Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter 128, Winding Arrow
Theoretically, the essence of civilization is the degree of development of credibility civilization, and the sign is the speed of information exchange...
Of course, from the perspective of physics, matter is also information, that is, matter is the carrier of information.
In other words, the level of development of a small civilization is determined by the speed of information transmission and the speed of material circulation. This is also very directly reflected in human civilization, that is, the history of the development of human civilization is the history of the development of information transmission and material circulation speed. From the Stone Age to the Quantum Age, the information transmission speed appointed by humans has increased by hundreds of millions of times, and the speed of material circulation has also increased by hundreds of millions of times. Just compare the mechanized era represented by steam engines and internal combustion engines with the intelligent era represented by neural network computers and cloud communication networks to find that information transmission and material circulation speed are the essence of the development of human civilization.
It is not difficult to understand why the marine civilization represented by Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom can rule the world for hundreds of years, and the United States is actually the inheritor of Dutch and British civilizations. Relying on its almost unparalleled geographical advantages, these two typical marine civilizations have been developed to the pinnacle. In essence, the United States is a combination of the Netherlands and Britain that has been soft and expanded dozens of times.
In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why the navy has flourished for hundreds of years.
To put it simply, the navy was able to rise in the Chronicle and control the living space of human irrigation in the next few centuries. The key is that the ocean is the most convenient and most efficient carrier of material transportation, that is, the ocean bears the important task of information transmission and material exchange, and the essence of the navy is to protect information transmission and material exchange. Of course, this also explains why the competition for radio space has become a new military commanding height, and even a key area that determines the outcome of a war.
During World War III, new bottles appeared in information transmission and material circulation.
In the field of information transmission, quantum communication devices have shown great influence enough, and will definitely replace radio communication devices and become a new information transmission carrier. Because quantum communication is not limited by the speed of light, the communication frequency will not be limited and there will be no mutual interference. Therefore, quantum communication is not limited by distance and the communication bandwidth is almost unlimited. It can be said to be the most ideal communication carrier for human civilization. It can be imagined that such a new thing that many people don’t understand will inevitably completely change everyone’s lives in the near future.
To put it bluntly, the practical use of quantum technology will sublimate the entire human civilization.
Some older people should remember that in the early 2nd century, several science fiction movies involving, or necessarily involving quantum technology appeared, such as "The Matrix" and "The Future Men", and the first virtual relaxation movie "Avatar", made with computers, actually involve, or must involve quantum technology, especially quantum communication technology. The reason is very simple. These science fiction movies all mention "consciousness remote control", that is, let human consciousness enter a certain virtual space, or enter another computer.
The body, or remote control of other devices, let alone other problems, the communication technology in the field of electromagnetic fields cannot meet the requirements in terms of information transmission alone. First, electromagnetic communication is limited by the speed of light and it is difficult to achieve synchronization. Second, the bandwidth of electromagnetic communication is very limited. It is impossible to transmit large-capacity information. Third, electromagnetic communication is very susceptible to interference, and information transmission is difficult to achieve real and stable. Only quantum communication that solves these three problems can make human consciousness free from the constraints of the ** and enter a completely free space!
Of course, before quantum technology was practical, these only existed in science fiction movies or science fiction. With the Republic's scientists making major breakthroughs in the field of quantum communication and creating quantum communication devices of practical value, it is only a matter of time before these become reality.
In fact, long before the first batch of remote-controlled fighters and aerospace bombers were put into practical use, scientists from the Republic carried out extended application research with the support of the government, and the first extended application research is still in the military field, that is, to create a "remote-controlled fighter who can completely replace soldiers.
More importantly, shortly after the war, the Republic opened up quantum communication technology.
That is to say, quantum communication technology is allowed to be used in non-military fields.
At that time, the Republican authorities funded a project called "Rehabilitation of Disabled Soldiers". They commissioned a scientific research institution jointly funded by the government and private enterprises to develop physical substitutes for disabled soldiers, so that millions of disabled soldiers can obtain independent labor capacity. The key technology is quantum communication, that is, through quantum communication technology, users can remotely control bionic prosthetics.
It is undeniable that quantum communication technology still has better application space.
Not to mention anything else, if it can be fully promoted, quantum communication technology can increase the communication and capacity of social information networks to an unimaginable level.
The problem is that for human civilization, before some very critical technologies make breakthroughs, material circulation is more important than Xinxian transmission.
To put it simply, when there is no way to deduce the conversion formula of qualitative inversely, that is, when energy cannot be converted into mass, the circulation of matter is still the main factor of human civilization activities, and it can even be said to be the main purpose of human civilization activities.
