Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

As the main battlefield of World War I, France suffered more serious losses than Britain. Officers below the rank of lieutenant rarely survived on the battlefield for more than three months, and the mortality rate of adult men aged 15-49 was as high as 13.3%. .

Not only was there a shortage of front-line personnel, but there was also a war-weary mood in the rear. Soldiers were passive and even fled. This caused a sharp shortage of combat effectiveness and labor in the front of France. It also made France set its sights on China, which has a sufficient labor force.

So the French government accepted Liang Shiyi's proposal after hearing his plan of "Replacing Soldiers with Workers" and sent a retired colonel named Tao Lude to China to hide his identity and come to China as an agricultural technician to carry out World War I laborers recruit.

The French Chinese workers who are currently getting along with Cheng Nuo are basically recruited through the hands of the retired colonel.

"Brother, do you mean that you all came to France through a commercial company?"

When he came to Europe this time, Cheng Nuo not only brought pancakes and miso, but also a lot of cooking utensils and a small number of light industrial products, such as flour produced in Shanghai.

It is not only to promote the domestic flour industry, but also to make pasta for these Chinese workers.

The hand-rolled noodles are boiled and cooled in water for a while, crushed with garlic juice and nepeta, mixed with salt, and poured on the noodles.

Although it looks simple, it is refreshing and refreshing in the mouth.

Squatting with fellow Chinese workers, Cheng Nuo snorted and drank two bowls in a row, but he was not satisfied, so he planned to add another bowl of noodle soup.

The Huagong next to him wiped his mouth casually, and smiled curiously: "Professor Cheng, as a great professor, you never expected to eat more than us manual laborers. You are so amazing."

"Would you like a spoonful of white soup too? Is this enough?" Cheng Nuo took the initiative to scoop up a spoonful of noodle soup for the eldest brother of Hua Gong, and said with a smile, "Don't look at me as a literati, my hands are not weak. Later Let Big Brother see you."

"Enough is enough, I'll just send it down my throat. I haven't eaten noodles for a long time, and it's still fine noodles. Thanks to Professor Cheng, I have to take a good look at it later." The eldest brother hurriedly sent the noodle bowl In the past, there was a little restraint in the smile: "When we came here, we were really introduced by some company."

Cheng Nuomoran, in order to cooperate with the recruitment of French workers and avoid the accusations of the Allies, Liang Shiyi established a "Hui Min" commercial company in Beijing to recruit Chinese workers for France from all over the country.

At the same time, France is required to strictly abide by the three clauses signed in writing in addition to the content of the contract: Chinese workers must not interfere in the war; the Chinese government has the right to send officials to France to inspect the life and work of Chinese workers; Liberty is not subject to abuse by employers.

For these requirements, the French side not only agreed, but also performed quite well, and maintained a good relationship with the Chinese government.

And Cheng Nuo wanted to take advantage of this. After the war, he stayed in France to build a factory and resettled some Chinese workers. It would also help the students who had studied in France to go to France.

However, in the process of continuing to communicate with these Chinese workers, Cheng Nuo also discovered a particularly interesting thing, that is, the Chinese workers believe that authority is not granted by gods, but transitional. If the authority does many unrighteous actions, it should be overthrown. Even in violent form.

It is amazing that these people want to change in this revolutionary/old area.

Before leaving to contact the European scientific and industrial circles, Cheng Nuo was going to make a thorough arrangement for the Huagong Night School.

Not only literacy, but also moral, intellectual, and industrial skills education.

During this period, Cheng Nuo didn't contribute too much. He mainly provided funds for the expansion of the evening school and the planning of related courses, which cost about [-] to [-] pounds.

According to the initial planning, there are auditoriums, classrooms, libraries, cafeterias, letter rooms, entertainment rooms, etc. Although the sparrow is small and complete, it looks like a Chinatown. Some halls can accommodate thousands of people, and small ones can accommodate nearly a hundred people. .

The most important teacher resources are basically students who have stayed in Europe and the United States, which saved Cheng Nuo a lot of effort.

Before that, these students had already started to organize activities frequently, including writing letters for Chinese workers in World War I, explaining world events to Chinese workers in World War I, holding various speeches, discussing the future of the motherland, etc., with the purpose of developing the wisdom of Chinese workers in World War I , Cultivate their patriotism.

