When it comes to heroes, what comes to everyone's mind may be Huang Jiguang and Dong Cunrui, who sacrificed their lives for the country and bravely sacrificed their lives. But you must know that in this era of peace, heroes also exist all the time, they may not have to be like the martyrs who threw their heads on the battlefield and shed their blood, but they also appeared when the people needed it most.
For example, firefighters, cleaners, service personnel, some people may say, these are so strange, but without their efforts, the construction of our motherland may not be as perfect as it is now.
Heroes in peacetime are not as vigorous as in war years, but heroes who come naturally can better demonstrate the meaning of their existence. They often work silently in their positions day after day and year after year, and no one may know their names on the day they become famous, but they never feel wronged and still dedicate themselves wholeheartedly.
For example, Wang Chengshu, a former academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made the motherland's nuclear technology advance for 50 years, but she has been incognito for 30 years because of her special work.
Not inferior to physicists such as Deng Jiaxian
Perhaps when it comes to nuclear technology, many people think of Deng Jiaxian, Qian Xuesen and others, indeed these two are the leaders who have driven the development of nuclear technology in the mainland, but the talents in their team are also excellent, such as Wang Chengshu.
She also participated in the research and development of the atomic bomb back then, from the theoretical researchers in the physics community to the uranium isotope separation work, although the major topics such as purification cascade calculation, cascade steady-state and dynamic calculation were solved, but the physics community has also disappeared a famous person, because nuclear technology is a special type of work in the mainland, so when it is studied, scientific researchers are often required to remain incognito, and the same is true for Wang Chengshu.
Since 1964, she has been the chief designer of the development of a large-scale diffusion machine, and has also personally participated in the selection of physical parameters. Although the Soviet Union withdrew its experts and the mainland faced a grim situation at the gas diffusion plant used to separate uranium isotopes, Wang Chengshu resolutely accepted the work of separating uranium isotopes that he had never done.
In the following decades, she spent the rest of her life working silently, and under extremely difficult conditions, she paid out of her own pocket to subsidize travel expenses, various subsidies and awards, and even paid for the purchase of books and stationery for the unit, and carried out academic exchange activities for the uranium isotope separation branch.
Even during the difficult period of three years of natural disasters, in order to make up for the lack of office expenses, she spent her own money to buy a large amount of paper for the use of theoretical staff, and it can be said that her own contribution was not inferior to that of Qian Xuesen and others.
I haven't seen my husband for thirty years
Wang Chengshu was born in Shanghai in 1912, received a more advanced education since he was a child, although he took a two-year leave of absence due to illness, but at the age of 18, he was admitted to Yenching University with his excellent ability, and chose to major in physics.
After graduating from university, she stayed in school to teach and became a people's teacher, and at the same time, she did not give up on improving herself, often reading literature and works in all aspects, and always wanted to improve herself.
During her time at the university, she also met her future partner, Zhang Yuwen, and later came to the University of Michigan to study for a doctorate with his support. Until he returned to China to serve the motherland after completing his studies, but behind these efforts, there is also an unknown sadness.
She and her husband began a 30-year separation from the uranium isotopic separation in 1964. At the request of the organization, she went incognito, her relatives and friends did not know her true whereabouts, and even her husband did not know anything about her work, only knew that she went to work, where she worked, and what work she did. The helplessness of the tone also made those who heard it sad and those who saw it wept.
However, it is precisely with her dedication in the past 30 years that the motherland's nuclear technology has directly advanced for 50 years, and the value of this is incalculable.
Dedication that never regrets
Wang Chengshu spent 30 years engaged in the work of uranium isotope separation, which not only laid a theoretical foundation for the study of uranium isotope separation on the mainland, but also cultivated a powerful research team, which provided a strong backing guarantee for the future nuclear technology research work on the mainland.
It is precisely because of her selfless dedication that the mainland will have its first atomic bomb and the successful test explosion of the first hydrogen bomb, and the mainland's national defense capability will make a substantial leap forward, and it will have a place in the comprehensive strength of all countries in the world.
In fact, her contribution is not only to advance the mainland's nuclear technology for 50 years, but also to raise the mainland's overall strength to a higher level.
Just like Wang Chengshu's favorite plum blossom, she also has a strong character like plum blossoms, for the development of the country's nuclear technology, she has to come back from the United States despite all dangers, in order to develop the mainland's nuclear technology, she would rather choose to live incognito and separate from her family, but also to dedicate herself to the country, in order to make China strong from now on, she can pay for research in that era when materials are very scarce.
She is so strong and so full of dedication, and it may seem to many that her sacrifice is too great, but the author thinks she must be willing to give herself such a dedication. As she later wrote to her family, she will never regret choosing to work incognito.
Brief summary:
A person of such noble and selfless dedication as Wang Chengshu is admirable, and she is a hero of our time! Although she did not shed blood and sacrifice like a revolutionary soldier, her efforts and dedication were no less than that of a revolutionary soldier who shed blood and sacrificed his life.
Thirty years, 10,950 days and nights, how many 30 years of life are there? However, for the sake of the development of the motherland, Wang Chengshu chose to give up her own 30 years and turned around to devote herself to dedicating herself to the country, so it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a hero.
In fact, there are many heroes like Wang Chengshu, such as the aerospace hero Yang Liwei, because of him, the motherland has the first astronaut to step into space, such as the infectious disease scientist Zhong Nanshan, because of him, the motherland will not lose its way in the face of the epidemic.
In fact, not only Yang Liwei and Zhong Nanshan, but also those who are now active in various parts of the mainland and who are silently dedicating themselves to their posts are heroes worthy of respect, because it is precisely because of their conscientious and selfless dedication that society can develop benignly and the motherland prosper! Therefore, even ordinary workers who are not well-known should be respected equally.