From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

Half an hour later.

Wang Baichuan, Wang Ye and others left the air-raid shelter and drove slowly to the explosion site in a car. Each of them was wearing heavy radiation protection suits.

In order to ensure safety, they got out of the car together when they were one kilometer away from the explosion site. Professionals in front of them did radiation detection and a series of other tests.

After getting out of the car, it can be seen that the scope of the explosion is not large, and there is only some dust accumulation one kilometer away.

This is also to be expected.

The high-compression deuterium material they placed has a high density, but the total amount is not large. Even if a sufficient nuclear fusion reaction is carried out, it can only reach the level of a small atomic bomb explosion at most.

What's more, the fusion reaction of deuterium and deuterium is harsh on the environment, and it is impossible to achieve a full reaction, otherwise they would not just hide 10 kilometers away.

The material is limited, the reaction will not be sufficient, and the power of the explosion will naturally not be too strong.

However, everyone was very shocked in their hearts. They were shocked by two points, one was the successful completion of ignition, and the other was the way of ignition.

"Successful ignition!"

"The deuterium-deuterium reaction...it's incredible. It should be the first time humans have achieved ignition outside the laboratory, right?" Wang Baichuan said everyone's aspirations, "History has been created!"

"This kind of ignition technology, we don't know how far the ignition team achieved the ignition..."

The successful ignition itself is a shock.

The fusion reaction of deuterium and deuterium has only appeared in theory before, and there is no precedent for successful ignition in the laboratory in China.

This is also very normal.

Although there are many theoretical contents of fusion reaction, ordinary people can tell a lot of things by checking the information, but the requirements of deuterium-deuterium reaction are too harsh.

All hydrogen bombs use the deuterium-tritium reaction, and the requirements of the deuterium-tritium reaction are much lower, and the reaction intensity is much higher.

In a laboratory environment, it is also extremely difficult to create the conditions required for the deuterium-tritium reaction.

The general deuterium-deuterium reaction is carried out together with the deuterium-tritium reaction, and the deuterium-deuterium material alone reacts directly, at least it has not been heard of until now.

It has not been realized in China, and there is a high probability that it has not been realized abroad.

Now they are able to realize the fusion reaction of deuterium and deuterium, which has created history in itself and realized the first time for human beings.

The ignition method is even more shocking.

Everyone is very clear that they have indeed mastered a terrifying technology, which is able to achieve nuclear fusion ignition at a long distance.

The speed of ignition is also surprising.

What the others didn't know was that Wang Baichuan and Wang Ye knew very well that the moment the ignition command was issued, the ignition had already been completed, and there was almost no pause in the middle.

"If it is a pause, it can also be attributed to network delay..."

Wang Baichuan said in a low voice.

Wang Ye nodded sympathetically, "Ignition will be completed as soon as the instruction is completed, and it will be completed in an instant. It should be at the speed of light, right?"

"100% speed of light!"

"This speed... is the same as our judgment, it should be related to the strong annihilation force field..."

After the end of the first demonstration meeting, they already had a judgment on the new ignition technology, and theoretically they could only find a strong annihilation force field.

A strong annihilation force field can greatly increase the activity of particles, and it can also microscopically squeeze atomic nuclei and electrons, which is perfect for igniting nuclear reactions.

But even with a theoretical judgment, they still feel very shocked, because the ignition team did not create a strong annihilation force field on the spot, but released it from a long distance.

Can the strong annihilation force field be released?

"If this technology is used, will it be able to strike other countries' domestic nuclear bombs?" Wang Baichuan's question in a low voice made both of them fall into deep thought.

They think of one of the fiercest wars of the 21st century - the War of the Goose Witch.

At that time, there were several nuclear bomb bases on the border between Big Goose Country and Wu Country, not far from the mainland of Wu Country. If Wu Country had mastered this remote ignition technology, wouldn't it be possible to directly detonate the Big Goose Country nuclear bomb base?

That was just too scary.

"I don't know how huge the ignition equipment is. Can it be transported to the sky by an airship? Fly to the mainland of other countries at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters..."

"Then, shoot a few rounds at the nuclear base..."

Wang Baichuan muttered in a low voice, his eyes were a little fanatical, while Wang Ye grinned vigorously. He was also shocked when he thought about that scene.

Wang Ye also said amusedly, "Why don't you just send it to space directly, and hang it as a satellite without flying to the mainland."

"impossible."

"The annihilation force field requires a large amount of electrical energy to attack, and it cannot be activated independently of the ground. No matter how the ignition is completed, at least in a short period of time, it is impossible."

Wang Baichuan was a little discouraged after hearing this, but he still retorted, "It's impossible now, but it doesn't mean it's impossible in the future."

"If it can be realized, the strategic advantage is too great."

"At that time, the nuclear stockpiles of other countries will not be a deterrent to the outside world, but a deadly weapon installed for themselves, which will become a bomb that may explode at any time..."

"Also..."

"Professor Wang, think about it, even if it can't be put in the sky, it can ignite the deuterium-deuterium reaction, and it will definitely make the conventional nuclear reaction extremely violent. If it is used on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, it will hit the aircraft carrier's power room."

