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Chapter 260 Plutonium Bomb Test
On November 1985, 11, Wang Jiankun transformed himself into David and brought more than 20 of the only nuclear experts in the Quanjie Alliance to the small coastal town of Pekartsdorp in southern South Africa.

This small seaside town is located between South Africa's most important ports, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, with the Outeniqua Mountains to its north.

Currently, this small town has been actually controlled by the African branch of the Quanjiefang. It is loose on the outside but tight on the inside, and the core area is full of Quanjiefang members.

Wang Jiankun brought so many nuclear experts here, of course not for tourism or vacation, but to conduct a small-scale nuclear explosion test.

The area in northern Myanmar is too small. It is the most important industrial and mineral base of the Central Liberation Front, and it is very difficult to conduct nuclear tests there.

In addition, it is close to China and it is very easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

So after many discussions, Wang Jiankun decided to conduct the nuclear test in South Africa, a sparsely populated country far away from major powers.

The reason for choosing South Africa to conduct nuclear explosion tests was not only because it was geographically far away from several major countries, but also because the previous fire did work.

In August last year, Wang Jiankun came to the African continent and promoted different forms of riots in South Africa and Libya.

At present, Libya has gained a lot of benefits and occupied the northern plateau of Chad and some resource-rich areas, so it stopped and kept its troops in place.

South Africa is still in turmoil.

The South African Defense Force, which was originally controlled by white forces in the country, was indeed powerful, but it was also badly defeated in the face of nationwide riots.

Although they are much stronger than the black armed forces in terms of heavy weapons, cannons cannot kill mosquitoes.

Over the past year, the FMLN's African base in Mozambique has continuously supplied guns, ammunition and rocket launchers to tribal armed forces across South Africa.

In addition, instructors are sent to some key areas to provide training guidance to improve their combat capabilities.

Therefore, one year later, the white power in South Africa has been greatly weakened. They can only shrink to a few capitals and large cities, and the vast rural areas and small towns have been occupied by tribal armed forces.

Among them, the areas directly controlled by the National Liberation Front already account for about 5% of South Africa’s land area, and with the continued investment of the National Liberation Front, the number of areas that can be directly controlled or have a great influence is increasing.

Among them, the small coastal town of Pekardsdorp in the south was occupied by an armed force controlled by the National Liberation Front in early 85.

Because the coastline here is relatively steep and the water is relatively shallow, it is not suitable for building a large port with a capacity of more than 10,000 tons, so its development has been very slow in the past.

Before the FTL's armed forces occupied this place, there were only more than 3000 white people living here, less than 1 households.

The Quanjie formation was relatively civilized when they occupied this place. They simply sent the white people here away and allowed them to take their belongings with them.

Unlike some black chiefs, after breaking into white towns, they would basically carry out actions such as robbery and rape to satisfy their excited subordinates.

It was precisely because of this more civilized approach that the South African government forces did not send troops here after learning that this place had been lost, but instead came for friendly negotiations in the hope of allowing the coastal railway to operate normally.

The FNLA does not yet have full control over South Africa, so of course it agrees to the support of the South African government forces.

Therefore, this small coastal city has won a rare window of development.

The Quanjiezhen African base sent a large number of workers to expand the port, which could only accommodate small ocean-going ships of 5 tons, into a port that could accommodate -ton cargo ships.

In addition, many defensive fortifications were built on both sides of the city, and heavy weapons such as long-range 155 artillery and K-3 air defense missiles were deployed.

In addition, a field airport was repaired near the northern mountains. The airport has a 1-meter runway where small and medium-sized aircraft can take off and land.

Wang Jiankun and his team arrived here on a Y-1 transport plane.

"Hello, Commander David, I am Tato, the person in charge of Pekardsdorp. Please follow me, let's go to the camp to rest first." After getting off the plane, a tall and strong black man with a bald head in military uniform came to greet him.

"Hello Tato, thank you for your hard work. Please lead the way."

Led by Tato, Wang Jiankun and his party walked to the airport exit and boarded a medium-sized bus.

The driver was also a black soldier in military uniform. There was an American convertible pickup truck in front and behind, with a heavy machine gun welded on the bed, and two soldiers on board.

The front seats of the pickup truck were also filled with soldiers, each of them holding a gun.

Although the small town had been taken over by the Quanjiezhen armed forces for more than half a year, the core area had been basically cleared.

