The Rise of the Third Reich

A planned meeting of European Community leaders soon has been postponed again. Because the great leaders of various countries, including Hitler himself, no longer have the time to attend any meetings, but stay at home and watch movies - it is a blockbuster about the atomic bomb explosion, it is in color, the picture quality is very good, and it reflects the real The shocking scene when the atomic bomb exploded.

People who watched the film were either ecstatic, had mixed emotions, or were extremely shocked.

Adolf Hitler, a group of high-level officials of the Nazi-Father Party government, and the generals of the German Wehrmacht were undoubtedly ecstatic after watching the blockbuster film about the atomic bomb explosion.

"We have won!" After watching the blockbuster, Hitler began to express his opinions in the movie screening room of the Chancellery. He made gestures like he did in public speeches. Although the range of movements was not that large, everyone could imagine what he was thinking. of excitement and joy.

"All dreams will come true. The foundation of the Thousand-Year Aryan Empire has been laid. Germany's position as the leader of the European Community has become unshakable. And the United States will also be punished for their perfidy and their treachery to the German nation and Europe. The crimes committed must be paid the due price. The era of continuous decline in Europe ended yesterday. Starting from today, Europe has achieved revival under the leadership of Germany. A glorious, great, fertile and well-ordered Europe will soon be. will appear and last for thousands of years! We have created a thousand-year empire!”

Adolf Hitler suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Long live victory!"

"Long live victory!" Others in the cinema hall also shouted together.

Hirschman was also in the movie screening room. Because he had witnessed the shocking scene of the atomic bomb explosion, he still maintained some composure.

"Gentlemen!" he raised his voice. "Yesterday, we not only opened the door to the Thousand-Year Reich, but also opened a Pandora's box and released a devil called nuclear weapons! Yes, our German Empire is the most Having it first is a huge advantage that will allow us to win world leadership and a strong, united and prosperous European Community... All of this will become a reality in the next 10, 20 or 30 years.

But here, I would like to remind you of two points: 1. Although we have atomic bombs, we do not have the delivery vehicle to drop atomic bombs into the United States... although the theoretical maximum combat radius of our Me264 long-range bomber can reach the United States. However, the Heisenberg device we currently have weighs 4.5 tons. If it is to be carried by the Me264, it must be about 2,500 kilometers away from the east coast of the United States, which can be used as a base for the Me264 long-range bomber to take off, and this base must also be Relatively safe.

2. The difficulty of manufacturing the Heisenberg device is lower than imagined. With the current technology and industrial strength of the Americans, it is completely possible to manufacture weapons-grade uranium-235 and plutonium that can assemble several atomic bombs within a few years. 239... Technically, this is not too difficult for the United States. According to intelligence, the Americans are building a large uranium mine in Canada and are actively seeking ways to refine uranium-235 and plutonium-239. They may have already conducted reactor tests! So there is not much time left for us to defeat the United States. "

Because it wanted to use atomic bombs to strengthen the unity of the European Community and establish Germany's absolute leadership, Germany adopted the approach of "public" nuclear testing.

Although not everyone knows it, there is no doubt that within a few days the big shots in the United States of America will get the "blockbuster" that Hitler, Hessmann and others are watching through various channels.

Moreover, this public display of nuclear explosions also revealed many key secrets. For example, how big is an atomic bomb? Knowing how big it is, you can infer how much weapons-grade uranium-235 or plutonium-239 is used as the charge. This is quite critical data!

Another example is the explosive yield of an atomic bomb. The "explosive yield of 20,000 tons" announced by Dr. Fermi in public will sooner or later be known to the scientific team of the Manhattan Project in the United States.

With these two key data that will not seem to be secrets in later generations, the Manhattan Project in the United States has a very clear direction of efforts.

The first, of course, is to accumulate weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. The former can be obtained through electromagnetic separation method and gas separation method. Since the research on separating isotopes (not only uranium and plutonium) has begun long ago, the theory of electromagnetic method and gas method And laboratory research has started long ago, so Americans know the methods. It’s just a matter of design and manufacturing – nothing more than throwing money at trial and error. The Germans themselves also spent a lot of money on the research of electromagnetic and gas methods, and experienced more than 70 failures before achieving success. According to the experience of the Germans, the electromagnetic method is the least difficult. In fact, it is to make giant electromagnets. The key is to have enough electricity and copper (Americans historically used silver).

As for plutonium production reactors, the difficulty is of course higher, mainly because the United States currently does not have enough uranium oxide to build reactors, so it is unable to conduct production reactor tests. However, the uranium mines invested and developed by the United States in Ontario, Canada (which existed before the war) have entered the stage of large-scale output, and the test of plutonium production reactors will be successful sooner or later.

