Chapter 501 Myth Project Series

"Your Fuxi plan has transferred all the math talents." When Yu Dawei saw Hua Luogeng, he often quipped.

In order to develop electronic computers, Meng Xiang can be said to have looted most of the famous mathematicians in China.

In addition to Wu Wenjun, Xu Baoluo and others, veterans such as Jiang Lifu, Hu Mingfu, Xiong Qing, and Yang Wuzhi also came out one after another. However, the younger generation such as Chern Shiingshen, Wu Daren, Chen Jiangong, Zhuang Qitai, Zeng Yuanrong, and Su Buqing have begun to take the lead. For example, Zhao Yuxiong, who was the first to propose applied mathematics and computational mathematics in China, Jiang Zehan, the founder of Huaxia topology, and others, Meng Xiang looked at the names a little familiar and a little memorized, and they were also included in the list after investigation.

And the leader of them is Hua Luogeng, as a researcher and founder of Huaxia analytic number theory, canonical groups, matrix geometry, self-guided function theory, etc., plus the later leadership of the Huaxia Institute of Mathematics, led the development of the first electronic computer in Huaxia, and has a certain organizational ability, so Meng Xiang is still led by him. As for Xia Peisu, Min Naida, and others who were still slightly immature students at this time, they naturally didn't consider it.

Hua Luogeng does not have too many degrees shrouded, his qualifications are too shallow, only the 20-year-old thesis has emerged, if it were not for the time when he studied in Cambridge, England, his thesis on Gauss made him famous, he is afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public in China, which is accustomed to seniority. His book "Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers", which became a classic of 20th-century mathematical treatises, had not yet been published at this time, and his qualifications were still slightly lacking.

When Zhou Bai mentioned it, Meng Xiang helped him.

In 39 years, when the first Dragon Cup Science Award was held, Hua Luogeng won the domestic prize in mathematics, not by virtue of his "Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers", but by virtue of the five principles of computers. When he returned in 38, Meng Xiang was drawn to the vanguard army and healed his disabled right leg eight years in advance. When the Dragon Cup Award was established, Meng Xiang was thinking about expanding the influence of the domestic scientific community.

For mathematics, Hua Luogeng's "Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers" has not yet been completed, but for Meng Xiang's intentional or unintentional prompting, he has already given him a topic about computers. He had an idea and listed five principles of computing. This was originally 40 years ago, and was proposed by Wiener, the father of cybernetics. It was when he was a visiting researcher in China in 35-36 that he got a little inspiration from the yin and yang gossip.

At this time, these five principles were explored and sorted out by Hua Luogeng in the research of electronic computers in the early days of the vanguard army under the vague prompt of Meng Xiang. can only be regarded as half of Meng Xiang's plagiarism. In many cases, when a layer of window paper is opened, it is naturally a matter of course.

This achievement was not very noticeable at this time, so it did not win the international award of the Dragon Cup Award, but only won the domestic award. Although it is also a bit controversial, when China fell into the fire of the Japanese invaders at that time, such achievements were relatively prominent.

It was with some excellent theories about computers that Hua Luogeng became the leader of the Fuxi Project. After all, this emerging project is not well known to others. At this time, the only one who has a general idea, except for Meng Xiang, is him.

When scientists in this era were faced with the great cause of serving the country, they did not have many thoughts of fighting for power and profit. Only when there are more laymen in later generations can they only maintain their authority by virtue of their high positions. For these things, Meng Xiang uses an expert to lead the way, and sets up a deputy or assistant who is responsible for taking care of logistics and external exchanges to deal with other things. For scientific research, it is strictly forbidden for laymen to interfere indiscriminately.

The ideological confinement of science and culture is just another form of self-isolation.

"Where do we have more talent than the people in the Kwafu Project? Isn't Wang Shoujing, who uses quantum mechanics, called Huaxia Physics Jun by foreigners? Even Principal Mei Yiqi has arrived at your project team? Yan Keats, we still need him to come to our electromagnetic grouping! Hua Luogeng also smiled back, he and Yu Dawei, who studied mathematics, have long been familiar with each other, and not only mathematicians are needed in electronic computers, but also electronic and mechanical scientists. And nuclear bomb research is also inseparable from the support of mathematics. Many of the group members are numbered on both sides.

For example, Qian Sanqiang was also one of the founders of computers in Huaxia in later generations. Also listed in both programs.

