In November 1960, China's first surface-to-surface short-range missile was successfully tested, which caused an uproar in the Western world.
Because before that, due to sino-Soviet relations, relations deteriorated sharply, the Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the agreement to aid China and withdrew all Soviet experts in China, including Soviet military personnel who assisted China in the development of missiles.
However, only a few months later, the missile was successfully tested. In the eyes of outsiders, this must be inseparable from a person, who is Qian Xuesen, who is known as the "father of China's missiles" and the founder of China's aerospace industry.
While Western imperialism was shocked, it also completely annoyed a person, who was Chiang Kai-shek who was brought to Taiwan by the Communist Party more than 10 years ago.
In fact, long before Qian Xuesen returned to China, Lao Jiang sent people many times to communicate with Qian Xuesen in the United States, and gave him a particularly generous treatment, hoping that Qian Xuesen could go to Taiwan to help Lao Jiang develop more advanced weapons. However, this was rejected by Qian Xuesen.
Qian Xuesen
It was not until the day of national day in 1955, under the mediation of Premier Zhou and the exchange of 11 US captured air forces on the Korean battlefield, that Qian Xuesen and his family, who had regained their freedom, were able to return to their homeland after many years of absence, and soon after, they threw themselves wholeheartedly into the cause of national defense science and technology in the motherland.
Old Chiang Kai-shek saw that the mainland was developing better and better under the leadership of the Communist Party, and the opportunity to return to the mainland was almost in vain, and his heart was already full of mixed feelings.
At this time, the news of the successful launch of the ground-to-ground short-range missile spread into his ears again, and the old Chiang Kai-shek, who was a little embarrassed and angry, appealed his hatred to Qian Xuesen's body, and on his assassination list, he wrote Down Qian Xuesen's name heavily.
When this news was learned by our intelligence personnel, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou also became nervous for a while. Qian Xuesen is a national treasure of our country, and once he has any mistakes, it will be a huge loss to the country.
To this end, Chairman Mao specially instructed Premier Zhou to personally make a decision, and this decision also made Qian Xuesen the only scientist who enjoyed ultra-special treatment since the birth of New China, and his defense level was even higher than that of the founding marshal at that time.
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People who know Qian Xuesen know that Qian Xuesen has no military rank in his lifetime, but his status in the military is extremely high, and he also has decades of military experience.
The reason for this is that Qian Xuesen has devoted his life's efforts to China's aerospace and missile research and development, and he does not care about his position or rank, nor is he interested. However, when many people recall Qian Xuesen's life experience, they like to call him "lieutenant general without military rank".
In fact, this is not out of thin air, because Qian Xuesen did indeed wear the lieutenant general's military uniform, and it was specially approved by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou.
Shortly after Qian Xuesen returned to China, in order to develop China's missile and two-bomb undertakings as soon as possible, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, who was mainly engaged in national defense at that time, led a regiment to the Soviet Union, hoping that the Soviet Union could send relevant military experts to support China's national defense cause.
On the eve of the delegation's departure, Nie Shuai drew up a list and handed it over to Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou for decision. Just when Nie Shuai found Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao said: "A delegation like this should be accompanied by professionals, and when visiting the Soviet Union, Comrade Qian Xuesen must go with him, and only Comrade Qian Xuesen can understand this professionally."
In fact, before that, Nie Shuai also considered letting Qian Xuesen go with him, but at that time there was a troublesome matter, because the Soviet Union all had military ranks, paying attention to reciprocity, Qian Xuesen had just returned to China naturally did not have a military rank, Nie Shuai raised this issue, and Chairman Mao said: "If there is no military rank, give him a military rank."
Qian Xuesen and Nie Rongzhen
Before finding Chairman Mao, Nie Shuai asked Premier Zhou this question, and Premier Zhou said: "More than ten years ago, the Americans awarded Colonel Qian Xuesen the rank of colonel.
Nie Shuai informed Chairman Mao of Premier Zhou's proposal, and Chairman Mao gave great approval at that time. He said: Enlai is very thoughtful, and I think that with his qualifications and contributions, he must at least be a lieutenant general." Therefore, Qian Xuesen wore the uniform of a lieutenant general and followed Nie Shuai to visit the Soviet Union.
If you look for Qian Xuesen's old photos from the Internet or the media, it is not difficult to find that the photos of Qian Xuesen wearing military uniforms in his life are not in the minority, but there are very few people who wear military ranks.
