1949 I am from the future

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[202] Price Treasure

Facing a thin stack of papers on the table, Zeldovich, head of the theoretical group of thermonuclear weapons at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, has been thinking in silence for more than an hour. The paper in front of him is said to be made by the Chinese. The information gave him a huge shock.

After the expression on his face changed from doubt to surprise, from surprise to joy, finally, Zeldovich figured it out!

He hugged his head in one hand, tightly squeezed an ordinary piece of paper with the other and said loudly, "These materials are too important! Yes! That's right! I need to calculate, calculate immediately!" [

A senior KGB officer on the side, Bakorov, asked: "How much do you think these materials are worth? You know, I need to report the value of these materials to the central government. Please give me a preliminary estimate."

Zeldovich frowned and said, "How much? If this idea is correct, then it proves that our two current plans are wrong. And we are going to experiment with these two plans one by one. If the two plans Failure, the cost of wasted funds alone will be 20 billion rubles. But more importantly, we will not be able to make up for the precious time lost. It seems that the Americans are already experimenting with radiation implosion, and we must immediately calculate and verify this line of thinking feasibility."

The reason why the Soviet hydrogen research took a detour was because they were superstitious about the super-explosive configuration map obtained from the hands of the American scientist Foss.

Foss is a scientist with communist beliefs. He has served the Manhattan Project for a long time, so its intelligence is highly valued by Soviet scientists.

The configuration picture that has been decrypted by later generations is very simple, and it is mentioned that the thermonuclear charge of hydrogen requires a high compression ratio, but God knows how such a high compression ratio is achieved.Soviet scientists were completely clueless.

Although Foss also initially proposed many false ways to realize it in the intelligence, among them is the idea of ​​radiation implosion.

However, there are too many ways to make illusions, so that Soviet scientists are completely unable to judge which is correct. In the end, Soviet scientists abandoned several illusions of Foss, and only relied on Foss's simple and rough "super-explosive configuration". Figure" to develop, this can take a big detour.

The Soviet scientists came up with a way to provide a high compression ratio for hydrogen ignition through detonation rather than radiation implosion. For this reason, they also came up with two detonation schemes, one called "pipe" and the other called "crack cake". The method of detonation comes from the way of detonation, one is the liquid deuterium in the tube in the detonation atom, and the other is the interlayer of uranium-238 and lithium deuteride wrapped outside the atom.

But these two methods are so-called dry hydrogen in later generations, which are single-stage hydrogen. The hydrogen equivalent produced by this method is small, only a few tenths of the equivalent of radiation implosion.It cannot be compared with hydrogen, which uses the principle of radiation implosion.

After the Soviet Union finally created the "sandwich cake" and exploded the "sandwich cake" after the Americans, it was humiliating to realize that it is impossible to achieve the hydrogen that the Americans exploded with this complex and inefficient configuration. equivalent of.Only then did I realize that using radiation implosion to create multi-level hydrogen is the correct configuration.

The information provided by Xiaoqiang to the Soviet Union was that American scientists had just realized at the end of 1950 that the classic configuration of Foss was not feasible.This top-secret report from American scientists mentioned that the fatal problem of Foss’s classic configuration is:

First, the ignition temperature of the deuterium-deuterium reaction is too high due to its near transparency to x-rays.

Second, second, the ignition temperature of the deuterium-tritium reaction is slightly lower, but using a large amount of tritium is too expensive to afford.

Third, third, after the partial ignition of thermonuclear materials, the energy dissipation speed and hydrodynamic scattering speed are much faster than the energy release speed of fusion, so the conditions of thermonuclear reaction cannot be transferred to the surrounding thermonuclear materials, and cannot be realized Sustained response.

As soon as these three points were put forward, the hydrogen research in the United States had to abandon the "classical configuration" of Foss and find another way, and finally embarked on the correct route of radiation implosion, which is cheap and high-quality.And before the USSR exploded hydrogen.

Another document provided by Xiaoqiang was even more shocking. It was an internal paper jointly published by Taylor and Ulam in March 1951.

This part of the deciphered later generations of this paper is also enough to completely put the Soviet Union, which has already developed a single-stage hydrogen model, on the right track.However, in the view of Xiaoqiang who sorted out the information, the scientific and technological strength of the Soviet Union is really good enough these days. If you go the wrong way, you can go to the extreme to create dry hydrogen, and even if you do it, you will get two dry configurations. This kind of difficulty Furthermore, encountering a stronger and stronger force is really terrifying and outrageous.

Bakorov, an officer from the KGB, waited for a long time, sitting facing the white wall of the Soviet Institute of Chemical Physics, almost going crazy.He continued to ask depressedly: "Dear Mr. Zeldovich, do you mean that this information is worth 20 billion rubles?"

Zeldovich was already so excited by these materials that he couldn't choose to speak. He stared and scolded: "You fool from the intelligence agency! Science can't be measured by money! This is the price! The price! Now get out of me quickly and don’t affect my work! I will immediately hold a meeting of the Theory of Thermonuclear Weapon Principles group to conduct research and calculations on this data. This is too important! It’s so important!”

The distraught Bakorovnai had no choice but to leave Zeldovich's office, return to the bureau, write a report on what happened today, and hand it over to the KGB Central Committee truthfully.

A few days later, the evaluation reports of these materials and the value evaluation reports of various Soviet agencies on small electronic tubes have all been submitted.It was placed on the conference table of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Stalin sat in the chairman's seat without saying a word. After hearing the report from the chairman of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Midin, Bi was surprised and said: "The price is precious? These materials are so important? This is very difficult..."

