Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 228 The German ship still has three thousand nails
Britain and France had Chinese workers, and Germany had students.

Cheng Nuo attached great importance to students like Li Hua who went to study in Germany.

In other words, Cheng Nuo valued all young students with talent, potential, and more importantly patriotism.

After the small concert got all the limelight, Cheng Nuo didn't stay any longer, declined the kindness of Plank and others, and took Li Hua out of the venue quickly.

Here, Li Hua is immersed in the activity just now, and he still has some thoughts: "Professor Cheng, you blow it so well, you blow out the spirit of us Chinese, you don't know, you just played it During the process, those big foreigners opened their mouths like a dipper, how have they ever seen such a battle."

Cheng Nuo patted the student on the back and said with a smile, "You're not bad at playing the sheng! It seems that there are some inheritances in the family?"

Li Hua rubbed the back of his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "What kind of inheritance is it? When I was young, people would do trivial things. I liked to run behind my buttocks to beg for food. After a long time, I gradually understood it. , it’s just a layman’s fool.”

Cheng Nuo picked up the handkerchief, wiped the suona several times to make sure it was clean, and then solemnly handed it back: "It is enough to deal with the dying German Empire. As for those big noses, they are just for fun. "

"That's right, I've been in Germany for so long, and I've never seen anyone play it." After receiving the suona, Li Hua nodded: "But even if they have heard it, so what if they are mentally prepared? Aren't you overwhelmed by our combination?"

Looking back at those people, Cheng Nuo couldn't help laughing: "That's true, I guess this will impress these people deeply."

"But having said that, how long have you been in Germany, and what subject do you study?" Turning his gaze away, Cheng Nuo looked at the student and asked curiously, "Looking at the school badge on your schoolbag, it seems that you are a student of the University of Berlin?"

"Professor Cheng has good eyesight. I am a student of the University of Berlin, but unlike you, I came to Germany to study at my own expense." Li Hua turned over his schoolbag, pointed to the school badge and said, "The major is automotive engineering, and I want to learn a skill well. After that, I can go back to work.”

"The automobile engineering is good. Right now, our domestic market is blank, and the future development prospects are very bright." Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "By the way, where do you live? Can you show me there?"

The smile on Li Hua's face froze for a moment, and he stammered: "Professor Cheng, I am a pig's nest. The guests have passed by, and there is no place to plug in. I am really sorry to find you like this. Why don't you wait?" I'll go back and clean up, and I'll invite you over another day?"

Cheng Nuo stopped walking, smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work."

Li Hua was afraid that the other party would misunderstand, so he quickly explained: "No, Professor Cheng, please don't get me wrong. I'm really not talking nonsense, and my room is really not on the table, not just chaos..."

He opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time, but in the end Li Hua still didn't say the reason for the follow-up.

"And even if you go, I don't have anything to entertain you. If I go back and let my father know about it, I will have to say that I don't know etiquette and break my leg."

Cheng Nuo just mentioned it in passing. He wanted to see what the real life of the students studying in Germany was like, and he didn't have to visit it.

But right now the other party is talking more and more, and the holes in the language are getting bigger and bigger, and I can't justify myself. The real reason must not be as simple as hygiene.

Ever since, Cheng Nuo's curiosity was really hooked: "Could it be a hygiene problem?"

"No."

"Is it convenient to have a roommate in a shared lease?"

"Not at all."

"Jinwu Zangjiao?"

"Not to mention, Professor Cheng, what are you talking about?" Li Hua blushed, and quickly denied it.

Seeing that Cheng Nuo was about to break the casserole and ask the end, Li Hua simply gritted his teeth and said seriously: "Let me tell you straight, the dormitory is full of radishes, and the stacks are taller than people, even if you pass by , besides me, the only one left to greet you is Carrot."

Sure enough, Cheng Nuo and Li Hua came to his dormitory after detours. When they opened the door, they saw sacks full of radishes. On the floor, under the bed, and on the desk, radishes could be seen everywhere. figure.

Looking back at Li Hua, it seems that the whole figure looks like a carrot.

"Xiao Li, why do you store so many radishes in your house? Have you finished eating them? Don't leave them for a long time, or the taste will change in your mouth."

Li Hua cried: "It's not that I want to stock up, but that I have to stock up. Recently, I eat radishes every day. I feel like a radish, and my blood has turned green."

Cheng Nuo was so teased that he couldn't help laughing, and asked curiously, "Tell me why you stock up so much, is it because of the European War?"

