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At this moment.

In addition to the rabbits, those paying attention to the situation on Aonan Island also include many other surrounding countries and forces.

For example, in the waters further outside Aonan Island, there are also many detection ships docked with national flags of different colors or flags of forces.

These detection ships are towed more than ten kilometers away from Aonan Island. This distance is firstly to avoid disputes, and secondly, it is to prevent the rabbits from generating radiation through the "nuclear materials" obtained from the bear.

That's right.

Until the moment when Chen Pingsheng dropped the miniature neutron bomb, they still thought it was a show put on by the rabbits.

But on the other hand.

Although they firmly did not believe that the rabbits had developed nuclear weapons, after the mechanical shock pickup detected the vibration signal generated by the explosion, these exploration ships quickly started collecting relevant parameters.

Their thoughts are similar to the later saying "You always have dreams, what if they come true", but the latter is more inspirational chicken soup, while the former is more derogatory.

On a sea area 14 nautical miles away from Aonan Island.

Inside a certain ship flying the blue sky and white sun flag.

A yellow man was standing next to a little old white man, watching several operators busy with a relaxed expression.

After a while.

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the middle-aged man couldn't help coughing lightly and said to the little old white man:

"Mr. Brown, it is impossible for the Chinese to develop a systematic nuclear weapon. It would be a bit boring for us to stand here and wait."

"I think it's better to open a table on the deck and drink a glass of AC red and black champagne I brought back from Milan, Italy."

The little old white man named Brown shook his head when he heard this. The expression on his face was very rigid, and he spoke in authentic Chinese:

"Mr. Liu, although champagne is delicious, it is only a symbol of the celebration process after all - it is not a good thing to open champagne at will before seeing the dawn of victory."

"Besides, although the Chinese people on the mainland don't have our help, they have a very strange characteristic."

"Although the probability of their success this time is very low, compared to some of the incredible miracles before. In short, I still think it is better to see the results."

Brown originally seemed to want to say something to sigh, but thought that saying this would be a bit demoralizing, so he ended with a more euphemistic statement.

Mr. Liu next to him was a little noncommittal about this. He simply said yes and did not answer any more words.

Upon seeing this, Brown glanced at this person and looked at the small island in the distance again melodiously.

As the special adviser in the Asia-Pacific region across the sea, Brown is not only extremely capable, but also far beyond ordinary people in terms of knowledge and experience.

He began serving in the troops across the sea 25 years ago, participated in the Battle of Midway, and as the sixth commander commanded the Omaha Beach landing battle, one of the four major landing sites of the Normandy landings.

It can be said like this.

In the first forty-four years of his life, he experienced countless wars, large and small. Although the process was tragic and tragic, he always stood up to the end as a winner.

The old Chinese proverb "The brave prevails when we meet on a narrow road" is the best description of the first half of his life.

but

On that peninsula ten years ago, Brown and the country behind him, with the unrivaled appearance of the most powerful army on the surface after World War II, looked at the wolves and wanted to push thousands of miles, but unexpectedly they were defeated by a group of people who even wore military uniforms. Patch's 'beggar soldiers' were knocked out of the clouds.

Brown's friend and Air Force ace across the sea, George Andrew Davis, spilled blood in the sky. After the Battle of "Lifeline", Brown and his headquarters fled Seoul in embarrassment. During the Battle of Inhoe, Brown's 31st Regiment, which had participated in the Omaha Beach Landing Battle, was captured. Total annihilation, Colonel McClain was injured and died after being captured. Brown just escaped by luck.

After the war.

It took Brown three full years of recovery before he came back. By then, his spirit was no longer what it was before. His only request was to be transferred to the Chinese treasure island to serve as an adviser on Asia-Pacific affairs.

This position seems to be very suitable for retirement. In fact, several of Brown's colleagues did come here with this mentality - they were either living and drinking in Baodao, or they went to Neon to have a silver party with the garrison.

For example, Brown knows an old bastard named Jones. It is said that he now has eight illegitimate children in Neon.

But Brown is like an ascetic, and all he cares about is the continent across the sea.

When three U2s were shot down by China, all parties thought it was Mao Xiong who took action. Only Brown suggested that China might have the ability to shoot down reconnaissance aircraft.

For this reason, Brown was often shunned by his colleagues, but after Yang Shiju, the only surviving U2 pilot who exchanged for Li Zhengdao's mother Zhang Mingzhang, returned to the island, Brown's speculation was proved to be correct.

