From the end of April 1940, the mediation around the American-German war was like a whirlwind, blowing from Wuhan and Moscow to the Americas and Europe at the same time. The situation is already clear, the war has entered the atomic age, and both the United States and Germany already have the ability to produce atomic bombs in large quantities!

On April 20, the U.S. opened its massive Oak Ridge plant to the outside world for the first time, and according to the U.S. side's "dew" information, the Oak Ridge plant now has nearly 20,000 gas diffuser machines (including those being assembled and commissioned). If all these gas diffusers are put into operation, at least 150 kilograms of weapons-grade enriched uranium can be produced every month! Enough to assemble 5 atomic bombs! In addition, the U.S. side has also revealed that it has built a reactor that can produce plutonium-239 at a secret base in northern the United States near Canada...... In other words, the industrial base of the United States still showed tremendous energy in the atomic age. So, the United States will definitely be able to win the war in the atomic age!

Not to be outdone, Germany published photographs of Führer Adolf Hitler visiting an isotope separation plant in the Czech Republic in both major and small newspapers on April 21. The big fat Air Marshal Goering, who accompanied Hitler on the tour, declared at a press conference afterwards that Germany had 30,000 gas diffuser machines (which is obviously an exaggeration) and could produce 250 kilograms of weapons-grade enriched uranium per month! And Germany has also built a nuclear reactor in Ukraine for the production of plutonium-239! In short, the Nazi totalitarian social system is the most suitable for the war of the atomic age! Therefore, the final victory must belong to Germany!

What seems to have come as a surprise is that after China and Russia put forward a proposal to "ban the use of atomic weapons," the propaganda machines of the United States and Germany have all gone all out to publicize their country's huge atomic warfare capabilities.

At the same time, the battles of Puerto Rico and Panama began almost simultaneously! Millions of armies armed to the teeth, thousands of combat aircraft of all kinds, and hundreds of military ships have set up battlefields in the Caribbean and Central America. The daily consumption of human lives and materials is an astronomical amount. But the United States has the world's most powerful industry and 160 million people, backed by Chinese resources shipped from the Pacific. Not afraid of such losses at all! Germany, on the other hand, combined the manpower and material resources of the whole of Europe and Africa, and received the support of a small South American fascist brother, and could bear the same losses. Under such circumstances, observers in China and other European countries believe that in order to win this round of the war and gain the most favorable position for them in the world in the future, the United States and Germany may soon use atomic weapons again. Peace-loving people all over the world are watching at this time to see what Wuhan and Moscow can do to save the world, which is about to fall into the quagmire of atomic war.

And this approach. On May 1, 1940, it finally appeared. On this day, China's General Staff, the Ministry of Armaments, the Ministry of National Defense, and the U Engineering Committee jointly held a news conference to make public the latest discoveries made by the China U Engineering Committee in the field of atomic weapons research -- nuclear fusion weapons, hydrogen bombs! Of course, it is not that China has really succeeded in developing this superweapon that far exceeds the power of the atomic bomb, but that in the process of developing the atomic bomb, Chinese scientists deduced that the energy provided by the atomic bomb explosion is enough to ignite the hydrogen nucleus and cause a nuclear fusion reaction, so that it can create a super bomb that is unimaginably powerful! Moreover, this time, the Chinese side has unexpectedly penetrated the scientific conclusions they have reached after a lot of "careful and meticulous calculations". It was proved that at the high temperatures produced at the time of the atomic bomb explosion, it was indeed possible for a mixture of deuterium and tritium to begin a fusion reaction.

According to the Edward Brown Scientist, who served on the Engineering Committee of China, Edward Brown Brown Scholar Edward. Professor Teller's calculations. Theoretically, there is no upper limit to the power generated by the explosion of such a nuclear fusion bomb, and even if it reaches the yield of 100 million tons of TNT explosives, it is completely possible!

In fact, the fusion reaction of light nuclear weapons was discovered earlier than the fission phenomenon of heavy nuclear weapons, and because the high temperature required to initiate nuclear fusion reactions was difficult to achieve, it was impossible to make a hydrogen bomb earlier than the atomic bomb. After the advent of the atomic bomb, a weapon that can produce tens of millions of degrees of ultra-high temperature, nuclear physicists in Western countries have also realized the same problem! It is just that it has not yet found the final raw materials that can be used to make nuclear fusion bombs, but China has suddenly uncovered this mystery when such a world-class atomic war has begun.

