Chapter 769: Primordial Power
A little bit of light like the beginning of chaos suddenly lit up from the deep night sky, and then instantly reflected the entire sky in a blazing white; Rao is artillery mirror has been coated with special materials that can block the entry of photons, and Qingying, who is in the brightly lit basement, can't help but feel the strong light dazzling, as if someone has suddenly illuminated her eyes with a flashlight in a movie screening room. As far as the eye can see, I can see that the originally dark and chaotic heaven and earth have become unprecedentedly brilliant, and its sky is full of brilliant light, as if dozens of suns have suddenly descended into this space!
Just a few seconds later, a tumbling gray-black cloud burst through the sky from the other end of the horizon, surging high into the sky in layers, looking from afar, as if the raging sea was raging under the pull of a hurricane. In a few breaths, the cloud rushed up into the sky at a height of countless kilometers, and surged outward in the light of blazing light, finally taking on the shape of a huge mushroom. The clouds and mist rolled, straight like the giant mountain in the sky, and its majestic momentum of the mighty and fierce tyrant was like a demon that had been sealed for thousands of years and finally broke free from the shackles of the artifact; With extreme ecstasy and tyranny, he intends to completely destroy the qiē he sees in front of him!
Seeing this strange and familiar scene, Qingying had mixed feelings in her heart: she opened this Pandora's box with her own hands and released the primordial demon with the power to destroy the world. If the previous human war was just two lions fighting for territory in the mountains and forests, and the flowers and plants that they trampled on in the roaring fight were negligible, then now, the warring two sides have become invincible god titans; Every gesture can cause the forest to break and the peaks to collapse. Raze the entire vibrant mountains and forests into a wasteland. in another plane. The nuclear arsenals possessed by the two super-Powers in the context of the Cold War standoff. Enough to destroy human civilization and the life of the earth more than a dozen times, the survival of mankind has been threatened by the weapons that he has created.
But in this world, things are likely to change somewhat. As long as the current war against the United States can be successfully ended, then Germany will become the unshakable absolute hegemon on the earth; Under the pressure of a huge national power, the development of nuclear weapons by the rest of the countries will be strongly limited by Berlin pressure, and eventually the ownership of this ultimate weapon will be limited to a very small range. As long as nuclear non-proliferation under a monopoly is realized, its potential threat can be effectively controlled, and the world will never again have the horror of nuclear war.
These are far-reaching and complex thoughts. In Qingying's mind, a lot flashed in an instant. What he has to do now is to use the power of this ultimate weapon to completely quell the raging flames of war burning on the other side of the ocean. And Heisenberg next to him didn't have so many thoughts like Qingying, seeing the huge mushroom cloud rising in the sky, like a thundercloud of lightning, Heisenberg's face changed suddenly, and he said loudly: "Everyone, plug your ears, the shock wave is coming soon!" ”
"Boom!" A moment later, there was a deafening thunderclap in everyone's ears, and the chandeliers hanging from the basement dome exploded and shattered. The light was dim, and splashes of glass scrap poured on the ground. A buzz ran in the brains of several thin, elderly researchers. The body fell backwards softly, but fortunately, the people next to him reacted quickly and lifted their bodies up without allowing them to move. The thunder shook wildly, the earth trembled, and the entire underground bunker shook violently in the shock wave of the mountain's collapse, and the earth and rocks fell in a torrent. The Qingying people were among them, and they only felt as if they were in a flat boat in the stormy waves: with the rolling of the waves, they were constantly thrown to the bottom of the crest and valley, with ups and downs, thrilling.
I don't know how long it took for this hellish shaking to subside. Qingying let out a long breath, only to find that a thin layer of sweat had appeared on her forehead. The power of nuclear bombs is indeed incomparable to any conventional weapon, and if there is a moment that has shocked him the most in recent years, it is none other than just now: there was a moment when Qingying even felt that he was going to confess here today!
In a slightly hasty noise, the spare portable lights were lit, and the light in the bunker returned to normal. Qingying settled down and was about to ask Heisenberg about the actual situation of the explosion, but found that the ground was full of sand falling from the ceiling; Tiny cracks appeared in the walls in front of me, and sand particles continued to pour down from these cracks like water. Turning their eyes around, several of the elderly researchers had already fainted, and the rest of the people standing were also pale, as if they had not recovered from the shock just now.
"What's going on?" Qingying looked at Heisenberg with a suspicious gaze and said with a puzzled voice.
