Chapter 745 Bugs

If there is anything that cannot be achieved through force, it is perhaps the development of technology.

But this is not a contradiction, because the development of science and technology often brings about the improvement of people's livelihood and military power.

The British invented the steam engine and led the First Industrial Revolution, which made Britain powerful for hundreds of years and became the empire on which the sun never set.

The widespread use of electricity and internal combustion engines during the Second Industrial Revolution made Europe and the United States the center of the world.

The third industrial revolution is the development of computers, which made the United States a hegemonic power.

Charles knew very well that no matter how victorious he was on the battlefield, as long as he did not master computer technology, the rise of the United States was inevitable.

Because whether in civilian equipment or military fields, Shire's inventions could not compete with the United States, which applied computers.

Think about it, the time is not far away.

It has only been 30 years since the first practical computer in the United States was introduced in 1946.

By then, Charles, who was only in his forties, would witness the collapse of the Bernard Group he had built.

Charles didn't want to see all this happen, so he had to take the computer into his hands and let France, or more precisely the Bernard Group, lead the third industrial revolution.

Charles set aside a building and a playground as a laboratory for this project.

This building has all the necessary facilities, from accommodation to restaurants to entertainment, so all problems in life can be solved internally.

The building is surrounded by a 5-meter-high wall, with layers of defense like a prison.

Then an infantry battalion was deployed, divided into three teams, armed with live ammunition to provide 24-hour non-stop defense. No outsiders were allowed to approach. Even Djokovic didn't know what this laboratory was researching.

At this time, there were only three people in this huge laboratory: Charles, Professor Versenden, and Pan Wan.

The laboratory was located on the second floor to avoid the humidity on the first floor, to which the vacuum tubes were very sensitive.

When Turing invented the original computer, he used something called a "bomb" as a component, which was later replaced by vacuum tubes.

Charles did not follow this old path. With modern knowledge, he skipped this step and directly used vacuum tubes.

(The picture above shows the original computer invented by Turing. At that time, he did not think of the more convenient punched paper tape input, output and storage method, so he used this "bomb-like" mechanical unit as a component. Its function was to brute force the German military telegrams)

Charles' experiment started with the simplest single-digit addition.

The experiment is the most primitive programming, except that the programming method is wiring and based on the binary carry rule.

The first experiment was not smooth. After connecting the wires, Professor Versenden turned on the power at the input end and Pan Wan recorded at the output end.

"That doesn't seem right," Pan Wan said. "We need an answer of 9, but we got 3."

Professor Versenden, who had originally given up hope, gradually gained confidence in the experiment.

"There must be something wrong." Versenden's eyes wandered over the circuit, frowning and saying, "This is actually the logic rule of binary, but it is just converted from theory to circuit. Logically, it should get the correct result."

Then he judged: "It may be a problem with the vacuum tube. It is prone to failure."

So the two of them checked the circuits and vacuum tubes again, and indeed found a burnt vacuum tube.

"It must have burned out the instant the power was turned on, which is why we didn't notice it," said Versenden.

Charles was watching them struggle nearby.

This can be easily solved with a few simple lines of code in modern times, but in this era, it takes a line to control each carry.

If one wire is connected incorrectly or one vacuum tube is broken, you will not get the correct result.

Charles admitted that there was a gap in strength between him and the two men. Although he knew the principle, he was soon confused by the pile of vacuum tubes and circuits.

Charles didn't know that both Fussenden and Pan Wan admired Charles very much.

Pan Wan was thinking about his own business.

If this method is feasible, the code that originally required hundreds or thousands of people to spend several days to decipher can be answered in just a few seconds.

This is a remarkable military achievement.

The speed of code deciphering is extremely important, otherwise it will be meaningless because the information in the code may already be a thing of the past by the time it is deciphered.

Professor Versenden's is broader.

As he checked, he thought that if this experiment was successful, it would mean that all problems that could be solved by logic could be calculated.

Many problems can be transformed into logical problems by building a model.

In other words, it can solve many more problems than you think!

This is a completely new field, it is completely blank.

And we are pioneers, we are making history and will leave a heavy mark in the history books!

It's unbelievable, how did Ciel come up with this?

After the inspection, Versenden used trembling hands to power up several vacuum tubes by comparing the binary data at the input end.

Pan Wan quickly recorded the data of the output vacuum tube. He didn't need to do any calculations and converted it into decimal at a glance.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at the data again with excitement, and then shouted excitedly:

“It was the result we wanted, we succeeded, it was calculated correctly.”

"I can't believe this was done automatically!"

“It really can…”

Professor Versenden is an experienced person who has done countless experiments, so he remained very calm.

In fact, he is only like that on the surface.

Professor Versenden knew that this experiment was more important than any previous one, and all the previous results combined could not compare to it.

Therefore, he was already so excited that his blood was boiling.

But he still restrained himself and said to Pan Wan: "We should try a few more data. This may be a coincidence."

"Yes, professor." Pan Wan nodded repeatedly: "But I know it can, it must work, there is nothing wrong with our theory!"

Sure enough, after testing again and again, the correct results were obtained.

If not, the wire is loose or in poor contact, or the vacuum tube is broken.

After testing more than a dozen data, Professor Versenden finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned his gaze to Charles, stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly walked forward and excitedly shook Charles' hand.

"I was wrong, General. This is feasible." Professor Versenden's voice trembled. "It opens the door to a new world for us. Thank you very much, General! This is amazing. This is a genius idea!"

"Yes." Lieutenant Pan Wan was so excited that he couldn't breathe. He looked at Charles with eyes full of admiration: "No one has ever thought of doing this, only you, General!"

Ciel nodded and glanced around: "Perhaps we should improve the environment here. We can't let anything in, not even a bug."

Professor Versenden and Pan Wan were stunned. At this time, Charles was actually thinking about bugs? !

(End of this chapter)