559 Hands are fast, hands are slow, and there are none

This time, the Soviet Union dropped an enhanced atomic bomb on Japan, with a power of up to 100,000 tons. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo this explosion once again shocked the Americans, because according to their calculations, whether it is a uranium bomb or a plutonium bomb, if you want to achieve a power of 100,000 tons, the nuclear materials needed are amazing, and at the same time, in order to make the nuclear materials achieve a chain reaction, the volume of this nuclear bomb will also be amazing. According to American estimates, the entire nuclear bomb could weigh about 15 tons.

Please don't underestimate the weight of 15 tons, how much was the maximum load of B29 that year? They can't pull such a heavy atomic bomb, and the Soviet Union does not have a bomber of the B29 class for the time being, how did the Russians drop the atomic bomb?

This is not a nuclear test, you can build an iron tower, and then hang an atomic bomb on it. This is a real battle, so the Russians can't have sent the atomic bomb to Japan in a truck, right?

Therefore, American technocrats immediately realized that the Soviet Union probably had a secret that they did not know, and this secret could either greatly increase the power of the atomic bomb or improve the efficiency of the use of nuclear materials. On the one hand, they hurriedly worked overtime to start accumulating nuclear materials to calculate a new configuration to carry out nuclear tests, and on the other hand, they also worked hard in the field of intelligence and actively tried to steal the Soviet Union's nuclear secrets.

Unlike the Americans, the power of the enhanced atomic bomb of 100,000 tons made the relevant Soviet technical experts despondent, because according to their original estimates, the power of the enhanced atomic bomb should be even greater, and it must have been 200,000 to 300,000 tons. However, the fact of 100,000 tons clearly told them that only a small amount of tritium reacted, and most of it was wasted or blown up. In other words, an enhanced atomic bomb is a dead end.

As a result, the route of the enhanced atomic bomb was immediately abolished, and the hydrogen bomb and the "three-phase bomb" were fully converged. It just so happened that at this time, the Americans tried every means to steal the Soviet Union's nuclear secrets, and KGB easily pitted the Americans and led the Americans to the evil path of the enhanced atomic bomb. It wasn't until the Americans conducted n consecutive tests that they found that this configuration was just a piece of, and they had to readjust their thinking to find the right way. And this also bought time for the Soviet Union to widen the gap, otherwise with the industrial and economic power of the United States, it would be too simple to catch up with the previous gap.

The topic of nuclear weapons is here for the time being, when the United States and the Soviet Union dropped the first four atomic bombs, the Japanese were the most shocked, after all, they were the ones who ate mushrooms, and the four atomic bombs directly killed more than 300,000 people, in addition to millions of people who were injured or disabled (blind), such losses are not insignificant. Even Japan, which is shouting about 100 million pieces of jade, can't bear it.

In particular, there is no end to such a nuclear strike, and God knows how many nuclear weapons the United States and the Soviet Union have, and if they continue to grow such mushrooms, I am afraid that Japan's big cities will have to run out.

Koiso Kuniaki is having a hard time now, he can only be regarded as a puppet prime minister, basically a rubber stamp. However, as the nuclear strikes of the United States and the Soviet Union became more and more intense, and the front line was defeated again and again, the so-called "peace faction" in Japan has become more and more difficult to suppress, in short, the main war faction has no hope. The "pacifists" hoped to end the war through conditional negotiations and to obtain a decent outcome for Japan. The so-called passable naturally refers to striving for a fairly acceptable result for a comeback in the future.

Therefore, when the fifth atomic bomb was dropped, Koiso Kuniaki and other "main battle factions" really could not stand it, because there was no hope at all in the current dangerous situation, and if it continued to be hit by nuclear strikes, Japan was afraid that it would really be 100 million jade pieces. Therefore, the so-called "peace faction" led by Kantaro Izuki finally gained the upper hand and overthrew the cabinet of Koiso Kuniaki. On the very day that Kantaro Suzuki formed a cabinet, he sent a secret envoy to make contact with the United States.

In Switzerland, the secret envoy Yoshira Fujimura held secret talks with the US representative Dulles, yes, the well-known Republican secretary of state. The progress of the talks should be said to be very rapid, the Japanese really can't fight any longer, and no matter how hard they hold on, they really want to break all the pieces, while the Americans are eager to occupy Japan as an advance base for blockading the Soviet Union in the future, and if Japan can obediently surrender, even if there are some conditions, it can be slowly considered.

