Chapter 1058 The Flash on the Pacific Ocean (first update, please subscribe)
January 20th, the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.
At around two o'clock in the morning, the Nanyang Aviation Industries Airport was shrouded in darkness. Under the starry sky, at the end of the airport runway, a large four-engine aircraft stood quietly beside the airport runway.
It looks a little similar to the C707 passenger plane, but it is obviously different. Its slender straight fuselage gradually tapers at the tail, and its wingspan seems to be larger.
It is the pride of Nanyang Aviation Industry - the XB-1 strategic bomber. On June 18, half a year ago, the first prototype completed its first test flight. Two months later, the second prototype with a partially modified design conducted a test flight. The second test flight stayed in the air for 2 hours and 35 minutes, and finally landed at the Kuching Air Force Base. Although there are still some faults that cannot be ignored, such as landing gear recovery problems, liquid oxygen system defects, engine oil valve leaks, etc., the test pilot still praised the aircraft, calling it "too good to be tolerated"
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This bomber, whose fuselage number is X10006, is its sixth prototype. In the past few months, it has completed tens of thousands of kilometers of flight and has basically met the needs of the Air Force. At this time It is like a sleeping giant, waiting for the moment to wake up.
The busy figures of the ground crew were looming under the light. They carefully conducted final inspections of the bomber. They carefully inspected every part to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Time passed slowly, and at 2:15 in the morning, the green signal light came on on the airport tower. That was the signal to take off. The four large turbofan engines of the XB1 strategic bomber began to make a low roar, like a giant beast taking a deep breath before waking up, vibrating the surrounding air.
As the roar became louder and louder, the bomber's fuselage began to tremble slightly, as if it was accumulating strength, and then began to taxi. Finally, with a thunderous roar, it cut through the night sky like an arrow from a string and rushed towards the sky full of stars.
At that moment, the entire airport was shaken, as if the earth was trembling for its departure. The bomber's figure disappeared in the night sky.
A few hours later, the bomber landed at Truk Airport. As soon as the bomber landed, the company's service personnel, who had arrived earlier by transport plane, began to inspect the bomber. While they were inspecting, the crew also entered the mission room. Here they learned their mission.
"You will drop the first hydrogen bomb in Southeast Asia."
As soon as the officer finished speaking, Zhang Huiqi, the captain, felt his heart beating suddenly.
Nanyang has a hydrogen bomb!
But he did not speak. As a crew member who had conducted atomic bomb dropping tests, he and his crew were all veterans.
However, this mission was different from the past - first of all, he and the crew only started to interact with the XB-1 bomber three months ago. In the past, they all flew B29, although the cockpit of the XB-1 was somewhat similar to the C707. , but there are still many differences.
Now, they have not really completed the transformation of the aircraft. Moreover, looking at the three British pilots sitting beside him, Zhang Huiqi vaguely felt that this mission was different from the past.
"Because the hydrogen bomb was jointly developed by Nanyang and the United Kingdom, Major Adam and his team from the British side will participate in this mission."
Colonel Hong Dongsheng looked at Zhang Huiqi and said.
"As your deputy, do you understand? You have three days to adjust, do you understand?"
"Yes,"
Major Adam stood up and said.
"Major, I have flown jet bombers and also flown C707 and C717. I believe I can be your co-pilot."
Zhang Huiqi nodded and said.
“A pleasure to work with!”
In the next three days, this crew, composed of the best bomber pilots from both countries, began intensive training. As pilots with thousands of hours of flight experience, they quickly mastered the corresponding driving skills.
At 9 a.m. on January 24, the joint crew left the flight mission room. After they entered the cabin, the loader loaded a 10-ton hydrogen bomb codenamed "United Force" into the bomb. cabin, while the XB1 bomber was slowly taxiing, the final clearance was also carried out at the test atoll hundreds of kilometers away, and the personnel on the atoll were evacuated by helicopter.
In order to obtain test data, they prepared more than 1,300 measuring instruments for close monitoring. The sensors were placed on concrete piles around the atoll, and the sensors were enclosed in special radiation shields. A number of military vehicles were also placed on concrete piles within the range to assess the impact of the explosion.
For Nanyang, which has no onshore testing ground, this is the only option.
“Actually, it is safer to use a tower to detonate in the first test.”
On the observation ship 100 nautical miles away from the test site, Liang Zhenhua said something casually, but his colleagues on the side said.
“The cost... Not to mention the test equipment, the cost of making a hydrogen bomb is there. Not to mention anything else, the price of deuterium and tritium is astonishingly high. The cost of producing one gram of tritium is 71,630 yuan, while one gram of lithium-6 with a purity of 90% is 538 yuan. With such an expensive cost, of course the test must be completed as soon as possible!”
As we all know, deuterium and tritium are the main sources of fusion, and deuterium is the main source of fusion. It can be extracted from seawater, but tritium is very difficult to obtain and almost does not exist in nature. It needs to be obtained by irradiating lithium with neutrons in a reactor, so the cost is high.
In order to reduce the cost of the test, the two tests that were supposed to first explode the tower and then be dropped by the bomber were changed to one time - the first test was dropped by the bomber. Soon, the radar operator on the observation ship reported.
"The bombers are coming!"
The bombers are coming!
