In the face of such tragic losses, the soldiers and civilians of all participating countries are all looking forward to ending this damn war as soon as possible. However, because this space-time axis country is stronger than ever in terms of strength and performance, the Allies have been unable to bring it to justice.
Completely defeated, it was not until November 1946, after a loud noise was heard in the desert of New Mexico, that peace in the world reappeared...
Although the original "serious accident" had a greater impact on the United States' "Manhattan Project" than the bombing of the heavy water plant had a greater impact on Germany's atomic bomb development, the national strength and resources invested by the United States are far beyond that of Germany. In addition, although Germany has obtained
Part of China's technology, but decided to directly develop a miniaturized atomic bomb that could be carried by ballistic missiles, which increased the difficulty of development. Therefore, the Americans eventually succeeded in developing the atomic bomb...
However, many scientists who participated in the "Manhattan Project" opposed the use of atomic bombs by the U.S. military against the United States or Japan. Szilard, the scientist who originally suggested that Roosevelt fund research on atomic bombs, believed that if the atomic bombs were used against the military, one drop would not even be able to kill them.
A fully deployed armored division, with its high cost
, the cost-effectiveness ratio is far inferior to conventional weapons, and if used to bomb enemy cities, it will mainly kill civilians, which is undoubtedly a serious humanitarian crime. Therefore, Szilard strongly opposed the US government's use of atomic bombs in war, and
I hope they will only use the atomic bomb as a countermeasure after Germany and Japan develop atomic bombs in the future.
Roosevelt would naturally not take the words of these pacifists to heart, but the current atomic bomb weighs no less than 4 tons. It can only be dropped by strategic bombers, and the Allies have not yet seized air supremacy over the Western European continent, so they were intercepted and shot down by the enemy.
The probability is very high. As for the distance between the frontline of the US military in the Pacific and the Japanese mainland, it is far beyond the combat radius of any American strategic bomber. Therefore, it is really difficult to put the atomic bomb into actual combat.
Therefore, Roosevelt decided to release the video of the first atomic bomb explosion to the public and publicize its terrifying power to see if he could force the German and Japanese governments to surrender conditionally.
In this era, there was no PS technology of later generations, and it was easy for experts to see the problems with fake methods in film and television shooting. Therefore, after the video of the first atomic bomb explosion in the United States was released, governments of various countries quickly confirmed its authenticity.
Sex, and inevitably gave birth to a lot of fear about it.
Although the secret negotiations with Germany and Japan ended in failure because the conditions between the two sides were too different (Note 1), other countries in the Axis camp were frightened by the power of the atomic bomb and had second thoughts.
In the end, Roosevelt's decision still achieved certain results. At the same time, because he was concerned about harming civilians, he did not immediately use atomic bombs to bomb the cities of the Axis powers. It also made the international image of the United States, which was much worse than in history, more positive.
But what Roosevelt did not expect was that on the third day after the U.S. government released the video of the entire atomic bomb explosion, China's Xinhua News Agency published the entire editorial "All imperialism is a paper tiger" written by Taizu himself. The first
This time he publicly elaborated on his idea that "it is not one or two advanced weapons that determine victory or defeat, but the people who use the weapons are the real deciding factor." At the same time, he pointedly pointed out that the atomic bomb can only be used when it is used.
It can have the greatest effect only before it is used. If it is really used in war, with its ultra-high cost and extremely low output, the effect will not even be as good as conventional weapons. In order to prove the point in the editorial, the following part of the editorial is
Attached is a popular science article written by Hu Weidong on the mechanism, killing methods and protection methods of atomic bombs. The article even estimated the yield, cost and annual production capacity of the US atomic bomb...
Both Germany and Japan have world-class nuclear experts. It is clear at a glance that Hu Weidong did not make random guesses out of thin air, and the results obtained after careful calculation made me believe 70% to 80% of his views in the article. And knowing that the United States is currently
After the atomic bomb was too heavy and could only be dropped by bombers, Germany immediately strengthened the air defense forces of the three Low Countries and the mainland. As for Japan, since the US military's strategic bombing could not threaten the Japanese mainland for the time being, they did not need it at all.
Adjust defense strategies.
Hu Weidong pointed out in the article that the United States currently only has 3 atomic bombs left in its hands (the United States built the first batch of 5 in history, but this time and space was destroyed by the prince, at least enough plutonium to make one atomic bomb.), and even if
With the strong national power of the United States, it is impossible to continue to use these experimental atomic bombs at extremely high costs (even if they are industrially produced, the cost of an atomic bomb is very scary. For nuclear materials alone, according to the international market price in the late 1960s)
, one
The early uranium bombs exceeded 6 billion U.S. dollars. Even if converted according to purchasing power, it was at least equivalent to 1 billion U.S. dollars in 1947...
It took a year and a half (historically 20 months) for a new atomic bomb to be built. The Axis camp's fear of atomic bombs was greatly reduced. At the same time, governments of various countries began to build civil air defense projects in capitals and other important cities to prevent
possible nuclear attack.
Under such circumstances, Roosevelt had no choice but to resist the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad and order the dropping of atomic bombs on several major industrial cities in the Ruhr area of Germany in order to force the Axis powers to surrender as soon as possible and reduce the Allied forces, especially
It's a casualty of the U.S. military.
But what Roosevelt did not expect was that the second type of jet fighter developed by the Germans, the high subsonic jet fighter ME.P.1099 with a maximum flight speed close to the speed of sound, had been successfully developed not long ago and began to be equipped with troops. At the same time, due to the familiarity of the pilots
The new model of jet aircraft is much faster than the original piston aircraft converted to jet fighters, so it quickly formed a combat effectiveness, causing the Allies to lose again the air superiority over the English Channel that they had finally regained...
.
And just like in history, the US military had a problem while transporting atomic bombs. A B-29 carrying an atomic bomb had a mechanical failure while flying across the Atlantic and accidentally crashed into the sea. As a result, the US lost an atomic bomb in vain, and the Allies
The nuclear attack plan has already cast a shadow before it has actually begun.
When the first B-29 carrying an atomic bomb took off from the British airport, including this one, the United States had only two atomic bombs left, and a new atomic bomb would have to wait another year and a half at the fastest to be manufactured.
, one can imagine the preciousness of these two atomic bombs
However, what made the U.S. government vomit blood was that before the B-29 flew over the Western European continent, it encountered the German army's new high-subsonic jet fighter. As a result, the B-29 and most of its escort fighters
All shot down...
Note 1: After having the atomic bomb, the U.S. government’s requirements became even more stringent. Roosevelt only agreed to Germany retaining the territory it occupied before it invaded Poland. As for Japan, he even asked it to give up all the land it had occupied. Naturally, it was impossible for the German and Japanese governments to accept this.