“Nucleon research can begin!”

Li Weiguo called Zhang Xiaoliu, Minister of War Minister of National Defense, to the Imperial Study room and informed him in person that the research and opening of nuclear weapons would be put on the agenda.

Nuclear weapons are a powerful weapon for the country. Only those who served as Minister of War and Minister of National Defense are qualified to know that they are highly confidential at SS level.

Zhang Xiaoliu had heard Li Weiguo talk about it before and was full of curiosity and awe of nuclear weapons.

But he also knew that developing nuclear weapons is not an easy task, and it is a very consuming national strength.

With the current economic level of the Chinese Empire, there is no financial difficulty in developing nuclear weapons, but the launch platform has not yet been developed, and the preservation of nuclear weapons in the future will also consume a lot of national strength.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo meant to start developing nuclear weapons and launch platforms equipped with nuclear weapons, but he was not in a hurry to deploy them in actual combat.

In this way, the research and development of nuclear weapons will not have any impact on the national economy of the Chinese Empire.

Historically, the United States spent US$2 billion on developing nuclear weapons, accounting for 0.57% of the US GDP and 20% of all scientific research funds. According to the parity purchasing power of the Chinese Empire today, it is equivalent to 200 million yuan, accounting for 0.6% of the GDP of the Chinese Empire in 4002 (1902) and 15% of the total funding investment. Therefore, in terms of finance, the Chinese Empire today has no pressure at all.

Back then, the United States' scientific and technological reserves and talent reserves had reached a high level. Although the scientific and technological level of the Chinese Empire is still somewhat different, Li Weiguo has written a complete set of basic principles for nuclear weapons manufacturing. For example, the nuclear weapon material is uranium 235, fission materials can be obtained by centrifuge, and a chain nuclear reaction will be generated when it reaches the critical value, etc. No one in the United States told those scientists back then, and it was all up to scientists to explore it themselves. Therefore, under the guidance of Li Weiguo, the Chinese Empire is not as difficult as imagined to manufacture nuclear weapons.

But Zhang Xiaoliu didn't understand these. The only thing he was happy about was that once the nuclear weapons were successfully developed, they would destroy the German Empire in minutes.

But the next moment, Li Weiguo's words made Zhang Xiaoliu feel inexplicable.

"This time the development of nuclear weapons will be carried out with high-profile publicity by the Imperial Ministry of War!"

It is not secret research and development, but high-profile publicity, which is not in line with the past principles of confidentiality of the Chinese Empire military.

"Your Majesty, why do you need to make a high-profile publicity? Isn't this preparing the German Empire?"

Zhang Xiaoliu expressed his incomprehension.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "It is to let the German Empire know that we are starting to develop nuclear weapons!"

Zhang Xiaoliu tentatively said: "Does Your Majesty have other profound meanings?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Now there are not many people in the whole world who know the role of nuclear weapons. I just want to know who responds to this and which countries adopt countermeasures."

It can be said that this was an ostensibly shock to the German Empire, but in fact it was also a test. Li Weiguo wanted to know who knew the secret of nuclear weapons.

So far, Li Weiguo has confirmed Hitra's identity, and he also maintains a certain skepticism about the Red Russian Lienin and Starlin. The Queen Molini of the Italian Kingdom also made Li Weiguo feel disgusted (disgusting) and it is not bad.

Of course, the reason why I really started to develop nuclear weapons was to completely defeat the German Empire and conquer the whole world.

Now that the United Nations has been established, the Chinese Empire is actually the presidency of the United Nations. No matter whether the other countries are happy or not, they can only choose to surrender because on the one hand, they cannot compete with the Chinese Empire alone, and on the other hand, they are not optimistic about the German Empire, so there is only the only choice for the Chinese Empire.

However, the Chinese Empire would not rashly propose the process of world integration, so many countries would leave the United Nations and devote themselves to the embrace of the German Empire. Therefore, before nuclear weapons were developed, the Chinese Empire would not easily expose their ambitions.

At the same time, Li Weiguo also woke up from the matter of the Sea Wolf submarine. He speculated that Hitra might have secretly started to develop nuclear weapons. After all, having nuclear weapons is equivalent to being invincible. If he has powerful conventional power, then unifying the world is not a problem.

Li Weiguo believed that Hitra had the same ambition as him and wanted to unify the world.

