Chapter 789 - Technical Reserves
In the early morning, the blue sky is clear, and the wisps of white clouds fly leisurely in the sky. The rocket research base, located on the outskirts of the German city of Peenermünde, is bathed in brilliant sunlight and looks exceptionally large and magnificent. With high walls, dense power grids, and numerous heavily loaded sentry posts all around the base, it was second only to the East Prussian Nuclear Weapons Research and Development Center, which was heavily guarded by 5,000 special forces.
A convoy slowly approached from the straight road, and the checkpoints along the way pushed the barricades to let them go; In a short time, the vehicles were in front of the tall office building in the middle of the base. On the sleek metal body, which is black throughout, the black eagle emblem, which belongs to the Hohenzollern family, is ready to spread its wings. A group of high-ranking administrative and technical officials had been waiting quietly in front of the office building, and when the monarch in fine clothes slowly stepped out of the carriage, they immediately saluted deeply with respect and reverence, and their faces were full of solemnity that had never been seen before.
Qingying's eyes swept around, and she quietly looked at this research center that she had invested heavily to establish. He did not have time to inspect the base due to the heavy schedule of wartime, and now that the situation has calmed down, the insight into this core project is his first priority. What's more, this revolutionary scientific and technological achievement will also be a crucial hole card in the foreign game in the future, if the technical strength is strong enough, then it will be able to save years and days, and let their own tens of thousands of young lives!
Accompanied by a group of personnel, Qingying launched an all-round tour of the base. What makes him happy is that after two years, the facilities and hardware of the Penemünde rocket base have been renovated by leaps and bounds. We have a wide range of sophisticated facilities and equipment. Everything but the kitchen sink; Whether it is physical production or digital jù collection. Designers can get the information they need right the first time. And the personnel management of the base is also well organized. Hundreds of researchers are orderly subdivided into dozens of research groups, which are in line with each other in an orderly manner, with clear rules and regulations for rewards and punishments, and are full of strong attraction for people in various industries to make innovative breakthroughs. Seeing these scenes, Qingying finally understood the reason why those V3 missiles in the war could be developed; In every respect, the energy contained in this base far exceeds that of the Third Reich at the same time in history, and this gratifying situation also makes Qingying a little more confident about realizing his vision.
"Dr. Braun, at the moment we can build as many missiles as far as we can go. And what is the warhead load? When the staff unfolded a general map of the latest missile design in front of Qing Ying and introduced it, Qing Ying suddenly turned his head and asked Braun, director of the missile body research office next to him. Although this young man is not yet a young man, his achievements in his professional field are astounding to all those around him; Looking at the scientific demons in history, even if you count the top beings such as Newton and Tesla, there are very few people who can achieve his achievements at this age!
Braun, who had a dignified face, was stunned when he heard this, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the range of missiles is no longer the most critical technical obstacle for us. After the development of the V3 rocket, we have mastered the trade-off between the dead weight of this weapon and the fuel; As long as we further increase the weight and volume of the missile itself, its maximum range can easily be qualitatively improved. Presently. We have already begun to develop a V4 rocket with a range of 1,500 kilometers, and the weight of the warhead has been significantly increased to 2 tons. The test launch is expected to be completed in the second half of this year. However, there is another crucial problem in front of us at the moment, and the accuracy of the missile's hit: with the significant increase in range, it has become more and more difficult for us to control the final landing point of the missile, and according to the V3 rocket's table Xiàn estimate, the V4 rocket's dispersion radius will be at least 12 kilometers or more. ”
Hearing the other party's words, Qingying's heart couldn't help but sink slightly: Although the range of thousands of kilometers has reached the threshold level of medium-range ballistic missiles in later generations, this accuracy is too far off, even if it is loaded with a nuclear warhead, it cannot cause effective damage to the target area. Since fusion weapons are structurally and rationally very different from fission weapons, it is difficult for Germany to expect a miniaturized hydrogen bomb in the next seven to eight years; And with the explosive power of tens of thousands of tons of ТNT equivalent of fission weapons, it is difficult to do anything against targets 12 kilometers away!
