The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 456 Clean Nuclear Weapons

Zhu Jianxuan issued several orders, which were issued by the Grand Secretaries of the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering to the departments they were in charge of, and by the Imperial Guards' General Staff to the Imperial Guards' Jinwu Zuowei, which was responsible for the task.

The corresponding institutions and personnel are all aware of their tasks and have made corresponding preparations.

The purpose of reporting and asking for instructions is to obtain Zhu Jianxuan's authorization.

So after Zhu Jianxuan's decision and authorization came down, they immediately began to carry out subsequent tasks.

The personnel of the Imperial Guard Jinwu Zuowei received and escorted the three sets of experimental bombs produced and boarded a fleet arranged by the navy to the Australian test site.

The entire experimental process is basically the same as the atomic bomb experiment, except that more modules are disassembled during transportation.

The atomic bomb that serves as the detonator of the fusion bomb is transported after being disassembled. The fuse controller and the propellant are stored separately. Now the bomb body can also be stored separately.

Add to that the fusion propellant and the fusion bomb, and it is divided into five major parts in total, all guarded and escorted by different hundred households under the Jinwu Guard.

The ships they were on were divided into three, and they arrived at Shanhaifu, Australia after sailing on the sea for eighteen days.

The personnel and equipment landed at Shanhaifu and took the railway to the inland test site. The module was handed over and accepted by the troops at the test site. Then both parties reported to Zhu Jianxuan.

Zhu Jianxuan received news from two parties, confirming that the test bomb had arrived at the test site intact, and replied with orders to assemble the bomb and start the experiment.

First assemble a test bomb. If a malfunction occurs during the experiment, assemble the second one.

The experimental method is still airdrop and air explosion.

Fusion weapons are very close to the concept of "energy weapons", and most of their lethality comes from the shock waves and light and heat radiation generated by the explosion.

At the same time, a fusion bomb is a "point-like" energy weapon, and energy is released from the explosion point to the entire surrounding space.

If the purpose is to attack personnel and buildings on the ground, then the way to maximize the killing range is to detonate the bomb at a specific altitude based on its equivalent.

Let the shock waves and light and heat radiation with sufficient lethality cover the largest possible ground area.

If it is intended to attack aerial targets, that is, to be used as an anti-aircraft weapon, it should be detonated directly at a higher altitude.

At the same time, whether it is optimized for ground strike range or used as an air defense weapon, normal fusion bombs will not produce radioactive dust.

The fission bomb charge that serves as a fuse will react again after the fusion reaction has detonated due to the impact of the fusion reaction.

The amount of radioactive material remaining in the end is very small. At the same time, because they are detonated at high altitudes, they cannot come into contact with the dust on the ground and cannot form "radioactive fallout."

However, it would be equally simple to create more radioactive fallout to contaminate a large area with radioactivity.

Use uranium 238 to make the shell of fusion weapons and produce three-phase bombs.

Under normal circumstances, uranium 238 will not undergo fission reaction on its own, but if it is bombarded by high-energy neutrons produced by fusion reaction, uranium 238 can also undergo fission reaction.

This type of bomb contains uranium 235 or plutonium 239 as a fuse, a middle layer with deuterium and tritium for fusion reaction, and an outer layer with uranium 238 as a reflective shell.

Overall, three different levels are formed, and at least three different nuclear reactions will occur in sequence during the explosion, so it is called a three-phase bomb.

If a three-phase bomb is used to attack ground buildings or bunkers, that is, if the bomb explodes directly on the ground, it will produce a huge amount of radioactive fallout.

According to the Americans' assessment, if twenty three-phase bombs with a yield of 450 million tons exploded on the ground of the Great Plains of North America.

The massive amount of radioactive fallout produced by the explosion will contaminate most of the United States with the help of the monsoon.

In Zhu Jianxuan's previous life, the nuclear weapons of the major nuclear powers were basically three-phase bombs, simply because three-phase bombs could maximize the explosive power.

Only nuclear weapons that are specially produced for clean use will replace the uranium 238 used as the reflective layer of the outer shell with lead, which can reduce the explosive equivalent by half.

The original design of Big Ivan was a three-phase bomb with an equivalent of 100 million tons. In the later stages of the experiment, due to concerns that the equivalent was too large, the shell was replaced with lead, and the equivalent was reduced to 50 million tons.

Zhu Jianxuan knew that using uranium 238 as the shell of a fusion bomb would turn it into a three-phase bomb, and he also told these principles to the craftsmen at the Atomic Energy Laboratory.

They were asked to analyze and confirm this principle, but they were not asked to make a three-phase bomb.

The three fusion bombs currently being used in experiments are both two-stage bombs with lead as their shells, and can all be considered clean nuclear bombs.

