If the difficulty of destroyer and surface-to-air missile missions is five-star, the difficulty of Mugudan mission is hell level.
The host of the Institute of Physics and Nuclear Energy Applications is from China. Professor Rao Jianru, as the head of the Department of Physics at Peking University, is undoubtedly an authoritative figure in domestic physics at the moment.
The strange thing is that Gao Jianwu had no impression of the reputation of Professor Rao Jianru in his own time and space. Even though he is one of the leading figures in physics in China and has studied abroad at the University of Chicago and Princeton University, Professor Rao brought him this time. With his proud disciple and several assistants, Gao Jianwu immediately trusted Professor Rao.
That is the famous Mr. Wu Dayou. If you don’t know much about this person, then there are two other Nobel laureates under Mr. Wu Dayou, Li (Zhengdao) and Yang (Zhenning), two physicists. Many people must know about this, as well as the famous scientist Mr. Zhu (Guangya).
In the list of 4 schools, Gao Jianwu saw that this family was now neatly gathered together.
Even if these latter people now have basically no possibility of studying abroad, they are likely to become unsung heroes who have been anonymous for decades under Gao Jianwu's banner, but judging from the genius of these people in physics, their abilities will not be buried. , but will become the scientific and technological heroes on the road to China's rejuvenation!
In Professor Rao's team, Gao Jianwu also saw famous figures like Zheng Jiaxiang and Qian Qiang. The only difference is that Wu Dayou and Qian Qiang can already serve as project leaders in one aspect and serve as one of Professor Rao's deputies. And the other third-generation young physicists who have just graduated from graduate school are just now rejoicing that Gao Jianwu and others have regained the old territory occupied by the Japs.
For such a team level, Gao Jianwu can no longer be picky. Relatively speaking, the talents brought back from abroad in physics are not as successful as these people.
Of course, it's not that they don't have abilities and talents, but they didn't get many opportunities. If they lost their participation in the two-bomb and one-star event of China's revival, they would lose a great opportunity to leave their mark in history.
Therefore, even if some people lose the opportunity to win the Nobel Prize in the future, it is worthwhile to be able to participate in the mushroom egg research and development team now.
However, even Gao Jianwu found it difficult to start this team task, because he couldn't explain many things clearly. He could only try his best to introduce the ins and outs of Mugudan's affairs in a simple way. No matter how much he said, he didn't know what to say.
"Professor Rao, the mission of our 4th Institute is to realize a new type of weapon unprecedented in the history of the earth. According to our reliable information, in America, Oppenheimer and others proposed the Manhattan Project and worked hard with scientists from the United Kingdom. To study new uranium-based weapons with huge destructive power, both Mao Xiong and Desan have similar plans to develop uranium-based weapons. Their research has reached the edge of success. Many prerequisite technologies and tests have been completed, and the prototype has been successfully exploded. They are doing their best to put it into use. This human evil is weaponized and practicalized.”
After meeting with Professor Rao Jianru, the leader of the team, he finished the greetings and then entered the topic.
"We have obtained the drawings of this new weapon, important test data, the drawings of the uranium and plutonium mushroom egg prototypes and their detonation devices that have been successfully studied, the process design and equipment manufacturing process design related to the refining of uranium 235 and plutonium and heavy water refining. Drawings and other information.
At the same time, they have also made great progress in the utilization of atomic energy for power generation. Using the huge energy emitted by atomic fission, they have obtained a brand-new way of power generation. This kind of electricity is not only an energy source for peaceful use, but also an energy source for ships. Reliable new power will greatly enhance the endurance of ships.
Once they complete these studies, they will gain a huge advantage. The purpose of our existence is to shorten the gap with the world's top level. We must keep pace with these powers and even achieve the success of the explosion of the mushroom egg in advance.
This project is Project 453. Later, Professor Rao took back the information we obtained to study and formulate a feasible action plan.
This is a top-secret project and will be managed as top secret in the future. Apart from you, Professor Rao, I hope that the number of people who can master the complete set of information will not exceed the core team of 10 people. The list of core team members will be handed over to me for personal review. "
As expected, Professor Rao Jianru was stunned for more than ten seconds before he reacted after hearing what Gao Jianwu said.
"Mr. Gao, you mean that the primary task of our 4th Institute is to research atomic weapons?" Professor Rao Jianru confirmed.
