Chapter 1057 - There Must Be an Atomic Bomb on
The planned meeting of the leaders of the European Communities, to be held soon, has been postponed again. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info Because none of the great leaders of the world, including Hitler himself, had any intention of going to a meeting, but stayed at home and watched a movie -- it was a blockbuster of the atomic bombing, it was in color, the picture quality was very good, and it really reflected the shocking scene of the atomic bombing.
The people who watched the film were either ecstatic, or had mixed feelings, or felt extremely shocked.
Adolph. Hitler and a group of top officials of the Nazi-Fatherland government, as well as the Wehrmacht generals, were undoubtedly ecstatic when they saw the blockbuster film of the atomic bombing.
"We've won!" After watching the blockbuster, Hitler began to express his opinions in the cinema room of the Chancellery, gesturing as if he were in a public speech, although the range of movements was not so large, but everyone could imagine the excitement and joy in his heart.
"All dreams have come true, the foundations of the thousand-year empire of the Aryans have been laid, and Germany's position as the leader of the European Community has become unshakable. And the United States will pay the price for their perfidy and crimes against the German nation and against Europe. The era of Europe's constant sinking ended yesterday, and from today Europe has been revived under the leadership of Germany, and a glorious, great, rich and orderly Europe will soon emerge and will continue for a thousand years! We have created a thousand-year-old empire! ”
Adolph. Hitler suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the victory!" ”
"Long live victory!" The rest of the room shouted along.
Hersman was also in the screening room, and he kept some composure because he had already witnessed the shocking scene of the atomic bombing.
"Gentlemen!" He raised his voice and said, "Yesterday, we not only opened the door to the thousand-year-old empire, but also opened a Pandora's box and released a devil named Nuclear Weapons!" That's right, we in the German Reich were the first to have it, and this is a huge advantage that will allow us to win the leadership of the world and a strong, united and prosperous European community...... All of this will become a reality in the next 10, 20 or 30 years.
But here, I would like to remind you of two points: First, although we have the atomic bomb, we do not have the means to deliver the atomic bomb on the continental United States...... Although the theoretical maximum combat radius of our Me264 long-range bombers can reach the United States. But the Heisenberg device we currently have weighs 4.5 tons, and if we want to carry it with the Me264, then we must get a base about 2,500 kilometers from the east coast of the United States, which can be used as a base for the Me264 long-range bomber to take off, and this base must also be relatively safe.
Second, the difficulty of building the Heisenberg device is lower than imagined, and with the current technological and industrial strength of the Americans, it is entirely possible to manufacture weapons-grade uranium-235 and plutonium-239 that can assemble several atomic bombs in a few years...... Technically, this is not too difficult for the United States. According to intelligence, the Americans are building large uranium mines in Canada, and are also actively seeking ways to refine uranium-235 and plutonium-239, most likely reactor tests have already been carried out! So there is not much time left for us to defeat the United States. ”
Wanting to strengthen the unity of the European Community with the atomic bomb and to establish Germany's absolute leadership, Germany adopted the practice of "open" nuclear testing.
Although not everyone knows about it, there is no doubt that the big names in the United States of America will get the "blockbusters" that Hitler and Hersmann and others are watching through various channels in a few days.
Moreover, this public display of the nuclear explosion also revealed many key secrets. For example, how big the atomic bomb is - knowing how big it is, you can guess how many weapons-grade uranium-235 or plutonium-239 were used as a charge, which is quite a crucial statistic!
For example, the explosive yield of such an atomic bomb is how much, and the data of "20,000 tons of explosive yield" announced by Dr. Fermi in public will be known by the scientific team of the Manhattan Project in the United States sooner or later.
With these two key pieces of data, which did not seem to be a secret in later generations, the Manhattan Project in the United States has a very clear direction.
The first is, of course, to accumulate weapons-grade uranium or plutonium, the former can be obtained by electromagnetic separation and gas separation, because the research on separating isotopes (not only uranium and plutonium) has begun a long time ago, so the theory and laboratory research of the electromagnetic method and the gas method have long begun, so the Americans know the method. It's just a matter of design and manufacturing – it's just a matter of trial and error. The Germans themselves spent a lot of money on the study of electromagnetic and gas methods, and it took more than 70 failures to succeed. According to the experience of the Germans, the electromagnetic method is the least difficult, in fact, to make a giant electromagnet, the key is to have enough electricity and copper (historically the Americans used silver).
As for plutonium production reactors, of course, it is more difficult, mainly because the United States does not have enough uranium oxide to build reactors, so it is impossible to conduct tests on production reactors. But now that the U.S. uranium mine in Ontario, Canada (which existed before the war) has entered the stage of mass production, the plutonium production reactor test will be successful sooner or later.
