Struggle in Soviet Russia

The information in the file was quickly distributed to three people, namely Lev Azimovich, Isaac Kikoyne, and Yuri Hareton. These three physics experts from the Academy of Sciences were responsible for the data Part of the data in the calculations and demonstrations to verify the authenticity of the basic data.

In order to provide a quieter environment for the experts, all non-academic experts, including Comrade Beria, waited in the waiting room next to the office, while Academician Yofe brought Academician Kurchatov to the office. Another room drafted a report.

In the waiting room, Academician Vavilov took advantage of the waiting time to explain the power of the "explosive uranium" weapon to everyone including Victor. According to him, the energy produced during the fission process of one gram of explosive uranium is equivalent to the power produced by the explosion of 1,000 tons of TNT explosives. The energy produced by the explosion of 1 ton of TNT explosive is 4,200 kilojoules. This energy can flatten a three-story building to the ground, and the shock wave generated during the explosion will be in a larger range. Cause destruction.

According to this calculation, if the development of explosive uranium weapons is successful, you can imagine how destructive a weapon containing one kilogram of explosive uranium will produce. Due to the multiplier effect produced during the fission process, such a bomb can probably produce Equivalent to the power of an explosion of 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT, the direct impact range of the explosion is between 7 and 12 kilometers, and the impact range caused by the shock wave and subsequent radiation is several times this range.

Such an explanation obviously has no effect on Victor. As a rebirth, the knowledge of the previous life has told him everything. He even knew that the powerful nuclear bomb Vavilov was talking about was only the first level. In the **** future, there are several times more powerful than this kind of nuclear bomb, even ten times, dozens of times, that kind of madness, it looks like human beings are running fast on the road to death.

For all those who have not experienced rebirth, including Beria, the content Vavilov introduced is full of science fiction. It is difficult for them to imagine what kind of bomb would have such a powerful force. . According to the thinking of people in this era, the power of a bomb is proportional to its volume. The effective killing radius of a grenade is within ten meters. If you calculate it according to ten meters, 100 grenade can reach a damage radius of 1 km, 1000 A grenade is only 10 kilometers... and the killing radius is not calculated like this. In fact, let alone 1000 grenades bundled together, even if it is 10,000, its killing radius cannot exceed one kilometer. After all, it explodes. Power and kill radius are not the same thing.

Now, some people say that the power of a bomb can destroy Moscow as a whole. The first imagination in everyone’s mind is that the bomb is estimated to be bigger than a building, according to Vavilov’s According to the introduction, the explosive uranium used is only 1 kilogram...Well, the comparison between one kilogram and one building is too far apart.

Yes, people always imagine things that they haven't seen before. It has nothing to do with how high the status of so and so is, but a limitation of thinking.

However, even so, the data retrieved from the United Kingdom this time is enough to make the entire alliance pay more attention to the research and development of nuclear weapons. After all, for everyone, this is an epoch-making super weapon. It is conceivable that once there is such a super weapon that can destroy a city with a bomb in the world, but your own country does not, it will make the whole alliance passive.

It is impossible for the three experts to complete the data demonstration work in a short while. In fact, even at dusk, the work was only done a little bit. During this period, Berwusin also rushed over. He was After receiving the notice, he hurried back from Stalingrad.

As a representative of Comrade Stalin, Poskrebeshev called the Kremlin every half an hour to report on the progress of the demonstration. Comrade Stalin paid close attention to this matter.

At night, the lights were on in the entire No. 2 building. The heavy rain outside the window still didn't mean to stop. It was even larger than during the day. The bean-sized raindrops violently hit the windows, making dense crackling noises. .

In the waiting room, Victor was sitting on a single sofa with his back leaning against the back of the sofa chair, his head resting on the top of the back of the chair, his eyes slightly closed, and a slight snoring sound in his nose.

Because of this information, Victor has been eating and living in Building 2 these days, and he naturally did not rest well at night. Now that his tense nerves relax, he fell asleep here, and he slept soundly. As for someone pushing the door in, when everyone in the room stood up to greet him, the clattering noise did not wake him up.

