At 11 a.m. on August 9, the United States dropped an atomic bomb named "Fat Man" on Japan. The name is said to be related to Winston's figure.
"Fat Man" is a plutonium bomb, about 3.6 meters long, 1.5 meters in diameter, weighing about 4.9 tons, and has a TN equivalent of 22,000 tons.
Truman also held a press conference after releasing "Fat Man", and then all eyes were focused on the British delegation.
Because Russia has been excluded from mainstream international society for a long time, it is recognized that its technology is relatively backward. It is understandable that it does not have super weapons such as atomic bombs.
Britain was once an empire on which the sun never set, leading the world for hundreds of years. Super weapons from southern Africa and the United States have been unveiled. Shouldn't Britain make a statement?
"The United Kingdom now no longer has the ability to carry out projects like the Manhattan Project -" Winston was very sad and could not accept this fact.
Think back twenty years ago, when Britain was one of the two giants at the Paris Peace Conference.
Even before the outbreak of World War II, in Winston's mind, the British Empire was still the leader of the world.
In just a few years, Britain has become a mere guest at the Potsdam Conference. Not only does it not have the ability to lead the proceedings of the conference, it even depends on what others say.
Now Winston finally understood the pain of the German delegation during the Paris Peace Conference.
Germany also sent a delegation to participate in the Paris Peace Conference, but they did not even know where the gate of the conference venue was. After arriving in Paris, they were placed under house arrest in the suburbs of Paris.
The current situation of the United Kingdom is slightly better than that of the German delegation, but it is not much better. The feeling of losing power is particularly profound for Winston.
Just a few days ago, Winston lost the general election to Attlee.
Now that Britain has lost its voice in Potsdam, it is an unprecedented failure for both Winston personally and the British Empire.
If you fail in the election, you still have a chance to make a comeback.
If Britain loses its right to speak, it will become a second-rate country.
"That's why you place your hopes on Americans' technology sharing?" Rock's words shocked Winston.
Few people know that Britain began research on nuclear weapons in 1939 and established the "Alloy Tube" research team headed by James Chadwick and Joseph Rotblatt.
Joseph Rotblatt was born in 1908. After graduating from the Free University of Poland in 1932, he entered the University of Warsaw to pursue a PhD in physics. In 1937, he became the assistant director of the Institute of Atomic Physics of the university.
Before the outbreak of World War II, Rotblat went to the University of Liverpool to conduct research in nuclear physics under the guidance of James Chadwick.
James Chadwick was also an outstanding person. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for discovering the neutron.
During World War II, Liverpool became a key bombing target of the German army, and the work of the "Alloy Tube" research team was severely threatened.
The "Alloy Tube" research team works in the city of Liverpool. If the research institute is bombed by the Germans, the consequences will be extremely serious.
At this time, the British finances were also drying up, and the funding for the "Alloy Tube" research team was getting less and less.
James Chadwick and Joseph Rotblat were still very capable. The "Alloy Tube" research team discovered in the experiment that neutrons could only be captured if they were within the effective "target range" of the nucleus. At that time
Neither American nor German researchers have noticed this yet.
It can be said that the research progress of the United Kingdom at that time was ahead of that of the United States and Germany. If the British government had given greater support to the "Alloy Tube" team at that time, the United Kingdom might have developed the atomic bomb earlier than the United States.
Precisely because Germany was conducting research on atomic bombs at the same time, the British government felt a huge threat, and Winston had to consider joint research with the United States.
Yes, this decision was made by Winston.
Winston did not have 100% trust in the United States. He and then US President Roosevelt agreed that both parties would share all intelligence, work equally, and share the results equally.
This means that the United Kingdom can share the research progress on nuclear weapons with the United States. Once the research is successful, the United States will provide the United Kingdom with atomic bomb-related technology.
Compared with the United States, southern Africa has better relations with the United Kingdom.
So Rock couldn't understand why the British turned to the Americans instead of southern Africa for cooperation.
