PS: 6000 words big chapter, ask for votes at the end of the month

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Of course, no matter how bad and primitive the atomic bomb is, it is also a kind of mass killing weapon, and it is not impossible to use it. At least with this thing in your hand, the confidence to speak is very different. Although he has little interest in this primitive nuclear weapon, he also knows that he has to eat one bite at a time, and now he has to solve the problems of having and not having them, and then solving the problems of good and bad things.

But Wen Desi does not want to make this primitive nuclear weapon too big, on the one hand, it is a waste of valuable nuclear materials, and on the other hand, it is difficult to control the scope. Therefore, he planned to miniaturize the atomic bomb from the beginning, and the little mushroom honestly played the small-yield tactical mushroom, and as for the large-yield strategic mushroom, there was naturally a special big mushroom - the fusion bomb, or the guy commonly known as the hydrogen bomb.

Mr. Wen is very sure that in the next five years, the size and weight of tactical atomic bombs will be greatly reduced to the extreme. His reference object is the W54 atomic bomb used on the M-388 "David Crowe" recoilless gun in the United States in the original time and space. This W54 atomic bomb is quite small, used on recoilless guns, the warhead weighs only 23 kg, the full weight of the shell is 35 kg, and the yield selection is only 10~250 tons of TNT. In other occasions, such as as nuclear mines, as long as the explosive block is added to increase the total weight to 68 kg, the equivalent change can be amplified to between 10~1000 tons.

This weapon was developed in 1956 by the United States, that is, 12 years after the first nuclear explosion, the atomic bomb was reduced to the extreme. A total of 2,100 of these ultra-small atomic bombs were built in the United States, and it took 5. 400 million US dollars (1960 currency), that is to say, the unit price is only about 25~260,000 US dollars, which is about half of the price of fighters in the same period.

He plans to develop mass production of such small atomic bombs as soon as possible and put them into use in the army. Although this tactical-level atomic bomb has a small yield and low power, it also causes few side effects, and it is still within the range that Mr. Wen can tolerate, and he is not the kind of extreme environmentalist, as long as it is not too excessive.

For this tactical-level nuclear weapon, the General Staff, after many deductions, has mainly determined two uses.

The first is the development of "ground-penetrating bombs". After the First World War, all European countries were frightened by the heavy casualty figures, and they were more enthusiastic about fortifications such as pillboxes, trenches, and fortresses. Moreover, after the tempering of World War I, the tactical thinking of the armies of various countries has become more advanced, and the turtle shells that have been repaired are not much stronger than before World War I.

The former fortress also has a lot of earth and stone buildings, only partially reinforced concrete. But now those fortresses are all reinforced concrete, and they are all high-grade cement. This reinforced concrete is only the minimum, and in some important positions, the powers have added armor steel plates at no cost.

Such a turtle shell is quite difficult to gnaw. For example, in World War II in the original time and space, the German army's "Operation Barbarossa" started smoothly and marched vigorously, but it ran into a bloody battle in the fortress of Sevastopol. In order to gnaw off this turtle shell, the German army mobilized 9 divisions, 6 Romanian brigades, and was equipped with more than 1,300 artillery pieces of more than 100 mm and more than 300 aircraft to fight together. Moreover, the German army also used three super cannons, a 420 mm fixed mortar "Gonma", a 610 mm self-propelled mortar "Karl", and an 800 mm train cannon "Gustav". Under such superior firepower, it took more than 250 days for the Dro coalition to take the fortress of Sevastopol. In this battle, the Germans lost about 2 deaths. 40,000 people, the Romanian army lost more than 1,800 people.

Judging by the current state of development, the General Staff estimates that there will be only more turtle shells of this magnitude than the original time and space. The nearest is the Singapore Fortress, where Opium Cattle has been repairing turtle shells in Singapore over the years in order to prevent China's expansion, and the whole of Singapore is about to become a big fortress. Opium cattle are very good at recycling, and they remove armor plates and guns from those scrapped former dreadnoughts and put them on the forts here. Moreover, the additions and alterations to this Singapore fort have not yet been completed.

