Chapter 763 Leo Szilard

No. 7 Szilard

While Australasia and Britain were discussing how to control the world oil price, Germany, also located in Europe, did not seem so calm at this time.

Italy, which had the same political system as himself, was currently engaged in a glorious colonial war, which made Hitler, who also wanted to expand his territory, envious.

But the problem was that Hitler, who had just become the German Chancellor, had not yet completely grasped power. What he had to do first was to eliminate other political parties in Germany that opposed his rule, including previous government officials.

Cleansing political parties and governments would certainly allow him to control more power, but it would also allow other political parties to unite and launch a counterattack through public opinion.

Hitler first asked his men to submit a bill to Congress, which directly magnified the power of him and his party, and could even unscrupulously promulgate and amend the laws of the German Empire without having to pass Congress.

This alone was comparable to Arthur's autocratic dictatorship in Australasia.

But the problem is that Arthur's rule in Australasia was recognized by the people of Australasia, and Arthur did not use his power to suppress other political parties and forces.

But Hitler was different. After forcing the Congress to pass this proposal, the next day he asked his subordinates to enact laws to suppress other political parties, prohibiting other political parties from giving speeches in Germany, and declaring organized marches illegal, which directly cut off the retreat of those political parties.

In this way, other political parties naturally did not do it. In order to put enough pressure on Hitler to make him give up the implementation of laws to suppress other political parties, the political parties chose to unite and organize a super-large-scale march.

The scale of the march spread throughout Berlin, and the number of participants was expected to be at least 100,000.

The marchers shouted slogans against dictatorial rule and demanded to maintain the legal power of various political parties, and passed by the German Parliament with their heads held high.

This move naturally caused dissatisfaction among Hitler and his men. Some people proposed to use armed forces to suppress the march, but it was ultimately rejected by Hitler.

After all, the march was made by German people, and the scale was so large that it would be difficult to suppress it by force.

Moreover, suppressing this march by force would inevitably cause more intense resistance from other political parties and the public.

Compared with the struggle for power in a short period of time, the stability of one's own rule is of course more important.

Anyway, he has reached a cooperation with William II, and it is only a matter of time before the parliament is abolished, so there is no need to rush this step.

With this idea in mind, Hitler did not suppress the march by force, but chose to divide it.

For some originally neutral political parties, Hitler rewarded them with high positions and attracted some political parties to join his party, disintegrating the originally united opposition party.

For those parties that firmly opposed him, Hitler was still relatively decisive and chose to use armed forces to suppress these parties.

It has been mentioned before. Hitler has more private armed forces than the German army, and this armed force is also an important factor in easily eliminating other parties.

Thanks to Hitler's efforts, the march lasted only a few days and had to be stopped for various reasons.

After the march stopped, Hitler took his next step, which was to directly declare other parties illegal.

To be honest, as long as you control the government agencies and the army, you will be invincible in the political struggle.

This is what Hitler is like now. He not only controls the government, but also controls armed forces that are far larger than the army.

Under the threat of the cold muzzle of the gun, members of other parties were either assassinated or had to succumb to Hitler's rule.

On August 3, 1930, the mustache declared all German parties except his own party illegal, and started his own dictatorship.

On August 5, he renamed his party's private armed forces the SS, which also symbolized that his power had officially reached its peak.

Faced with such a high-pressure dictatorship, many people in Germany still expressed dissatisfaction.

For Arthur and Australasia, this is actually a good opportunity. During this period, the number of German immigrants increased a lot, and a considerable number of them chose to come to Australasia.

Among these immigrants, a large number of them still attracted Arthur's attention. Arthur had previously instructed the intelligence department to pay special attention to the more famous German scientists, especially physicists and chemists.

After the investigation by the intelligence department, Arthur was finally provided with a list of physical chemists from Germany who immigrated to Australasia.

The list was still very long, and there were many names that Arthur was not familiar with. However, among the many unfamiliar names, Arthur soon found people he was more familiar with.

One of the famous figures was Leo Szilard, who Arthur was looking forward to.

