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Chapter 6 Manhattan Project

"It is undeniable that our enemies are very powerful," Chu Sinan's tone began to become a little excited. "In Europe, the German fascists and their servants, such as Romania, Finland, etc., have collected a total of 7.5 million troops, with sufficient supplies, a large number of aircraft, and uncountable tanks and artillery. In Asia, the Japanese imperialists also collected millions of troops, and the total number of puppet army accomplices recruited from the occupied areas was also as many as millions. With such powerful military power, these two major fascist countries spread a plague called war to most of Asia and Europe. From the English Channel to the Pyrenees, these two major fascist countries spread a plague called war to most of Asia and Europe.

The mountains, then to the quiet Dukhe, the majestic Caucasus Mountains; from Manchuria in the snow, to the fertile and vast North China Plain, to the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, and the Lingnan; from the Indochina Peninsula, to the Philippine Islands, to New Zealand, Australia, and to the Aleus Islands. This plague called war has spread to most of the earth. It can be seen that the German and Japanese fascist military strength is powerful. In contrast, what do we have? The broken rivers and mountains, fragmented homes, hungry people, and insufficient troops. There is no doubt that from this point of view, we are not the opponents of the fascist enemies, and even with the assistance of your country, the victory or defeat is only between 55 and 5."

"Buzz..." Chu Sinan's words made a noise in the venue. It was obvious that his exaggerated description of the strength of German and Japanese fascists gave many members of parliament. However, on the rostrum behind, Roosevelt, Tuhachevs and others showed admiration. There was no doubt that they admired the form of Chu Sinan's speech.

"Perhaps someone would ask. If that's the case, why not surrender?" Chu Sinan changed his tone and said, "The reason why we do not surrender is because we still have hope, and we still have a yearning for freedom and victory. The enemy can burn our homeland, slaughter our relatives, and temporarily seize our hope for life, but they cannot take away our dignity. As long as there is dignity, we will continue to resist. Until the last bullet is exhausted, the last drop of blood is shed, and the last warrior is sacrificed. This is the firmest reason why I, and all the unyielding, yearning for independent and free nations, persist in the war of resistance. Gentlemen. For us, this is a war destined to persevere. For it, we may have to pay an unbearable price, maybe for it, for years and decades, but for peace and for peace defined by us, we must persist."

"Gentlemen, perhaps from now on, war is still far away for you, but when you look at it on the wall and enjoy this short peace, please pray for us, pray that we can win in this war, and thus build a true peace for you, otherwise you will one day pay dozens of times, hundreds of times the price for today's vote." Chu Sinan's tone began to become passionate, "Don't expect that the fascist empire will return the world to peace after it perishes us. You must know that peace can only be won by the war.

The wise men interpreted, and for the fascists, the peace in their philosophy is to destroy all the beauty that can be destroyed, and to destroy all the freedom that can be destroyed. There is no so-called equality, no so-called freedom, and no peace that you expect. After all, those of us who have been fighting the fascist forces have been destroyed, this plague called war will be destined to spread to America, to the United States of America, to the eyes and around you. By then, sirs, you will bear this fate independently and fight alone."

"So, gentlemen, please cherish the vote in your hands. Don't exhaust your children and even the peace and tranquility that future generations should have enjoyed for a temporary comfort. Now there are only two ways before us. One is to join the war and leave the image of fighting for freedom to our descendants who live in a peaceful environment. The other way is to cast your vote against you, so as to leave this painful war to your descendants. This is the speech made by me, a soldier who is in the war and fights for the final victory. Thank you."

After Chu Sinan finished speaking, he raised his hand to salute the many congressmen at the venue, then turned around and took a big step towards his seat.

"Ba,ba,ba..."

First, there was a sparse applause, and then, thunderous applause sounded in the venue. I think that the members of the parliament had not finished listening to the content converted by the translators until then.

There is no doubt that this short but powerful speech was successful. It was not until this time that Chu Sinan breathed a sigh of relief. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Tukhachevsky smiling, nodding slightly at him, and Roosevelt gave him a thumbs up.

"General," Chu Sinan welcomed Eisenhower's extremely admired gaze, "I have never admired someone as much as I am today. There is no doubt that you are the most charming soldier I have ever seen. If I have the opportunity to fight side by side with the general, it will be the greatest honor in my life."

Eisenhower said.

After Chu Sinan's speech, as usual, American military personnel gave another speech aimed at canvassing. Chu Sinan had long heard of his name when the speaker came out this time, and this person was the famous Marshall.