"However, we are already working on this issue. At present, the staff of the radar room are conducting a comprehensive study of the captured US radar data and physical objects, in an attempt to use the radar's late-stage guidance to correct the inherent deviation under the condition of integrating the technology of the two countries, so as to reduce the final hit dispersion radius of the missile. If this improvement is achieved, we can expect to reduce its dispersion error by half. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the colleague beside him who kept glancing at him, and the young Braun suddenly reacted and hurriedly added to Qingying. The ignorant self was quick to talk for a while, and unreservedly poked the biggest technical bottleneck he was currently facing to the monarch who came to inspect, and I wonder if he would be annoyed and disappointed by this situation?
"The next core work of Pennemünde is to make every effort to improve the missile's hit accuracy. If the range of the new missile is 1,500 kilometers, then the hit error of its final design must be controlled within 4 kilometers, which will be the bottom line accuracy for the army to decide whether to procure or not. Qingyin spoke calmly, and the unangry and powerful bearing condensed by years of holding power made everyone present frightened in their hearts, and they were all awe-inspiring when they heard it. He paused, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "As for research funding, there is no need to worry about it either. If this missile, which meets the accuracy requirements, can be finalized within three years, the General Staff of the Army will not hesitate to give honors and awards! ”
Braun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and their words that should have been said yes were full of solemnity and firmness. Since the establishment of this base, the General Staff has allocated sufficient funds to it under the orders of Qing Ying; At present, whether it is from the sense of responsibility of the Minyu clan to enhance the prestige of the imperial army, or out of consideration for Qingying's gratitude, their group of researchers also have every reason to serve the request made by the monarch in front of them. The entourage of those who held administrative positions were much more astute, and they had already sniffed a hint of something unusual from Qing Ying's words: Now that the war on all sides has been pacified, why does the emperor still have such an urgent request for the timing of the missile's finalization? However, they all buried their suspicions deep in their hearts, and the less people who worked in this top-secret base, the longer they could live under the surveillance of Gai Shi Tai Bao!
After completing his inspection of the Penemünde missile base, Qingying took a special train to the nuclear weapons research center surrounded by jungles in East Prussia. Similar to the talented Braun, Heisenberg is already the pinnacle of Germany's nuclear physics; He and the 60-year-old Hahn complement each other as a testament to Germany's dynamism as the birthplace of the Second Industrial Revolution and its prowess in the field of cutting-edge scientific talent. Seeing the deep and heavy backbone faces and the energetic young faces, Qingying couldn't help but feel sincere admiration for the surging power that this country has; Their hearts, spirits, and character are among the finest in Europe and the world. And under his own changes to history, the shining points of this Minyu tribe have been bloomed like the stars, the sun and the moon!
After some exchanges with Hahn, Qingying also had a complete understanding of the current situation of Germany's nuclear weapons technology. Thanks to the structural optimization of the implosion-type plutonium projectile, this weapon can achieve a significant reduction in weight without surprise: the weight of a plutonium bullet is close to 4 tons, but after the improvement, it can be achieved by only 1.5 tons, and its yield power will even be further increased by a large leap in the utilization rate of nuclear materials. The only thing that makes Qingying regret is that the development of the hydrogen bomb is still in the initial stage of paper demonstration. Although the light nuclear fusion of deuterium tritium was detected earlier than the heavy nuclear fission, the harsh prerequisite for it is that all nuclear physicists are helpless: the ultra-high temperatures and pressures required for fusion are simply not possible with conventional means. It wasn't until they mastered the fission weapon that Hahn and the others were able to look back and consider the use of this energy. However, even so, the idea of using a plutonium bomb to trigger fusion is still a technical bottleneck, and it will take another five years for the first fusion nuclear test to be realized.
Faced with this situation, Qingying, who couldn't force it, could only go with the flow. At present, Germany's scientific and technological strength has greatly surpassed that of the other plane in the same period of history, and now that computer technology is still in its infancy, it is difficult to make any substantial progress by being overly demanding progress. Moreover, the current contradictions between Germany and Japan in the Far East have not yet begun to intensify, and the latter will need a considerable period of time to digest the war dividends they have received in the Pacific; Therefore, it is left to himself to use the ultimate means of combining nuclear bombs + ballistic missiles to settle a rough strategy, and there is still a long period of technical reserve time.
"But now is the time to plan ahead." Sitting in the carriage of the special train back to Berlin, Qingying thought to herself in her heart. With the defeat of the United States, the relationship between Germany and Japan has undergone a subtle change, and from any angle, it needs to take measures to curb their post-war expansion. (To be continued......)