Chapter 247 The most dangerous man (2)
Poor Hoffman spent several weeks recalling the details he had mastered, and then asked the Imperial Security Bureau to collect relevant information. Then, he pretended to be a secret spy and handed over a lot of information to Ottoskozne. Before launching the action plan, he held a secret meeting to prepare to use all the power that could be used.
"This is all the information we can collect, showing that the Americans are also carrying out similar super bomb plans, and the speed may be a little faster than us." Everyone, including Bauman, showed a look of horror, but when Hoffman cited the names of famous scientists such as Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Fermi, everyone was silent. Germany had only one and a half scientists in its hands to compete with him, one was Heisenberg, and the other half was Heisenberg's teacher Bohr because of the Denmark incident, Bohr did not want to serve Germany, but the Gestapo was very careful and he could not escape to the United States again, so the situation was stalemate.
"Can our actions be helped by this super spy?"
Hoffman sighed, showing a sad look: "This is the last piece of intelligence he sent, and then he died in his country like the gentleman who worked for us in the UK."
Everyone showed an expression of understanding: being able to send this "information" is obviously extremely powerful and the possibility of exposure is also very high. Maybe it will be exposed after using it once.
"We had sent a group of intelligence personnel to the United States, but we couldn't contact each other later."
"Don't mention them, they all rebelled." Hoffman said angrily.
Everyone took a breath. In this way, the power of the US anti-espionage was not weak. In fact, Hoffman knew that the earliest agents of the Third Reich were not captured at all, but defected on their own initiative. Of course, considering Canaris' destruction of the intelligence system, it might be the troops he deliberately arranged.
He knew the risks of the sabotage operation, because both locations are inland America, hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from the coastline, and tens of thousands of US military guards, which are farther and more difficult than the super secrets that the Sky Thunder Operation had to be destroyed. So he never thought about this and just wanted to complete the Sur Plan as soon as possible (the Apollo Plan originally described, because the Nordic mythical sun goddess was named Sur, so the German Super Bomb Project was changed to Sur Plan) as soon as possible.
But as time goes by, especially when Mirch, Heisenberg and others reported to him that it was difficult to complete the German super bomb before June, he became anxious: the United States completed the atomic bomb assembly and experiments in July in history. Now the United States is at a serious strategic disadvantage. He believes that the opponent will only accelerate but not delay. In this way, the success of the American atomic bomb will be ahead of time. Although it is not known how long it will be ahead of time, it is possible to think that 12 months in advance.
Although the United States cannot destroy Germany's nuclear capabilities even if it has an atomic bomb, if the opponent is blinded by 12, things will become very troublesome. In particular, the two key hubs of the Falkland Islands and Azores have now become thorns in the United States and are thorns in flesh. He is very worried that the United States will attack there and throw it in perfectly in line with the United States' military theory: the axial force that can strike key nodes will not cause uncontrollable consequences, which will help accelerate the compromise between the United States.
This is not a misjudgment of the situation in the United States, but because the Americans themselves do not know the power of the atomic bomb: 20,000 tons of TNT equivalent is just a small matter, and what is terrible is the subsequent nuclear radiation. If it is placed on Azores, it means that the island will lose its residential value, and then Germany will completely lose control of the Mid-Atlantic. This is an intolerable damage to the overall strategic pattern of Hoffmann's deployment, so he must destroy the Manhattan plan, even if it can be postponed for a few months.
Originally, everyone had some optimistic expectations for sending commandos to infiltrate and carry out sabotage, but when the information was reported that there were tens of thousands of guards on the periphery, everyone shook their heads. Even if Scolzne and others were all German Superman, dozens of vs. tens of thousands of tasks were impossible to win. Bauman pointed out bluntly: "Even if we form the Otto suicide squad, we can hardly complete this task!"
