"General Groves, how is our Manhattan project going?" At the White House, Roosevelt said to the old general who had arrived in a hurry.

In the United States, the research on atomic energy is also a fairly secret project, the Manhattan Project, which is known only to a very small number of people.

Roosevelt, after being alerted by scientists, formed a uranium advisory board and began to implement a vast research program.

This work formed a supreme policy leadership group, led by the president himself, Vice President Henry Henry? Agad? Wallace, Secretary of War Henry? Lewis? Stimson, Army Chief of Staff George? Cartlett? Marshall, Van Niva? Bush and James? Conant et al.

When the practice of atomic energy research led both the US government and scientists to conclude that it was possible to create a nuclear weapon that would certainly be used in war. As a result, President Roosevelt approved the report on the nuclear program submitted by Bush and decided to form a new engineering district to carry out the task, at which point Groves, who was the deputy secretary of construction and now the commander of the Manhattan engineering district, was involved.

Groves, of course, came to report on the progress of the Manhattan Project.

"We have established a secret base in Oak Ridge, and all kinds of projects and supporting facilities are being improved, and our project will be able to start soon." "But now we've got two problems," Groves said. ”

Groves was deeply aware of the importance of the Manhattan Project, meticulous about the entire project, and now he came to Roosevelt to report the important situation.

"Say it." Roosevelt said.

"First, our project requires a lot of uranium ore." "This is the raw material for making nuclear weapons, and we have not found uranium ore in the United States for the time being," Groves said. ”

"Where?" Roosevelt asked.

"Congo." "Congo is a major source of uranium ore, and now, in our country, there is a Belgian businessman who has taken refuge, Edgar Sengier, and we have found out that Sengier has more than 1,250 tons of rich ore in our cargo terminal on Staten Island," Groves said. ”

Roosevelt immediately patted his thigh, although he was already unconscious: "Okay, this is simply too convenient, trade with him immediately, no matter what the cost, you have to get this batch of ore." If he refuses, then we will directly requisition! ”

Now it is a state of war, and in this case, personal interests must be subordinated to national interests!

"We're already looking for him." Groves said: "Nichols has already made a deal with Sengill. Sengier agreed to hand over the ore from the cargo station to us, but this was not enough. We also need to ship all the uranium ore that has been mined in the Belgian Congo to the United States. ”

To make an atomic bomb, the uranium needed is highly enriched, and a large amount of uranium ore can only be refined into a small amount of uranium, so to speak, this thing is definitely hundreds or thousands of times more than gold.

The more than 1,000 tons of uranium ore is only enough for the initial use, and in the later stage, more uranium ore must be transported over!

Shipping from Congo is not so simple. This involves, for example, transportation at sea.

Now that the Germans have occupied Europe, the fleets of the Germans, constantly showing their presence in the Atlantic, the United States and Germany in the Atlantic, could enter a state of war at any moment.

Originally, it was relatively safer to go through the Indian Ocean and then circle the Pacific Ocean, although it was farther away, but now, the Pacific War has broken out, and it is no longer safe here.

Therefore, when Groves came to report to Roosevelt, he asked the president to give a decision.

"Let's go across the Atlantic." Roosevelt said: "Do a good job of secrecy, the Germans should not notice, and at the same time, let our fleet guard nearby, if we encounter a German warship, then we will not hesitate to fight." ”

Just from the Congo, it was in the South Atlantic, walking around the area of activity of the Germans, which is always fine, right?

Roosevelt was confident in this, and besides, his own Atlantic Fleet had not suffered any losses, how difficult could it be to complete an escort mission?

Groves nodded: "Okay, that requires the cooperation of the navy, the second thing is that we have noticed that Germany has transported a large amount of heavy water from the Vimok chemical plant in Norway, and Heisenberg attaches great importance to this heavy water." ”

Groves' words made Roosevelt's eyelids jump wildly.

The United States has determined that Germany is developing nuclear weapons, but the United States is powerless to do anything about it, so how can the United States prevent the Germans from building nuclear weapons in the first place?

Now, there's a good idea! Heavy water plant in Norway!

Germany itself is quite secretive, and the United States cannot intervene at all, but outside of Germany, the Germans will not pay so much attention, especially Norway, although it has taken refuge in Germany, but there is no direct German garrison, and the Gestapo has no activities in Norway.

Getting there, it's easy!

"Leave this to Churchill, there should be a lot of fleeing Norwegians under them." Roosevelt said, "It's time for Churchill to take some of the pressure off our shoulders." ”

Up to now, the United States has been helping Churchill, and even has become free aid, but the British government-in-exile led by Churchill is still losing and retreating, and now, it has been driven out of the Middle East by Rommel, and they are left with the fate of continuing to live in exile in India.

However, Churchill persisted, which made some people from other occupying countries who were dissatisfied with Germany find a savior, and they went to defect, and Churchill's troops were simply Western European forces.

There must be quite a few Norwegians among them, so let them do it once! It is enough for the United States to provide support from behind.

Let Churchill find someone to do it? Is that appropriate? Groves frowned, already understanding Roosevelt's political considerations, maybe now in Congress, there are already people who oppose the continuous support for Churchill, thinking that this is a bottomless pit.

Now, it was time for Churchill to make his presence known.

Since the president has already made arrangements, he doesn't need to say anything, anyway, he is only responsible for reminding him.

Of course, Churchill will not know the inside story of his Manhattan project, as long as Churchill knows that he will send someone to blow up Norway's heavy water plant, and that will be enough.

Sure enough, when Eisenhower relayed the news to Churchill, he immediately excitedly agreed.

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