Into Unscientific

 At this moment.

 In addition to the rabbits, those paying attention to the situation on Aonan Island also include many other surrounding countries and forces.

For example, in the waters further outside Aonan Island, there are also many detection ships docked with national flags of different colors or flags of forces.

These detection ships are towed more than ten kilometers away from Aonan Island. This distance is firstly to avoid disputes, and secondly, it is to prevent the rabbits from generating radiation through the "nuclear materials" obtained from the bears.

 That’s right.

Until the moment when Chen Pingsheng dropped the miniature neutron bomb, they still thought it was a show done by the rabbits.

But on the other hand.

Although they firmly did not believe that the rabbits had developed nuclear weapons, after the mechanical shock pickup detected the vibration signal generated by the explosion, these exploration ships quickly began to collect relevant parameters.

Their thoughts are similar to the later saying "You always have dreams, what if they come true", but the latter is more inspirational, while the former is more derogatory.

 On a sea area 14 nautical miles away from Aonan Island.

 In a certain ship flying the blue sky and white sun flag.

 A yellow man was standing next to a little old white man, watching several operators busy with a relaxed expression.

 After a while.

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was a bit dull, the middle-aged man couldn't help coughing lightly and said to the little old white man:

"Mr. Brown, it is impossible for the Chinese to develop a systematic nuclear weapon. It would be a bit boring for us to stand here and wait."

“I think it’s better to open a table on the deck and drink a glass of AC red and black champagne I brought back from Milan, Italy.”

The little old white man named Brown shook his head when he heard this. The expression on his face was very rigid, and he spoke in authentic Chinese:

"Mr. Liu, although champagne is delicious, it is only a symbol of the celebration process - it is not a good thing to open champagne at will before seeing the dawn of victory."

“Besides, although the Chinese people on the mainland don’t have our help, they still have very peculiar characteristics.”

"Although the probability of their success this time is very low, compared to some of the incredible miracles before. In short, I still think it is better to see the results."

Brown originally seemed to want to say something to sigh, but thought that saying this would be a bit demoralizing, so he ended with a more euphemistic statement.

Mr. Liu next to him was somewhat noncommittal about this. He simply said yes and did not answer the question.

Upon seeing this, Brown glanced at this person and looked at the small island in the distance again.

 As the special adviser to the Asia-Pacific region across the sea, Brown is not only extremely capable, but also far beyond ordinary people in terms of knowledge and experience.

He began serving in the troops across the sea 25 years ago, participated in the Battle of Midway, and as the sixth commander commanded the Omaha Beach landing battle, one of the four major landing sites of the Normandy landings.

It can be said like this.

 In the first forty-four years of his life, he experienced countless wars, large and small. Although the process was tragic and tragic, he always stood up to the end as a winner.

 The old Chinese proverb "The brave prevails when we meet on a narrow road" is the best description of the first half of his life.

but

On that peninsula ten years ago, Brown and the country behind him, with the unrivaled appearance of the most powerful army on the surface after World War II, looked at the wolves and wanted to push thousands of miles, but unexpectedly they were defeated by a group of people who even wore military uniforms. Patch's 'beggar soldiers' were knocked out of the clouds.

Brown's friend and Air Force ace across the sea, George Andrew Davis, spilled blood in the sky. After the Battle of "Lifeline", Brown and his headquarters fled Seoul in embarrassment. During the Battle of Inhoe, Brown's 31st Regiment, which had participated in the Omaha Beach Landing Battle, was captured. Total annihilation, Colonel McClain was injured and died after being captured. Brown just escaped by luck.

 After the war.

Brown took a full three years of recovery before returning. By then, his spirit was no longer what it used to be. His only request was to be transferred to China Treasure Island to serve as a consultant on Asia-Pacific affairs.

This position seems to be very suitable for retirement. In fact, several of Brown's colleagues did come here with this mentality - they were either having fun and drinking in Baodao, or they went to Neon to have a silver party with the garrison.

For example, Brown knows an old **** named Jones. It is said that he now has eight illegitimate children in Neon.

But Brown is like an ascetic, and all he cares about is the continent across the sea.

When three U2s were shot down by China, all parties believed that Mao Xiong was responsible. Only Brown suggested that China might have the ability to shoot down reconnaissance aircraft.

For this reason, Brown was often shunned by his colleagues, but after Yang Shiju, the only surviving U2 pilot who exchanged for Li Zhengdao's mother Zhang Mingzhang, returned to the island, facts proved that Brown's speculation was correct.

