Chapter 28: Mushroom Cloud Project (3)

Wang Pingtao listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words, and he became more confident in building an atomic bomb.

After listening to your words, I feel as if I have already seen the scene of the atomic bomb exploding! With your account, I am very confident that my country will be able to take the lead in developing the atomic bomb. Wang Pingtao was so happy that he almost danced with his hands.

"President, don't worry, as long as we all work together, there will be no hurdle that cannot be overcome, although our economic strength is not very good, but it can be regarded as a vast land, as long as we can find uranium ore, we will definitely be able to make an atomic bomb. ”

For Zhao Zhongyao, the most important thing now is to find uranium ore, as the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, no matter how good your technology is, no matter how much knowledge you have, if you want to make an atomic bomb, the first thing is to find uranium ore, otherwise, a qiē is meaningless.

The manufacture of an atomic bomb is generally divided into several steps, first of all, mineral prospecting, and then beneficiation, not all ores containing uranium are suitable for mining, and uranium ores with high content must be found.

When a high amount of uranium ore is found, the ore is then smelted and processed, and some uranium-containing compounds are made first.

These uranium-containing compounds are then refined and processed to obtain a pure and high concentration of uranium-235 elements. In this way, the atomic bomb can be made.

Due to uranium-235, among the three isotopes of uranium, the proportion is very small. So, to get one kilogram of pure uranium, almost two hundred tons of uranium ore have to be smelted. To make an atomic bomb, you need at least seven or eight kilograms of pure uranium.

In this way, the high content of uranium ore required would cost thousands of tons! Therefore, although the atomic bomb is extremely powerful, the cost of making it is also staggering.

No matter what, Zhao Zhongyao now has to do his best to make the atomic bomb. Because this is not only related to his personal fate, but also related to the fate of the entire Chinese country.

"How can we find uranium ore? You can give orders! Everyone, including me, will be at your disposal. Wang Pingtao regarded Zhao Zhongyao as the savior of their country. All of them have to obey Zhao Zhongyao's arrangement!

"Mr. President, you don't have to worry about this. With the commanders of the six major military districts here, I think our first step in the study of the atomic bomb will be completed very quickly. ”

Zhao Zhongyao thought that the commanders of the six major military regions of China were all here. The military districts under their jurisdiction have covered almost the whole country. As long as they are mobilized, they will be able to find uranium ore soon!

"Zhongyao, you mean to let the commanders of the six major military regions, with their own troops, carry out uranium mining work throughout the country of China. ”

President Wang Pingtao listened to Zhao Zhongyao's words and felt that this should be what he meant.

"That's right, the scope under the jurisdiction of the six military regions covers almost the whole country, even the sea, so how can you not find uranium mines!"

Zhao Zhongyao was very confident in his own ideas, and felt that such a wide net search would definitely find a large amount of uranium ore soon.

"Alright, commanders of the six military regions, you listen well. Starting tomorrow, you will mobilize your troops to search for uranium mines in the areas under your jurisdiction, have you heard?"

The president is a capable person, and after listening to Zhao Zhongyao's plan, he immediately gave orders to the commanders of the six military regions.

"Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!"

The commanders of several military districts immediately agreed to the tasks assigned to them by the president.

But the commander of one military district did not squeak.

This is the commander of the Naval Military District, Cui Tianhong. He thought, the search for uranium ore is all on land, and our navy lives at sea, so it doesn't seem to have much to do with us!

"Cui Tianhong, why don't you say yes!" Wang Pingtao asked, looking at the naval commander.

"President, we are the Navy, does this matter have nothing to do with us?"

"Oh, yes! Uranium ore can only be on land, not in the sea! Then you don't have to participate. Wang Pingtao listened to Cui Tianhong's words, and he felt that there was some truth, so he wanted not to let the Navy Military Region participate in this mineral prospecting work.

"No, Mr. President, the Navy is also going to do prospecting work, and uranium ore may not only be on land, but also on islands!

Zhao Zhongyao listened to the words of the commander of the Navy, and he blocked the president's order.

"Zhongyao, you mean to say that uranium ore is also possible on some islands near our country is not. ”

"Yes, Mr. President, the coastline of the East China Sea is very long, almost 10,000 kilometers. There are countless small islands scattered along such a long coastline, and maybe that one small island will have the black gold we need - uranium ore!"

Zhao Zhongyao knew that it was not easy to find uranium ore, and radioactive elements were originally rare elements. There are very few in the earth. Now if you want to find uranium mines, you have to find all the places in China, even some small birds.

"Okay, Cui Tianhong, you also have to mobilize your own troops and search the small islands under your jurisdiction for me. "The president gave another order to the commander of the naval military district.

"Yes, I promise to find uranium ore!" replied Cui Tianhong loudly.

"Okay, the first step in our mushroom cloud plan is to find uranium ore. It's just that uranium ore is a radioactive element, and it is not only difficult to find. And it's also very dangerous.

So in the next step, I will study a uranium ore detector, and let the warriors who go to find the ore each take a handful, so that it is not only easy to find uranium ore, but also more complete. ”

Uranium ore is not visible to the naked eye, it needs to be detected with instruments. A uranium detector is one such instrument that detects the presence of radioactive elements in a place.

As a scientist, Zhao Zhongyao knew that there was such an instrument before his death, but he had never used it himself, but he had only seen its appearance and working principle in some reference books.

Now to find uranium ore, the first thing is to make such a detection instrument, only with such a detection instrument, can we find uranium ore faster.

"Just now, Comrade Zhao Zhongyao has already told him about his mushroom cloud plan, and the first step is to find uranium mines. After the commanders of your various military regions go back, they must first send some professionals who have some understanding of geological exploration work to form an exploration team. Let them learn some knowledge of uranium ore first, and then wait until Comrade Zhao Zhongyao studies the detector, and then we will start to act. President Wang Pingtao began to speak again.