The second problem is to design the atomic bomb with reference to the shape of the "Heisenberg device", and the principle of nuclear fission reaction has been basically understood by the scientists of the Manhattan Project. The size and weight of the "Heisenberg Device" can now be used to determine the approximate number of charges needed to make an atomic bomb.
In fact, the Americans came up with similar data through calculations and preliminary reactor tests, and the Heisenberg device only verified the accuracy of their data.
So what we have to think about now is how to design the shape of the uranium or plutonium block as a charge, and how to blow them together - theoretically, as long as a sufficient amount (to the critical value) of uranium-235 or plutonium-239 is put together, the nuclear fission reaction will occur immediately.
After figuring out the critical values in practical application (about it), and knowing how to refine uranium-235 or plutonium-239 -- for the United States, as long as they master the electromagnetic method (historically, the American scientist Ernest Ernest Brown). Lawrence invented) and then just brute force it - after that, all that's left is a matter of design and experimentation.
With American technology, it will fail a few times at most, and it will always succeed in the end.
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At the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Mussolini and his son-in-law, Marquis Ciano, went into the screening room to watch the film in the early morning of June 2. However, the 30-minute short film was watched over and over again by their husband and son-in-law, and in the end, they were not even in the mood to eat lunch.
I thought that the mighty Roman Empire could compete with the European Community and even become the world's first power in the future, but I didn't expect that the Germanic barbarians in the north already had powerful weapons that could destroy everything!
And the poor Roman Empire was right next to these Germanic barbarians, who had terrible weapons in their hands, and it was so miserable.
"Oh God! Do these Germanic barbarians want to destroy the world? Mussolini finally didn't want to see the film anymore and said to his son-in-law, "I have to go to Berlin myself...... Go and curry favor with the corporal Chancellor and the Germanic god of war to prevent this terrible weapon from being used in Rome! ”
"In Rome?" Ziano was taken aback by Mussolini's words, "No, something terrible won't happen, right?" ”
"Who knows?" Mussolini's eyes widened and he showed an exaggerated expression, "We can't offend them anyway...... If they want battleships, give them. There is no way, at least until we have this weapon, we must treat the Germans with care. ”
"Let's ...... Are we going to make a nuclear fission bomb too? ”
"Of course!" Mussolini waved his fist, "The Roman Empire is a world power, so there must be a nuclear bomb...... What the Germans had, we Romans must have! Otherwise, sooner or later, the Roman Empire would become a vassal of the Germanic barbarians, and even survival would be in question. Italy...... After all, it's part of Europe! ”
Mussolini paused, "Also, you will go to Switzerland with a copy of this film right away!" ”
Ziano was stunned, "Going to Switzerland?" ”
"Go to Switzerland!" Mussolini said, "Send a copy of the film to Hopkins...... I think President Roosevelt should have looked at it as well. ”
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Hiroshi Oshima and Tadao Yokoi finally returned to their native Japan in the early hours of June 3, Tokyo time.
The two of them haven't closed their eyes since June 1, and they were a little groggy when they got off the plane.
However, they still had no way to rest, and a car from the Prime Minister's Office was waiting at the airport. The two got off the plane with the "film" and got into the car directly and went straight to the prime minister's residence. When I got there, I was immediately taken to the movie screening room by Hideki Tojo's adjutant, which was already crowded with the big leaders of the Navy and Army in military uniforms.
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Navy Minister Isoroku Yamamoto, Chief of Staff Sugiyama Moto, Navy Commander Shumi Nagano, and Army Aviation Headquarters Minister in charge of Japan's nuclear program Takeo Yasuda all gathered together, craned their necks and waited to watch a movie.
Hiroshi Oshima handed the film to the projection room manager before taking a seat in an empty seat between Hideki Tojo and Takeo Yasuda.
"Oshima-kun, is there really 20,000 tons of equivalent?" Yasuda, who was sitting on the left side of Oshima, asked questions before the movie began.
"Oh," Hiroshi Oshima replied, "it looks amazing, and the blast can be felt from 20 kilometers away." As for 20,000 tons equivalent, it is a Enrique. Fermi's people announced. ”
"Fermi? It turns out that he is also working for the Germans......" Yasuda Takeo took a breath, "If he said it, then it would probably be wrong." It's terrible that a 4.5-ton bomb can produce 20,000 tons of yield! ”
"Japan will have it too!" Hideki Tojo interjected in a calm voice, "Yasuda-kun, you have to get it out anyway, understand?" ”