In this case, transportation means naturally become the main factor that determines the degree of development of civilization.
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Overview
The problem is that there is always a limit to the transportation efficiency of sea freight.
Although the advancement of power technology has led to the navigation speed of merchant ships from the first few knots to your knots. Moreover, after the cost of controllable fusion reactors and can be commercialized on a large scale, the navigation speed of merchant ships may also be increased to our knots. The problem is that the blade joint is almost the limit. Even if a better design, stronger power, and more advanced propulsion system are adopted, it is difficult to continue to increase the speed, and it is even more difficult to increase within a reasonable range. It can be said that unless a new technological revolution occurs, the blade joint is the fastest speed of sea freight and the ultimate efficiency of sea freight.
Under the existing technology, if you want to improve transportation efficiency, you can only find another way.
This is air freight.
The popularity of controllable fusion reactors and the practicality of magnetic induction propulsion systems have made large-scale air freight, especially large-scale air freight comparable to sea freight, have feasibility.
Imagine if tens of thousands of tons of materials could be transported around the world at air freight. Is it necessary for sea freight to exist?
The emergence of air transport platforms is a major manifestation of the revival of air transport.
Of course, during the war, the air transport platform only served the army and had not yet developed to the extent of serving the people. In fact, after the end of the war, the air transport platform only served the army and did not enter the civilian market. The reason is very simple. After the defeat of the United States, it mastered the miniaturization technology of controllable fusion reactors, and the only one who could commercialize it was the Republic. Due to its own safety and barriers, the authorities of the Republic have been wandering on the commercialization of controllable fusion reactors. Until the mid-Tian era, as Europe made major breakthroughs in related fields and was preparing to put the first small controlled fusion reactors on the air transport platform into the market, the Republic's authorities changed legislation to allow the commercialization of controllable fusion reactors and support the development of the air transport platform.
In other words, at this time, the air transport platform officially replaced the sea ships and became the main carrier of material circulation.
This is undoubtedly a huge step for human civilization.
Taking this step means that human civilization has freed from the constraints of the ground and the sea and has taken an extremely important step on the road to ground civilization.
You should know that, after that, in the last years of the century, driven by commercial interests, not only all sea ships were eliminated. The air transport platform became the only material circulation tool. Countries around the world have also built dozens of "air cities" to make tens of millions of people become "air citizens"
Because "cities in the air" always fly in the atmosphere, they are not restricted by national boundaries. The residents living in these cities are the first batch of "free people" and these people lay the foundation for the great integration of human civilization.
Like almost all new technologies that have changed the face of human civilization, the air transport platform first appeared in the form of war accomplices. In the residing year, the main responsibility of the air transport platform was to send thousands of ammunition and medicine supplies, especially those valuable materials urgently needed by combat troops, to the front line.
In April, the strategic strike was fully launched.
This time, the protagonist is still the Navy, not the Sky Army.
Although when allocating strategic strike tasks, the Supreme Command of the Republic divided the wider central United States to the Sky Army for deployment, which included the Great Lakes region within this range, the East Coast is still the core region of the United States and the most concentrated area of the United States. More importantly, the central region of the United States is too vast, which will inevitably lead to a significant reduction in the efficiency of strategic strikes. The direct result is that the strategic strike operations of the Sky Army are far less vigorous than the navy, giving people a sense of obscurity.
In a sense, entering April, the key to the strategic strike is no longer what to do with the United States.
At that time, the biggest problem faced by the Republic came from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, that is, Europe's attitude towards the war.
After the news of the armistice negotiations with the United States was made public, Europe actively launched activities and put pressure on the Republic. At that time, one of the most outstanding things that Europe, represented by France, Germany and Italy, did was to win over Brazil.
In any case, only Brazil, countries that hope to exert influence in the post-war Western Hemisphere will speak for the United States.
In fact, this is just the beginning.
On April 2, the day after the Republic announced the resumption of a large-scale strategic strike, the European legion led by France, Germany and Italy set foot on the Isle of Great Britain. The British government immediately announced its surrender.
Although according to the rules set by the intensive group, the British government could only surrender unconditionally, otherwise the European continent would not have the right to exceed the standards of the alliance and accept the British surrender conditionally. For this reason, the British authorities did not offer conditions for surrender, but instead handed over the regime after the European Legion entered the city of London. In other words, legally, the British did surrender unconditionally to the intensive group's allies and did not violate the interests of the group. But in fact, Yingkou Kawako did not surrender without conditions, nor did Zong Jin hand over his politics two days after he handed over the politics, that is, on April 4, the European Legion announced the establishment of a provisional government in the UK, and the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government was the British ambassador to the EU. In other words, after a turnaround, the European Legion returned the regime obtained by the winner to the British authorities, but only changed to a few new faces.
