Of course, there are risks in doing this, but Hoffman decided to take a risk after thinking about it: he clearly knew that during World War II, the closest thing Germany was to the United States in terms of major industrial products, coal, and the historical data was 85%, and now after efforts, especially after the restoration of the Donbas coal producing areas, he believes that the total output should be able to surpass that of the United States; Historically, the U.S. has 25 percent of its power generation, but now that strategic air strikes have been reduced and power plant construction has been built, he thinks it's still more certain that it will reach one-third or even 40 percent, and if a little more coal capacity is released for power generation, the gap between Germany and the U.S. will be even smaller. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Himmler was satisfied with this, and then went on to ask: "Since thermal power is not enough, can we work on hydropower?" ”

Speaking of hydropower, Hoffman's mind suddenly "boomed", and suddenly remembered the story of the British bombing of the Ruhr Dam, and immediately nervously asked Speer: "How is the Ruhr Dam, is it safe?" Will it be blown up by the enemy? ”

"Blow up? No! "The experts have assessed that the place is very safe, let alone bombing, and even planting explosives in the opening above may not be effective, unless the water is drained and the explosives are buried underneath." ”

Hoffman smiled bitterly: conventional bombs are not good, but they can't stop the British from using special bombs.

"No, air defense must be deployed immediately."

Yeshunek was startled by the sudden call from Dahlges, and when he heard the Führer explain the air defense so solemnly, he hurriedly said: "Okay, I will send 100 fighters and 2 anti-aircraft artillery regiments to protect there." ”

"The Führer said, double it again." Less than 2 minutes later, Dahlges called again.

Now Jeshunek became even more nervous: "Is there accurate information that the enemy is coming to bomb? When? ”

"It's a bit of a clue, but I don't know the exact time, and the Führer's instructions must be in place tomorrow."

After receiving personal assurances, Hoffmann, relieved, continued the meeting - Jeshunek was very good, and the supreme instructions were carried out to the letter, and he did not care about the reasonableness, anyway, he had done a lot of nonsensical things in the past few months. Fortunately, now there are quite a few fighters in Western Europe, so what about pumping 200 specifically to protect the dam and the Ruhr area? It's best if the British don't come, and when they come, they don't want to run.

After the power dispatch was over, Himmler asked: "Führer, why do you want to spare some professors with bad brains?" They have obvious ill intentions......"

Speer also seemed puzzled, for in his opinion, the Führer had not been so eloquent before.

"You mean Hahn?"

"It's not just him, it's a bunch of people, and Heisenberg isn't a good thing." Himmler was indignant, "If you hadn't stopped me, tomorrow I would have asked the General Security Bureau to send the Gestapo to the door to find out whether there was any collusion with the enemy and whether it was a hidden traitor." ”

"There are some things that we can't do for the time being, like those Junker officers who can't eat the old, what can I do with them? Kill or lock up? Hoffman said calmly, "Scientific research is different from servitude, it is completely innovative, and it is not possible to rely on external force, but must rely on enthusiasm, impulse, and of course, knowledge." He didn't love this thing, how could he research it? What if they are forced to study and slack off? Or what if we are only given the wrong data or research directions? Didn't Canaris mislead us with misinformation in the first place? Fortunately, there is still a chance to verify and compare, who do you go to compare with the uranium bomb? By the time the bombs of the Americans fell on their heads, it was all over what was said. What's more, I don't think the Gestapo can tell who is right and who is wrong, let alone you, even the experts themselves can't tell who is right and who is wrong, who are you arresting? ”

Himmler finally sighed.

Hoffman turned to Speer and said, "In the future, the Apollo program will be divided into two groups, and the research work of the energy faction will be in charge of the Ministry of Armaments; The study of the bomb faction was carried out by the SS, and the overall project was still carried out by Field Marshal Milch. ”

The two looked at each other and nodded in unison: because Milch was leading, the Ministry of Armaments had actually gained dominance; Since the inclusion of other bombers would greatly strengthen the Dibna group, and since the rubber factory and the secret base of Auschwitz were inseparable from the SS, Himmler could accept this arrangement.

"Führer, do you really want to promise them not to be the first to use a nuclear bomb?" Speer asked, confused.

"This is a strategy, and this is the essence of deterrence, we fight to win, not to destroy each other. Holding a nuclear bomb in your hand is more frightening than using it, and I don't think that nuclear bombs are decisive in the current war - Stalin is still resisting 10 million dead, because if he dies 50-1 million more nuclear bombs, he will surrender? ”

The two nodded, of course, the power of nuclear bombs is huge, but the problem is also obvious - it is too expensive to manufacture, and this investment will be more effective than completely if it is used in tanks or airplanes.

