Chapter 55 Chapter 54 "Human Nuclear Test"

"Is Professor Ling Yunzhu a Communist?" Ye Yuhan asked. "We have a good relationship with Professor Ling." Lu Ning didn't answer directly. "Lu Ning, you still speak English so well!" "This thing can't be thrown away." Lu Ning looked forward, showing longing expression: "After we completely win, I want to do diplomacy, or go to the Academy of Sciences." Listening to the tone, Lu Ning did not have the slightest doubt about their "complete victory".He only suspected that the "sergeant" sent by the Kuomintang to drive him kept talking to Ye Yuhan in English in the car.

The jeep was parked at the gate of the Peking Research Institute on Donghuangcheng Street. The three ampoules that Lao Mu handed over to Doctor Ye were all heavy.Two of them had their tinfoil wrappers ripped open, probably by old wood; obviously he was curious to see what was inside.The ampoule inside is gray-black, and the wall of the glass tube is very thick.The three ampoules are arranged in the shape of "pin", tied together with rubber bands, wrapped tightly by old wood with several layers of tin foil, and wrapped with kraft paper on the outside.Ye Yuhan left Jinyuan, came to Dongsi where the lights were on all night, hired a rickshaw, and it took a while before dawn to return to the residence.She wasn't "curious."But she tried her best to figure it out, and she had to figure it out: what kind of medicine was in these ampoules, and why were they injected into some "patients"?What is the purpose of doing this to observe, and what kind of results do you want to get?Also, the American efforts to find stillborn babies were especially strange to her, and she couldn't understand them!Really, she has been a doctor and worked in a laboratory for more than ten years, and she has never seen such a strange thing...

While thinking hard, Ye Yuhan slapped her forehead: Yes, how could I have forgotten Lu Ning?The female doctor immediately grabbed the phone. "Will Lu take the seat?" Ye Yuhan felt awkward. "I'm Lu Ning. You—" "I'm Doctor Ye. You came to see a doctor at my place." "Oh," Lu Ning struggled to come back to his senses, "Yes, yes." "How did you feel after your last injection?" "Okay, okay, very good, Doctor Ye." "I'm a little worried about your illness. I prescribed some more medicine. Would you like to come and get it?"

"Thank you, thank you. Where can I get it?" "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street." "Okay, I'll be there in an hour." Lu Ning came here on foot from Dongdan Santiao in casual clothes.He listened carefully to Ye Yuhan's introduction of what he had seen and heard in Jinyuan, and fell silent; after inspecting the three ampoules repeatedly, he said: "Yuhan, if you can't see what it is, I can't even see it— —Besides, I'm afraid it can't be 'seen' with the naked eye. It must be tested, and it can't be sent to a general hospital for testing. I'll find a way."

On this afternoon three days later, Lu Ning made a phone call first, and then took the military jeep to pick up Ye Yuhan.He waved his hand when he entered the room: "Come with me." "where to?" "An old professor." "Old professor, who?" "Lingyunzhu." "Yo, famous!" In the spring of the 25th year of the Republic of China, Ling Yunzhu stepped down as the president of Jinling University and became a professor of physics at Tsinghua University.After the fall of Peiping, he moved with the school. After arriving in Kunming, he became a professor of Southwest Associated University and also served as the dean of the Faculty of Science. After the war, he returned to Peiping with the school and served as the dean of the Peking Research Institute.Zhou Enlai called a few days ago and asked him to arrange a time to receive Major General Lu Ning of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible.

Lu Ning came to Peking Research Institute at the time agreed by Ling Yunzhu, and handed over three ampoules wrapped in layers to Ling Yunzhu.The professor opened it for a look, with a look of surprise on his face, immediately rewrapped it tightly, got up and said, "I will keep you soon today. I will arrange an early test, and I will tell you immediately if there is any special situation. I will say on the phone——" "Just ask me to drink tea and listen to the gramophone!" "Okay, that's it. Oh, that female doctor you mentioned..." "Her name is Ye Yuhan."

"It's best to invite Doctor Ye to come together, and we can talk about some things face to face." Now, the two guests came to the office of the president of the Peking Research Institute together.In China, Ling Yunzhu is one of the few great scientists; but in Ye Yuhan's eyes, he is just an ordinary-looking, modest scholar, with gray hair, clear face, elegant temperament, wearing a pair of nearsighted glasses, Habitually shaking a black folding fan in his hand.This office is a big room, with writing desks and bookcases on one half, and a circle of rattan chairs and a small round rattan table on the other half.There are several paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, the most eye-catching one is Zheng Banqiao's ink bamboo with the inscription "Gao Jie Ling Yun Tu". Trembling and rustling in the gust of wind...

The three sat on wicker chairs.The professor asked Lu Ning to make tea, and smiled at Lu Ning: "Unfortunately, there is no phonograph." Lu Ning also laughed. The professor turned around and started talking, but mainly with Ye Yuhan.He first asked the female doctor about her life experience and education, and then carefully asked about everything in Jinyuan.After the talk, the professor closed his eyes and meditated: "Oh, you are a graduate of Qilu University School of Medicine." "Lu Ning is also from Qi University Medical College," the female doctor nodded, "but he failed to graduate."

