Dobrov could only do his best to stay calm, thinking about the scene he witnessed in Stalin's office.
After all, the director is not an ordinary person. Not only is he calm and composed when facing the leader, but his words are astonishing.
That statement is really interesting. By developing weapons with exaggerated power and destroying the enemy's physical strength to the greatest extent, forcing other enemies to lay down their weapons, the war will end. At first glance, this idea is from Clausewitz's "On War"
One of the main ideas, and later Napoleon was also the promoter of this idea.
However, this set of ideas was obviously wrong. The Soviet Union suffered huge losses in military strength and population, but the country did not collapse, and the resistance became stronger and stronger.
If the director's words only go to this level, there is nothing subtle about what he said.
The key lies in the director's other explanation.
Scientific researchers invent a weapon that can easily destroy an enemy city. Whoever masters this weapon first will be the first to gain hegemony. It seems that such a weapon really exists. In the imagination of physics, it not only exists,
The Director intentionally stated that enemies and allies have already begun to try.
What should the Soviet Union do? The Soviet Union must have it as a weapon to attack the enemy, or to force potential enemies to dare not take action.
If all major countries possess such weapons, they must consider the consequences before attacking other countries.
This is true crisis balance!
At this moment, Dobroff completely figured it out. He suddenly asked Yang Mingzhi, who was still asleep: "Director, is the weapon you asked for today possible?"
"What weapon?! Idiot, go to bed quickly."
"It's the kind of weapon that destroys a city at a time."
"How can it not exist? Dobroff, are you still a university graduate? Doesn't your university have a major in atomic physics?"
"I...Director, I don't know this."
"Okay. Maybe you just don't know. You remember, there are some mortals close to gods in the Soviet Academy of Sciences. They are exploring the truth of the universe. They can turn new scientific discoveries into technologies that benefit life, or they can turn them into technologies that destroy everything.
tool. Now I don’t know whether Stalin himself understands what I say.”
"This...I don't know."
Yang Mingzhi was still lying on his side and said meaningfully: "Dear, it seems foolish and wrong to place your hopes on appeals and concessions in exchange for peace. Only major countries hold weapons that can instantly destroy other countries.
Only then can all big countries stay rational and sit down and negotiate on disputes instead of gathering tens of millions of troops to solve problems with force. This is the only feasible way to achieve world peace and avoid world war, and it is also an important means for a country to protect itself. The current problem
Yes, when other major powers are working hard on research, but the Soviet Union has no relevant plans, the result is that even if the Soviet Union wins the war, the war threat it faces will only become more serious."
"Ah! I understand. Director, maybe you should tell the leader everything you know in public..."
"No need. He should have heard of this kind of thing. I thought about it and realized that I was very arrogant today. If I were given another chance, I would never mention this matter."
"What?! Is there something wrong?" Dobroff was a little anxious.
"Of course not! I know too much, and I will definitely attract their attention and worry again. Listen, Dobroff."
"arrive."
"What I said in Stalin's office, I forbid you to spread it to the outside world, and you are not allowed to say it to anyone, otherwise, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be detrimental to you."
"Yes Yes!"
"Okay, go to sleep now. Relax and don't think about anything." Yang Mingzhi told him again, but his mind was racing with thoughts.
The subjective initiative of the old fools cannot be denied. There was a group of spies sent by Beria around Oppenheimer. The Soviet Union also instigated some American scientific workers, or through the inspiration of "ally obligations", they
Some Americans volunteered to provide information.
Furthermore, under the leadership of Landau, the Soviet Union also became a pioneer in nuclear physics. Of course, with these prerequisites, mushrooms could not be produced quickly.
There are a lot of calculations, especially the numerical calculations of "critical values", in which the volumes of the two colliding hemispheres are and what is the speed of collision. The complex calculations forced the United States to participate with all its national strength, and the Soviet Union
How? This kind of thing cannot be accomplished without investing huge amounts of money, manpower and material resources.
