Chapter 1133: canal

"Yes, the emperor, we are studying." Lin Wentao bowed and said, in fact, the research of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering is not sequential, but parallel.
As the number of researchers in the Empire increased, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering was divided into many groups, each of which was responsible for different mechanical research. This forging hydraulic press was one of them.
Lu Tong heard the words and said: "This is what I want, and some plastic products in the chemical industry now need to be forged. ""Plastic? What is this?" Lin Wentao asked inexplicably. He is serious about some things in chemistry. There is no concept.
Song Changping and Chen Qi also listened.
Xiao Ming knows something about Lu Tong's successful production of plastic. Most of the news that has appeared in the newspapers over the years is about the Imperial Machinery Industry.
However, the development of the chemical industry has been progressing rapidly, silently providing assistance to the machinery industry.
Unknowingly, the empire has been able to produce chemical gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and helium, and the fertilizer industry, paper industry, pharmaceuticals and other industries have also developed by leaps and bounds.
"This plastic is actually a resin. It can be said that natural resins such as asphalt, rosin, amber, and shellac can be used to make plastics." Xiao Ming explained.
In contemporary times, scientists at the end of the nineteenth century successfully nitrated natural cellulose and used camphor as a plasticizer to make the world's first plastic variety, and then the first synthetic phenolic plastic was born.
Now Lutong is able to synthesize phenolic plastic, which has been adopted by the electrical and instrument manufacturing industries of the Empire.
When everyone heard the words, it became clear to everyone. With the topic of plastics, they talked about new things in their respective industries, and an exchange meeting was born.
Xiao Ming didn't bother seeing the intense discussion. He took Qian Dafu and left the Department of Equipment and went directly to the General Staff.
With the efforts of Lin Wentao and others, the empire's industrial capacity has become increasingly strong, which also gave the empire the strength to expand abroad.
Now he went to the General Staff to formulate a long-term strategy for the empire.
When he arrived at the General Staff, Cui Shangan greeted him immediately, still holding a pen in his hand, as if he was writing something.
Entering the combat department of the general staff, twenty young generals saluted him one after another. These are the staff members of the general staff and are responsible for the formulation of battle plans on weekdays.
After returning a military salute, Xiao Ming looked at the huge model in the middle of the war department, the three-dimensional version of the world map of this model.
In this model, countries all over the world are clearly presented, and there are also models of important cities in some countries.
Now all areas occupied by the empire have been planted with the dragon flag of the empire.
"Emperor, this is the port currently planned by the general." Cui Shangan pointed to the model and said, there are port models along the coastline on the model, which is what Cui Shangan is doing now.
To control the world's trade, the empire must control the ports of the world. To deal more effectively with Europe and North America, the empire also needs to have its own ports in the world.
So while transporting oil back from the Middle East, the empire is also gradually establishing its own port strategy.
On the map, Cui Shangan's port plan to circle around Africa, which is currently no way, because the Suez Canal has not yet been excavated, and can only detour along Africa.
Xiao Ming couldn't help frowning at this injustice. In contemporary history, France under Napoleon's rule dug through the Suez Canal. Later, Britain and France jointly operated the Suez Canal, charging fees for merchant ships passing through the Suez Canal, so that their profits were full. Full.
Thinking of this, he said: "The route to Africa is too long. The empire has to dig through this canal and shorten the route from the empire to Europe."
Cui Shangan looked at the place where Xiao Ming pointed. This place was within the territory of the Ottoman Empire, which was the junction of the Middle East and Africa.
After a moment of stunned, Cui Shangan said: "It's just the emperor. This seems to be the territory of the Ottoman Empire. Does the emperor want to wage war on the Ottoman Empire?"
"Now that Persia is fighting for the empire, why should the empire take action?" Xiao Ming had his own ideas. In his plan, once Persia defeated the Ottoman Empire, he would claim land from the Ottoman Empire.
At that time, the empire will ask Persia to take down this land, and the empire will obtain it from Persia. In this way, the empire will obtain the Suez Canal area without any blood.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said his thoughts.
Cui Shangan nodded, "This method is feasible, but the war between Persia and Ottoman has not yet been determined, and the European countries will not easily abandon the plan to disrupt the empire's westward movement. If you want to let the war break out as soon as possible In the outcome, the empire may have to directly intervene."
Xiao Ming frowned. He refused to compromise with Britain on the issue of the Persian-Ottoman war.
After Brooke returned, the British would inevitably turn into anger, and they might even encourage mercenaries to enter the Ottoman battle.
According to intelligence, Britain has now mastered the technology of rear-loading guns and paper-shell bullets. If they intervene forcefully, the war between Persia and Ottoman will inevitably add variables, and this is not what he wants to see.
Although the paper-shell bullets have poor air-tightness, many residues and are easy to get wet, this rifle changed the way the Europeans fight.
Since then, line combat is gone forever, and there will never be a whole row of British lining up to target machine guns in the war.
"Send a batch of machine guns to Persia, train a batch of machine gunners for Persia, and send out snipers to help them shoot the Ottoman officers." Xiao Ming said.
Although it is the two major powers in Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire is stronger than the Persian Empire in overall strength~EbookFREE.me~ This is why Persia has the weapons of the empire and the war is still in a state of anxiety.
Cui Shangan understood that Xiao Ming gradually lost patience. After all, the later, the more likely it is that Europe will send mercenaries.
"The final arrangement is here." Cui Shangan dialed the phone, ordered a batch of machine guns and ammunition from the arsenal, and dispatched machine gunners to Persia.
After hanging up the phone, Cui Shangan said, "Is the emperor's batch of machine grabs just given to Persia?"
"It was loaned to Persia to let them return to the empire after the war." Xiao Ming said. After this war, Persia's strength will inevitably increase, and Ottoman will be crippled for a long time.
If Persia is still in control of the machine gun, Ottoman is really over. Who will control this huge empire spanning Asia, Africa and Europe? By then, the imperial oil might not be so easy to obtain.
Cui Shangan thought it so. After all, machine guns were commonplace in the empire, but in the Persian empire, it was basically a direct transition from cold weapons to hot weapons, and the impact would not be a little bit.