Since arriving in the United States, Chu Sinan has always wanted to meet those pro-war pros and constituents who were famous in World War II, but there was no chance. Now is undoubtedly a good time. But unfortunately, perhaps because Marshall's speech would involve certain secrets from the United States, so before his figure appeared, Chu Sinan and Tukhachevsky were humbly led out of the venue by Roosevelt.

At the beginning, Chu Sinan didn't feel anything wrong, because this was a normal thing. If it were in the Soviet Union, a foreigner would probably not be allowed to attend the meeting. However, when he was about to leave the venue, a thin figure who passed by him surrounded by several security guards surprised Chu Sinan. At the same time, he immediately realized what he would talk about in the venue.

Chu Sinan knew this person who passed by Chu Sinan, but this did not mean that there was any direct relationship between the two. But in Chu Sinan's memory, the portrait, photos and even the deeds of this person appeared in many books countless times. Even when he was in school, the portrait of this person was hung in the classroom and corridors of the school. His broad forehead, messy white hair, and sloppy lichen dress were his most representative feature.

This person is not someone else, but is the proposer of the theory of relativity. The world-famous scientist Einstein.

The appearance of Einstein made Chu Sinan directly think of the amazingly powerful atomic bomb. You should know that the reason why the atomic bomb was able to appear was that Einstein's mass energy formula played a crucial role. "e=m2", a simple formula that seems ordinary, is the scientific theoretical basis for the manufacturing of atomic bombs.

Looking back at history, Hitler's brutality can be said to have directly provided the driving force for the US military development. In the early days of World War II, due to the tyranny of Hitler, a large number of scientists who were originally from Germany ran away in a mess, including Einstein, Ferry, Poll, Glad and other core figures in atomic bomb research. Later, with the German military operations in Norway, Madame Curie's son-in-law Yorio was prompted to transport all the 200 liters of heavy water necessary to create an atomic bomb to the United States. This gave the United States the unique advantage of first creating an atomic bomb.

As far as Chu Sinan knows, it was not the United States that first proposed to make atomic bombs in the world, but Germany. It was precisely because of the German plan to make atomic bombs that the physicist Glad was worried at the time, and therefore proposed to the US government to make a plan to make atomic bombs first. At the beginning, the people who accepted the plan did not understand the relevant knowledge in this regard, and they regarded the super weapon Glad as a fantasy. In desperation, Glad found Einstein and hoped that he would personally explain the feasibility of this plan to President Roosevelt. Therefore, Einstein's subsequent deep conversation with Roosevelt and Einstein's speech in the US Congress, which eventually led to the release of an unprecedented "Manhattan" plan.

"The Americans are going to build an atomic bomb."

This information also appeared in Chu Sinan's mind as Einstein appeared in front of Chu Sinan. This information also marked that in the past decade, the United States became the only country in the world with nuclear weapons. At this moment, Chu Sinan frowned.

"Chu, what's wrong?" Tukhachevsky, who was walking beside Chu Sinan, soon noticed the young man's frowning. His steps slowed down a little, and then asked in a low voice.

"Oh, nothing." Chu Sinan subconsciously looked at the American security guard who was following him, then shook his head and said.

Tukhachevsky obviously took his movements completely, so he just nodded and stopped asking anything.

Americans study atomic bombs, so there seems to be no reason for them to wait for their research to succeed, but at this time, what can they do? Chu Sinan can't imagine yet.

Chu Sinan's speculation is correct at all. In addition to aid to the Soviet Union and other countries, what the US Congress wants to discuss today is another hidden issue, which is the investment in research on a new type of new weapon with amazing power.

As early as a month ago, Einstein sent a letter to Roosevelt. In this letter, he talked about one thing that his friend Glad mentioned, that is, the Germans were secretly developing nuclear fission weapons. For Roosevelt, if someone mentioned this matter, he would definitely be disdainful, because in this world, how could there be a weapon that can directly destroy a city? This is really incredible. But the problem now is that the people who prove that this possibility exists to him are the ones who admire him the most, and they are each other.

Roosevelt, who had a deep personal relationship, could not understand the character of Einstein. He was definitely not the kind of person who could speak freely without any evidence. Because of this, a few days ago, Roosevelt specially invited Einstein to his private residence. The two had a long conversation on this issue. Through this conversation, Einstein analyzed the credibility of nuclear fission weapons in detail for Roosevelt from a scientific perspective. At the same time, he emphasized several times that once the Germans took the lead in mastering this weapon, the consequences would be unimaginable.

It is precisely because of this that Roosevelt truly realized how important this issue is, so he decided to set up a special research institute as short as possible to study and develop this amazing weapon called the "atomic bomb".

