In 1964, a top-secret conference was held at the Purple Light Pavilion, and the theme of the conference revolved around one theme: "nuclear weapons".
Halfway through the meeting, Zhang Aiping, as deputy chief of the general staff, temporarily left the scene because of busy affairs, and before Zhang Aiping went out, Premier Zhou stopped Zhang Aiping and asked him to carefully turn his pockets up and down carefully up and down, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, the premier allowed Zhang Aiping to leave. Zhang Aiping is an absolute person of her own, why should the premier be so careful?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > top-secret mission</h1>
Because everything is about the upcoming atomic bomb test, even the slightest omission will put China in a dangerous situation. China's history of nuclear weapons research is very difficult, in that era, China was almost isolated, and the United States and Taiwan were eyeing each other, and the nuclear test base was more than once targeted by Taiwanese agents, who did not want to destroy China all the time, so the upcoming test must be protected in top secret.
China officially began the development of atomic bombs in 1960, with the development of human war, nuclear weapons have become a difficulty in the road to China's rejuvenation, the United States and the Soviet Union have nuclear weapons, they can attack other countries at any time, so if China does not have nuclear weapons, it will always be in a passive state of suppression, which is absolutely not OK. So, even though China was poor at the time, first-generation leaders such as Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou made the development of the atomic bomb a top priority.
A large number of scientists came to the northwest desert for the sake of the motherland's atomic bomb cause, and for this top-secret plan, these scientists willingly "disappeared" into people's field of vision. China does not have much time, because the enemy does not wait too long, so the time for the development of the atomic bomb must be tight and tight.
While the scientists are immersed in hard work, the enemy's eyeliner is also constantly searching, Taiwan's agents come to visit once every three days, and many scientists involved in this research and development have even been assassinated, which makes Premier Zhou worry in his heart, in order to protect these scientists, Premier Zhou continues to improve the confidentiality of the test base, as if he has returned to the days of doing underground intelligence.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > step cautiously</h1>
In 1964, when the opportunity to conduct atomic bomb tests was finally approaching maturity, the expert group, under the auspices of Wu Jilin and Zhu Guangya, drew up a plan for the scientific research, design, manufacture and testing of the first atomic bomb device, and formally wrote a "Report on the Situation of Self-Reliant Construction of the Atomic Energy Industry" to Chairman Mao Zedong and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and applied for the first atomic bomb explosion test.
After waiting for so long, it finally seems that it is only one step away from success, but in fact, the chairman and the prime minister know in their hearts that this is the most dangerous time. This test can actually be said to be a "desperate risk", because as long as we have done the test, the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely detect that we are developing nuclear weapons.
If the experiment is successful, many difficulties can be solved. But if we fail, there will be great trouble, and the United States and the Soviet Union will never give us time to do a second test, and they will certainly use all their strength to suppress us, and even we must be ready for war.
However, Chairman Mao firmly believes that this test must be done, and the situation is not waiting for anyone! As a result, the matter of nuclear testing was determined, and everyone was both expectant and nervous, and whether the hard battle of the atomic bomb could be fought well was related to China's century-old national fortune.
The meeting of the Purple Light Pavilion was precisely to determine the specific matters on the day of the nuclear test, and Premier Zhou issued a strict order on this meeting that it was absolutely impossible to say a word to the outside world, and even many of the terms at the meeting were code names. Zhang Aiping, who still needed to attend the foreign affairs meeting that day, had to leave halfway, so Premier Zhou stopped him for a body search, and Premier Zhou said to Zhang Aiping: "Please understand, there is no small matter in front of secrecy!" ”
Zhang Aiping naturally knew the premier's painstaking efforts, so she turned over everything on her body in front of everyone. The premier said to everyone: "Not only Comrade Zhang Aiping wants to check, but all of us present today must check, and we are now discussing state secrets, and we must not let any unrelated people know!" Everyone listened to the prime minister and nodded yes. But no, such an urgent matter as nuclear testing, if something goes wrong because of some instinctual avoidance mistake, then they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > rainy and sunny</h1>
Before that, everyone also discussed a set of secret words, calling the atomic bomb "Miss Qiu (Ball)" and the tower where the atomic bomb was placed "Dresser". When she was saluted at work or reported to the headquarters in Beijing by telephone, she said: "Miss Qiu (Qiu) is combing her braids (installing explosive devices), and at what time she goes to the "dresser" ..."
So step by step cautiously and carefully, finally successfully sent "Miss Qiu" to the dresser, after the explosion was successful, Zhang Aiping rushed to Premier Zhou to report: "Premier, success!" The prime minister's tone was very urgent: "Is it true, confirmed?" Zhang Aiping asked again and again, and finally said to the premier: "Sure! ”
That evening, the Great Hall of the People was performing "Dongfang Hong", and the chairman quietly said to the premier from the stage: "Why don't you tell everyone about that exciting thing?" "Wait a while and announce it, or 3,000 people will jump up and not collapse the Great Hall!" Premier Zhou said. Someone next to him couldn't help but ask Premier Zhou: "What exciting things, tell us quickly." ”
The prime minister sold a little, walked to the stage with a smile on his face and announced to everyone: "Our country's first atomic bomb explosion has been successful!" ”
When the words fell, there was a shout of cheers from the Great Hall of the People, and everyone was so excited that they didn't know what to say, and no amount of words could describe the excitement of this moment. Some people cried out happily on the spot, for so many years, China's road has been too difficult and difficult, but now, all the haze has passed.
This news made the whole Chinese people excited, and soon after, the newspapers and media of the United States and the Soviet Union also published this news, some people were happy and some were sad, but one thing was certain, that is, China was gradually moving towards the road of prosperity and strength, and this thousand-year-old country was about to open a new chapter in history.
When future generations look back at this period of history, they will still feel that their blood is boiling, it was a difficult era, but it was also an era full of hope and heroes, and countless heroes and heroes braved thorns and thorns for China's cause, and they were not afraid of hardships and dangers. History is in the past, but today, the story continues.