This is also what Hoffman has been hesitating: he doesn't want to let Scotz die in vain. Although the atomic bomb is important, it is not decisive at present. But if the US government places its hopes and focus on the atomic bomb and delays the end of the war at all costs, Hoffman can only take the risk of sacrifices from a small number of people to exchange for the preservation of the majority.
Of course, there is also the option to achieve peace according to the US plan now, but this argument cannot be passed internally and lacks a strong stimulus of events, just like Hori Teiki's painstaking efforts to make peace but has never found a suitable opportunity: either the one party is dissatisfied or the other party is dissatisfied, and ultimately it is pushing the situation to deteriorate step by step. It is very difficult to find Chamberlain in the United States, at least Dulles will not be Chamberlain.
Fortunately, Hoffman was free all the way, and with security needs, Scotzne and the Head of State were inseparable, so the two could sit down and study this plan slowly.
At first, Scotzne thought the goal was to destroy the laboratory and kill these scientists, but Hoffman said it was not necessary. Although talents were the foundation of the US atomic bomb plan, the United States has basically completed theoretical research and formed a systematic plan. Killing 12 key scientists is of no use, and it is impossible to kill all researchers and destroy the laboratory. Hoffman focused on the Oak Ridge isotope production factory. In order to implement the top-secret nuclear weapon manufacturing plan, the United States has made every effort to implement immigration, relocation, construction and scientific research in Oak Ridge. It took only about a year and a half to gather 50,000 people in the deserted valley, becoming the fifth largest city in Tennessee.
Oak Ridge has three nuclear facilities: the facility code-named "y12" is mainly used to separate uranium 235; the facility code-named "k25" is used to separate uranium 235 through ultra-large-scale equipment in a more economical way; the facility code-named "x10" is a graphite atomic reactor. For a long time, the staff were completely isolated from the outside world, and most people did not know the ultimate purpose of their work. Destroying or partially destroying this factory can greatly delay the isotope separation and capacity of the United States, and can delay the progress of raw material production of the United States atomic bomb Historical: the United States officially began isotope separation in March 1944, and entered the final "gaoao" stage in March 1945. It is now time to start.
“Don’t think about killing people?”
"No, just blow up this factory facility."
"In this way, the action seems to be easier."
Hoffman was stunned by Scorzne's confidence: "What are you good ways?"
"I think it's still the same as Operation Sky Thunder, the commando is responsible for sneaking in and indicating the direction, and then sending planes to bomb."
"Ko Oak Ridge is inland America, at least 650 kilometers from the southern coastline and at least 750 kilometers from the southeast coastline. Even if the aircraft carrier-based aircraft departs from the port, it is difficult not to be discovered."
"Night air strike, or, with rockets?"
"I'm going to say that there are long-range rockets, but the carrier-based launch is not yet mature and there are not many."
"There is more than a month left. I believe there will be enough equipment. Whether mature or not, I will try it." Scottsne's confidence when he set out was much stronger than Hoffman. "I believe that the ability of our scientists is the best in the world! Besides, don't long-range rockets be put into experiments, so let Oak Ridge become the first experimental destination!"
When saying goodbye, Hoffman saw the commando off in person, Skozne said a meaningful sentence: "First of the Doomsday Trial, how could there be no flames that destroy everything?"
Hoffman nodded: "Go to the destination first, and then wait for domestic instructions!"
Hoffman sent the latest instructions to the Penemide base through Sperer. Braun and other experts agreed to cooperate fully and reported him good news: Since October last year, the 2nd-stage rocket V4 with a range of 1,200 kilometers has been gradually mass-produced. So far, its stability has been verified and has achieved land-based, vehicle-based and other successful launches, but the number of ship-based launches is not large, and relevant experiments are currently being conducted. In addition, there are more difficult v6 submarine launch experiments.
"Send the V6 submarine launch first, and mature the V4 carrier-based launch as soon as possible. It may be used in mid-to-late February."
"So urgent?"
Hoffman vaguely said: "The Battle of Panama can be used, and the Doomsday Trial may be used, and time will not wait for anyone!"
Chapter completed!