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Volume 2 Growth Chapter 768 Pandora¡¯s Box

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    A blazing sun hung high in the sky, spreading its scorching light to every inch of the earth below.  ¡­¨QThere is almost no moisture in the air, as if drought is the eternal theme here.  Thousands of miles of wasteland is filled with yellow sand, just like the undulating valleys and mountains. Looking far into the distance, you can't even see the end of this sea of ??sand.  Occasionally, a strong wind blows, and countless fine sands are blown up and rolled up like catkins all over the sky, and the endless desert also ripples like waves, and finally presents a scene that is completely different from the appearance before the wind blows.  This is a desert in German West Africa, located in the depths of the Sahara Desert that traverses Africa.  Due to the extremely harsh environment, even the most durable desert plants have become extinct in this area. Between sunrise and moonset, it seems as if they have been abandoned by God.  However, on May 20, 1938, the first visitors in decades came here.  A large team set up a camp dozens of kilometers away from the center of the desert. The roar of various vehicles continued all night long, and dotted sentries and observation stations were also established one after another, reaching deep into the barren desert.  The desert heart of the earth.  In the past few days, relevant staff have frequently entered the depths of the desert, taking advantage of the cool dark nights to set up various measuring instruments at predetermined locations; under the shroud of moonlight and stars, their busy figures can be seen everywhere.  A week ago, when Ekman reported that the "Godfall" project had achieved decisive results, Qingying, who was so excited, immediately issued the order to conduct the first nuclear test.  Although this will cause Germany to waste a valuable nuclear bomb, the investment of this important national weapon in actual combat must also put stability first: once the explosion fails due to some technical error, the loss caused will undoubtedly be Germany's  unacceptable.  also.  German scientists also need to conduct experiments to measure some crucial data.  In order to continuously improve this weapon.  In another plane.  The major countries possessing nuclear weapons have conducted frequent nuclear explosion tests in their early explorations, and the explosion of the "Big Ivan" with an equivalent of 50 million tons of TNT was the culmination; if not for the constraints of a nuclear test ban treaty,  Neither of them will stop this behavior.  In order to witness this historic moment, Qingying took a special trip on a four-engine transport plane and flew for 8 hours before arriving near the test site in West Africa.  As soon as she stepped out of the cabin, the blazing temperature hit her face like a wave, which made Qingying, who was used to staying in Charlottenburg Palace, feel extremely uncomfortable.  However, all his thoughts were no longer on the harsh weather.  When a large, fat bomb appeared in front of Qingying on a flatbed truck.  His heart could not help but tremble slightly: five years of waiting and a huge investment of 4 billion marks were finally reflected in this 4-ton giant.  "Your Majesty, this bomb code-named 'Evil Dragon' is the first nuclear weapon we have built, and it is also the first energy source truly mastered in the history of human civilization after solar energy." A man with a straight face stood  In front of Qingying, he introduced to the monarch in front of him with a proud face, "It adopts an implosion structure. 32 pieces of highly enriched uranium 235 of equal mass are evenly arranged around the central chamber together with high explosives; as long as  When the synchronous detonator fuse is activated, dozens of pieces of highly enriched uranium 235 will converge toward the center under the strong impact of the explosive explosion, and will greatly exceed the critical mass in an instant. In order to increase the utilization of nuclear fuel, we.  In addition to using a reflective layer around the nuclear fuel, a neutron emitter is also set up next to the chamber: it can emit a large number of slow neutrons while the uranium 235 is compressed into the center, further intensifying the chain reaction.  First, even if the fused nuclear fuel is re-dispersed due to the huge energy released by the chain reaction, the slow neutrons provided by this neutron launcher can neutronize some of the scattered highly enriched uranium-235.  The value-added coefficient exceeds 1, thus allowing this part of the nuclear fuel to return to the critical state. " Qingying nodded with satisfaction, her eyes full of undisguised joy.  Compared with the "Little Boy" uranium bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan in another dimension, the current "Evil Dragon" created by Germany is a level higher in terms of detonation method: the little boy's will  The gun-type detonation in which one piece of uranium is compressed onto another piece of uranium not only takes a long time to fuse, but there is also no reflective layer or slow neutron emitter around the nuclear fuel to supplement the neutrons. This causes the two pieces of highly enriched uranium to separate at the touch of a touch, and the fuel  The utilization rate is less than 2%.  Under his own promotion, Germany's nuclear bombs adopted a more reasonable detonation method and structure from the beginning, which will definitely make the power of the same charge far exceed that of its American counterparts from another dimension.  "Dr. Heisenberg, how many kilograms of explosives does this bomb have, and what is the estimated fuel utilization rate and equivalent power?" Qingying asked, looking directly into the eyes of the man in front of her.  