"The more we fight, the more chaotic it becomes, and the entire southeast coast becomes a pot of porridge."

In the office, Chen Nian sighed, and the thick pile of documents in his hand was casually thrown on the table by him.

"That's no way, this kind of thing is to affect the whole body, the location of Chiwei Island is too sensitive, the southeast must be fortified, and that place must be occupied."

"But if you want to occupy Chiwei Island, the island country will inevitably intervene, and now there is still THAAD in the containment, and it may be softer in the future, but it is absolutely impossible to expect them to have no reaction at all."

Li Xiang replied.

"That's not what I'm worried about."

Chen Nian shook his head slightly and continued:

"What I'm worried about is that the situation on Chiwei Island will have a demonstration effect, especially after the other side passes through the Bass Strait, and the already restless rebels will all jump up."

"There is a possibility that they will restart the arbitration if it has not been implemented before."

"When the time comes, the pressure we are facing will really not be ordinary."

"What's even more outrageous is that once the snowball rolls up, there will always be people trying to fish in troubled waters."

"On the plateau to the west, they're ready to move."

"It's not quiet in the northwest. Forget it, I won't mention this. ”

"Let's go, let's go out for dinner first."

"Let's go."

Li Xiang on the side helped Chen Nian clean up the scattered documents, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the cover, and when he saw the words "metal hydrogen" written on it, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"How's the progress of metallic hydrogen now? Why haven't you heard it mentioned internally for a long time? ”

"Didn't it go well? Or are resources giving way to other projects? ”

"Neither."

Chen Nian took the papers, locked them in the safe behind his desk, and then explained:

"The project is progressing very well, and it is even close to the threshold of results."

"According to my predictions, the first metallic hydrogen material could be synthesized within two weeks at most."

"But the problem is, but we did do a bit of a low-key approach to the progress of the project in the early stage."

"Why?"

Li asked puzzled.

In his view, the metallic hydrogen project is a pure scientific research project, and its essence is no different from the popular basic science projects in the academic world.

Theoretically, once it is born, it is a huge benefit for the whole world.

Why hide progress? What's in it for us?

Haven't you organized global academic seminars before? In such a short period of time, the wind direction has completely changed?

Looking at his expression, Chen Nian couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"You haven't read the technical report on metallic hydrogen, have you?"

"I've seen some of it, explosives, room temperature superconductivity, anything else?"

"Of course, there is metallic hydrogen as an important energy material."

Hearing this, Li Xiang instantly understood.

No wonder.

In the current situation, any news that has the potential to accelerate the change of the situation will be judged as a high-risk signal, and energy, which will shake the foundation of the United States, will naturally have to be handled in a low-key manner.

"Understood. So this project is currently running under secrecy? ”

"Not really, semi-public. Anyway, the purpose is to no longer stimulate Lao Mei's sensitive nerves and give them a chance to react. ”

"It's a matter of anticipation, and when the anticipation doesn't work, we have to keep it as confidential as possible-—— in other words, as long as the news comes out, it's only big news, because when the boots land, they don't have a chance to react."

"Understood-—— then that foreigner, Isaac, isn't he crazy? He made a name for himself with this project. ”

"Now let him hold the progress in his heart, he has no opinion?"

"Whatever? First of all, he is now a Chinese nationality and has to obey the organizational arrangement. Secondly, don't talk about him, even if Bush Sr. comes, he has to stand up and toast when he eats. ”

"Okay, reasonable."

The two walked out of the office and walked all the way in the direction of the cafeteria.

On the way, Li Xiang continued to ask:

"So, if we really want to match the military's strategy, occupy Akawei Island in advance, and at the same time complete the deterrence and disengagement of the USS Reagan aircraft carrier battle group, what do we need to do on our side?"

"-—— I mean, what do you need to do over there?"

"It's hard to pose an effective threat to the U.S. with the existing equipment alone, right? After the upgrade of the Burke-level equipment the year before last, the air defense and anti-concealment capability has been improved a lot. ”

"Let's not talk about the question of whether you can fight or not, but at least, the other party will not retreat easily."

"Once delayed, our plan will be a failure, right?"

