Chapter 289 Advanced Information Operations Command System
In Jinling City, the General Staff of the Guards and the Imperial Prince Li Hao were conducting an inspection accompanied by a group of generals!
The Chief of Staff of the Guards, General Bai Ronghua, is personally introducing Prince Li Hao!
Lieutenant General Bai Ronghua pointed to a hall where people were busy and more than a dozen wireless telegraph machines and wired telegraph machines and said: "Since our army has been equipped with telegraph machines, our Guards have been exploring and establishing a complete set of complete telegraph machines. The advanced information combat command system was first tried with wired telegraph machines. Later, after the successful development of wireless telegraph machines, wireless telegraph machines were gradually introduced and equipped!"
"Using these telegraph machines, our Guards has integrated and formed a complete set of telecommunications communication command systems, including not only wireless telegraphs, but also wired telegraphs."
Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant General Bai Ronghua walked to a row of wireless telegraph machines and said: "Your Highness, these are the ultra-long-distance wireless telegraph systems that we just introduced this year. The communication distance of this system is enough to cover the whole world, whether in Ceuta or New Zealand. You can get in touch with us in Nangang!”
"This is an advanced telegraph machine that we started to equip last year. Although the coverage distance is shorter, it is lighter, the machine is more stable, and the signal is clearer. It is our current main wireless telegraph machine!"
"In addition to the wireless telegraph equipment in our communication command room, all subordinate units, artillery battalion and above, infantry, cavalry and carriage and other regiment-level and above units are equipped with wireless and wired telegraph machines!"
"Based on these wireless and wired telegraph machines, our Guards has integrated and completed a complete set of "information operations command system.""
"In wartime, we can effectively use wireless telegraphy to command all the Guards. On the battlefield, even if the wireless telegraph machine fails, we can still communicate in real time through wired telegraphy!"
"This complete set of telecommunications combat command systems will greatly improve our military's combat effectiveness!"
Prince Li Hao is naturally aware of the role of these telegraph machines. In fact, he is also a person in the empire's senior leadership who firmly supports the troops' equipment of telegraphs, more so than his father, Emperor Li Xuan.
Because in the view of Prince Li Hao, the threat to the future empire is definitely not the indigenous people, let alone some inexplicable aliens, but the lords of overseas territories.
When my father was still here, the princes of the overseas territories were naturally afraid to let go of anything, but what about in the future?
After the death of his father, what happens after he ascends the throne?
Prince Li Hao could guess with his toes what his brothers were thinking and what they wanted to do, and turmoil would be almost inevitable.
For this reason, Li Hao started preparing very early.
To deal with rebellions or other unrest among overseas lords in the future, smooth access to information must be guaranteed.
Although the empire now has three major cables: transoceanic telegraph lines, Pacific submarine cables, Indian Ocean submarine cables and Atlantic submarine cables, which have been laid, relying on these wired telegraph empires has been able to understand the situation in overseas territories in a timely manner and respond.
But limited telegraph still had too many limitations.
Whether it is man-made damage or changes in the seabed, it is easy to cause line interruption.
However, wireless telegraphy does not have this problem.
Wireless telegraphy can travel thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers without any obstacles, from Japan to overseas.
Therefore, since the successful development of wireless telegraph machines, Prince Li Hao has firmly supported the continuous improvement of wireless telegraph technology and equipment.
After the initial research and development of the Royal Institute of Technology was successful, subsequent improvements became easier. Soon the communication distance of wireless telegraph machines was extended from dozens of kilometers to hundreds of kilometers, and then to thousands of kilometers. Last year, the trans-Pacific The test was also successful.
This also means that there is a foundation for the large-scale application of wireless telegraph machines.
Wireless telegraph machines have evolved from small-scale experimental equipment for the military in the early days to large-scale applications starting last year.
It’s just that the price is quite expensive now. An ordinary portable small wireless telegraph system today costs almost ten thousand Tangyuan. After all, this thing is a new thing, and many of the technologies used are the most advanced for the Tang Empire today. Top-notch, the price won't be cheap for a while.
Even though there are more than ten wireless telegraph machines in the communication rooms of the Guards Staff Headquarters, and telegraph machines are also distributed to each unit of the Guards, in fact only the Guards can be so heroic.
The rifles of the Guards are all Li Fu Type II rifles worth more than 40 Tang Yuan each. The Union Type 2 rifles used by the army and navy only cost more than 10 Tang Yuan. The same goes for artillery. The Guards only use Okay, regardless of whether it is expensive or not, the Guards have never lacked funds to purchase equipment...
On the other hand, the Army and Navy have only purchased a few dozen units in total. Currently they are only distributed to the corps level, and efforts are being made to distribute them to the division level.
The navy only has a dozen or so, and basically only allocates fleet flagships.
In fact, the lack of equipment for the army and navy is not simply a matter of high prices. No matter how short the army and navy are, they still don't need the money for telegraph machines. The key is that the output of wireless telegraph machines is still too low.
Currently, the only manufacturer of wireless telegraph machines is the Wireless Telegraph Factory, a subsidiary of Datang Telegraph Company. It is the only manufacturer in the world that has patents and relevant licenses to produce wireless telegraph machines.
The patent for the wireless telegraph naturally belongs to the Royal Institute of Technology, but like the original limited telegraph, it was exclusively licensed to the Datang Telegraph Company.
At the same time, telegraph machines, whether wired or wireless, are listed as first-level controlled materials by the National Defense and Security Commission. The production, use, and destruction of any telegraph machine need to be carried out in strict accordance with the procedures.
Even if it is a limited telegraph that has been used for many years and is used by ordinary people from time to time, the use of this limited telegraph is only limited to official organizations and the Datang Telegraph Company. Other organizations or individuals are not eligible to apply for the installation of a wired telegraph machine.
If you want to send a telegram, just go directly to the telegraph business store of Datang Telegraph Company to send it. It is not necessary or impossible, and private installation of telegraphs is not allowed.
And the control of wireless telegraphy is even stricter!
In addition to Datang Telegraph Company's own business needs, even if the official organization installs wireless telegraph machines, it needs to apply. In addition, due to the low production volume, currently, wireless telegraph machines are only distributed to high-level officials. Institutions and the military, provincial government offices, important overseas territories and the military.
However, according to the plan of the Army and Navy, the Navy plans to install a radio system on every active ship.
For the Army, at least one radio system must be issued to each division.
However, the current output of wireless telegraph machines is too low, and many of them were taken away by the Guards.
If the army and navy want to equip wireless telegraph machines on a large scale, it will probably take several years.