If war breaks out at that time, the Chinese army will definitely encounter this turtle shell, and if it goes to the fortress like Sandezi did to fight Sevastopol, the loss will be too great, and more importantly, it will delay a lot of time and delay the advantageous fighters. Wen Deji is not a fool, so he won't do such a stupid thing.

However, this kind of turtle shell is really difficult to deal with with conventional weapons, the 150 mm level heavy artillery is almost useless, and the heavy artillery below 300 mm caliber cannot be gnawed, and it has to be moved like "Carl" and "Gustav" super giant cannons. But these big guys are expensive not to mention, but they have a single purpose, and most importantly, they are very difficult to move, and the rate of fire is super slow, which is extremely inconvenient to use. If you build less, the effect is not obvious, and if you build more, it is not cost-effective, and Wen Desi doesn't want to spend this kind of unjust money.

So Wen Desi hit the idea of nuclear weapons, he plans to make this tactical-level nuclear weapon into a "ground-penetrating bomb" that specializes in knocking turtle shells, this kind of small atomic bomb is only 23 kilograms, the size of a small watermelon, and can be completely loaded into a ground-penetrating bomb, whether it is carried by an airplane, launched by heavy artillery, or made into a missile. Even if it is a terrible fortress, can it still withstand thousands of tons of explosives and explode inside?

Moreover, Wen Desi not only found a suitable "tail" for these "ground-penetrating shells" (the explosion parts of armor-piercing shells and ground-penetrating shells are in the tail of the bullet body), but also found a suitable projectile body by the way, that is, the main gun barrels of those scrapped battleships. The barrels of these large-caliber guns are all good steel, and the wall thickness is sufficient, so it is suitable to make the body of the ground-penetrating projectile, and it is also a waste utilization to save money. In recent years, the Chinese Navy has replaced a large number of main gun barrels, except for some of them, the rest are piled up in the scrap warehouse, and they can be used now. The United States in the original time and space was playing, and they took out the thick pipe left over from the World War II era and changed it, which was the body of the ground-penetrating bomb.

The second use of this little mushroom is torpedoes, yes, nuclear torpedoes. Although this kind of small-yield nuclear torpedo, which has a power of only tens or hundreds of tons, does not sound good, you must know that even the largest ordinary torpedo will not have a charge of more than one ton. It is perfectly possible to ensure that large targets such as battleships and aircraft carriers can be sunk with a single shot, and the side effects of an underwater explosion are much smaller. And a warhead with an actual weight of less than 50 kg can also free up space to equip a better guidance system and extend the range of torpedoes.

Last but not least, torpedoes have the lowest chance of being captured by any weapon, and even if they don't explode, they sink to the bottom of the sea, and it is extremely difficult to find and salvage something so small in the deep sea. Although this little mushroom is not favored by Mr. Wen, his vision is too high, and for people in this world, this is also a great thing. Therefore, in order to prevent this weapon from falling into the hands of the enemy, it is necessary to be very careful in its deployment and use.

Combined with the nuclear attack submarines that are currently in the early stages of planning and design, China will be able to seize future maritime supremacy in one fell swoop.

Of course, these are all later words, so let's look at the nuclear explosion experiment first.

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Wen Desi looked around and found that everyone had expressions of expectation and excitement on their faces, and their faces were flushed with excitement, even Zhang Lizheng and Xin Jie, who were usually the calmest.

To tell the truth, Wen Deji is also very excited now, although the atomic bomb is nothing in the 23rd century, at that time, there were things that exploded a planet with one blow, but no matter how powerful it was, it didn't belong to him, and now the mushroom on the screen is a little smaller, but it is a power that really belongs to him.

"Mr. Wen, the test explosion work is all ready, please instruct the chief,......" Major General Yu Jiancheng, the person in charge of the base, asked Mr. Wen for instructions.

"Okay, let's get started...... Wen Deji nodded.

"Yes!" Yu Jiancheng saluted, turned around and gave an order to the staff: "Each team is in place, and now start the test explosion procedure......

Most of these staff members were in white coats, and half were in military uniforms, and they immediately began to get busy. The indicator light on the instrument is constantly flashing, the hands on the instrument panel are swinging, and the numbers are constantly jumping.