"That's sure to be interesting."

Wang Ye thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The raw materials used by the most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are almost the same as the main materials of atomic bombs, and the material abundance exceeds 90%.

If the nuclear reactor inside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier suddenly erupts violently, it can be equivalent to an atomic bomb explosion.

By the time……

The aircraft carrier instantly turned into a fireball, and it was not surprising that it was blown to pieces.

Wang Ye couldn't help but take a long breath. He and Wang Baichuan looked at each other, leaned over and said in a low voice, "No wonder our country was so strong last time, we didn't care about exercises or anything like that."

"It seems that it is not only the new stealth technology of the airship, but also this more terrifying technology and weapon. Once the opponent's aircraft carrier approaches..."

"yes!"

Wang Baichuan rubbed his chest vigorously as he spoke. He just said it just because he thought about it. After thinking about it carefully, he found that his thoughts were terrible.

That really is a super weapon!

But there was excitement on their faces, because the new technology belonged to the florists, and there was a great sense of pride in their hearts.

While they were talking, a group of people finally approached the explosion site.

The power of the entire explosion was indeed not great, but it was still shocking to walk to the center. The plywood sheds arranged around the center of the explosion had been blown to more than 100 meters outside, and there were obvious burn marks on the edges, indicating that the temperature of the explosion was still high. very high.

There was an explosion expert in the group, and he immediately made an estimate based on the situation at the scene, "The power of the explosion is almost equivalent to 200 tons of TNT."

"When we get the video taken by the drone, we can make an estimate together."

"Judging from the surrounding situation, the power will not exceed 300 tons of TNT."

Wang Baichuan nodded as he listened.

The reaction device they arranged weighs more than three tons, but most of them are outer compression devices, and the main reaction material inside only accounts for a small part.

He said to others, "If the reaction can be fully carried out, theoretically speaking, the explosive power will exceed 10,000 tons of TNT."

"The response was not adequate."

"But that's exactly what we want to see..."

Wang Baichuan couldn't help laughing.

It is normal for the nuclear reaction to be insufficient. Just like a conventional atomic bomb, the reaction will also be insufficient. Generally, the reaction of a hydrogen bomb is much higher than that of an atomic bomb.

In other words, the sufficiency of nuclear fusion reaction is much higher than that of nuclear fission reaction.

Nuclear weapons are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. The most basic product is the familiar atomic bomb. It uses nuclear fission as the main energy release method. There are mainly two configurations: gun type and implosion type. It is to use explosives to explode and compress nuclear charges such as uranium 235 and plutonium 239 to reach a critical mass, so that a chain nuclear fission reaction occurs, and finally huge energy is released instantaneously.

The structure of the atomic bomb is very simple compared to the hydrogen bomb.

As long as a medium-sized country obtains nuclear materials of sufficient purity, it can basically guarantee the manufacture of atomic bombs. Therefore, atomic bombs are also called nuclear weapon entry bombs, but entry bombs are just like entry-level kung fu, and they are inherently impossible to have too much power.

If you want to increase the power of the atomic bomb, you must continue to add nuclear materials and explosives. However, the utilization rate of the nuclear fissile material of the atomic bomb is very low, and it is usually difficult to exceed 40%.

For example, the Hiroshima Little Boy atomic bomb was filled with 64 kilograms of uranium 235, but only about 600 grams of uranium 235 actually undergoes fission reaction in the end. Even the Nagasaki atomic bomb with a more efficient implosion structure has a lower utilization rate of nuclear materials It just hit 20%.

At present, the most powerful atomic bomb in the world is the MK18 atomic bomb tested by American in the Ivy Project in the 1950s.

The TNT equivalent of this atomic bomb is close to 500,000 tons, but its weight is as high as 7.8 tons.

In contrast, American's B83 thermonuclear bomb weighs less than 1.1 tons, but has an explosive yield of 1.2 million tons.

This is the difference between the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb.

Deuterium-tritium materials are used inside the hydrogen bomb. The fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium can release huge energy, and the reaction will be very sufficient at the same time, so the power of the explosion is naturally very large.

Now, they are conducting research on deuterium-deuterium reactions.

The energy released by the deuterium-deuterium reaction is an order of magnitude lower than that of the deuterium-tritium reaction, and the environment required for the reaction is more harsh, so it is naturally difficult to achieve a sufficient reaction.

Only when the response is insufficient can it be sustainable and controllable.

If the material is placed in a container, the reaction will not continue until the reaction is insufficient. Otherwise, all the reaction will be completed in one breath, and even if it can be effectively controlled, it will no longer be sustainable.

A controllable nuclear reaction is to keep the reaction going.

For example, the low-abundance nuclear reactors used in nuclear power plants can continue to operate for more than ten years or decades.

"The current experimental results are close to expectations."

"A big success!"

Wang Baichuan explained the work with full of anticipation, "To summarize the experimental data. After we go back, we will discuss the issue of material density. Next time we will reduce the material density and try to find the critical line of the reaction."

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at the same time.

The F-ray experimental group is also summarizing the harvest.

