In 1964, General Zhang Aiping participated in an important meeting because of his heavy responsibilities. During the meeting, he suddenly took a leave of absence, and Premier Zhou stopped him to search his pocket.
To explain this problem, we need to start from the background at that time. In the 1950s, the newly founded New China was in urgent need of international support because it was poor and white.
However, the United States and other Western countries, instead of being willing to help China, have fallen into a well and used extremely despicable means to encircle and block China and prohibit other countries from conducting normal trade exchanges with China.
In this special historical period, the Soviet Union, as a superpower, withstood the pressure of all sides and provided a lot of help to China's early development.
From this point of view, it seems that we should thank the Soviet Union, but this is not the case, the Reason why the Soviet Union chose to help China in the first place was not that they really hoped that we could live a good life, they just wanted to use this way to realize their ambitions.
In the process of continuous coexistence, the Soviet Union gradually exposed its ambitions, and even tried to send troops to China in the name of military assistance.
If the Soviet Union is really allowed to succeed, the territorial security of our country will be greatly threatened. Therefore, our leadership justifiably rejected the unreasonable demands of the Soviet Union.
After being rejected by our side, the Soviet Union directly tore off the mask of hypocrisy and began to speak harshly against China, and the relations between China and the Soviet Union took a sharp turn for the worse.
In 1959, Khrushchev, who was led by the Soviet Union, unilaterally tore up the agreement and withdrew all experts aiding China because of the transformation of international relations.
Not only that, but the Soviet Union also used extremely barbaric methods to demand loans and debts from our country during the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
At that time, although China's economy was better than in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was still a certain gap compared with developed countries.
The life of the people in China is still very difficult, and if all loans and debts are repaid directly, it is a great burden for China.
Having said that, our leadership did not succumb to the Soviet Union, but made up its mind to develop its own nuclear weapons and use its strength to protect its land and dignity.
When the news of the leaders' intention to develop nuclear weapons came out, it quickly caused an uproar in society. Some people believe that China's top priority is to develop its economy as soon as possible, let the people at home live a good life, and then study nuclear weapons when it has spare energy.
There is also the view that nuclear weapons are a must-have. Otherwise, we will always be suppressed by the United States and the Soviet Union and other major powers, and it will be difficult to really develop.
When all sectors of society were debating whether nuclear weapons were developed, General Zhang Aiping, a senior general, conducted a detailed and in-depth investigation and study with nuclear physics experts.
After more than a month of hard work, General Zhang Aiping summed up an investigation report. In this investigative report, General Zhang Aiping once again stressed the importance of developing nuclear weapons.
He believes that the biggest problem in the development of nuclear weapons is not funding, but organizational coordination and cooperation, if the resources and talents of various departments can be effectively used, China will sooner or later have its own nuclear weapons.
After the report was submitted to the Central Committee, Chairman Mao personally examined it. However, the plan proposed by General Zhang Aiping in his report was not immediately implemented by the state, but was sealed as a top-secret project for several years.
It is worth mentioning that the reason why Chairman Mao and other central leaders sealed this plan is not to deny this plan, but to speed up the country's nuclear weapons research and development speed through some more effective means.
Since 1959, the central leadership has ordered cadres at all levels to give full play to the enthusiasm of the people in china and overcome the problem of refining uranium as soon as possible.
Uranium is an indispensable thing in the development of nuclear weapons, and if you want to truly develop nuclear weapons, you must purify enough uranium.
After a period of hard work, our scientific researchers, with the active cooperation of the people, successfully overcame technical problems, effectively purified the uranium element, and laid a good foundation for the research and development of nuclear weapons.
General Zhang Aiping, who has repeatedly proposed the development of nuclear weapons by the state, was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the national leadership when the nuclear weapons were formally developed.
In order to successfully complete this task, he has repeatedly traveled to Beijing and Xinjiang and other places, leading the cadres around him to secretly install and debug nuclear weapons devices and prepare for various tasks.
Every important link, General Zhang Aiping will personally check and never ignore any problems. With the unremitting efforts of General Zhang Aiping and others, the process of developing nuclear weapons has become faster and faster, and finally various problems have been overcome and simulation experiments have been successfully completed.
However, light simulation is not enough, and it must be actually tested once to determine whether the theories are correct. The test explosion of the atomic bomb is also an extremely important matter.
At that time, the United States and other Western countries were still eyeing China, and the Soviet Union often sent people to suppress and restrict China. Chiang Kai-shek, who had already fled to Taiwan Province to recuperate, was also sending people to make trouble everywhere, and the situation was quite grim.
In order to ensure the successful test explosion of the atomic bomb, Premier Zhou held several important meetings in succession to discuss with the leaders of all parties how to test nuclear weapons more steadily.
In September 1964, Premier Zhou again convened Zhang Aiping and other principal responsible persons to hold a special meeting.
During the period, we preliminarily determined the time of the atomic bomb test and the specific test explosion process, and also set up some code codes.
Before the meeting was over, General Zhang Aiping suddenly stood up and told Premier Zhou that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had arranged an important event tonight, and had asked him to participate in the meeting by name, and that he needed to leave early to make preparations.
Knowing that the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also important, Premier Zhou did not refuse General Zhang Aiping's application, but still stopped him and searched his pockets.
When Premier Zhou did this, he did not target General Zhang Aiping, he just felt that safety was no small matter, and all hidden dangers must be eliminated, and no problems could be left behind. All information about nuclear weapons tests is not allowed to be carried out by anyone. Otherwise, it is easy to affect the national plan.
General Zhang Aiping understood Premier Zhou's grievances very well, so he very cooperatively opened his pockets and let the other central leaders present check and supervise.
In the end, General Zhang Aiping turned his pocket over and over to make sure there was nothing before striding away from the venue.
Soon after, China's first atomic bomb was successfully tested in Lop Nur in Xinjiang, and the rising mushroom cloud touched countless Chinese sons and daughters and also shocked those ambitious people who plotted against them.
Since then, China has completely gained the ability and confidence to protect itself and has entered a new era.