Chapter 1286 (1/2)
”By 2150, the population of Pan Asian cooperation on Mars has exceeded 500000. And nearly 80 percent of them are native Martians Lilith looked at Jiang Chen and then said, ”in the race to Mars, all countries have ignored one problem, that is, the identity of colonial citizens towards the” suzerain. ”
”Many young Martians have never been to the earth. They just heard about the earth from their grandfathers and learned what the earth is like through movies and images.”
”No Internet?” Jiang Chen doubts way.
”It's been a long time since the discovery of Klein particles, and it was even after the war that they were used for ultra long distance communications.” Speaking of this, Lilith turned her eyes to Lin Ling, who was holding her small breast with pride at the moment.
It is Lin Ling's work to solve the problem of particle communication by resonance effect.
After a moment's pause, Lilith went on in her flat tone.
Before that, the communication between the Mars colonies and the earth mainly depended on electromagnetic waves, with an average delay of up to five minutes and a maximum delay of nearly half an hour. It's like yelling at the phone here. You'll have to wait a long time to hear it. If there is any solar wind on the way, communication loss is more common. Therefore, in order to ensure the effective transmission of information, the ground fire liaison usually has to say a word three times to ensure the effective transmission of information. ”
”Information lag directly leads to information closure. With the passage of time, cultural differences caused by information closure become more and more large, which also foreshadows future conflicts.”
”The Houston convention of 2150 was a wise decision made by the citizens of all countries, but it was regarded as a shameful betrayal by most Martians. In particular, the colonies that were about to be included in the abolition list almost happened to have a considerable amount of violence. Although countries have introduced transfer plans one after another, it is obvious that the highly autonomous colonies can not buy in. ”
”Almost the month after the signing of the Houston convention, a total of 59 Pan Asian, NATO and Soviet colonies jointly signed the 22nd century version of the declaration of independence, declaring the establishment of the Mars Federation and organizing a group of militia to launch political reform. With the support of some military officers, the rebels succeeded in controlling all three space elevators on Mars and tying all the colonies still in swing to their chariots
”Don't they yearn for the earth?” Jiang Chen couldn't help asking.
”Only people who haven't been to the Martian colonies can have this kind of confusion,” Lilith said, without expression. ”According to the information in my database, the development of Mars colonies is not much worse than that of cities on earth. And with the construction of an artificial biosphere, the landscape on Mars is not much worse than that on earth. As for the industrial capacity, I have no specific data to give you. However, referring to the report on the development of the Pan Asian cooperative steel industry in 2145 published by the Pan Asian Academy of Social Sciences, the iron and steel production of the Martian colonies to which Pan Asia belongs accounts for 217% of the total steel production in Pan Asia, which is in a serious surplus state. ”
“…… Can the Martian colonies be self-sufficient without the suzerain? ” Jiang Chen asked.
”Of course, we can't be self-sufficient. On Mars, helium-3 reserves are extremely low. Once the nuclear fusion batteries imported from the moon are interrupted, all Mars colonies will be destroyed.” After a pause, Lilith went on, ”so the Mars colony declared war on the sovereign state immediately after its independence, and sent a fleet to” liberate ”the moon
”Fleet?” Jiang Chen is silly, ”where's the fleet?”
”Don't forget that the three space elevators controlled by the rebels also controlled the star ships in the space port,” Lilith said, looking at Jiang Chen. ”Because there was no need for foreign war, and no one thought that the Mars colony would be noisy and independent. At that time, the warships of various countries were temporarily pulled out by 500000 ton transport ships. The method of refitting is very simple and crude, that is to install as many electromagnetic guns as possible on the transport ship
”You just asked why you didn't hear about the Mars colony,” Lilith looked at Lin Ling, ”because since then, news of the Mars colony has been blocked. The reason for the blockade may be the unwillingness to acknowledge decades of failure in Mars' development strategy, or it may be due to other political considerations. In any case, the Pan Asian cooperation did impose a strict new blockade on news of the Martian colonies after 2150 years. It's normal that you haven't heard of it. After all, there has been no news about Mars colonies for 20 years before you were born. ”
Lin Ling opened her mouth in surprise.
But Jiang Chen slightly frowned, perplexed way.