"As for the no-first-use promise...... Hoffman laughed, "am I so pedantic?" It is up to scientists to build bombs, whether to use them or not, how to use them, it is not up to politicians to decide? Besides, the experts are not monolithic, and there are only a few who have broken brains. If I organized a referendum and asked the German people to decide whether or not to fight with this new weapon, guess what they would think? ”

"Needless to say, it must be strongly requested!"

"Finally, there is the question of funding...... "Hoffmann knocked on the table, "since the expenses of the previous stage have been exhausted, the next step is to allocate 2 billion marks, 1.8 billion for bombs, 200 million for energy, and then all the enriched uranium centrifuges currently used will be managed and defended by the SS, and the SS will also be responsible for providing other raw materials for research." ”

"I agree with the ratio of 9:1, and the raw materials are also in this ratio, anyway, Heisenberg himself just said that this scale is enough." Himmler preemptively said, "The SS can give 1 billion marks, and I plan to spend all the Jewish proceeds here, but one thing to say first, it's all for the bombers, and I don't care about the energy faction - I'm not interested in nuclear energy; I can trust Marshal Milch to take charge of the project, but I will send someone to control the finances, lest there be another corrupt person. ”

Speer said helplessly: "Okay, the rest of the armaments will give." ”

The SS amassed a lot of wealth through Jewish "exports", and the scale continued unabated, and even several medium-sized banks in the United States secretly engaged in "six-pointed star bonds" -- banks paid for the ransom money in advance, guaranteed by the local Jewish community, so that the parties fled to the United States and repaid the mortgages. Hoover actually knew about it, but the Jews were too powerful, and this obvious hostile behavior was finally gently let go. And because Himmler had export earnings, the whole set of extermination measures in the concentration camps was stopped - and killing people also came at a cost.

"Three days later, when the scholars have chosen to come out, I will gather the members of the bomb team to give them a speech and cheer them up." Over the past few months, Hoffman has found that his level of speech has been greatly improved, and it is no longer a problem to talk for 1-2 hours without a problem, and in the eyes of others, the Führer's speech-telling has been much less recently.

He explained: "Intellectually, they belong to the second ranks, but in terms of enthusiasm they belong to the super-first-class, and I believe that they can create their own success - we must respect science, but we do not have to be superstitious about authority, if we are superstitious about authority, the German people will not be able to choose a corporal to be the commander-in-chief!" ”

Hahahaha, the other two laughed.

On the other side, von Ardennes anxiously asked Dibner when he came out: "How was the meeting?" ”

"Excellent, the Führer gave us a very high evaluation, he thinks that the ideas and methods of work are basically correct, and especially worthy of recognition is the positive attitude and enthusiasm of the work, which he considers more important than anything else...... He was determined to vigorously develop nuclear bombs, and the comrades of the national leaders had just told me that the Führer had promised to continue to increase investment, and Minister Speer had also assured us that the problem of electricity would not cause us to worry. ”

"Great!" Ardennes is elated, this is a very interesting character, Dibner still has the title of doctor, and has been in the research institute for a while, he is considered a young backbone, von Ardenne only has a university degree, and he became a researcher halfway through his interest, not to mention a doctorate, not even a master's degree. In Heisenberg's eyes, Dibner was a second-rate scholar, and Ardennes was not qualified to talk about such things, and he arrogantly claimed, "Any one of my doctoral students is better than him." ”

But it was this figure who Heisenberg looked down upon to make the achievements in the Dibner group: the isotope separation and purification work carried out by the "rubber factory" relied on Ardennes' scientific research - the electromagnetic mass isotope separator, which was better than the carrien tube used by the Americans, which is why the rubber factory used a little electricity to extract far more abundant uranium than Heisenberg.

Hoffman's determination to support Dybner was certainly not a whim, and he has carefully studied the report they submitted and believes that there are many bright spots:

First of all, Dubner was theoretically inadequate, otherwise he would not have relied on the results of the Curie laboratory to come up with his own proposal, but his ability to generalize and analyze was very strong, relying only on that foundation and a few words obtained from Heisenberg, he proposed his own plan and succeeded, and his insight into the sketches given by Hoffmann surpassed that of others;

Secondly, he is very effective in forming a scientific research team, because he is discriminated against academically, so he absorbs talents in an eclectic way, if Arden does not meet him, most of them will be buried there, in the research process, Dibner's team is working hard day and night, giving full play to the subjective initiative, not at all like Heisenberg's team is slow and unhurried, let alone tied up like Hahn;

Last but not least, Dybner confronted the constraints of insufficient quantities of nuclear materials, and instead of limiting himself to the sketches of the atomic bomb provided by Hoffman, he proposed a new way of detonating the bomb – much to Hoffman's shock! (To be continued.) )