If he had to choose one of the most important weapons research programs in the future, Arthur would not hesitate to choose nuclear weapons.

There is no way, the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons on one country is too great, far exceeding the influence that other conventional weapons can bring to other countries.

In later generations, there is also a huge difference between a nuclear state and a non-nuclear state. What has a nuclear is not necessarily a superpower, but a superpower must have a nuclear.

The first country in history to manufacture and use nuclear weapons was the United States, and it is also the only country in the entire history of mankind to have used nuclear weapons against other countries.

The U.S. nuclear weapons research program was named the Manhattan Project, and the successful development of the Manhattan Project was actually supported by uranium mines from the Congo region.

When it comes to uranium, this is a mineral resource that has been discovered for a long time and is distributed in many countries.

But until now, uranium ore has been used very little in human life, so it is also called useless ore, and only a small amount of development has been carried out.

The only purpose of developing uranium ore is not to develop nuclear weapons like the Americans, but to find the latent radium element in uranium ore.

Yes, it was the element radium discovered by the famous Marie Curie.

It was not until after the discovery of nuclear fission that the role and value of uranium ore were discovered, and the history of large-scale uranium mining began.

There is a reason why the Americans did not choose uranium mines in Colorado and Canada when they carried out the Manhattan Project, but chose the uranium mines of Congo, thousands of miles away.

Compared to the 0.03% purity of uranium ore in the United States and Canada, the purity of uranium ore in the Congo has reached a terrifying 65%, and even the tailings that were later considered too poor to be worth processing have a purity of 20%.

Such a disparity in purity is the real reason why the Americans abandoned uranium mines in the Americas and chose to mine uranium mines in the Congo for thousands of miles.

In fact, this represents an important piece of news, that is, the Congo's high-quality uranium ore is crucial to the development of nuclear weapons.

Now it is good news for both Arthur and Australasia, as uranium ore is now worthless, and almost no one is going to mine it except for the discovery of radium.

It is entirely possible to mine or even hollow out the uranium deposits in the Congo before the news of nuclear fission is announced.

As long as Congo has a monopoly on high-quality uranium mines, other countries will be at least several years slower than they have historically been in developing nuclear weapons.

Australasia, with its leading start, can also rely on this batch of high-quality uranium ore to achieve a significant lead in nuclear weapons research and development.

Thinking of this, Arthur no longer hesitated, and directly notified the Australasian diplomatic ambassador to Belgium to inquire about the purchase of uranium mines in the Congo.

It is worth mentioning that the current Congo is no longer the private property of the Belgian king, but is under the rule of the Belgian government, and has been officially renamed the Belgian Congo.

Although the uranium ore in the Congo is a useless ore with no value for the time being, the Belgian government is also very curious about the news that Australasia wants to buy the right ore, and even tries to test Australasia's intentions.

It's a pity that such a temptation can be easily dealt with by diplomats. Even though the Belgian government tried to probe it, there was no answer in the end.

In order to make the Belgians willingly donate all the uranium mines, Arthur also spent a lot of money, buying all the uranium mines in the Congo in the name of a private person, at the cost of five million Australian dollars and a batch of weapons and equipment.

Drawn into World War I, the Belgians learned the importance of their own defense. After the end of the war, the major fortresses were strengthened and equipped with more powerful weapons.

Upon learning that the purchase of uranium ore was only Arthur's personal act, the Belgian government breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that it had knocked a punch on Arthur.

After all, if all the uranium mines in the Congo are mined, it may not be possible to make 5 million Australian dollars.

What's more, there is also a batch of weapons and equipment, and judging from the current point of view, the Belgian government will naturally make a profit and not lose money.

Of course, the British also contributed to the smooth acquisition of these uranium deposits in Australasia.

Although Congo was a Belgian colony, the Great Powers also had relevant interests in Belgium, especially the British Empire, the most powerful of all.

More than 30% of the shares of the Belgian United Mining Company, which is responsible for mining minerals in the Congo region, belong to the British, which is enough to see the influence of the British in this land.