In fact, the only obstacle to an immediate agreement between the two sides was the Allied demand for unconditional surrender. The devils wanted to preserve the "national system" to the greatest extent, that is, to sacrifice the "cadres" of the former military department, and they would bear the responsibility in exchange for preserving the prestige of the emperor.

When this condition was fed back to the White House, Truman, who had just ascended to the position of acting president, was a little hesitant; from the bottom of his heart, Truman hoped to completely punish the Japanese, comprehensively transform Japan, and abolish all its original political system. However, the Soviet Union's three atomic bombs were dropped, which caused him great pressure, and at this time the United States had no available atomic bombs, and it was already clearly losing to the Soviet Union. If we do not immediately seize this important base in Japan, Japan may be monopolized by the Soviet Union in the future.

This was really the last thing Truman wanted to see, so it seemed to be a good idea to speed up the pace of Japan's surrender to the American forces and buy time by accepting some less difficult conditions. In particular, at this time, the "Japan Gang" headed by former Ambassador to Japan Grew (then Deputy Secretary of State) was constantly whispering in the ears of the acting president, saying that keeping the Japanese emperor and the Japanese consortium serving the United States was the best way for the United States to control Japan. The opinions of these experts also had a great influence on Truman.

After much deliberation, he instructed Dulles to agree to Japan's proposed conditional surrender, but when the good news reached Japan, it caused another twist and turn. As I said before, the "main war faction" has been ousted from power, and now it is the "peace faction" who controls Japan, but both the "main war faction" and the "peace faction" are essentially a group of fascist militarists, and these people are essentially all the way.

In the past, the "pacifists" were worried that the Americans would not be given the opportunity to negotiate, but now that they have been contacted, the Americans seem to be relatively easy to speak. Suddenly, the expectations of this group of people were high again, thinking that the previous price was a bit low, and Japan seemed to be able to get more things? Why not hang on to the American taste again, and wait?

That's why Fujimura's reply to Dulles is so interesting - no reply. What is the meaning of not replying, in our normal language, not replying is the same as ignoring it, you don't bother to reply, naturally you don't accept it. That's how the Americans translated the Japanese word, and they translated it as "ignore it."

And this "ignorance" directly angered Truman, please note that he was originally very disgusted with Japan, and giving Japan a chance was only to help the United States strive for the greatest interests. Now that he has opened the net, the little devil dares to pick and choose, and he is against you!

With a rattle, the negotiations were terminated. Then Japan was dumbfounded, because the non-reply actually meant to save face according to Japanese habits, which was nothing more than saying: "Beautiful animal, the conditions don't seem to be good enough, let Lao Tzu think about it again!" ”

The question is, this is the sour word of the international community, who cares about you a trash article that is about to be defeated? Well, 10,000 points of admiration for the devil's spirit of death, how good it would be if the devil continued to make great strides along this road of no return. The problem is that the devil is not very bold, and when he saw that the future godfather turned his face, he immediately knew that his requirements were out of line, so they immediately corrected their attitude and carried out the next round of temptation:

"The Empire of Japan can accept unconditional surrender that retains the emperor's system, but can it be changed from unconditional surrender to unconditional peace? There were many diehards in the Japanese Empire who were willing to break the jade, and the word unconditional surrender was likely to anger them, which caused an accident. ”

To this, Truman's reply was: "Fuck you, unconditional surrender cannot be changed!" Accept it or die! ”

Yes, Truman was quite disgusting Japanese, especially at this time his pressure was quite high, and encountering this disgusting presence only made him more angry, which led to his more disgusting devils.

Even this so-called unconditional surrender of the preservation of the emperor system was not easy for Truman to explain to the allies, after all, it had been agreed before, and the Axis powers could only surrender unconditionally. Japan is obviously not unconditional.

Of course, Truman also had a way, he went to do Churchill's work first, and the fat man was easy to talk to, and he could also understand the United States' worries about the Soviet Union. Especially at present, the atomic bomb of the Soviet Union is falling like no money, and Qiu Fatzi is probably also under great pressure, how to seize strategic places and prepare for the blockade of the Soviet Union in the future, presumably Qiu Fatzi can also understand.

Churchill did understand, so when Truman mentioned this, he hesitated a little and acquiesced. Of course, the biggest problem has not yet been solved, and the polar bear with the heaviest weight in the Big Three has not yet agreed! In fact, Truman did not dare to mention this matter to the Soviet Union, and after mentioning it, the Soviet Union would 100 percent turn its face.

So Truman's strategy was: Japan secretly went to the Free Folk led by Britain and the United States. The main allies surrendered, opened airspace and territorial waters, and guided the Anglo-American allies into the Japanese mainland. At the same time, the Japanese army must continue to fight against the Soviet Union and buy time to contain the Soviet Union.

