Chapter 1041 Fatal Match

"Your Excellency, the Imperial Marshal, considering that the United States is also actively seeking to manufacture nuclear fission bombs, and the Japanese Empire will be responsible for maintaining order in the Pacific and Greater East Asia in the future. Therefore, the development of nuclear fission weapons is a necessary choice, and it is also extremely beneficial to the interests of your country and the European Community. Therefore, my Empire hopes that your country can assist in the development of nuclear fission bombs. Only when the Empire has nuclear fission bombs can it be at ease to fight the final decisive battle with the United States..."

In the General Staff Headquarters in Zossen, Imperial Marshal Hessman was meeting with the visiting Japanese Ambassador Lieutenant General Oshima Hiroshi. The Japanese Lieutenant General Ambassador first introduced the bombing of Japan's oil fields and refineries in Southeast Asia, as if complaining, and the use of mustard gas by the United States on the battlefield of Oahu and on the Japanese mainland (now the Japanese are not sure whether the Americans used biological weapons).

Then Oshima Hiroshi changed the subject and proposed the request for Germany to assist Japan in developing nuclear weapons!

Hessman knew that in the original history, the Germans partially met Japan's request. However, in this time and space, Hessman is in charge of the German Wehrmacht, and he does not intend to really help Japan build an atomic bomb...

"If we don't provide you with the relevant technology of nuclear fission bombs," Hessman looked at Oshima Hiroshi and asked lightly, "Will Japan make a separate peace with the United States?"

"This..." Oshima Hiroshi looked embarrassed and looked at Hessman and said, "My empire will not make a separate peace, but it does not oppose the European Community, the Roman Empire and Japan to make peace with the United States together."

"Oh." Hessman nodded, then opened the drawer of the desk, took out a photo of an airplane with 6 engines, and handed it to Oshima Hiroshi.

"This is..."

"This is the Ju390 intercontinental bomber." Hessman said, "It is the next generation long-range bomber developed by Junkers. Its range is twice that of the Me264 bomber, so it can achieve a combat radius of 6,000 kilometers. Do you know what bombs this aircraft is used to drop?"

The Ju390 bomber does not have a combat radius of 6,000 kilometers at all. In fact, this aircraft has a maximum range of only about 10,000 kilometers. All performance indicators are close to those of the Me264, but it has stronger firepower and defense. Therefore, the empty weight of the aircraft is close to 40 tons, which is much heavier than the US B-29. The cost and fuel consumption have reached a daunting level.

Although the German Air Force wanted the Ju390 very much, it found that the fuel and procurement funds were not enough, so it had to settle for the cheaper Me264 (actually also a sky-high price). Now Hessman used the photo of the prototype of the Ju390 to fool Oshima Hiroshi.

"Is it used to launch a Heisenberg device?" Oshima Hiroshi immediately thought that the purpose of this Ju390 was to install a Heisenberg device and penetrate the east coast of the United States at night!

"Yes," Hersman said, "it will be in service in 1947 and used to drop atomic bombs. But... the United States will also have the same aircraft at that time, they call it B-36, and it is also very likely that the United States will have atomic bombs at that time!"

"What?" Oshima Hiroshi was stunned for a moment, "The United States will also have atomic bombs? This is impossible, right?"

"Why is it impossible?" Hersman said in a gentle tone, "There are two key factors in making the Heisenberg device, one is uranium ore; the other is electricity. As far as we know, there was a ready-made uranium mine in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada before the war... It is estimated that the uranium mine problem will not bother the United States for too long. And electricity is even less of a problem for the United States. They had more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year before the war, which is about 8 times yours, so they can refine uranium-235 at a very fast speed.

Oh, by the way, according to our intelligence, American scientist Lawrence has also developed an electromagnetic separation device for refining uranium-235! If this is what you want, I can approve the transfer of one set."

In fact, Hersman didn't know whether the Americans had mastered the technology to refine uranium-235. However, he knew that the isotope separation method developed by American scientist Lawrence in history was the "electromagnetic method", also known as the "Lawrence method", which was a particularly wasteful method of national strength, so he just said it casually to fool the Japanese.

The electromagnetic method was later generally used to produce grams of heavy isotopes for scientific research. Its characteristics are simple process, and only one separation is required to obtain highly enriched isotopes. The disadvantage is that it is particularly power-consuming and requires a huge amount of copper.

When Germany was refining high-enriched plutonium-239 through plutonium production reactors, it was also looking for a way to refine uranium-235. Because the high-enrichment uranium-235 is a necessary raw material for energy-type reactors, and energy-type nuclear reactors are currently a focus of research by the U Engineering Committee.

In order to refine enough 235, the engineers of the U Engineering Committee built two nuclear plants using electromagnetic and gas separation methods-Hirschmann actually knew that the electromagnetic method was not feasible, but he did not stop the engineers of the U Engineering Committee from building the plant. Because that was the responsibility of scientists, it was better for Herschmann, an outsider, not to interfere.

