"I have always believed that I will be able to return to my motherland, and today, I am finally back!" This is what the famous Chinese scientist said when he arrived in Guangzhou in 1955.
In 1935, Qian Xuesen went to the United States to study. 10 years later, he became a famous rocket expert, and at that time he was a rare talent in the United States. After the founding of New China, Qian Xuesen's family was excited in their hearts and wanted to return to the embrace of the motherland as soon as possible and serve the motherland. However, his willingness to return to China was hindered by the United States, and his certificate of participation in classified research was even revoked.
US Navy Vice Minister Kim Bell once said: Qian Xuesen knows the core secrets of the United States. One man is worth 5 Marine Divisions, and I'd rather shoot him than let him go back to China. As a result, Qian Xuesen was detained in the United States. Qian Xuesen, who cannot be returned by a country, has never stopped studying science. He knew that the United States did not allow him to return to China because it wanted to hinder the development of science and technology in New China and did not want his rocket technology to be used by China. So he conducted research on "engineering cybernetics" to dispel the idea that the U.S. government would not let him return home.
After news of Qian Xuesen's ban on returning to China reached China, the Chinese government publicly denounced the unethical behavior of the Americans and detained some Americans, either violating Chinese laws or violating China's aviation.
In 1954, at the Geneva Conference, Wang Bingnan read a letter from Qian Xuesen in public, exposing the lies of the United States, and under pressure, the United States had to release Qian Xuesen to return to China. Of course, China has also released those American expatriates.
Finally, in 1955, Qian Xuesen returned to China. Under the arrangement of the superior leaders, Qian Xuesen officially reported to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In order to let Qian Xuesen familiarize himself with the domestic situation as soon as possible, the Academy of Sciences decided to let him visit the northeast. After arriving in Harbin, Qian Xuesen offered to visit his old friends at the Harbin Military Engineering College, namely Luo Shijun and Zhuang Fenggan, who had been instructed by Qian Xuesen in the United States.
However, since Kazakh military industry is a highly classified college and is not in the target of Qian Xuesen's trip to the northeast, the entourage immediately asked the provincial party committee for instructions. However, the provincial party committee could not make a decision, and could only ask General Chen Geng, the head of Kazakhstan's military industry, for instructions. Chen Geng immediately agreed on the phone and, the next day, personally flew from Beijing to Harbin.
After meeting Qian Xuesen, he said: "We have nothing to keep secret from Mr. Qian. After that, Chen Geng accompanied Qian Xuesen on a tour of the school. In the rocket research laboratory, Chen Geng asked: "Mr. Qian, do you think we can build missiles Chinese?" "Of course, what's impossible, we Chinese't be shorter than foreigners?" Qian Xuesen answered without thinking.
Under the leadership of Qian Xuesen, one day in 1960, China successfully developed the first missile, launched the first nuclear missile in 1966, and successfully launched the first artificial satellite in 1970...
It can be said that it is precisely because of Mr. Qian that China's scientific cause has steadily advanced, and the prosperity of the motherland is also closely related to him.
In 2009, our beloved Mr. Qian passed away in Beijing at the age of 98.