"Why?" The professor opened his eyes and looked at Lu Ning. "Being arrested for revolution?" "Almost!" Lu Ning laughed again, "I didn't catch it, let me run away." "University of Qi had an American principal Chalude," Ling Yunzhu changed the subject, "You two know him, right?" "Yes." Lu Ning replied. "He, Chalude, what about now?" Ye Yuhan asked with concern. "After the war, he came out of the Japanese concentration camp and went back to the United States. He has been in China for more than 20 years and is a 'China hand'. Affairs consultant." Ling Yunzhu said while thinking, "I have also known several people in Qi University. Among them is Su Guanlan, a student from the Department of Chemistry. In my impression, he is a very cute young man."

Lu Ning looked at Ye Yuhan.The female doctor looked at the professor without speaking. "Okay," the professor glanced at the wall clock, took a sip of tea, and said with a wave of his hand, "Next, let's get down to business." The U.S. government established the "U Committee" to develop the atomic bomb.With the approval of President Roosevelt, a "G Committee" was established later, G refers to bacteria (germ); as the name suggests, this "G Committee" is engaged in the development of bacterial weapons (broadly speaking, biological weapons)...

In November 1941, the Japanese army dropped germ bombs in Changde, Hunan, killing a large number of Chinese.The local American missionaries and doctors passed the information back to the United States as soon as possible, which aroused the "strong interest" of the government and the military. It was against this background that the "G Committee" was established.It is under the jurisdiction of the military's "Chemical Warfare Department". The office is located in Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Established research laboratories, factories and testing grounds for bacterial warfare in Vigo, Indiana, with 4,000 "germ troops" at its peak. At that time in the world, the only country that used bacterial weapons was Japan, and the only country that was attacked by bacterial weapons was China.Therefore, the "G Committee" has been closely watching all the developments of Japan's germ warfare in China from the very beginning, and has tried its best to collect relevant information.The war is not over yet, and the Americans can't wait to get all the "talents" and "achievements" of Germany and Japan in this regard.Although Germany has developed biological weapons, it has never used them.Japan is different. From "basic research" to actual combat, from plague, cholera to anthrax, everything is used to the extreme; from the emperor to the soldiers go to battle together, from the northern metropolis to the vast countryside in the south have all become their testing grounds And the killing field, accumulated a wealth of experience.Therefore, it is regarded as a rare "good teacher and helpful friend" by the "G Committee".After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the United States strengthened its research on bacteriological weapons.The Japanese archipelago is densely populated and highly mobile, and is in a very disadvantageous position in dealing with bacterial weapons. It has become the best testing ground and killing ground for Americans... By April 1945, the United States had produced a total of 8,000 pounds of anthrax bacillus, ready to be used in the "bombing" of Japan.However, in the following two months, the success of the atomic bomb has approached 100%, but the prospect of the germ bomb is unpredictable-it is likely to cause uncontrollable consequences, endanger the safety of the US military that is about to invade Japan, and spread to other regions , including the overseas territories of the United States and even the mainland.As a result, the U.S. government ordered the suspension of germ bomb production in June 1945... Compared with atomic weapons, biological weapons have many characteristics. Their biggest advantages are low cost and "kill without blood". The most terrifying thing is that they are difficult to control. From the research stage to the actual combat application, there may be big troubles in any link , Lifting a rock to drop himself in the foot.So "Committee G" came up with two ideas: 1. Give preferential treatment to Japanese bacterial war criminals and cooperate with them; 2. Instead of conducting such extremely dangerous research locally, it is better to open up research bases overseas... "What you discovered by accident is part of the American files." Ling Yunzhu said to Ye Yuhan, "But the South Asian subcontinent is a British colony, and the British would not agree to do such things there, so..." "So China has become the only 'candidate country'!" said the female doctor. "Indeed." Ling Yunzhu went on to say that the so-called SLR is a synonym for "Strategic Biology Research Institute"; what "Strategic Biology" means is self-explanatory.Simon Czerny is indeed a doctor, but he is also a lieutenant colonel, the naval representative on "Committee G", who was sent to China after World War II. For the two atomic bombs that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the unfissioned parts were still the original radioactive elements, and the fissile parts were transformed into other radioactive elements, and they were still "indestructible".All these radioactive dusts are floating in the world, so its influence on the human body has become a problem that cannot be ignored, and it has been included in the research plan of the Americans.A portion of the program is designated to be carried out at SB-1. The tissues and cells of "fresh" stillborn babies are still sensitive to the radioactivity produced by nuclear explosions, and China is considered to be the place in the world where this "experimental material" is most abundant... Ye Yuhan listened, dumbfounded. Lu Ning scolded in a low voice: "It's so wicked!" "After all, this kind of 'experiment' is performed on corpses, and there are even more wicked