Chapter 49: The Last Judgment (10)
If the first wave of rocket attacks was completely caught off guard, then the second wave of rockets against Oak Ridge was completely reliably forewarned, but these few minutes of early warning did not have much effect except to add more panic, because the rockets were simply defenseless, and could not do anything other than the commander's hoarse and rapid retreat through radio, telephone, and telegraph.
This chaotic scene gave great convenience to the commandos, and it happened that it was completely dark, and they were either dressed in the white coats of scientific researchers, or dressed in the clothes of the US military police or officers and soldiers on duty in the inner circle, and went to set up signal signs on the target. These clothes were obtained by them in a short period of time to attack and kill lone US personnel, and if you look closely, you can see the problems: for example, there are some blood stains on the clothes, the clothes are not necessarily the right size, and sometimes because of the haste of the action, the ID plate is missing, or the photo on the ID card does not match the current face at all. But all this is no longer a problem after the second wave of missiles landed, and the crowd is fleeing all over the ground, and the lack of shoes and clothes abounds, who cares to check the details that don't quite fit and are flawed?
With a "boom", a rocket landed in the distance, and with the commotion and screams of the crowd, relying on the raging flames and the bright lights that pierced the sky, Larson finally found his target K25 factory!
Originally, he was puzzled as to why he had to use a rocket to hit a round first, thinking that this was not a surprise to the snake? Now he had to admire the people who designed the plan, without the strong pressure exerted by the rockets, this core valley would not have been chaotic at all, and the personnel would not have poured out like crazy, without this outpouring he did not understand that those were the more important factories with more personnel.
And he also observed just now, the whole valley is linearly distributed, and there are constantly ridges to divide it into several sections, if there is no precise guidance provided by the signal marker, unless the rocket is particularly lucky to hit the valley directly, otherwise these ridges and the mountains on both sides will bear and absorb the full power of the rocket explosion, hundreds of kilograms of explosives are very destructive to the plant, and the destructive power of the mountain is not enough. The U.S. government has provided a natural barrier for the four main factories in the Consideration Valley, so they don't get chain-detonated like firecrackers on a lead.
The rest of the team members took a detour from the other direction and found their target, and then they began to set up their own beacons.
Larsson disguised himself as a military policeman, standing in the communication room at the entrance of K25, while trying his best to "fulfill the mission" to call the personnel to evacuate to the left and right sides of the road, while quietly looking for the best placement of the signal sign, originally he wanted to be placed directly in the communication room, but later found that the communication room was at least more than 500 meters away from the main body of the factory, in order to pursue the best effect, he decided to venture deeper.
At around 9 p.m., he asked the staff who had withdrawn inside, "Are you still anyone?" While waving the Thomson submachine gun in his hand, he yelled loudly and threw himself towards the factory: "Run, run, put down all your work and retreat to a safe place, don't panic, don't mess up, obey the command of the military police, it's too late, your wife and children are still waiting for your house." โ
"This gendarme is really good." A couple of stunned researchers commented as they ran out, "At least he didn't think he'd sneak away first." โ
"As long as there are a few more such soldiers, the United States will never fail!"
"The rockets of the Germans are already capable of hitting so far? What about us? You can't work hard if you don't work hard."
"Alas"
"Bastard! Bastard! The Air Force is a bunch of rice buckets, how can the Germans touch so close! Oppenheimer, who was given the responsibility of overall command at the end of the day, was furious by the second round of rocket attacks, and with his common sense he quickly understood that if the Germans could fire dozens of powerful rockets here in one night, they would continue to drop rockets into the factory in the near future, which meant that Oak Ridge was not a safe place at all.
"Now there is no choice but to retreat and evacuate the people first. Then wait until dawn tomorrow to arrange personnel to transfer the finished products and disassemble the devices and facilities. โ
"The device can't be dismantled, and dismantling it will affect the progress!"
"Building a new one is more schedule-friendly," others argued, "and there is not even a spare site right now." โ
"Then go ahead and take the risk."
"You're crazy!" The others objected in unison, "If it is hit, it will not be a problem of damage to the device, but the destruction of the whole of Oak Ridge." โ
"I know, I know," Oppenheimer clutched his head in pain, and just now he had reprimanded the Secretary of State on the phone, saying that he did not understand the power of radiation, and that he had to make such a decision when he turned his head, and he felt that it was really beyond his imagination.
But retreating and rebuilding is not a good idea, and the test of the finished weapon will be delayed indefinitely.
"No, we have to risk producing enough raw materials, and then build a new factory at the same time, at least, we must get all the raw materials needed for the test bombs, right?"
"This" everyone hesitated, there was no experiment, no one knew what kind of thing was produced, theory is theory, practice is also very important.
Fermi persuaded: "Well, call Washington and tell them to destroy the German rocket launch sites at all costs, and not to let the rockets patronize them again for at least the next month, and then we will build a new one while we hurry to produce the last elements." โ
"What has been produced should be transferred as soon as possible."
"I don't understand the fuck at all costs, but how do you let me fight when it's dark?" Spatz was furious at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "The target caught by the reconnaissance plane is 650 kilometers east of Orlando, and night air raids are simply an impossible task. โ
"What about the day?"
"Daytime?" Spatz rolled his eyes and said, "You can touch Bermuda during the day, but there are no fighters to escort such a long sortie, and the bombers alone are to send the Germans the results of the battle, even if you don't treat the air force boys as people, you have to think about yourself, right?" Fill the Air Force all into this bottomless pit, what will you do with your troops on the West Coast, in the Caribbean, in Central America, in Recife? Don't you want air force cover? Also, I said that I would give priority to the pilots in Hawaii, and you said that it would affect the morale of other troops and other branches of the military, so I don't understand the situation. Is there a branch of the military that has a higher death rate than the Air Force? โ
MacArthur was speechless for his repeated insults, so he turned his gaze to Professor Carmen, who had been urgently summoned, and asked, "Can we beat the Germans with our rockets?" โ
"I'd love to, but I can't." Von Kรกrmรกn shook his head with a wry smile, "The rocket project presided over by Professor Robert Goddard has made great progress, and last month a rocket successfully hit 400 kilometers away, but no matter from that place on the east coast, it could not reach Bermuda, which is 900 kilometers away; And it is simply impossible to attack sea targets with rockets, the error of rockets is very large, and it takes great effort to attack fixed targets, how to hit moving targets? We can only prevent the Germans from hitting us with long-range rockets at this stage, and there is no hope for 12 years to return fire. โ
"Then go and occupy the island!" MacArthur turned to Nimitz and asked, "Can the Navy go out and cooperate with the Marines to take Bermuda?" โ
Nimitz didn't speak, Turner opened his mouth first: "It's impossible to have a navy alone, you must go to the army, no matter how strong the navy warships are, they can't go to the island, not to mention that the navy is not strong at all now, draw the airborne division, let General Ridgway go, he will definitely do it!" โ
Clarke's face twitched, and he threw himself into the airborne division, and Turner could say that he could let these more than 10,000 people rush to Bermuda with those 406mm naval guns of the battleship Lion? What's the difference between this and sending to death? Besides, the shipping in Recife is cut off, how can people be transported from that place of the damn? By the Air Force? How many more units have to die?
The Air Force can't do it, there is nothing to be done for the time being!
The Navy said it couldn't do it on its own.
Without naval and air support, the army simply cannot fight.
The results of the discussion of the Joint Staff Committee were sent to Dewey's hospital room, and he was so angry that he scolded three times and returned to his anger, and there was nothing he could do!
:,,gegegengxin!!