After the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence, the British urgently needed Australasia's solidarity at the international level, which is why the British agreed to Australasia's purchase of all uranium mines in the Congo without even thinking about it.

For the British, this batch of uranium mines is naturally not as important as its own stability. Anyway, the Congo is not the only one in the world with uranium mines, Australasia cannot monopolize the world's uranium mines, and the British Empire naturally does not have to worry.

After obtaining a double license from the British Empire and Belgium, Arthur was relieved and founded the Royal Mining Company, which was responsible for the mining and transportation of uranium mines in the Congo.

Of course, because it is known that uranium ore is a radioactive mineral, it is naturally the indigenous people of the Congo who are specifically responsible for mining, or the indigenous people of Australasia who have been specially bred in captivity, and it is impossible for Australasian people to mine it themselves.

This is precisely the purpose of keeping these indigenous people in captivity, and to make a contribution to the Australasian government in this more dangerous environment.

Arthur was looking forward to the exploitation of uranium in the Congo, so he started the plan to mine uranium in the Congo after obtaining permits from the United Kingdom and Belgium.

In order to maintain order in the area and to ensure that the uranium mines could be safely mined and transported to the country, Arthur decided to send an army to the mine with the consent of the Belgians to protect the safety of the mine.

Of course, the transport ship responsible for transporting uranium ore is also custom-made, and although the scale is small, it will take two or three months to complete the construction, just enough to allow the mine to be mined for a while.

With the authorization of the British and Belgian governments, all uranium mines in the Congo belong to Arthur, a fact that no one can change.

But in the event of an accident, Arthur decided to mine as much as he could, transporting high-quality uranium from the Congo to Australasia.

On the one hand, it can facilitate the research and development of nuclear weapons in Australasia, and on the other hand, it can also hinder the progress of nuclear weapons research and development in other countries as much as possible.

Of course, now it can be regarded as Arthur's unfounded worries. Before nuclear fission is studied, the development of nuclear weapons by other countries has not yet begun, and naturally there is no possibility that other countries will overtake in a corner.

September 1, 1920, Belgian Congo, New Colobwe Mine.

The later famous uranium mine had changed owners and was home to Australasian troops.

Due to the rush of time, the rest of the construction of the mine has not yet begun, and even the mining equipment has not been transported.

However, because Arthur had ordered mining to take place as soon as possible, the head of the Royal Mining Company decided to organize the local natives to mine as soon as possible.

Anyway, these natives don't care about their lives or deaths, with a little food and money, it is easy to exchange for the effectiveness of hundreds of natives, and the mining of uranium ore has officially begun.

Considering the radioactivity of uranium mines, the entire uranium mining process will not be approached by Australasian people, and the local indigenous people are basically responsible for it.

Of course, the preliminary work is also very simple, dig the mine hole, and pile the excavated ore to the designated place.

When the corresponding mining equipment arrives, the mine railway will be built, and more advanced transportation equipment will be built.

On the third day, Arthur received the good news that a total of 49 tons of uranium ore had been mined at the New Colobwe mine throughout the day on 1 September, and the mining was going very well.

Satisfied with the news, Arthur praised the hasty establishment of the Royal Mining Company and demanded that the mining company produce as much as possible, and that the corresponding mining and transportation equipment would soon arrive in Congo.

Progress has been made in the development of nuclear weapons, and Arthur has involuntarily set his sights on the development of nuclear weapons.

Of course, it is not the development of nuclear weapons at present, but the research and exploration of nuclear theory.

The research on nuclear weapons did not happen overnight, and it took decades in history from the discovery of electrons and X-rays to the discovery of nuclear fission and the birth of nuclear weapons.

Numerous scientific theories have laid a solid foundation for nuclear weapons, which is the real reason for the creation of nuclear weapons.

This also means that if you want to study nuclear weapons, you must verify a complete nuclear theory before you can develop nuclear weapons based on this theory.

