Chapter 335: The Powerful Artifact of Iraq

North of Baghdad, Harris.

A mysterious convoy set out from Baghdad in the dark and arrived at Harris. The convoy looked ordinary from the outside, like a private convoy of a wealthy family in Baghdad. No one noticed that as the convoy was marching, there were already protections of armed personnel in plain clothes on the roads around.

Because this base is very secretive, in order to prevent being discovered, every time you go, it will be done at night.

This is the first time Zhang Feng has been traveling with his father Saddam, and he is sitting in the same car with his father.

In the impression of later generations, Saddam, who was promoted as a brutal ruler and the dictatorial ruler, was more revealed at this time, a kind father was a loving father.

And now, he is in high spirits.

The convoy drove into Harris, and the number of armed personnel suddenly increased. All of them were well-equipped Republic Guards, guarding outside. This was the most loyal unit in Iraq. Even at the intersection, Zhang Feng even saw a T-72 tank.

Here, there is a huge base underground, which was built on the original base after Iraq spent a year.

The convoy drove into the underground from a special entrance. The driver who had just driven had already changed into a staff member from the base, and most of the people brought were left outside. Only Zhang Feng, Saddam, Adnan and several Saddam's closest bodyguards entered the inside.

This is top secret! Zhang Feng knew that the reason why this place could exist was hidden. Otherwise, no matter how tight the defense was, it would be hit by a bomb dropped from the sky.

After entering, I saw people waiting there.

Zia Gaffal just received the news ten minutes ago that His Excellency the President was coming here to inspect. Then the convoy arrived. He hurriedly came out of the workshop, wearing a white coat.

"Hello, Your Excellency President." Zia said when he saw President Saddam coming out of the car.

"Thank you for your hard work. I heard that our construction is finally going to start here, so let's take a look." Saddam said.

Then, Zhang Feng got out of the car, and what he presented to him was a middle-aged Arab man with a bad beard but in good spirits. He had not been exposed to the sun for a long time and his face was pale.

"This is Your Excellency Kusai? Your heroic behavior last time saved our entire plan. You are so great! You are the pride of Your Excellency the President." Zia said.

"He is the person in charge of our place, Zia Gafar." Adnan got out of another car and walked to Zhang Feng and said.

"Mr. Zia, thank you for your hard work. The future of Iraq will become stronger in your hands." Zhang Feng said.

"Blessed by Allah, we are all working hard for the strength of our Iraq." Zia said: "We are ready to report to His Excellency the President. After the visit here is completed, Hamza will give you a specific report."

These people are all elites of Iraqi countries! Zhang Feng then remembered that in later generations, Zia was the most famous person. He was known as the father of Iraq's nuclear bombs, just like Deng Jiaxian of China.

"Are there any French here?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Originally, we had many French people in the Ochilac nuclear reactor, but the nuclear reactor was destroyed, and most of the French engineers had returned to China, with only a few people left, and we were left with high salaries. Moreover, the condition was that we could not leave Iraq within ten years," Zia explained.

It was indeed cruel enough, Zhang Feng thought.

"We produce many of the equipment here ourselves." Zia said as she walked, the first thing she came to was a row of exactly the same equipment.

When Zhang Feng saw it, he was completely shocked. He knew these things and were called centrifuges!

If you want to produce nuclear weapons, a very important step is to concentrate nuclear raw materials. Nuclear reactors only need three percent of nuclear fuel. However, if you want to make nuclear raw materials that can be used for weapons, the concentration must reach at least 90 percent!

The most complicated thing is to enrich nuclear fuel. So far, only a few countries in the world have mastered this technology. Among several technical means, centrifugation methods are the most common. Gentle uranium molecules are allowed to pass through high-speed rotating machines (i.e. centrifugal separators). The different weights of uranium isotopes lead to their separation. The heavier u-238 is thrown out of the centrifuge, while the lighter u-235 is left. After repeated enrichment, it reaches the specified concentration. (somewhat similar to the washing machine to blow dry bucket).

"Ziya, we made these equipment ourselves?" Zhang Feng couldn't believe it.