With Cheng Nuo's arrival, the force was so strong that he continued to push forward, and the direction was more scientific and systematic.

"Cousin Yu, please come here."

Cheng Nuo, who was packing his bags, saw Lin Yutang approaching, and hurriedly greeted him:

"I need you to translate some books here. Do you have time?"

"Book, what book?" Lin Yutang was a little curious. He took the book, glanced at the cover and found it familiar, but he didn't know where he read it: "Das Kapital?"

Cheng Nuo tied up his clothes and explained: "Yes, this is the book. You can call it "Capitalism" in Chinese. It's a great work written by German Ma*si. I was very inspired after reading it. But unfortunately, the Chinese translation of this book is not satisfactory, and I need someone to do a good job of translating it.”

While speaking, he patted a stack of books on the table, and introduced: "These are all "Capitalism", but each book is in a new language."

"A new language, isn't it enough to translate the English version?" Lin Yutang was a little curious. He walked over and flipped through it. There were really versions in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, etc., and he was shocked: "You attach so much importance to it. Is it?"

Cheng Nuo smiled, and put the clothes into the suitcase by himself: "This thing is the dragon slayer, with it in hand, this sky will be pierced, just wait and see, in order to ensure that no mistakes are made, I specially Find a few translations in different languages ​​into Chinese, and then refine and proofread on this basis to achieve the principle of integrity and elegance.”

Lin Yutang couldn't believe it. After reading the book, he looked at Cheng Nuo again: "Okay, I agree to this matter, but how are you going to use such an important book?"

Cheng Nuo stopped what he was doing, and said seriously: "Right now, we will start with our worker's night school. There was no compulsory course before. In the future, "Capitalism" will be our only compulsory course. When the time is right, it will be extended to the whole country. These Chinese laborers will be the seeds of hope."

Hearing this, Lin Yutang's heart itched even more, and he immediately wanted to read this book to see what kind of magical power it had that made Cheng Nuo look like this.

But it was obviously not a suitable place right now, so Lin Yutang forcibly suppressed this thought, and said with concern: "Zhiyuan, pack your luggage, where are you going? Europe is not peaceful right now, bullets don't have eyes, it's best not to go anywhere. "

Cheng Nuo smiled and shook his head, buttoned the suitcase and said, "I chose to go to Europe because of its chaos."

But Cheng Nuo didn't tell Lin Yutang what to do, not even Liang Qichao and the others.

Just because he planned to secretly go to Germany according to the plan to reap the benefits in advance.

In addition to obtaining technology in advance, they are also planning to use the hands of the Germans to try the chemical weapons developed by the School of Chemistry on the British.

The quantity of the first batch is not too much, and the key is to obtain experimental data, so as to know the direction of improvement.

And Germany is the main user of chemical weapons, and it seems more reasonable to throw this weapon as Germany.

It's just that France and Germany are still at war right now, so it's really inconvenient to reveal their identity.

Of course, Cheng Nuo's identity couldn't be revealed after the war.

"By the way, this month is the [-]th anniversary of Mr. Ma *si's birth. At that time, some social activists will visit. Tell Shi Yixuan and the others to treat them well." Cheng Nuo suddenly thought of tomorrow's day, and hurriedly instructed.

"Okay... ah? Professor Cheng lie down quickly!" Before Lin Yutang finished speaking, he heard the sound of "咻~" in the sky, followed by the sound of violent bombardment from the surrounding area.

Before Cheng Nuo could react, Lin Yutang pushed him to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a loud bombing sound suddenly sounded nearby, and Cheng Nuo's vision went dark, and he was completely unconscious.

After many years, Cheng Nuo found out that he had been attacked by the famous Big Bell tower during a special investigation.

It was on this day that the whole of Marseille was shrouded in the barrage of the Berta cannon. Under the huge 420 mm caliber gun barrel, more than 800 Marseille citizens died.

In fact, in the middle of the First World War, the two warring parties were in a strategic stalemate, and the military and economic strength of the Allied Powers represented by Britain and France had increased significantly compared to the beginning of the war.