Similarly, after China's announcement this time, some people thought that China was acting with the bear, and some people believed that China was ready to give up its international reputation to inspire the patriotism of the domestic people. However, Brown still proposed that China may indeed develop nuclear weapons. guess.

For this reason, Brown also found his boss at the time, Eisenhower, who came forward to dispatch such a survey ship.

Of course.

If Brown knew that the plane that just passed over his head was Chen Pingsheng, the hero of the Chinese Air Force who shot down his friend George Andrew Davis, his heart would probably be more complicated.

"Mr Brown."

Just when Brown was in a daze, a female official with a single ponytail next to him brought his attention back to reality:

“The sampling helicopter has successfully collected air dust samples and is expected to return to the deck within eight minutes.”

Brown nodded when he heard this and asked again:

 “Where are the radioactive detection instruments?”

Ms. Officer glanced at the screen. With the emergence of integrated circuits these days, many devices across the sea can be displayed on electronic displays:

“It has been turned on to the T3 gear, and the decay gradient is between β7.1-8.6.”

Brown thought for a while and gave a new order:

“Turn it to T4 and change the decay gradient to above 15.”

The lady officer was suddenly startled. She looked like a clerk in her dress, but she was actually an accomplished nuclear physicist:

 “Mr. Brown, is it necessary to turn it up so high?”

Nuclear testing may seem very high-end, but its detection method is actually not complicated.

Generally speaking, surveillance parties can analyze whether a nuclear test has occurred by detecting seismic waves. Because there is no short-term release process of surface stress before a nuclear test, what is directly generated is the huge energy of the nuclear bomb explosion, so the front part of the corresponding waveform is usually extremely smooth. Then it suddenly surged higher, which was very different from earthquake waves.

However, this method can only crudely prove that a certain party has conducted a nuclear test. As for whether the nuclear test is successful, the specific method is usually in space, which is the radioactive dust detection method.

Today's equipment that detects radioactive dust analyzes the optical neutron cross-section value, which is the threshold energy. For example, if water is irradiated with radioactivity, its threshold energy will generally be above 15MeV.

At the same time, by detecting the decay gradient of radioactive dust, the corresponding type of nuclear weapons can also be analyzed - but this function is meaningless in most cases. After all, nuclear tests are basically atomic bombs, which are fission forms, and fusion is rare. See.

Theoretically, the decay gradient of 8.6 should be enough to test the rabbits' test level. Unexpectedly, Brown actually asked for an increase in the grade.

To know.

The cost of this kind of testing is extremely high. The difference in cost from T3 to T4 is even more than ten times!

However, Brown still waved his hand after hearing this, indicating that she should do it.

Seeing this, the lady officer had no choice but to shrug: "OjbK, sir."

She then fiddled with it a few times on the operating table. As the instructions were issued, the accuracy of a piece of equipment in the cabin that had entered the operational readiness state was once again improved by an order of magnitude.

A few minutes later.

Da da da.

There was a sound of rotating wings outside the window, and a helicopter flew from a distance to the deck of the survey ship.

Brown's expression suddenly condensed. This was the return of the sampling helicopter sent earlier.

 As long as the collected air samples are analyzed, we can determine what China is doing.

Think of this.

Brown's facial muscles twitched twice. Could this be his chance to crush the nightmare?

The concept of CHINA=miracle has stayed in his mind for too long.

 Then quickly.

Several experts wearing protective suits jogged to the deck and removed a small, closed iron box from the area near the tail of the helicopter.

After removing the iron box, they hurriedly entered the lower level of the deck, where there was a small testing laboratory. Although their ship was a survey ship in terms of model, it was actually close to 70 meters in length and had a full load displacement of 4,000 tons. Above, it has the ability to detect radioactivity when a nuclear war breaks out, and is strictly a member of the rapid response system.

The reason why it hangs the logistics flag is mainly because Haidian wants to avoid some public opinion disputes. In fact, its control has always been in the hands of Haidian.

　　The Mr. Liu who was standing next to Brown before was nominally the deputy captain, but the space that really belonged to him on this ship was only a four-square-meter bedroom cabin. Outside the cabin, he was a mascot similar to a champagne glass.

Subsequently, under Brown's watchful eye, operators on the upper and lower floors cooperated with each other and began to detect dust samples.

The core principle of reflectivity detection is induced radiation, which is a phenomenon in which substances themselves produce radioactivity after being illuminated by rays.