Although theoretically possible. It will take a long time to really create such a large-scale killing weapon as the hydrogen bomb, but with the scientific and technological industrial strength of the United States and Germany, in wartime conditions. If you go all out, it probably won't take too long. And 20,000 tons of TNT equivalent and 20 million tons of TNT equivalent are obviously not the same thing, if a 20 million ton hydrogen bomb carried by a "suicide" submarine explodes off the coast of Germany or the United States, it is probably the end of the world!

With the end of the world seemingly looming, a lot of diplomatic mediation and deals are finally taking place in front of and behind the scenes. Ambassadors, delegates, and envoys of neutral or belligerent nations haunted Berlin, Moscow, Wuhan, and Washington. Secret telegrams were sent back and forth between countries, and ideas were put forward for peace or a ban on the use of atomic weapons. A variety of suggestions have also surfaced in front of the big names in various countries. All the proposals and proposals have only one purpose, that is, the scale of the war between the United States and Germany must be limited, and at least neither side can use atomic weapons again!

Naturally, the top leaders of the United States and Germany immediately summoned the top nuclear physicists in their respective countries to listen to their reports on the possibility of building a "nuclear fusion bomb." And the answer of those scientists is the same thing: "It is completely possible to build a nuclear fusion bomb!" And theoretically, the power of such a bomb can indeed easily reach tens of millions of tons of TNT equivalent! ”

Faced with such an answer, the two old enemies, Roosevelt and Hitler, finally came to a rare agreement. The leaders of the democratic world and the world's greatest dictator gave instructions for the development of "nuclear fusion knows" at the first time! At the same time, they also made public statements expressing their willingness to send representatives to the Wuhan conference on the prohibition of the use of atomic weapons. After all, the destruction of the world and humanity is not the goal of the United States or Germany.

However, the United States and Germany have not given any positive response to the pretended initiative of China and Russia to achieve world peace in an all-round way...... A nuclear war can be avoided for the time being, but a conventional war must be fought! In Hitler's view, South America was almost already in Germany's pocket, and the United States must not be allowed to get involved again, so Germany must control the Panama Canal. Completely block the road to the south of the United States! From Roosevelt's standpoint, the United States will never tolerate Germany's deployment of atomic weapons on the doorstep of the United States, the island of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands! So the United States must seize these two regions at all costs. At the same time, the United States cannot give up the Panama Canal, which is a key point in North and South America, which is not only a communication artery connecting the east coast and the west coast of the United States, but also a key stronghold for the United States and Germany to compete for South America.

The United States negotiator, Secretary of State Hull, and Germany's representative, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, came to Wuhan, China's capital, at a time when the fighting of Puerto Rico and Panama was in full swing. Before the first meeting between the US and German delegations, Chinese Foreign Minister Zeng Qi and Russian Foreign Minister Nikolayevich jointly put forward two more preliminary proposals. For both the United States and Germany to choose.

The first plan was a comprehensive peace between the United States and Germany, and the specific plan was for Germany to withdraw from the island of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and return them to the United States; The United States, on the other hand, withdrew from the east of the Panama Canal and handed over half of Panama to Germany, which was jointly administered by the United States and Germany. Neither the United States nor Germany would be liable for war reparations, and Italy would receive several islands in the West Indies; Countries such as Russia, which participated in the war but did not send troops, will not gain or lose anything; In addition, Free Britain would become the Kingdom of Canada, an independent state ruled by Queen Elizabeth.

The second plan is endorsed by China, Russia, Britain, France, Poland, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and other countries, and Germany, Italy, the United States, and Free Britain promise not to use atomic weapons in the next war, and at the same time limit the combat areas of the two sides to the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Furthermore. Countries such as Russia, which had not officially sent combat troops, will also withdraw from the war and become neutral countries.

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United States. At the White House, President Roosevelt took a telegram from Secretary of State Hull, frowned and asked Marshall, "George, what do you think?" Should we accept the first option or the second option, or simply reject both at once? ”

Marshall also had a look of embarrassment, and now that the Puerto Rico and Panama campaigns have been carried out, it is the time when the outcome is unpredictable. Although the United States had the upper hand on the battlefield in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which were closer to the mainland. However, on the battlefield in Panama, it was clearly on the defensive. The "suicide" atomic bomb attack launched by the United States on the Gulf of Paria on April 15 obviously did not achieve the expected results, and the combined fleet of Germany and Italy, which was not injured, still firmly held the sea supremacy in the southern Caribbean. Moreover, the two South American countries of Venezuela and Colombia, under pressure from Germany, joined the war against the United States. This allowed the German team to advance by land and sea to attack Panama, which had just been completely controlled by the United States.

