Chapter 680: The founder of nuclear peace (second update, please subscribe)
Good night!
This is an ordinary greeting, but on this day it is given a different meaning.
After receiving direct instructions from Chang'an, the special fleet gathered in Truk sailed out of the Truk anchorage with an order.
At the same time, the Nanyang Maritime Affairs Department announced the exercise area and time.
For the world, November 1st was an extremely normal day. On the peninsula, except for the Americans who were beaten and were a little dizzy, there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary.
Under the bright sunshine, the coconut palm leaves on Kaping Amarangi Atoll are blowing in the wind. This tropical island looks so beautiful.
Under the sun, an iron tower stands on the beach. On the sea within a radius of the iron tower, there are several ships moored, most of them are rusty old ships - all from Nanyang. Among the ships bought back as scrap metal, there were even two old battleships from World War I.
Now, they are anchored in this sea area. They will use their last remaining heat - as target ships.
“The weather is really nice today!”
Below the tower, a Marine holding a carbine looked around with vigilance.
At this time, the technicians on the top of the tower were doing the final "dressing up" for "Miss Ping". More than an hour later, they carefully checked the data displayed by all the instruments on the tower.
Finally, after the last inspection, when the four technicians took the elevator back to the ground, an officer walked over and asked.
"Why is it a few minutes later than the scheduled time."
The officer looked at the time and asked worriedly.
Lin Xueze said calmly.
“I need to personally confirm that there are no mistakes!”
“Are you sure?”
“Well, there is no problem!”
“ Then...start evacuating!”
Then the technicians and dozens of Marine Corps officers and soldiers under the tower immediately ran towards the landing craft on the beach. Then a rapid siren sounded on the island, reminding everyone to retreat.
In fact, there are no people on this small island with an area of less than 1 square kilometer. There are only some experimental animals such as orangutans stored in nearby bunkers. These animals are still in cages as in the past. Enjoying a banana.
These bunkers were carefully constructed by military engineers over the past few months to test the power of explosions.
On the deck of the "Katsugi" aircraft carrier twenty nautical miles away from the island, thousands of naval officers and soldiers and journalists stood there nervously watching the island in the distance. Looking at the scrap iron surrounding the island - in order to conduct this test, the military commissioned corresponding companies to purchase a total of 170,000 tons of old ships in South America, the United Kingdom and other countries, which are worth only US$1.7 million based on scrap iron. In comparison, the construction of the bunker on the island cost a full $3 million!
“It’s an atomic bomb test!”
Although the official information has not yet been announced, Li Jie and his colleagues in the press, who were invited to cover the military exercise, still learned some information.
“Really?”
Everyone has some doubts in their hearts.
Looking at the time, Zou Tongjie, standing on the bridge, stared at Kaping Amarangi Atoll with some uncertainty. At this time, people on the aircraft carrier's bridge looked nervous and excited. In the sky, a dozen white-painted aircraft were still circling there, four of which were unmanned aircraft that took off from Truk.
“Let’s get started!”
Following the order, the air in the central control room solidified. All the instruments of the automatic control system were started, the lights flashed, and a countdown signal was sent out.
“10, 9, 8…”
The nervous countdown to zero disappeared at the moment of “0!”
On the morning of November 1st, at nine o'clock.
A bright and huge fireball rolled up a huge wave, and the rolling fire shone in the rising water vapor.
The atmosphere was ignited by tens of millions of degrees of high-temperature flames, and the shock wave set off violent winds that swept across the sea and sky, setting off a huge sea wall. The white sea wall and red smoke clouds swallowed up everything around it with thunderous momentum.
The flames were wrapped in smoke and dust, and together with the melted sand, they formed a red air mass, rising into the air. It has risen to an altitude of more than hundreds of meters. The rolling crimson clouds of flames gradually formed a huge mushroom-shaped blazing smoke cloud in the air.
The sea wall formed by the huge waves directly swallowed up the warships that were the targets. The cows, orangutans and other animals that were grazing quietly on the warships were vaporized in this moment. "Oh my God..., I finally know what an overwhelming feeling is..."
While Li Jie and others screamed in surprise, the mushroom cloud continued to rise and expand high into the sky, and the cannon The anti-aircraft artillery for parachute sampling was fired, and the unmanned aircraft for cloud sampling passed through the huge mushroom cloud under the radio command issued by the controller.
Everyone couldn't believe what their eyes saw - the blue sea was illuminated by a strong light that was even many times stronger than the sun at noon.
Golden!
Crimson!
Purple!
The gray and blue light just enveloped the sea and sky.
People can't even describe what this scene is like.
A few seconds after the explosion, there were first waves of air, violently impacting the surrounding people and objects, followed by a strong, long-lasting and terrifying roar.
“It’s like the end of the world!”
At this moment, everyone understood why some people regard the atomic bomb as a weapon to destroy the world, because it does have such capabilities power!
"Is it successful?"
After that flash of light, Navy Commander Zou Tongjie walked outside the bridge and looked at Gustav Hertz, who was standing next to him and was the person in charge of the project.
“The intensity of this explosion is probably more than 20,000 tons, and our calculation is accurate!”
It is not just accurate, but the original design has been further optimized, not only You can use less core material and get more power.
Even the weight of this atomic bomb has been reduced to a large extent - in terms of miniaturization, they are currently in the lead.
At the same time, a specially improved submarine with pontoons on both sides sailed into the test area at full speed. Although the submarine had three defense capabilities, the sailors still wore protective clothing. , a variety of equipment installed on its deck, which are used to collect various data.
When this submarine with a very small draft entered the radiation zone, the Geiger counter clicked. Inside the submarine, technicians wearing protective suits continued to record data.
Although people cannot directly enter the blast zone because the radiation is too strong, under the control of the command aircraft, the drone improved from the B17 still continues to pass through the mushroom cloud, collecting the first Hand data.
On the nearby warships, observers still indirectly felt the power of the explosion through high-powered telescopes and television footage from drone cameras.
Although the pictures from the radio signals contained some snowflakes, they were still directly displayed on those TVs. Li Jie and the reporters just watched everything there-several ships were just a few meters away from the bullseye. The ship about 100 meters away has capsized, and the iron tower dozens of meters high has completely disappeared. As for the big island, it has completely changed its appearance - the shock wave has swept away everything.
Almost all the buildings at the shooting range have disappeared. Planes, tanks, and cannons have either disappeared or been blown to pieces by the shock wave. Only some remaining building debris is still standing stubbornly.
This is the devastating blow caused by the atomic bomb.
After a moment of silence, everyone on the entire aircraft carrier cheered loudly, cheering for the advent of the atomic bomb in Nanyang.
"Successful!"
Zou Tongjie said, then took out two cigars from his military uniform, held one in his mouth, handed the other to Gustav, and said.
"Congratulations, Mr. Hull."
"General, there is nothing worthy of congratulations!"
Shaking his head, Gustav said.
"We humans are always on the verge of self-destruction, and the atomic bomb..."
Looking at the mushroom cloud that has not disappeared, Gustav said.
“Let’s get closer to that edge than ever!”
Listening to Gustav's somewhat unfounded words, Zou Tongjie, who had already lit his cigar, took a puff of his cigar, thought for a while and said to him.
"No, we have it to prevent others from destroying us! Well, Miss Ping...itself means peace! She is the real peacemaker!"
(This chapter End)