"Has this matter become known to everyone?" Winston never expected that the British Empire he led would be penetrated like a sieve.
Although Southern Africa is an ally, this kind of thing also embarrasses Winston.
Rock smiled and said nothing.
It’s almost enough if it’s not a sieve.
Not only did Roark know about the cooperation between Britain and the United States, but Russia also knew about it.
The “Alloy Tube” research team includes a mole from Russia.
"I know that you have also started researching super weapons a long time ago, and I also know that your research is close to success, so we chose the Americans." Winston was very calm and not embarrassed.
This is understandable.
When the UK decided to look for a collaborator, Southern Africa was already close to success and did not need to cooperate with the UK at all.
On the contrary, the research progress in the United States is similar to that in the United Kingdom, and the research results of the United Kingdom are more needed.
"So have the Americans shared their technology with you?" Rock slapped him in the face.
Trusting Americans will not end well.
Winston came to see Rock probably because the United States did not share its atomic bomb technology with Britain as promised.
"The United States is a country of thieves and robbers, and Americans should not be given any trust. They are all damned Judas and deserve to go to hell -" Winston yelled, just as Rock expected.
Swearing won't solve the problem. Winston has to face reality after venting.
"The Americans agreed to provide us with atomic bombs, but were unwilling to share the technology for making atomic bombs." Winston was in a depressed mood. As a decision-maker, he should be responsible for this.
The United Kingdom was very devoted to the United States. It not only shared its research progress on the atomic bomb with the United States, but also sent the "alloy tube" research team to the United States to join the "Manhattan Project", hoping to produce results as soon as possible.
There is another small twist here.
Like the United Kingdom, Germany's resources became less and less as the war progressed, and its research on the atomic bomb was abandoned halfway like the United Kingdom.
Joseph Rotblatt left the "Manhattan" team and returned to England after learning that Germany had given up on atomic bomb research. He was the only scientist to leave the "Manhattan Project" before the atomic bomb research was successful.
Although the United States is unwilling to share the atomic bomb manufacturing technology with the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom has not gained nothing. At least Joseph Rotblatt was deeply involved in the "Manhattan Project" and his memory is Britain's most valuable asset.
So now we know why the United States is doing everything possible to prevent other scientists from leaving the United States.
Now it is just an administrative measure and the effect is not very good.
When the United States finds that it cannot prevent scientists from other countries from leaving no matter what method it uses, it will take the most drastic measures.
"Then why are you coming to me? You can't expect to get super weapon technology from me -" Rock had no scruples. With the two atomic bombs detonating in Japan, the existence of atomic bombs was no longer a secret.
With Joseph Rotblat, even if the United States does not provide technology, Britain will be able to complete the research on the atomic bomb, it will only happen sooner or later.
The same goes for Russia, sooner or later it will have an atomic bomb.
Roque hopes that this process can be accelerated, so that everyone will feel calmer when they meet again.
"Why not? The technology of super weapons is no longer a secret now -" Winston actually had this purpose, and Rock didn't even know what to say.
The difficulty with super weapons is that technology is only one aspect. In his previous life, Rock could easily find a lot of technology related to super weapons on the Internet, which he could build, but he will not be able to build it in his next life.
Although Britain is in decline, it still has some foundations. After eliminating uncertainties, Britain should go all out and there should be no problem.
For the UK, "uncertainty" is the biggest problem.
The Manhattan Project in the United States involved 100,000 people and cost 2 billion U.S. dollars. The United Kingdom can also do it.
It’s not a matter of money. For Britain, anything that can be solved with money doesn’t matter.
The key is whether the money can produce results.
Why did Roque so firmly reject the collective appeal of the Southern African naval generals, abandon the battleships that were sought after by various countries, and set the development direction of the Southern African navy on aircraft carriers?
Because Rock was very sure that battleships would be obsolete within a few years and aircraft carriers were the future, so he overcame all opinions.
Doesn’t Winston know that aircraft carriers are the future?
Winston had been Minister of the Navy, so he still had a basic strategic vision.