"Equivalence test team ready ......"

"The electromagnetic detection team is ready ......"

"The observation team is ready ......"

"The reconnaissance aircraft is already in place......"

"Seismic wave detection team ready ......"

The staff reports rang out one after another, and when the last set of reports was completed, the symbols representing each group on the display screen in front of Yu Cheng were all lit up in green.

At this time, Yu Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Mr. Wen, each team has been prepared, please press the start button......"

There was a metal box on the table in front of him, and he smiled and opened the lid to reveal the red button inside.

"This is the nuclear button...... said with a smile, and pressed it hard.

At this moment, a burst of electronically synthesized female voices sounded on the loudspeaker in the room: "Now there is a countdown of ten seconds before the explosion...... 10、9、7、6......”

The sound rang out on all loudspeakers inside and outside the base at the same time, and the staff and guards at the base turned their attention to the nuclear explosion test site. Of course, they all brought goggles or sunglasses as they were instructed beforehand.

“...... 5、4、3、2、1......”

When the countdown to the last second was over, the sky suddenly lit up, and a dazzling and intense white light burst out and swept across the entire test site. Even though everyone was prepared, even with the protection of the goggles, they felt that their eyes were a little dazzling, too bright! This flash of light appeared from the ground level, brighter than a thousand suns!

It feels like in the book of Genesis, where God said, "Let there be light," and there was light in the world......

Then a huge fireball appeared at the end of the horizon, and in an instant it soared into the air. It glows brightly, and its color is constantly changing, from blue-white to orange-yellow, and it is constantly spreading outwards and getting bigger and bigger.

The word "light" is usually used to symbolize something beautiful, but this light is different, it represents death and destruction, the light of destruction from hell! Everything that is illuminated by this light of destruction at close range will reach an unimaginable temperature in a short time, melt, carbonize, burn rapidly, and finally turn into an unrecognizable pile of ashes.

In this intense white light that shone the heavens and the earth, everything in the nuclear explosion test site, whether it was houses, buildings, vehicles, equipment, or animals, would be reduced to ashes in the dazzling light as long as it was swept away by this terrible light of destruction. The animals within 500 meters of the explosion were burned to char before they could react, the wooden buildings were instantly carbonized and burned into a sea of fire, the masonry buildings were slightly better but quickly softened and deformed, and all the steel products, including the few armored combat vehicles that were parked nearby, melted like candles.

In just a few tens of seconds, the objects near the explosion were already unrecognizable.

At the same time, a violent electromagnetic pulse storm erupted rapidly with the tower as the center, which not only caused the radio equipment of the entire test site to be scrapped instantly, but even caused serious interference in the radio communication of the base 60 kilometers away. If it was an ordinary electronic device, it would definitely be over.

The intense light of destruction had not yet dissipated from people's vision, and a powerful shockwave had followed. The powerful energy generated by the fission of the atomic nuclei formed a shock wave, carrying countless radioactive fallouts, and swept an even deadlier storm on the ground! The storm was so terrifying that the wind speed at its center far exceeded the speed of sound. And the destructive power of this supersonic storm exceeds that of the largest hurricane that can be produced on Earth.

The test site, which covers an area of more than five square kilometers, has suddenly come to an end, with buildings blown down like papier-mâché toys, twisted and crushed by powerful forces, tanks and cars on the ground being blown off, and animals and their cages even swept into the air by huge air currents.

As the storm raged on the ground, another part of the energy bounced off the ground, carrying countless clouds of dust into the sky, forming a huge mushroom cloud that was bright and dazzling. This huge mushroom, tumbling in flames and smoke, rose rapidly from the ground, and continued to spread, climbing, and finally erected between heaven and earth like the Tower of Babel.

A few kilometers in the air, a large bomber-converted monitoring aircraft tossed and undulated in strong air currents, as helpless as fallen leaves blown by a strong wind. The pilot tried his best to control the plane, he wiped the sweat from his face, and said with palpitations: "Oh my God, fortunately we are the latest type of large aircraft, if it is a small plane, it will definitely be finished!"

"It's terrible! Is this our secret weapon?"

"The air flow is so strong 8,000 meters away, can you get closer?"