However, the airport is located in the suburbs, and it is possible that government troops or some tribal armed forces may come out to carry out guerrilla looting.

Therefore, for safety reasons, Tato, the person in charge of the small town, sent enough security forces to pick up Wang Jiankun and others.

The convoy first drove on a gravel surface, maintaining a speed of about 40 kilometers per hour.

A breeze blew in from the small opening above the window, taking away the heat from the car.

November is summer in South Africa, with daytime temperatures around 11 degrees and nighttime temperatures around 25 degrees.

Although the temperature is not high, it rains a lot in summer. November is the beginning of the rainy season, and there are often thunderstorms, which causes the air humidity to be very high. If there is no wind, it is still very stuffy.

Fortunately, the airport is not far from the urban area. After driving 6 kilometers on the gravel road, we arrived at the urban area. The car was driving fast at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour on the empty streets.

After about 10 minutes, the car stopped at a parking lot in a manor.

In the car, Tato had told him that the place where they were resting during this period was this estate that was originally owned by a wealthy white businessman.

"Everyone, divide into groups of two, each group will have a room. First, put your luggage away, and then gather at the restaurant. After dinner, we will go to the seaside pier and take a speedboat to the destination to check the construction status of the experimental site."

After Wang Jiankun got off the car, he said to his entourage.

"understand!"

Everyone followed the manor's service staff to choose their rooms in groups of two according to the order in which they boarded the bus.

Led by Tato, Wang Jiankun went to a room on the third floor with the best view.

In the room, if your eyesight is good, you can see the port 3 kilometers away.

There are several speedboats of about 15 meters and two small cargo ships of about 2 tons docked there.

Wang Jiankun didn't look at it any further. After putting his luggage away, he went downstairs to the restaurant.

After hurriedly finishing his breakfast at a moderate pace and drinking a cup of hot tea, he took everyone to the port in the same minibus.

The port was very quiet at this time, with almost no pedestrians to be seen, and multiple guards were standing guard and patrolling at the entrances and exits.

Because a nuclear explosion is about to take place on an island offshore, this port has been placed under martial law.

Wang Jiankun and his companions were specially marked, so when they approached, the brain-computer chips in the guards' minds automatically prompted them to pass.

So the group quickly passed the checkpoint and got on the three speedboats waiting at the dock.

The target location is 100 nautical miles away from this port. For safety reasons, the speed of the speedboat can only be maintained at around 35 knots. It takes about 3 hours to reach the island test site.

Tato did not go along as he was still responsible for the affairs of the small town.

After leaving the port area, the speedboat entered the sea with strong winds and waves.

The waves kept hitting the bow of the boat, and the splashing water was blown by the sea breeze onto the faces and bodies of Wang Jiankun and others.

Fortunately, everyone wore raincoats and did not get wet by the sea water.

The wind was quite strong at sea, so everyone kept their mouths shut and stared silently at the blue boundary between the sea and the sky in the distance.

After 2 and a half hours, the speedboat began to slow down because it had entered an area with dense reefs.

The captains are all experienced and familiar with this sea area. They drove the speedboat left and right in the safe passage of the reef area. It took about half an hour to reach a large reef that was more than 10 meters above the sea surface and covered an area of ​​about 90 square meters.

At this time, the top of the large reef had been leveled by a small rock breaker, and a large drilling rig was rumbling on it.

After seeing Wang Jiankun and his team of three speedboats arrive, the person in charge of the drilling operation quickly ran to the small berth opened up next to the reef.

"Captain David, hello. I am Zhang Ming, the drilling supervisor. We have already drilled to a depth of 120 meters. We expect to reach the planned depth of 150 meters tonight. We will then change the equipment and carve out a cavity with a diameter of 2 meters at the bottom."

"Hello, Zhang Ming! You've worked hard. After you finish the drilling work, go back to northern Myanmar and have a good rest."

Because the reef here is relatively small and the waterway cannot accommodate large ships, these drilling workers live and eat on small boats.

During the day, we work on the reef under the sun and sea breeze. When we return to the boat at night, the waves make the boat shake, making it difficult to get a good rest.

Therefore, looking at Zhang Ming with sunken eyes, tangled hair and haggard face.

Wang Jiankun took the initiative to grant him and the workers a longer vacation.

