April 12, 1935, five days after the second atomic bomb test was completed.

Arthur looked at the three contrasting sets of data on his desk, looked at Einstein with some surprise, and couldn't help asking, "Is this the data on the atomic bomb you tested a few days ago?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Einstein nodded, surprised at Arthur as if he had expected it.

"The first data is our first test of a gun-type atomic bomb, and the second and third are our improved uranium-235 atomic bomb and plutonium-239 atomic bomb, respectively." Albert Einstein introduced.

"The improved uranium-235 atomic bomb has an explosive yield of 3,200 tons of TNT equivalent, and the utilization rate of nuclear materials is at least 10%? Plutonium-239 atomic bomb with an explosive yield of 5000 tons and a utilization rate of at least 15% of nuclear materials? Arthur never imagined that the data of the second nuclear weapon test explosion would be so different from the first.

Of course, this is a good thing for Australasia.

You must know that these three atomic bombs are all test bombs, the first atomic bomb only contained one kilogram of uranium-235 as nuclear material, and the other two atomic bombs also only had 1.5 kilograms of uranium-235 and plutonium-239 each.

In normal operations, it is certainly impossible to load only such a small amount of nuclear material.

The two atomic bombs dropped by the Americans on the island countries, the first one contained a full 64 kilograms of uranium-235, and the second one also contained 6.1 kilograms of plutonium-239, which was much larger than these test bombs.

Theoretically, the more nuclear material you load, the more powerful the atomic bomb will be.

Although it cannot be calculated according to a simple multiple, if the Australasian atomic bomb is generally loaded with more than 6 kilograms of plutonium-239, does this mean that the explosive power of a single atomic bomb can reach a terrifying 30,000 tons of TNT equivalent?

The explosion power of an atomic bomb with a TNT equivalent of 30,000 tons is equivalent to that of an earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher. This also means that just dropping an atomic bomb on an enemy city can deal a huge blow to that city.

Is it expensive to make an atomic bomb?

Big of course

But if an atomic bomb can cost the enemy a city, the cost is relatively low for Australasia.

"Are you sure that such data is stable? Or is the explosion yield unstable? Arthur asked, expectantly.

If such explosions can occur steadily, it means that Australasia can immediately start building atomic bombs, and use a large number of atomic bombs as its final cards.

"Your Majesty, according to our many calculations, such data is quite reasonable." Albert Einstein replied: "After the design of an ordinary atomic bomb, the utilization rate of uranium-235 can reach more than 8%, and the utilization rate of plutonium-239 can reach more than 13%. ”

Arthur nodded excitedly, stared at Einstein, and asked the question he was most concerned about: "Can the current nuclear weapons research and testing team start to manufacture atomic bombs in large quantities?" What is the scale of our atomic bomb production if we produce it in desperation? ”

"Your Majesty, the fact that the other structures of the atomic bomb are easy to manufacture is not the reason for limiting the production of the atomic bomb. For us, the only factor limiting the production of atomic bombs is the rate of production of nuclear materials, and this is what we have to address at the moment. Einstein replied.

On an industrial scale in Australasia, other parts of the atomic bomb are easy to make, and even a large number of atomic bomb frames are being made every day.

But the problem is that without the nuclear material inside, the atomic bomb frame is just the simplest detonating device, and it is actually useless at all.

To increase the rate of production of nuclear material, a large number of nuclear reactors must be built to increase the production of plutonium-239.

Because plutonium-239 is a new element produced during nuclear reactions. In order to increase the production of plutonium-239, it is necessary to separate a large amount of uranium-235 from the uranium ore for nuclear reaction.

At the end of the day, the most important thing at the moment is to build a large number of centrifuges to separate large quantities of uranium-235 from uranium ore.

"At present, the creation of the atomic bomb is a top priority for the country, and any resources must be tilted towards the nuclear weapons development and testing team first." Arthur instructed: "On behalf of the government, I will allocate $5 million to the nuclear weapons research and development test team.

The money will be used to build larger-scale centrifuges that will be used to increase the rate at which uranium-235 can be extracted by nuclear weapons research and development experimental teams.

With 30,000 tons of TNT equivalent as the base template, whether it is a uranium-235 atomic bomb or a plutonium-239 atomic bomb, I hope that the nuclear weapons development and test team will be able to produce at least five atomic bombs per year.

At the same time, we will allocate a portion of our manpower to miniaturize nuclear weapons. As you should know about the missile research and development team's project, if you can carry nuclear weapons on missiles, it will become the weapon with the longest range and the greatest power in human history.

The creation of an atomic bomb is a primary task, and the miniaturization of nuclear weapons is a secondary task. On this basis, we want people to give people, money to money, and materials to materials.

All the problems you have can be notified to Hunter first, and he will take care of all the problems for you. Tell those guys in the nuclear weapons development and test team that I have the title and medal ready for them, and how soon I can get it depends on their efforts. ”

The research and development of nuclear weapons is definitely a major national event, and Arthur will definitely not be stingy with these scientific researchers who develop nuclear weapons.