Li Hua gritted his molar teeth, and said bitterly: "Isn't that what it is? Last winter, the German people suffered from hunger and cold, and there was not enough coal for most people to keep warm. In addition, the British blockade and crop failures caused many people to have to Rely on radishes to satisfy our hunger."

Patting the radish on the ground, Li Hua added: "Don't look at the fact that this thing was worthless before. Now the price will increase several times. This is the result of the government's price control. If it is placed on the black market, the price will be even better. Don’t worry, there are a lot of them in the room, in fact, it’s easy to be hungry, and there are other classmates.”

From a purely geographical perspective, Germany is surrounded by hostile countries and is particularly vulnerable to blockade.

Germany encountered economic difficulties in the "First World War", which not only affected the direct supply of war materials, but also weakened the morale of the people, which became an important thrust for Germany to seek peace after its defeat.

Seeing the already wilting radishes, Cheng Nuo didn't dislike them either. He washed them a little and put them in his mouth: "I haven't eaten German radishes before, do you mind if I try?"

"You can eat at ease, as long as you don't mind, here is open for you to eat." Li Hua not only allowed Cheng Nuo to eat, but also handed over a knife, and said politely: "This skin is more spicy, it tastes much better after peeling it , There is still a sweet taste in the mouth."

Cheng Nuo waved his hand and peeled off the skin of the radish skillfully like peeling an orange: "For us rural children in the north, if cabbage is one of the few vegetables we have in winter, then radish is ours. Fruit."

Immediately, Ga Beng took a mouthful: "Oh, it's not bad! Do you want to eat some?"

As he spoke, Cheng Nuo broke the radish in half and handed over the unbitten part.

Unexpectedly, Li Hua shook his head again and again: "Don't, I feel like throwing up when I look at this thing. If I don't have anything else to eat, I won't eat carrots anymore."

Cheng Nuo laughed dumbfounded, took the radish back, and ate it by himself: "Let me tell you, Germany's current economic predicament is fundamentally constrained by the fragility of its economic system, and this fragility has a great impact on the direction of the war." It is inseparable from the blockade policy implemented by the United Kingdom to have an effect."

Moving over to a small horse, Li Hua listened carefully to Cheng Nuo's "lesson", a little bit resentful: "Our ancestors are right, meat eaters are contemptible, and even I know the truth that soldiers and horses go before food and grass are used. Those people who were selling grain abroad before the war in Europe, instead of buying and storing grain for war in return, were too short-sighted."

In fact, the responsibility cannot be completely shifted from the German businessmen, and the problem of insufficient food preparations is also inseparable from the German government.

At that time, Germany’s economic policy stipulated that grain exports could be subsidized through the difference in tariffs, which induced grain producers to export quickly after harvest to get cash, and its export targets even included the United Kingdom.

Even though the German military has repeatedly urged the government to cancel the policy, it has had little effect.

The grain export policy maintained by German agricultural interest groups for a long time has prevented Germany from carrying out strategic food reserves, which has resulted in the temporary mobilization of existing economic resources and failure to prepare for a long-term war that consumes a large amount of resources.

In the later period, the people did not have enough food and clothing, and the overseas students also suffered.

Wiping the juice from his lips, Cheng Nuo suddenly asked: "Among the many forms of war, siege warfare has the characteristics of blocking the flow of resources, and it itself contains elements of economic blockade. In ancient times, siege was a city. With the advancement of technology, if our country wants to block other countries in the future, what method will you choose?"

"Me?" Li Hua pointed to himself, making sure that he was asking him a question. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "The purpose of the blockade is to cut off the flow of resources to the opponent, so the blockade must attack the trade and trade that the resource flow relies on." traffic, or simply prevent the enemy’s trading partners from trading with the enemy.”

Cheng Nuo nodded: "But in this case, we must require our country to have both the military capability to destroy the opponent's communication lines, and the political and diplomatic power to force the neutral country to reduce or stop trade with the enemy country, no matter which one it is, It doesn't seem easy."

Li Hua's face was gloomy: "Thinking carefully, it seems that we can only be a blocked person forever! How can we have the ability to block others? Even if it is required by international law, the blockade of non-military supplies including food is prohibited. It’s also doing the right thing.”

Cheng Nuo sighed: "Isn't the UK right now bypassing international law and directly blocking Germany, causing you to eat carrots? It is essentially a typical Machiavellian value."

Machiavellianism advocates that any means can be used to achieve the goal, so it has become synonymous with tactics and strategy.

Unwilling, Li Hua clenched his fist and slammed his thigh hard: "Is there no solution?"

Cheng Nuo raised his eyebrows: "Although we can't overcome the root cause, we can still work hard on the bright side."