Molotov said solemnly: "The cost of a graphite pile is 1200 million US dollars. It is not impossible for us to fully repay the aid, but the financial pressure is too great. I think we should charge according to the cost."

Stalin had a great headache. Since the aviation experts sent by the Soviet Union came back from China, they have been clamoring that this is a great improved design for the MiG-15!It has important reference value for the development of the improved MiG-15 of the current Soviet MiG-17!In any case, it is suggested that the J-[-] must be bought back from China.

What made Stalin even more troublesome was that after seeing the samples of electronic tubes in China, Soviet electronics experts strongly demanded to import a batch of these electronic tubes for experiments and research; Assemble and produce more portable wire and electrical equipment; the Soviet Army Communications Department also requested to import a batch for use; several aircraft design bureaus heard the news and asked for a batch of small electronic tubes to be used to develop electronic equipment for new aircraft.

Originally, in Stalin’s view, according to the evaluation of Soviet experts, China’s miserable industrial base was placed there. Even if an experimental graphite pile was exported to China, it would probably take several years to build it, and it would not be long until it was completed. Personally know how to use it, and if the Chinese want to spend money, let them spend it.The Soviet Union can slowly delay the construction period, because the Chinese don't understand it at all. It will take a long time to train scientific and technological personnel to operate and maintain the reactor, won't it?

But now there is a problem, China's big gift is too heavy, choking Stalin, in the face of such a sincere friendship, the Soviet Union has no possibility of perfunctory.This is also not in line with Stalin's straightforward and violent temper.

Stalin complained: "These idiots in the valley are really dumbfounded. They don't buy aircraft production lines, they don't buy gun tank production lines, but they want to buy experimental graphite reactors..."

After pondering for a while, Stalin made a decision: "Okay, I agree, these stubborn Chinese...we can sell the latest experimental graphite stack currently being developed by the Soviet Union to Chinese comrades at cost price, deducting labor Let’s say it’s 1000 million US dollars. This graphite pile will be built and completed simultaneously with the current new reactor in the Soviet Union! The Soviet Union will not treat real socialist brothers badly!”

Stalin's generosity caused warm applause from the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Then Stalin complained again:

"Undoubtedly, they can't even produce construction materials. All materials can only be shipped from the Soviet Union. The freight, the wages and additional subsidies of the experts we sent must be paid by the Chinese side."

Molotov added on one side: "China also hopes that we can provide them with information on establishing a complete set of uranium mining, smelting and purification processes. Including drawings of gas diffusion machines. They want to produce their own diffusion machines for uranium enrichment. The graphite reactor to be built provides the uranium feedstock."

Stalin sighed:

"Oh, these stubborn fools, this is expensive stuff, too expensive... Well, the Soviet Union will provide experts to help China build and run this graphite pile, and will also provide them with the design drawings of the gas diffuser .”

Next, Stalin concluded by saying: [

"We will provide all the technical information required for the operation of the graphite reactor and the production process information of various materials required for the construction of the graphite reactor, including the design drawings of the gas diffusion machine, to the Chinese revolutionary comrades free of charge. This is for the Chinese comrades They responded by providing two J-[-] planes and important intelligence materials for free. The Soviets are generous to their allies! In addition, Chinese comrades should be urged to dig as much intelligence as possible from the West. We must let the Chinese understand that as long as they Well done, the Soviets will be rewarded equally! They will never be treated badly."

Molotov said: "The Chinese side hopes to use electronic tubes to repay this transaction, even including the last $[-] million loan."

Stalin said: "You can promise them. Just now Chairman Midin said that the current price of ordinary American electronic tubes is 10 US dollars each. I think the price of these small electronic tubes is 15 US dollars."

Midin, chairman of the presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, said with a dark face: "Dear Comrade Stalin, the Academy of Sciences' evaluation is that if we force ourselves to produce such small electron tubes, we can only make them by hand in the laboratory. The estimated monthly output is only About ten. And the cost of each small electronic tube produced is about 500 US dollars or more. The Chinese explained that their smuggled price is 30 US dollars a piece. In our estimation, this should already be the ex-factory price of the British factory. The Chinese Maybe add half a dollar to each tube, but that doesn't offset the huge value of the small tubes."

Stalin frowned and compared the two electronic tubes in front of him. One is the most advanced electronic tube in the Soviet Union. It is the same as the American product. It is as big as a No. [-] battery and looks like a light bulb.The other is a small electronic tube smuggled by the Chinese. It looks like a pencil head, and is about the size of a tiny light bulb in a small flashlight.

Stalin made a decision. "It seems that the Chinese comrades are still very honest. They didn't cheat us with the price increase, so let's count it at $30."

Stalin thought for a while and said: "The Chinese comrades can get NATO's military deployment map, they must have an unknown intelligence channel. The authenticity of these deployment maps has yet to be verified, but this is consistent with the information we have obtained before." There are many overlaps. The General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces believes that the authenticity of this information is very high!

In addition, the previous report of the MiG Design Bureau fully affirmed the drawings of f-80 and f-86 provided by the Chinese comrades, and believed that this information is true. As for the plane, the intelligence officers of the Chinese comrades can even get this top-secret blueprint, which is very remarkable.That's why I have to be generous with them, they've proven their worth. "

The current top leader of the KGB, Director Semyonovich Abakumov, said with bright eyes: "Our KGB intelligence analysis department has studied it and made a preliminary judgment. The Chinese comrades may have instigated rebellion or bribed a certain US military agent. The central figure, if this is true, is the biggest spy of our socialist camp in the West!"

Stalin nodded and said: "This is why, I think that China's importance to the Soviet Union has now risen to the first place among all the fraternal countries of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union remains as candid and loyal as it is now."