This name may be unfamiliar to many people, but his contribution to the development of nuclear weapons is no less than that of other people who participated in the Manhattan Project.

Leo Szilard was born on February 11, 1898, and his current age is actually just over 32 years old.

Arthur had an impression of him, but he learned about it after searching for some famous scientists when he was looking up the Manhattan Project.

Leo Szilard was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and immigrated to Germany after the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided.

As early as 1922, when Szilard was 24 years old, he obtained a doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin and had already gained a great reputation in physics.

Australasia also tried to win over Leo Szilard at that time, but it ended in failure.

The reason for the failure was that Szilard did not want to be too troublesome. He preferred to live in Europe, which he was familiar with, especially Germany and Austria.

But after the situation in Germany entered chaos, Szilard was forced to immigrate.

It is worth mentioning that Szilard and Einstein had a good relationship.

As early as when Szilard was studying at the Technical University of Berlin, he met Einstein and the two became good friends.

Now, when he learned that Szilard wanted to choose an immigration place, Einstein recommended Australasia without thinking and invited Szilard to work with him.

It is precisely because of this that the famous physicist Szilard brought his family to Australasia and chose to work with Einstein.

To be honest, Szilard's promotion of atomic bomb research is absolutely great. Historically, on the eve of World War II, it was Szilard who tried his best to persuade Einstein to write to President Roosevelt, suggesting that the United States develop the atomic bomb before Germany, and also let the United States launch the Manhattan Project.

And most of the information that Einstein gave to President Roosevelt was also drafted by Szilard.

This letter is therefore called the Einstein-Szilard letter, symbolizing the contributions of the two to the Manhattan Project in the United States.

The reason why Arthur looked forward to Szilard was that Szilard was not only a key member of the Manhattan Project, but also the first to conceive of the nuclear chain reaction and built the first nuclear reactor in American history based on it.

With Szilard in Australasia, there is no doubt that the construction progress of nuclear reactors can be accelerated, thereby promoting the construction of atomic bombs.

It is precisely because of this that Arthur still attaches great importance to Szilard. When he learned that Szilard and his party were about to arrive in Australasia, Arthur deliberately asked the very busy Einstein to take half a day to greet his friend, and organized a welcome banquet for Szilard at Fort Saint-Asser.

The people who attended the welcome banquet were not dignitaries, but important scientists of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Arthur did not intend to attend in person. If he participated, these scientists would be more restrained, which would make the banquet cold.

The next day, Arthur personally met Szilard and directly promised to let Szilard participate in the research of nuclear reactors.

Arthur was not worried about Szilard's loyalty. Because all scientists involved in nuclear weapons research, he and all his family members, were subject to surveillance and control.

As long as they participated in the research of nuclear weapons, they were not allowed to immigrate abroad before the nuclear weapons were completely developed.

Even entering and leaving the research project site must be reported, which also greatly eliminated the possibility of other countries sending spies.

To be honest, the area where the nuclear weapons research and development project team is located is the most heavily guarded area in Australasia except for the royal palace.

If this can be infiltrated by foreign spies, then Arthur should also consider the loyalty and ability of the intelligence organization.

Moreover, for the confidentiality of nuclear weapons research and development, all three intelligence agencies sent their main forces, and there would be no contact between the three intelligence agencies.

This also greatly rejected the negligence of intelligence work. Once there is a problem in intelligence work, the three intelligence agencies will always find one and report it.

For Szilard's salary and benefits, it is definitely impossible to increase to the same level as Einstein at the beginning.

Fortunately, Szilard also understood this. In addition, he was able to work with his friend Einstein, so he didn't have too many requirements for salary and benefits, as long as his family could live an ordinary life.

In order to reflect his emphasis on talents, Szilard's family was arranged in Melbourne, and a single-family villa and a car were given to them.

Of course, this also made it easier for the intelligence agency to monitor Szilard's family. Before nuclear weapons were developed, or before Arthur trusted Szilard enough, a certain amount of surveillance and precautions were still necessary.

After all, it is necessary to be on guard against others, not to mention that he was a scientist who had just immigrated to Australasia from a foreign country and participated in the country's most important research and development project.

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