things." Ling Yunzhu's expression and tone were very steady, "Probably because I majored in physics, and I have a professional sensitivity. Seeing those The first time I saw the ampoule, I immediately had a strong sense of uneasiness and even ominousness." Both Lu Ning and Ye Yuhan listened attentively. As soon as Ling Yunzhu took the ampoules from Lu Ning, he noticed that there were special symbols and numbers printed on the bottom of the small glass bottles. The symbols on the three ampoules were Th, Pu and h—what does this mean?Isn't this a chemical element?Tests confirmed that the three ampoules were all made of leaded glass, and that the wrapping ampoules were not tin foil, but some kind of "lead foil".The only explanation for such use of lead is to maximize shielding and reduce radiation damage.Tests then confirmed that three ampoules were filled with radionuclide preparations of thorium, plutonium and iridium, with numbers indicating key parameters such as concentration and half-life.Since the advent of reactors and accelerators, various radionuclides are easy to produce... "Ampoules are usually injections." Ye Yuhan asked in surprise, "Are they going to inject these radioactive drugs into the human body?" "Yes, the human body." The professor nodded, "But, of course, not into their own bodies or those of their loved ones, but into the bodies of other people they regard as 'experimental animals'." The most dangerous types of nuclide radiation are alpha rays and beta rays.Alpha rays have weak penetrating power and are easily blocked by thin layers of matter. The range in the air is only a few centimeters, which has little effect on combat effectiveness, but once it enters the human body, it can cause serious damage; beta rays have a higher ability to penetrate matter than Alpha rays are much stronger, they can travel several meters to more than ten meters in the air, and they can cause great damage when they fall on the skin or enter the human body... Yes, "serious injury", "huge injury"... What they want to experiment is to "enter the human body" to carry out this kind of "injury", that is, to kill people!Of course, this is different from killing with a knife and gun. This is the "scientific" way of killing.The half-life of plutonium-239 is nearly 300 million years, and the half-life of strontium-90 is several billion years; the half-life of some other radionuclides is hundreds of years, decades or years, and some are as short as tens of days, hours or even several years. minutes.The shorter the half-life, the stronger the lethality, and the longer the half-life, the more long-term lethality.Many radionuclides are easily absorbed by the internal organs or deposited in the bones, killing the human body from the inside day and night, causing cancer and various diseases, and urging people to die.Using any experimental animals is not as good as using humans!In the United States, such experiments began in the early 1940s.Inject various radionuclides into the elderly, prisoners, mentally handicapped and mentally ill, determine the data on the retention of these substances in the human body, and determine the mode and efficiency of their harm.It is said that this is to study the effects of radiopharmaceuticals, radioactive tracers, radiometric measurements and radionuclides on human diseases, and to create a new discipline - "nuclear medicine".And in order to create this science, in the final analysis, to benefit mankind, a small number of people must be sacrificed to carry out this "human nuclear test"!Now, obviously, they set up such a "laboratory" in Building F of Jinyuan; the little girl who has been tricked here and the many "patients" who will be tricked are the best "experimental animals"!These patients must also be healthy or basically healthy to ensure that the test data is accurate and reliable... "Sorry, I can't keep the two of you for a long time!" Ling Yunzhu was talking eloquently, when he suddenly looked at the wall clock and stood up. Both Lu Ning and Ye Yuhan were gasping for breath, their nerves tensed.At this moment, the two of them looked at each other in blank dismay. "Here is a reply letter from me to Duke Zhou, please entrust 'Sanzuo' to take it." Ling Yunzhu explained, "Everything you care about, everything we talked about just now, is written in this letter. I hope he I will see it as soon as possible." "Please don't worry, Dean Ling." Lu Ning stood upright, full of military spirit, "Vice Chairman Zhou also asked me to go see him as soon as I leave your place." While handing the letter to Lu Ning, the professor said: "Coincidentally, the day before yesterday morning, a student of mine called from the United States and talked for an hour, from 'U Committee' to 'G Committee', from atomic weapons to bacterial weapons, We’ve talked about it—otherwise, how would I know that Americans have done so many outrageous things.” "You are a physicist." Lu Ning asked, "Is your student also a physicist?" "Yes, also a physicist, but far more accomplished than me." "Being more accomplished than you is not easy." Ye Yuhan interjected. "No, 'green comes from blue and green is blue', this is the law." Ling Yunzhu looked at Ye Yuhan, "Like you, she is also a woman; and like you, she is an outstanding woman." "No, I'm very ordinary," Ye Yuhan said shyly, "I'm too ordinary." "You are extraordinary!" The professor said seriously, "She, my student, said that she didn't want to stay in the United States anymore and wanted to come back to China. If you really want to do this, maybe you will have another good friend in the future. Chinese Female scientists are rare." "That's great!" "'World War II' is over, and the students studying in the United States are able to return to China." Lu Ning was very interested. "However, how did she know so many secrets of the United States?" "She was on the 'Manhattan Project.'" "So it is!" Lu Ning suddenly realized. "May I ask her name?" Ye Yuhan suddenly looked strange. "Oh, her name is Ding Jieqiong."