Where there are some years of quiet, it is just that someone is carrying the weight for you.
In 1986, Deng Jiaxian, known as the "Founder of the Two Bombs", died in Beijing at the age of 62 due to rectal cancer after suffering from nuclear radiation and suffering from ineffective medical treatment.
Deng Jiaxian is a well-known nuclear physicist in China and has made indelible contributions to the development of nuclear weapons in New China. From 1941, when he was admitted to the Department of Physics of Southwest Union University until he completed the second-generation nuclear weapons test of New China in 1984, he spent his whole life fighting for the cause of national defense. If the military is the blade of the country, then Deng Jiaxian is the umbrella of the country. Because the successful development of nuclear weapons has not only enhanced China's position in the world, but also turned the idea of imperialism wielding the nuclear stick of New China into a fantasy.
Shi Yi has a long skill to serve the country
After graduating from the Department of Physics at Southwest Union University, Deng Jiaxian was hired by Peking University to be a professor of physics, when Deng Jiaxian was only 21 years old. When teaching at Peking University, Deng Jiaxian deeply felt that relying solely on domestic academic research, it was very difficult for the country to make great progress in physics research. So he resolutely resigned from his job at Peking University with the ambition of Honghu and chose to study in the United States, which was recognized as the most advanced in physics at that time. At that time, Deng Jiaxian had only one idea: wait until he finished his studies, and then return to serve the motherland.
In this way, Deng Jiaxian embarked on a journey to study in the United States in 1948. With his extremely high physical talent and diligent study, Deng Jiaxian was admitted to the Department of Physics of Purdue University, known as the "Mother of American Aerospace", which is a famous public university in the United States. During his studies at Purdue University, Deng Jiaxian never forgot his ambition to serve the motherland and devoted himself to academic research. In each semester's examination, Deng Jiaxian was able to receive a scholarship with the best results.
It should be known that Deng Jiaxian, as a foreign student, can only maintain his life by studying hard and obtaining scholarships without a strong economic foundation. But no matter how hard life is, he doesn't care. Because Deng Jiaxian only wanted to get a doctorate in physics from Purdue University in the shortest possible time as quickly as possible. Deng Jiaxian's professors and supervisors in the Department of Physics of Purdue University were touched by the learning attitude of this assiduous Chinese student, so they did their best to guide Deng Jiaxian, and finally under the efforts of many parties, Deng Jiaxian successfully obtained a doctorate from Purdue University. Deng Jiaxian's professors and mentors were happy and proud of him. Just when they thought that Deng Jiaxian would continue to stay in the United States to study physics, Deng Jiaxian made a surprising decision: to return to his homeland. This is because Deng Jiaxian came to the United States to study because he served the motherland. His mentors were very puzzling, because at that time, new China had no scientific research foundation at all, and its material life was extremely backward, and they did not understand why Deng Jiaxian left the United States, which was good at everything. In the face of the teachers' incomprehension, Deng Jiaxian did not explain too much, but left a sentence that my motherland needed me. In October 1950, Deng Jiaxian, who came and went in a hurry, left the United States and returned to the embrace of the motherland. After returning to China, Deng Jiaxian and his teacher Professor Wang Ganchang devoted themselves to the research of physics.
After cultivating with the wife of Qingmei Bamboo Horse, he continued to devote himself to scientific research
After returning to China, Deng Jiaxian was 26 years old, but because he had been engaged in scientific research, he had never been married. At that time, 26 years old was not married, in today's terms, "late marriage people". But Deng Jiaxian didn't care, because in his eyes, scientific research was the most important.
In fact, the reason why Deng Jiaxian did not care was not only because of the scientific research career, but also because deng Jiaxian already had a sweetheart, and this person was his wife, Xu Luxi. Xu Luxi is also a well-known woman, she is a Ph.D. in Peking University School of Medicine, majoring in neuroanatomy.
Deng Jiaxian and Xu Luxi have known each other since childhood, and it can be said that they are green plum bamboo horses. Because Deng Jiaxian's father, Deng Yijing, and Xu Luxi's father, Xu Deheng, were both early professors at Peking University, one teaching philosophy and the other teaching law. Because both have received higher education, they are very reasonable and patriotic. Because their fathers shared a common profession and shared patriotic feelings, the Two Deng Xu families became family friends. Not only that, when Deng Jiaxian was teaching at Peking University, Xu Luxi also coincidentally became his student. Due to the relationship between the two families, coupled with teachers and students, both of them have an inexplicable good feeling for each other. But at that time, one of the two people was facing studying abroad, and one had not yet completed his studies. So I had to hide this inexplicable good feeling in my heart. Until 1953, when Deng Jiaxian returned to China for 3 years, Xu Luxi also completed his studies and went to work. The two eventually married under the impetus of Deng Jiaxian's sister. After marriage, the couple had a very happy life, because they had a good job and their children were born one after another. However, the good times did not last long, and just when the children had just learned to call Mom and Dad, the Korean War broke out. In the face of the defeat on the Korean battlefield, the US imperialist aggressors threatened to use the atomic bomb against China, and in the face of the "nuclear stick" constantly wielded by the United States, the PARTY Central Committee headed by Chairman Mao naturally will not sit idly by. Therefore, after thinking about it, they came to a conclusion: Only if we, the new China, have nuclear weapons on our own, will the great powers dare not wield their nuclear sticks.