Similarly, after China's announcement this time, some people thought that China was acting with the bear, and some people believed that China was ready to give up its international reputation to inspire the patriotism of the domestic people. However, Brown still proposed that China may indeed develop nuclear weapons. guess.

For this reason, Brown also found his boss at the time, Eisenhower, who came forward to dispatch such a survey ship.

Of course.

If Brown knew that the person in the plane that just passed over his head was Chen Pingsheng, the hero of the Chinese Air Force who shot down his friend George Andrew Davis, his heart would probably be more complicated.

"Mr Brown."

Just when Brown was lost in thought, a female official with a single ponytail next to him brought his attention back to reality:

"The sampling helicopter has successfully collected air dust samples and is expected to return to the deck within eight minutes."

Brown nodded after hearing this and asked again:

"Where's the radioactive detection equipment?"

The lady official glanced at the screen. With the emergence of integrated circuits these days, many devices across the sea can be displayed on electronic displays:

"It has reached the T3 gear, and the decay gradient is between β7.1-8.6."

Brown thought for a while and gave a new order:

"Adjust to T4 and change the decay gradient to above 15."

The lady officer was suddenly startled. She looked like a clerk in her attire, but she was actually an accomplished nuclear physicist:

"Mr. Brown, is it necessary to turn it up so high?"

Nuclear testing seems very high-end, but its detection method is actually not complicated.

Generally speaking, surveillance parties can analyze whether a nuclear test has occurred by detecting seismic waves. Because there is no short-term release process of surface stress before a nuclear test, what is directly generated is the huge energy of the nuclear bomb explosion, so the front part of the corresponding waveform is usually extremely smooth. Then it suddenly surged higher, which was very different from earthquake waves.

However, this method can only crudely prove that a certain party has conducted a nuclear test. As for whether the nuclear test is successful, the specific method is usually in space, which is the radioactive dust detection method.

Today's equipment that detects radioactive dust analyzes the optical neutron cross-section value, which is the threshold energy. For example, if water is irradiated with radioactivity, its threshold energy will generally be above 15MeV.

At the same time, by detecting the decay gradient of radioactive dust, the corresponding type of nuclear weapons can also be analyzed - but this function is meaningless in most cases. After all, nuclear tests are basically atomic bombs, which are fission forms, and fusion is very likely to occur. Rare.

Theoretically speaking, the decay gradient of 8.6 should be enough to test the rabbits' experiments. Unexpectedly, Brown actually asked for a higher gear.

To know.

The cost of this kind of testing is extremely high. When switching from T3 to T4, the cost difference is even more than ten times!

However, Brown still waved his hand after hearing this, indicating for her to do so.

Seeing this, the lady officer had no choice but to shrug:

"OjbK, sir."

Then she fiddled with it a few times on the operating table. As the instructions were given, the accuracy of a piece of equipment in the cabin that had entered a state of operational readiness once again improved by an order of magnitude.

A few minutes later.

Da da da.

There was a sound of rotating wings outside the window, and a helicopter flew from a distance to the deck of the survey ship.

Brown's expression suddenly froze. This was the return of the sampling helicopter sent earlier.

As long as the collected air samples are analyzed, we can determine what China is doing.

Think of this.

Brown's facial muscles twitched twice. Could this be his chance to crush the nightmare?

The concept of CHINA=miracle has stayed in his mind for too long.

Then quickly.

Several experts in protective suits jogged to the deck and removed a small, closed iron box from the area near the tail of the helicopter.

After taking off the iron box, they hurriedly entered the lower level of the deck, where there was a small testing laboratory. Although their ship was a survey ship in terms of model, it was actually close to 70 meters in length and had a full load displacement of 4,000 meters. tons or more, it has the ability to detect radioactivity when a nuclear war breaks out, and is strictly a member of the rapid response system.

The reason why it hangs the logistics flag is mainly because Haidian wants to avoid some public opinion disputes. In fact, its control has always been in the hands of Haidang.

Mr. Liu, who was standing next to Brown before, was nominally the vice-captain, but the space that really belonged to him on this ship was only a four-square-meter bedroom cabin. Outside the cabin, he was a mascot similar to a champagne glass.

Then, under Brown's watch, the operators on the upper and lower floors cooperated with each other and began to detect dust samples.

