Just over a week after the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, Emperor Morimoto announced his unconditional surrender. When the news reached the atomic bomb test site in the desert of New Mexico, Lynn saw that most people, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, color, or age, were engaged in indulgent chanting and selfless applause, they hugged each other, old tears were crossed, years of hard work finally paid off, the evil enemy was defeated, the world was finally at peace, and the time to return home was near, what could be more gratifying?

Yes, the Second World War of unprecedented scale has finally come to an end, and Lynn looks up to the sky and sighs, but not for the so-called justice and light. Until then, he had always felt that something different from history should have happened in recent days, but the Potsdam Conference did not cause any shocks, the atomic bombs were awarded to the little devils one by one, even the content of Emperor Hirohito's surrender edict did not change, and the information that was sent out of cigarettes was also lost. Could it be that the so-called butterfly effect, that is, the logic of a small act of the traverser that can change the general trend of history, is still an insignificant factor in the face of the grand main line of time?

Confused, confused, silent.

In the secluded corners of the test base, there are also some people who look at everything here with cold eyes like Lynn, and even have a similar mood. However, Lynn is a former German Waffen-SS soldier, an elite of the "Vampire" night combat commando, and now a lieutenant of the Imperial Guard, deputy commander of the intelligence team to the United States, and a fierce wolf who accidentally blended into the sheepfold, compared to the identity of these people is much simpler. They are currently the world's top physicists, with extraordinary intelligence and talent. Deeply shocked by the horrific power of the atomic bomb, they realized that the fruits of their labor had evolved into a terrible weapon capable of posing a deadly threat to all of humanity.

However, like Lynn, their individual abilities are equally difficult to change the speed of the earth, and it is difficult to change everything that exists in this world...... As Oppenheimer had assured, with the end of the war, the mission of the atomic bomb test site changed substantially. Then, people began to reapply to stay according to their own wishes and realities - a significant number of people, including several top experts, decided to return to their original positions and continue to engage in pure scientific research, except that before they finally left the base, they had to undergo a more rigorous registration than when they entered the base, and the base determined their personal risk of leakage. The high-level experts basically belong to the first gear, that is, the risk of leakage is extremely high, so in order to ensure "the national security of the United States" and "the peace and stability of the world", they will enjoy as much freedom as possible under the secret protection of the US political axe and the military.

Lynn's application to leave the base was naturally approved, and most of the assistant researchers like him were quickly approved, but a week passed, and no one came to him to review the registration, nor was anyone informed of the confirmed status, but Oppenheimer did not appear in the normal experimental work area for a long time, and Lynn went to his office twice, and was also told that the doctor was on a business trip, and it seemed that he was involved in important work such as the formation of the United Nations or the trial of war criminals, and the return date was uncertain. As for Lynn's application, the office staff didn't know exactly where it was stuck, and there was no other way but to continue to wait.

After more than a month, Lynn seems to have become accustomed to waiting alone, but even when he is at the busiest at work, he will not think of himself as an auxiliary researcher working for the American political axe, but keeps in mind his identity and mission, and he believes that even if his companions cannot find his whereabouts for the time being, they will still hold on to the ideal of imperial revival on the other side of the world, and he is by no means fighting alone...... Due to the end of the war and the adjustment of personnel, the pace of work in the experimental area of the base has slowed down a lot, and the personnel management has also been slightly lax and chaotic, which just gives the wolves in the sheepfold more opportunities. Although it was a seemingly inconspicuous auxiliary job, Lynn was able to continuously access documents and materials related to the materials used to make atomic bombs, and based on the production and consumption of uranium raw materials and the basic analysis data collected by researchers, Lynn gradually came to her own judgment conclusion: If it were not for the seizure of several batches of enriched uranium from Germany in May and June, the United States would only be able to piece together the uranium raw materials used to make two atomic bombs until August, one for testing and one for smashing on his head. Now, thanks to the "generosity" of the Germans, the United States has given me a double surprise, and not only that, but according to the consumption of the stockpile, there is enough uranium raw material left to make the fourth atomic bomb!

Based on these data, Lynn has reason to believe that the claim that the United States dropped three atomic bombs on the Soviet Union, one that was unexploded and was relayed to the Soviet Union by the political axe. Moreover, in order to obtain nuclear weapons technology in a short period of time, experts and data drawings should be more meaningful than a single atomic bomb entity.