"Yes, the simultaneous or preemptive realization of atomic energy weapons will be one of the cornerstones for China to stand in the current world. Of course, this is also the most difficult topic in our research tasks. Professor Rao, you have a heavy burden.
However, I can confirm for you that the technical route, related manufacturing process design, and principle parameter data handed over to you are very reliable. As long as you can thoroughly understand this information and achieve it, this goal will definitely be achieved. realized. "
Gao Jianwu affirmed.
"Mr. Gao, I can understand the great significance of atomic energy weapons. According to my personal understanding, if atomic energy weapons are really realized, it will be subversive to future wars. The energy released by atomic energy is too huge. If its destructive power is Applied to weapons, it is likely to be catastrophic."
After all, Professor Rao was a professor over fifty years old, and he quickly returned to normal.
As one of the top talents in physics of this era, he had learned some information and knew some concepts of atomic weapons, but he never expected that Gao Jianwu could obtain such world-class intelligence information.
"However, we know nothing about atomic weapons development right now and, frankly, we can't even assess how difficult it would be to achieve."
Professor Rao said sincerely.
"It doesn't matter. After Professor Rao has read the information I have here, I think it can basically solve 90% of Professor Rao's problems. After I give you part of the information for research today, we will find time to talk about this matter." Gao Jianwu Said confidently.
"It's just that these materials can only be read in the closed laboratory of my top-secret research institute. They are absolutely not allowed to be taken out of this laboratory. Even the person in charge is not allowed to take out a note-like note. Regarding this point, there is still Professor Rao, please understand." Gao Jianwu emphasized.
In fact, if it were not for the purpose of cultivating talents and now combining research and teaching work into one, Gao Jianwu would have wanted to gather these people in a sparsely populated place. After all, this matter is too important.
The information he gave is definitely the top-secret information closest to the success of Miao Gudan in this time and space, and its value is simply immeasurable. For him, these people in the institute could understand their genius from the perspective of future time and space, but he could not confirm their loyalty.
"I can understand, Mr. Gao, regarding the confidentiality system of weapons and equipment research, when our institute was established, there were unified requirements from top to bottom. Every researcher has been trained and educated on the confidentiality system. For this area As the head of the institute, I will take the lead in complying with the work." Professor Rao said very seriously.
Gao Jianwu divided the technical data released by the system into three categories. Technical data currently available in other countries and leading the world, Gao Jianwu classified as the third category of confidential information, which can be taken back to his own research institute for safekeeping and review, and is not allowed to be leaked to the outside. .
For information that is five years or more ahead of the world level, Gao Jianwu classifies it as the second category of confidential information. It will have independent security and data room control. It can be viewed inside the data room and is not allowed to be taken out of the data room. Personnel who have access to such information will be monitored as key confidentiality personnel to prevent them from being kidnapped or incited to rebel by the enemy.
For information that has been ahead of the world level for more than 10 years, Gao Jianwu classified it as Category 1 confidential information, which is the highest level of confidentiality. It can only be developed and read in the confidential laboratory controlled by Gao Jianwu personally for a very small number of specific core R&D backbones. All contact information personnel will be monitored 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of the information and those who come into contact with it.
In the current complex society, Gao Jianwu integrated his two most elite forces into two lines, light and dark, to carry out security work for this research.
One line is that Song Tiecheng's assault brigade transferred some key members to establish a special guard team, responsible for the 24-hour sentry and security rooms of each research institute with dedicated guards. They all performed tasks in accordance with safety and confidentiality regulations, were completely independent of the research institute, and were directly under the command of Gao Jianwu.
Another line is to transfer some key personnel from Hu Minghua's intelligence system to become a secret service. They hide in secret to protect key secret personnel, and at the same time monitor all external espionage operations.
Through the two lines of light and dark, although it is not foolproof, for now, it is enough for the time being.
On the first day, Professor Rao went alone to check the information provided by Gao Jianwu, but just one day later, Professor Rao was completely shocked. He was absolutely shocked by the information Gao Jianwu obtained, but there were many things that even Professor Rao could read. He didn’t understand, so Professor Rao approached Gao Jianwu and applied to bring Wu Dayou and Qian Qiang, two of his most capable men, to read and discuss it together.