The good news is that previous scientists have laid a solid foundation for this theory, and the discovery and formulation of the natural radioactivity of electrons, X-rays, polonium, radium and uranium, special relativity and the formula of mass and energy correlation, quantum mechanics and atomic models have opened a new stage in the development of atomic theory.

There is no definite timetable for the development of nuclear weapons, as existing theories do not support the development of nuclear weapons in Australasia.

Without a complete theory, scientists don't even know exactly what nuclear weapons are, and naturally they can't give an exact timetable.

The study of any weapon must be based on theory, and this weapon does not exist until the theory is explored.

Even if nuclear fission was discovered in history, it took more than a decade to create nuclear weapons, let alone now, when nuclear fission has not even been discovered.

In order to allow Australasia to develop nuclear weapons as soon as possible, Arthur can be regarded as racking his brains, frantically recalling the milestones of the development progress of nuclear weapons in later generations.

The earliest nuclear weapon was the atomic bomb, and the study of the atomic bomb was certainly inseparable from the atom.

If Arthur remembers correctly, with the discovery of neutrons, scientists came up with the hypothesis that the nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons, which led to the advancement of related research.

A very simple sentence in the physics books of later generations has to go through many arguments in reality, and it must be supported by solid theories before it can be confirmed.

Although it is only a simple sentence, there are a large number of scientists who have devoted their lives to it, which cannot be mentioned in physics books.

Although science and technology are indeed very advanced after 100 years, without the efforts of many scientists a hundred years ago, the pyramid would not have been built, and advanced science and technology have no theoretical basis.

Although Arthur has some understanding of the theory of nuclear weapons, it has been too long and many have forgotten it.

In addition to the theory that the nucleus of an atom is made up of neutrons and protons, Arthur also remembers nuclear fission and the famous uranium-235.

Of course, there were chain reactions and the like, which Arthur provided to the Institute of Physics headed by Albert Einstein to help them with their research on nuclear theory.

The study of nuclear theory is a matter of strategic interest in Australasia, and Arthur has instructed in advance that no one should be allowed to leak any research results, otherwise it will be regarded as a betrayal of Australasia.

Of course, in order to compensate these scientists, Arthur said that he would increase the research funds of these people and encourage them to conduct research in other areas.

It's clear that scientists still value their research funding. After Arthur had received a large amount of additional research funding, the physicists agreed to the proposal to temporarily conceal the study of the theory.

With the news provided by Arthur, I believe that the Institute of Physics will be very busy in the near future, after all, the exploration of various hypotheses cannot be realized in a short period of time.

Of course, the information provided by Arthur is basically verified by later generations, which can also make Australasia's nuclear theory research less detours.

With the help of Congo's high-quality uranium mines, Arthur was confident that he could develop nuclear weapons before history, and even used them in the middle of World War II.

After all, no matter how the world situation develops, nuclear weapons will always be the last card of all countries in 100 years, and there will not be much chance to use them.

World War II was the most appropriate opportunity to use nuclear weapons, which amounted to a unilateral strike until other countries developed them.

In particular, after the use of nuclear weapons, other countries will see the power of nuclear weapons, and they will naturally devote themselves to the research of nuclear weapons at all costs.

This wave of research is simply unstoppable, and even Australasia's lead, no matter how big it is, will not stop other countries from developing nuclear weapons.

This also means that, in addition to World War II, which is the most suitable time to use nuclear weapons, when World War II is over, if you want to use nuclear weapons, you have to look at the faces of other countries.

The first is that the blind use of nuclear weapons is a blow to the country's reputation, and the second is that it is also necessary to consider whether other countries have developed nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons after World War II were more used for deterrence, which can be dispensed without, but they must be had, which is probably what it means.

For a variety of reasons, Arthur was eager to use nuclear weapons in World War II. After all, the famous Mount Fuji hasn't erupted for a long time, and for no reason, Arthur just wants to see what a volcanic eruption looks like.

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