"Nuclear research can begin!"

Li Weiguo summoned Zhang Xiaoliu, secretary of the Ministry of War and Minister of National Defense, to the imperial study room and informed him in person that nuclear weapons research and opening up would be put on the agenda. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Nuclear weapons are the weapons of the state, and only the former ministers of military affairs and national defense are qualified to know about them, and they are highly classified at the SS level.

Zhang Xiaoliu had heard Li Weiguo talk about it before, and he was full of curiosity and awe about nuclear weapons.

But he also knows that the development of nuclear weapons is not an easy task and is very consuming of national strength.

With the current economic level of the Chinese Empire, there is no financial difficulty in developing nuclear weapons, but the launch platform has not yet been developed, and the preservation of nuclear weapons in the future will also be quite a drain on national strength.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo meant to start developing nuclear weapons and launch platforms for carrying nuclear weapons, but he was not in a hurry to deploy them in real combat.

In this way, the development of nuclear weapons would not have an impact on the national economy of the Chinese Empire.

Historically, the United States spent $2 billion on the development of nuclear weapons, accounting for 0.57% of the US GDP and 20% of all scientific research funds, which is equivalent to 200 million yuan according to the parity purchasing power of the Chinese Empire today, accounting for 0.6% of the GDP of the Chinese Empire in 4002 (1902) and 15% of the total investment.

At that time, the scientific and technological reserves and talent reserves of the United States had reached a high level, and although there was still some gap in the scientific and technological level of the Chinese Empire, Li Weiguo had written a complete set of basic principles for the manufacture of nuclear weapons, such as the nuclear weapon material was uranium-235, the production of fissile materials could be obtained using centrifuges, and the chain nuclear reaction would be produced when the critical value was reached. Therefore, under the guidance of Li Weiguo, the current Chinese empire is not as difficult as imagined to create nuclear weapons.

But for Zhang Xiaoliu, he didn't know this, and the only thing he was happy about was that once the nuclear weapons were successfully developed, the German Empire would be destroyed in minutes.

However, the next moment, Li Weiguo's words made Zhang Xiaoliu feel inexplicable.

"This time the research and development of nuclear weapons, the Imperial War Department will have high-profile propaganda!"

It was not a secret research and development, but a high-profile propaganda, which did not quite conform to the principle of secrecy of the military of the Chinese Empire in the past.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to make such a high profile? Doesn't this prepare the German Empire? ”

Zhang Xiaoliu said he didn't understand.

Li Weiguo said with a smile: "It is to let the German Empire know that we are starting to develop nuclear weapons!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu said tentatively: "Could it be that Your Majesty has another deep meaning?" ”

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Nowadays, there are few people in the whole world who know the role of nuclear weapons, and I just want to know who has reacted to this and which countries have adopted countermeasures. ”

It can be said that this was ostensibly a deterrent to the German Empire, but in fact it was also a test to know who knew the secret of nuclear weapons.

So far, Li Weiguo has determined the identity of Hitla, and he also maintains a certain degree of skepticism about Liening and Starling in Red Russia, as well as the Queen Mozlini of the Kingdom of Italy, which also makes Li Weiguo feel disgusted (disgusted).

Of course, the reason for the real development of nuclear weapons was to completely defeat the German Empire and conquer the whole world.

Now that the United Nations has been established, and the Chinese Empire is in fact the presidency of the United Nations, other countries, whether they are happy with the leadership of the Chinese Empire or not, can only choose to submit, because on the one hand, they cannot compete with the Chinese Empire alone, and on the other hand, they are not optimistic about the German Empire, so the Chinese Empire has only the only choice.

However, the Chinese Empire would not rush to propose a process of world integration, so that many countries would leave the United Nations and throw themselves into the arms of the German Empire. Therefore, until nuclear weapons are developed, the Chinese Empire will not easily expose its ambitions.

At the same time, Li Weiguo was also alerted to the matter of the Seawolf submarine, and he guessed that Hitra may have secretly begun to develop nuclear weapons, after all, with nuclear weapons is equivalent to being invincible, if there is a strong conventional force, then it is not a problem to unify the world.

Li Weiguo believes that Hitra has the same ambitions as him and wants to unify the world.

Before that, there must be a great battle between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, and the winner is to decide who will lead the world.