In the second half of 1917, the air defense capabilities of key areas such as Marseille in France were greatly enhanced. In addition to the strict air defense warning system, the dense anti-aircraft artillery firepower network all over the suburbs of Marseille made the German aircraft attacking Marseille in broad daylight tantamount to self-destruction.

In this case, Luftwaffe planes used night raids to attack Marseilles gradually.

However, the good light control in Marseilles and the huge group of anti-aircraft guns made the German planes that attacked at night only fly at high altitudes, and the accuracy of bombing could not be discussed at all.The French even did not hesitate to build a fake target simulating a city on both sides of the Marne River ring to deceive German pilots.

In order to bombard Marseille, the capital of France, the Germans quickly thought of long-range cannons.

At that time, the German army had already occupied Belgium, and the Belgian-French border area was only 120-130 kilometers away from the capital Marseille. Bombing Marseille from here could have a powerful shocking effect of catching the enemy by surprise and shaking the morale of the army.

The German arms industry has strong research and development capabilities in the manufacture of artillery. In 1915, Germany was able to manufacture a long-range gun with a range of 40 kilometers, which could hit Dunkirk from the front line, and even not long after, the Germans directly manufactured a long-range gun with a range of 62 kilometers.

At the back, the "Paris Cannon" with a maximum range of 131km was launched. The famous "Gustav" train gun was just a junior in front of him.

The Big Bell Tower gun that bombed Cheng Nuo had a maximum range of less than 15 kilometers, but the shell weighed nearly 1 ton and exploded after penetrating into the target. It was the heaviest cannon that Germany could transport on land.

Cheng Nuo here obviously didn't realize the importance of the problem. After some time, he finally woke up from the ruins. The first thing he did after opening his eyes was to look at Lin Yutang to see if he was okay.

Fortunately, both of them were at the corner of the house. The brick and wood structure was relatively stable, and with the support of the fallen beams, it seemed that nothing was a big deal.

It was just that he was shocked by the shells, and Lin Yutang passed out and hadn't woken up yet.

Feeling that his pulse was still beating, Cheng Nuo immediately felt relieved.

But what followed was a loud piercing sound in his ears, followed by a state of deafness. Even if he saw someone crying heart-piercingly, Cheng Nuo couldn't hear the slightest bit.

The surrounding houses collapsed and collapsed, and thick smoke billowed everywhere.

The citizens of Marseille were in panic, hiding, hiding, and the whole Marseille was in chaos.

However, the shell attack is not over yet, with explosions occurring every 15 to 20 minutes.

Although Cheng Nuo couldn't feel the sound, the frequent appearance of such scenes shocked him, and he didn't know where to go without Lin Yutang behind his back.

After going around for a while, they finally returned to the original place, hoping that the principle of shell craters would protect the two of them.

At first, Cheng Nuo thought it was an enemy plane that successfully flew over the German-French border from a high altitude and attacked Marseille.

But looking up for a long time, there is no trace of the plane.

At this time, Cheng Nuo finally understood, where is there any plane bombing? They directly rely on their unique cannon production technology to bomb from a long distance.

There is nothing to do with it other than destroying the cannon outright.

However, Germany at this time is after all a grasshopper after autumn. Although the Big Bell Tower bombed for a day, it only caused some civilian casualties, and did not change the whole situation of World War I.

At night, the French plane found the position.

Because it will generate a huge recoil when fired, a concrete base several meters deep must be poured, and it will be blown up when it is moved. It will take 6 hours just to install the gun position.

So when it was discovered, it could be called a living target that stayed in place, and it didn't take much effort to be destroyed by French aircraft.

"The latest news from this station, the evil German artillery has been destroyed by our heroic air force, and the German army has given a fierce counterattack..."

With a click, Cheng Nuo turned off the radio, walked out of the tent and looked at the messy battlefield, and couldn't help crying.

A few days ago, they were still eating noodles together, but they didn't expect to lose so many lives in an attack.

"How many Huagong brothers have we sacrificed?" Cheng Nuo walked up to Shi Yixuan and asked with concern, "How are things going?"

Shi Yixuan sighed, and said slowly: "There are not many Chinese laborers in our school during the day, but unfortunately, a shell landed near the school, and eight compatriots died on the spot. During the treatment, five more died. Rescue them, as for those with serious injuries and minor injuries, we are still counting."