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 In the later life when Xu Yun traveled through time.

over time.

Many internal archives related to the development of the atomic bomb have been unsealed one after another, and many evocative and tragic stories have been revealed to the world.

Among them, the more well-known are Lao Guo’s tragic sacrifice, Lu Guangda’s shocking deeds of being contaminated by radiation, and the collective attitude of the entire base to overcome difficulties under the most difficult circumstances.

 In these stories.

 Love, these two words also occupy a lot of space.

 Some of these love stories are happy ending, such as Xia Min, the director of the 17th branch of the base, and her husband Wang Liming.

Although Wang Liming was forced to have his leg amputated due to a work accident and was in a coma for a long time, he finally survived the ordeal safely.

The couple lived in Base 221 for more than ten years. They supported each other and passed the 100-year-old mark. They are still alive until 2023.

 Another example is Wang Ganchang and his wife Wu Yueqin. Although they were separated from each other for a long time, they stayed together until they were more than ninety years old, and even their deaths were not far apart.

 But there are still some loves that are not so happy.

For example, the most famous Lu Guangda and Xu Luxi were separated for twenty-eight years. Lu Guangda passed away in Xu Luxi’s arms only one year after they got together.

 Among the ordinary employees of the base, there is also this pair of miserable mandarin ducks.

 That is, Rao Aiping and Chang Ning.

　　This young couple had little education and were descendants of working-class families that were common in that era.

 The two have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and they have already reached the point of getting engaged.

However, facing the national selection, Chang Ning came to Base 221 without hesitation and became an ordinary but extraordinary member of the base.

Of course.

If the story only ends here and ends here, then its tragic color is actually not that strong - this kind of separation of lovers is common in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

 However, it is sad.

Just after Chang Ning worked at the base for four years, Rao Aiping was also transferred to the base.

 But her work unit is not in the fifth factory, but in the 17th branch.

At the same time, due to the confidentiality rules of the base, the comrades in the branches are different in terms of commuting and living quarters. Therefore, Chang Ning and Rao Aiping were separated for eight full years even though the straight-line distance was less than two kilometers apart.

In the past eight years, neither of them became a family. Until the 221 base moved to the Ninth Hospital of Mianyang, the two of them met on the way.

As a result, Chang Ning died in a boiler room collapse within a few months of the pair's reunion.

Because Rao Aiping could not bear the tragedy of Chang Ning's death, in April of the year after Chang Ning's death, she, like Huang Wei's wife Cai Ruoshu, chose to commit suicide by drowning in the river.

If this story were not too tragic, Xu Yun would not have been deeply impressed by it.

 So Xu Yun had mentioned this matter to Li Jue a long time ago, so Li Jue's assistant Zhou Cai arranged Rao Aiping to the fifth factory as soon as he got the employee transfer.

 In this way, the young couple can get together.

This can be regarded as the last thing Xu Yun did at the base that changed history. Although strictly speaking, this incident had little impact on the world structure or even had no impact at all, but it was just for peace of mind.

all in all.

 After the doubt-clarification meeting, the entire base entered the final sprint stage.

Like an athlete who has reached the last lap of a 1,500-meter race and heard the sprint bell, the 221 base began to run with all its strength, covering its head.

Enriched uranium refining

 Hydrogen sphere

 ZAD connecting board

  Neutron source.

 As time goes by, the core components of theoretical derivation have been completed one item at a time, and they have been successfully released and accepted.

correct.

 In passing.

During this period, the other side seemed to have received some news, so they couldn't help but send a U2 reconnaissance plane to find out the situation.

Then

 The military collection is +1.

 One morning six months later.

  221 base.

 Detonation test site. That is, the Sixth Branch Plant.

 At this moment.

Li Jue, Lu Guangda, Zhu Guangya, Peng Hengwu, Xu Yun. Twenty or thirty base leaders gathered in the open space of the Sixth Branch Factory.

even

 The writer is also here.

 Perhaps it’s because the time hasn’t arrived yet.

Everyone occasionally chatted in twos and threes, but their eyes would glance at a building in front of them from time to time.

　It must have been a few minutes.

Two figures quickly walked out of the building.

One of them is only about 1.6 meters tall, has a sallow complexion, and looks to be in his early 30s or early 40s.

 The other person has a Mediterranean hairstyle, about fifty years old, and holds a stack of reports in his hand.