Hearing this, Chen Nian nodded slightly and replied:

"Yes, the military's consideration is to use the Liaoning formation to move forward to suppress, force the Reagan formation out of the combat range, clear the sea area and shipping routes, cover the East China Sea Fleet into combat positions, and use the North Sea Fleet to fill the Liaoning ship when there is a need in the follow-up to maintain the balance in the east."

"But this strategy can basically be said to be equivalent to gambling on life, if the other party does not retreat, it is an arrow on the bow and has to be sent."

"The North Sea Fleet is not much better than the East China Sea Fleet in terms of ship configuration and advanced equipment."

"If the East China Sea Fleet is empty, the North Sea Fleet will also be empty, and when the time comes, the sea surface of the entire republic will fall into an unprecedented emptiness."

"Therefore, the military's demand for 096 and Wuzhen-9 is really stronger than ever."

"It's too late, is it?"

Li Xiang asked.

"It's definitely too late, even if it's the fastest speed to organize R&D, testing, and production, it's impossible to do it."

"However, I have an idea, if it is only to deal with a small-scale battle, there is a short, flat, fast, and effective weapon, it will definitely be in time."

"What weapon?"

Li Xiang's face was full of curiosity, in fact, he had already discussed this issue with Chen Nian from the moment the situation gradually became clearer, but the conclusion at that time was that there could not be a weapon in the world that could change the balance of power between the two sides in the short term.

Opportunistic things are impossible, especially in the field of military equipment.

But now, Chen Nian said that there is a way?

"Metallic hydrogen bomb."

Chen Nian didn't sell it, but replied bluntly.

"Metallic hydrogen bombs? Could this thing be a game-changer in nature? Modern anti-ship missiles, to the level of YJ-21, aren't they all two launches and one aircraft carrier? ”

"It doesn't make much sense to upgrade the explosion power of the warhead, right?"

Li Xiang's eyes were full of suspicion, but Chen Nian's next words could almost be said to have subverted his view of "missile confrontation" in modern warfare.

"So the point is that the core competitiveness of metal hydrogen bombs is that they don't need to hit."

"Its explosive power can reach more than 25 times that of TNT, which means that the radius of the bomb will be greatly increased with the same charge."

"And this increase in magnitude will bring about another impact that can almost be said to change the way missiles are combated."

"That is, the threat level of near-miss bombs and air-burst bombs will increase exponentially."

"Near miss?"

Li Xiang was shocked.

Of course, he knew what it meant to miss a bomb, but he never thought that the increase in the power of a bomb would have such a bizarre effect.

Everyone is chasing a hit, and they are all pursuing a shot into the soul, but the direction of the near miss seems to be the opposite of it?

"You mean to say that we are going to think of setting a missile attack yaw?"

"That's definitely not going to work."

Chen Nian shook his head and continued to explain:

"According to the damage effect test data of the USS America, only looking at the proximity and air explosion, the damage resistance of the aircraft carrier's precision equipment, especially the radar mast, is about 110 kilograms."

"That is, in the event of an explosion of 110 kg of TNT equivalent, the ship's radar system will be completely destroyed."

"And the damage resistance data of the arresting cable, pulley, and steam catapult is basically not much better."

"At present, the full charge of the YJ-21 is 900 kilograms, and in the event of a near-loss explosion, it can still cause effective damage to the precision facilities on the aircraft carrier under the premise that the shock wave attenuates to 15%."

"The attenuation distance is about 250 to 300 meters."

"And if you replace it with metal hydrogen explosives, when the power is increased by more than ten times, the same damage distance can reach more than 800 meters-—— but on the sea surface, this is not a long distance."

"Therefore, it is not necessary to artificially set yaw, and it cannot escape the interception range of the close defense system anyway."

"What we have to do is still to break through the defense."

"But one thing, things have changed."

"The effect of the shield ship will be greatly reduced, and the so-called saturation interception will basically fail."

Hearing this, Li Xiang let out a long sigh of relief.

A familiar feeling suddenly occurred in his heart:

The combat method of metal hydrogen bombs seems to be very similar to that of a certain weapon.

It doesn't require a hit, it all relies on range killing, and it can also destroy precision equipment.

No wonder it's called a new type of nuclear weapon

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Technology can really change a lot of things - but I have a problem, even if we can synthesize metallic hydrogen in a short time, even if we can make corresponding anti-ship missiles, it will definitely not be enough in quantity."

