In fact, the rubber factory was a uranium enrichment plant, and the scale of production was larger than Speer had imagined, including a more secret place, Auschwitz, in addition to the original site of the rubber company. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After the change of Jewish policy, all the ordinary Jewish prisoners in the concentration camps were released and subjected to forced labor, and a very small number ****** were transferred to other prisons. The entire factory, the former camp site, and the 50-kilometer radius of land were turned into off-limits areas, but only Morowitz was made public, and the secrets of the concentration camp were known only to a very few people, not even Speer.

Onizog was pleased with the effect of Dibner's speech, and even more satisfied with the Führer's summoning and having them deliver a keynote speech in public. Although it was only May weather, beads of sweat were already oozing from his chubby head, and he said proudly: "We now have nearly 100 grams of uranium-235 with an abundance of more than 87%, and the amount will increase over time, and we can provide more than 2 tons of uranium oxide blocks a month that make up the main body of the reactor, and I am eager for more experts to join this research system and make bombs." ”

For a while, there was a lot of discussion about this, and Speer glanced at Himmler meaningfully, thoughtfully.

A force to be reckoned with in the Third Reich's uranium project from the beginning to the end was the SS. Of course, the Big Four are not monolithic, and Hoffman will not allow them to be monolithic, which is not in line with political logic and governing management, even if he has no political experience, he is still very clear about this set. Speer's position has risen very rapidly in the last nine months because of his sole control of the economy, and he has gone from the end of the Big Four to the head of the Big Four, and for the sake of balance, Hoffmann cannot ignore Himmler's feelings, not to mention the latter's contribution in eradicating the Goering group.

Since Himmler had a tense relationship with Goebbels, Speer, Baumann and others, and had a soft spot for secret projects, and the Minister of Posts Onizog was friendly with him, Hoffmann simply assigned this secret project to Himmler. After losing control of the intelligence system, Himmler's power was greatly weakened, and he paid more attention to the Minister of Posts and the secret research team he led.

More importantly, although the group led by Diebner was relatively weak in academic ability, all the participants were members of the National Socialist Party, and some were members of the SS, and they had great respect for the theory of the National Society and the Führer, which was a key factor in Himmler's willingness to support and fund the project. With the full support of the SS and the heavy investment, the software of the Debner group may be poor, but the hardware facilities are completely super-not, no matter what kind of experimental equipment and raw materials, as long as he speaks, Himmler can get him.

While Heisenberg was talking about the 1,600 tons of uranium ore in the warehouse, the entire 9,000 tons of ore had been piled up under Auschwitz; While Heisenberg was still lamenting the power constraints, Himmler quietly built a huge uranium enrichment plant through Farben, saying that if conditions permitted, the entire concentration camp could be the site of a clandestine project. As for coolies, it may have been a constraint for Speer, but for Himmler, who ran the entire concentration camp, it was just a number.

Speer didn't know anything about it, but Hoffman was the insider, not only knowing it, but encouraging Himmler to do it. So this group has the fewest members, the latest start, and the most significant results. Because of the small number of personnel, the entire research system was the first to use the Z-4 electronic computer invented by Konrad Chuzer to carry out calculations, which Hoffman called "my pension" project was an instant success, and in March the machine built in March added more than 1,200 times per second (subtracted 250 times) - leaving all the slide rules behind.

In addition to the field of nuclear physics, ballistics experts, rocket experts at Pennemünde, are also very interested in this set of things, and after experiencing it for themselves, they will also come up with a set by name, and hope to have faster and better equipment. Chuzer said that the potential of the relay had been basically tapped, and the next step was to go through the tube, which would require more funds and personnel, and a larger space, and the ecstatic Himmler did not hesitate to allocate 10 million marks and provide all guarantees, and then took 15% of the shares from Chuze - in the name of the SS.

The computer soon became the second major research project of the SS, with more than 40 researchers and more than 60 technicians and engineers, and Chu Ze was the academic leader. Although he himself did not have the title of professor or doctorate, Himmler did not value these at all, he cared about results. He once said to the people around him: "If you can't make something, no matter how loud the title is, it's a hen that can't lay eggs." Himmler, a farmer by turn, hated this "hen" the most.