"Thank you, Captain David. The drilling rig is performing very stably. The borehole is as expected during the survey. There is no water seepage. The reef is covered with solid rock layers, and there are no cracks at the location where we drilled."

"Oh? That's great. This saves us the trouble of installing casing and pumping water."

While listening to the report from Zhang Ming, the person in charge of the drilling project, Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to check the progress of the drilling.

In fact, he had used his superpowers to check out this reef before, and after many comparisons, he still chose this place.

Although there are many small reefs on the periphery, which makes it impossible to use large ships for transportation, other conditions are very suitable.

"You guys should install the data collection devices one by one according to the plan. You have two hours in total."

"Roger that, sir."

The nuclear experts who followed cooperated with each other according to the predetermined plan and retrieved the data collection device that they brought from northern Myanmar.

Then control the underwater robot and dive into the sea with data collectors.

Because the outer structure of the reef was surveyed before the test site was selected, the nuclear experts had already determined the location of the data collector. The underwater robot was specially made by Wang Jiankun, with strong waterproof and pressure resistance. The data connection wire is optical fiber, so the nuclear experts can sit on the boat and view the location of the detector through multiple underwater cameras.

After listening to Zhang Ming's report, Wang Jiankun asked him to continue directing the drilling work.

He began to use his super powers to check on the work of the nuclear experts.

Because of the rehearsal, the installation of the detector went smoothly and was fully installed in less than 2 hours.

On the way back, three nuclear experts stayed behind to do some preparatory work. They will stay until a few hours before the test explosion officially begins.

After Wang Jiankun and his team returned to Pekardsdorp, they waited in the manor for two days.

At 11 a.m. on November 23, two fast airships arrived at the airport outside Pekartsdorp.

One of the airships was transporting the 1200-ton plutonium bomb that Wang Jiankun personally participated in manufacturing.

The plutonium bomb was loaded with 5.4 kg of plutonium-239 (95.4% pure) and had a neutron reflector in the center.

The plutonium core is only slightly larger than a baseball and is very small.

The outer layer is composed of layers of high-energy explosives with different explosion speeds.

The entire plutonium bomb is only 50 centimeters in diameter and weighs 310 kilograms.

Another accompanying airship was transporting some equipment or simulated targets to be dispersed over the nearby sea.

That night, the security level in the entire Pekardsdorp was raised to the highest level, especially the road from the airport to the beach.

After the airship delivered the cargo, it quickly took off. Hundreds of staff from various departments who arrived behind Wang Jiankun and his team took over the plutonium bomb and the testing equipment.

That night, Wang Jiankun set off with nuclear experts and the team responsible for the transportation and placement of the plutonium bomb.

The weather on that day was a rare sunny day, and the night sky in the southern hemisphere was dotted with stars.

While on the flight, Wang Jiankun looked at the starry sky and his thoughts drifted far away.

The shining stars in the sky are nuclear bombs that are constantly undergoing fusion reactions.

Only the vast space can accommodate so many and such large "nuclear bombs".

The Earth is so small that even to conduct a nuclear fission bomb test with a yield of 1,000 tons, one has to be so cautious and choose such a remote corner.

And to avoid detection satellites from the United States and the Soviet Union in space.

It also has to be chosen during the limited monitoring period.

In 1979, US satellites detected suspected nuclear explosion signals in the South Atlantic (near Bouvet Island between South Africa and Antarctica), but South Africa has always denied any involvement.

Therefore, when Wang Jiankun and his team tested this small-yield plutonium bomb, they chose a reef far away from the main shipping channel, drilled a hole 150 meters deep, and chose a rare window period.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the small fleet, sailing at a low speed of about 20 knots, arrived at the reef.

At this time, the drilling rig above had been pushed into the sea nearby, leaving only an iron frame with a crane.

When the sun jumped out of the sea, the black-painted plutonium bomb had been hung under the crane.

The staff operated the crane and carefully placed the plutonium bomb, which turned even darker in the sunlight, into the deep well.

It took about an hour for the plutonium bomb, called "Little Black" by the staff, to be placed in place.

During the following day, people continued to go up and down the reef, some were sealing the wellhead, and some were installing various instruments.

It was not until 8 o'clock in the evening that all the preparations were completed.

At this time, three information-collecting airships were already in place a few kilometers above the reef.

On the nearby sea, there are also more than 10 unmanned small boats, sailing in circles at low speed under the control of automatic controllers.