The crew also sweated and were talking about it.

"Oh!oh!oh!" When they saw the big mushroom rise, the onlookers in the base were at their highest point, and they couldn't help but let out excited cheers.

The underground headquarters also became a sea of laughter, and the staff cheered and hugged each other with their nearest colleagues.

"Mr. Wen, we succeeded!" Zhang Lizheng said excitedly.

"Well, yes, it worked!" Wen Deji also stood up excitedly, since he was not satisfied with the performance of the first generation of mushrooms, but this kind of thing is different with it!

"Hurry up and calculate the explosive yield!" Although Yu Jiancheng, as the commander-in-chief of the test, was also very excited, he still did not forget his duty.

After a while, the equivalent was calculated.

"Report chief, this nuclear explosion test, the yield is 31,022 tons!" the expert in charge of the calculation reported to Wen Desi.

"Okay, this experiment is very successful!" Wen Desi looked at the data summary in his hand, and happily instructed Zhang Lizheng: "Lao Zhang, all the relevant personnel must be rewarded heavily!"

"Yes, I'll arrange this......"

Wen Desi walked to the podium and said to the staff: "Comrades, history will remember this moment, in the year 2765 of the Republic, that is, in 1924, at 10 o'clock on January 18, China's first nuclear explosion experiment, and also the earth's first nuclear explosion experiment, was a complete success!"

"Oh, oh, oh!" everyone stood up and cheered, and a storm of applause rang out from the command post.

When Moon and other high-ranking officials left the base, several nuclear bomb experiments were carried out here over the course of a year, and all four atomic bombs were used. A large number of first-hand accounts have been collected.

The atomic bomb was made, but it was only the beginning. The small mushrooms have been made, and there are big mushrooms. Next, the experts and staff of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry were once again engaged in the cultivation of new mushrooms.

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Wen Desi then went to the Xi'an Aircraft Company, where he came to inspect the progress of the tanker aircraft.

In China, there are three large and medium-sized aircraft such as bombers and transport aircraft, Xi'an Aircraft Company (West), Jinling Aircraft Company (Jinfei), and Shanghai Aircraft Company (Shangfei). Among the three companies, Xifei is the oldest and the most powerful. Their representative works include: the H-2 "Egret" heavy bomber, the H-3 "Warship Bird" torpedo bomber, the H-6 "Demoiselle Crane" torpedo bomber, the Y-2 "Gray Goose" transport plane, the Y-3 "Flamingo" transport plane, and so on.

Beginning in 1921, the Chinese Air Force began to experiment with aerial refueling technology, and this time the project of the tanker was also handed over to three companies including Xifei, allowing them to bid against each other. Probably because they lost to their opponents in the competition of large and medium-sized bombers last time, this time they flew west with enough strength, and their progress was the fastest. At the end of last year, their tanker aircraft had already successfully flown and successfully conducted in-flight refueling experiments.

Among the accessories of Chinese fighters, the disposable drop fuel tank can be said to be standard, and this thing has been there since the beginning. But that's not enough, we also need ways to extend the range and the time the plane stays in the air. So in 1921, the Chinese Air Force modified two soft airships and two bombers to become refueling platforms, and modified several aircraft of various types to begin in-flight refueling tests.

As we all know, there are two methods of refueling in the air in later generations, flying and floating anchor, or more specifically, hard tube and hose. In later generations, it was used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The specific mode of operation is that the hard tube type is male, and the target aircraft is actively inserted, and the hose type is female, and the target aircraft is passively inserted.

The test results are clear. In terms of safety and stability, it is better to plug in a hose type for the target aircraft. Because the target aircraft to be refueled is usually smaller and more flexible, it is safer for it to actively refuel. At the same time, a refueling platform can release multiple hoses to refuel multiple aircraft at the same time, usually three.

Although this requires a high level of pilot skill, it has never been a problem in the Chinese Air Force. Now there is no shortage of fuel in China, pilots can fly as they please, and 500 hours of flight time per year is guaranteed. Add to that the thousands of aviation clubs around the world, and even many pilots have hundreds of hours of flying experience before entering the aviation school for formal training.