Of course, the countries of the world did not want the Chinese Empire and the German Empire to fight, because as long as the fight was made, there would be a result, and whoever won, the other countries would be annexed.

Therefore, the countries of the world are happy to see the confrontation between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, but they do not want them to fight, and it is in the best interests of all countries to remain hostile but not to fight.

However, when the Chinese empire announced its nuclear weapons program to the world, governments were not calm.

"What are nuclear weapons?"

As the largest media outlet in the Chinese Empire, the Central Daily, made a front-page headline explaining the power of nuclear weapons.

However, this is also officially authorized by the imperial government, and the principle and manufacturing technology of nuclear weapons are not informed, but the power of nuclear weapons alone scares the people of all countries in the world, and even the people of the Chinese Empire are amazed.

"The German Empire is facing the worst crisis of annihilation in history!"

As the bridgehead of the Chinese Empire in Europe, the representative media of the British Empire, The Times, directly provoked the German Empire.

"A nuclear bomb has a minimum explosive yield of 20,000 tons of TNT, which is enough to raze a small city of more than 100,000 people to the ground! Can the German Empire still hold on? ”

"It is as if we see the future of the German Empire, which will completely disappear from the face of the earth!"

Soon, the Cleveland government in the United States also said at a press conference.

"Now it seems that our great President of Cleveland has chosen to cooperate with the Chinese Imperial Government, what a wise decision! Today's America is peaceful and prosperous, and if it had chosen to confront the Chinese Empire, it would be a wasteland. ”

The Cleveland government has always been scolded by Americans, accusing them of being traitors and puppet governments of the Chinese Empire, but with the announcement of the beginning of the Chinese Empire's nuclear weapons program, many Americans felt fear from the depths of their hearts after learning of the devastating power of the nuclear bomb.

Some people no longer even hold a grudge against the Cleveland government, but there are still a small number of American right-wingers who try to drive the Chinese empire away, and they stand up and incite it, saying that the Chinese empire will never be able to develop nuclear weapons, and that nuclear weapons are just lies, and calling on the American people not to trust the Cleveland government and to resolutely carry the banner of resistance to the Chinese empire.

"Follow in the footsteps of the greatness of the Chinese Empire, this is the only way out for the world!"

At the United Nations General Assembly, the member states unanimously expressed their willingness to follow the Chinese empire.

In fact, this is not only because of the fear of the Chinese empire among various countries, but also because of the urgent need to know the details of nuclear weapons and whether they can also be shared with them.

It's just that this idea is doomed to be futile, how could the Chinese Empire hand over the manufacture of nuclear weapons to other countries, which are simply wishful thinking.

The puppet states, vassals, and allies of the Chinese Empire were the first to express their support and optimism for the Chinese Empire, but the German Empire and its allies were collectively silent.

The Italian kingdom has already regretted the bowels of the blue at this moment, when Queen Mozzini tricked the Italian king to give up cooperation with the Chinese Empire and cooperate with the German Empire instead, and now the Italian military realizes the true strength of the Chinese Empire.

Economically, the Chinese Empire also imposed a blockade on the Kingdom of Italy, which used to receive all kinds of advanced technology and material assistance from the Chinese Empire, and other countries were willing to trade with Italy, but now that it has offended the Chinese Empire, the Kingdom of Italy can no longer get advanced technology and material assistance, and the surrounding countries also refuse to trade with Italy.

Militarily, the Chinese Empire has always occupied Sardinia, the Kingdom of Italy protested several times, asking for the recovery of Sardinia, but the Chinese Empire refused, almost triggered the Chinese Empire to start a war against the Kingdom of Italy, the German Empire at that time only expressed a lot of concern, but did not dare to go to war with the Chinese Empire head-on, so Italy shot itself in the foot, and finally in order to appease the anger of the Chinese Empire, to prevent the Chinese Empire from taking further military action, and had to formally cede the nature of the lease of Sardinia by legal documents, Forever given to the Chinese Empire.

At the same time, the powerful military power of the Chinese Empire, right on the Mediterranean, directly blocked the Italian Navy at the doorstep of the house, hiding in the port and not daring to come out. The military policies of the surrounding countries also followed the Chinese Empire, and together they imposed a military blockade on the Kingdom of Italy.