Of course, if this set wants to be successful, secrecy is the top priority, and once the Soviet Union finds out, the fun is really too great! How to keep this secret is the primary problem that Britain and the United States have to face. But what embarrassed the British and American intelligence agencies is that it is really difficult and difficult to protect this secret, in the previous confrontations, whether it is MI5, MI6 or the Strategic Intelligence Agency, in the face of KGB, they are more than losers and fewer wins, and every time they are beaten by a certain immortal, how can they be unexpected this time?

Anyway, Learwin and Donovan were under a lot of pressure, they mobilized the best men, and conceived countless plans, but each one was not so foolproof. Finally, Lierwin made a suggestion: "Conventional secrecy has proven to be unreliable, and KGB has infiltrated us too intensively and deeply, and it is impossible to keep it completely secret." So I think the only possible way to protect an important secret is to distract KGB with another secret. ”

This is where Learvin's remarks come to an abrupt end, because the rest of the sentence is not easy to say. It is not impossible to attack the west, but the bait thrown out must be weighty, and if it is not enough, how can it arouse the interest of the Soviet Union? How could the USSR be concerned if it was not interested?

So the question is, since this bait has to be weighty, like that, then this bait has to come up with something more or less real. As for how much truth it is, it depends on the level of the next set of people. However, considering the power of KGB, I am afraid that the real thing has to account for a considerable weight.

Well, here's the problem. How many bait can be so real? How many secrets about Britain and the United States could now be of interest to the Soviet side, determined to devote a great deal of manpower and energy to obtaining them? I am afraid that nothing in general will arouse the slightest interest of the Soviet Union, and the only thing that can make the Soviet Union take the bait is probably the Manhattan Project in the United States.

And this is the key reason why Learvin can't make it clear. Britain and the United States can wear a pair of pants now, but the national interests of the two countries are not completely identical. At best, Americans can only be regarded as friendly to the UK, but let the Americans take out their own housekeeping magic weapons and share them with the UK, hehe, do you think it is possible?

If Learvin was stupid, he said directly to Donovan: "Yankee, you use the atomic bomb as bait, don't be afraid that Ivan will not be fooled!" ”

What will Donovan's reaction be at this time? I'm afraid that the first thing he has to consider is that the British are not good-hearted, and this is also coveting our nuclear technology, right? It was not only Donovan, but Truman who knew about it, and I am afraid that Mr. President would immediately wonder if the British were using the Soviet pretext to cheat technology. Needless to say, there is certainly no need to talk about the actions of the two countries in Japan in the future.

Therefore, Learvin can only point to the end and must not say it thoroughly, she can make a stubble, but how to do it is up to the Americans to make their own choices.

So what would Truman choose? Truth be told, the acting president was hesitant, and the Manhattan Project for the United States cost a huge amount of money, so to speak, top secret. Now he wants to use this secret to fish, do you think he is willing to do it?

But Truman was also a smart man, because he quickly reacted: Is the nuclear technology currently in the hands of the United States really a secret to the Soviet Union? The Soviet Union also had atomic bombs, and the Soviet Union had more atomic bombs than the American ones. This fully shows that the USSR was absolutely above the United States in this regard. In this case, this secret is tantamount to discounting.

To put it mildly, even if the Soviet Union knew the US nuclear secrets, it would probably not have a qualitative improvement in the level of the Soviet Union's nuclear industry. For two countries that already have a nuclear secret, this secret is hardly a secret. On the contrary, if the decoy was aimed at other non-nuclear countries, such as Britain, then Truman would have flatly rejected it.

"I agreed, in principle, to use the Manhattan Project as a decoy to distract the USSR from Japan. But Director Donovan, I must remind you that this decoy can only be directed against the Soviet Union, and you must be especially careful that the British take advantage of the opportunity to steal our secrets. The British are unreliable, your defense against them must be above the defense against the USSR! ”

Truman's warning is significant, as Learvin is feeding Churchill back on her results: "...... The Americans should be tempted, and in the near future they may take the initiative to leak some of the Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviet side, and this is our opportunity, if we can figure out the key technology of nuclear weapons from the Americans, then we can also have this weapon soon......"

Churchill was naturally overjoyed when he got the news, for him and the British Empire, this was definitely a pie-in-the-sky thing, and if the secret of the atomic bomb could be found out from the United States, how much money and time would it save the Empire. Once the empire also has nuclear weapons, it will be almost invincible!