Mathematics is the basic skill of scientists, and many scientists are also very good at mathematics. The research on electronic computers also requires a lot of manpower, and there are other projects, so some people wear many hats.

"Yan Keats has to be busy with his optical laboratory again, he has to give lectures in Jixia School Palace, and he has to be busy with the newly established optical manufacturing base in Luoyang, he is so busy all day long that he can't see the shadow, he can't take care of optics, and he hasn't seen him for a long time?" Yu Dawei shook his head and smiled. The hectic atmosphere in the joint theater directly ignited his passion, and he liked the feeling of doing practical things in a down-to-earth manner without intrigue.

"Aren't we also busy praising a lot of calculations for our parent project?" Hua Luogeng also rubbed his temples and said with a wry smile.

"By the way, I've just got a few more pieces of data for you, and I need your help to verify them. After all, you're more professional! Yu Dawei said with a smile.

As he spoke, he took a black briefcase from the hand of a major staff officer beside him, and the five red stars on it, one large and four small, were particularly eye-catching under the black leather.

Hua Luogeng took the briefcase with both hands with a smile, opened a file bag inside, and took out a stack of calculation data to look at it first.

"Don't be in a hurry, go back and count slowly!" Seeing this, Yu Dawei smiled first, and then leaned to Hua Luogeng's side with a slight mystery and laughed softly, "I heard that your gossip can be counted five thousand times a second?" ”

In the Fuxi Project, the electronic computer does not directly call names, but uses gossip to refer to them. Yu Dawei's secrecy level at this time is already level, and he can learn some information.

"That's just an addition operation." Hua Luogeng nodded and smiled, and put away the calculation data.

"If only it were done quickly. Then our plan to praise the father is much easier. The amount of calculations per day is too large, and it can only be calculated by hand. Zhao visited Xiong, and they had a lot of quick calculations, which was much more convenient. Yu Dawei sighed. The amount of computation is too large, and this is the most critical. Meng Xiang once asked Xiaohua for help, but Xiaohua refused.

"Aren't there a lot of abacus masters? With a good abacus, it can be faster than some mechanical computers! Hua Luogeng said with a smile. Mechanical computers have existed since the 17th century, but many of them are not very fast, and they are indeed not as convenient as abacus.

"Mechanical computers? That thing is nothing compared to your gossip. Even the relay computer is a thousand times slower than yours. But I've heard that it's bigger than a house? "Because of the temptation of the mathematics major, Yu Dawei is very interested in it, but he has to be busy with logistics, and he also has to take care of some aspects such as military engineering in the next step, where is the time to meddle in the Fuxi plan? You can only rely on the high level of secrecy to ask about it.

"It's not small. It's a lot more than this office. Hua Luogeng nodded, thinking of the "gossip" he was busy with, he was also full of emotion in his heart. The whole machine weighs 30 tons and is more than 30 meters long, and it is estimated that nearly 20,000 electron tubes will be used in vacuum tubes alone, and this is not counting the losses lost in the test. In the test, the vacuum tube is easy to burn one or two in less than ten minutes, and how to make them run normally is a big problem.

"It's just that the tube consumes too much, and the cost is very large!" Hua Luogeng couldn't help but sigh.

Because of his wide range of involvement, Yu Dawei also has some impressions of electron tubes. From the early No. 10 tube, to the later No. 30 and No. 57 tubes, and then to the 6V6 tube of R Company in 37 years, they are all classics sought after by radio enthusiasts. Just like today's computer enthusiasts, radio technology was a cutting-edge technology at the time, but it was obsessed with countless radio enthusiasts. Because some of his relatives and friends like this, Yu Dawei also knows a little about tubes. These things also require a lot of money.

However, he knew that Meng Xiang was very lenient on the fees for these plans.

It is also true that the Fuxi Project is also a huge project, and the development of the first electronic computer is only the first stage, and the funds for this first stage were smashed by Meng Xiang by 1 million US dollars. It turns out that the cost of the first electronic computer in 46 years of history was only 480,000 US dollars.

Hua Luogeng's sigh is only compared with the central government's somewhat tight scientific research expenses. At this time, the central government's military spending is insufficient, and it is already difficult to maintain basic education funds, where is the money to invest in scientific research? This is also the reason why a large number of scholars have joined the vanguard army.