"Mr. President, to tell you the truth, we really have no certainty of defeating Germany in the short term, but once we accept the first plan put forward by China, although the United States can also obtain a decent peace, in the long run, the United States will lose room for future development."

Roosevelt nodded approvingly, and took a sharp puff on his cigar: "But can we win if we continue to fight?" ”

Marshall thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "Can win!" We will definitely win! Mr. President, the victory or defeat of the war comes down to strength! And the industrial power of the United States is at least two to three times that of Germany! The population is one or six times that of Germany. The Caribbean Sea is also on our doorstep in the United States, but thousands of miles away from the German mainland, so as long as this war can be protracted, it will definitely be Germany that cannot support it! ”

"What about China? They seem to be the biggest winners of this world war so far, and if we win a lose-lose situation with Germany, will China ......" Roosevelt thought for a moment, then turned to his number one henchman, Hopkins, and said, "Harry, what do you think?" Will the world's number one power in the future become China? ”

Hopkins, of course, understood Roosevelt's thoughts, and although the term of office of the American president was running out, it did not prevent Roosevelt from continuing to plan for the 100-year plan of the United States.

Although Germany is the greatest enemy of the United States, it has become one of the three major powers in the world, and it is also the largest in the world in terms of territory and population. China, the country with the most abundant resources, is undoubtedly an opponent that cannot be ignored!

But the problem is that in the United States today, there are not many political forces that are aware of the "China threat"! Even some right-wing politicians who stubbornly adhere to the anti-Chinese proposition are only trying to drive the Chinese in the United States back to their own sphere of influence in the East! Even China has expressed little objection to the 30-year right to use Pearl Harbor. Because in the eyes of these political forces, the natural sphere of influence of the United States is the Americas, and as long as they control North and South America, Americans can comfortably live their rich and isolated lives. In their words. It's "South America is America's backyard!" "And Hitler, the scoundrel, is now sticking his claws into the backyard of the United States, well, not in the claws, but in the whole of the backyard of the United States, South America! Under these circumstances, all U.S. foreign policy should revolve around the recapture of South America...... And all other issues are trivial compared to the recapture of South America! Of course, this point of view was made before the emergence of a great threat of atomic weapons.

"President, if the United States loses South America, then our economy will have to rely on the markets and resources of the Eastern world, and our military deployment will inevitably focus on Central America and the Caribbean." "Unless Germany is willing to withdraw from South America," Hopkins pondered. Otherwise, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between us and Germany, but for the sake of confrontation with Germany. Cooperation and even alliance between China and the United States will become an inevitable choice for the US "government" in the future. Even if China becomes the world's number one power in the future, the United States will have to unite with them. ”

Roosevelt nodded slightly, a United States that has lost South America is no longer qualified to compete for the throne of world hegemony, and Germany, which controls South America, will undoubtedly be able to overwhelm the two superpowers of China and the United States and become the master of the world in the future! In this case, the only option for the United States is to control Germany. As for the possibility that Germany will take the initiative to spit out South America that has already eaten it and return it to the United States, it basically does not exist.

"Mr. President. As long as we can limit the scale of the war to conventional warfare, we will certainly be able to win the final victory with our strong industrial strength. Marshall then accentuated his tone and once again made his point.

"But will Hitler agree?" Roosevelt thought for a moment and said, "Even if he agrees now." When the German army was in a disadvantageous situation on the battlefield, I think he would still use the atomic bomb without hesitation! ”

"President, no one will agree to cede South America, so we must fight!" Seeing that Roosevelt was a little shaken, Marshall quickly raised his voice and reminded.

