Chapter 546: The Dawn Plan

October 2, 1940, 39°~40° and 40°~41°N, Lop Nur in the east of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang

This oasis of life, once an oasis of life with herds of cattle and horses, green forests and clear rivers, has now become an endless Gobi desert, with no grass, not a single stream, and the temperature in summer is as high as 71°C. There is not a single bird in the sky, and no bird dares to cross it.

This is a place of dead silence, and it is often referred to as the Sea of Death. But now, the place that was once deserted is now busy, with countless tents and makeshift houses erected, hundreds of bulldozers and forklifts busy, countless soldiers in khaki camouflage training uniforms, and occasionally a few scholars in white coats and glasses shuttling among them.

This is where Su Tong began to implement another great project, which Su Tong called the "Yao Sun Project".

Ever since he became president, Su Tong has been thinking about how to win the world's powers and sufficient interests for China in the next few years. Su Tong knew that if he didn't have a trump card in his hand that was enough to deter other military powers, it would be impossible to fight for Huaxia to win the status of a world power after the war. Throughout the world powers after World War II, they all have a trump card in their hands, and it is this trump card that ensures their country's status as a great power, and this trump card is the most ferocious and cruel weapon that mankind can ever make, the "atomic bomb"

Although Su Tong has the huge golden finger of the lunar base in his hand, it is a pity that the lunar base cannot make an atomic bomb, not because of technical problems, but because the moon lacks the raw material uranium-235 necessary to make an atomic bomb.

Uranium-235 is one of the main materials for the manufacture of nuclear weapons. But there is a symbiosis of uranium in 3 isotopes in natural ores, of which the content of uranium-235 is very low, only about 0.7%. Only by separating the other isotopes and increasing the abundance of uranium-235 can it be used to make nuclear weapons.

Su Tong originally planned to secretly order someone to collect uranium-235 and send it to the moon base to make an atomic bomb, but after careful consideration for a long time, it was decided that the government organized manpower and material resources to set up this time-consuming and labor-intensive "Yao Sun Plan", although the funds and manpower and material resources consumed by this plan were very huge, but after thinking about it, Su Tong thought that it would be convenient and fast if it was made by the moon base, but this was only a very short-sighted approach. Only if the scientists in Huaxia can make this powerful strategic weapon by themselves, Huaxia can be regarded as having its own trump card, after all, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, and Li Sutong still understands.

For this reason, Su Tong also specially ordered the agents of the Security Bureau lurking in the United States to secretly bring back Qian Xuesen, a well-known physicist, aeronautical and aerodynamicist, and a group of scientists who have mastered the forefront of contemporary science, and Su Tong gave them the task of making China's first atomic bomb within two years.

The creation of the world's first atomic bomb in two years sounds like an incredible myth, and the American atomic bomb was a project that brought together the best nuclear scientists in Western countries (except Nazi Germany) at the time, mobilized more than 100,000 people to participate in the project, and took three years and two billion dollars to create two atomic bombs. Judging from the talent pool of China at that time, it can only be a myth to complete this great project in two years. But Su Tong doesn't think it's an impossible task. Science is often just a window paper, and it's much easier to poke it open.

Therefore, when Su Tong personally met with these scientists who had returned to China in Nanjing and handed over the manufacturing method of the atomic bomb and related theoretical materials to Qian Xuesen, this great scientist and founder of China in another time and space was stunned when he looked at these materials. These materials not only have complete nuclear weapons manufacturing methods and related theories, but also have follow-up hydrogen bomb feasibility analysis reports are written in detail, which makes Qian Xuesen's hands tremble, this scientist who has been fighting on the front line of scientific research knows what these world's most advanced materials represent, it can be said to be a treasure that can ensure that China leads the world.

This stack of materials weighing only a few catties was as heavy as Mount Tai in Qian Xuesen's hands at this time, Su Tong just patted him on the shoulder with a solemn expression and said, "Professor Qian, I have put the future of our country in your hands." ”

"The president can rest assured that as long as there are no major errors in these materials, I will do my best to make the atomic bomb."

Su Tong just smiled when he heard this, these materials are the most mature and nuclear weapons manufacturing materials in later generations, how can they be wrong.

