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Text Chapter 508 Four consecutive nuclear explosions!

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    When the huge mushroom-shaped fireball rose from the sky twenty kilometers away, Lin Han was sitting on the submarine numbered U571, twenty kilometers away, admiring the scene alone.

    Due to concerns about the radiation damage to the submarines caused by the large amount of radioactive powder caused by the nuclear explosion, all human crew members were prohibited from standing on the submarine and admiring the scene of the nuclear bomb air-detonating at a height of 500 meters above the head of the U.S. fleet.

    After the second nuclear explosion, the surrounding warships in the entire Atura Island waters were in chaos. The mobile anti-submarine patrol ships and air defense warning ships that were originally located on the periphery were all in a state of communication interruption and were unable to contact their superiors.  In the confusion of being overwhelmed.  The originally tight protective patrol network also had a large number of flaws.  In the sea area where U571 is now traveling, there are no destroyers within a dozen kilometers around it, so it can safely surface and travel.  Although there are many American destroyers further afield, they are all running at full speed, frantically moving away from Atura Island in order to escape a possible third nuclear strike.

    Sitting on the boat, after Lin Han said these words to Hannah, a female figure appeared out of thin air on the surface of the boat, and Hannah also came out.

    As soon as she appeared, she stretched out her hand to Lin Han. Their hands touched each other in the air, and they quickly merged into one person, and then disappeared out of thin air on the boat platform.

    A few seconds later, the high-power radio station on the submarine began to work, sending out radio signals to guide the approaching Soviet nuclear attack aircraft brigade in the sky to correct its course and approach the target.

    After a large-yield nuclear explosion, radio communications will be strongly affected in a short period of time. However, if you only provide guidance to aircraft within a range of tens of thousands of meters overhead, you can still communicate.

    The third round of nuclear strikes by the Eurasian coalition forces against the US fleet stationed on Atura Island came again fifteen minutes after the second atomic bomb was dropped.

    A Figure 4 strategic bomber, escorted by multiple TA154 night fighters, dropped the third Soviet-made atomic bomb with an explosive yield of 80,000 tons over the artificial port of Atura Island at 4 o'clock in the morning.

    The hurricane of the third nuclear explosion is still raging.  Only ten minutes later, another Figure 4 strategic bomber flew over the head of U571. Five minutes later, the fourth sun rose over Atura Island.

    Although the fourth nuclear bomb was dropped by a Soviet Tu-4 bomber.  But the manufacturer comes from China.  In order to "save" nuclear bombs, New China used its first nuclear test directly on Americans.

    In less than two hours, the little Atura Island was devoured four atomic bombs in a row, with a total yield of nearly 300,000 tons!

    ¡°Summer is here. It¡¯s mushroom harvest season again!¡±

    On the U571 submarine, Lin Han, who was in pain, released this telegram in clear code to the entire Pacific. After dawn, this telegram was published on the front pages of newspapers across Europe.

    After the Battle of Guam, the entire U.S. Navy was annihilated. In the process of reconstruction, by 1946, a total of twelve fleets had been formed, ten of which were placed in the Pacific.  In the early morning of July 4th, four of them were deployed on Atura Island, and the remaining four were also in the waters of the Aleutian Islands.  The Fourth and Eighth Fleets are being repaired and maintained on the west coast of the United States.

    Such a huge fleet was scattered in three artificial ports on Atura Island.  If the number of ships in the port had not been saturated, and the need to guard against the Eurasian Combined Fleet in the south, as well as for "conservative" security reasons, President Dewey, who was so happy with his success, almost would have packed all eight Pacific Fleets remaining in the Western Pacific.  here.

    When the Atura Islands encountered a nuclear attack, the remaining four Pacific Fleets were the 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th Fleets. They were all scattered in the waters of Kiska Island east of Atura Island and its Cape.  Because the anchorage was far away from the Soviet land-based airport, it was lucky enough to escape the nuclear strike of the Eurasian coalition forces.

    Stationed on Atura Island are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 7th Pacific Fleets of the U.S. Navy. They became the key targets of nuclear strikes that night.

    The Fourth of July is the National Day of the United States.  According to President Dewey's plan, a total of twenty Essex-class aircraft carriers, eight Independence-class aircraft carriers, and all four Iowa-class battleships were anchored at Atura Island.  As well as the USS Montana, the chief flagship of the Pacific Fleet, there are also 20 cruisers and more than 180 destroyers parked in the port. In addition, there are 34 escort aircraft carriers and more than 200 other auxiliary and supply ships.  ship.  It can be said that 40% of the combat power of the United States is concentrated here.