As a result, there is now an electromagnetic separation factory in the Krosny Mountains in Bohemia that is not in operation. We can arrange for Japanese engineers to visit it, and we can also dismantle a set of electromagnetic separation equipment there and ship it to Japan.

Oshima Hiroshi immediately showed a surprised expression: "Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal, do you mean... your country agrees to transfer the technology of the Heisenberg device to us?"

"It's a key technology!" Hersman said seriously. "To be specific, it's a set of electromagnetic separators that advance the uranium-235 isotope. With it, you can imitate it and eventually build a large-scale electromagnetic separation plant to use electricity to produce high-quality electromagnetic separators." Purity of uranium-235. As long as there is enough high-purity uranium-235, it is not very difficult to make an atomic bomb. I believe Japanese scientists will find a way to detonate an atomic bomb.”

The technical difficulty of producing high-abundance uranium-235 using electromagnetic separators is not high, and even Japan can master it quickly. However, the power consumption of the electromagnetic method is astronomical. If Japan wants to produce enough weapons-grade uranium-235 as soon as possible, using all the country's electricity and copper for electromagnetic refining plants is probably the only way...

However, Hersman has no control over whether Japan has electricity to drive electromagnetic separation equipment. If he now approves the provision of equipment, it will be regarded as giving Japan the key technology for making atomic bombs - as long as the Japanese people do not use electricity or copper for N years, plus By mining enough uranium ore, enough uranium-235 can be accumulated to make atomic bombs.

"But the United States also owns the electromagnetic separator we provided to you!" Hersman immediately poured cold water on the Japanese. "Making an atomic bomb is a competition. Germany is in first place, and the second place must be America! We won the competition because we started earlier, two years earlier than the United States, and the United States would definitely have the atomic bomb and the aircraft to drop it on Tokyo!"

Of course, these words are also used to deceive people. Hersman does not know much about the situation of the Manhattan Project in this time and space in the United States.

"The German Empire will definitely not allow such a thing to happen, will it?"

Hessmann had a helpless smile on his face: "What can we do? If we cannot completely defeat the United States in this war, then after the war, Germany will be trapped in Europe's internal affairs and will be unable to prevent the United States from possessing atomic bombs. It is even more impossible to go to war with a United States that has atomic bombs for the sake of Japan... So you can either go all out to help us now, or use all your electricity to extract uranium-235 immediately."

In fact, it is not enough for Japan to use all its electricity to extract uranium-235. Japan now has more than 30 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, while the United States has more than 200 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Moreover, the United States is still 2 years ahead of Japan, so Japan will definitely lose to the United States in the race to build an atomic bomb.

Then we have to see whether the American people will elect a soft-hearted Virgin Mary to be president. However, considering the current hatred of the American people towards Japan, I guess there is not much hope that Japan will not be hit by the atomic bomb...

Oshima Hiro's face looked a little ugly, and he asked: "So...if Japan continues to fight the United States, apart from a set of electromagnetic separation equipment, what else can we get?"

"You can have security," Hersman said, "with an absolute defense ring that can stop American intercontinental bombers."

Hersman paused. "For example, the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska can be neutralized and demilitarized."

Alaska is closer to the Japanese mainland than the Hawaiian Islands. Although the climate is cold, considering the advancement of aviation technology, it may also become a stronghold for U.S. intercontinental strategic bombers in the future.

"What about the Far East of the Soviet Union?" Hiroshi Oshima asked tentatively, "Japan is preparing to attack there to cooperate with your country to completely defeat the Soviet Union!"

Hessmann did not expect the Japanese to have such a big obsession with the Far East. It is obvious that they are not at ease with Germany and hope to have a larger absolute defense circle.

"We don't need your cooperation," Hessman said with some annoyance. "I have nothing to say on this issue because there are too many uncertainties. I am just the chief of staff and can't take care of so many things." "

Hiro Oshima smiled. "We understand your difficulties. So we will never invade the territory of Her Majesty the Empress of Russia. We are only against the Bolsheviks... This is a war against the Bolsheviks, not against Europe."

Hersman has realized that he has no way to change the obsession of the Japanese, but he can't guarantee anything because he can't control the development of the situation. Hersman said: "I believe you already know our conditions, so please ask Tokyo immediately. If you are going to fight the Americans, it is best to have a decisive battle in the Hawaiian Islands as soon as possible to prevent the Americans from evacuating the fleet. If If the United States withdraws its fleet there, it will be very difficult for us to fight in the Atlantic-Caribbean Sea. If the Americans are delayed until they successfully develop the atomic bomb, then Europe will have no choice but to live in peace...and then we will. You will face huge difficulties in integrating the European Community, and you will be finished.”