Beneath Deep Space

Ding Yidong is an internationally renowned nuclear physicist and missile scientist. He was a famous genius. He was responsible for the design of the famous FAA intercontinental missile and DA pocket atomic bomb. Ding Yidong can also be said to be a weapons expert.

But in this peaceful era, the possibility of war is very small. Due to policy needs, governments of various countries are more inclined to invest funds in lunar bases. Therefore, the amount of military appropriations is getting smaller and smaller. His skills are gradually declining. There is no use for it.

Under this situation, Ding Yidong resolutely came to the moon base to participate in the construction here. Here he can play a greater role. For example, he participated in the design of several nearby nuclear power plants, and he also designed the anti-asteroid missiles in the base.

But the main reason is because there is an experimental material here that is not available on earth - helium-3!

Normally, the most common helium atom consists of two neutrons and two protons. Helium-3, as an isotope gas of helium, has an atomic weight of 3 and only one neutron.

It is a good material for nuclear fusion. Because there are no neutrons in the thermonuclear reaction using helium-3, it does not produce radiation when using helium-3 as an energy source and does not cause harm to the environment. It is a clean and clean energy source.

However, helium-3 reserves on the earth are scarce and cannot be used as an energy source in large quantities. This kind of thing that is not found on the earth is abundant on the moon. According to the results of lunar exploration, the helium-3 content on the moon is estimated to be more than 1 million tons!

Therefore, Ding Yidong wanted to use helium-3 to design an unprecedented weapon on earth - a helium-3 nuclear bomb!

"Yu Yifeng, we can definitely use helium-3 to develop nuclear weapons!" Ding Yidong said seriously, "After thirty years of development, the base has stored at least one thousand tons of helium-3. Why not use these ready-made raw materials? ?”

Helium-3 is hidden in the lunar soil. If the lunar soil is heated to more than 700 degrees Celsius, helium elemental gas will appear. Since the establishment of the lunar base, billions of tons of ore have been mined, and there is indeed a reserve of one to two thousand tons of helium-3.

Yu Yifeng sighed. He already understood Ding Yidong's thoughts, "So, Professor Ding, why was your plan rejected?"

"Alas, it's not because helium-3 nuclear bombs have never appeared..."

Ding Yidong showed a bitter expression, "They pursue conservative nuclear bomb technology to maximize human security. I can understand this."

"I also know that a weapon needs constant testing and modification from design, production to final equipment, and it takes at least five or six years. However, although using my plan has some risks, it can free up more time. Much energy!”

"The materials required for hydrogen bombs are deuterium and tritium. Deuterium can be extracted directly from water without any particular difficulty. But tritium is more troublesome and must be produced industrially. The cost of one gram of tritium is about US$30,000! If converted into energy, Do you know how big a deal this is?" Ding Yidong said sadly.

"By freeing up this energy, we can definitely do more things! The construction period alone can be reduced by more than two months!"

"Yu Yifeng, if you believe me once, I will definitely build a helium-3 nuclear bomb! I designed it very early and have simulated it countless times on the computer. Due to funding issues, I have never been able to I’ve tried it. But there’s really nothing wrong with my plan!”

Yu Yifeng moved his butt. He really didn't know how to reject these famous and stubborn scientists. In fact, Ding Yidong's plan is a huge gamble. If it succeeds, it will free up a lot of energy, save a lot of time, and mankind can develop better. If it fails, the whole group may be destroyed here.

He considered it carefully and pursued the safest plan, but in the end it might not be the safest one. In fact, people don’t have enough time. Six months is too little. It will take at least seven or eight months to leave the moon safely... The more you delay, the more danger you will face!

The most time-consuming thing is the issue of driving force. Making nuclear bombs in the traditional sense does require a lot of energy and time. But even so, scientists still dare not take the gamble, and they cannot afford the responsibility for failure.

Faster solution, not safe, but saves time. A stable solution consumes more money and is slightly safer, but in the end it is not necessarily safe. This is a dilemma.

As the leader of the base, he has no way to escape and must make decisions.

After a long time, Yu Yifeng took a long breath and finally said slowly, "Oh, you have to know that the resources in my hand..."

"Just one atomic bomb, a small atomic bomb!" Ding Yidong said, "Similar to the hydrogen bomb, the helium-3 nuclear bomb also needs to be ignited with an atomic bomb. In three months... no, within two months, I will definitely be able to produce it. A small-yield helium-3 nuclear bomb!"

Seeing that Ding Yidong had issued a military order, Yu Yifeng had also secretly strengthened his determination, "I can allocate manpower to you. But I only have one quota for small atomic bombs. If it fails, there will be no more..."

"Don't worry, I understand!" After understanding Yu Yifeng's subtext, Ding Yidong suddenly felt good and shouted at the top of his voice.

"By the way, what do you mean by the gigaton nuclear bomb? Did you write that plan?" Yu Yifeng asked puzzledly. He recalled the plan he had read... It was really crazy. It can be said that how bold a person is, how productive the land is.

"Yes, I wrote that plan!" Ding Yidong straightened his back, with a little enthusiasm in his tone, "If my helium-3 nuclear bomb is successful, we can use it to make a billion-ton ultimate nuclear bomb!" "Thermonuclear weapons have almost no upper limit. According to my calculations, a billion-ton ultimate nuclear bomb can generate extremely powerful propulsion. One can directly blow our spacecraft into the sky!" He folded his hands and gestured. "My plan is more convenient. After the spacecraft has an initial velocity, we will use conventional rockets to fine-tune the direction." "In my plan, the ignition temperature of helium-3 is 100 million degrees, but the atomic bomb explosion can only reach about 50 million degrees, the temperature is still a little short. So I plan to let the atomic bomb ignite a hydrogen bomb first, and then let the hydrogen bomb ignite the helium-3 nuclear bomb!" "I will first design a small helium-3 nuclear bomb with a million-ton equivalent. If the experiment is successful..." Ding Yidong stared at Yu Yifeng. Yu Yifeng slammed the table, "If you succeed, I will definitely let them consider your plan again!" Use a hydrogen bomb to ignite another ultimate nuclear bomb! What a crazy idea this is, Yu Yifeng was a little shocked. But as a man, a soldier, he still likes this violent and wild weapon from the bottom of his heart.

The most important thing is that although Ding Yidong's plan is very risky, it saves too much time. It only needs a billion-ton equivalent ultimate bomb, and the freed-up energy can be used for other things.

What is the concept of a billion-ton equivalent nuclear bomb? I don't know, it has never appeared in history.

The 50 million-ton "Big Ivan" bomb has huge energy, which can produce an 8.1-magnitude earthquake, and windows 900 kilometers away can be shattered. The earthquake shock wave can circle the earth three times.

What about a billion tons? It is 20 times that of Big Ivan!

One ton of helium-3 can generate 10,000 megawatts of electricity, and the destructive power brought by instant detonation is equivalent to 1.5 times that of the "Big Ivan" bomb, which is 75 million tons of equivalent. In other words, theoretically, only 13.3 tons of helium-3 can be used to make a billion-ton ultimate nuclear bomb.

This is the power of nuclear fusion, the power of the sun, and the infinite power of nature.

Yu Yifeng fell silent. He couldn't make up his mind whether to gamble or not. He could only wait and see whether Professor Ding Yidong's experiment would be successful.