Chapter 424: The Manhattan Project
Under Rommel's highly individualistic administration, Germany was greatly energized, and the contradictions between various political groups in Germany were greatly eased. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
For example, Rommel's former chief of staff, Hans, the head of an anti-Hitler organization, actually accepted Rommel's governing philosophy from the heart, and they did not have a conspiracy against Rommel's Führer.
Rommel's very individual method of governing was actually forced out by the cumbersome government affairs, since Germany has a mature governing system, why not use it? Rommel did not want to hold on to the power in his hands, and power and equality were a good way to govern.
As Rommel, who ascended to the position of head of state with military merits, the battlefield is his best home, delegating power, integrating European industry, developing advanced weapons and equipment, etc., in fact, are all for the sake of war.
Now that everything in Germany has been largely straightened out, and without much intervention on the part of Rommel, he can now devote most of his energies to the war against the Soviet Union.
This time, Rommel hurried back to Berlin from the front line to deal with the intelligence from the United States, and this information sent by Canaris reported in detail the important information of the United States in the near future.
First: The B29 strategic bomber developed by the United States has been put into trial production, and 14 B29 strategic bombers for testing have entered service with the troops.
The United States had strategic bombers, which Rommel expected, and the whole of Germany would henceforth be within the bombing range of the B29.
How to deal with high-altitude and high-speed strategic bombers in the B29 war, Rommel was thinking of a way more than a year ago, that is, missiles, and now Germany has made significant progress in this regard, wired missiles can already be used in actual combat, and wireless missiles are almost successful.
For example, X4 air-to-air missile, HS117 butterfly surface-to-air missile, HS293 ship-to-air missile, X7 Little Red Riding Hood anti-tank missile, X1 sensitive wireless command bomb, etc.
These missiles were all developed by Germany in history, and now they are only two or three years ahead of schedule because of Rommel's strong support.
The degree of sophistication of these missiles is unimaginable to many people, and most of the missiles of later generations were born from the German research and development materials of these missiles.
For example, the HS117 butterfly surface-to-air missile is the closest to the practical stage of the surface-to-air missile developed by Germany, using radio commands, radar tracking guidance methods, in addition to the main engine, the addition of two solid-fuel booster rockets, has carried out a large number of tests, but in the future before it can equip the troops Germany will be defeated.
These missiles are Rommel's confidence in dealing with the threat of advanced British and American fighters, and Britain and the United States can imitate other technologies, but these missile technologies have not been developed for several years, so they should not be thought about.
At most, there will be half a year to complete the development of these German missiles, and at that time the American B29 has just been mass-produced, so the American B29, for Germany at that time, there is not much threat, and the sky of Germany and even the whole of Europe will be dominated by Germany from now on.
Second, the Manhattan Project in the United States began to recruit all kinds of technical personnel, and the US government, for the sake of secrecy, only announced that the government would organize a group of scientific and technical personnel to conduct research and development in marine science.
President Roosevelt gave this plan "special priority above all operations", and the "Manhattan" project was so large that it was not known at the time which of the three methods of splitting uranium-235 was the best, so it had to be fissioned simultaneously by three methods.
This complex project became a melting pot of American science, and a large number of scientists from all over the world, led by Oppenheimer, gathered in the "Manhattan" project management area.
The number of scientists is unimaginable, and in some departments there are even more people with doctoral titles than the average staff member, and there are many Nobel laureates among them.
At its peak, the Manhattan project employed 539,000 people and cost $2.5 billion, unmatched by any previous weapons experiment.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt actually developed the atomic bomb a year ahead of schedule, which Rommel did not expect; according to historical experience, it would take about three years for the United States to develop the atomic bomb, and two years for Germany.
What if! For example, if Germany's atomic bomb mechanism was destroyed by spies, then the German team is likely to lag behind the United States in the development of the atomic bomb, and history is like this.
In World War II, whoever mastered the atomic bomb was invincible. The atomic bomb, a medium-level strategic deterrent weapon, must be mastered by the weak Germany, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable, and no matter how advanced the missile developed by Rommel is, it will be useless under the threat of the atomic bomb.
Rommel immediately called Canaris, the head of the General Intelligence Service, to his office by internal telephone for advice.
"Hey! Rommel. ”
Rommel had a good understanding of Canaris, who had previously been depressed, and was reused by Rommel, and all of Germany's intelligence agencies were under Canaris's leadership.
Canaris's talent was brought into full play, and Canaris, who was extremely dissatisfied with Hitler, found confidence in Rommel, which made Canaris desperate for Rommel's Führer.
"Hehe, Admiral Canaris, don't be so polite, come and sit here."
The Führer Rommel was still so amiable and did not have any pretensions, and perhaps others would say that Rommel did not have enough prestige to use this kind attitude, but Canaris did not think so, and he thought that as long as the Führer of Führer Rommel was amiable and führer, he was worthy of his allegiance.
Sitting across from Rommel, Canaris asked respectfully:
"My Führer, do you have anything important?"
Rommel got up first and made a cup of tea for Canaris, and then brought it to Canaris before he said:
"Admiral Canaris, I have read the information you sent, the U.S. government has set up a Manhattan project, do you know what this project is researching?"
Canaris replied honestly:
"My Führer, the U.S. government said it was for the study of the oceans."
Rommel did not blame Canaris, the level of secrecy of the American plan was quite high, and it was normal for Canaris not to know about it.
"Admiral Canaris, the Manhattan Project is the U.S. government's atomic bomb research program, what studies the ocean, that's the smoke bomb released by the U.S. government."
It's not that Canaris doesn't know about the atomic bomb, Germany has been studying it for several years, and Führer Rommel also attaches great importance to it, and Canaris also knows a little about the power of the atomic bomb.
"What should the subordinates do, please ask the Führer to instruct."
"Admiral Canaris, the Manhattan Project needs a huge number of scientific and technological personnel, conservatively estimated at about 100,000, so the U.S. government will definitely recruit a large number of scientific and technological personnel.
I suggest that you send a few groups of spies to apply for the job now, and when the United States is halfway through the research and development, you will start to completely destroy the research and development results of the United States, and if possible, it is best to dispose of the dozens of major research and development personnel together. ”
Canaris, an intelligence genius, immediately understood Rommel's plan with a little prompting, and he immediately stood up and "snapped" with both feet:
"My Führer, my subordinates promise to complete the task." (To be continued.) )