After the end of the Tunisian campaign, the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Daming North African Theater was high, and the various units swept through the whole of Algeria and Morocco. In early August, the www.biquge.info troops entered Ceuta and Casablanca to complete the reconquest of the North African theater of operations. More than 200,000 Allied troops stationed in these places were defeated and annihilated, and the morale of the army was shattered.

The fortress of Gibraltar, the first fortress in Europe, which had been under siege for two years since the beginning of the war, was officially lifted. This stubborn fortress held out for two years under Spanish attack. The garrison achieved its own prestige and spread the reputation of the Spanish army for its incompetence to the rest of the world.

Before the troops of the Ming North African Theater attacked Ceuta, the naval warships of the allied European countries had already left the Mediterranean, and only the French navy and the sea forces of Spain and Italy remained.

There is no way, their country is about to face the threat of the Ming Dynasty directly, so they can only leave their naval power in this huge inland saltwater lake blocked by the Ming army at both ends to resist the Ming attack.

The Ming army, which had begun to gradually occupy the initiative, now had many options. Attacking either Spain or Italy would be a great threat to the heartland of Europe. Not to mention those strategic bomber units.

In order to resist the strategic superiority of the Ming Dynasty, France and Germany had to transfer batches of troops from the Russian battlefield back to guard the Mediterranean coast, especially air power. This made the advantage of the Ming Dynasty on the Russian battlefield more and more obvious.

"Smack!" casually slapped the telegram sent by He Ziqiu asking for reinforcements on the desk in front of him, and the expressionless Zhang Cheng squinted his eyes, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Because of the threat of the Ming Dynasty in the south, the armies of various European countries had to transfer a large number of living forces and equipment and materials back to the western European region for defense. Although these armies have always been fighting soy sauce on the Russian battlefield before, it is still possible to defend and contain the Ming army when the attack is not possible.

Now that such a big strategic opportunity has emerged on the Russian battlefield, instead of taking advantage of the great opportunity of the large withdrawal of troops from various countries and the serious defeat of the Russian army's summer counteroffensive to launch a large-scale attack, He Ziqiu continued to ask Zhang Cheng for all kinds of materials and reinforcements. Its purpose is clear.

"As the war continues to unfold smoothly, and your prestige among the people is increasing day by day. They're starting to panic. Wang Yan, who was sitting opposite Zhang Cheng, glanced at the crumpled and unshaped telegram on the desk, and said softly, "The smoother the war progresses, the less room they have to maneuver. Once we have won the war, those people will no longer have any ability to resist. When the war was over, no one would choose to follow them, and without the support of the army, a few gendarmes would be able to take them down. That's why they can't wait now. They wanted to delay the war as much as possible so that they could gain time for maneuvering. ”

"I know." Zhang Cheng leaned on the back of the sofa, crossed his legs, put one hand on the armrest beside him, and tapped gently, "I know what they think." I am only angry at these people for their personal interests at the expense of the whole country and the nation. The current good situation was bought back by the officers and soldiers on the front line with their blood. Their actions not only failed the contribution of the sacrificed officers and soldiers, but also led to the fact that more officers and soldiers will be killed and injured because of this. That's something that's unacceptable. ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng lowered his eyelids and said in a cold voice, "Originally, I thought that if they could understand the current affairs, I might let them go when the war ended." But now it seems like I'm overly concerned. Dogs will never be able to change the habit of eating, even if they become pet dogs. ”

Wang Yan, who was sitting opposite Zhang Cheng, glanced sideways at Xiao Hongbao, who was expressionless beside him, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Wang Yan knew that what Zhang Cheng had just said was not in his heart at all, but just casually. No matter what those people do, Zhang Cheng will not let them go after or before the end of the war. The cruelty of the political struggle has long been doomed to the end of both sides.

"Your Excellency." After a moment of silence, Wang Yan raised his eyelids and asked, "How can He Ziqiu's request be answered?" ”

"Give it to him." Zhang Cheng took a sip of the teacup, and said expressionlessly, "Give him everything, but don't give it all at once." Installments, batches. Also, the additional soldiers to be given to him should also be carefully selected, and how much to lose and how much to replenish. Absolutely not to give more. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Wang Yan nodded, glanced at Xiao Hongbao on the side, and stopped making a sound.

"How's Project One going?" Zhang Cheng put down the teacup and looked at Xiao Hongbao, and asked out loud.