The key is that Winston cannot be sure how far into the future the aircraft carrier belongs, so Winston cannot be as firm as Rock.
It will be fine within a few years.
What if it takes a hundred years before the era of aircraft carriers arrives?
Half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.
This is true for aircraft carriers, and the same is true for superweapons.
"Winston, if it were the United Kingdom that mastered the super weapon, would you agree to my request to share the technology?" Rock was not a saint, so he refused decisively. This personal relationship was completely different.
No matter how good your personal relationship is, it cannot override national interests.
What's more, Winston is no longer the British Prime Minister.
"Without the British Empire, there would be no southern Africa." Winston's mentality is still imperialism and colonialism. This is a historical limitation.
"In both world wars, Southern Africa has unconditionally maintained a unified position with the United Kingdom. Southern Africa has done everything we can." Roque will also lie.
Regarding the position, when Southern Africa left the Commonwealth, it promised that if a war broke out between the United Kingdom and other countries, Southern Africa would provide as much help as possible to the United Kingdom.
The key is "as much as possible".
With the same interests, Southern Africa will of course maintain a unified position with the United Kingdom.
Once the interests of Southern Africa and the interests of the United Kingdom conflict, it may not be possible.
For example, North African oil fields——
So since Winston can regard allowing southern Africa to be independent as the United Kingdom's grace to southern Africa.
Roque can then describe the unified stance as Southern Africa's return to the United Kingdom.
It's not a reward, it should be friendship.
Winston has known Rock for decades and knows Rock well. He immediately has a new reason: "The British Empire has super weapons, which is also in the interest of southern Africa."
Rock frowned, this statement was a bit convoluted, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.
For its own security reasons, if Britain does not have super weapons, it will be forced to become more and more dependent on the United States, which will affect Southern Africa's interests in Europe.
But it only makes sense.
This "point" is not enough for Rock to make the decision to provide relevant technology to the UK.
Even if there was a discussion about this matter, it would have to be Attlee who came to talk to Roque.
Winston, a former Prime Minister, is now disqualified from representing the United Kingdom.
Winston was obviously just here to explore the road, and the next day it was Attlee who came to find Rock.
"If Southern Africa provides technology related to super bombs to the United Kingdom, then the Commonwealth can open its internal market to Southern Africa." Attlee's expression was reluctant, and the conditions he proposed were not in line with Rock's expectations.
The Commonwealth market is indeed closed to Russia, but for Southern Africa, a former member of the Commonwealth, there are not many ways to sell goods to the Commonwealth market.
The easiest way is of course OEM.
After Southern Africa left the Commonwealth, Southern African companies were indeed unable to directly enter the Commonwealth market.
This doesn't even require Rock to take action personally, it's enough to let Stoudemire deal with the British Commonwealth's blockade.
The British national strength continues to weaken, but the British are still very wealthy and are the most important customer group of the Rhodes family.
Stoudemire's method is also simple.
Since it is inconvenient for the companies under the Rhodes family to enter the British market, they simply set up a bunch of shell companies in Australia, import goods directly from southern Africa, put Australian local brands on simple factories in Australia, and then...
Appear openly in the Commonwealth market.
This Russian oil is sold to Europe through India.
Therefore, the benefit that Attlee was so entangled in offering was not attractive to Rock at all.
"You'd better think about where the next imperial meeting will be held -" Rock didn't like Attlee's petty attitude. No wonder the bearded man didn't take Attlee seriously.
The front foot took advantage of the Aid Li, and the back foot kicked the Aid Li away. It was as if it came and went away as soon as it was summoned.
During the World War, the Imperial Conference was temporarily suspended.
When the world war ends, the Imperial Conference will definitely resume.
At the Imperial Conference in 1936, Britain decided to hold Imperial Conferences in turn within the Commonwealth.
So the next Imperial Conference will be either in Australia or Canada.
It is unlikely for India because India is fighting for independence.
What worries Attlee is that Australia and Canada are also fighting for independence.