If Chu Ze's project is compared to a start-up, then Hoffman provided an angel round and took 30% of the shares with 2 million marks; The SS offered the Series A, taking 15% of the shares with 10 million marks, and Chuzer and his research team still had 55% of the shares left, and the total valuation of the project has soared to more than 26 million marks. The armaments department led by Speer also wanted to intervene, and Himmler said that it was okay to participate in the shares, but it would have to wait until the Z5 computer, which had 3,000 operations per second, had been built and evaluated, and the price he offered was to ask the Ministry of Armaments to invest at least 30 million yuan, and the shares would be willing to give 10%.

Speer was going to pinch his nose at first, because Himmler or the SS didn't have much chance to theorize, but when he thought that the Führer still had 30% of the shares in his hands, he reluctantly went to Hoffmann, and the latter blocked him back with a sentence - "10% of the shares of an electronic computer project that is calculated 3,000 times per second is worth 30 million marks?" Himmler doesn't seem to have realized the great significance of this invention, and if he wants me to make a price of 100 million", the Minister of Armaments was stunned, and in the end he could only be ready to pay obediently. It is precisely because there are so many big people escorting him that no big company dares to make irresponsible remarks about Chu Ze's invention and take it by force.

After Dibner finished speaking, Heisenberg was stunned, just when he was complacent about 5 grams of uranium-235, people had already obtained more than 20 times the resources, and what was worse was that he kept saying that he couldn't make it, but people said that he could.

Hoffman knew that he was already in a hurry to go down the wrong path: the experts knew nothing about how to use high-abundance uranium-235, and they were at a loss about the internal structure of the atomic bomb, but he couldn't wait to start making weapons-grade raw materials.

He turned his gaze to Bot and motioned for him to make a presentation. Bot smiled awkwardly and quickly stated his point: "First, I think that bombs can be made, perhaps not as slowly as Mr. Heisenberg says, but not as fast as Mr. Dibner says; Second, from my research, graphite is a better moderator than specific water and paraffin, in terms of effect, graphite is better than paraffin, in terms of difficulty in obtaining graphite, although it is difficult to obtain high-purity graphite, it is easier to obtain specific gravity water; Thirdly, if such bombs are to be made, they must be made in 2-3 or more, and they must be tested before they are actually used, to determine the power, the effect, and how to use them, and of course, I hope that they will never be used......"

"Good." Hoffman nodded, then unexpectedly nodded Otto Hahn's name, "I've read the paper you wrote with Mr. von Weizsäcker, I don't know the details, but I know that you put forward the idea that inside the reactor, uranium can form element 94 (plutonium) by neutrons, right?" ”

Hahn, who had been cowering in the corner, nodded, he was reluctant to attend such a meeting, but Weizsäcker pulled him in, but fortunately, he was able to shrink back without a keynote speech. Unexpectedly, now the Führer not only named himself, but also asked this question directly, so he nodded subconsciously: "Yes." ”

"What similarities does element 94 have with uranium-235? Extremely powerful energy bursts out when fissioned? ”

"To be exact, one of his isotopes is similar to uranium-235, and the fission energy is also relatively similar, but it is impossible to determine who is larger and which is smaller under the same conditions, and further observation is needed."

"Do you have a way to purify it?"

"I don't know, I haven't tried. In fact, element 94 does not occur naturally in nature, it must be found in the reactor, so the production is very small, and this element is highly toxic and needs to be purified with great care. ”

"How much can it be purified? 50%？ 70%？ 90%？ ”

Hahn pondered for a long time: "Theoretically, if you are willing to pay a decisive price, you can increase it to more than 90%, but that is meaningless, I think 5-7% is enough to maintain the reactor." ”

Hoffman shook his head: "I don't want a reactor, I want a bomb, it's only possible if it's more than 90%." ”

"Führer, no one in the world has ever seen Element 94 with an abundance of more than 90%, and even very few people know about the existence of this thing, maybe no more than 20 people. Otherwise, we wouldn't have named him 94, but would have given him a code name. "Also, I don't think 90% abundance is a prerequisite for a bomb, and no one can prove it at the moment." ”

Hoffman ignored his arguments and pressed on the contrary: "I have heard rumors, you have said in public that we must not make uranium bombs, that is immoral, and if the Führer asks me to make this, I will kill myself." ”

"Führer, I'm just ......" Hahn was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer, let alone how such a secret exchange between scholars could reach the Führer's ears.

Himmler's face was directly clouded, and his face became very ugly, Speer saw that the atmosphere was not right, and stood up to play a round, but was stopped by Hoffman. (To be continued.) )