Heisenberg showed a hint of guilt on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed to inform you that we have clearly deviated in our estimation of the power of this bomb. Judging from the situation just now, the explosive yield of this nuclear bomb is at least 100,000 tons or more; The fission rate of nuclear fuel is expected to be close to a quarter, which is why the consequences are so alarming. The specific explosion yield also needs to be calculated by the measurement number of each group of instruments. For your safety, please leave this bunker immediately and evacuate to absolute safety 100 km from the center of the explosion. A nuclear storm carrying a large amount of radioactive particles will reach the area in an hour and a half, and our staff will be able to evacuate quickly after collecting the equipment. ”
Hearing Heisenberg's words, the corners of Qingying's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly: the power of this explosion was more than double that of the expected situation, no wonder he had a terrifying feeling like a nightmare just now! Looking at Heisenberg with a face full of shame, Qingying could not say words of reprimand, after all, this nuclear bomb had been successfully detonated, and this undoubtedly made Germany make a qualitative leap in military strength. As for the distortion of the estimation of the power of the explosion, it is actually a reasonable thing: after all, it has not yet entered the computer age, and it is difficult for human calculations in the field of nuclear weapons to reduce the error. What's more, German engineers have used a series of advanced means and equipment such as implosion structure, surface reflective layer, and neutron generator from the beginning, and it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to accurately simulate the instantaneous situation in nanoseconds during a nuclear explosion.
"However, we had a great success. This test has provided us with valuable experience, and we believe that the next nuclear bomb will be even better. Qingying's face turned pale, and the words she said made the nervous Heisenberg suddenly let go of his nervous heart. He bowed deeply to the monarch in front of him, and his words were full of resoluteness: "All the personnel of the Divine Fall Project will definitely live up to your expectations. ”
The day after Qingying returned to Berlin on a transport plane, a report signed by Hahn and Heisenberg was delivered to his desk in absolute secrecy. The explosive yield of the "Evil Dragon" bomb is equivalent to 115,000 tons of TNT, which is five times that of the "Fat Man" bomb dropped by the United States in Nagasaki, Japan. Even among the fission weapons of later generations, this power can be regarded as quite a big guy. Qingying, who learned of this exact result, was overjoyed and also felt great pain and regret, if he could have known in advance that the explosion would be so powerful, then the internal nuclear charge should have been reduced from the beginning. After all, every kilogram of highly enriched uranium is thousands of times more valuable than gold, not to mention that this product is still a super scarce stock with no price!
However, the tuition fees paid in Germany for this trial are also worth the money. In addition to collecting a large number of valuable hand-to-hand numbers, the more immediate gain is a new understanding of the fuel utilization rate of the current nuclear bomb structure. In this test, as much as 25% of the highly enriched uranium was involved in the chain reaction, which is much higher than initially expected, and the German side can fully consider reducing the charge in order to build more nuclear bombs within the framework of the total volume of the current nuclear fuel bank. Although the internal structure of a nuclear bomb requires extremely high size and craftsmanship, and the slightest flaw is absolutely not allowed, for a country like Germany, which is already famous for its industrial sophistication, simply manufacturing a bomb body is just a matter of waiting.
After consulting with professionals, Qingying finally decided to dismantle the eggs into more baskets and disperse them. Nearly 20 kg of plutonium-239 extracted from the reactor will be divided into three nuclear bombs with an average load of 6.5 kg each, and even then, the TNT yield of these bombs will still be more than 35,000 tons. According to scientists' estimates, this equivalent explosion is enough to scorch an area of 16 square kilometers around the explosion site, and the resulting photothermal radiation can cause damage to a city of 500,000 people. The remaining 36kg of highly enriched uranium will be loaded into a heavy nuclear bomb, with an estimated yield of 130,000 tons; It is used to drop it into the sky over the large industrial cities of the United States, thus completely destroying the target. After the deterrence of these nuclear bombs, the United States should also stop resisting in despair.
Because it still took some time to manufacture and transport nuclear bombs, and because the U.S. Air Force still maintained a fairly strong air interception capability, the Germans still had to rely on traditional forces for some time to come. On June 1, 15 divisions of Army units launched an attack on the southern United States under the cover of two air armies, and the land of North America immediately ushered in the first flames of war since the end of the Civil War; At the same time, the German bomber forces, based in Cuba, began to attack in full force. In addition to supporting the Army, they also used strategic bombing of the U.S. mainland to lay a solid foundation for future air-dropped nuclear bombs. (To be continued......)
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