However, during the conversation with Einstein, Roosevelt also received a message that if he wanted to truly develop this weapon successfully, the financial, material and manpower would be staggering. Not to mention anything else, just talking about a material  ̄ ̄ 235, which is necessary to make this weapon, its division and purification work is a very cumbersome and expensive project.

According to Einstein, from a physics perspective, abundance, that is, the higher the purity of uranium 235, the more powerful energy it can generate during the fission process. In this regard, to make this weapon, at least weapon-level enriched uranium with a purity of more than 95%. According to the proportion, every kilogram of enriched uranium with a purity of more than 95% is required to consume 200 tons of uranium ore. Just look at this number, you may be able to think about how huge the scale of the entire research plan will be.

In addition, Einstein also talked about a problem. It is about the separation and extraction of uranium 235 atoms. You should know that in the world, the content of natural uranium is very small, and only one of every 140 extracted uranium atoms is uranium 235 atoms, and the remaining part is all uranium 238 atoms. The particularly difficult problem is that uranium 235 and uranium 238 are the isotopes of the same element. The mass and chemical differences between them are very small. It is a very difficult thing to separate them. Therefore, the problem of separation and extraction of uranium 235 elements will be the first difficulty to overcome in this research plan. If you want to overcome this difficulty as soon as possible, you must gather the wisdom of everyone and mobilize as many experts, scholars from relevant aspects to study countermeasures as much as possible.

A weapon research project that requires a lot of money and also requires a large number of experts to be requisitioned is obviously impossible to hand over to a military-industrial enterprise to complete it alone. If the state comes forward to implement this plan, it must pass the resolution of Congress. Because of this, Roosevelt invited Einstein to Congress today, and he will explain to everyone present the feasibility and necessity of the implementation of this plan.

Perhaps the most regrettable thing for the United States and Roosevelt is that Chu Sinan does not belong to the United States, he is in the Soviet Union. Otherwise, their plan might have been completed half a year to one year in advance.

Some people may have questions, may Chu Sinan, a soldier, knows how to build an atomic bomb? This is obviously impossible. But one thing to note is that Chu Sinan cannot know how to build an atomic bomb, but he comes from the future, and this future is an era when the years of nuclear blackmail have passed away. In this era, although the atomic bomb is still a military taboo, its terrifying mystery has long been removed. In this era, if you find someone who cares a little about international current affairs, he knows the Iranian nuclear crisis, and also knows that the reason why the United States has always claimed that Iran has an attempt to build nuclear weapons is because they have a huge number of centrifuges.

What is the centrifuge used for? The answer is very simple, it is used to separate uranium 235 atoms. This kind of thing can easily separate the uranium 235 atoms that were originally mixed together from uranium 238 atoms.

As for Chu Sinan, he was very concerned about international dynamics before, and for nothing else, because he was not interested in the arrogant attitude of the Americans, so he hoped that someone would stand up and challenge the "world police". In this way, he first saw Bin Laden's father bombing the World Trade Center, then saw Uncle Saddam playing guns and rods, and finally saw Iran adjusting nuclear weapons. So, naturally, he learned about the centrifuge and understood that before the centrifuge appeared, people used the "gas diffusion method" to separate uranium 235 atoms, and even had a detailed understanding of the "gas diffusion method".

If Chu Sinan heard the problem Einstein said now, he would definitely give a disdainful answer: "You are so stupid, this problem is not easy to solve? Since there is difficulty in separation directly, let's change the method, such as converting uranium into uranium nitride gas, and then adding high pressure to the gas to perform atomic separation. At the same time, these separated atoms are forced to pass through a porous filter membrane at a high speed. Everyone knows that uranium 235 is one or three percent lighter than uranium 238 atoms. In this way, when passing through the porous membrane, the speed of uranium 235 will be slightly faster than uranium 238. In this way, we filtered it again and again, and filtered thousands of times. Due to the difference in speed, the two elements were separated?"

I really don’t know what expression would appear on Einstein and those scientists if they heard Chu Sinan, a "rude man" who entered the army, say these things. Maybe they would jointly certify that this general who only knows how to march and fight will receive the Nobel Prize once?

Of course, this is just a joke. The "gas diffusion method" is far from talking about such a simple thing. Chu Sinan cannot understand the various process problems, but it can be imagined that with his reminder, scientists like Einstein could easily study this method in detail.

Standing on the shoulders of a giant named "History", the achievements that predecessors could be praised by later generations are always so simple and simple.
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