The Rise of the Third Reich

"Your Excellency, Imperial Marshal, considering that the United States is also currently actively seeking to build nuclear fission bombs, and that the Japanese Empire will be responsible for maintaining order in the Pacific and Greater East Asia in the future. Therefore, the development of nuclear fission weapons is a necessary choice, for your country and the European Community Therefore, our empire hopes that your country can assist in the development of nuclear fission bombs. Only when the empire possesses nuclear fission bombs can it safely engage in the final decisive battle with the United States..."

In the General Staff Headquarters of Tsosen, Imperial Marshal Hessmann is receiving the visiting Japanese Ambassador Lieutenant General Hiroshi Oshima. The Japanese Lieutenant General and Ambassador first introduced the bombing of Japan's oil fields and refineries in Southeast Asia as if complaining, as well as the United States' use of mustard gas on the battlefield on Oahu and against the Japanese mainland (the Japanese are still not sure about the Americans) Whether or not bacterial weapons were used).

Then Oshima Hiroshi changed the topic and made a request for Germany to assist Japan in developing nuclear weapons!

Hirschmann knew that in the original history, the Germans partially fulfilled Japan's request. However, in this time and space, Hessmann is in charge of the German Wehrmacht, and he has no intention of actually helping Japan build an atomic bomb...

"If we don't provide you with the technology related to nuclear fission bombs," Hersman looked at Oshima and asked calmly, "Will Japan have to make a separate peace with the United States?"

"This..." Hiroshi Oshima looked embarrassed and looked at Hersman and said, "Our empire will not negotiate a peace alone, but we are not opposed to the European Community, the Roman Empire and Japan jointly negotiating a peace with the United States."

"Oh." Hersman nodded, then opened the desk drawer, took out a photo of an airplane with 6 engines, and handed it to Oshima Hiroshi.

"This is……"

"This is the Ju390 intercontinental bomber." Hessmann said, "It is the next generation long-range bomber developed by Junkers. Its range is twice as long as the Me264 bomber, so it can achieve a combat radius of 6,000 kilometers. You know this kind of Was the plane used to drop some kind of bomb?"

The Ju390 bomber does not have a combat radius of 6,000 kilometers at all. In fact, this aircraft only has a maximum range of about 10,000 kilometers. All performance indicators are close to the Me264, but it has stronger firepower and defense. Therefore, the empty weight of the aircraft is close to 40 tons, which is much heavier than the American B-29. The cost and fuel consumption have reached a daunting level.

Although the German Air Force really wanted the Ju390, it found that the fuel and procurement funds were insufficient, so it had to settle for the cheaper Me264 (actually also sky-high price). Now what Hersman is using to fool Hiroshi Oshima is the photo of the Ju390 prototype.

"Is it used to drop a Heisenberg device?" Hiroshi Oshima immediately thought that the purpose of this Ju390 is to install a Heisenberg device to penetrate the east coast of the United States at night!

"Yes," Hersman said, "it will be in service in 1947, used to drop atomic bombs. But... the United States will also have the same aircraft by then, they call it the B-36, and the United States will probably also We had the atomic bomb then!”

"What?" Oshima Hiro was stunned for a moment, "The United States will also have atomic bombs? Is this impossible?"

"How is it impossible?" Hersman said in a gentle tone. "There are two key factors in making the Heisenberg device, one is uranium ore; the other is electricity. As far as we know, in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada There was a ready-made uranium mine in the region before the war... It is estimated that the uranium mine problem will not trouble the United States for long, and electricity is not a problem for the United States. They had more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year before the war, which is probably yours. 8 times, so they can refine uranium-235 very quickly.

Oh, by the way, according to our intelligence, American scientist Lawrence has also developed electromagnetic separation equipment for refining uranium-235! If this is what you want, I can approve the transfer of a set. "

In fact, Hersman doesn't know whether the Americans have mastered the technology to refine uranium-235. However, he knew that the isotope separation method developed by American scientist Lawrence was the "electromagnetic method" in history, also known as the "Lawrence method". It was a particularly wasteful method of national power, so he casually said it to fool the Japanese.

The electromagnetic method was later generally used to produce grams of heavy isotopes for scientific research. Its characteristic is that the process is simple and only one separation is needed to obtain highly enriched isotopes. The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of electricity and requires the use of a huge amount of copper.

While Germany is refining high-abundance plutonium-239 through plutonium production reactors, it is also looking for ways to refine uranium-235. Because uranium-235 with high abundance is a necessary raw material for energy-type reactors, energy-type nuclear reactors are currently also a focus of research by the U Engineering Committee.

In order to extract enough 235, engineers from the U Engineering Committee built two nuclear plants using electromagnetic method and gas separation method. Hersman actually knew that the electromagnetic method was not feasible, but he did not stop the engineers from the U Engineering Committee. Go build a factory. Because that was the responsibility of the scientists, and Hirschman, a layman, had better not interfere.