Before this, there must be a decisive battle between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire. The outcome is determined by deciding who will lead the whole world.

Of course, countries around the world do not want the Chinese Empire to fight with the German Empire, because as long as the fight starts, there will be a result. No matter who wins, other countries will be annexed.

Therefore, countries around the world are happy to see the Chinese Empire and the German Empire confrontation, but do not want them to fight, remain hostile but not start fighting, which is most in line with the interests of all countries.

However, when the Chinese Empire announced its nuclear weapons program to the world, governments of all countries were no longer calm.

"What are nuclear weapons?"

As the largest media of the Chinese Empire, the Central Daily News explained the power of nuclear weapons on the front page.

However, this was also officially authorized by the imperial government, and it did not inform the principles and manufacturing technology of nuclear weapons. However, the power of just a nuclear weapon scared people from all over the world, and even the people of the Chinese Empire were surprised.

"The German Empire will face the most serious crisis of destruction in history!"

As the bridgehead of the Chinese Empire in Europe, the Times, the representative media of the British Empire, directly and barely provoked the German Empire.

"A nuclear bomb has a minimum explosion equivalent of 20,000 tons, which is enough to razor a small city with more than 100,000 people to the ground! Can the German Empire still hold it?"

"We seem to see the future of the German Empire, and they will completely disappear from the earth!"

Soon, the Cleveland government in the United States also said at a press conference.

"It seems that our great President Cleveland chose to cooperate with the Chinese Empire government. What a wise decision! Today's America is peaceful and prosperous. If it had chosen to confront the Chinese Empire, America will be a wasteland today."

The Cleveland government has been criticized by the Americans, accusing them of being US traitors and puppet governments of the Chinese Empire. However, as the Chinese Empire announced the start of a nuclear weapon program, after learning about the huge devastating power of the nuclear bomb, many Americans felt fear from the depths of their hearts.

Some people no longer hold grudges against the Cleveland government, but there are still a small number of American right-wing elements trying to drive away the Chinese Empire. They stood up and incite, saying that the Chinese Empire would never be able to study nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are just lies, and called on the American people not to believe in the Cleveland government and to resolutely shoulder the banner of resisting the Chinese Empire.

"Following the great footsteps of the Chinese Empire, this is the only way out for the world!"

At the UN General Assembly, all member states unanimously expressed their willingness to follow the Chinese Empire.

In fact, in addition to the fear of the Chinese Empire, this is also due to the desire to urgently know the relevant details of nuclear weapons, and whether they can also be shared with them.

But this idea is destined to be futile. How could the Chinese Empire hand over nuclear weapons to other countries? These countries are simply delusional.

The puppet states, vassal states, and allies of the Chinese Empire immediately issued statements of support and optimism about the Chinese Empire, but the German Empire and its allies were collectively silent.

The Italian Kingdom's regrets are now green. When Queen Molini deceived the Italian king to give up cooperation with the Chinese Empire and instead cooperate with the German Empire, the Italian military has realized the true power of the Chinese Empire.

Economically, the Chinese Empire also imposed a blockade on the Kingdom of Italy. In the past, the Kingdom of Italy could receive various advanced technical and material assistance from the Empire of China. Other countries were willing to trade with Italy, but now they offended the Empire of China, and the Kingdom of Italy could no longer receive advanced technical and material assistance, and neighboring countries also refused to engage in trade cooperation with Italy.

Military, the Chinese Empire has always occupied Sardinia. The Kingdom of Italy protested several times and demanded the reclaim of Sardinia, but was rejected by the Chinese Empire, which almost triggered the Chinese Empire to go to war against the Italian Empire. At that time, the German Empire only expressed a lot of concerns, but did not dare to go to war with the Chinese Empire head-on. So Italy shot itself in the foot. In the end, in order to calm the anger of the Chinese Empire and prevent the Chinese Empire from taking further military actions, it had to formally ced the nature of the leasehold right of Sardinia with legal documents, which permanently gave it to the Chinese Empire.

At the same time, the powerful military force of the Chinese Empire was in the Mediterranean, completely blocking the Italian Navy at its doorstep, hiding in the port and not daring to come out. The military policies of the surrounding countries also followed the Chinese Empire and jointly enforced a military blockade of the Italian Kingdom.