They use F-ray generating equipment with a built-in micro-nuclear reactor, and the release of F-rays at fixed points can also be counted as an experimental category.

From the first fixed point to the final ignition, they conducted a total of seven release experiments, and at the same time used a large number of sophisticated equipment for data detection, and also gained a more detailed understanding of the release distance, time, and intensity of F-rays.

Wrap up the meeting.

Liu Yunli talked about the data, "This time the release distance is about 211 kilometers, and the ray is in the shape of a cylinder with a diameter of 1.13 centimeters."

"The ray intensity of the release port is 7.8 times higher."

"From the point of view of the ignition response, the intensity at the 211-kilometer position has not decreased significantly."

"Based on this, we judge that the longest distance covered by the ray release exceeds 500 kilometers, which is nearly double that of the No. 3 device..."

"At the same time, we accurately measured the duration, which was 1.192 seconds."

When this data was revealed, Liao Jianguo also showed a smile on his face, "1.192 seconds, more than ten times longer than the first less than 0.1 seconds!"

"It is now certain that there is a direct positive correlation between the internal energy intensity and the ray duration."

"After the meeting, everyone will make a summary, and we will write a report."

Everyone else nodded.

After Liu Yunli finished his report, he thought about a question.

The release of the F-ray is just a point, a ray, and now it has a duration, but the benefit of the duration does not seem to be great.

If the F-ray is regarded as a kind of energy wave, rather than a pure special field force, the continuous existence itself shows that its energy intensity has greatly increased.

Does the increase in energy intensity mean that the coverage area can be expanded?

After the meeting was over, Liu Yunli approached Liao Jianguo and talked about his thoughts, "Director Liao, when we release F-rays, can we try to increase the gap in the magnetic field?"

"What's the meaning?"

Liao Jianguo didn't react immediately.

Liu Yunli said, "Since the discovery of F-rays, our release port has always opened one point of the spiral magnetic field. Now that the nuclear reactor is built in, can we open two points, three points, or open a small arc? gap, to release the rays?"

"this……"

Of course Liao Jianguo couldn't answer.

But he thought about it carefully, and suddenly couldn't help but widen his eyes, "You mean, the released F-rays can present a fan, not just a line?"

"right!"

Liu Yun nodded vigorously.

Both of them were breathing heavily.

If the 'fan-shaped' release can be achieved, it will definitely be a huge improvement in the F-ray generation technology.

The current F-ray release is just a line, and what hits the target is a point, and the extension is just a line.

The release distance of F-rays reaches hundreds of kilometers, and if a point needs to be hit hundreds of kilometers away, the probability of hitting with one hit is too small.

The ignition of the nuclear fusion reaction is also to carry out the F-ray release experiment in advance, and then place the material at a fixed point, so that the ignition can be carried out accurately.

In other words, F-rays aren't very useful.

If two gaps or three gaps are opened, or the gap is designed as an arc, the released F-ray will be a fan, not just a line.

Even if the arc of the fan is very small, the angle between the straight lines on both sides is only 0.1 degrees, and the arc length formed by extending to hundreds of kilometers can easily reach hundreds of meters.

In this way, the strike range of the F-ray has changed from a point to a line of several hundred meters.

How about going further?

From a tiny arc to a tiny circular surface, the coverage of hundreds of kilometers away has changed from a line of a few hundred meters to a surface of a few hundred meters in diameter.

When the time comes, will hitting still be a problem?

Liao Jianguo took a deep breath after thinking about it, and immediately said, "Professor Liu, your idea is very good, and I absolutely support it, but specifically..."

"Why don't you ask Academician Wang?"

"right!"

Liu Yunli and Liao Jianguo went to the office together, and immediately contacted Wang Hao with computer equipment, and they used a secret special network.

The lines are all directly connected to the computer, and there is no need to connect to an external network. The security is still very reliable.

Wang Hao just learned that Wang Baichuan's experiment was successful, even if it was expected, he was still happy. After listening to the report, he was going to go downstairs for a walk, but when he reached the door of the building, he was called back by Chen Mengmeng.

"Ray group?"

"Liu Yunli and Liao Jianguo?"

Chen Mengmeng gave a brief message.

After Wang Hao connected to the Internet, he heard Liu Yunli talking about his latest idea, and then he fell into thinking, and it took him a long time to make a judgment, "Your idea is very good, and it is theoretically feasible. However, Requires massive built-in energy support."

"You have shown that the duration of the rays is positively correlated with the intensity of the built-in energy."

"If it is to release the thread and cover the surface, you can try it out. I think it is possible to release it successfully, but the release distance may be greatly affected."

"As for going further..."

"The current equipment is definitely not good. It is estimated that nuclear fusion with a built-in high-energy source will be hopeful."

Liu Yunli didn't hear the words clearly.

He only had the first "possible" in his mind, and immediately responded, "Let's study it now."

"It doesn't matter if the release distance is affected."

"Even if it only covers tens of kilometers, with this technology, it can be used for air defense at worst, and it will be the most advanced air defense weapon!"

Liu Yunli said excitedly, "Academician Wang, the practical application of F-ray technology is one of the purposes of our research!"

"Now there is hope!"