But another problem arises here, and that is hose refueling, which requires the aircraft to place the hose in front of the cockpit so that the pilot can see it so that he can refuel properly. However, this is okay in large bombers, twin-engine tactical fighters, etc., with engines hanging on the wings on both sides. At present, the nose of a general single-seat fighter is a propeller, and it is impossible to install a forward-facing fuel receiving pipe.

In the case of hard tube, the refueling platform directly inserts the fuel pipe into the oil hole on the back of the aircraft. This requires a manning of the tanker and a good technology. The disadvantage of the hard tube type is that it can only refuel one fighter at a time, and it is more dangerous when connecting, and the instability of the air flow may cause damage to both sides, which is not as good as the elastic hose type. The advantage is that the tubing flow rate is about 6,000 litres per minute, which is four times that of the hose type.

Both methods have their pros and cons, and it doesn't matter if they're good or bad.

Originally, Wen Deji was actually more inclined to the hose type. In his opinion, safety is more important, and with the current aircraft generally less than 2000 liters of fuel tank capacity, it only takes more than ten or twenty seconds to fill up the tank, and the advantage of the high flow rate of the hard tube is reduced. In addition, the partner refueling tank of the aircraft carrier aircraft can only be of the hose type. It's more convenient to simply use one at all. But this brings us to the propeller interference problem mentioned earlier. If it is not a jet, it would have to be changed to a push-back propeller to solve this problem, which is obviously unscientific.

But now jets are not yet perfected, and mass production is not possible for at least five years, and the next generation of aircraft will definitely be propeller aircraft. Of course, this is certainly the last generation of propeller fighters for the Chinese Air Force.

So in the end, Wen Deji decided to learn from the practice of the United States in the original time and space, and used both to install two systems on the tanker at the same time.

Now the special refueling machines engaged in by Xifei and other units are equipped with two kinds of refueling systems, and they have XX and OO, which can be plugged in or plugged in, this is "helping her mother", not allowed to laugh!

The "Fu She Niang" is now flying in the air, it first released three refueling pipes from the wings and tail of the aircraft, and three experimental jet fighters with refueling devices quickly approached and successfully refueled.

"These three planes are different...... "Watching the 4P in the air, Wen Deji said.

"Yes, Mr. Wen, this is the jet experimental aircraft of Chengfei, Efei and Guangfei......" said the leader of Xifei next to him.

Subsequently, the tanker refueled three H-5 "Heron" medium bombers, which are twin-engine aircraft with propellers on the wings, but there is no propeller interference problem. Finally, an experiment of hard-tube refueling was carried out, and three propeller aircraft were inserted into the tanker successively.

The aerial presentation ended successfully. Originally, Mr. Wen was going to go to Baotou to see the rare earth industry there, but an important piece of information made him cancel the trip and return to Hanjing. A storm of applause rang out from the booth.

When Moon and other high-ranking officials left the base, several nuclear bomb experiments were carried out here over the course of a year, and all four atomic bombs were used. A large number of first-hand accounts have been collected.

The atomic bomb was made, but it was only the beginning. The small mushrooms have been made, and there are big mushrooms. Next, the experts and staff of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry were once again engaged in the cultivation of new mushrooms.

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Wen Desi then went to the Xi'an Aircraft Company, where he came to inspect the progress of the tanker aircraft.

In China, there are three large and medium-sized aircraft such as bombers and transport aircraft, Xi'an Aircraft Company (West), Jinling Aircraft Company (Jinfei), and Shanghai Aircraft Company (Shangfei). Among the three companies, Xifei is the oldest and the most powerful. Their representative works include: the H-2 "Egret" heavy bomber, the H-3 "Warship Bird" torpedo bomber, the H-6 "Demoiselle Crane" torpedo bomber, the Y-2 "Gray Goose" transport plane, the Y-3 "Flamingo" transport plane, and so on.

Beginning in 1921, the Chinese Air Force began to experiment with aerial refueling technology, and this time the project of the tanker was also handed over to three companies including Xifei, allowing them to bid against each other. Probably because they lost to their opponents in the competition of large and medium-sized bombers last time, this time they flew west with enough strength, and their progress was the fastest. At the end of last year, their tanker aircraft had already successfully flown and successfully conducted in-flight refueling experiments.