Politically, the Chinese Empire expressed dissatisfaction with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia at the United Nations, so the UN General Assembly voted to demand that Italy withdraw from Ethiopia and restore Ethiopia's independence.

Under the opposition of the Kingdom of Italy, the Chinese Empire directly kicked Italy out of the United Nations. Finally, under the strong military pressure of the Empire, the Italian army withdrew from Ethiopia in shame.

This kind of stealing chickens will not lose the rice, which has made a considerable number of people in Italy express their dissatisfaction. However, the Italian king was controlled by the queen Mosoleni. These opponents were either arrested or executed secretly. With Hitra's secret support, Mosoleni gradually controlled the Italian military and political power.

When the Chinese Empire announced the start of the nuclear weapons program, Mosorini, who was already in power, immediately stood up and said that the Kingdom of Italy would also launch a nuclear weapons program. With the intelligence of the Italians, it would develop nuclear weapons earlier than the Chinese Empire.

Italy's statement really shocked countries around the world.

The Chinese Empire military sneered at this and did not believe that Italy had this ability.

The German Empire, which had been silent all the time, finally stood up and spoke.

Emperor William II of the German Empire personally stated that the German Empire had already begun nuclear weapons programs and said that the German Empire was fully capable of protecting its country and allies.

William II was forced to express his opinion, but he really didn't want to be too embarrassed in terms of face and wanted to compete with the Chinese Empire.

Faced with the huge military threat from the Chinese Empire, the German Empire had to disclose its nuclear weapons plan in order to shock the Chinese Empire and prevent it from using force against Germany easily. At the same time, it was also to appease allies like Italy and let other European countries around see clearly that not only the Chinese Empire was powerful, but the German Empire was also very powerful.

In fact, the German Empire had indeed begun research on nuclear weapons, but this matter was extremely confidential and was personally responsible for Hitra in the ghost project.

This time Hitra was also deeply shocked. He did not expect that the Chinese Empire would actually carry out nuclear weapons plans in advance, which exceeded his expectations. He thought that developing nuclear weapons in the German Empire in advance would win the lead in the war against China in the future, and even a Jedi flip. Just like the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and caused Japan to surrender directly, maybe after the first atomic bomb of the German Empire was put into the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire would surrender.

However, Hitra never expected that this time it was just a throwing stone to ask for directions from the Chinese Empire to test the reactions of various countries.

Sure enough, the German Empire and the Italian Kingdom both claimed that they had carried out nuclear weapons research. Whether they were talking big or not, they could prove one thing, that is, the two countries are not unfamiliar with nuclear weapons, and this is the result of Li Weiguo's attempt.

In the imperial study room, Li Weiguo was quietly tasting tea.

Zhang Peilun, the Minister of the Lifan Academy, reported the reactions of various countries to Li Weiguo, but there was no Red Russia.

"Didn't the Red and Russian side respond?"

Zhang Peilun shook his head and said, "There is no movement on the Red and Russian side. The Duma Parliament is held urgently and is discussing countermeasures. Liening has not proposed any plans for nuclear weapons plans."

Li Weiguo frowned and said, "This is not normal! At least Starlin should have a plan, and there is no reaction, which just means they have a more sinister plan."

In Li Weiguo's view, since Starlin has developed the bazooka, it at least shows that she and Hitra are fellow travelers. Even if they do not have the ability to develop nuclear weapons, they should at least know that nuclear weapons are still fine.

But now Lie Ning and Starlin are silent, which makes Li Weiguo feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Duma Parliament seems to be splitting. One faction supports Lienin to carry out the red reform and the other faction insists on carrying out the capitalist reform. They seem to be still making trouble for the Tsar family to stay or leave."

Zhang Peilun's words reminded Li Weiguo instead. He thought: "Red Russia is currently only because of Lie Ning's weak strength, and temporarily cooperates with the old nobles of the Duma Parliament. This kind of cooperation is destined to have many internal contradictions. It won't take long to split and Russian civil war is inevitable."

Speaking of this, Li Weiguo suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the Tsar family was executed by the Red Army.

The answer to why the Red Army executed the Tsar family was obvious. The old Tsar subordinates at that time were strong, and the Red Army took ruthless measures in order to end the civil war as soon as possible.

If the Tsar was alive, what would happen?
Chapter completed!