Various underwater detectors also transmit various data via optical fibers.

"Report to Commander David, everything is ready, please give instructions." The person in charge of coordinating the nuclear explosion experiment reported to Wang Jiankun on the completion of the preparatory work.

Wang Jiankun looked at his watch. It was already 9:2 in the evening, and there were still two and a half hours left in the satellite monitoring window.

"The explosion took place on time at 11:24 on November 5th. Now the personnel are evacuating in an orderly manner."

"Yes."

Some of the personnel who had completed their work had already been evacuated by small boats. They will return directly to Pekardsdorp and then leave by various means of transportation.

Those who remain here are some nuclear experts and those who are responsible for the final preparations and data collection.

After receiving the evacuation order, everyone took action according to the planned plan.

At this time, clouds began to float in the night sky, blocking the stars in the sky.

Wang Jiankun quickly left the danger zone on a speedboat.

Then transfer to a 5-ton cargo ship in the safe zone.

"Jiankun, how is it going? Can it be detonated as planned?"

"Uncle, why are you here? Didn't you say you were watching a video in Myanmar?"

"You said, how can we see the video clearly at night? I was curious about what a nuclear explosion would look like, so I took an airship to come here to take a look."

"It's impossible to see clearly from here. To avoid being discovered, the nuclear explosion was inside a reef 150 meters below the sea surface.

If nothing unexpected happens, the sea waves caused by the explosion here are almost the same as regular 2-meter-high waves. "

"Ah? Then I came here for nothing?"

"Almost. There is nothing we can do about it. The United States, the Soviet Union and other major countries are very strict in monitoring this type of weapon. If we succeed in the test explosion this time, we will not conduct test explosions in the future, at least not on Earth."

"This is just a fission bomb, right? Don't we need to test-explode the fusion bomb once?"

"It's not possible on Earth, but it is possible on the moon. The fission bomb we have developed is enough for us to protect ourselves. We will soon start large-scale rocket tests. Then we can test our hydrogen bomb on the moon."

Time passed quickly as the two talked, and before they knew it, it was November 11th.

Boom~, a low sound came from the dark sea in the distance.

After several minutes, the waves that were originally only 1 meter high became bigger and bigger, and then a wave of more than 2 meters high continuously caused the cargo ship of about 5 tons to shake.

"Uncle, the explosion is complete."

"That's it. Just a low hum. Nothing else."

"Wait a moment. I'll have the data collection team process the data captured by the nearby detectors and share it with you. You can just check it out."

After waiting for about 10 minutes, pictures and videos of the nuclear explosion site were uploaded.

Wang Jiankun and his uncle began to use the brain-computer chip to receive the information and checked it on the way back.

One of the clips was shot by a low-altitude drone flying several hundred meters above the reef.

A few tenths of a second after the nuclear explosion, the reef was pushed up more than 10 meters by the energy released by the "Little Black" under the sea.

Then it broke into five large pieces and fell to the sea surface, making a huge splash.

The sea water in the center began to churn, producing waves more than 5 meters high, which then continued to spread outward.

In the center, a large number of bubbles constantly emerged from the deep seabed to the sea surface. The temperature of these bubbles was very high. Soon, the original reef area was covered by high-temperature water vapor.

Some of the small boats on the periphery were overturned by the waves, while others moved forward with the waves.

After reading the information, Wang Jiankun checked the data sent back by each monitoring point and asked Zhizi to help calculate the equivalent of the nuclear explosion.

It took Chieko less than 0.1 seconds to give the specific data of 1280 tons of equivalent.

"Uncle, how is it?"

"It's not exciting at all. It's a waste of time."

"There's nothing we can do. Our foundation is so poor that we can only do a small-scale test explosion secretly.

But don’t worry, I will take you to the moon to watch the big fireworks later.”

"Don't make promises to me. We don't know when we'll be able to go to the moon."

"Soon, we will have all the resources in Myanmar as a foundation. After more than a year of construction, we will be able to support space exploration projects."

"Okay, then I'll wait."

After completing the plutonium bomb test, Wang Jiankun returned to northern Myanmar and designed nuclear warheads of various powers that could be used in actual combat based on data from real nuclear explosions, while also designing hydrogen bombs.

At the same time, he also officially started the development of large rockets and large space stations.

(End of this chapter)