Among the accessories of Chinese fighters, the disposable drop fuel tank can be said to be standard, and this thing has been there since the beginning. But that's not enough, we also need ways to extend the range and the time the plane stays in the air. So in 1921, the Chinese Air Force modified two soft airships and two bombers to become refueling platforms, and modified several aircraft of various types to begin in-flight refueling tests.

As we all know, there are two methods of refueling in the air in later generations, flying and floating anchor, or more specifically, hard tube and hose. In later generations, it was used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The specific mode of operation is that the hard tube type is male, and the target aircraft is actively inserted, and the hose type is female, and the target aircraft is passively inserted.

The test results are clear. In terms of safety and stability, it is better to plug in a hose type for the target aircraft. Because the target aircraft to be refueled is usually smaller and more flexible, it is safer for it to actively refuel. At the same time, a refueling platform can release multiple hoses to refuel multiple aircraft at the same time, usually three.

Although this requires a high level of pilot skill, it has never been a problem in the Chinese Air Force. Now there is no shortage of fuel in China, pilots can fly as they please, and 500 hours of flight time per year is guaranteed. Add to that the thousands of aviation clubs around the world, and even many pilots have hundreds of hours of flying experience before entering the aviation school for formal training.

But another problem arises here, and that is hose refueling, which requires the aircraft to place the hose in front of the cockpit so that the pilot can see it so that he can refuel properly. However, this is okay in large bombers, twin-engine tactical fighters, etc., with engines hanging on the wings on both sides. At present, the nose of a general single-seat fighter is a propeller, and it is impossible to install a forward-facing fuel receiving pipe.

In the case of hard tube, the refueling platform directly inserts the fuel pipe into the oil hole on the back of the aircraft. This requires a manning of the tanker and a good technology. The disadvantage of the hard tube type is that it can only refuel one fighter at a time, and it is more dangerous when connecting, and the instability of the air flow may cause damage to both sides, which is not as good as the elastic hose type. The advantage is that the tubing flow rate is about 6,000 litres per minute, which is four times that of the hose type.

Both methods have their pros and cons, and it doesn't matter if they're good or bad.

Originally, Wen Deji was actually more inclined to the hose type. In his opinion, safety is more important, and with the current aircraft generally less than 2000 liters of fuel tank capacity, it only takes more than ten or twenty seconds to fill up the tank, and the advantage of the high flow rate of the hard tube is reduced. In addition, the partner refueling tank of the aircraft carrier aircraft can only be of the hose type. It's more convenient to simply use one at all. But this brings us to the propeller interference problem mentioned earlier. If it is not a jet, it would have to be changed to a push-back propeller to solve this problem, which is obviously unscientific.

But now jets are not yet perfected, and mass production is not possible for at least five years, and the next generation of aircraft will definitely be propeller aircraft. Of course, this is certainly the last generation of propeller fighters for the Chinese Air Force.

So in the end, Wen Deji decided to learn from the practice of the United States in the original time and space, and used both to install two systems on the tanker at the same time.

Now the special refueling machines engaged in by Xifei and other units are equipped with two kinds of refueling systems, and they have XX and OO, which can be plugged in or plugged in, this is "helping her mother", not allowed to laugh!

The "Fu She Niang" is now flying in the air, it first released three refueling pipes from the wings and tail of the aircraft, and three experimental jet fighters with refueling devices quickly approached and successfully refueled.

"These three planes are different...... "Watching the 4P in the air, Wen Deji said.

"Yes, Mr. Wen, this is the jet experimental aircraft of Chengfei, Efei and Guangfei......" said the leader of Xifei next to him.

Subsequently, the tanker refueled three H-5 "Heron" medium bombers, which are twin-engine aircraft with propellers on the wings, but there is no propeller interference problem. Finally, an experiment of hard-tube refueling was carried out, and three propeller aircraft were inserted into the tanker successively.

The aerial presentation ended successfully. Originally, Mr. Wen was going to go to Baotou to see the rare earth industry there, but an important piece of information made him cancel the trip and return to Hanjing.