"All the best." Xiao Hongbao, who had been silent, nodded and spoke, "The preliminary theoretical presumption and calculation have ended, and the demonstration experiment has begun." The Group expects to begin the production program for the first bomb within a year at most. However, it will take a long time to conduct live-fire experiments. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Cheng nodded and said softly, "Project No. 1 is very important, this is our killer weapon and the ultimate force to end the war. Confidentiality must be foolproof, and whatever needs there are over there must be met as much as possible. You don't need to report it to me, you can just approve it yourself. They give whatever they want. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Xiao Hongbao nodded, "Recently, the power consumption has begun to increase rapidly, and the demand for electricity at the test site is very high. I would like to remobilize a credible engineering force to build a specialized railway line and power plant for Project 1 in the past. ”

"No problem." Zhang Cheng glanced at Wang Yan, who was sitting on his lap but his ears were erected, smiled and said, "Give everything you want, try your best to satisfy them." ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng got up and stood up, "I still have something to do, you guys go and go about your own business." By the way, Project 1 can now notify the authorized person to know, you inform Wang Yan first. ”

Since he is a confidant, he must be notified when he should know important things. Otherwise, it's chilling. Although it requires a high degree of secrecy, Zhang Cheng believes that a henchman like Wang Yan will never be revealed.

The so-called No. 1 project is the atomic bomb. After overseas spies sabotaged the Manhattan Project for the Americans, Zhang Cheng never let up on his atomic bomb project.

Zhang Cheng, who came to modern time and space, has a thorough understanding of the deterrence capability of nuclear weapons. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the ultimate weapon to end all wars.

As long as he has nuclear weapons, Zhang Cheng can be said to be completely invincible. Whether it is against the anti-Ming League or against those unscrupulous forces in China, Zhang Cheng will be invincible. No matter how many resources and funds this plan needs to consume, and how long it will take, Zhang Cheng will have to figure it out. This is the real killer weapon.

The atomic bomb is the primary mode of nuclear weapons, and it is a weapon of mass destruction that uses photothermal radiation, shock waves, and induced radioactivity from nuclear reactions to cause lethal and destructive effects, as well as to cause large-scale radioactive contamination and prevent the opponent's military action to achieve strategic objectives. With the current scientific and technological capabilities of this era, only the first generation of fission weapons, that is, atomic bombs, can be developed and produced.

When the fissionable properties of uranium were discovered, the brightest minds among mankind began to think about using this ability for military purposes. However, this kind of thing requires extremely high scientific and technological capabilities, and in this era, only the Ming Dynasty, which is prosperous in science and technology, and the United States, which has a very high investment in military affairs, can continue to burn science and technology while burning money.

As for the scientific and technological capabilities of countries such as Germany, they are not weak, but their national strength is limited, and their scientific and technological capabilities are far from being as comprehensive as those of the Ming Dynasty and the United States. More importantly, this level of research requires a huge amount of resources, funds, and the supply of material industry. No one can make up their minds to invest such a huge amount of resources in this bottomless pit until they know their specific capabilities.

As for countries like Japan, they don't even have the idea of developing them. The sheer volume and high-tech expertise needed for early theory validation is not something they can provide. Not to mention the massive investment in the later stage, which is not something that ordinary countries can afford.

Zhang Cheng began to invest in the project soon after his rise. However, he did not directly participate in this project at the beginning, but was doing some basic accumulation. After all, his identity at that time was definitely not able to master this kind of big killing weapon, and Zhang Cheng had no intention of making wedding clothes for others.

Zhang Cheng initially invested in the first generation of mainframe computers, for example, which were necessary to greatly reduce the amount of computation and data validation. As well as the storage of some high-quality raw ore, the construction of factories for the production of centrifuges, and so on. At that time, no one would have known what Zhang Cheng was doing this for.

After Zhang Cheng took power, the plan to develop the atomic bomb was immediately put on the agenda, and it was in the midst of an extremely secret schedule. This matter has always been the responsibility of Zhang Cheng's henchman Xiao Hongbao, who convened scientists to secretly form a research team to officially launch the project.

At the same time, Zhang Cheng also learned from intelligence sources that the Americans were secretly carrying out the Manhattan Project. Zhang Cheng, who is extremely familiar with the power of the atomic bomb, knows very well what it means to let the Americans master this weapon.

He instructed Wang Yan to disrupt the Americans' plans at all costs, even the cost of exposing and arresting many ace agents who had been lurking for many years.

Many American scientists involved in the program were killed, and important research bases and production plants were wreaked havoc, which directly led to the shelving of the American program almost indefinitely. Although the Americans have re-invested and continued their own plans, their progress will not catch up with the Ming in any way.

No matter what kind of situation he faced, Zhang Cheng never thought he would fail. The biggest confidence is because he knows that no matter how the situation changes at home and abroad, as long as the No. 1 project can be successfully completed, then he will be invincible! (To be continued.) )