Politically, the Chinese Empire was even more dissatisfied with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia at the United Nations, so the United Nations General Assembly voted to demand that Italy withdraw from Ethiopia and allow Ethiopia to restore its independence.

In the face of the opposition of the Kingdom of Italy, the Chinese Empire directly kicked Italy out of the United Nations, and finally under the strong military pressure of the Chinese Empire, the Italian army still withdrew from Ethiopia in disgrace.

This kind of stealing chickens and rice has made a considerable number of people in Italy dissatisfied. However, the king of Italy was controlled by Queen Mozilini, and these opponents were either imprisoned or secretly executed, and Mozarini, with the covert support of Hitla, gradually took control of the Italian military and political power.

When the Chinese Empire announced the start of a nuclear weapons program, the already powerful Mozlini immediately stood up and said that the Kingdom of Italy would also launch a nuclear weapons program, and with the ingenuity of the Italians, it would develop nuclear weapons earlier than the Chinese Empire.

Italy's statement really shocked countries around the world.

The Imperial Chinese military scoffed at this, not believing that Italy had this ability.

Until the German Empire, which had been silent, finally stood up and spoke.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II himself stated that the German Empire had already begun its nuclear weapons program and that the German Empire was fully capable of protecting its country and allies.

Wilhelm II was forced to express his position, but he really didn't want to be too embarrassed in terms of face, and wanted to compete with the Chinese Empire.

In the face of the huge military threat of the Chinese Empire, the German Empire also had to make public its nuclear weapons program, in order to deter the Chinese Empire from using force against Germany easily. At the same time, it is also to appease allies like Italy, so that other surrounding European countries can clearly see that not only the Chinese Empire is strong, but also the German Empire is also strong.

In fact, the German Empire had indeed begun nuclear weapons research, but the matter was extremely secret, and it was part of the Ghost Project, which was personally handled by Hitla.

This time Hitler was also deeply shocked, he did not expect that the Chinese Empire would also carry out a nuclear weapons program in advance, which exceeded his expectations, he thought that the development of nuclear weapons in the German Empire in advance, in the future, he could win the first opportunity in the war against China, and even a Jedi reversal, just like the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and made Japan surrender directly, maybe after the first atomic bomb of the German Empire was put into the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire would surrender.

However, Hitra never imagined that this time it was just a stone-throwing of the Chinese Empire to test the reaction of various countries.

Sure enough, both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Italy claimed to have launched nuclear weapons research, and whether they talked big or not, they could prove one thing, that is, both countries were no strangers to nuclear weapons, and this was the result of Li Weiguo's attempt.

In the imperial study, Li Weiguo quietly tasted tea.

Zhang Peilun, the minister of the Imperial Court, reported to Li Weiguo the reactions of various countries, but there was no Red Russia.

"Didn't the Red Russian side react?"

Zhang Peilun shook his head and said: "There is no movement on the Red Russian side, and the Duma parliament has been convened urgently to discuss countermeasures." Liening did not put forward any plans for a nuclear weapons program. ”

Li Weiguo immediately frowned and said, "This is not normal! At least Starling should have had a plan, and the fact that there was no reaction meant that they had a more insidious plan. ”

In Li Weiguo's view, since Starling has developed the bazooka, it at least shows that she and Hitra are fellow travelers, even if they are not capable of developing nuclear weapons, but at least they should know nuclear weapons, and those basic principles are still no problem.

But now Lie Ning and Starling are silent, which makes Li Weiguo feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I heard that there seems to be a split within the Duma parliament, with one faction supporting the red reform and the other insisting on capitalist reform, and they seem to be still making trouble over the question of the Tsar's family."

Zhang Peilun's words reminded Li Weiguo, and he thought: "Red Russia is only temporarily cooperating with the old aristocrats of the Duma Council because of the weak strength of Liening, and this cooperation is destined to be full of internal contradictions, or it will not be long before they will split, and the Russian civil war is inevitable." ”

Speaking of this, Li Weiguo suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the Tsar's family was executed by the Red Army.

Why did the Red Army execute the Tsar's family, the answer is obvious, the old Tsarist Department was powerful at that time, and the Red Army was ruthless in order to end the civil war as soon as possible.

What would have happened if the Tsar had lived?

Li Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.