Yu Dawei, who served as the director of the engineering department, knows more about this. When he came, he was given a lot of weapons. Since there was a copycat company that opened up to buy and sell weapons, it was focused on by the central government for a period of time because of the lack of imports, and the independent military industry has also been much colder. Although Yu Dawei is very mellow in life, some phenomena are also unaccustomed to it. The greed of several wealthy families and the short-sightedness of national development have drained the support of independent industries. The ordnance industry can only be maintained, but can no longer develop bigger.

Compared with the large investment with the Pioneer Army, the down-to-earth support of basic industries made him more willing to stay in the Pioneer Army. Just like the Kuafu plan he is presiding over now, although the accounts are very strict, the funds are very sufficient.

"100 million?" At the beginning, when Meng Xiang directly gave him the initial funding limit of 100 million oceans, he was always quiet, and his face was full of surprise. But he didn't care about it at all, and the number of 100 million in his head was buzzing. It's not that he hasn't seen a lot of money, and the director of the Ordnance Industry has a lot of money.

But the ocean, which cost 100 million as soon as he made a shot, still made his heart beat a little.

What he didn't know was that this year alone, Meng Xiang had spent more than 400 million yuan on scientific research funds for other projects. Only one-fifth of the total amount was spent on nuclear bomb research, which is much worse than the $2.5 billion invested by the Americans in the Manhattan Project. However, in addition to the lower salaries of domestic scientists, these are also based on the fact that some of these materials can be provided by the base.

For each project, the base's science and technology center provides complete test equipment. With the advantage of sub-bases, Meng Xiang has built thirteen science and technology centers on the site. These scientific research centers are more advanced than foreign laboratories, which greatly improves the progress of scientific research projects.

Some materials can be directly disassembled and used on various types of military products produced at the base. Even in the manufacturing process of electronic computers, base goods account for a lot.

Electronic computers not only need vacuum tubes, but also resistors, capacitors, relays, and switch lamp spare parts, which are all from the military equipment produced in the base. The quality of military products is better, and the cost of base products is extremely low, which also allows Meng Xiang to save most of the costs. Originally, it would not have cost 1 million US dollars, but this cost was mainly used for basic research on the independent development of related industries.

For example, vacuum tubes, although the base production is cheaper, but the future development needs to have its own industry, and there is also a need for localization to replace "imported goods". Therefore, a series of industrial chains are driven by increased investment.

However, that was just to lay the foundation for them, and the spare parts of the first electronic computer were still mainly made in the base, and Meng Xiang couldn't afford to delay so much time.

In order to produce results as soon as possible, in addition to the fact that the manpower is a hundred times more than that of the Americans' Moore group, even Meng Xiang also participated in giving advice. Although there are five principles of computers as a guide, for the overall image of electronic computers, Meng Xiang, who has opened the golden finger of history, can be said to know best. Even though transistors and vacuum tubes are very different, many of the principles and rules of computers are the same. The computer foundation of university study has not been completely forgotten, although the system cannot be perfect, but the general structure can still hint a thing or two.

"The binary of the machine is very similar to the yin and yang handed down by the ancestors!" Yu Dawei said with a smile that the tradition of family education made him not the kind of all-round albino person who had undergone Western education since childhood, but one of the models of Chinese style and Western use. Among some of the tips from Meng Xiang, the perfect combination of modern and ancient is found.

"The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated!" Hua Luogeng is self-taught, and he is exposed to a lot of traditional things, and he is not so rigid.

"Commander Meng advocates the revival of Chinese civilization, and there are a lot of good things in this ancestor!" Yu Dawei lamented that the trend of comprehensive westernization in China is still very strong, especially when they are bullied, and many young people yearn for the strength of the West. He still agrees with the vanguard army's advocacy of selective inheritance and development of Chinese characteristic culture at this time. The dross needs to be discarded, and the good needs to be inherited.

But what is dross is a matter of opinion, and there are many controversial things. The controversy between Chinese and Western medicine has always been fiercely debated, and soon after Meng Xiang improved the status of traditional Chinese medicine, it ushered in a full-scale counterattack by Western medicine. Since last year, the two sides have quarreled and fought on various occasions, and even held actual battles.

This kind of thing is guided and is not suitable for administrative suppression. Meng Xiang is only behind the scenes, occasionally helping Chinese medicine to help, and does not interfere with many proposals.

There are still free choices for these, but such as foot binding, the vanguard army is hyped up, making the joint theater a move that everyone shouts and beats. Even if some old antiques have braids, Meng Xiang is not compulsory, just publicity. However, this binding of feet that mutilated people's bodies was explicitly forbidden by the vanguard army, and they started with economic means and administrative and legal means to completely eradicate this "quintessence of the country".