In addition to some historical reasons, there is also the simple and unpretentious spirit of his old man, and Qian Xuesen has only regarded himself as an ordinary soldier and an ordinary scientific and technological worker all his life.
However, in what he thinks is ordinary, he has created an extraordinary life and written a story that amazes the world.
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After the old Chiang Kai-shek's plan to assassinate Qian Xuesen was exposed, Premier Zhou attached great importance to it, so he found Nie Shuai, Qian Xuesen's immediate superior at the time, and Luo Ruiqing, who was then minister of public security, hoping that they would draw up a list of guard secretaries, and conduct a clear background check, and finally Premier Zhou would decide on the candidates for the guard secretary.
At that time, Qian Xuesen's status was an ultra-standard treatment, and according to relevant policies, the personnel who could be equipped with guard secretaries were at least the level of "four vice presidents and two highs", that is, vice presidents of the state, vice premiers of the State Council, vice chairmen, vice chairmen of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
At that time, Qian Xuesen held the position of vice president of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense, and did not reach this level.
However, as the core figure of the two bombs and one satellite of new China, the treasure of China's national defense cause, it is also necessary to give a highest level of security guarantees.
Zhou Enlai
At the end of 60 years, a young soldier named Diao Jiubo entered the vision of Premier Zhou, who had participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, had seen big scenes, and was not only bold and meticulous in his work, but also had martial arts skills.
In this way, under the arrangement of Nie Shuai and Luo Ruiqing, Diao Jiubo came to Qian Xuesen's side and was responsible for the security work of their family.
Qian Xuesen was an intellectual, and suddenly a person came around, followed him 24 hours a day, and followed him like a fart, and he was definitely not used to it at first. In order to appease Qian Xuesen's emotions, Liu Youguang, then the political commissar of the Fifth Yuan, found Diao Jiubo at the beginning and talked to him.
Liu Youguang said to Diao Jiubo: "When you come to Qian Xuesen's side, you must calm Qian Xuesen's emotions and inform him of the importance of guard work, which is his personal protection and responsibility for the national defense cause." And you also have to mingle with Qian's family and make a good living atmosphere, so that you can stay with Qian Xuesen for a long time."
It was also this explanation that made Diao Jiubo become a guard secretary who had been by Qian Xuesen's side for the longest time, not only with Qian Xuesen's approval, but also with the praise of Qian Xuesen's family. Many years later, Diao Jiubo still maintained close contact with Qian's family and had a strong relationship with Qian Xuesen's children.
Diao Jiubo also knew the importance of protecting Qian Xuesen, and he was also doing his best, and when he first arrived at Qian Xuesen's side, he discovered hidden dangers in the protection work.
At that time, Qian Xuesen's family was still living in the dormitory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Zhongguancun, although there were also guard companies in the compound, but after all, it was a civilian unit, and it was often a lot of people coming and going, which was a major hidden danger to Qian Xuesen's safety, and the guard work was more difficult to do.
Therefore, Diao Jiubo found Nie Shuai and proposed to let Qian Xuesen's family move, just at this time, the Soviet experts had just left, nie Shuai proposed to move Qian Xuesen's family to five Soviet expert dormitories, which were military units, and the guard work was much stricter than that of the chinese academy of Sciences dormitories.
Moreover, the Soviet experts lived in a single-family three-story house with a total of six houses, and at this time, Qian Xuesen's family had a large population, in addition to their family of four, parents and mother-in-law. Coupled with a few colleagues from the five institutes, this small building is just enough.
Diao Jiubo
Diao Jiubo not only had to do a good job in Qian Xuesen's guard work, but also took care of Qian Xuesen's mood and the family's life. Every Sunday, Diao Jiubo would always take Qian Xuesen and his family out for a day of fun.
And this time is also the most tired time for Diao Jiubo, not only to arrange the place to play in advance, but also to communicate with the guards of the park and the public security department about related matters, and only in the case of foolproof, can you travel.
After traveling, Diao Jiubo had to notice any detail around him, even if it was wind and grass, which also made every nerve in his body very sensitive.
Later, in the 15 years that Diao Jiubo remembered following Qian Xuesen, he said that he had only made one mistake, and this mistake touched his heart.