And just for the two critical values of mass and collision speed, American scientists have been frantically calculating them. In order to cope with the huge amount of calculations, this has objectively promoted the rapid development of electronic computers.
To extract the key substances, the operation is relatively simple compared to the amount of data calculation.
The United States is doing this, and the Germans are not idle either.
Yang Mingzhi knew another key issue. Germany did have the ability to complete it. However, at the theoretical level, they were wrong from the beginning! The critical value of mass was calculated by the Germans to be very large, and they had to gather so many materials theoretically.
It's possible, but it takes a lot of time.
In fact, the critical mass of the reaction is much smaller than people think. Therefore, based on this fact, several major powers in later generations have developed less powerful but flexible "tactical mushrooms". After all, the critical mass is not less than one
A 155mm shell is heavier.
"So, can I provide some help? I know the impact velocity. But, how to reasonably hand over the data to reliable people, and how to make the other party believe that this is the critical velocity? It is difficult no matter how you think about it, right?
Those experts are extremely rigorous. If I just give them a number, it will definitely be regarded as nonsense. Do I still need to write a paper for it? Bah! I don’t have this ability, and I am not a mushroom person..."
"There are always exceptions. What if those scientists are unable to make a name for themselves immediately after being ordered to die by Stalin? Shouldn't they ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to further go to the United States to steal information? They might take this situation seriously.
Starting from the data I provided, they can perform reverse calculations. Once it matches the original formula, it is a kind of verification."
"This matter is full of variables. I should calm down. Since in that plane, they achieved a decisive victory with conventional weapons. Growing mushrooms? It's just the icing on the cake. Even if I didn't mention it at all, they would definitely do it quickly after the war."
Yang Mingzhi wanted to fall asleep quietly, and his whole body tried to relax, but his mind was running at high speed.
He has reason to believe that once Lao Maozi has mastered the technology of "growing mushrooms" early, it will be impossible not to use it. Slavs and Americans are very consistent on this point. Big is good, power is wonderful, and if you have it, use it.
Come out and use it.
Spending huge amounts of national funds to create new weapons, aim at the enemy's cities and bomb them indiscriminately in retaliation for the enemy's massacre of their own cities. The Russians are absolutely capable of such a thing given their national character.
For example, in Königsberg, a city destined to be built as a fortress by the German army, the concrete fortress defense group needed to be knocked out bit by bit by Su152 level shots, but with mushrooms, the situation was completely different.
They will use it crazily. In this crazy era, even Oppenheimer has never paid attention to the consequences of using it crazily. This is not a matter of being able to annihilate hundreds of thousands of enemies in an instant, but also in the next few decades.
The question of how many thousands of people have been poisoned.
No one cares about this. Just like now, the German army is still killing civilians in the occupied areas, and they have not paid attention to the consequences.
As for Yang Mingzhi, he had witnessed the large-scale massacre of Belarusian civilians by the German army, the tragic conditions of those mass graves, and the sad and angry expressions of tens of thousands of his subordinates.
Homogeneous retaliation at the national level is prohibited by the Soviet Union, and the military also has inscriptions prohibiting the killing of prisoners, but when implemented at the grassroots level, the intensity of supervision is limited.
At least, the ideology of the Soviet Union determined that the country would not follow the mustache's three virtues, but when faced with a city or assembly point that needed to be conquered, if the non-combatants in the city were not "brave" and refused to leave, death would be their own fault.
Civilians are turned into plasma under high temperature and pressure. In a sense, this kind of death is very merciful, because the person disappears without a trace before the "pain" signal is transmitted from the nerves to the brain.
Cities were instantly razed to the ground. Unlike Japan's mountainous terrain, Germany's geography of plains and hills makes it easier for "mushrooms" to exert their power, and its destructive power is even more serious.
The destruction of the city destroyed not only the number of people, but also German culture.
Originally, the Soviet Union instigated the Bolsheviks to support Germany as early as 1918, and the German Communist Party lost power after persisting for six months. The German Communist Party in exile in the Soviet Union had always wanted to overthrow the mustache tyranny and establish a red Germany.