At 10:27 a.m., the XB-1 strategic bomber piloted by the South British joint crew led by Zhang Huiqi and Adam dropped a bomb at an altitude of 12,000 meters and dropped a parachute over the Kaping Amalangi Atoll. Under the white and white parachutes is a ten-ton hydrogen bomb.
Although according to the requirements, everyone must be inside the observation ship when the hydrogen bomb is detonated, Zhou Zhenhua insisted on watching the test explosion outside the cabin instead of inside the shielded chamber. "The Black Book of Explosion Protection", he knew that there was no need to wear protective sunglasses at a safe distance, so he was able to witness the true scene of a hydrogen bomb explosion.
The hydrogen bomb detonated at an altitude of 1,550 meters. When the hydrogen bomb exploded, Zhang Huiqi saw a dazzling yellow-white fireball appear in the sky. Over the silent sea, it was like two suns shining simultaneously. It instantly turned orange, and then turned bright red; a huge gray-white cloud appeared at the lower end of the fireball, which gradually connected with the earth, forming a mushroom cloud; milky-white shock wave rays also appeared in the sky, gradually extending into a cone face; everything was silent at first, and a few minutes later there was a huge explosion, followed by a strong shock wave...
The heat wave and shock wave completely destroyed all equipment used to test the power of the explosion within several nautical miles, but the test instruments still obtained accurate data.
The test equivalent is 12 million tons!
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The hydrogen bomb test in Nanyang was successful!
When the news reached Chang'an, who was in the most complicated mood?
It's Fedorenko!
The Soviet Ambassador to Nanyang is one of the few foreigners in Chang'an who knows that Nanyang will conduct a hydrogen bomb test in the near future - in order to avoid misunderstandings caused by the nuclear test, the already somewhat sensitive relationship between the two countries has once again tensions, thus affecting negotiations in Hungary.
As a result, Nanyang not only notified the United States of the nuclear test in advance, but also notified the Soviet Union, telling them that this was just a normal nuclear test and had nothing to do with the current situation.
Although Nanyang said "hope for understanding", as the ambassador Fedorenko knew very well that this was definitely not an ordinary nuclear test, although on the surface, they did The first nuclear tests in Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom were carried out according to the planned process, but this marked that the hydrogen bomb was no longer a weapon unique to the United States and the Soviet Union.
"...Not only that, according to the information they provided, although it was the first test, bombers were still used for dropping, and this also marked that Nanyang's XB-1 bombers already have combat effectiveness. This long-range strategic bomber will soon be officially put into service..."
As Colonel Alexander, the head of the KGB Intelligence Station in Chang'an, he has been paying attention to the XB1 bomber that is undergoing test flights. Nanyang is not strict about the confidentiality of this bomber, which is at the world's advanced level. Even on the day of the successful test flight, this strategic bomber was It has been made public, and even at last year's Chang'an Defense Exhibition, the XB1 strategic bomber was publicly displayed without any sense of confidentiality.
In fact, as an intelligence officer, Alexander knew very well that this lack of confidentiality was not a deterrent. In fact, it was used to tell the world that Nanyang not only possesses nuclear missiles, but also strategic bombers.
The Soviet Union has MIA 4 bombers and the United States has B52 bombers, but what about Nanyang?
They have the XB-1 bomber!
And they also used this long-range strategic bomber to complete a hydrogen bomb dropping test, which is undoubtedly telling the world that their bombers can grow mushrooms!
"According to the current public information, this strategic bomber from Nanyang may be the most advanced bomber currently. Its maximum take-off weight exceeds 200 tons, its range exceeds 15,000 kilometers, and its bomb load exceeds 30 tons. Mr. Ambassador..."< br>
As Alexander spoke, he walked to the world map and pointed at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden.
“According to the agreement reached between the United Kingdom and Nanyang, the United Kingdom has transferred Socotra Island to Nanyang. Nanyang only spent 1 million pounds to obtain this forward base, and their bombers took off from here. Finally, its combat radius can cover the entire Soviet Union! From Moscow to Leningrad, they are all within the strike range of their strategic bombers..."
After that, Colonel Alexander said in an almost helpless tone.
“Perhaps this is the reason why the British transferred Socotra Island to Nanyang. Nanyang with Socotra Island not only defended the Gulf of Aden for the British, but also their Threatening the heart of the Soviet Union, all our cities from the Caucasus to Central Asia will be under their atomic threat."
Then, Colonel Alexander let out a breath, and his target was filled with some kind of worry. However, he obviously thought too much. At least at the beginning, Nanyang never thought about using Socotra Island as a deployment base for strategic bombers. .
But this does not prevent the navy and air force from expanding local airports and ports. After all, it is not easy to have an Indian Ocean stronghold. If it is not used properly, it will be a waste.
How to use it?
It is certainly not just a stronghold controlling the Indian Ocean, just like Colonel Alexander said - it can also be used as a bomber base, allowing the Russians to feel the threats from all directions!
"This is the conspiracy of the British! The British are a group of real imperialists. They are a troublemaker and will always stir up trouble around the world."
Just as they were discussing the British conspiracy, the door of the office was pushed open, and Fedorenko's secretary sent a telegram. After taking the telegram and reading it, Fedorenko said excitedly.
"Haha, those damn imperialists have brought France into our arms!"
(End of this chapter)