After all, these two people are more advanced in atomic energy than he is.
Gao Jianwu naturally agreed with the research of the trio. Just kidding, that was the real mushroom egg refining and manufacturing information revealed by the system. It was definitely not something that one person could come up with. More people would definitely come in to learn from it in the future.
Now, they need to have a preliminary understanding of this information and formulate a feasibility plan and budget on how to follow the above operation process in the future.
After a week of reading and discussing with each other, the three of them found Gao Jianwu together with thick dark circles under their eyes.
"Mr. Gao, we confirm that the information you provided should be able to realize a million-ton TNT-level atomic energy weapon in accordance with the above requirements and technical routes." Professor Rao said in an extremely excited tone.
"This information has a very mature research roadmap and related design plans. Our current technical level can be achieved based on this information."
"Now, the main problems we face, one is uranium ore, we need a large amount of uranium ore, under neutron reflection conditions, we need high purity uranium-235, the critical mass is about 15 kilograms, and in uranium ore, Natural uranium-235 accounts for 0.72%. Uranium-235 for an atomic weapon requires 3,000 tons of uranium ore to extract, and we have not yet found this ore."
“Secondly, we need to refine uranium-235, which requires a large number of high-performance centrifuges. At present, it seems that at least tens of thousands of centrifuges are needed to quickly refine the weapons-grade uranium-235 we need.
Third, the application of our nuclear power reactors will use large quantities of heavy water. The acquisition of this heavy water consumes a lot of energy. According to the instructions in the data, we need nearly 50,000 kilowatt hours of electricity to produce 1 kilogram of heavy water. This is very important for us now. It is very difficult for energy supply!
The above problems boil down to the fact that the cost of research and development is very high. "
Professor Rao and the others are indeed the top physicists in the country in this era. They have understood a lot in such a short period of time.
"These are not big problems." Gao Jianwu had already expected these. "As for the problem of uranium ore, we have already started early mining in the British territory of Myanmar. More than 4,000 tons of the first batch of 10,000 tons of uranium ore have been shipped back to the country. , will be purified in Shengjing. In the future of domestic uranium mining, there are already multiple exploration teams carrying out exploration work in target areas. The supply of 10,000 tons of uranium ore in the next year is guaranteed.
The second question is about the production of centrifuges. Jinyang Heavy Industry can fully cooperate. After the first prototype is manufactured and passed the acceptance test, we will start production at the three bases of Jinyang Heavy Industry, Hanyang Heavy Industry and Shengjing Heavy Industry at the same time.
The third issue is the production of heavy water. We will build a purification plant near the Manman Hydropower Station. Among the 560,000 installed capacity, we will allocate the power of three 210,000 units to be separately supplied to the heavy water plant for heavy water purification. "
These things have no technical content. Gao Jianwu has been prepared for it for a long time and even considered it when he led the expeditionary force for the first time.
After listening to Gao Jianwu's words, Professor Rao was shocked again.
He did not know when the information provided by Gao Jianwu was obtained.
But according to his understanding, these technologies will not appear too early. After all, this is one of the most cutting-edge subjects in this time and space. There is basically not much public information now, and Gao Jianwu can get the core process design and raw materials. Refining technology.
Not to mention this, Gao Jianwu even started preparing for this earlier, taking the uranium mine into consideration in advance.
This is terrible!
"Then we don't have too many obstacles. For the experimental site, we recommend choosing an inaccessible desert to carry out the simulated explosion experiment. In this regard, we need to send people to investigate suitable places. After all, according to this information, the radiation pollution left by uranium fission It lasts for a long time and is very harmful. Our experimental personnel now need to follow this information and take the lead in completing the research and construction of personal radiation protection measures and laboratory radiation protection facilities."
Although Gao Jianwu has a way that makes people feel almost monstrous, Professor Rao only feels lucky, and he makes the last two requests.
Gao Jianwu naturally agreed.
Especially in the area of personal protection, Gao Jianwu also put forward new requirements for Professor Rao. He must know that the core scientific and technological workers who study these mass murderers will all be national scholars in the future, and each one of them is a valuable asset.
In the original time and space, due to various reasons, protection failed, causing a group of scientific and technological heroes to die young, causing huge losses.
In this time and space, Gao Jianwu must prevent such a tragedy from happening.
