"The Centenary Moment of the Communist Party of China" two bombs of Deng Jiaxian

Beijing, August 3 (CCTV) -- The Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, together with the National Radio, jointly launched a special report entitled "A Moment in the Centenary of the Communist Party of China." This issue launches: Two Bombs Founding Father Deng Jiaxian.

Two bombs founded by Deng Jiaxian

On July 17, 1986, in the ward of the Platon General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Beijing, 62-year-old Deng Jiaxian was awarded the "National Model Worker" medal and certificate, which was also the first national model worker title awarded by the Party Central Committee and the State Council during the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period. Deng Jiaxian said excitedly that it is necessary to strive to restore health at an early date and make some further efforts for the cause of national defense scientific research.

Deng Jiaxian: The cause of nuclear weapons can only be successful through the efforts of thousands of people, and I have only done a small part of the work that should be done, only as a representative.

However, only 12 days later, Deng Jiaxian left this world forever. Only then was his identity, which had been hidden for 28 years, that he was made public.

In 1950, the 26-year-old Deng Jiaxian obtained a doctorate in physics in the United States and then resolutely returned to China to devote himself to theoretical research on nuclear physics in China. In 1958, the central government decided to rely on its own strength to develop the atomic bomb, and Deng Jiaxian was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. On the night of the notification, Deng Jiaxian, who was restless, told his wife Xu Luxi that he was going to transfer his work.

Xu Luxi: I asked him where to transfer? He said he couldn't say. What do I say to do? Can't say. I said give me the mailbox number when I got to that place, and I wrote to me, and he said he couldn't communicate. He said he would dedicate his life to the job he would do in the future. He said that if he did this well, this life would be worth living, even if he died for it, it was also worth it.

"For it, it's worth dying." Deng Jiaxian thus took up the heavy responsibility of china's atomic bomb theory research and began a life of anonymity. In the following years, he led scientists and engineers to overcome unimaginable difficulties for ordinary people, and finally ushered in the decisive stage of China's atomic bomb development work.

Scene: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, detonation...

On October 16, 1964, China's first atomic bomb was successfully detonated, and the mushroom cloud over Lop Nur inspired all of China. However, at this time, Xu Luxi, who was in Beijing, did not know that this shocking news was related to her husband Deng Jiaxian.

Deng Jiaxian struggled in obscurity for decades, willing to be an unsung hero, but often appeared in the most dangerous position at critical moments. In 1979, during an experiment, Deng Jiaxian rushed into the scene to find the fragments of the nuclear bomb, which caused serious radiation damage to his body.

Zhang Caihua, senior engineer of the China Institute of Physics: Old Deng was standing next to me, he had no sound, everyone had no sound, there was no sound, I thought for a while, probably not much time, immediately turned over to ask Old Deng, disappeared, at this time I giggled in my heart, I said Old Deng don't rush in.

In 1984, Deng Jiaxian took the disease in the depths of the desert and directed the last nuclear test of his life. The following year, he returned to Beijing, already in the advanced stage of cancer. During the 363 days of hospitalization at the PLA General Hospital, Deng Jiaxian endured severe pain and wrote the "Proposal for China's Nuclear Weapons Development Plan" together with his colleague Yu Min.

Xu Luxi: It was a big bag, and when I walked out of the ward with this bag, he said: Xixi, this is more important than your life. I said I understood.

On July 29, 1996, the tenth anniversary of Deng Jiaxian's death, China conducted its last nuclear test at Lop Nur . On the same day, the Chinese government solemnly announced that since July 30, 1996, China has suspended nuclear tests. This marks that China, like other nuclear powers, has finally crossed the four stages of atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, second-generation nuclear weapons, and nuclear test bans, and entered the level of laboratory simulation.

Producer: Gao Yan

Planner: Wu Junshan, Li Qian

Chief Writer: Zhang Chengxia

Speaker: Changyue

Coordinator: Zhu Xingxiao, Wang Zehua

Production: Shan Dandan