"We still can't inflict effective damage on their aircraft carrier formation, after all, the four shield ships of the other family have 800 anti-aircraft missiles alone, it's not so easy to penetrate the defense, right?"

"We don't need to penetrate them, we penetrate ourselves."

"Penetrate ourselves? What do you mean? Exercise. ”

"That's right, exercise, we just need to take out this equipment, and the effect has already been achieved, they know that we have it, and this is enough."

"Got it"

Li Xiang nodded slowly, he already understood what Chen Nian meant.

Yes, the YJ-21 missile with a metallic hydrogen charge is just like the mushroom cloud in the desert back then.

There is none, it is very important.

But how many, it doesn't matter.

Because, whether you have one, ten, or a hundred, your opponent will treat it as if you have a thousand.

This is the most basic logic in modern warfare.

The picture is clear.

When Huaxia takes out an anti-ship missile that can destroy the core function of the fleet as soon as it glows close to the explosion, do you dare to bet that the charge of the next missile is just conventional TNT?

Even if your aircraft carrier can resist, can your shield ship resist?

An aircraft carrier without a shield ship is a pure live target.

"Can this thing be applied in multiple scenarios? The DF-21 in the southwest islands can also be converted into a metallic hydrogen charge, right? ”

"Theoretically, yes."

Chen Nian sighed and continued:

"But as you yourself know, the production of metallic hydrogen is limited. Frankly speaking, it is impossible to make up a charge of YJ-21-—— let alone YJ-21, in the short term, the charge that YJ-83 needs will not be enough. ”

"So, don't think about running before you learn to walk, let's get through the most urgent crisis honestly."

Chen Nian is telling the truth, although the technology of industrial manufacturing of metallic hydrogen has been exported, even if it is combined with electrochemical processes, the resources required to synthesize sufficient metallic hydrogen are amazing.

According to his estimates, after two weeks, the first laboratory experiment could be completed.

In the following week, the national high-voltage laboratory was in full swing to build equipment and renovate equipment, which could complete the preparation for "deformed" industrial production in a short time.

In another week, considering the total number of high-pressure laboratories of about 40, each laboratory produces an average of 500 to 600 grams of metallic hydrogen per day, and the total amount of metallic hydrogen materials that can be obtained in the end should be about 140 kilograms.

There is still some distance from the charge of YJ-83, but the solution is to add more oxidant to the explosive, as well as the all-nitrogen anionic salt, which has already been mass-produced on a small scale.

Speaking of which, it seems quite extravagant.

Materials that have the potential to subvert the entire industrial system are actually used to set off fireworks.

But there is no way, without this firework, we risk losing the opportunity to put it to good use

Chen Nian told Li Xiang about his calculations, and the latter scratched his head and said helplessly:

"I thought that the so-called industrial mass production was measured in tons, but I didn't expect it to be grams."

"That's already good, what more bikes."

Chen Nian rolled his eyes at Li Xiang, this kid is purely a full man and doesn't know that a hungry man is hungry.

You know, when Lao Mei claimed to have synthesized metallic hydrogen, the weight was calculated in milligrams.

But after thinking about it, what Li wanted to say was indeed a problem.

This output is too low compared to the demand for room temperature superconducting materials in the entire industrial system.

In the power system, metallic hydrogen is needed for wires, metallic hydrogen is needed for generators, and metallic hydrogen is needed for energy storage batteries.

When it comes to transportation, every electric vehicle requires a huge amount of metallic hydrogen.

Not to mention the semiconductor industry, which must be the world of metallic hydrogen after the technology matures.

How to increase the production of metallic hydrogen to the same level as today's steel production is the core issue of the further development of this material.

The road is long, and we can only take one step at a time

After dinner, the two walked towards the office, now the time is tight, overtime is inevitable, but fortunately, basically not to the extent of 007, at most 997

However, as soon as I pushed open the office door, the phone on my desk suddenly rang.

It was Isaac who called.

"Chen! We did it! ”

As soon as the phone was connected, Isaac on the other end shouted at the top of his voice.

"This is a historic moment! I knew there was nothing wrong with choosing you! ”

"Chen! The fate of mankind has been changed by us! ”

"This is the first room-temperature superconducting material on this earth! We did it! ”

(End of chapter)