Regardless of the truth, the Soviets did show great interest in nuclear weapons that would bring human civilization into a new era. In just over a week in late August, Lynn was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of the base's security sirens three times, each time there was a roar around the base, and in one case there was even a fierce gunfire. At first, he thought that German intelligence officers had been discovered by the U.S. Guards during their field reconnaissance, and he was both surprised and worried that his comrades, who were not good at overseas intelligence activities, would suffer fearless losses. However, he soon heard from the researchers and military guards around him that several Russian spies had recently been caught.

At this time, the war had just ended, and although the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union had passed the honeymoon period, they would not turn their faces faster than turning the pages of a book; based on the current international relations, the United States did not make a big deal about it after catching the Soviet spy, and this can be seen from the calm and calm of the broadcast news. After a few days, Lynn originally planned to find Captain "Winster" to find out the truth, but he didn't expect this American [***] officer to find himself first, intentionally or unintentionally revealed the information that the base guard unit had captured a number of Soviet and Russian spies, obviously trying to probe Lynn's tone.

If it was really a Russian spy who was captured, Lynn would not be surprised, let alone have any thoughts about them. Thinking of his application that was put on hold, he also understood: although the United States [***] side did not find his flaws, in fact, he never really trusted himself from beginning to end, and now there are some situations outside the base, in addition to interrogating the captured spies, they will naturally conduct an investigation of the suspicious people in the base. Obviously, he is on this suspicious list.

Faced with Captain Winster's pediatric inducement, Lynn was completely unmoved, but curiously asked if the Russians really had beards like some propaganda brochures, and then took the trouble to ask the captain to check why the application had not been approved—any later would have missed the class at the University of California.

Lynn's words and expressions did not show any clues, and the captain then complained that Washington had not sent anyone to escort the Soviet spies away, so that the base guards had to send personnel to guard these extremely dangerous guys, and deliberately revealed their detention locations and general guards.

Hearing this, Lynn still smiled bitterly in his heart: after more than a month of normal training, even if he intends to show his skills, the degree of performance may be unsatisfactory, not to mention that those Russian spies really have nothing to do with him!

That night, Lynn lay in bed and reminisced about the information she had received during the day. The brutality of the fighting on the Eastern Front made him, like the vast majority of German officers and soldiers, very hostile to the Soviets, but he calmed down and considered that his current situation should not continue to regard the Soviet Union as the number one enemy, but should be skillfully exploited. What's the point of limited cooperation with the Russians, as long as the conditions are right? Taking a step back, since the Soviet Union's idea of pursuing atomic bomb technology is very urgent, and this point is very much in line with the cleanup in the eyes of ordinary people, it is completely beneficial to carry out espionage operations for their own sake and black pots.

In the middle of the night, the terrible sirens that sounded through the base disturbed Lynn's sleep, and he couldn't help but admire the persistence of the Soviets. Listening to the noisy footsteps outside, he thought that the defenders were going to take a car to the periphery to arrest those spies who tried to get close to the reconnaissance or even infiltrate the base, but after a while, the rumbling of artillery actually sounded in his ears. Thinking that when he came in a hot air balloon, the defenders only used machine guns, and this sound should be a medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, could it be an ultra-long-range reconnaissance plane of the Soviets?

Unlikely! Lynn thought to himself, even in the most powerful years of the Cold War, Soviet reconnaissance planes would not have penetrated deep into New Mexico to carry out reconnaissance, not to mention that in 1945, the Soviet Union had neither excellent intercontinental vehicles nor available bases close to the continental United States. If that's the case, how could such a fierce artillery fire tear an ordinary hot air balloon to pieces in a very short time, how could it last for more than ten minutes?

The sound of artillery outside was really curious and confusing, Lynn finally got up from the bed, he did not leave the room rashly, but walked to the corner, looking out through the tiny cracks caused by the ground shaking on the day of the atomic bomb test, the entire base was almost illuminated by the strong light of the searchlights, the strong cannon flames flashed in the surrounding darkness, and the crimson cannonballs flew up at a large angle, setting off dazzling flames in the sky, almost obscuring the natural starlight.

Although he did not see the target of the American [***] shelling, listening to the noisy artillery, Lynn seemed to have returned to the Eastern Front filled with the smoke of war. There, brave companions are still fighting for their undefeated fate; There, no matter how difficult the environment was, no matter how bad the situation was, I never felt lonely.

(To be continued)