As a result, there is now an electromagnetic separation plant that is not in operation in the Krosny Mountains in Bohemia. Instead, Japanese engineers can be arranged to visit, and a set of electromagnetic separation equipment can be dismantled and shipped to Japan.

Hiroshi Oshima immediately showed an expression of surprise: "His Majesty Imperial Marshal, do you mean...that your country has agreed to transfer the technology of the Heisenberg device to us?"

"It's a key technology!" Hersman said seriously. "To be specific, it's a set of electromagnetic separators that advance the uranium-235 isotope. With it, you can imitate it and eventually build a large-scale electromagnetic separation plant to use electricity to produce high-quality electromagnetic separators." Purity of uranium-235. As long as there is enough high-purity uranium-235, it is not very difficult to make an atomic bomb. I believe Japanese scientists will find a way to detonate an atomic bomb.”

The technical difficulty of producing high-abundance uranium-235 using electromagnetic separators is not high, and even Japan can master it quickly. However, the power consumption of the electromagnetic method is astronomical. If Japan wants to produce enough weapons-grade uranium-235 as soon as possible, using all the country's electricity and copper for electromagnetic refining plants is probably the only way...

However, Hersman has no control over whether Japan has electricity to drive electromagnetic separation equipment. If he now approves the provision of equipment, it will be regarded as giving Japan the key technology for making atomic bombs - as long as the Japanese people do not use electricity or copper for N years, plus By mining enough uranium ore, enough uranium-235 can be accumulated to make atomic bombs.

"But the United States also owns the electromagnetic separator we provided to you!" Hersman immediately poured cold water on the Japanese. "Making an atomic bomb is a competition. Germany is in first place, and the second place must be America! We won the competition because we started earlier, two years earlier than the United States, and the United States would definitely have the atomic bomb and the aircraft to drop it on Tokyo!"

Of course, these words are also used to deceive people. Hersman does not know much about the situation of the Manhattan Project in this time and space in the United States.

"The German Empire will definitely not allow such a thing to happen, will it?"

Hessmann had a helpless smile on his face: "What can we do? If we cannot completely defeat the United States in this war, then after the war, Germany will be trapped in Europe's internal affairs and will be unable to prevent the United States from possessing atomic bombs. It is even more impossible to go to war with a United States that has atomic bombs for the sake of Japan... So you can either go all out to help us now, or use all your electricity to extract uranium-235 immediately."

In fact, it is not enough for Japan to use all its electricity to extract uranium-235. Japan now has more than 30 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, while the United States has more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Moreover, the United States is still 2 years ahead of Japan, so Japan will definitely lose to the United States in the race to build an atomic bomb.

Then we have to see whether the American people will elect a soft-hearted Virgin to be the president. However, considering the current hatred of the American people towards Japan, I guess there is not much hope that Japan will not be hit by the atomic bomb...

Oshima Hiro's face looked a little ugly, and he asked: "So... if Japan continues to fight the United States, apart from a set of electromagnetic separation equipment, what else can we get?"

"You can have security," Hersman said, "with an absolute defense ring that can stop American intercontinental bombers."

Hersman paused. "For example, the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska can be neutralized and demilitarized."

Alaska is closer to the Japanese mainland than the Hawaiian Islands. Although the climate is cold, considering the advancement of aviation technology, it may also become a stronghold for U.S. intercontinental strategic bombers in the future.

"What about the Far East of the Soviet Union?" Hiroshi Oshima asked tentatively, "Japan is preparing to attack there to cooperate with your country to completely defeat the Soviet Union!"

Hersman did not expect the Japanese to be so obsessed with the Far East. Obviously they were not at ease with Germany and hoped to have a larger absolute defense circle.

"We don't need your cooperation," Hessman said with some annoyance. "I have nothing to say on this issue because there are too many uncertainties. I am just the chief of staff and can't take care of so many things." ”

Hiro Oshima smiled. "We understand your difficulties. So we will never invade the territory of Her Majesty the Empress of Russia. We are only against the Bolsheviks... This is a war against the Bolsheviks, not against Europe."

Hersman has realized that he has no way to change the obsession of the Japanese, but he can't guarantee anything because he can't control the development of the situation. Hersman said: "I believe you already know our conditions, so please ask Tokyo immediately. If you are going to fight the Americans, it is best to have a decisive battle in the Hawaiian Islands as soon as possible to prevent the Americans from evacuating the fleet. If If the United States withdraws its fleet there, it will be very difficult for us to fight in the Atlantic-Caribbean Sea. If the Americans are delayed until they successfully develop the atomic bomb, then Europe will have no choice but to live in peace...and then we will. You will face huge difficulties in integrating the European Community, and you will be finished.”