The estimated equivalent is only about 500,000 tons.

The equivalent of a three-phase bomb can easily exceed one million tons, so it is rather troublesome to control it at a lower number.

At 10 a.m. on September 5, the 33rd year of Tiangong, all experimental preparations were ready.

All kinds of animals used as experimental subjects have been placed.

All personnel involved in the deployment returned to the bunker ten kilometers away and were confirmed to be correct after roll call.

All observation and video recording equipment have undergone final confirmation, and most of them are in good working condition. For the very few equipment that have malfunctioned, available spare parts have been activated.

The first test bomb was already mounted on the aircraft's pylon, but the safety had not yet been opened.

Now, even if a bomb falls to the ground from a height of tens of thousands of meters, it will not explode, and theoretically, a nuclear reaction should not occur.

The officer of the imperial guards who was in charge of the bomb experiment and the officer in charge of the test site and the experiment itself each sent urgent telegrams to Zhu Jianxuan again, reporting the situation and asking for instructions.

The procedure seemed very troublesome, but everyone felt it was necessary because the weapon was too sensitive.

The soldiers on the scene were just executors. They should not have the authority to detonate nuclear weapons, and more importantly, they did not need to bear the corresponding responsibility for launching nuclear weapons on their own.

After receiving the telegram, Zhu Jianxuan called the scene directly, ordered the start of the experiment and detonated the fusion bomb during the experiment.

The officers on the scene saluted collectively and carried out the order.

The imperial guards craftsmen at the airport received the notification and opened the safety device on the test bomb body, and the plane carrying the test bomb began to taxi and take off.

Thirty minutes later, the plane arrived at the designated position and altitude, reported by telephone, and dropped the test bomb.

After the test missile left the fuselage, the deceleration parachute opened immediately and slowly floated down with a countdown, and the aircraft started the engine and left the scene.

The maximum speed of Ming Dynasty's latest fighter jet in no-load afterburner mode has exceeded 600 meters per second, and it can fly 6 kilometers in ten seconds. The aircraft itself is very safe.

In the observation base ten kilometers away from the test site, the observers hiding in the underground bunkers were all on high alert.

Everyone pricked up their ears, closed their mouths, and listened quietly to the countdown on the radio.

At the same time, through periscopes and various shooting and detection equipment, we can observe and confirm that the situation on the test site is still normal.

After the one-minute countdown ended, a dazzling light suddenly flashed in the sky above the test site.

The unusually bright ball of light that observers were already very familiar with then appeared in the sky.

The shock wave generated by the explosion exploded instantly, turning various buildings on the ground into fragments, and animals close to the explosion point were instantly turned into ashes.

There were many video recording devices set up on the test site. Although they were strictly protected, most of them were lost in an instant.

A large amount of electronic equipment in the observation base also stopped working at this moment.

However, most of the observers have long been accustomed to this situation, so they were not surprised at all and naturally would not panic.

They focused on their work and directly confirmed what had been suspected before. Although the power of fusion bombs is much greater than that of fission bombs, the way they actually work is highly similar.

Fusion bombs are a type of nuclear weapon that is cleaner to use and can be easily deployed on a larger scale.

Fusion weapons will obviously become the main equipment in the future, and conventional fission bombs should be withdrawn from the ranks of actual combat equipment and become specialized fusion bomb detonators.

The experimenters continued to observe the situation at the scene, waiting for the mushroom cloud to rise quickly and then slowly dissipate.

After waiting for the aftermath of the nuclear explosion to basically end, I began to organize the various data obtained from the experiment and also started to write the text that might be needed for the report.

As soon as electronic communications were restored, the emperor was immediately informed via telegram and telephone that the experiment had been successful.

Then send the briefest summary report compiled on site.

After receiving the call, Zhu Jianxuan verbally encouraged the on-site personnel and asked them to take turns to take leave after compiling a complete report.

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Jianxuan went to read the brief report sent by telegram.

After measurement and evaluation, the energy generated by the explosion of the test bomb is roughly equivalent to 500,000 tons of chemical explosives, and the effective killing range basically conforms to the simple formula.

The experimental process went smoothly and the results were in line with expectations.

It is suggested that fusion bombs replace fission bombs as the main combat weapon of the future Imperial Guard.

Detailed reports and video documentation are being compiled.

After reading it, Zhu Jianxuan made a simple instruction that no conventional atomic bombs for independent use would be produced in the future.

Gradually transform the existing fission bomb production line to produce "fuzes" for fusion weapons, that is, special atomic bombs used to detonate fusion bombs.

Become part of the fusion bomb production line.

For the existing fusion weapon production lines, they will be transformed from experimental to formal production lines, and the production speed will be gradually increased.

In addition, a new fusion weapons production line will be expanded.