    Since the three population ports on Atura Island are separated from each other, there is a certain distance.  In order to ensure the maximum nuclear strike effect, coalition aircraft dropped three enhanced atomic bombs with a yield of more than 80,000 tons over three ports in about thirty-two minutes, ensuring that each port  Got one.

    The main reason why three atomic bombs were not dropped at the same time wasFirst, the three bomb dropping points are close to each other and the risk of throwing them is high. Second, the time points of the atomic bomb explosion are too close, and the impacts of the nuclear explosions will conflict with each other, which will weaken the strike effect.

    Within two hours, four atomic bombs were swallowed in one breath, and the defenders and fleet stationed on Atura Island suffered fatal losses.

    MacArthur, who escaped the first nuclear attack in an underground bomb shelter, did not escape the second nuclear attack.  The second nuclear bomb was detonated 550 meters above the port, about 1,500 meters away from his air-raid shelter. MacArthur, who was "looking at the scenery" outside the air-raid shelter at the time, was burned directly by the light radiation produced by the nuclear explosion.  His eyes were burned out, and then the shock wave of the nuclear explosion blew his body away without a trace.

    Another commander of the U.S. Navy¡¯s Pacific Fleet, Halsey, did not escape this disaster.

    An 80,000-ton atomic bomb exploded right above his fleet.

    If he had been commanding his flagship, the USS Montana, the Montana captain's cabin had more than 200 millimeters of horizontal armor and 400 centimeters of side armor, which could have withstood the shock wave of a nuclear explosion a thousand meters away.  and nuclear radiation, he might have some chance of escaping death.

    "It's a pity that he was on a thin-skinned cruiser at the time. When the nuclear explosion occurred, he even looked up at the sky through the porthole window in a desperate attempt to survive.

    The strong flash of the nuclear explosion blinded Ha Guangxi's eyes for the first time, and then the shock wave of the nuclear explosion shattered the porthole glass and hit the command room.  The crushed glass shards hit Halsey's face like bullets, and the bodies of all the people in the command room were pierced like sieves.

    After swallowing four mushrooms, the garrison on Atura Island was basically dead and wounded. Even if a handful of lucky people barely escaped death that day, they suffered from strong nuclear radiation and could not escape the torture of radiation damage.  From immediate death to painful death after a month.

    The very few personnel in the command center who escaped the four nuclear explosions by hiding in a solid air-raid shelter were also unable to escape death.

    There has been "historical" nuclear explosion test data from the "Operation Crossroads" on Bikini Island. Before the nuclear attack, Lin Han's family believed that only four nuclear bombs would be used to attack Atura Island.  It is theoretically impossible to completely annihilate the American fleet here.  (The effect of nuclear bombs on the fleet has been mentioned in previous chapters, so I will not repeat it)

    According to Lin Han¡¯s point of view, it doesn¡¯t matter that all warships cannot be ¡°nuclear-sinked¡±.  Killing and disabling as many people and sailors as possible on the ship can still achieve the strategic goal of annihilating the fleet here.

    The first way nuclear explosions kill humans with protein bodies is the "physical direct impact" of optical radiation, nuclear radiation, and nuclear shock waves during nuclear explosions, while the second, more terrifying way is the nuclear radiation produced after the nuclear explosion.  Dust is absorbed into the human body and causes various types of nuclear radiation sickness.

    The conscience-stricken Lin Han family dropped all "additional" cobalt bombs on Atura Island!

    The shell of each nuclear bomb is covered with a special layer of cobalt. These four bombs are all cobalt bombs. Cobalt bombs are also considered to be one of the "dirties" nuclear bombs.

    A certain amount of ordinary cobalt (co59) is placed around the explosives in the nuclear bomb.  When a nuclear bomb explodes, the neutrons produced in the nuclear reaction will convert cobalt-59 into the radioactive isotope cobalt-60, which is returned to Earth in the form of dust.  contaminate the ground.  Cobalt 60 decays into nickel 60 and emits gamma rays with a value of 1.17 and 1.33 mev.  Its half-life is 5.27 years, which allows cobalt 60 sufficient time to spread and maintain sufficient radiation intensity. Because the half-life is too long, even if the attacker hides in a bunker, it will be difficult to wait for the radiation to end.

    "The gamma rays released by cobalt-60 are extremely penetrating, and even within a thick steel hull, the debilitating effect is very poor.  Historically, this concept was first proposed by physicist Leo Szilard in 195026, claiming that a batch of cobalt bombs could wipe out all humans.  His purpose was not to build such a bomb.  Rather, it shows that nuclear weapons technology will soon reach a level that can wipe out the entire human race.