The visitor was wearing a tea-grey striped suit. He had a slightly fat face with Chinese characters, thick and thick eyebrows, but his eyes were small, giving people a very majestic feeling, except that the expression on his face appeared to be very majestic. Some sluggishness, which destroyed that sense of majesty to a large extent.

The visitor was Comrade Malinkov, a member of the People's Committee of National Defense, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a secretary of the Central Secretariat, and a vice chairman of the People's Committee. Similar to Berwusin, he has just rushed back to Moscow. Before this, he was presiding over the work in the direction of the Don River as a representative of the base camp.

In the propaganda of later generations, Malinkov seemed to be a speculator who was ignorant and promoted only by flattering Comrade Stalin, but in fact, he was a very capable person. Survive in the extremely cruel Moscow power core?

Unlike most of the current members of the People's Committee of National Defense, Malinkov attaches great importance to the research and development of "explosive uranium". Therefore, he is also one of the few high-level leaders of the alliance who pays close attention to this work. If not, he would not rush back to Moscow in such a timely manner.

As for where he got the news, hehe, there is no need to ask. Comrade Beria must have breathed him. These two guys are political allies, so good that they are about to wear a pair of pants.

But even so, when Malenkov walked in from the outside, the first person he shook hands and greeted him was not Beria, but the low-key Poskrebshev.

Malinkov used to work next to Comrade Stalin. At that time, he was a subordinate of Poskrebshev. He was able to win the trust and attention of Comrade Stalin. Poskrebshev did a great job.

Victor was awakened by the voices of everyone talking. The moment he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Malinkov's gaze looking at him with obvious dissatisfaction.

"Georgi, let me introduce it to you." The good-tempered Poskrebeshev obviously also noticed Malinkov's dissatisfaction. He pointed to Victor, who had just got up from the sofa, and said with a smile, "This This is Comrade Viktor Viktorovich Tarashev. He is Comrade Lavrenji’s favorite general. The intelligence we harvested from London this time was obtained by an intelligence team under his personal command."

"Oh?" Malinkov's serious dissatisfaction disappeared quickly, and a surprised expression quickly appeared on the dull face. He stepped forward two steps, stretched out his hand, and laughed, "I have heard Lav Lianji mentioned a long time ago. It’s a name, I didn’t expect it to be so young. Very good, Comrade Viktor Viktorovich, your work is excellent, especially this time, on behalf of the People’s Committee of National Defense, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your achievements."

Victor hurriedly stretched out his hands and shook hands with each other respectfully, and said in a continuous voice, "This is all my duty, and I should do it."

Malinkov grabbed his hand and looked at his face as he said, "It seems that I haven't had a good rest in these two days."

Victor rubbed his bloodshot eyes and said: "The main reason is that I can't sleep. Since receiving this information, Comrade Lavrenji and I have been waiting for further reports. The information involved in the information is one minute. If it was not delivered to us, we would not feel at ease for a minute. Fortunately, the comrades of the People’s Committee of Foreign Affairs did not let us wait too long."

There are true and false in these words. In the past few days, it is true that Victor himself cannot sleep well. As for Comrade Beria, he only needs to listen to the progress report once a day.

"It's better to pay more attention to your body," Malinkov patted the back of his hand kindly, and said, "If you can't hold on, go back and rest first."

"I can hold on." Of course Victor wouldn't choose to leave at this time, it was too stupid.

Malinkov nodded, then asked again, "Have you had dinner?"

"Not yet. Everyone is waiting for the result of the argument. How can you afford to have dinner," Berwusin said first. He had just returned to Moscow. As soon as the plane landed, he rushed to Lubyanka non-stop. , This will be hungry for a long time, but this is Beria's site, he still dare not make any demands. Malinkov would take the initiative to ask, and he would naturally not let go of the opportunity.

"As a result, I have to wait, and I have to eat," Sure enough, Malinkov shook his head and smiled, "Comrade Lav Lianji, arrange someone to prepare dinner. I just rushed back from the Don River, and I am really hungry now."

On the one hand, he has a very good relationship with Beria, not only a personal relationship, but also a political ally. On the other hand, his position is higher than Beria, and such a request cannot be overstated.

Beria smiled and agreed, calling someone to prepare dinner, and Malinkov was also surrounded by the crowd, sitting down in front of a sofa, and Victor introduced him to the general process of this information acquisition.