I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

In the cement bunker less than 10 kilometers away from the center of the explosion, Tian Zhan also saw the explosion scene through the observation window.

However, compared with the people at sea, what the IAEA observers saw was a purgatory on earth.

The bunker they built is close to the local forest park. It has been designed and constructed since the establishment of the control area. An extremely thick protective layer was built using cement, steel bars, and lead plates. In theory, it can directly resist the air explosion of a hydrogen bomb 5 kilometers directly above. It is extremely solid.

Personnel entering and exiting the building must pass through temporary underground passages from further away, and there is no doubt about their strength.

The first thing they saw was a blazing bolide flashing past the narrow field of view of the observation window, and then the pale glare turned the observation window into a super-bright screen that emitted cold light.

This stage lasted for about 5 seconds, and then the scenery outside turned into a sea of ​​fire. The shock wave carrying countless debris continued to advance along the terrain, completely destroying all the surrounding buildings and trees. Countless debris and Flying across the surface of the bunker at super high speeds.

This is nothing for a bunker built to the highest standards, but the shock wave underground is the real highlight. Tian Zhan immediately felt that the entire bunker was shaking violently, and the rough cement walls kept falling dust, even while sitting. A feeling of being thrown off the stool.

The shock wave of the nuclear bomb explosion was the first test. As a country in a seismic zone, the explosion of the earth-penetrating warhead immediately triggered an earthquake with an intensity of 5.2.

On the surface, the low-pressure area formed around the explosion center after the first round of high-temperature air mass spread began to suck in fresh air, and objects that had been heated to extremely high temperatures immediately began to burn.

Trees were burning, buildings were burning, steel was burning, and almost everything visible was burning at high temperatures. Within a radius of three kilometers, there was a sea of ​​fire. The fire even spread as far as 10 kilometers, igniting the entire forest park.

Looking out from the bunker, they were completely surrounded by flames, and outside was a lifeless purgatory.

Even through the reflecting mirror and the thick porthole, Tian Zhan still seemed to be able to feel the high temperature that could ignite his skin in an instant.

At this moment, he even had the illusion that a world war had broken out and civilization had been destroyed.

But the interference-resistant phone connected by the phone line started ringing, and a voice on the other end shattered his reverie.

"Bell, this is the Dragon Palace, please report the situation immediately."

"Bell received!"

Tian Zhan immediately cheered up and looked at the scenery inside the observation window and told the truth:

"According to the measurement of our unit, the center of explosion deviation is ±9, and the depth deviation is 11 to 17. The earthquake was extremely strong at the observation station. It was judged that the detonation was successful. It was judged that the detonation was successful!

The average surface temperature exceeds 300 degrees Celsius, the center of the explosion cannot be measured for the time being, and the radiation residue is still huge. It is expected that a measuring aircraft will be dispatched in one hour to take photos of the scene.

The bell has tolled, the bell has tolled! "

"Dragon Palace received it, the bell has tolled, please continue to prepare for the next bell ringing!"

After finishing the communication with his superiors, Tian Zhan discovered that others were doing the same thing, but Bailey was the first to complete it. After all, the Pacific Fleet was full of spies here.

"According to data from our radiation observation satellites, there was a brief rise in anomalous radiation at the center of the explosion, but then it dropped below expected levels, and I think we have ignited the core and burned out the nuclear fuel inside."

Bailey announced the summary information that had just arrived from the Hexagon, but did not show any joy.

Tian Zhan: "Colonel Bailey, we will check with your information as soon as possible."

Bailey: "Tian, ​​I suddenly wondered if one day I would see the same thing in Ryukyu, and then it would become a cloud of smoke and dust in the air."

"..."

"Sukabret!"

A curse suddenly sounded next to the two of them, and then they saw Sergey's old wrinkled face.

He looked at Tian Zhan:

"Your warhead was so destructive that it created a large crater with a diameter of hundreds of meters. I very much suspect that the No. 2 core has drifted into the sea!

Moreover, it is impossible for us to conduct secondary mapping. Our Iskander attack position is no longer accurate! "

"But we did calculations before the launch and found that the radioactive material content in the radiation cloud did not abnormally exceed the standard, which means that the No. 2 core was not affected."

Tian Zhan looked confused. These technical tasks had been demonstrated countless times, and Sergey's worries were somewhat unnecessary.

But this guy shook his head hard and said seriously:

"We must find a way to smooth out the offset. I will immediately apply to the country to replace the 450,000-ton warhead with a 700,000-ton equivalent warhead. This will be safe enough."

"..."

Tian Zhan frowned and thought for a moment, then moved his gaze to Bailey next to him, who had a look of indifference and indifference on his face.

"??"

Bailey: "This is Plan B we prepared, isn't it? If the first one goes awry, use more power. What Sergey said makes sense."

"But there are less than four hours until the second round——"

Tian Zhan had fully realized at this time that the two people had colluded long ago to take advantage of the loophole.

Of course, the cleanup plan cannot have only one plan. Since the expected effects are completely unknown, the IAEA has a total of four plans ABCD.

The explosion yields of plan A are 340,000 tons, 450,000 tons, and 200,000 tons; plan B is 700,000 tons, 700,000 tons, and 550,000 tons.

This is not just a matter of increasing the yield. Plan B does not have a ready-made nuclear warhead in China, and the third 550,000-ton air-burst hydrogen bomb must also be a two-phase configuration. China believes that Aramco does not have it in stock. Maozi’s 700,000-ton earth-penetrating warhead In an unknown state.

No wonder the two parties agreed without much argument when discussing the cleaning sequence that the first round would be carried out by Dongfeng 15C, and passed the early cleaning plan extremely smoothly. It turned out that they were waiting here.

It is estimated that their warheads have always been configured according to plan B, and they are not prepared to use the button-swish-swish plan A at all.

The flashing eyes of Sergey and Bailey confirmed this, but Tian Zhan was not angry at being deceived.

Anyway, he has already made a start, and the latter two are of course more careless. Maybe this is also expected. He is only at the execution level and is not qualified to know so much.

What a dirty political deal...

His default attitude made the other two very happy. Perhaps because he was a little apologetic, Sergey even found Tian Zhan alone to explain:

"Iskander is very big. We have never equipped a warhead with a yield of less than 1 million tons. The yield of 700,000 tons is already the result of a lot of reduction. Believe me, even if the core sinks to 200 meters, it will be cleaned up. of."