives you, the company and platoon commander, an order to go to such and such a place to carry out the order, but there is no telegraph or telegram from the Military Academy, you can just draw your gun and put down the rebellion... Needless to say , the opposite is to rebel.

This is also an important reason why the military vigorously promotes wired telegraph and radio communications... In addition to making it easier to command and fight, it is also to allow Jinling to better control the army and prevent armies from other places from rebelling under the leadership of individual generals.

The Dachu Empire used various methods to prevent and limit rebellions in the army, and also used the army to prevent and suppress rebellions among civilians or dignitaries.

It also uses various economic measures to promote the development of people's livelihood, create more jobs, and make people's lives better.

And these are all to ensure the long-term stability of the empire...well, the long-term stability of the Luo Dynasty.

These logics are simple and clear... However, this is only for the high-level bosses of the empire and even the princes and other royal members, but this is not the case for Luo Zhixue. Although many of his actions did have these effects and played a role in maintaining the long-term peace and stability of the empire and the stability of the Luo family's imperial power... However, this was not his original starting point.

Because he was the founding emperor, and he was also the one who immediately seized power over the world, led China to the world, and eventually dominated the world, creating a super global empire that had never been seen before in human history, and would not even appear in the future!

In addition, the Chao Bao Department of the Ministry of Ethical Education has been thinking about publicizing Luo Zhixue's achievements and advocating loyalty to the emperor every day for decades for decades... Even if he is a fool, these people in the Chao Bao Department of the Ministry of Ethical Education will try their best to make them He shouted Long Live Your Majesty!

The education work of the Great Chu Empire was never superficial!

The education work in a place is the main performance evaluation criterion for local officials, and it is not much worse than the people's livelihood and economic aspects.

To measure the two major political achievements of local officials in an empire, one is education and the other is people's livelihood... and education ranks first in people's livelihood.

After decades of education work, Luo Zhixue's prestige in the empire cannot be described as a human being, but as a living god!

Luo Zhixue himself is a symbol of the Chu Empire and even a symbol of the Chinese nation.

Such Luo Zhixue, even if there are rebels outside, as long as he stands up, he does not need to go to the street, he just stands on the city gate at the main entrance of the palace, and he does not even need to do anything, just appear in the city On the gate tower...

As long as his figure appears in people's sight, even countless people will consciously surround him, protect him, fight for him, and counter the rebellion for him. Even the rebels will consciously lay down their weapons and even transform themselves into fighting for His Majesty!

Such Luo Zhixue's personal prestige is extremely exaggerated.

He is the living god in the contemporary Chu Empire and the belief of countless Chu people.

Fighting for him, dying for him... This is something that countless Chu people feel is extremely glorious!

Don't think this is an exaggeration. You can refer to Hitler and several other rulers for details... Reality is much more exaggerated than fiction.

Such Luo Zhixue actually doesn't need to worry about any rebellion.

Therefore, the starting point of many of his policies was not to maintain his rule, but to achieve some illusory things in his heart, such as satisfying some ideals in his heart and making the people of Chu live a better life.

There are also some extravagant personal wishes, that is, to manually travel back to modern society... Even if you cannot travel back to the modern society of the 21st century, you still have to travel back to a social level similar to that during World War II.

And as you get older, this idea becomes stronger.

Therefore, the number of visits to the Royal Institute of Technology has become more frequent. In the past, he would only come once a year or two, but in the past two years, Luo Zhixue basically came once every few months.

In the fifty-third year of Chengshun, Luo Zhixue had already gone there three times. Counting this time in autumn, it was already the fourth time.

The reason why I come to the Royal Institute of Technology so frequently is naturally because this place has the largest number of talented scientists in the Chu Empire.

This is the holy land and the cradle of science and technology in the Chu Empire and even all contemporary mankind...

Here, there are a large number of people studying basic theories, such as theoretical physics, mathematics and other theoretical research, as well as various applied research.

The major research achievements of the Royal Institute of Technology were preceded by steam engines, followed by familiar research achievements such as telegraphs, wireless telegraphs, airships, and airplanes.

However, these applications are not actually the core projects of the Royal Institute of Technology... These applications-oriented research are just small categories among the many researches at the Royal Institute of Technology.

In fact, research at the Royal Institute of Technology focuses more on basic theoretical research, material research and development, process improvement and other projects.

These studies are actually the basic technologies that support the advancement of the entire industrial system of the Da Chu Empire.

Applications such as steam engines, automobiles, airplanes, and telegraph machines are just the subsequent transformation of these basic research results.

Of course, a lot of basic research is dry, and even Luo Zhixue seems to have little interest... After all, a lot of theoretical data, formulas and materials are not interesting...

But not seeing it doesn’t mean it’s not important. There are hundreds of various materials laboratories established by the Royal Institute of Technology or in cooperation with various companies. The various materials developed are what can be called black technology in the contemporary era.

For example, today Luo Zhixue is going to look at the aluminum alloy!

Aluminum alloys are no strangers to technicians in Chu State. In fact, many years ago, when some aluminum metal was produced in small batches in the laboratory, researchers began to think about various aluminum alloys.

But alloy materials have always been very difficult to work with. It not only requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but also depends on luck...

After more than ten years and countless funds spent, the aluminum alloy laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology finally produced an aluminum alloy with very good properties.

This material has high strength and is light in weight... When this material was first developed, some people thought of applying it to airships or airplanes.

However, it was not enough to produce this material in the laboratory. It also required large-scale mass production and controllable costs... Therefore, the Aluminum Alloy Laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology began a long journey to seek industrial mass production.

Finally, results appeared this year. They solved many technical problems and finally found the idea of ​​successfully mass-producing this aluminum alloy at a low price.

In the end, what Luo Zhixue faced was an aluminum alloy that was light in weight, high in strength, and could be industrially mass-produced at a controllable cost.

The uses of this thing will be very wide, and the most important application in a short period of time is naturally used to make airplanes.

With this technology, the aircraft developed and manufactured by the Chu people will have higher body strength and lighter weight, which will bring about greater range and performance improvements such as load capacity or maneuverability.

In addition to aluminum alloys, Luo Zhixue also saw a new gadget in the radio laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology, a device that can receive radio waves and convert radio waves into sound.

When he first saw this silly and thick thing, Luo Zhixue couldn't recognize what it was, but after hearing the introduction, Luo Zhixue realized on the spot that this was just a radio!

You can have this thing.

Maybe in the future I will be able to give radio broadcasts to the Chinese people through the radio.

A public televised speech is highly unlikely to be expected, but a radio broadcast speech can still be expected.

Therefore, he praised the corresponding scientific researchers on the spot and instructed the accompanying officials to explore the industrial quantification of this radio and explore the feasibility of establishing a radio broadcasting station.