The difficult road to nuclear weapons development was ultimately successful with the efforts of the "hard-working people"
The development of nuclear weapons is naturally inseparable from scientists. And Deng Jiaxian is not only an expert in this regard, he is also full of patriotic enthusiasm. Because in modern history, Deng Jia had seen enough of a country that had been bullied, and he knew well the truth that "if you are backward, you will be beaten." So when the motherland called him, he rushed forward without hesitation.
In 1962, Deng Jiaxian embarked on the journey again, and unlike the previous study abroad, he was going to explore and practice this time. Since the development of nuclear weapons was a top-secret plan of the state at that time, Deng Jiaxian could not reveal it to his wife and children. Before leaving, Deng Jia was able to tell his wife about his job changes, to go to work in other places, and hoped that his wife could take care of her parents and children during her absence. Xu Luxi was convinced of her husband's words, so she agreed and expressed her support for it. But what Xu Luxi did not expect was that the period of time that her husband said was actually 28 years in a trance.
Since then, Deng Jiaxian has become a person without a name and without a past. He can only be accompanied by his colleagues who are working together in scientific research and the nuclear weapons that are about to be born. Oh, and the desolate Gobi Desert. The journey of nuclear weapons testing is tortuous and dangerous. When conducting nuclear weapons tests in the Gobi Desert, Deng Jiaxian and scientists experienced difficulties and dangers unimaginable to ordinary people. In terms of life, because the Gobi Desert is deep inland, the transportation conditions are extremely inconvenient, and the lack of living materials is followed. At that time, because New China was suffering from three years of natural disasters, which was even worse for countries that were not rich, so scientists often carried out nuclear tests on a hungry stomach, so many scientists in that period were due to malnutrition and caused various diseases, Deng Jiaxian was also yellow and thin due to hunger; in addition, there were difficulties in work, because nuclear weapons tests required various complicated calculations, but at that time, due to the blockade policy imposed by Western countries on our country. So there is no way to use a computer. But Deng Jiaxian and the researchers were not overwhelmed by the difficulties, and they used the ancient Chinese abacus to calculate the experimental data. They calculated the data, it took more than 1 month, which is still not wrong, you can imagine how difficult it is; and in the period of nuclear weapons development, because the Soviet Union suddenly withdrew the scientists who came to China for support, and took the test drawings with them, Deng Jiaxian and the scientific research team were still not discouraged in the face of this dilemma, and they continued to explore step by step. Before the Soviets left, they did not forget to laugh at the new China: "Without our help, you will never be able to build an atomic bomb." In the face of the ridicule of the Soviets, Chairman Mao called on Deng Jiaxian and the scientific research team to get the atomic bomb out. Since then, the atomic bomb has become our "air bomb".
"Bitter people, the sky is not the burden". Finally, thanks to the night-time efforts of Deng Jiaxian and the scientific research team, in 1964, China's first atomic bomb exploded in Lop Nur . Deng Jiaxian and the scientists boiled over the mushroom cloud produced the moment they saw the atomic bomb explode. All the pain and efforts were rewarded at this moment, and New China proved its strength to the West with factual actions. Under extremely difficult circumstances, China successfully developed the atomic bomb in the shortest possible time, which undoubtedly subverted the cognition of Western countries. Gone are the days when the great powers wanted to threaten us with the "nuclear stick."
But Deng Jiaxian and his team were not complacent about the successful explosion of the atomic bomb. Instead, they have invested their energies in the development of new nuclear weapons — hydrogen bombs. This is a nuclear weapon that is more lethal and easier to drop than an atomic bomb. It is a matter of pride that the hydrogen bomb was made in 1967 with the efforts of Deng Jiaxian and at a speed that could not be concealed. It has to be mentioned that Deng Jiaxian and his team conducted a total of 45 nuclear tests in more than 4 years, and served as the on-site commander of 15 times.
The wife endured for 28 years, but in exchange for a farewell
Because Deng Jiaxian was on the front line of nuclear weapons tests for a long time, he spent less time with his family. Originally, I thought that after the successful development of nuclear weapons, I could accompany my family to make up for the shortcomings over the years. Deng Jiaxian knew very well that he was away all year round, and it was not easy for his wife to take care of his parents and children alone, but despite this, Xu Luxi never complained. As a wife, he must also want her husband to accompany him, but for the sake of her husband's work, he still decided to put the interests of the country first and obey the leadership of the party and the state. Although Xu Luxi did not know what the specific career of her husband was, she only hoped that her husband would be able to spend more time with his family after retirement, and even thought that she should enjoy her old age with her husband after retirement. However, the bad news that followed broke all the beauty in Xu Luxi's heart. In 1985, due to long-term exposure to nuclear radiation, Deng Jiaxian was unfortunately diagnosed with rectal cancer, which was an incurable disease at that time. In the face of such bad news, Xu Luxi could not hold on. He can tolerate her husband not being around, he can endure the difficulty of taking care of the family alone, but she can't stand that her husband, who has been separated for 28 years, is diagnosed with cancer when he is about to return to family life, and the opposite of the joy of reunion is a farewell. After several surgeries, Deng Jiaxian was so skinny that he knew that he didn't have much time left for himself. However, at this time, he was not thinking of his family, but of scientific research. Before his death, the last words left for his wife were: "If there is an afterlife, I will still choose to be born in China, choose scientific research, choose you." In 1986, Deng Jiaxian died in Beijing at the age of 62 due to ineffective medical treatment.
It has to be said that Deng Jiaxian dedicated his life's energy to nuclear weapons and to the country. "The country lives and dies for profit", Deng Jiaxian and his wife sacrificed their small family for everyone, and they really achieved "bowing to exhaustion"!