The idea was also strongly supported by the Soviet Union.
But could the Soviet Union, which was so jealous, control its fist? If Germany was bombed into an unprecedented scorched earth, it would be disastrous for both Germany and the Soviet Union.
Could Lao Maozi foresee the disastrous consequences of using "mushrooms"? Yang Mingzhi estimated that even Stalin, who was known for his caution, could not foresee it.
How could this be seen? Soviet scientists had obviously explained it to him in detail. However, this 60-year-old man no longer had the time to learn about "scientific frontiers". He desperately hoped that the Soviet Union would have a large number of new weapons and defeat the enemy as soon as possible.
, as long as it can force the enemy to surrender, it means blowing up 10 million enemy citizens, what does it matter to him? Anyway, the people who died were not Soviet citizens.
Yang Mingzhi struggled to fall asleep, and after two hours of deep thinking late at night, he finally made his choice.
"I shouldn't show off my ability to raise this matter. Since it's a done deal and Stalin doesn't ask me, I won't mention it at all. When he asks me, I'll try my best to fool him with evasive words. If he invites all the scientists,
, I...I'll pretend to be confused first and act according to the circumstances."
…
After the meeting ended, Stalin did not leave the Kremlin immediately.
Beria winked a few times, which was telling Stalin that he would have a confidential discussion about important matters later.
Today, Beria no longer serves as the head of the "secret police". As the NKVD, his power has become greater, but his workload has been reduced a lot.
For example, Beria had command authority over the research and development and production of military equipment, as well as the operations of guerrillas behind enemy lines. But he knew his capabilities and would not dictate to Ustinov, nor would he interfere with Ponomarenko.
He played a very good role as a supervisor. For example, if there was a problem with the completion of the task indicators of a certain arsenal, he would send local Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel to supervise, and if necessary, use "arrest of the factory director" as a means to deal a good blow.
The lazy one.
In another office, there were only two people, Stalin and Beria.
"Tell me now, Comrade Lavrenti Pavlovich," Stalin said.
"Okay, comrade. It's about Berekov. Just now, he mentioned a new weapon that the Americans have mobilized the scientific research strength of the country to fight against. You are aware of this matter, and now I have
Big question, why did Berekov know about it?"
"This...he may have understood something during his time at the Academy of Sciences." Stalin pinched his chin and said cautiously, and then fell into thinking again.
Beria shook his head: "I'm afraid the problem is not that simple. Berekov is too good, too good to look like. His appearance is also a miracle. Our Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been able to obtain information about his time in China until now.
."
"What? Haven't you mastered it yet? Are there a bunch of slackers in Lubyanka?"
"No! Comrade Stalin." Beria emphasized, "Now we have only one way."
"Speak quickly."
"Interrogate him and order him to explain truthfully."
"This is impossible!" Stalin slammed the table and looked at Beria with his big eyes. "He is a general, he has not committed any crime, and he is loyal to us! We cannot do this. If we do this, we
What will the other foreigners in the army think of it? What will the Belarusians think of it?"
"This matter... maybe we can do it a little more secretly."
"Forget it." Stalin shook his head, "This Belekov is not an ordinary Chinese. Maybe he will be of great value when dealing with Sino-Soviet relations in the future. At this juncture, I cannot show any sympathy for Belekov.
We must do our best to win over the husband's distrust. I don't care what his past is, I only see this person's great interests for our country. We should give him a chance to show his talents. Remember!"
Stalin's eyes became sharper, "The Americans helped us with a lot of butter and leather shoes, and Belekov is another great gift from China. He is a special tool, and we need him."
"It's just needed now," Beria added.
"It seems that you still don't trust him."
Beria did not speak, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Stalin's inference.
"It doesn't matter. He is still under the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Everything is under our control. Things will only develop for the better. Maybe in your opinion, he is still a foreigner after joining the Soviet Union. This is his
original sin."
"No! That's not what I meant." This time, Beria answered very decisively.