The core principle of reflectivity detection is induced radiation, which is a phenomenon in which materials themselves produce radioactivity after being exposed to rays.

Mentioned a long time ago.

Whether it is heavy atomic nuclear fission, light atomic nuclear fusion, or many other nuclear reactions, a large number of neutrons will be released.

Neutrons can be divided into four types of neutrons according to their energy, namely slow neutrons, medium energy neutrons, fast neutrons and very fast neutrons.

When slow neutrons and thermal neutrons interact with matter, they are easily captured by atomic nuclei and produce nuclear reactions.

The products of nuclear reactions can be stable nuclides or radioactive nuclides, and also release gamma rays or other particles.

The way to detect induced radiation is to emit a beam of neutrons to these samples again, and then determine the type of experimental behavior based on the energy level diagram.

But it is different from later generations.

The cut-off energy material used in this era is nickel, with a ray energy of 1.1325 MeV, and cobalt-60 will be used in later generations.

Fifteen minutes later.

An energy level meter suddenly appeared on the screen in front of the lady officer.

Upon seeing this, Brown quickly leaned down and asked the female officer:

"Dr. Angelica, what's the conclusion?"

Although Brown also has good attainments in the field of nuclear weapons, he is still far behind professionals like Ms. Officer. At this juncture, he will definitely not be confident and show off.

The female officer simply said yes to show that she heard it. She read the results before Brown spoke:

"The Brewster angle is 51.4°, indicating that s-polarized light appears inside. It should be said that it is a dusty medium that emits S-polarized light."

"DT density 0.7?. It can be so high?"

"MHD value 9.993"

As the lady officer watched, her expression became serious involuntarily. She straightened her back subconsciously, and her index finger that was tapping on the table at first also stopped.

When she saw the last two lines of results, she seemed to have seen something incredible. She stood up with a bang, and her head hit the chin of Mr. Liu who was standing behind her.

But the female officer named Angelica didn't feel any pain at all, and her eyes were still fixed on the screen:

"Ef exceeds 17.6 MeV, nτ is 1.33X10^16 cm^-3 seconds. How is this possible? God, how is this possible?!"

Hear the two numbers Angelica says.

Brown on the side was stunned for a moment, and also subconsciously shouted:

"Lawson's criterion is over the limit? How is this possible?"

Lawson's criterion is a relatively complex concept. Simply put, it is the deuterium-tritium reaction. It is also a condition for the light nuclear fusion reaction.

This concept is often used in the field of controllable nuclear fusion in later generations. For example, the ignition constant must be greater than 3*10^21KeV s/m, etc.

In other words.

If Lawson's criterion exceeds the limit, it means that a nuclear fusion reaction has occurred.

In other words.

The weapon the Chinese dropped this time was not a fission atomic bomb, but a fusion hydrogen bomb!

At the same time, the explosion scenario of nuclear fusion is not something that can be solved with some "nuclear fuel".

That is to say, what the Chinese dropped this time was not deceptive nuclear fuel, but a genuine hydrogen bomb!

"wrong!"

While Brown was stunned, Angelica suddenly realized something:

"No, if the Chinese dropped a hydrogen bomb, how could it be so powerful?"

"And the decay gradient of the radiation does not match the magnitude of the shock wave - the physical shock wave is too small, and the decay gradient is too large."

"No, no, this is definitely not a hydrogen bomb. Even a miniaturized hydrogen bomb is impossible!"

Hearing the words Hydrogen Bomb from Angelica's mouth, Mr. Liu, who was covering his chin and looking confused, just caught up with the rhythm of the two of them. He couldn't even care about the pain in his jaw for a moment, and was stunned. Looking at the two people in front of him:

"Mr. Brown, Ms. Angelica, do you think the Chinese dropped a hydrogen bomb?"

Faced with the 'vice-captain''s question, Angelica and Brown seemed not to hear it. It was as if there was no such person around them at all, and they were still looking at each other.

After a while.

Angelica thought of something again and quickly rushed to the screen:

"The mixed exposure dose is 1200 rads, the lower mass limit is 7.42mass, and it decays by 16.6% in four minutes and 24.9% in seven minutes." (Note: Rad was changed to Gray in 1975)

A full two minutes passed.

Angelica slowly raised her head, stared at Brown with a somewhat blank gaze, and murmured:

"Mr. Brown, I understand."

"What the Chinese dropped was not a hydrogen bomb, but"

"A miniaturized neutron bomb."