He Lucheng, an outstanding missile expert in Our country and one of the heroes of two bombs and one star, has always been quite respected, but few people know that he has another layer of identity. He Lucheng's father, Mao Zeqin, was Mao Weiren's third younger brother, so He Lucheng was considered to be Mao Weiren's nephew. In addition, He Lucheng's mother, named He Yi, was the sister of Mao Weiren's wife He Zizhen, so He Lucheng was also Mao Weiren's wife and nephew.
But what is surprising is that He Lucheng has such a "precious" identity, but until Mao Weiren's death, he has not personally seen Mao Weiren, and no one knows that he is Mao Weiren's family. That is to say, the reason why he was able to create a missile system and become a huge project of two bombs and one satellite has nothing to do with his own identity.
He Lucheng, who was born in Rome, why did he choose a more difficult path? Was it Mao Weiren who wouldn't let him reveal his identity? Or is it that he has his own plans?
First, the name is hidden in anonymity for 14 years, and finally the ancestors are recognized and returned to the ancestors
In fact, the reason why He Lucheng did this was forced by the times at the beginning, not what he wanted. In 1935, the Zunyi Conference was officially convened, establishing Mao Weiren's leadership position in the Communist Party, which was a huge turning point for the party, as well as for He Lucheng.
In this year, He Lucheng was just born, and his original name was Mao Ancheng. While he was waiting to be fed, his father Mao Zeqin lost his life in a guerrilla war. His mother He Yi was being hunted by the enemy at that time, and she really did not have much energy to protect Mao Ancheng thoroughly, so she sent Mao Ancheng to his hometown in Jiangxi, where he lived in He Tiaoyuan's home, and followed He Tiaoyuan's surname and changed his name to Lucheng.
Although He Tiaoyuan's family is not rich, it is also some surplus grain, which can make He Lucheng eat and wear warm and grow up safely. But the village was too small, and when He Lucheng could recall things a little, he knew that the people in the village had a lot of gossip about him, saying that his identity was unknown and he didn't know whose wild species it was.
This made the little He Lucheng feel particularly harsh, he ran to ask his father, but He Tiaoyuan only told him that his parents were soldiers, but they had long been killed in the artillery fire, and used this to motivate him, hoping that he could study well, become the pillar of the country, and continue his parents' will. After He Lucheng listened, he did not doubt that there was a fake, and only wanted to study well, and in the future, as his adoptive father said, he would serve the motherland.
He Zizhen and He Yi
He Lucheng was so anonymous for 14 years, until He Yi returned to Jiangxi to settle down, and she came to find He Lucheng. The addition of a mother at this time also made He Lucheng overwhelmed, but looking at the sorrow and pain of He Yi when he met him, he was soon touched by He Yi and began to slowly accept his mother.
He Lucheng began to accompany He Yi, and he gradually learned what his mother had done in the past, it turned out that He Yi did not want to abandon him, but had been committed to the underground work of the party over the years, and this kind of walking on the tip of the knife made her on the verge of death several times, and she did not dare to recognize her son. At this time, He Lucheng secretly swore that he would take good care of his mother in the future and would never let her suffer any more.
But heaven did not give He Lucheng this opportunity, He Lucheng and his mother He Yi in a jeep outing, there was a serious car accident, He Yi died on the spot, and He Lucheng was seriously injured, but luckily saved his life, mother and son, so the heavens are forever separated. At this time, He Lucheng only felt doubtful, he could not understand these pains given to him by heaven, but in the days to come, his dead mother became an eternal scar in his heart.
Second, the gentleman continued to improve himself, and He Lucheng once again hid his name in anonymity
After He Yi's death, He Lucheng's aunt took him to live in Shanghai, where He Lucheng also completed his studies. He has been smart since he was a child, and He Tiaoyuan and He Yi have high requirements for him, hoping that he can study hard and make contributions to the party and the country in the future, so he has been working hard in this aspect of study.
Until the death of his mother He Yi, this pain was transformed into a driving force for his learning, and whenever he missed his deceased mother, he would immediately use learning to convert his attention, and his grades would get better and better, especially in mathematics, each time close to a full score. He successfully entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University and began to stumble in electrification.
He Lucheng's original plan was to study in the Soviet Union and return to his country to contribute to the scientific research cause of the motherland. However, at that time, the relationship between the Soviet Union and China was no longer an iron brother, but a crack appeared, and under the influence of the international situation, He Lucheng eventually did not study abroad and could only stay at home. For this reason, he was depressed for a while, and then there was really nothing he could do, and he figured it out, and after going to the Soviet Union, he also wanted to return to China, so now the situation is forced to stay in his own country at the beginning and contribute to the country, why not?
Once people figured it out, the road would be easy to walk, so he began to work in the Ministry of National Defense, at this time the state was studying "surface-to-surface missiles", He Lucheng with excellent results, naturally joined the research of the project. It is worth mentioning that before the family told him that a gentleman should continue to improve himself, the reputation of the Mao family is earned by the Mao family themselves, hoping that He Lucheng can also do something on his own, rather than relying on his own identity to "take shortcuts".
He Lu also thought so, so after he entered the unit, he never mentioned that he had a great uncle, and in the parents column, he even wrote down "death", no matter who asked, he did not mention it. His reputation, he wanted to earn it himself.
Third, the missile development industry started from scratch, and He Lu became the 001
It can be said that the appearance of Qian Xuesen has made He Lucheng earn this reputation. At that time, Qian Xuesen began to exert efforts in the aspect of missile engineering, and Mao Weiren naturally knew how important this was for China's road to becoming stronger, so he fully supported qian Xuesen and made Qian Xuesen the president of the Fifth Academy.
At this time, it was difficult for the country, and under the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union directly withdrew all the technology and drawings, and the entire Chinese engineering industry suddenly became "empty", and the missile engineering technology stopped at zero. It was also at this time that He Lucheng came to the Fifth Academy of the Earth and began to study missile technology under Qian Xuesen's hands. For China, it is almost from scratch, and for He Lucheng, it is even more of a let go.
Locked in a small room of less than 20 square meters, drowned in vast data by various missile theories, colleagues rarely see him out of the house. In the summer the room was desperately stuffy, and in the winter there was only a small stove that could give him a little warmth. But the difficult living conditions are the best training for the brave.
At the time of the country's special period, he was subjected to censorship and torture, but none of this could stop his focus on the missile industry. As long as China does not have its own missiles for a day, it will never fall. It was in this environment that the first short- and medium-range missile in China's history was studied, and the entire missile technology achieved a historic leap from zero to one. He Lucheng soaked in the research day and night, and together with his colleagues, he overcame many technical problems, many of which were difficult problems that even the Americans could not solve at that time, which made China's missile development achieve a qualitative leap.
Because of this, the state gave He Lucheng the first senior title of the People's Liberation Army, and the title was even more precious No. 001. And we look at He Lucheng, who has never been proud of this, but has dedicated his life to China's missile development, and even lived in a house of only 20 square meters allocated by the state for twenty years.
His achievements never depended on the glory of his father's generation, and he always fulfilled himself by himself, until Mao Weiren's memorial service, and his identity was made public. It was at this time that the name Mao Ancheng, along with missile expert He Lucheng, officially entered the vision of others. But it is also because he Lucheng has dedicated himself in this way that all the Chinese know that the Mao family has always relied on themselves!
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References: He Lucheng (Mao Ancheng) - From Missile Expert to Green Figure, Zhang Li, Wang Hongbo