Chapter 12: Secret Talks: Nuclear Weapons
"Chairman, I'm talking about history. Happens without this element of ours. Although we are only a very small element. But with the addition of our element, some things change qualitatively. The original historical trajectory will also change a little as a result. As for how history will be interpreted in the future, it is still up to a great statesman like you to grasp it." ** said with great certainty: "Change is certain. Let's take the current War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Through your understanding of the situation of the US military, we will know the other side and through you we will know our problems, and we will be confidants. Knowing ourselves and knowing our opponents can make us win every battle. As a result of your participation in the war, the problem of air supremacy has been fundamentally solved. All that's left is a fair fight between the two sides on the ground, and this battle will be easy to fight. We don't have to worry about getting called back anymore. But things always go that way. When the old contradictions are resolved, new contradictions arise again. You knock out the American aircraft carriers at sea . The scale of the war has expanded. Will a local war turn into a full-scale war. What kind of reaction will the United States have? Will it expand the war to China? Will the atomic bomb be dropped? The atomic bomb is a paper tiger that will not play a big role in China. But it also has a real tiger side, and there are still many people who are afraid of it. And what kind of reaction will the Soviets have? Will it stop aiding us? Our industrial base is too thin!" That's how I think about these issues, Chairman." Deng Feng expressed some of his immature judgments: "Neither the Americans nor the Soviets can figure out what is going on for a while, the Americans must first think that the Soviet Union did it, and I can't predict how the United States and the Soviet Union will play out, but one thing is certain, the possibility of the United States expanding the war against China before it is really understood will not be very large. Taking a step back, even if he wants to expand the scale of the war against our country, what can he do?" Deng Feng asked himself and said: "They sent ground combat troops to China. Due to the limitation of domestic troops, we can't afford to send more troops. Send less than the top use. At most, it is to let Chiang Kai-shek add some chaos to the south, and then there is to send aircraft carriers to bomb our coastal areas, and before we find out how those aircraft carriers were sunk, will they still send them? I don't think it's a big surname. Even if he sends them again, we have enough means to keep them coming and going. Hit him a few more. Will they send it again? I can't see it anymore. It will cost billions of dollars to add an aircraft carrier and thousands of professionals. Even if he is rich and beautiful, he can't afford to do it no matter how many professionals he has reserves. In addition, we will send planes to bomb our coastal areas with Yueben and Taiwan as bases, so that we will divide half of the fighters from the base and send six fighters to Qingdao. Shanghai sent 6 planes, Fujian sent 6 planes past. In this way, we form a great wall in the air along the entire coast. The early warning planes in the air, or unmanned reconnaissance planes, make daily patrol flights in the coastal areas to grasp the changes in the enemy's situation. Six J10s can meet 50 to 60 of their planes at a time. He won't come again. If they are really desperate to send a few hundred planes in one area. It's hard for him to stay out of the way, and even if we don't, we can take revenge on them right away." Deng Feng thought for a moment and then said: "It is unlikely that they dropped the atomic bomb before they found out the situation. The use of nuclear weapons in general is the ultimate means of a country and is the last card. If you don't have the certainty of absolute winning, this card can't be played. Even if they do decide to play this card in desperation, there's nothing to be afraid of. The first is that they lack the means of delivery, and now they can only be dropped by airplane. Before they fly to Chinese mainland, they may be found and killed, even if his sneak attack is successful. We can also use the same means to destroy the United States mainland and the cities that provide bases for it."
** His eyes lit up and he asked excitedly: "You mean we also have an atomic bomb?"
Deng Feng nodded and replied: "We don't have an atomic bomb, we have a hydrogen bomb and a neutron bomb that have experienced more damage than the atomic bomb. The nuclear yield of the 5 hydrogen bombs we have is in the 3000-40 million ton class. That's more than 3,000 times the size of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The shock wave can circle the Earth 4 times. The area of nuclear contamination could be as high as 4,000 kilometers. The flash of light from the explosion can be seen from a distance of 1,000 kilometers, and the height of the mushroom cloud after the explosion is 18,000 meters. Houses 400 kilometers away from the explosion point will be destroyed by the shock wave. If such a hydrogen bomb is detonated at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, the range will be larger than the entire hydrogen bomb. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Americans in 45 years once destroyed a city, so we can wipe out the earth with a hydrogen bomb. Deng Feng involuntarily waved his hand fiercely.
