Chapter 258 The Father of Computers (Third update, please subscribe)
In November, news about victory followed one after another.
On November 1, "Operation Olympic" was successfully implemented. The Allied forces successfully landed on beaches codenamed Austin, Buick, Cadillac, etc. Facing the Allied forces with absolute firepower superiority and troop superiority, the Japanese resistance Not worth mentioning at all. After the Allied forces occupied the coast, they immediately advanced in depth. The gate leading to Koji Honshu was finally kicked open by the Allied forces!
Although Xiaori concentrated one-third of his troops and half of his ammunition in Kyushu, trying to force the Allies to accept negotiations by inflicting heavy casualties on Kyushu, they obviously thought wrong. After all, No matter how it ends now, it's not up to them.
In the next two months, more than 1.5 million Allied troops entered Kyushu, and the Allied forces ushered in New Year's Day with victories one after another.
And what about the small days? It is the end in failure!
While Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto and other cities fell one after another. The Russians have also accelerated their march. Not only have they occupied most of the Northeast, they have also crossed the Tumen River and entered North Korea, making them invincible along the way.
This New Year has no good news for little people. The shadow of hunger hangs over everyone. Because of insufficient food supply, people starve to death every day in cities such as Tokyo.
The only good thing is that Li Mei's bombing has started again. This New Year, at least we don't have to suffer from the cold.
Tokyo people are very hungry and very hot this New Year.
In short, life in childhood is difficult.
But the new year has to pass. Whether you like it or not, you must usher in the new year.
It was just as the new year was approaching that a fleet of twenty-five merchant ships and three escort destroyers arrived in Sandakan. This fleet from Europe not only It brought tens of thousands of machines and equipment and carried thousands of passengers. In addition to more than 2,000 contingent members and their wives, there were also more than a thousand scholars, engineers and their families from Germany.
Both men and women looked at this strange city with curious eyes. Although before they came here, they were promised a life of worry-free food and clothing, and a generous income, but at this time , when this city appears in front of their eyes, they will inevitably be a little disappointed.
What kind of city was Sandakan like in December 1945?
It doesn’t even match the imagination of many people. Like others, Condra Zuse’s imagination of Sandakan also comes from the novel “The Land Under the Wind”. In the novel, Sandakan is home to the world’s number one timber export port. Dagen has attracted wealthy people from all over the world. Traders, diplomats, journalists, wage earners, and smiling girls from various countries have also worked or stayed here.
The city in the novel is an extremely prosperous city.
And what is presented to them now?
It is a city filled with wooden buildings and construction sites everywhere.
“This city should also be rebuilt,”
Chu Ze said to himself.
Yes, during the war, Allied bombing almost razed the entire city to the ground, and when the Japanese army fled Sandakan, they set fire to houses in other areas.
What now appears in front of people is a city that is being rebuilt. In addition to simple temporary buildings, there are also many buildings under construction.
The entire city is a construction site. Such a scene is not unfamiliar to these people from Germany, but in Germany they only clear rubble.
The wife standing next to Chu Ze held his hand and said softly.
"No matter what, at least we don't have to go hungry, and it's very warm here. We don't have to worry about not having coal in winter."
Yes, at least we don't have to go hungry, and we don't have to worry about not having coal for heating.
Thinking that almost everyone in Germany was suffering from hunger and cold, Chu Ze nodded and said.
"Yes, that's why we are here."
In order to keep his belly warm, after the war, Chu Ze had to return to art creation. He made woodcut prints and sold them to Farmers and the U.S. Army. It was also for the sake of comfort that he accepted the employment of this company.
Of course, Chuze didn't just come here for bread. Bread was just one factor that prompted him to leave Europe and come to this land. What really drove him to come here was the other party's promise.
“You can get priority resources and continue your research!”