What Arthur said was true. After the first nuclear weapons test explosion, Arthur began to work on incentives for these nuclear weapons developers.

led by a group of scientists, they received the most generous rewards, and the guarantee was also baronial.

In particular, Einstein, the head of the nuclear weapons test research and development team, will become the top group of scientific researchers and be the first to receive the title of earl.

In addition to these titles, there will be no shortage of medals, assets and financial rewards.

However, due to the need for absolute secrecy in the field of nuclear weapons, they are only awarded scientific research projects, and the details of their research and development will not be revealed.

"I understand, Your Majesty. With your support, it is not difficult to reach the production of 5 atomic bombs per year. However, if we want to develop a miniaturized nuclear weapon in addition to the production of five atomic bombs, we will need the help of experts in the relevant fields. Einstein nodded and said.

Miniaturizing the atomic bomb is easy to say, but it is also difficult to do.

Even if it succeeds in downsizing, it is necessary to consider how the miniaturized atomic bomb and the missile will work together to achieve the best possible condition.

This also means that the help of experts in missile research and development is needed to achieve the combination of atomic bomb and missile.

For Einstein's request, Arthur naturally would not refuse.

Speaking of which, missile research and development has come to a standstill so far, and there will not be much progress in a short period of time.

Combined with nuclear weapons, it is clear that it is a project that can produce quick results. If missiles and nuclear weapons could be successfully combined before the outbreak of World War II, Australasia would have a global nuclear deterrent capability.

Of course, this global nuclear deterrent capability is actually rather clumsy. Moreover, for some remote inland areas, missiles are obviously out of reach.

It is not so much a global nuclear deterrent as a nuclear deterrence of all the coastal countries of the world. In particular, countries with too much strategic depth along the coast like island countries have a huge deterrent to these countries.

With a sufficient stockpile of nuclear weapons, Australasia could even completely destroy the coastal cities of the island nation, allowing the island nation to fall from the status of a great power to a small state.

This is a huge change in the existing concept of warfare. Prior to this, there were many ways to eliminate a country, but there were basically only two.

One is to achieve total occupation and complete assimilation of a country over a long period of history. The other is to achieve complete division, so that a unified country can be divided into multiple small countries, and so that many small countries can check and balance each other.

But there is a problem with both approaches: it is very difficult to assimilate or divide a particularly powerful state.

Most of the defeated countries in World War I retained their vitality, and even the Austrian Empire, which lost Hungary, is still one of the great powers.

But in a future war, Australasia can completely defeat the island nation by its own means.

Every atomic bomb dropped on the ground represents the casualties of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in the island nation.

At present, the population of the island country is only tens of millions, and if it is done cruelly, it can even reduce the population of the island country to one million.

Of course, it would be crazy to do so, and it would greatly affect Arthur's reputation in history.

After all, no matter how ferocious the generals who slaughtered the enemy in human history, they only reached the level of hundreds of thousands or millions.

If this nation is really made to become a million-dollar population, the number of island people that Australasia needs to slaughter will be as high as tens of millions.

That's more than the total human damage done in World War I. If Arthur did do this, although it would be very happy, the blow to Australasia and Arthur's reputation would be enough to make the rest of Australasia's reign turbulent.

For the island country, Arthur already has a certain way to deal with it in his heart.

Nuclear weapons will definitely be dropped, and it will take quite a heavy trauma to the island nation in order for this dog to be obedient.

Secondly, if it is well controlled, the extreme nation of the island nation also has a certain value.

On the premise of quickly defeating the island nation, you can control the government of the island country and form a large island army to help Australasia expedition to Europe.

These islanders, like the Filipinos and the Kalimantans, will become cannon fodder with a certain value that can be lost at will.

Moreover, the location of the island nation can also limit the development of the now unified Russia.

Arthur still has a certain fear of the current Russia. After Nicholas II fled to London, the Russian government had achieved complete control over all Russian territories.

A united, new-minded Russia, with a population of hundreds of millions, a vast territory and abundant mineral resources, shows even more potential than Australasia.

After all, the population of Australasia has always been a problem, and in the face of Russia, which has a population more than twice as large as itself, it is naturally at a disadvantage.

Of course, Russia's vast territory is also a problem for Russia. Although they have the largest number of hundreds of millions of people in the native population of the Great Powers, the vast majority of them are concentrated in Eastern Europe.

The vast regions of Siberia and the Far East are rarely set foot by Russians on their own volition. In addition to the Russian army, only a few cities and warmer places will see the Russians.

For Russia, the amount of manpower and materials required to govern such a large territory is also astronomical.

This is the new Russian government. If it had been the previous Tsarist government of Nicholas, the huge population and vast territory had become a burden on the tsarist government.

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