** Asked, "Is it really that powerful?" What is the difference between an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb?" Its power is unquestionable. Later nuclear explosions have fully proved its power. The hydrogen bomb takes nuclear fusion, the atomic bomb is nuclear fission, the hydrogen bomb must be detonated by the atomic bomb, if the hydrogen bomb is regarded as a cannonball, then the atomic bomb is equivalent to the first in the artillery shell. So what kind of weapon is a neutron bomb?" ** Asked again. The neutron bomb is a low-yield small hydrogen bomb with high-energy neutron radiation as the main lethality. It only kills and injures enemy personnel, causes little damage to buildings and facilities, and does not bring long-term radioactive contamination. It is a tactical weapon that has the power of nuclear weapons and can be used.
In general, due to the addition of a layer of depleted uranium shell, the neutrons produced during hydrogen fusion are absorbed by this shell, resulting in a lot of radioactive contaminants. With the neutron bomb removed from its outer shell, a large number of neutrons produced by nuclear fusion can be radiated in large quantities without hindrance, while at the same time, light radiation, shock waves and radiation contamination are reduced. If our six existing neutron bombs explode at an altitude of 300 meters, they can kill all personnel within a range of 1,500 meters in an instant. "Do the United States and the Soviet Union have these two weapons now?" ** Feeling the great power of this weapon asked with concern.
Deng Feng replied: "Definitely not. It was only in '52 that the United States began to conduct theoretical research on the hydrogen bomb, and after more than five years of research, the United States finally succeeded in turning the theory of the hydrogen bomb into reality." The successful explosion of the world's first hydrogen bomb on the American island of Bikini. Soon after, the Soviet Union also succeeded in developing it. Neutron bomb USA 1978, successful test, France 1980, USSR 1981.We are 1988."" Good! That's enough." ** smiled happily and said: "The biggest effect of the atomic bomb is its deterrent power. Not in the number of things. Our principle is still the same old saying: 'If no one offends me, I will not offend anyone. If anyone sins against me, I will offend him; In this way, we will not be in a hurry to do it, and we can save a lot of money to work on other projects."" Chairman, you are absolutely right. We are now the number one nuclear power. Although the quantity is not much, the quality is high. One tops hundreds of them. At least 57 years ago. When our country develops, it will be easy to do it again."" Who else but you knows this secret?" **Asked with concern.
Deng Feng replied: "Because this is the top secret of the state, we have not written it into the basic description of the base, and now there are only the two of us and the deputy commander of the base, Liu Jun, and 21 maintenance personnel. There are also two H-8 crews that may guess that there are nuclear weapons at the base, but the number, type is certainly not known. Because they are China's strategic strike force, they must have different numbers of nuclear weapons in their locations, and I also told me after this accident."" Well, you must continue to do a good job of secrecy." And then ** asked very seriously." What are your procedures for using these weapons?"
Deng Feng replied: "After the custody department and the user department receive the telegram sent by the chairman's nuclear button box at the same time, the custody department will issue it to the user unit. The launch is carried out by the user unit on a predetermined target in a predetermined area."
** And asked: What's going on with that nuclear button box?" It is a transmitter that can emit a powerful specific telecommunication signal at any time around the world." Deng Feng replied.
** After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's not do this box yet. Let's settle on a telegram password first. to the Depository and Launch Departments".
** Took out another cigarette from the cigarette case. picked up the match, but he didn't light it immediately, but stopped in the air and said, "You can only let Liu Yalou see this warehouse."" Okay," Deng Feng smiled and said, "I don't know where this warehouse is."
** lit a cigarette and said, "Go on" and "As for the Soviets, they will surely try to figure out how we did all this. Will let us explain the situation. Make a reasonable explanation." Deng Feng smiled and said to **: "This is your old man's business."