The two people were clearly Wang Yuan, the deputy chief engineer of the Second Branch Plant and the leader of the explosives project, and Gao Yuanming, the person in charge of the detonation test site and the director of the Sixth Branch Plant.

After coming to a few people, Gao Yuanming opened a page of the report in his hand and said to writer Li Juehe:

“Reporting to the two chiefs, after three rounds of cross-checking by the execution team, the cold explosion model has been checked correctly. Please give the next instructions to the chiefs!”

Hearing this, the writer turned sideways and looked at Li Jue as if he was the master of his own territory.

Li Jue nodded knowingly, thought for a moment, and said to Gao Yuanming:

“Comrade Yuanming, have all the people around you been evacuated?”

Gao Yuanming looked serious and reported:

“Reporting to the leader, the surrounding employees and sideline team members have been evacuated, and some important experimental equipment has been successfully transferred.”

“In addition, Comrade Li Siguang also personally inspected the geological structure of the test site and confirmed that all experimental conditions are in place!”

 Hear this.

Xu Yun, who was sitting next to the writer, couldn't help but glance at the location of Experimental Site No. 1 in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a trace of emotion in his heart.

If he was asked which of the eighteen branches of the base had the most affinity with him, then the answer was obviously the detonation test site code-named Branch No. 6 in front of him.

　　It was precisely because the base was troubled by the climatic conditions of the construction of the detonation test site that it decided to use equipment to measure meteorological parameters, which gave him the opportunity to contact the base.

Later, in order to accurately capture the explosion parameters, Xu Yun came up with the idea of ​​trading linear oscillation detection components with the German company Hochtief, which indirectly promoted the transaction of electrostatic accelerators.    Then it’s now.

Now that his mission has reached the final stage, he has interacted with the detonation test site again.

At the same time, after today, the research and development of nuclear weapons can basically be declared completed, and all that is left is to wait for the final nuclear explosion.

 In a sense.

This can be considered a closed loop—the intersection between oneself and the base begins and ends here.

 As for what Xu Yun and the others are going to do today,

 One to one atomic bomb cold blast!

 Mentioned earlier.

 The so-called cold explosion refers to a test explosion of a bomb that has the same appearance and weight as an atomic bomb but is filled with ordinary explosives without adding fission or fusion materials.

Although the power of this kind of bomb cannot be compared with that of a standard atomic bomb, it can test whether there are any problems with the structure of the atomic bomb.

  Using examples from later generations to explain it is

Perform a power-on test without installing the system—as long as you can enter the BIOS interface, it means that there is no problem with the computer hardware.

 As for the system, it is the debugging of fissile materials.

  It was naturally over there in Lop Nur. After all, that kind of experiment was radioactive.

 In the past period, Lu Guangda and Xu Yun ran to Lop Nur frequently. Every time they came, Xu Yun's skin color became visibly darker. In Africa, he could be the chief of a thousand-person tribe.

In addition, the debugging of fissile materials is basically not difficult after the enriched uranium reaches a sufficient concentration. The core of this thing mainly lies in the extraction technology.

As for the reason why the cold explosion was chosen at the 221 Base, it is because the place is underground, and as long as the concrete is thick enough, it can block the impact of gunpowder.

Secondly, it is because the first to third factories of the base are responsible for the production of atomic bomb parts. It is convenient to assemble these parts on-site for experiments and will not leak secrets.

This approach is somewhat similar to the tripe or beef grocery stores that were opened near the slaughterhouse in later generations. You can go directly to the manufacturer to get the goods.

However, it sounds easy to say, but the cold explosion experiment is actually very complicated.

 The reason is cost.

“Dear leaders, we have conducted hundreds of experiments in venues two to five before, the specific number is one hundred and sixty-eight.”

Considering that there are some new leaders at today’s cold blast, Gao Yuanming gave a simple explanation of the cost:

“The average cost of each experiment, including explosives and parts, is one thousand four hundred and thirty-seven yuan and fifty-two cents.”

“As for the cost of this one-to-one cold explosion, it is relatively high. Even if there is no fissile material, the cost of the cold explosion bomb is 114,514 yuan.”

 Hear this.

 A trace of heaviness suddenly appeared on the faces of some leaders from the capital.

 The average salary of employees today is only 25 yuan. As the center of the country, the salary is higher, but the average salary of most employees in the capital is only about 30 to 35 yuan.