"It's not exactly." Zia looked at the president and saw that the president was listening to him. He continued: "We imported enough raw materials and components from France to produce 1,000 centrifuges. Mainly there are special aluminum alloy presses for the manufacture of aluminum alloy vacuum chambers, ferrite magnets and other components on the stator of the centrifuge engine and special tools needed to install the stator parts."

France is a friendly country. As long as you have money, you can buy anything. Although it is impossible to buy finished centrifuges, those loose parts were purchased for various reasons and were eventually transported here.

The most critical part of the centrifuge is the bearing that bears huge speeds, which they have purchased from abroad.

Therefore, it is said that it is produced by itself, but it is just assembled. Even so, it has penetrated the main person in charge of enriching uranium. Another famous nuclear physicist in Iraq, Mehdi Obedi, who worked in the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States for several years and has gained a lot of experience.

"Now, these devices are still under debugging, but they will be ready for construction soon," said Zia.

"In other words, after construction starts, we will be able to create nuclear weapons?" Saddam was very interested in this.

"I'm very sorry, we estimate that it will take a year to produce enough raw materials for a nuclear weapon." Zia said.

Even if all these centrifuges are started, it will take a long time to do so, which is more difficult than sifting gold from river sand.

After hearing this, although unexpectedly, President Saddam was still very happy that mastering nuclear weapons means that Iraq has a powerful weapon of the country!

After walking a long way, I came to the nuclear reactor that I had moved here.

"This nuclear reactor has been successfully operated, not only providing all the energy in our base, but also producing the plutonium we need," Zia said.

Nuclear experts hired from France are mainly responsible for the normal operation of this nuclear reactor.

After wandering around this huge base, it took a full two hours, but everyone's faces were filled with joy, because this is the strong backing of Iraq!

Speaking of the role of nuclear weapons, it is not the use of this large-scale destructive weapon. It is a tragedy for the entire earth. However, only with this weapon and speaking in the world can you have the confidence and stand up when facing the nuclear deterrence of other countries. This kind of thing is used to deter!

Nuclear weapons are the sword of the country!

Zhang Feng was also very excited because now he is a genuine Iraqi person. For his own nation, it is a completely correct choice to do so!

After the inspection, they came to a conference room at the base and listened to the report of Heidal Hamza. His qualifications were older. Since the 1970s, he was the head of the Physics Department of the Research Center of the Iraqi Ministry of Nuclear Energy. After President Saddam was in power, the nuclear program finally began to accelerate.

Hamza held the black glasses and said, "Our base has completed the debugging of all equipment and the centrifuge is also successfully equipped. We will produce enough nuclear raw materials for a nuclear weapon within one year."

Then, the light dimmed, the projector turned on, and a model of a nuclear weapon appeared on the screen. Hamza said: "Our neutron bombarded uranium-235 or plutonium-239, causing its nucleus to crack and generate energy. The main component is these two uranium blocks..."

"Will we have the first nuclear weapon in a year?" Saddam asked.

"I'm very sorry that we need to do all preparations for the nuclear raw materials, and it will take at least one year to complete the entire plan. Moreover, we lack the necessary mainframe computers to perform simulations." Hamza said.

Mainframe computer? When Zhang Feng heard that his c3i system imported from France, which had not been installed, also lacked a mainframe computer.

Large computers belong to cutting-edge technology. Western countries have strict regulations on this aspect, so Zia tried his best to introduce them.

"Perhaps we can look at it from the Soviet Union." Adnan said.

Soviet Union? Zhang Feng intuitively wanted to shake his head. In his impression, the electronic level of the Soviet Union was too poor.

It was not until Zhang Feng of the Soviet Union that he realized that he had made a mistake this time, and the Soviet mainframe computer was not bad at all.

"Yes, we will solve this problem as soon as possible," Saddam said.

Hamza was very happy to hear the president’s decision, and then said: “If we had a large computer, we could complete all derivation simulations in about half a year. Our first nuclear weapon has an equivalent of 20,000 tons, which is enough to destroy a large city.”

In a year and a half, Zhang Feng also felt joy from the bottom of his heart. If he had this weapon, then the disasters suffered by the Iraqi people in later generations would probably no longer exist. He had completely rewritten history since he came here!

Iraq will definitely become a powerful Middle East country! Zhang Feng clenched his fists.

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Chapter completed!