In addition, unlike religion, which involves beliefs and myths, the government of the Joint Operations District only restricts it slightly, and does not forcibly interfere with it.

David Yu was intrigued by the names of these plans at this time. A Kuafu, a Fuxi, these are the names in the ancient mythology of China. And as far as he knows, there is also a Shennong plan, a Houtu plan, and even a Chiyou plan.

He only knew a little about these plans.

As for the Shennong Project, Yu Dawei only knew that it was a seed improvement plan, but this was only part of it, and its main content was a comprehensive study of plants. Of course, the core is the improvement of seeds, and the number one project is hybrid rice.

Originating from the Internet bombardment and rote memorization of exams in later generations, Meng Xiang has a deep memory of Yuan Longping's super rice in the glory of the country and the nation. If there is no agricultural improvement represented by hybrid rice, under the pressure of more than a billion mouths, when the gap between the rich and the poor widens, people will still starve to death. It can be said that the stability of the political system in later generations is first of all based on the fact that everyone has enough to eat. Among them, hybrid rice plays a great role.

From the beginning of 38, considering the problem of eating on the land, Meng Xiang, who was overwhelmed by the shortage of food, had already launched an agricultural improvement plan, which was part of the Shennong plan.

In addition to the construction of water conservancy and the construction of six fertilizer plants, seed improvement is one of the major projects. The improvement of wheat and rice is the focus, especially rice, and Meng Xiang has a deep impression of hybrid rice.

In addition to the problem of consciousness and concept, the technology of hybrid rice does not have much high-tech beyond the times, and what is needed most is continuous experimentation and accumulation, which takes time.

However, the Rice Research Institute in the Joint Theater gathered a large number of rice experts, such as Ding Ying, Yuan Songzhou, Zhou Shilu, Qian Tianhe, Xie Jiasheng, Yang Kaiqu, Shen Xuenian, and others, who began to research hybrid rice with the support of the vanguard army as early as possible.

As early as 26 years ago, Ding Ying discovered the original seed of rice found in the suburbs of Guangzhou. In addition to developing the "Zhongshan No. 1" high-quality rice seed in 33 years, in 36 years, he also used South China rice and Indian wild rice to cross to breed the "Thousand Grain Spike" system, among which the "Silver Seal" rice seed caused a sensation at home and abroad.

Although he was later affected by the invasion of devils, with the support of the vanguard army, he soon organized a new research.

In order to obtain better data, in 38 years, the Pioneer Army built an experimental farm in a remote part of Hainan. An experimental farm was also built near the Nanyang base on the island of Kalimantan at that time. Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and other major rice producing countries also have experimental plots.

According to Meng Xiang's prompt, the search for wild defeat in Hainan also began early. In the first half of last year, under the continuous search of many people, three strains were finally found in Hainan and Guangxi.

This is the beginning of hybrid rice, and the rest requires constant experimentation.

It lasted for more than a year before I got a little eyebrow, but this is just laboratory data, and outdoor tests are needed. Again, it takes a long time.

However, at this time, in terms of food, the vanguard army was not in a hurry. Although less was handed over to the government of the Joint Theater Government, the total amount in the theater was more, the market was in circulation, and there were even large farms in the hands of the vanguard army itself. Therefore, even though international food prices have been affected by the war and have been rising, the domestic grain market is still stable.

Meng Xiang will not rush, and the Shennong plan is also a huge system that lasts for a long time.

There are also other plans, Yu Dawei doesn't know much about the Houtu plan, only vaguely knows that it has something to do with the materials, but he knows more about the Chiyou plan.

The Chiyou plan originated from Chiyou's military creation, and it was aimed at the military industry. In addition to the Kuafu plan, this plan, he has the most contact with.

Chi You made nine soldiers. In the initial stage of the Chiyou Plan, the Pioneer Army's own ordnance industry also focused on nine kinds of weapons.

At this time, the central government observation group led by Meng Xiang and Bai Chongxi was watching several of these weapons.

"This is our new assault rifle!" Woodson said with both hands on a gun that looked a little strange in Bai Chongxi's eyes.

After the upgrade, Meng Xiang produced famous guns such as the -47 and M14. It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher, it's just a reference for experiments, and it doesn't cost much. So, under the reference of these famous guns, Woodson re-modified the A-1 assault rifle he invented, and became the current one. The caliber is the same 7 mm of the new standard.