The handsome man known as Heisenberg did not dare to neglect, and immediately replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have equipped this nuclear bomb with 30kg of highly enriched uranium 235."??Mainly due to the large critical mass of this substance, even if we have set up a neutron reflection layer in the bomb, we must have enough raw materials to ensure the scale of its chain reaction.  It is estimated that the fuel utilization rate of this nuclear bomb is expected to reach 10%, and the explosion yield is 45,000 tons of TNT. If it is dropped over a city like Munich or Frankfurt, the entire city will be ejected from the earth.  erased.  "Speaking of this, this super genius who won the Nobel Prize in Physics at the age of 31 and pioneered the field of quantum mechanics couldn't help but feel sincere admiration for the monarch in front of him. Even if  Even in this most difficult first-line scientific field, the emperor could still keep up with the trend of knowledge and attainments, and ask targeted questions based on his professional explanations. This was very important for governing the entire empire and managing all kinds of military matters.  This is an extreme exaggeration for a machine! "30kg of enriched uranium" Qingying muttered, feeling a little bit sick in her heart. The most difficult thing about making a nuclear bomb is the enrichment of uranium 235, in order to keep these natural content proportions.  Only 0.7% of it was separated from its isotope uranium-238 and repeatedly purified to more than 90%. Germany not only consumed thousands of tons of rare uranium ore, but also spent countless amounts of electricity after two years.  After much refining, the highly enriched uranium currently obtained by Germany through the gas separation method does not exceed 70kg. Now this test has used nearly half of it at once. Seeing Qingying's performance, Heisenberg quickly added: "But.  Next time, we will use plutonium-239 as the raw material for nuclear bombs.  This substance is produced by decay in a controlled nuclear reactor and is much easier to separate than uranium 235; more importantly, nuclear reactors only require uranium fuel rods with a purity of 2 to 3% to maintain operation, which means that we  It can greatly reduce the investment in obtaining nuclear bomb raw materials.  In addition, since the critical mass of plutonium-239 is only about one-third that of uranium-235, the raw material threshold for making nuclear bombs is greatly reduced.  Within the next month, we can produce two plutonium bombs. If we add the remaining enriched uranium, we will have a total of three nuclear bombs for use in the current war.  " When Heisenberg, the second person in charge of the "Shenyu" project, finished his introduction, Qingying and a group of testers immediately walked into the underground shelter. Although the test center is a full 40 kilometers away from here, the nuclear explosion  The violent shock wave generated will still sweep through this area. For safety reasons, the testers can only stay in this bunker and observe various measurements of the explosion with the help of artillery mirrors extending from the ground.  Instruments and instruments for parameters such as wind speed and radioactivity intensity have long been installed and are ready to collect data at any time; the soldiers in charge of vigilance have also begun to clear the site, driving all irrelevant personnel to the depths of the desert where the wind and sand are raging, carrying the "Evil Dragon".  The convoy has arrived at the predetermined location. Technicians and soldiers wearing sand masks carefully unloaded the nearly 4-ton giant from the truck, then loaded it into the recently built steel tower and raised it to the top through machinery.  A steel tower dome 50 meters above the ground is different from ordinary bombs. In order to give full play to the power of the shock wave generated by the explosion, nuclear bombs are usually detonated in the air at a certain height from the ground; if a stable steel frame is not built in the desert.  It was too difficult, and the height of the towers used in this experiment would be at least 100 meters. After completing these tasks, the convoy flew away from the scene like a criminal who had just robbed a bank, fearing that he would become one.  The first guests invited by this "super god of death" are melting gold in the sunset, and the towering towers and the chubby bombs on the top are bathed in the last rays of the setting sun, reflecting the endless desert, making them even more desolate.  Magnificent. The red sun is hidden and the moon is in the sky. Due to the extremely dry climate, the night sky in the desert area is cloudless and the stars and the moon are all gathered; except for the dust that rolls in from time to time, it can be called the most ideal star.  The hot temperature in the sky gradually dropped and gradually returned to a cooler level: according to the plan of the German technicians, the bomb was detonated in the early morning before sunrise, because the temperature at that time was most representative of other parts of the earth.  At 3 o'clock in the morning on May 29, the entire underground shelter was already in a serious and tense atmosphere, and pairs of eyes, either expectant or uneasy, were cast on the sea.  On the remote controller in front of Heisenberg, when the last minute countdown ended, Heisenberg immediately pressed the button that opened Pandora's Box. For a moment, time seemed to have stopped (To be continued.  Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! ps: Thanks to book friends Pigeon, 46 for their monthly ticket support, and 4-eyed sick cats, zhouyu1976 for their rewards~~~ When this chapter was uploaded, it was shown that there were sensitive words, this is to be dealt with  What happened next
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