"Professor Ding, how long do you estimate it will take to complete it?" Yu Yifeng asked. He had a lot of work and heavy tasks, and it was impossible to wait here endlessly, although he was also very curious in his heart.
"It's hard to say. According to this progress, it will take about five or six hours." Professor Ding Yidong said. "After that, the nuclear bomb and rocket must be packaged. We are not professional in this work and leave it to other laboratories.
.Finally, ultrasonic testing needs to be carried out. In total, it will take about two or three days."
Yu Yifeng thoughtfully picked up the design drawing of the nuclear bomb and studied it carefully for a while. It recorded a large amount of data and various images, which was as thick as a book. With his existing knowledge level,
, I can barely take a look at it and can’t make any effective suggestions.
"Professor, are you making it too sophisticated? Things that are too sophisticated are often not very reliable..."
"Oh, Captain Yu, you have to know that the smaller the nuclear bomb, the higher the difficulty. The larger the nuclear bomb, the easier it is..."
Professor Ding Yidong said with a wry smile, "With limited time and limited resources, I had no choice but to come up with the 20-nanometer iron sheet paper. If we were to build a large nuclear bomb and have enough funds, we wouldn't have this kind of structure."
Yu Yifeng nodded, "By the way, if the helium-3 nuclear bomb is completed and a nuclear test is required, some procedures will need to be carried out. You know this, right? Well... Anyway, it will be no problem with me, I'm sure
It will be approved."
Certain safety procedures are still in place for these extremely destructive and high-risk weapons.
"Okay, I know this." Ding Yidong nodded and said, "I will type up the report tomorrow." Halfway through, he hesitated and said slowly: "Captain Yu, if the blasting is successful, then I
"Promotion plan..." He did not say any more and stared at Yu Yifeng, full of expectation.
Yu Yifeng couldn't help but think of his "Gigaton Level Helium-3 Nuclear Bomb Propulsion Plan", and murmured in his heart, "Oh, this plan, how should I put it, is too crazy..." He also thought of the current progress of various projects,
Finally I made up my mind.
"If the test is successful, we will definitely consider your plan again!"
"Then it's a deal!" Professor Ding said excitedly, "I've prepared that plan a long time ago and revised it several times to make sure it's foolproof!"
When he walked out of the laboratory, Yu Yifeng's mood was complicated. Although today's party was very effective and overall it was a success, there was still one thing that weighed on his heart like a big mountain.
.
That is - the engineering projects of Project Noah did not meet expectations.
Half of the time has passed. Of the more than 100 projects, only half have met expectations, while the other half have not... It's not that people are lazy or that they don't work hard, but that there is insufficient energy!
Because of time constraints, it is impossible for people to build more nuclear power plants. The current power equipment is operating at full capacity almost all the time, but it is still not enough.
Industrial production requires massive amounts of electric energy, especially the smelting of non-ferrous metals, which requires a large amount of energy.
Generally speaking, iron ore (Fe) and copper ore (Cu), which are less reducible than carbon, can be reduced to metal elements as long as they are burned together with carbon (C).
All are produced using coal.
But there are no such things on the moon, so electrolysis can only be used, which consumes too much electricity.
Yu Yifeng had a headache. Without copper, there would be no cables, and without iron, there would be no steel bars. Therefore, the internal construction of the spacecraft was seriously lagging behind. Many ores were piled up, but there was not enough electricity to produce. It is said that a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.
But with rice, it’s not possible without firewood.
Judging from today's report, the construction of various large-scale life-support systems has just begun. It is too busy... If the spacecraft is launched into the sky but the things are not built well, then everyone's survival will not be guaranteed.
Therefore, a batch of energy must be transferred from somewhere! Whether it is deducting a little or saving a little, energy is the first key. This is a big mountain that weighs on his heart.
Yu Yifeng and Bai Hezi were walking in tandem, both thinking about this matter.
Although the agricultural transformation plan has been successfully completed and can free up a large amount of energy, which is a good thing, this energy is expected and has been written into the plan. Many new projects need to use this energy.
Therefore, a batch of unexpected energy sources must be found to speed up the progress of the project.
So, where to find it?
Or, dismantle, completely dismantle the original base, and you can get a lot of metal materials. However, this project is also very large, and it must be done at the end. Otherwise, the spacecraft has not been built yet, and the base has been illuminated, and there will be no place for people to live.
The best way is to cut off the original hydrogen bomb manufacturing plan and replace it with a helium-3 nuclear bomb!
Because making a hydrogen bomb consumes too much energy, whether it is deuterium or tritium, it is very troublesome. Although deuterium is found in water, purification is troublesome. It requires repeated distillation and then electrolysis, and each step consumes a lot of energy. And tritium even
There will be no way to expand production for a while, so it can only be generated slowly in the reactor.
Most of the energy released by agricultural transformation has been used to make hydrogen bombs. If possible, cut off all this part and use it to smelt metal!
Making helium-3 nuclear bombs basically requires no energy. People have close to two thousand tons of helium-3 in their inventory, so they can be used directly! This is a very good method. Yu Yifeng can only secretly look forward to it. Ding
Professor Yidong's helium-3 nuclear bomb can be successfully developed.
…
Soon, three days passed, and Ding Yidong lived up to his expectations. A report quietly appeared on Yu Yifeng's desk, which was "Application for Testing of 1-Million-ton Helium-3 Nuclear Weapons"!
The development was successful! Yu Yifeng felt slightly excited. He flipped through a few pages. The basic content was similar to what he saw that day. The safety review procedures had also been passed. He waved his hand and immediately wrote down two
Character:
"approve!"
The new government's work efficiency is very high. It approved it in the morning and held the nuclear test that afternoon. After one notification after another, a total of more than 100 people participated in the observation, including Yu Yifeng, Ding Yidong, Li Wu, and
About a hundred other scientific authorities came to evaluate the blasting effect of this helium-3 nuclear bomb.
Everyone attaches great importance to this test. If it succeeds, people will get a more powerful nuclear bomb. The way of nuclear propulsion will also be different. This is a nuclear test with special meaning.
"I announce that the test of mankind's first helium-3 nuclear weapon has officially begun! The code name of this test is Qiming!"
When the time came, Yu Yifeng read out.
"The estimated yield of this nuclear test is 1 million tons of TNT, and the test location is the Aikli Crater. Please be prepared, observers."
The Aikli Crater is an uninhabited land two thousand kilometers away from the base. There should be no problem in conducting a nuclear test here, and it will not affect the production of the base.
Following an order, the helium-3 nuclear bomb was loaded into a huge steel container and transported from the factory by train and giant trailer to a place about a hundred kilometers outside the base, where there was a thirty-meter-high rocket.
launch tower.
"The launch vehicle is ready!"
"The observation satellite has been docked!"
"The observation troops have arrived at the location!"
…
"All programs have been set up, please give instructions!"
"Launch!" After Yu Yifeng solemnly announced, he pressed the nuclear button, and a ten-minute countdown appeared. This is a necessary safety measure. During these ten minutes, the launch can be stopped at any time. Of course, if you want to make an emergency
You can also send it, but you must have a sixty-four-digit nuclear password. Only Yu Yifeng knows this nuclear password.
Ten minutes...nine minutes. As the time counted down, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous. Professor Ding Yidong was even more so. This nuclear bomb was made with ten years of hard work. It was just like his own child. How could he
Not nervous? His fingers clenched and unclenched, tightened and unclenched, and it was obvious that he was very uneasy in his heart.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven...three, two, one, zero!" The missile took off!