  Mentioned it a long time ago.

Whether it is nuclear fission of heavy atoms, fusion of light atoms, or many other nuclear reactions, a large number of neutrons will be released.

Neutrons can be divided into four types of neutrons according to their energy, namely slow neutrons, medium energy neutrons, fast neutrons and very fast neutrons.

 When slow neutrons and thermal neutrons interact with matter, they are easily captured by atomic nuclei and produce nuclear reactions.

 The products of nuclear reactions can be stable nuclides or radioactive nuclides, and also release gamma rays or other particles.

The way to detect induced radiation is to emit a beam of neutrons to these samples again, and then determine the type of test behavior based on the energy level diagram.

  But it is different from that of later generations.

 The cutoff energy material used in this era is nickel, and the ray energy is 1.1325MeV. In later generations, cobalt-60 was used.

 Fifteen minutes later.

　　An energy level meter suddenly appeared on the screen in front of the lady officer.

Upon seeing this, Brown quickly leaned down and asked the lady officer:

 “Dr. Angelica, what’s the conclusion?”

Although Brown also has good attainments in the field of nuclear weapons, he is still far behind professionals like Ms. Officer. At this juncture, he will definitely not be confident and show off.

The lady officer simply said yes to indicate that she heard it. She read the result before Brown spoke:

“The Brewster angle is 51.4°, indicating that s-polarized light appears inside. It should be said that it is a dusty medium that emits S-polarized light.”

“DT density 0.7?. It’s actually so high?”

  “MHD value 9.993”

As the lady officer watched, her expression became serious involuntarily. She straightened her back subconsciously, and her index finger that was tapping on the table at first also stopped.

When she saw the last two lines of results, she seemed to have seen something incredible. She stood up with a bang, and her head hit the chin of Mr. Liu who was standing behind her.

But the lady officer named Angelica didn’t feel any pain at all, and her eyes were still fixed on the screen:

“Ef exceeds 17.6 MeV, nτ is 1.33X10^16 cm^-3 seconds. How is this possible? God, how is this possible?!"

 Hear the two numbers Angelica said.

Brown on the side was stunned for a moment, and also subconsciously shouted:

 “Lawson’s criterion exceeds the limit? How is this possible?”

 Lawson criterion, this is a relatively complex concept. Simply put, it is the deuterium-tritium reaction. It is also a condition for the light nuclear fusion reaction.

 This concept is often used in the field of controllable nuclear fusion in later generations. For example, the ignition constant must be greater than 3*10^21KeVs/m, etc.

  In other words.

 If Lawson's criterion exceeds the limit, it means that a nuclear fusion reaction has occurred.

  In other words.

The weapon the Chinese dropped this time was not a fission atomic bomb, but a fusion hydrogen bomb!

At the same time, the explosion scenario of nuclear fusion is not something that can be solved with some "nuclear fuel".

  In other words, what the Chinese dropped this time was not deceptive nuclear fuel, but a real hydrogen bomb!

 “That’s not right!”

Just when Brown was stunned, Angelica suddenly realized something:

“No, if the Chinese dropped a hydrogen bomb, how could it be so powerful?”

“And the decay gradient of the radiation does not match the magnitude of the shock wave—the physical shock wave is too small, and the decay gradient is too large.”

“No, no, this is definitely not a hydrogen bomb, even a miniaturized hydrogen bomb is impossible!”

Hearing the word HydrogenBomb from Angelica's mouth, Mr. Liu, who was covering his chin and looking confused, just caught up with the rhythm of the two of them. For a moment, he couldn't even care about the pain in his jaw and stared blankly. Looking at the two people in front of him:

“Mr. Brown, Ms. Angelica, do you think the Chinese dropped a hydrogen bomb?”

Facing the 'vice-captain''s question, Angelica and Brown seemed not to hear it, as if there was no such person around them at all, and they continued to look at each other.

 After a while.

Angelica thought of something again and quickly rushed to the screen:

“The mixed exposure dose is 1200 rads, the lower mass limit is 7.42mass, and it decays by 16.6% in four minutes and 24.9% in seven minutes.” (Note: Rad was changed to Gray in 1975)

　　A full two minutes have passed.

Angelica just raised her head slowly, stared at Brown with a somewhat blank gaze, and murmured:

 “Mr. Brown, I understand.”

“What the Chinese dropped was not a hydrogen bomb, but”

 “Miniaturized neutron bomb.”