 An ordinary cold explosion experiment will consume more than three years of an employee's salary.

Of course.

This heaviness is only fleeting. After all, everyone knows that this is a price that must be paid.

Then the writer turned his head and looked at Li Jue, who nodded gently again:

“Comrade Yuan Ming, since there are no problems with the cold explosion model, let’s get ready to start the cold explosion experiment.”

Gao Yuanming’s expression suddenly condensed when he heard this:

 “Understood, chiefs, please follow me.”

 Subsequently under the guidance of Gao Yuanming.

 Everyone soon arrived at an open pavilion.

At this moment, there is an equipment workbench that looks very ordinary in later generations at the pergola:

The exterior of this workbench is coated with a green metal paint shell. Many parts of the paint shell have been imprinted with the marks of time. Dust and fine fibers are mixed together to form an indescribable gray color.

In the middle of the workbench is a shallow groove. In the groove is a screen that is not very transparent. There are some buttons and switches next to it. The old logo has become blurred.

There are four small indicator lights arranged vertically on the edge of the screen, which glow red when powered on.

“Dear heads, this is an AXT43 console that our overseas Chinese in Germany tried to transport back to the country.”

After entering the pergola, Gao Yuanming walked to the edge of the operating table, touched the edge of the operating table and introduced:

“Although this operating platform is a previous generation product, it is still a prohibited equipment on the Batumi list.”

“The overseas Chinese put it into the list of discarded items after a lot of effort. After dismantling it, it changed hands three times in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Xiangjiang before it was successfully transported back to China.”

“Without this set of operating equipment, our atomic bomb would not be unable to explode, but the operating instructions would become very complicated.”

 Li Jue and others were silent.

In fact, this is not the first time that rabbits have done this kind of rag picking. When later generations mention these things, they usually describe the operation process in a humorous and relaxed manner, which is quite a bit of a trick. But in fact, behind these stories, it is difficult to The dangers of metaphor and the history of the rabbits' grueling industrial struggles.

Then Gao Yuanming came to the operating table and said to a man about thirty years old with gold-rimmed glasses:

“Xiao Chen, I have already checked the equipment. Please check the radio signal and linear detection components again.”

 “If there is no problem, just wait for the commander’s detonation order.”

I don’t know whether it was because there were too many leaders or the mission was too critical. The man named Xiao Chen seemed a little nervous. He checked the data with a sullen face and then said:

“Report to the senior engineer that the radio commands are normal, the system conduction is normal, and the damage effect test equipment is normal!”

Gao Yuanming then nodded.

At this time, they are about 700 meters away from the No. 1 test site, which is the center of explosion. This distance can actually be detonated by wire control.

However, the purpose of cold explosion is to simulate the actual situation to the greatest extent, so after discussion, the cold explosion steering group decided to use radio detonation to conduct the experiment.

After all, on the day the atomic bomb was tested, the center of the explosion was at least thirty kilometers away from the safe area. At this distance, only radio detonation could be used.

 As for the difference between 700 meters and 30 kilometers, this is not a big problem.

After all, radio detonation has a specific wave frequency, and there is no signal interference over there in Lop Nur. If it can be successful at 700 meters, there will naturally be no big problem at 30 kilometers.

 Gao Yuanming and others then checked the situation of the cold blast site again and made sure that the cold blast would not have any impact on the pergola. Then they walked over to writer Li Juehe:

“Chief, all data, equipment, and site personnel have been re-inspected, and the Experimental Department has applied for an order to detonate the cold explosive bomb!”

This time Li Jue did not speak, but turned his attention to the writer.

The writer looked around the scene and said firmly:

“In that case, Comrade Yuan Ming, let’s start the cold blast experiment!”

Gao Yuanming’s chest suddenly puffed up, and then he strode to the edge of the operating table:

 “Xiao Chen, let’s start!”

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 orders

Xiao Chen swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and pressed a button in front of him.

 Dip, drop, drop

 A somewhat sharp sound slowly sounded from the device. The speaker that had been damaged during transportation and had some sound distortion now seemed a little harsh.

However, everyone at the scene seemed to be unconscious, staring at the ground not far away.

Seven meters below the ground is the No. 1 Experimental Site.

 A few seconds passed.

Boom.

A dull, obvious but harmless vibration suddenly reached everyone’s feet.