Li Hua's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Professor Cheng, tell me quickly."

The two ate the rest of the radish, Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "Right now, the British mainly rely on the navy to block the shipping route, and then control the ship and prevent it from docking in Germany. What I want to say is, if we can find a way to get rid of these navies ?”

Li Hua hesitated, "Are you talking about developing the navy?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head: "The history of giant battleships has slowly passed, and the caliber of naval guns alone cannot determine the victory of a naval battle."

Li Hua was puzzled, "Then what should we do?"

Cheng Nuo raised his eyebrows: "Of course it is to develop aircraft and develop the air force."

Now it's Li Hua's turn to be dumbfounded. Although I've heard of airplanes before, but to actually touch them, it's really a big girl getting on a sedan chair—for the first time:
"Build an airplane?"

Seeing that he was close to his goal, Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "Yes, the importance of aircraft will become more and more important in the development of the later era. Whether it is used for civil aviation or turned back to military, the industry has great potential. Big, I recommend you to try this direction.”

Li Hua was dumbfounded, and quickly explained: "Professor Cheng, you are really not joking. Although the four wheels of a car seem to be one more than the three wheels of an airplane, the actual difficulty of research and development is just the opposite. The plane doesn't know anything about it."

Cheng Nuo smiled and waved his hands: "At least, you have a foundation, unlike me, who is a real layman."

Although Li Hua is tempted, he knows his own ability best. This accumulation of experience is not enough for aircraft manufacturing: "No, although the method you mentioned is good, it is not suitable for me. I can't even disassemble an aero engine." Don't know where to start."

Cheng Nuo said cheerfully, "That's not necessarily true, although I don't know how to use engines, I can study something else.

For example, the engine fairing can not only reduce the drag of the aircraft, but also solve the problem of cooling the air-cooled engine. It can even design an engine with two or four rows of cylinders to create conditions for increasing power.

Another example is the exhaust gas turbocharger, which can increase the intake pressure under high altitude conditions and improve the high altitude performance of the engine.

Another example is the variable pitch propeller, which is used to increase the efficiency of the propeller and the output power of the engine..."

Every time Cheng Nuo finished an example, Li Hua nodded beside him, which gave him a lot of confidence.

The technological progress that Cheng Nuo mentioned was not made up by him. They were all important inventions in the field of piston engines between the two world wars.

In addition to what Cheng Nuo said, there are also cooling exhaust valves, cylinder water injection and deflagration-proof fuel, etc. These inventions have created conditions for greatly improving the performance of engines and aircraft.

The reason why Cheng Nuo wanted Li Hua to stay in Germany and change his major was not only because he felt that Li Hua was a promising talent, but part of the reason was that Germany's aviation industry developed rapidly after World War I. For example, the world's first aircraft The jet fighter put into use - Me262 fighter.

After the war, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France successively developed their first-generation turbojet engines by buying patents, or relying on materials and personnel obtained from Germany.

At the same time, the five or six years after World War I were two golden periods in the history of Germany.

In Berlin alone in 1924, there were nearly a thousand Chinese students studying abroad.

The reason for this is the signing of the Sino-German Agreement after the war and the strengthening of cultural exchanges between China and Germany, which made it possible for a large number of students to study in Germany. The two countries are completely on an equal footing. field.

Studying abroad was the main form of educational exchanges between China and Germany at that time.

On the other hand, post-war inflation in Germany was extremely serious, and the mark depreciated sharply. Foreigners who held hard currencies such as US dollars spent much less money living in Germany than before the war. This situation stimulated the flow of foreign students to Germany.

When most of the Chinese students are poor, they have to change the countries where they study abroad as the price of each country changes for the sake of livelihood.

At that time, many Chinese students studying in other European and American countries transferred to Germany to study.

For example, Lin Yutang, whom Cheng Nuo met after he went to Europe, was originally Cheng Nuo's junior student who had been studying at Harvard University in the United States.

However, due to economic reasons, he transferred to the University of Leipzig in Germany to study in 1920, and later obtained a doctorate.

Why many seniors of our party choose Germany as their destination for studying abroad is actually due to the realistic pressure of economic constraints.

In other words, Cheng Nuo wanted to send some good domestic students to study in Germany besides the industry in Germany.

Li Hua was Cheng Nuo's candidate for placement in Germany, learning advanced technology and managing foreign students.

"Don't look at Germany's failure, but there are still three thousand nails in the wreck, and there are still many good things waiting for us to discover!

Li Hua, I see you very much. "

"Professor Cheng, don't do this, you make me very stressed..."

(End of this chapter)