So Churchill immediately approved Learvin's request to organize a capable force in the United States to accomplish this important work. Of course, Qiu Fatzi did not forget to warn Li Erwen: "We must be careful, and we must not let the Americans detect our intentions." Once discovered, the empire will be in absolute passivity......"

Indeed, a Soviet Union hostile to Britain alone was enough of a headache, and if the quasi-ally Americans also turned their faces on this, then how could Britain be mixed?

It is interesting to note that Britain and the United States are superficially friendly, but in reality they are in the same bed, and even an obvious enemy, the Soviet Union, cannot keep them completely aligned. For them, there is nothing wrong with finding ways to safeguard national interests, even if they trap their allies.

The bait was quickly released, and the Soviet Union quickly bit the hook, and in an instant the Soviet embassy and consulate in the United States were extremely busy, and the so-called diplomats who came in and out in large numbers were very busy.

"Our plan succeeded?" Donovan asked.

Learwin pouted: "Probably! "The reason why she can't be sure is very simple, when facing a certain immortal, she is not at the last moment, and she will never say that she succeeds.

At the same time, the British and American negotiators were making final contacts with the Japanese representatives, that is, finalizing the final details of the Japanese surrender issue. For example, where the Anglo-American allies landed, how they took over local power in Japan, and how the all-important emperor lived in the future. All in all, the British Foreign Secretary and the US Secretary of State are really busy.

Li Xiaofeng is also very busy, and his work at hand is no less than the above two, he has to take care of not only foreign affairs but also intelligence issues, and even the struggle within the party has to pay attention to, and it is impossible not to be busy.

"It's a decoy, a smoke bomb to distract us." When Li Xiaofeng suddenly received a report from the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, saying that he had made a major breakthrough in the Manhattan project, he pointed out the essence for a while.

"Bait? Smoke grenades? Yakov was a little puzzled, and asked rhetorically: "If so, the Americans have invested enough, what do they want to cover up?" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled: "It must be something major that can't see the light." And at the moment, there aren't too many possible projects. ”

If World War II is a big banner, then 1936 is the layout stage, 1941 is the climax, and 1945 is the closing stage. In the final stage, there are fewer and fewer officials from all over the world, and with the exception of Italy and Germany, which have almost become a foregone conclusion, Japan is probably the only country that can make a major comeback.

"I'm afraid the Americans are trying to play tricks on the Japanese issue!" Li Xiaofeng barely made much effort to figure out the plot of the Americans, and he ordered: "Strengthen intelligence work against Japan, pay attention to every move of the Americans and the British, they will definitely do tricks in the near future!" ”

"What about the Manhattan Project?" Yakov asked.

Li Xiaofeng smiled slightly and said, "Since everyone has sent it to their mouths, why don't you eat it." Let the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs do this, and as much information as it can get. ”

Li Xiaofeng thought for a while and said: "It's not enough to take a two-pronged approach, it's a pity that this opportunity is not good to use." We can get our hands on Greece and Turkey! ”

In order to prevent the British from seeing through the Soviet Union's attempt to Greece too early, after taking Bulgaria before, under Li Xiaofeng's order, the Red Army did not take the opportunity to continue to develop southward, but stayed on the Bulgarian front line and waited for an opportunity.

And now, Li Xiaofeng thought that the opportunity was ripe, and soon the representatives of the Greek Church secretly arrived in Sofia and held secret talks with Yakov, and the two sides soon reached an agreement that the Red Army would soon enter Greece and completely liberate the country.

April 15th. A paratrooper division of the Red Army secretly entered Bulgaria, and after a two-day rest, they boarded a transport plane and flew directly to Crete. Their task was to seize the port of Castelli and lay a solid foundation for the next stage of the landing of the main forces of the Red Army on the island.

The Bulgarian Front of the Red Army, which had been resting for almost a year, once again began to act, defeating the few remaining German troops in Greece with little effort, and the military forces of the Greek Orthodox Church also acted as the leading party, and almost overnight, the whole of Greece was changed. The Germans, as well as their puppets, were liquidated, and the situation was almost one-sided. It was only then that the British realized that something was wrong, and in a hurry they also tried to go to Greece to get a vote, at least to retake Crete. But by this time they were so weak that their main forces were trapped in Belgium, and the Royal Navy alone was not enough to drive out the Red Army paratroopers on the island. What's more, at this time, they still have to pay attention to the Japanese issue, and they are simply taking care of one thing at the expense of the other.

The liberation of the whole of Greece took only a week, and during this time, the Red Army also continued to transport airborne troops to Crete, at this time even if the British really wanted to grab it, it was too strong...... (To be continued.) )