The second problem is to design an atomic bomb with reference to the shape of the "Heisenberg Device". The principles of nuclear fission reaction are now basically understood by the scientists of the Manhattan Project. Now it is possible to determine the approximate amount of charge required to make an atomic bomb from the size and weight of the "Heisenberg Device."

In fact, the Americans also obtained similar data through calculations and preliminary reactor tests, and the Heisenberg device only verified the accuracy of their data.

So what we need to consider now is how to design the shape of the uranium or plutonium blocks used as charges, and how to blow them together - in theory, as long as a sufficient amount (reaching the critical value) of uranium 235 or plutonium 239 is put together. , the nuclear fission reaction occurs immediately.

After figuring out the critical value in practical applications (approximately enough) and knowing how to refine uranium-235 or plutonium-239 - for the United States, all it takes is to master the electromagnetic method (historically invented by American scientist Ernest Lawrence) ) and then just do it recklessly - after that, all that's left is just a matter of design and experimentation.

With American technology, it will fail a few times at most, but it will always succeed in the end.

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At the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, Mussolini and his son-in-law, Marquis Ciano, went into the screening room to watch movies since the early morning of June 2. However, the 30-minute short film was watched countless times by the father-in-law and son-in-law, and in the end they were not even in the mood to eat lunch.

I originally thought that the powerful Roman Empire could compete with the European Community and even become the world's largest power in the future, but I didn't expect that the Germanic barbarians in the north already had powerful weapons that could destroy everything!

And the poor Roman Empire was so miserable next to these Germanic barbarians who had mastered terrible weapons.

"God! Do these Germanic barbarians want to destroy the world?" Mussolini finally didn't want to watch the movie anymore. He said to his son-in-law, "I must go to Berlin in person... to please that corporal prime minister and that The German god of war to prevent this terrible weapon from being used in Rome!"

"Used in Rome?" Ciano was shocked by Mussolini's words, "No, something so terrible won't happen, right?"

"Who knows?" Mussolini widened his eyes and showed an exaggerated expression, "Anyway, we can't offend them... If they want a battleship, just give it to them. There is no other way, at least we have this kind of weapon. Before that, the Germans had to be treated with caution."

"We...we also want to build a nuclear fission bomb?"

"Of course!" Mussolini waved his fist, "The Roman Empire is a world power, so it must have nuclear bombs... The Germans have them, and we Romans must have them too! Otherwise, the Roman Empire will turn into a German barbarian sooner or later. As a vassal, Italy will even have problems with its survival. After all, it is also a part of Europe!”

Mussolini paused, "Also, you should go to Switzerland immediately with a copy of this film!"

Ciano was stunned, "Go to Switzerland?"

"Go to Switzerland!" Mussolini said, "Send a copy of the film to Hopkins...I think President Roosevelt should also see it."

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Hiroshi Oshima and Tadao Yokoi finally returned to their home country, Japan, in the early morning of June 3rd, Tokyo time.

The two of them haven't slept a wink since June 1st, and they were a little groggy when they got off the plane.

However, they still had no way to rest. A car sent by the Prime Minister's Office was waiting at the airport. The two of them got off the plane with the "film" and got into the car directly, and went straight to the Prime Minister's official residence. When I got there, I was immediately taken to the movie screening room by Tojo Hideki's adjutant, which was already crowded with big leaders of the navy and army in military uniforms.

Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, Minister of the Navy Yamamoto Isoroku, Chief of Staff Gen Sugiyama, Chief of Naval Command Nagano Osamu, and Army Aviation Chief Takeo Yasuda, who is in charge of Japan's nuclear program, all gathered together and stretched their necks to watch the movie.

Oshima Hiro personally handed the film to the administrator of the screening room, and then sat in an empty seat between Tojo Hideki and Yasuda Takeo.

"Oshima-kun, is it really 20,000 tons equivalent?" Yasuda, who was sitting on the left side of Oshima, asked the question before the movie started.

"Oh," Hiroshi Oshima responded, "It looks so powerful that the air wave of the explosion can be felt 20 kilometers away. As for the 20,000-ton equivalent, it was announced by someone from Enrico Fermi."

"Fermi? It turns out that he is also working for the Germans..." Takeo Yasuda took a breath, "If it is what he said, then it is probably right. A 4.5-ton bomb can produce a yield of 20,000 tons. Big, it’s so scary!”

"There will be one in Japan too!" Tojo Hideki interjected in a calm voice, "Yasuda-kun, we have to do it no matter what, do you understand?"