My Italy

Taranto Military Port is currently the main berthing place of the Italian Navy, and most of the Italian Navy's ships will be berthed here.

From the five Durios and their improvements to the most advanced Torino class, the development of the Italian Navy can be seen here. Of course, the three Turin-class ships and the two Venice-class ships cannot be seen at any time. If you had seen them two or three months earlier, they were still undergoing modifications in the dock, and you would not have seen them at all.

Of course, you can't see it now if you want to, because the masts of these five ships are all surrounded. Of course, if you look carefully, you can find that it is not just these five warships that are surrounded, but many masts of other warships are also surrounded.

As for what is going on inside, of course, as an outsider, I don't know, but as the captain of the Venezia, Colonel Gomes definitely knows what it is.

Colonel Gomes, yes, a colonel. In the second year after the Italian-Austrian War, Gomes was promoted to colonel. It can be said that it took Gomes less than ten years to rise from a low-level lieutenant to a high-level colonel in the Navy.

It can be said that Gomes’ promotion path in the Navy can be described as taking an elevator. After all, the promotion of most officers in the Navy can be described as thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.

But who put Gomes on the top brass of the Navy? As an excellent naval officer, Gomes is well-deserved. There are only a handful of people in the Navy who are similar in age to Gomes and are more outstanding. Among them, Colonel Leifer, his friend, is undoubtedly the most dazzling one.

He was promoted faster than Gomes in the military ranks, which can be seen through his position as captain of the battleship Turin. But there was nothing that could be done about it. Leifer had served as the king's adjutant, and his record was better than others.

He was on his own battleship, looking at the newly renovated communications room in front of him, listening to the explanation of the communications officer who had just completed training, and the stupid and thick equipment in front of him.

"Captain, this is the transceiver, this is the code translator. We can receive or send information through the transceiver. I have heard that the code translator can translate the code..."

After listening to the communications officer's story, Colonel Gomes asked a key question. "How far is the furthest nautical mile that a telegram can be received?"

Yes, being a good naval officer, Colonel Gomes was most interested in communication distance. Because communication is very important to the navy, it involves all aspects of the navy.

Take the simplest example of night communication. Without radio, the Navy's night communication is better than nothing. It basically relies on communication ships. Generally speaking, except for emergencies, the Navy rarely uses communication ships at night because it is unsafe. With the advent of radio, naval communications have become much better. And this only counts nighttime communications. If it involves command and investigation and other aspects, it will be much more.

Especially in terms of command, current naval battle command in various countries basically relies on semaphores and lights, which can only convey simple information, are extremely disruptive, and have serious delays. This is very backward in a battlefield where every second counts, of course, this is when there is radio communication. Therefore, radio is very important, and it will also change the weapon of battlefield command.

As the commander, Colonel Gomes needs to understand this wireless message before he can make reasonable arrangements.

"This equipment can guarantee a maximum communication distance of fifty nautical miles under good weather conditions. As for the worst thunderstorm weather, the distance is only twenty nautical miles."

After hearing what the communications officer said, Colonel Gomes said he already knew. Although for future generations, this distance is simply garbage that should be thrown into the sea. But for now, it’s simply high-tech.

Therefore, Colonel Gomes was not dissatisfied, but was extremely satisfied. Of course, it wasn't just him, the Navy was also extremely satisfied with this, otherwise they wouldn't have purchased twenty stupidly large radios from the Marconi Telegraph Company and installed them on the warships.

Yes, this Marconi Telegraph Company was the Marconi of the young genius Guglielmo Marconi.

After the successful invention of radio, Marconi, with the help of his teacher Tesla, continued to invest money in improving radio, striving to make its communication range longer.

Of course, in view of the current limitations of technology and materials, if you want to increase the communication distance, you can only use high power. Therefore, the ones currently produced by Marconi Telegraph Company are stupid and thick, one is bigger than the other, and they are far from the small ones in movies and TV shows. The telegraph machine is still missing.

The Marconi Telegraph Company has just opened. Due to confidentiality reasons, Marconi had been improving radio before. After it became initially practical, the Telegraph Company named after him also opened.

With the equipment of the Navy, I believe that Marconi Telegraph Company will receive other orders soon. As long as it is equipped, it will not be kept secret for too long, which will also facilitate the technological expansion of Marconi Telegraph Company.

Of course, in this newly opened company, Marconi invested 15% in technology. Of course, this alone is not enough. Unlike Tesla, who was impoverished at the time, Marconi's family was very well off, and he himself also had business acumen. In addition, Carlo wanted to win over Marconi, so Marconi Nijia himself spent another money to let it occupy 30% of the shares of the telegraph company.

We can come to an end with the Marconi Telegraph Company matter. For now, as for Colonel Gomes, after learning about the role of wireless telegraphy, he immediately returned to his residence and prepared to write an article on the role of radio on cruise formations. Published in Navy Weekly. Although he also knew that after the large-scale installation of radios in warships, there would be a lot of articles like this, it was also a way to gain fame, and he had no reason to give up.

If you want your Navy colleagues to know more about yourself, this is indeed a good way.

After all, the next higher level is the general level, and if a school-level officer wants to become a general, he still needs to have some reputation.

Just when he returned to his residence and was about to start, he unexpectedly received a visit from his friend.

"Gomez, I knew you were here."

The visitor with an enthusiastic face was Leifer, and he came to Gomes familiarly.

"Hey, I'm going to write an article on radio usage."

Seeing his friend, Gomes put down his pen. "Yes, if I don't work harder, I will be thrown away by you again. It would be good to have been an adjutant."

"Don't be so stingy. I was promoted two years earlier than you. We are already on the same level now. Don't worry, from now on I will command the battleship formation and you will command the cruiser formation. We will join forces and let everyone know our strength." sharp."

The conversation between the two was also informal, and they dared not say anything. This is also the reason why the two became friends. Sometimes it is really important to cherish each other.

"By the way, are you planning to help me correct my article when you come to me this time?"

"What are you thinking about? I came here this time to tell you that I have a mission."

When Gomes heard about the mission, he immediately became energetic. "Is it the mission of the Dutch?"

The Navy had previously held briefings on the tasks Gomes mentioned, and the captains of the battleships that needed to be redeployed received some hints.

Facing Gomez's words, Leifer nodded in agreement.

This time Gomes was even happier. "When to set off?"

"We will set off in ten days. We will first go to East Africa to get close to the 1st Guards Division, and then go directly to Pontianak."

"Look, what else can you say? You even know the news before us."

Faced with his friend's playful accusation, Leifer smiled. "Even if I don't say anything, I will inform everyone tomorrow."

"Well, it's not like you don't know. I'm not really complaining. I hope the Dutch will be wise this time. Otherwise, it will be a show of the results of my years of training on the Venetian."