Not every scientist is against war, and not everyone is conflicted.
In fact, during war, most people will show their patriotism. For most scientists, their position is very simple, which is to use their talents to help win the war.
After all, scientists have a motherland.
For Tesla, the Ming Empire is his motherland.
As a patriot, after the outbreak of the war, Tesla not only called on the imperial scientific community to play an active role in helping the empire win the war through public speeches, but also personally participated in the development of weapons and equipment.
The electric torpedo, which was highly praised by the military, was just a trial run. After the success of the electric torpedo, Tesla began to study radio-guided torpedoes.
"Everyone, please look..."
Standing on the wooden pier by the lake, Tesla held a typewriter-sized controller and gently pushed the joystick.
“It’s moving!”
As the officers watched in amazement, a small model ship began to sail slowly.
"Can we sail to the left?"
Under the command of the officer, Tesla used the remote control to control the model boat with a small antenna on its back. After sailing to the left, it adjusted its direction to the right and even accelerated.
Some officers who were watching with great interest even tried to operate the boat themselves. They did not stop until the boat ran out of power. Naturally, there was a burst of praise afterwards.
“This invention is an absolute miracle.”
"Mr. Te, how does it control the boat?"
"Radio waves, Lieutenant Colonel Li. This controller transmits radio waves. After the receiver on the ship receives the radio signal, it will adjust the navigation according to the instructions."
When Tesla was explaining radio waves, Lieutenant Colonel Li nodded and then asked a lot of questions about radio wave control. It was obvious that he was also a scholar. In fact, there were many scientific researchers in the imperial military who were also engaged in various research.
the lieutenant colonel asked after learning that Tesla intended to apply this technology to torpedoes.
"Mr. Te, your invention is amazing. However, Mr. Te, how far can radio waves propagate underwater? If it is applied to torpedoes, how deep can it control the torpedo to travel?"
Facing the lieutenant colonel's question, Tesla frowned, and after a moment, he spoke.
"I'm afraid this will require testing to draw a conclusion, but I believe that future weapons should be able to control their course like this one. Whether it's a bomb dropped by an airplane or a torpedo from the navy, they should be able to control their direction so that they can accurately hit a specific target..."
Tesla had his own ideas about the future of weapons. Of course, he didn't know that his speculation was in line with the future development direction of weapons, but the current technology was too primitive.
They then talked a lot about radio, and before leaving, Colonel Li said casually.
"Mr. Te, you are the inventor of radio broadcasting. In fact, the military is in great need of a radio broadcasting system, which is a communication system that allows people to communicate directly with each other, just like using a telephone but without the need for wires. Whether it is infantry or artillery, they all need such a system, especially between tanks and tanks, and between planes. If you can invent this communication system, it will definitely change the course of the war!"
The lieutenant colonel's seemingly casual remark made Tesla's eyes light up, and almost subconsciously, a simple idea emerged in his mind.
Radio communication system!
In fact, Tesla had this idea before, but he had always been delayed by other things. After learning that the radio communication system was extremely important to the military, he immediately put the research of "wireless telephone" at the top of Tesla's laboratory research work.
Sometimes, some great inventions start from such casual remarks. No one would have expected that just one year later, Tesla Laboratory would launch the "radio communication system" they developed. In the following period, with the successful research of inventions such as throat talkers, radio stations were quickly applied to the military. The scene of using handheld radios to call for artillery fire even became one of the symbols of the imperial military in this war, along with submachine guns.
It was the invention of the radio that gave the Empire an absolute information advantage in communications during the war. This information advantage allowed the Empire's commanders to make more accurate judgments and adjust their troop deployments based on changes in the battlefield environment. The radio was even called one of the most important weapons for the Empire to win the war.
Tesla certainly didn't know that he was awarded the "Qingyun Medal" for his outstanding contribution in the war. Of course, he was not the first naturalized person to receive the "Qingyun Medal". In fact, in this war, many naturalized people or Latin Americans who looked very different from the Chinese made their own contributions.
"Twenty years ago, if my son had said one day that he would join the imperial army and fight the British, I would have said that he had betrayed Chile."
In Taiyuan, Benjamin looked at his son in military uniform with a complicated expression. As a scholar, he always considered himself Chilean. Even when he changed his surname to Ben according to the imperial household registration law, this view did not change.
"So what now? Dad?"
Benmuna, who spoke Mandarin, looked at his father and said with a smile,
"I don't know why you miss that Chile. Chile is not just the past... The Empire is the future!"
Listening to his son's words, Benhamin couldn't help but sigh. Now, his son volunteered to serve in the army and he was going to fight for the empire. And his uncle? He was killed in the resistance against the invasion of the empire.
He just kissed the boyish forehead and said.
"You must come back alive, my child."
Like many fathers, Benhamin sent his son to the train. At the train station, he looked at the people around him. Most of the people in the station were Chinese, but there were also many Latin Americans like him. Looking at the excited expressions of those young people, Benhamin had a complicated expression. Listening to the children chatting with their friends in Chinese, talking about how they would make achievements on the battlefield and be loyal to the empire, Benhamin seemed a little lost in his heart.
Chile...maybe it has really disappeared in the hearts of this generation.
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