Hermann Oberth

Back in the parking lot, ready to get into the car, Wilhelm kicked the tire hard

Einstein, what kind of arrogance does this old man pretend to be? If it weren't for worrying about chilling the hearts of other scientists, I really want to throw you into a dark prison. After all, there are all the papers published by Einstein in the original time and space in his mind. It's a big deal to sign his own name and publish those papers. How much influence can it have on the scientific development of this time?

After cursing in his heart, Wilhelm got into the car indignantly and said in a bad mood. "Don't go back yet, just go around."

Now he mentions to Einstein that he wants to develop nuclear weapons, and who knows if the old man will run to the United States to petition President Roosevelt to suggest building an atomic bomb, just like he did in the original time.

Thinking of the devastating power of nuclear weapons, even Japan, which was clamouring for 100 million people to be crushed and ready to die in the Second World War, obediently surrendered in the end, Wilhelm couldn't help shuddering. After all, no one wants the atomic bomb to fall on top of his head.

Thinking of this Yannick instructed Annie. "Tell Mr Hans to send someone to Einstein's side to keep an eye on him. If he dares to travel to the United States ... then I'll decide on it." The original time and space Einstein went to the United States in 1933, in that time Hitler officially became the German chancellor, the Nazi party went on a rampage to hunt and kill Jews, and the ethnic conflict was extremely serious, Einstein went to the United States and did not return to Germany, in 1940 got the American citizenship.

There is no Hitler, much less a Nazi party, and while there is discrimination against Jews at home, all of Europe is now an anti-semitic state, and the United States is no better.

Annie agreed sharply. "Understood, Your Highness."

After the car was driving for a while, Wilhelm, who was staring at the scenery outside the car window carelessly, suddenly saw a simple platform on the side of the road, and a cylindrical pillar more than two meters high was erected on the platform. I don't know what use it is. There were a few young people next to them who were impassioned explanations to the few people around them.

"..."What the hell?

A few minutes later, Wilhelm suddenly bellowed. "Stop!!!"

Ina slammed on the brakes and Annie, who was sitting on the passenger side, scurried forward and almost smashed her head against the windshield. And Wilhelm is unprepared to hit the back of the hard passenger seat, hitting his eyes.

"Fuck Ina, can you drive?!" Are you deliberately trying to kill me? What kind of broken car doesn't even have a seat belt?!"Just when Wilhelm was clutching his somewhat confused head and cursing frantically in his heart, Ina and Annie had already drawn out their pistols and looked around nervously."Your Highness, are you okay? What happened?"

"I'm fine ..." Wilhelm shook his somewhat dizzy head and pointed back. "Go back the same way ."

Ina inquired with a worried expression. "Yes, Your Highness, are you okay?" She seemed to have just seen His Highness hit the back of the seat and heard a loud thud.

"It's okay." Wilhelm looked down and really didn't see the car fitted with a seat belt. It seems that the seat belt has not been invented at this time ah. "Hurry back to drive."

The car drove back less than two minutes, and Wilhelm saw the young men who had just been carrying the cylindrical object walking down the road with their heads hanging down.

So close, so close to going off on a tangent. "That's a couple of them. Miss Annie, go down and ask who they are?"

"Yes." When the car stopped Annie got out and ran over to call for the men and came back to report after asking some questions. "Your Highness, they are members of the 'Astronautical Association' which was just established last year. The ones who are trying to raise research funds around here these days."

The Astronautical Association? No wonder that thing looks so much like a primitive rocket. "Who's their president?"

"Hermann Oberth."Hearing Annie's answer, Wilhelm couldn't help nodding secretly. This secretary is really competent, but he must go again to ask the president's name.

Their president is Hermann Oberth...?

Wilhelm almost laughed out loud.

At this time, Germany is really full of talents, and a stone kicked on the road could hit the famous celebrities of later generations.

Hermann Oberth, the famous father of European rocketry, the German rocket expert, and one of the founders of modern astronautics, is a pioneer of spaceflight, along with Tsiolkovsky and Goddard. His classic works on rocket propulsion are regarded as the "bible" in the field of space by a whole generation of engineers.

And unlike Einstein, he was not an anti-war activist. In 1941 in the original time period, Herman Oberth went to the Peenemünde Research Center to participate in the development of the V-2 rocket, and in 1943 also developed plans for the A-9 and A-10 multi-stage rockets, intended to attack the U.S. Washington by sea.

When I thought of this, the depression caused by Dr Einstein's uncooperative attitude was cleared away. "Ask their president to come to my place for lunch."

Unexpectedly, he had just returned to the palace on the first foot, and this Herman Oberth followed him on the second. "Greetings to you, Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince."

Wilhelm stepped forward and warmly greeted this honoured guest. "Mr Oberth, I have heard a lot about you. I heard that you are now the president of the 'Astronautical Association'? Have you heard of the story of flying to the moon?"

Aubert smiled and nodded. "I've heard of it, and I bought that comic book for my youngest son, and he loves to read it, too."

Wilhelm gestured for him to sit on the couch and smiled slightly. "That's mythology, of course, but what I'd like to see is us Germans flying to the moon."

Oberth couldn't help but stare. "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean?"

Wilhelm said with unparalleled seriousness. "My meaning is clear: not only to get the rocket into the sky but also to break out of the atmosphere and fly to the moon. Then use manned rockets to let our astronauts set foot on the moon. Of course, this is only the first step, the second step is to establish a base on the moon, which will be the starting point of human exploration of the universe. Then Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ... one day we will fly away from the solar system and conquer that endless sea of stars!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!!!" Oberth all but stood up in excitement. He had racked his brain on the way here to think how he should explain his rocket dream to His Royal Highness, so as to get a little more research funds. He never thought that the young Crown Prince would be bolder and see further than he did. Compared with His Highness's grand ideal, his own dream of launching a rocket into the sky was too small.

At this moment, it was as if he was excited like a thousand-lipped horse meeting a bole, and immediately took Wilhelm as a life confidant.

Seeing his face flushed with excitement, Wilhelm decided to throw some cold water on him first, lest the guy hiccup in his excitement. "Mr Oberth, you calm down and listen to me first. This kind of space program is inevitably a grand project, requiring a long promotion of the overall technology to complete the step. Let's take the most important rocket engine. With the current technology and materials, we can not even reach the first cosmic speed of the engine can not be built, right? There are also various communication devices, remote sensing devices, computers ... device." The mention of computers reminded Yannick of the gay genius of the British Empire. I think he was just 15 or 16 years old this year, we have to find a way to abduct him to Germany.

Noticing his outburst, he smiled awkwardly. "His Imperial Highness is right, I'm a little out of shape."