"That's right," Su Tong thought for a while and said, "I also sent you a group of electronic digital computers and experts, hoping to be useful to you." ”

"Computers?" This noun that everyone had never heard of confused everyone, Su Tong patted his head and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it to you clearly, it is an electronic computer that can be used for high-speed calculations, can perform numerical calculations, and can perform logical calculations, and also has the function of storing memory." Our government started the study a year ago, and this project is led by Dr. Zhang Qinghe, who is now leading a team to wait for you in Lop Nur, and you will be able to meet them when you go to your destination. ”

On the issue of computers, Su Tong ordered people to conduct research in the name of experiments at Chahar University a year ago, and of course the first generation of tube computers was used, which was the size of several rooms, and after more than a year of hard work, it was successfully developed not long ago, and now it is just right to help these physicists conduct scientific research, and I believe that with the help of computers, the development of an atomic bomb in two years will not be a big problem.

Su Tong was still very troubled about the commander-in-chief candidate of the "Dawning Plan", because this candidate must be a soldier, and he must also be an absolutely trustworthy person, so Su Tong was selected to select Zhang Zizhong, the former commander of the 59th Army. Do you need to talk about the reason? If his sworn brother can't be trusted, Su Tong really can't think of anyone else to trust.

Now in the conference room of the Ministry of National Defense, there is a meeting to discuss the follow-up funding plan of this plan, Bai Chongxi looked at the information in his hand and asked with some doubt: "Jianming, this atomic bomb is really so powerful, can it destroy a city in an instant?" ”

"Of course you can," Su Tong's tone was unusually firm, "there is no doubt about this, the power of the atomic bomb has been fully demonstrated in theory, and now there are signs that Germany has begun to study this aspect, and I believe that the United States will soon pay attention to this issue." If we can't catch up, and wait for those Western countries to come up with it first, it will be a catastrophe that awaits us. ”

Li Zongren, who had been silent, frowned and asked, "How much does this plan cost?" ”

Su Tong thought for a while: "At least three to five hundred million gold yuan coupons"

"500 million gold yuan coupons?" Everyone was shocked, and using 500 million yuan gold yuan coupons to research and make a big bomb seemed to these traditional soldiers to be a luxury, it was simply a great waste.

"500 million yuan is not a small amount, so much money can allow us to arm more than a dozen divisions, is it worth it?" Hearing that it cost so much, even Jiang Baili, who had always supported Su Tong, was frightened.

Of course it's worth it, Su Tong waved his arms and said affirmatively: "Only when our country truly masters this technology can we stand tall in the forest of the world, and we don't have to be afraid of the nuclear blackmail of countries with ulterior motives against us." In the end, Su Tong got out the term "nuclear blackmail" that appeared later.

Therefore, in order to reflect the importance of this plan, I want to give this plan "special priority above all actions" "Another bombshell was thrown out by Su Tong, startling the people in the conference room.

This "special priority over all actions" is not simple, and it means that the plan can mobilize any human, material and financial resources in the country, and everything else must make way for it.

Jiang Baili glanced at each other before nodding reluctantly: "Okay, I support your plan for the time being, but if you can't see the results or are not satisfactory in two years, you will cancel this plan, Jianming, can you agree?" ”

"Of course, I have every reason to believe that this ambitious goal will be accomplished within two years," Su Tong patted his chest and assured. What are you kidding, if these scientists are given complete materials and materials for the production of the atomic bomb, and the manpower cannot produce a physical object within two years, then these scientists might as well collectively buy a piece of tofu and die in it.

"However, we need to do something to do while we are doing this research." Speaking of this, Su Tong's face showed a hint of hideousness.

After this top-secret meeting, a series of mysterious events took place in Germany, the theoretical and atomic physicist of the University of Leipzig in Saxony, the founder of quantum mechanics, and the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Weiner Murphy. The news that Professor Heisenberg died of food poisoning at home caused a sensation in the world's scientific community, and people were lamenting that there was one less outstanding scientist in the scientific community.

Immediately after that, the eminent American physicist Robert . Oppenheimer was killed in an accidental car accident, and this result spread to China, which made Su Tong breathe a sigh of relief. Without this outstanding American scientist, the United States would have been able to postpone the "Manhattan Project" for several years

"Don't blame me for being ruthless, for the rise of Huaxia, I have to use all means to stop you." Su Tong muttered.