Zhu Jianxuan finally issued orders to the relevant agencies of the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Engineering, and the Imperial Guards, prohibiting the experimental process and all results from being made public.

And they were asked to organize a second experiment as soon as possible and complete a fusion experiment with the largest possible equivalent.

Make the results and rough data of the second experiment public.

It should reach at least 5 million tons of equivalent, and the maximum should be able to reach 10 million tons of equivalent.

A uranium 238 reflector layer can be used to increase the overall equivalent of the explosion, and it also serves as a verification experiment for the effectiveness of the uranium 238 reflector layer.

This experiment does not require special control of the weight of the projectile, only the largest possible equivalent is sought.

Its real purpose is to serve as propaganda material for deterrence.

The order of magnitude of millions of tons of equivalent is more suitable for fusion bombs.

If the Ming Dynasty already had relatively advanced technology and there was no need to limit the weight of the projectile, then this would be a simple engineering problem.

It took the Atomic Energy Laboratory only three months to complete the design drawings and the production of the test missile.

Everyone worked normally and completed this targeted experiment before the end of the 33rd year of Tiangong.

After the unprecedented explosion, the craftsmen calculated and measured various data and estimated a figure of 12.96 million tons.

After receiving the report, Zhu Jianxuan immediately forwarded it to the Ministry of Rites, asking the Ministry to arrange for official newspapers, magazines, television and radio organizations to write and broadcast it.

This simple message was a New Year's gift to everyone in the world thirty-three years ago.

The news spread quickly around the world via communication cables spread all over the world.

More than two years ago, the news of the successful atomic bomb explosion of the Ming Dynasty was made public at Zhu Jianxuan's request.

The images of the atomic bomb test were also shown to the world through television and newspapers.

All the nobles, soldiers, and scholars were so shocked when they saw the news about the atomic bomb that they began to doubt their lives.

But in the next two years, Zhu Jianxuan asked the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple to make arrangements.

All the vassal monarchs who came to pay homage to him regularly were divided into several groups to visit the atomic bomb explosion experiment, and their accompanying photographers were asked to record it.

After returning, you can use local newspapers and film equipment to broadcast and promote it.

The news that such a thing as the atomic bomb does exist has been engraved in the minds of intellectuals around the world over the past two years.

Everyone has to believe that there really is such an extremely terrifying weapon.

Although Zhu Jianxuan did not have the opportunity to make a modern detailed documentary, he has already made quite detailed analysis and interpretation through radio, newspapers and television channels.

Anyone with a certain level of knowledge can roughly understand the basic principles of this weapon and, key point is, why it is so powerful.

In the eyes of Europeans, splitting the originally indivisible atoms is equivalent to directly changing the matter from the fundamental level.

That terrifying energy that is so huge that it seems like a miracle is the energy released from within the matter when the atoms at the bottom collapse and split.

But creating and changing matter is considered to be God's ability.

In addition, some people have deliberately guided and promoted this weapon, and now when Europeans and Americans see the news about this weapon, some people have subconsciously begun to call it divine punishment.

With such terrifying weapons as a deterrent, local forces around the world have been exceptionally stable in the past two years.

Whether it is the original kingdoms in Europe that became vassal states after paying homage, or the new vassal states and transferred vassal states built by the Ming Dynasty in Asia, Europe, Africa and other places, they have all been particularly well-behaved in the past two years.

When the Ming Dynasty's garrison offices and four-office agencies set up in Europe, Asia, Africa and other places issued various routine notifications and requests to them, the other side's personnel were obviously more enthusiastic than before.

What was usually done by subordinate officials may now become something that the king and the feudal lords may respond to personally.

After returning to America with the fifteen princes, the elite representatives of America naturally began to unconditionally and fully cooperate with the princes' reforms.

The news they obtained directly also spread rapidly among the middle and upper classes in America.

The subsequent establishment of the prefectural government and the tributary offices, as well as the establishment of the local imperial examination system, were also unusually smooth.

There have been no further local problems in the development of the middle and lower reaches of the Meihe River and the Grand River, the northern coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and Florida.

The American Development Company and the Sea-and-Lake Land Company formed by the princes were also quickly organized and opened for business.

The old local forces around the world were already living in fear, and now they have heard even more terrifying news.

What is a fusion bomb? It is hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than a fission bomb!

The fission bomb is already extremely terrifying and is considered to be as powerful as divine punishment. It is impossible to imagine what the effect will be if it is increased by thousands of times.

There is also an introduction to fusion reactions, which is to combine the atoms of low-level light and small elements into one to form larger atoms?
Now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty can not only break up large atoms, but also merge small atoms together.

Does this mean that you can play with matter at will?
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty...did he really get the power of God?
(End of this chapter)