    Of the four nuclear bombs detonated by Lin Han¡¯s family on Atura Island, the most powerful one was the first one, and the ¡°dirtiest¡± one was also the first one.

    Since it is a "primitive" method of using a submarine to detonate on the beach, it was not used during manufacturing.  There is no need to consider the load issue.  In order to increase the power and "pollution" effect, all conceivable pollution-increasing devices can be installed on this nuclear bomb like crazy.

    After four nuclear explosions, the U.S. Navy officers and soldiers at the center of the nuclear explosion, and the survivors, more or less inhaled deadly nuclear dust.  Radiation sickness will soon develop in their bodies.

    No matter how powerful the warship is, it still needs healthy sailors to operate it.

    Although a large number of warships of the First, Second, Third, and Seventh Pacific Fleets, which suffered three nuclear strikes from air blasts, still floated tenaciously on the sea and did not sink directly, this fleet was already in ruins.

    It happened three times at an altitude of 500 to 600 meters overhead.??The nuclear explosion caused serious damage to the Pacific Fleet.

    The five battleships anchored in the harbor all withstood the nuclear explosion and did not sink on the spot.  However, all warships suffered varying degrees of damage.

    The most serious damage was the damage to fragile components such as fleet surface radars and optical sighting equipment, and the basic destruction of secondary batteries and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns with insufficient armor protection.  The high-heat and high-temperature shock generated by the nuclear explosion also detonated some ammunition piled in the open air on the hull, causing certain losses.

    The powerful nuclear shock wave hit the warship, which also caused a certain degree of deformation and damage to the ship. In addition, all the porthole glass of all warships in the military port was shattered.

    The three nuclear strikes did not cause any damage to the four Iowa-class battleships, but directly disabled their "five senses."  All types of observation equipment and radar equipment were destroyed, and these five battleships had actually lost their ability to conduct long-range artillery battles.  The destruction of the secondary anti-aircraft guns made these warships weak and powerless in the face of air threats, leaving them at their mercy.

    In addition, another terrible thing is that during the nuclear explosion, a large number of "loyal to their duties" sailors ran to work on the upper floors of the warship. As a result, they were directly killed by the flash of the nuclear explosion. Those who were lucky enough were directly killed by thermal radiation, light radiation, and shock waves.  , those who are "unlucky" will be blinded on the spot, and then endure the torture of radiation sickness in the future.

    The five battleships were able to withstand the "test" of a nuclear strike due to their rough skin and rough flesh, but other warships in the port did not have such a "good luck".

    The heaviest losses were those auxiliary ships and destroyers that were near the explosion center.  After three nuclear explosions, a total of nearly a hundred such ships sank directly or ignited fire due to nuclear explosions and turned into eye-catching torches floating on the sea.

    Twenty Essex-class aircraft carriers and seven Independence-class aircraft carriers were all severely damaged in the nuclear explosion.  Among them, twelve Essex-class aircraft carriers and four Independence-class aircraft carriers were extremely seriously injured.  Although they have not sunk immediately, fires are burning on every ship, and damage control personnel are desperately trying to rescue the damaged ships.  The decks of these aircraft carriers were all severely damaged and their combat effectiveness was completely lost before the shipyard overhaul.  As for those Casablan-class aircraft carriers, they were also extremely damaged in the nuclear explosion. Twenty of the thirty-four aircraft carriers were severely damaged in the nuclear explosion, and twelve of them have sunk or are sinking or are burning.  A fire broke out.

    Four nuclear attacks in less than two hours completely destroyed these four fleets, but this was not the end, but just the beginning.

    In July, Atura Island, located in a high latitude area, gets very early in the morning. At about 4:10, the sun rises above the sea level.

    At four forty minutes, when the American fleet that had been hit by a nuclear attack was still struggling in the aftermath of the nuclear explosion, there was a dense buzzing sound coming from the sky above Atura Island.

    When the nuclear explosion occurred, a large number of four-engine heavy bombers taking off from the island-based airport in the Soviet Union's Comandor Islands appeared above the US fleet.  Half of these four-engine heavy bombers were German Me264s and the other half were Soviet Tu-4 bombers. They entered the sky above Atura Island in batches.

    These four heavily bombarded aircraft all carry the same specially-made aerial bomb: hs293, the first air-to-ship missile used in actual combat in human history.  (~^~)
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