Obviously, Europe's move made the Republic extremely disgusted.
The problem is that the Republic is even hard to blame for the tricks played by Europe, let alone take targeted actions.
Of course, the Republic's authorities considered the chain reaction caused by the inducement and quickly adjusted their strategic deployment.
You know, the announcement of Britain's surrender is definitely not just a matter of Britain's country.
In theory, the British king was the owner of Canada, and the governor appointed by the king was the head of Canada. In other words, Britain's surrender would definitely have an impact on Canada.
This is the first issue that the Republican authorities should consider.
If Canada cannot be prevented from claiming its surrender in advance, the Republic's authorities will have to try to prevent the European Legion from crossing the Atlantic Ocean and landing on the North American continent. In fact, as long as the European Legion's advance towards the west can be prevented, Canada will be prevented from surrendering in advance. After all, this will not be of any benefit to Europe and Canada, and the US authorities will not tolerate the emergence of a Canadian occupied by the Republic.
On April 4, the Republic Navy fleet, which was originally operating in the Bahamas waters, urgently lifted cobalt and drove to the North Atlantic Ocean at full speed.
The next day, the Republic Marines raided Iceland at lightning speed and occupied this neutral country!
Although Iceland is a member of the NATO group, after Greece withdrew from the alliance, the NATO group had already died in name only, and Iceland did not join the SAIT group. Therefore, after the outbreak of the war, the Icelandic authorities quickly announced Yong
In fact, Iceland is also a very weak country.
Even in the 1990s, this island country had a population of less than 10,000. Although the tourism industry is very developed and has rich natural resources, and the developed fishing industry, many seafood produced in Iceland are popular in the international market. Some high-end products are very popular in the Republic market. Iceland's per capita income ranks among the top ten in the world, and is one of the richest countries in the world. But as a small country, the Republic has never regarded Iceland as a threat, or even taken this country seriously.
There is no doubt that occupying Iceland when the war is about to end is definitely not a welcome thing.
Of course, this is just the beginning.
On April 7, the main fleet of the Republic's Navy arrived in the waters of the Azores and surrounded the island belonging to Portugal after shelling several US military bases. Because Portugal is an EU member state or a continental European country, it has also received security guarantees from France, Germany, Italy and other countries, the Republic's authorities did not approve the combat operations to capture the Azores, but only asked the fleet to block the island and prevent it from becoming a springboard for European legions to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
At this point, if the European Legion wants to reach the North American continent across the Atlantic Ocean, it must first ask the Republic's Navy for their opinions.
The problem is that Europe is not a hostile country of the Republic. If Europe dispatches fleets to cover the fleet to Canada, the Republic authorities will have no reason to stop it, at least there is no reason to intercept it. To put it bluntly, the Republic cannot build a Great Wall on the Atlantic Ocean, nor can it block the European Legion on the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. To solve the problem, you have to land in Canada before the European Legion is dispatched!
Whether Canada will surrender is not a key point, the key is that the Republican team must arrive in Canada before the European Legion.
This is easy to understand. As long as the Republican regiment lands in Canada, if the Canadian authorities choose to surrender, they should also surrender to the Song and the ** team instead of surrendering to the European army.
Of course, what will the ground war after logging in is a question that should be considered after logging in. Fortunately, the Republic’s authorities do not lack the plans for logging in and troops that perform logging in and combat missions.
Although the amphibious fleets deployed in the Atlantic Ocean were very limited at that time, and all of them were active in the Cape Verde Islands, transporting war refugees from more than a dozen West African countries to refugee concentration camps located on the archipelago, the Republic Marine Corps no longer relies on amphibious fleet operations. As long as there are enough vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft and the maritime platform supporting these transport aircraft, the Marine Corps can land on any coastline in the world. In terms of combat planning, the General Staff of the Republic and the Marine Corps Command had long considered that they would land in the eastern part of North America, especially the Northeast, and attack New England with New York as the center, so they had already formulated corresponding combat plans.
As the fleet headed north early, the support forces required for landing operations have also been deployed.
It can be said that the key to whether to log in to Canada is not the Republican team, but the Supreme Command of the Republic.
As long as the Supreme Command issued an order, the Republic Marines could launch an action.
By mid-April, the landing battle had become a winding arrow!
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