The Rise Of Australasia

May 7, 1934, Palace of Nations, Saint Arthur Castle, Australasia.

"Your Majesty, after multifaceted calculations, we've determined the true cause of the Moss failure," Albert Einstein sat cautiously on the sofa inside the palace, his face serious as he reported to Arthur.

"Oh? What is the reason?" Arthur asked with interest.

On the day of the nuclear test, Arthur had already received all the data from the atomic detonation, including the estimated final power of the nuclear explosion.

Clearly, the actual power of the explosion differed vastly from what the nuclear weapons development and test team had estimated.

Although an atomic bomb with the explosive power of several thousand tons of TNT is still the most powerful weapon humanity has built to date, such an absurdly low usage ratio of uranium-235 is unacceptable for the weapon itself.

The most pressing issue at the moment is to determine whether the problem leading to this result is serious in regards to atomic bomb theory.

If it's not serious, a change in approach might allow us to build an even more powerful atomic bomb.

But if it's very serious, other than overturning the existing atomic bomb theory, there is no other way to improve the utilization rate of uranium-235.

"Based on our calculations, the true reason for the mere 1.2% utilization rate of uranium-235 is due to the gun-type design employed in our atomic bomb," Einstein took out a document, trying to explain clearly to Arthur: "

"Your Majesty, this is the gun-type design of our atomic bomb. While it successfully detonated the entire bomb, the initial reaction energy caused most of the uranium-235 to rapidly expand, decreasing its density and preventing it from reaching a critical state.

In layman's terms, before most of the uranium-235 had a chance to react, they were already blown away by the violent explosion. This is the real reason why the explosion power of our first atomic bomb, Moss, was much lower than expected."

Hearing Einstein's explanation, Arthur was no longer so tense. If it was merely a mistake in the design of the atomic bomb, it could certainly be remedied.

After all, following the principle of a chain reaction, there are too many atomic bomb designs to choose from.

"Does the research and test group have a new atomic bomb design?" Arthur inquired.

"Your Majesty, this is the second atomic bomb design we propose, the 'implosion type,'" Einstein took out the design for the second type of atomic bomb, smiling as he introduced it to Arthur: "

Taking into account the uranium slug in the gun-type atomic bomb is likely to be blown away by the internal explosion, we decided to adopt a layered implosion method from the outside in.

Upon detonation of the entire bomb, the shockwave produced by the explosion will compress all the nuclear fuel inward into a solid mass.

According to our design, the tamper is made of easily deformable aluminum. The constant explosions will expose more neutrons to our uranium-235, theoretically allowing us to significantly increase the uranium-235 utilization rate."

Arthur nodded and commanded Einstein, "In that case, promptly produce a test model of the atomic bomb and initiate the related detonation tests.

If the explosion power meets our expectations, we can start the formal production of atomic bombs."

Einstein nodded, but his feet, which should have left, didn't move.

"What is it? Is there something else?" Arthur asked, smiling at Einstein, who clearly appeared hesitant.

"Your Majesty, do you think the development of atomic bombs is a good thing for humanity?" Einstein hesitated, but still mustered the courage to ask the question.

Even though he knew there was a risk of offending Arthur, he still wanted to clarify the doubts within his heart.

"In a strict sense, nuclear weapons are like a double-edged sword for humanity," Arthur said with a smile. "If used properly, nuclear weapons can not only become the most potent weapons for humankind, but the chain-reaction principle behind their development could also provide an energy source that far surpasses petroleum and coal.

Applying this to our well-known steam technology, it would be a revolutionary leap forward for humanity's future energy sources.

Therefore, the pros and cons of atomic bombs are not important, what matters is how we should use such weapons.

I believe you are familiar with the previous Great War in Europe. A war involving multiple Powers that caused tens of millions of casualties to humanity, which is much worse than a single atomic bomb.

If we could possess atomic bombs, we would be able to prevent such wars from happening to the greatest extent, which would be beneficial for humanity.

As for the casualties avoided by preventing wars, compared to the tens of millions of casualties in a large-scale war, that is no longer important, is it?"

Einstein nodded, his face thoughtful as he left Arthur's office.

Even before the development of the atomic bomb, Arthur had already pondered the changes it would bring to Australasia and the world.

For Australasia, the development of atomic bombs is definitely significant. It not only represents an advancement in artificial weapon technology but also symbolizes human progress in the field of science and technology.

From the birth of the atomic bomb, previous military theories became less important. Without atomic bombs, strategies like the human wave attack were also very significant in wars.

A country with a larger population would have an advantage in war, as this represented not only more sources of soldiers but also the capability to maintain production while deploying sufficient combat forces.