Mahan entered a state of retreat from the second day, and he was not even in charge of the normal training work, and buried himself in perfecting Li Mu's "theory of sea power".
Li Mu took the opportunity to transfer the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment to Guantanamo Bay, completely out of Mahan's sight.
In fact, there have been Chinese people coming over one after another during this time, after all, even Darwin Andrew and Rayleigh Toimby have been soft, and other conservatives have no reason or courage to compete with Li Mu, so in San Diego, almost all Chinese are currently in Li Mu's hands.
There were enough Chinese people, and Li Mu had no reason to continue to stay in San Diego, so Li Mu and Li Bora went to Guantanamo Bay together, this time not to stay and leave, but to move the office to Guantanamo together.
In Guantanamo, Nelson has prepared a residence for Li Mu, which is also a small two-story building located in the barracks, similar in size and layout to the one in San Diego, but it eliminates the need for adaptation.
Of course, maybe it's because Guantanamo is relatively remote here, and the degree of decoration of the house can't be compared with San Diego, but this is not what Li Mu values, for Li Mu, Guantanamo is just a transition, almost able to live.
"We now have more than 7,000 workers, and the road from Guantanamo to Kaimanera has already started to be built at your request, but I suggest that we should concentrate our main efforts on Guantanamo Town, where there are already people settled, and it will be a great city if it is properly renovated," Nelson suggested to Li Mu.
Objectively speaking, Guantanamo Town is indeed more suitable for building a city than Kemanera, compared with Kemanera, Guantanamo Town's climate is humid, the weather is much milder, and it is not as hot as Kemanera, and at the same time, Guantanamo Town is surrounded by a large area of plantations, as long as it is fully utilized, it can be completely self-sufficient, unlike Kemanera, where nothing can be planted except cacti.
"Not yet, the Republic of Cuba and the Spaniards are fighting fiercely in El Cristo, El Cristo is no more than fifty kilometers away from Guantanamo Town in a straight line, although the Spaniards have no intention of attacking in the direction of Guantanamo now, but if Willenic Nicolau has a fever in his head one day, the people of Guantanamo will be in danger" Before the battle of El Cristo ended, Li Mu did not want to develop Guantanamo now.
"Speaking of the Spaniard Riem, the French people in Guantanamo didn't want to sell their plantations to us, they even organized a security team and claimed to protect their right to live in Guantanamo by force, I thought, should we do something" Nelson's eyes flashed with a dangerous chill.
Li Mu immediately understood what Nelson meant.
Li Mu knew that Guantanamo Town was now inhabited by some French people from Haiti, but Li Mu did not know that those French people would resist Li Mu's construction team so much.
Nelson's meaning was obvious, taking advantage of the fierce battle between the Republic of Cuba and the Spaniards, he sent someone to the town of Guantanamo to be leveled, and then planted this pot to the Spaniards.
Well, my heart is really black, but Li Mu likes it very much.
Of course, Li Mu is not opposed to such a thing, if this can drive away those French people in Guantanamo Town, it will save a lot of trouble.
Seeing off Nelson, Li Mu took Yan Shun and Chu Xue to the mountainside outside the barracks, ready to start the first experiment of unpowered paragliding.
Li Mu still remembers the bet with Benjamin, the time limit is within this year, Li Mu doesn't want to run in Manhattan, even on the deserted street at midnight.
In order to win the bet, Li Mu initially chose the unpowered delta wing, but Li Mu soon found that because the material was not suitable, the non-powered delta wing was difficult to fly in this era, because Li Mu could not find the umbrella bone material with enough strength and light weight, and in the 21st century, aviation aluminum can be used to make a non-powered delta wing, but there is no aviation aluminum for Li Mu to use in these years, and there is no almighty Taobao to back Li Mu, so Li Mu can only retreat.
Considering the material, paragliding seemed to be the best option.
Speaking of paragliding, this is not Li Mu's original, since the last century, some people have been using hot air balloons to make high-altitude jumps, but they all enjoy the feeling of using a parachute to land, not flying in the strict sense.
Compared with the parachute, the main improvement of the paraglider designed by Li Mu is on the airfoil suit, in fact, the airfoil is to set up some large pockets on the wing that can store air, these large pockets can provide a certain amount of lift and pressure, which will help people fly up from flat ground.
It's a pity that Li Mu only knows a general principle, and doesn't know how to do it, so Li Mu's guiding role is still a bit limited, and if you want people to use paragliders to fly, you have to rely more on follow-up research.
As a descendant of a carpenter, Yan Shun and Chu Xue both inherited some of Lao Yan's ingenious abilities, with Li Mu's design, coupled with Yan Shun's hands-on ability, Chu Xue and several maids finally completed the world's first paraglider.
"Leo, remember the essentials of landing, don't panic when flying, there are also control ropes and control belts, you can adjust your flight attitude in the air" Before the flight, Li Mu was still telling Yan Shun about the relevant precautions, in fact, if it wasn't for Yan Shun and Chu Xue's strong opposition, Li Mu wanted to go on it himself.
"Don't worry, Reem, I remember it clearly" Yan Shun was wearing special goggles and a thick cotton coat, although it was a little hot, it could protect Yan Shun to a certain extent when landing.
According to Li Mu's instructions, Yan Shun prepared on the hillside, and after the parachute behind him was infused by the wind and automatically raised, Yan Shun rushed forward a few steps, and wanted to fly with a hard kick under his feet.
However, the lift provided by the paraglider was insufficient, and Yan Shun flew forward only about four or five meters with his feet off the ground before landing, and unfortunately twisted his foot when he landed.
"Stop, stop, stop, this won't work, we have to go back and adjust, increase the area of the wing, it's better to wait until the engine is researched, and then install the propeller."
Li Mu stopped the experiment, and it seemed that it could not be realized under the current conditions.
Henry has found Karl Bentz, but unfortunately, Karl Benz has not yet started research on automobiles, so naturally there is no engine, so Li Mu has to hand over the research task to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hoping that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can solve this problem.
"Reem, let me try again, I feel okay."
Although Yan Shun has just experienced a failure, he already has a feeling and wants to do it again.
"No, not now, at least until your feet are healed."
Li Mu insisted that the current paraglider is still a bit rudimentary, not enough to complete such an experiment, even if Yan Shun does it again, the result will not be different.
Scientific research is never smooth sailing, and gradual progress is king
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