Chapter 388 We Victory
The first thing Yao Tongbin and Chen Nengkuan did when they arrived in Kunming was to take an exam. Even if they were transfer students specially invited by Zhang Xingjiu, they still had to take the exam if they wanted to enter Southwest United University, and they could only enroll if they passed the exam.
The only convenience Zhang Xingjiu gave them was the qualification to take the exam, so as to ensure fairness.
Examinations have never been a problem for them. They get full marks in almost every subject. They suddenly become popular among science and engineering teachers. As a teacher, who doesn't want to cultivate such a genius?
Zhang Xingjiu selected suitable teachers for them based on their abilities, personalities, majors and other factors, and let them continue to study with these teachers. After they gradually adapted to life in Kunming, they would also conduct some studies and experiments in metallurgy, materials, engineering physics and aerospace physics.
There are several other patriots like them in Southwest Associated University, such as Zhao Jiuzhang, who is currently a professor in the Department of Geology, Geography and Meteorology and the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in the School of Science.
He was originally a student of Tsinghua University. When the war broke out, he studied at the University of Berlin and obtained a doctorate degree. After returning to China, he went directly to Kunming and started as an associate professor. Now he is not only a professor, but also the director of the Institute of Meteorology of the Academia Sinica.
For example, Deng Jiaxian was Yang Zhenning's junior at Chongde Middle School. When Peking University moved inland, Zhang Xingjiu brought his whole family over. He first studied at the Affiliated Middle School of Southwest Associated University. After graduation, he was successfully admitted to the Department of Physics of the Associated University and received instruction from many masters.
Now he has graduated from undergraduate school and is continuing his postgraduate studies under his supervisor.
In addition to those who are still on campus, there are several who have graduated from Southwest Associated University and are studying abroad, such as Guo Yonghuai, Chen Fangyun, Tu Shou'e, Yang Jiachi, Wang Xiji, Zhu Guangya, etc.
Southwest Associated University has laid a solid foundation for them. Now they are going to Europe and the United States to broaden their horizons. When they come back with Qian Fukang, Qian Sanqiang, Qian Weichang and others, they will be entrusted with important tasks.
When the Anti-Japanese War is won and all the schools return to their origins, Yu Min, Qian Ji and others will be brought here, and this luxurious team will basically be complete. In addition, with the talents cultivated and various preparations made by Zhang Xingjiu over the years, China will definitely be able to grow big apples earlier.
In a blink of an eye, time came to early August 1945. That morning, Zhang Xingjiu had just come out of his residence and was about to go to the school cafeteria for breakfast when he heard huge cheers on the campus.
"What happened? Did someone win a battle somewhere?" He quickly pulled an excited student and asked.
"The front page of the Central Daily News reported that the United States used B-29 bombers to carry atomic bombs to bomb Hiroshima, Japan, and the entire city of Hiroshima was completely destroyed! President Truman gave a speech, 'The new type of weapon that is particularly powerful in our human ideals - the atomic bomb, has been used against Japan! This new type of weapon, which is said to possess the basic power of the universe, is extremely powerful, equivalent to the energy of more than 20,000 tons of TNT explosion! Isn't the British 11-ton earthquake bomb powerful enough? The explosive power of this new atomic bomb is 2,000 times greater than it!'"
"Hiroshima City, except for a chimney from a certain factory that still stands there, everything else is gone. The whole place has turned into a charred land."
"Four square miles of the city (Hiroshima) were reduced to ashes. The steel and concrete buildings two miles away from the bomb site were reduced to rubble. Even the onions in the garden thirty miles away were burnt and dried."
He read the words from the newspaper loudly, and instantly a large group of students gathered around him. They cheered before he finished reading, because they all felt that this weapon could completely destroy the Japanese's desire to resist, and victory in the war of resistance would not be far away.
Zhang Xingjiu also laughed, firstly for the upcoming victory, and secondly for this magical translation. He didn't know who translated it, but actually translated Truman's words into this way.
After saying a few words of encouragement, Zhang Xingjiu entered the classroom and started teaching. As soon as the get out of class was over, he saw the secretary standing at the door. "Principal, there's a call from Chongqing, inviting you to Chongqing to discuss important matters. The Air Force has sent a plane, please leave as soon as possible."
Zhang Xingjiu took the telegram and read it. It didn't say what they wanted to discuss, but it just urged him to leave quickly. He guessed that he was being asked to go over and evaluate the power of the atomic bomb.
That afternoon, Zhang Xingjiu arrived in Chongqing. On the way from the airport to his residence by car, he could see celebrating crowds everywhere. Chongqing had been bombed by the Japanese for several years, and now the Japanese were also hit by a big bomb. The people felt that this was retribution.
After a short rest, the car took Zhang Xingjiu to Zheng Sanfazi's official residence. As expected, he asked the question that Zhang Xingjiu expected, "Mr. Zhang, is the American atomic bomb really that powerful?"
"In theory, that's true."
Zheng Sanfazi smiled happily. "It seems that the war will be over soon. Our American allies have such powerful weapons, and Germany has already surrendered. What are the Japanese still holding on to? Perhaps we can return to Nanjing soon."
You still have the nerve to go back? Zhang Xingjiu cursed in his heart.
He laughed to himself for a while, and then asked Zhang Xingjiu some other questions about the atomic bomb. He probably didn't understand Zhang Xingjiu's answers, but that didn't stop him from being happy.
When Zhang Xingjiu finally stood up to say goodbye, he asked, "Mr. Zhou Ping, does our Republic of China have the ability to manufacture an atomic bomb?"
Zhang Xingjiu did not answer directly. "At the beginning, Stilwell asked me how much it would cost for the United States to make an atomic bomb. I estimated it to be 10 billion US dollars. Although the Americans have not announced the specific cost, we can infer from factors such as the time of the atomic bomb explosion that they spent at least 2 billion US dollars!"
"Now that the Americans have proven that the atomic bomb is indeed feasible, we may be able to save some money, but no matter what, it still has to be calculated in billions of dollars. Can the government come up with this budget?"
Zhang Sanfazi suddenly became depressed. He felt that Zhang Xingjiu's words were too disappointing, so he simply replied, "The United States is our ally. If our ally has an atomic bomb, it is equivalent to our own. There is no need to rush to make an atomic bomb ourselves."
Zhang Xingjiu left without saying anything. Later, the Academia Sinica also mentioned the idea of researching the atomic bomb, but he only allocated 50,000 US dollars and sent them away.
Now everyone realized that victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan was not far away, but there was still a lot of work to be done after the war. Zhang Xingjiu was left in Chongqing to attend a meeting of the Ministry of Education to discuss the relocation of schools back to their original places after the war.
On August 15, radio broadcasts throughout Chongqing suddenly sounded at the same time, informing the people of the city of the good news that the Japanese had announced their unconditional surrender.
For a time, citizens all over the city ran around to tell each other, hugged each other and cried, celebrating the victory of the War of Resistance.
Zhang Xingjiu was walking on the street, and he only heard one sentence in his ears, "We won!"
(End of this chapter)
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