"Oh, I know, I'm not going to agree to cede South America either, but we shouldn't rule out diplomatic efforts right now." Roosevelt breathed out blue smoke, was silent for a moment, and then said: "The differences between the United States and Germany should not be the only solution to war, since the Chinese have built a bridge of communication between the United States and Germany, why don't we follow this path?" Saying that, he looked at Marshall, who looked puzzled, and smiled: "We can agree to the second plan proposed by the Chinese, which is to ban the use of atomic weapons first, and at the same time we can use this channel to start further negotiations with Germany under the mediation of China and Russia." Of course, at the same time, the war can still be waged in the same way, and we can talk with Germany while fighting...... I don't think Hitler wanted to see China take advantage of the American-German war to grow stronger and become the world's number one power, right? ”

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"Auxiliary commander, the United States has agreed to the second set of plans we have proposed, and in addition, the United States hopes to start further negotiations with Germany to find a way to end the war."

Zeng Qi appeared in front of Luo Yaoguo with a proud face, holding the telegram he had just received. However, Luo Yaoguo seemed to close his eyes, holding his head and just looking at a report jointly submitted by the Ministry of Armaments and the U Engineering Committee on the table, the content of this report was about the funds and key technical equipment needed to "assist" the Russian Empire's atomic bomb project. The total amount of loans to Russia involved is as high as 1.5 billion fiat currency! Although the vast majority of this huge amount of money was used to purchase machinery and construction materials produced in China, there was also a reliable collateral - a large oil field in the Persian kingdom. However, it is unlikely that Congress will approve this loan, and the biggest obstacle is that the project to help Russia build the atomic bomb must be kept absolutely secret! In other words, the Nationalist "government" cannot inform the National Assembly of the specific purpose of the loan, and it is absolutely impossible for the current National Assembly to pass such a huge budget with unknown purposes and unknown funds, even if the Kuomintang occupies the majority of seats in the National Assembly.

“…… The Italian Foreign Minister, Count Ziano, also told our ambassador in Rome yesterday that the Italian leader (referring to Mussolini) had rushed to Berlin to persuade Hitler to accept the second proposal for the prohibition of the use of atomic weapons proposed by us and Russia.

Assistant, it seems that the wind of the fusion bomb we released really scared a lot of people! According to the information available to the Foreign Office, during this time, not only Mussolini was doing Hitler's work, but also the leaders of France, Britain, Poland and other countries, and even the former German Emperor Wilhelm II, who was in exile in the Netherlands, sent Hitler a personal letter or personally went to Berlin to lobby the German Führer. The big capitalists in Germany and the senior generals of the Wehrmacht also made suggestions to Hitler, asking him to be cautious about the treatment of atomic weapons. ”

Zeng Qi's expression has reached the extreme of pride, and he can already see the current situation clearly, and there is no way to resolve the hatred or conflict of interests between the United States and Germany in the short term! Moreover, due to the threat of atomic weapons, the two countries actually did not dare to let go of their hands and feet to fight! The proposal of China and Russia to "ban the use of atomic weapons" and the theoretically feasible super fusion bomb have only given the leaders of the United States and Germany a step down. In this way, in the future, the virtues and virtues will inevitably be in a situation where they can neither fight happily nor turn hostilities into peace and reach reconciliation. Under the dual influence of the interests of South America and the hatred caused by the previous wars between the two countries, even a dozen or twenty years may not be enough for the two countries to find a path that can come together, right? Isn't China's future international environment extremely good?

Luo Yaoguo is also well aware of this idea in Zeng Qi's heart. However, he is not as optimistic as Zeng Qi, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends in the world, and didn't the historical GC China and US imperialism also briefly join forces under the pressure of the Soviet Union? Moreover, the United States is an extremely realistic country, and once they realize that they can no longer dominate South America, they are likely to seek to "share" South America with Germany...... Isn't the United States now proposing to start further negotiations with Germany?

And once the United States and Germany reconcile, China, the "second most powerful country in the world", will surely become the main target of the world hegemon Germany! Therefore, the efforts to divide and disintegrate the European camp under German control must be carried out to the end!

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo whispered to Zeng Qi: "Mu Han, I want you to go to Free Britain secretly and meet Churchill, and you tell him that China is willing to provide free Britain with atomic bomb manufacturing technology and equipment under the condition that the weapons are kept secret!" The condition was that the liberal British would try to get a loan of $600 million for an oil development project in Persia. ”

"Free Britain!?" Zeng Qi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Luo Yaoguo fixedly, why is this person so fond of proliferating atomic weapons......

Luo Yaoguo smiled deeply: "Britain hasn't completely surrendered to the Nazis!" And Canada is now the second most powerful country in North America, so I think they need atomic weapons very badly, right? ”

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