Making the Atomic Bomb and Standing Tall!

"Develop nuclear weapons!"

Lu Guangda's voice wasn't especially loud, but at that moment, his words exploded in everyone's mind like a thunderclap.

And so,

a very peculiar situation unfolded:

A buzzing filled the auditorium, but the low murmur carried no information. Sounds were clearly being made, yet the whole place somehow felt utterly silent.

It was as if

a computer in the future had been switched on but no programs were running, while the fans inside its case spun wildly with a loud whir.

Then, very soon,

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Chang Ning, nicknamed Big Face, turned his eyes twice and quietly asked Fang Weijun:

"Old Fang, did Comrade Lu really say atomic bomb? Is that the nuclear bluff thing they wrote about in the papers back then?"

At that moment, Fang Weijun was just as shocked, but Chang Ning's question quickly brought him back to his senses.

"It's not a nuclear bluff, it's nuclear blackmail. It's that thing the blond devils across the sea came up with."

As he spoke,

a trace of nostalgia resurfaced in Fang Weijun's eyes.

He'd never been to school, but back when he worked at Daye Steel Plant, he'd helped out in the factory's publicity department, doing things like delivering newspapers and putting up notices.

So compared to Chang Ning, who'd only just started at the plant ten years ago, Fang Weijun remembered certain things more clearly.

He remembered it well.

Ten years ago, the Rabbits had marched proudly across the Yalu River and fought a defensive war against the invaders from across the sea, despite being at a disadvantage on paper.

During the Korean War,

what left a deep impression on Fang Weijun, besides the reports of their victories, was a wall poster he'd been assigned to put up.

The front page of that newspaper had