This is the reason why Chu Ze came here, because even in Germany, his research has never been I have noticed that even in the German aviation laboratory, he was working alone, with at most two assistants assisting him in construction. Like many engineers, Chuze and his family live in the Yunhai Plateau southwest of Sandakan. The altitude is about 1,500 meters, so the temperature here is only 22 to 3 degrees throughout the year. Not only are there overlapping mountains and lush trees, but also Vast stretches of alpine meadow.
This plateau with an area of 300 square kilometers is the science city planned by Li Yi'an. The central area of the planned science city will be used as a "research campus area" with planned experiments. Research institutions, educational institutions, commercial and service facilities, residences, etc., and the highest university in Borneo, Nanyang University, is also located here to utilize the intelligence of research institutions nearby.
Two days later, in the last week of December, Chu Ze and his assistant Zhang Tianqi came to his laboratory. The laboratory was set up in Nanyang University. Although Nanyang University had not yet enrolled students, in fact, there were already as many as 3,000 students. Graduate students are engaged in various aspects of research with their supervisors.
These graduate students all graduated from domestic universities, and more than half of them were from Allied contingents. Now, they took off their military uniforms and studied with those German scholars and scientists.
Perhaps, Borneo has not yet established a modern enterprise for those German scientists to use their strengths, but they can display what they have learned in education, which can be regarded as making the best use of them.
However, for Chu Ze, who was an engineer, he was undoubtedly a bit unfamiliar.
As soon as he entered the laboratory, he looked at the dozen young students in front of him and asked in confusion.
"What are we going to do next?"
"Mr. Zuse, just like your work in Germany, continue to engage in your research. Of course, it is not just about making it, we also need to further improve it. After all, your theory cannot go far without a theoretical foundation."
As his assistant, Zhang Tianqi graduated from a domestic university and studied mathematics. And now he will assist Chu Ze in continuing computer research.
"Mr. Zuse, you once built computing machines for the German Aviation Laboratory. You can continue to engage in research in this area here. Of course, you are not just working alone. You will get The help of all of us, as your students, is also your colleague.”
Facing these young people in the laboratory, Chu Ze did not know that some of them were studying mathematics, and some were studying mathematics. Those who study physics and electronics may be young, but they are definitely a group of very outstanding young scholars. Just such a team is something he has never had. After all, he has always been working alone in the past, even if At the German Aviation Laboratory, more than 10,000 marks were allocated to him, and then he started to work on the computer by hand. In fact, in the past ten years, he has worked on three computers, V1, V2, and V3, from the electromechanical type of V1 to the V2 that uses more than 600 relays, and then to the V2 that uses more than 2,000 relays. V3 computer. Almost all of them are done by his own hands.
Now, Chu Ze, who suddenly has a group of assistants, can imagine his inner excitement. After all, the existence of assistants can help him solve some technical problems, almost subconsciously, Chu Ze said.
"Okay, gentlemen, let us start working, maybe..."
Looking at the assistants in the laboratory, Chu Ze seemed a little excited.
“No, I believe that with your help, we will be able to copy the V3 computer soon. Unfortunately, I left it in Germany. It is a computer based on binary floating point and swapping systems. The computer uses more than 2,000 electromagnetic relays... It can perform 3 to 4 addition operations per second, and can complete a multiplication operation within 5 seconds."
He briefly introduced his invention. Afterwards, Chu Ze thought for a while and said.
"Perhaps, we can try to use electronic vacuum tubes to replace electromagnetic relays, but electronic vacuum tubes are too expensive, but I believe I can use them to design a more advanced computer than V3..."
Say these words Afterwards, Chu Ze realized that he seemed to be a little excited.
Electronic vacuum tubes... they are very expensive, although he had this idea a long time ago, but... money.
Money can really decide everything.
“Of course, considering the cost, we can continue to use relays. After all, its price is lower,”
Although Chu Ze was a little helpless, he still thought of his idea. When Germany was rejected by others, he retreated to the next best option.
"Actually, the relay is quite good. It is very reliable."
"Sir, how many electron tubes are needed?"
Zhang Tianqi asked directly.
“How much funding is needed?”
(End of this chapter)