As we all know, Qian Xuesen is a top scientist in China. Because of his existence, it took China only ten years to successfully develop two bombs, so that China was no longer under the "nuclear threat" of Western powers. However, behind such great achievements, what is less known is that Qian Xuesen was assassinated by the United States many times due to the particularity of his identity after returning to China.
In June 1934, Qian Xuesen went to the United States to study, entered the Department of Astronautics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and after graduation, transferred to the California Institute of Technology. During his studies, Qian Xuesen received a master's degree in aeronautical engineering, and a doctorate in mathematics and aeronautics. Qian Xuesen, who has achieved success in his studies, has not forgotten his roots and is eager to return to New China and make contributions to China's scientific and technological undertakings. The United States has a vision, and they know that if Qian Xuesen returns to China, with his mind, he will definitely be able to make Chinese science and technology advance by leaps and bounds. Of course, the United States, which is bent on restricting China's development, will not agree.
Therefore, Qian Xuesen's return to China was vigorously blocked by the United States, and the US secretary of the Navy at that time said that he would rather shoot Qian Xuesen than let him return to China. It is said that in exchange for Qian Xuesen's return to China, China took out 5 ace US military pilot prisoners to exchange with the United States, so that Qian Xuesen had the opportunity to return to China. Even so, Qian Xuesen was still heavily interfered with by the United States during his return to China. It was difficult to return to China, but Qian Xuesen still had to worry about it, because New China had just been founded, the fish and dragons were mixed, and the United States repeatedly hired people to try to assassinate Qian Xuesen.
Qian Xuesen, who had luckily escaped several assassinations, realized that his life was always in danger, and although Qian Xuesen himself was not afraid of death, he could not die now, so he told the central authorities about the assassination. The state immediately launched an emergency plan to protect Qian Xuesen, and sent bodyguards to protect Qian Xuesen 24 hours a day. Qian Xuesen was able to study the two bombs safely for a while. But the United States is not dead-hearted, and it cannot come to the dark in the open. According to records, at the critical moment when Qian Xuesen developed the two bombs, the Beijing public security department discovered poison in Qian Xuesen's meals! Fortunately, it was discovered early, and the consequences were unimaginable.
After this lesson, the state simply assigned Qian Xuesen a "food security inspector", and all the food and water that Qian Xuesen wanted to eat and drink had to pass through this person first. This treatment can only be enjoyed by ancient emperors, but now it is used for a scientist, and you can imagine the importance of Qian Xuesen to our country. Finally, under the difficulty of obstacles, Qian Xuesen led the Chinese scientific research team to complete the two-bomb research in 1966. According to conservative estimates, due to qian Xuesen's effectiveness, the launch of Chinese missiles and atomic bombs has advanced at least 20 years!
After completing the two-bomb study, the state did not cancel the protection of Qian Xuesen, and even his "food security inspector" has been accompanying him. But Qian Xuesen took the initiative to apply for the lifting of protection, and Qian Xuesen believed that the value of his life had already contributed to China, and it did not matter if the United States wanted to harm him. The United States saw that China had successfully developed the two bombs, and it would only be futile to kill Qian Xuesen again, so it gave up the assassination of Qian Xuesen. Despite this, Qian Xuesen continued to study other scientific fields for the remaining years. Contribute to China's scientific research, and constantly lead China's science and technology to stride forward.
On October 31, 2009, Qian Xuesen died in Beijing at the age of 98. Qian Xuesen completely burned out his life for China's scientific and technological undertakings, and between his outstanding contributions to China's two-bomb research, Qian Xuesen was also praised by Westerners as China's "father of missiles."