Poor Hoffman spent weeks trying to remember the details he had, then asked the Imperial Security Service to do everything possible to gather the relevant information, and then, under the pretense of a secret agent, handed over a large amount of information to Otoscoltne, and held a secret meeting before launching the plan of action, ready to use all the power at his disposal.

"This is all the information we can gather shows that the Americans are carrying out a similar super-bomb program, probably a little faster than we are." Everyone, including Baumann, looked horrified, but when Hoffmann cited the names of famous scientists such as Einstein, Oppenheimer, and Fermi, everyone was silent, and Germany probably had only one and a half scientists to match it, one was Heisenberg, and the other half was Heisenberg's teacher Bohr Because of Denmark, Bohr did not want to play for Germany, but the Gestapo was very close, and he could not flee to the United States again, so the situation was deadlocked.

"Can we have the help of this super spy in our operations?"

Hoffman sighed and looked sad: "This is the last piece of information he sent, and then he was martyred like the gentleman in England who worked for us." ”

Everyone showed an expression of understanding: to be able to send this "information", it is obvious that the energy is extremely high, and the possibility of exposure is also very great, maybe it will be exposed after using it once.

"We originally sent a group of spies to the United States, but we have not been able to contact them since."

"Don't mention them, they've all defected." Hoffman said angrily.

Everyone gasped, in this way, the American counter-espionage force is 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's destruction of the intelligence system, maybe he deliberately arranged the people.

He is well aware of the risks involved in the sabotage operation, because these two locations are both in the interior of the United States, hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from the coastline, and there are tens of thousands of US military guard forces, which are far farther and more difficult than the super secrets that need to be destroyed in the original Tianlei operation, so he has not used his brains in this regard, and just wants to complete the Suhr plan as soon as possible.

But with the passage of time, especially when Milch, Heisenberg and others reported to him that it was difficult for the German superbomb to be completed before June, he became anxious: Historically, the United States completed the assembly and test of the atomic bomb in July, and now the United States is at a severe strategic disadvantage, and he believes that the opponent will only accelerate and not delay, so that the success of the American atomic bomb will be advanced Although I don't know how long it will be advanced, it is possible to think about it 12 months in advance.

Although even if the United States possessed an atomic bomb, it would not be possible to destroy Germany's nuclear capability, but if the adversary gave it 12 bombs, things would become very troublesome. In particular, the two key hubs of the Falklands and the Azores have now become a thorn in the side of the United States, and he is very worried that the United States will attack there, and throwing them at them is perfectly in line with the US military doctrine: the axial power that can strike at key nodes without causing uncontrollable consequences is conducive to hastening the American-German compromise.

This is not because the United States misjudged the situation, but because the Americans themselves did not have a clear understanding of the power of the atomic bomb: 20,000 tons of TNT yield is just a trivial matter, and the terrible thing is the subsequent nuclear radiation, if it is dropped on the Azores, it means that the island loses its habitable value, and then Germany will completely lose control of the Central Atlantic, which is an intolerable destruction of 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 still had some optimistic expectations about sending commandos to infiltrate and sabotage, but when they heard the intelligence that there were tens of thousands of guards on the periphery, everyone shook their heads, even if Skoltzny and the others were German supermen, dozens of vs tens of thousands were impossible tasks to win, and Bowman pointed out bluntly: "Even if we form the Otto death squad, we will hardly be able to complete this kind of task!" ”

This is what Hoffman has been hesitating about: he does not want to send Skoltsny to his death in vain, the atomic bomb is important, but it is not decisive at the moment, but if the US government pins its hopes and focus on the atomic bomb and is desperate to delay the end of the war, Hoffman can only take the risk of sacrificing a few people in exchange for the preservation of the majority.

Of course, there is also the option of achieving peace according to the American plan now, but this argument is not understandable internally, and it lacks a strong stimulus of events, just like Horikichi tried hard to make peace but never found a suitable opportunity: either his own side is dissatisfied or the other side is not satisfied, and in the end it is to push the situation to deteriorate step by step, and how difficult it is to find a Chamberlain in the United States, at least Dulles will not be Chamberlain.

Fortunately, Hoffmann was available along the way, and with the need for security, Skoltsny and the Führer were inseparable, and the two of them could sit down and study the plan slowly.

At first, Skoltsny thought that the goal of the action was to destroy the laboratory and kill these scientists, but Hoffman said that it was not necessary, although talent is the foundation of the American atomic bomb program, but now the United States has basically completed theoretical research and formed a systematic plan, killing 12 key scientists will not help, and it is impossible to kill all the researchers and destroy the laboratory. Hoffman's focus was on the Oak Ridge Isotope Production PlantIn order to implement the top-secret nuclear weapons manufacturing program, the United States carried out the immigration, relocation, construction, and scientific research in Oak Ridge, and in only about a year and a half, 50,000 people lived in Araren Valley, making it the fifth largest city in Tennessee.

There are three nuclear facilities at Oak Ridge 1: the one codenamed "Y12" is mainly used to separate uranium-235; The facility, codenamed "K25", separates uranium-235 in a more economical way by means of a very large-scale facility; The facility, codenamed "X10", is a graphite atomic reactor. For long periods of time, staff members are completely isolated from the outside world, and the vast majority of people are unaware of the ultimate purpose of the work they are doing. The destruction or partial destruction of this plant can greatly delay the isotope separation and capacity of the United States, and can delay the progress of the production of raw materials for the American atomic bomb.

"Don't think about killing?"

"No, just blow up this factory facility."

"That way, it seems easier to do things."

Hoffman was stunned by Skoltsny's confidence: "What good can you do?" ”

"I think it's still the same as Operation Skymine, the commando team is responsible for sneaking in and indicating the direction, and then sending planes to bomb it."

"But Oak Ridge is in the interior of the United States, at least 650 kilometers from the southern coastline and at least 750 kilometers from the southeast coastline, even if the aircraft carrier departs from the port, it is difficult not to be spotted."

"Night air strikes, or, with rockets?"

"To tell you the truth, long-range rockets really exist, but shipborne launches are not yet mature and there are not many of them."

"There's still a little more than a month to go, and I'm sure there will be enough equipment to try it out whether it's mature or not." Skorzny's confidence at the time of departure was much stronger than that of Hoffmann, "I believe in the skills of our scientists, they are the best in the world!" Besides, isn't the long-range rocket going to be put into testing, let's make Oak Ridge the first experimental destination! ”

At the time of farewell, Hoffman personally saw off the assault team, and Skorzny said something meaningful: "Führer, since the Last Judgment, how can there not be a burning flame that destroys everything?" ”

Hoffman nodded: "Go to the destination first, and then wait for domestic instructions!" ”

Hoffman sent the latest instructions to the Penemünde base through Speer, Braun and other experts promised to fully cooperate, and reported to him a good news: since October last year, the V4 of the 2nd stage rocket with a range of 1200 kilometers has been gradually mass-produced, and the stability has been verified so far, and many successful launches have been achieved on land and vehicle, but the number of shipborne launches is not much, and relevant experiments are currently being done, in addition to the more difficult V6 submarine-launched experiments.

"The V6 submarine launch will be released first, and the V4 carrier-based launch will be mature as soon as possible, and it may be used in mid-to-late February."

"In such a hurry?"

Hoffman said vaguely: "The Panama campaign can be used, and the Last Judgment may also be used, time waits for no one!" ”

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