It was at the celebration banquet for the successful launch of China's first artificial satellite, that night, all the people present were very happy, Qian Xuesen had never drunk liquor in his life, and the joy was enjoyed by Diao Jiubo for him.
At the celebration banquet, Diao Jiubo drank more than a dozen cups of Maotai and was very drunk, and when he woke up, it was already 11 o'clock in the morning the next day. Diao Jiubo knew that Qian Xuesen still had work arrangements the next day, so he hurried to Qian Xuesen's office, but unexpectedly, Qian Xuesen had already left.
Diao Jiubo asked the staff on the side, why did Qian Xuesen go out without notifying him, and the staff said that Qian Xuesen would not let you be notified. He said, you drank too much last night, just take a good rest and get some sleep.
This sentence suddenly warmed Diao Jiubo's heart, and he also felt a deep guilt, as a guard secretary, but also let Qian Xuesen worry about him, Diao Jiubo's heart emerged a burst of self-blame, and he has never made a mistake since.
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In September of 1964, another incident occurred around Qian Xuesen, which alarmed Premier Zhou; this year, the work of the agents sent by Lao Jiang to the mainland to detect the "two bombs" on the mainland was being carried out in an intensive manner, and once the two-bomb experiment was successful, it meant that Lao Jiang's dream of counterattacking the mainland was completely in vain.
To this end, Lao Jiang issued an order, that is, by poisoning the mainland scientists who were carrying out the purification of nuclear raw materials in Qinghai by means of poisoning, and among these scientists, the one who old Jiang hated the most and killed him quickly was Qian Xuesen, and he once again set Qian Xuesen as the primary target.
Fortunately, this ruse was detected by the Ministry of Public Security just before the agent left the mainland, and all the criminals were put in prison.
At this time, Diao Jiubo once again realized the importance of defending Qian Xuesen, so he made a suggestion to his superiors, that is, to provide a food inspector for Qian Xuesen. Anything that enters the mouth of Qian Xuesen and his family must be tested before it can be eaten.
This proposal was endorsed by Nie Shuai and Premier Zhou, and in the list of candidates, Premier Zhou pondered several times and finally selected a person, that is, Duan Enrun, who was responsible for Qian Xuesen's food inspection work for six years.
Duan Enrun was also a fighter who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and after returning from the Korean battlefield, he first worked as a nurse for 9 years, and then became an inspector.
At that time, the superior transferred Duan Enrun to Qian Xuesen's side, and only told him that he must protect the diet of the chief and his family, and that anything he ate had to be tested by her, and only after passing the inspection could he be brought to the table. And before coming to Qian's house, the superior also specially explained that what should not be asked should not be asked, what should not be said, not to say, the level of confidentiality is very high.
After Duan Enrun was transferred to the Five Security Departments, at the request of his superiors, he set up a food inspection room, equipped with telephones and other facilities. Because food testing is different from other tests, it is necessary to use a lot of expensive equipment such as microscopes and chemical instruments, and Duan Enrun also made a request to his superiors.
Unexpectedly, the superior attached great importance to it, as long as there was nothing that was not sent when he opened his mouth, which also made Duan Enrun realize the importance of this chief.
Duan Enrun knew what Qian Xuesen was doing, or during a cleaning of the Qian family.
On this day, when Duan Enrun was sorting out the old bookshelves, he saw that the shelves were either about missiles or books on rocket research and development, and Duan Enrun realized that the chief in front of him was the core figure of our country's missile and rocket research and development.
Since then, Duan Enrun has paid more attention to his job, and all the things that Qianjia wants to enter must be tested by him before they can be put on the table.
Not only that, he also has higher requirements for the freshness of food, even if it is not poisonous, but it is not fresh enough, and those who are not good for the body are blocked out by Duan Enrun. Especially if outsiders or children buy things outside, they must also be tested by Duan Enrun before they can be imported.
In fact, there are a total of 9 people like Diao Jiubo and Duan Enrun who are responsible for Qian Xuesen's security and physical health, and the purpose and significance of the existence of this nine-person group is to ensure Qian Xuesen's safety and let him participate in the research and development of the country's rockets and missiles without scruples.
It is precisely because of the meticulous care of Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai and other state leaders that Qian Xuesen has no worries and has devoted all his energy to his work.
In 2009, shortly after the 60th anniversary of the birth of New China, Qian Xuesen died of illness in Beijing, completing his legendary life, and the contributions he left behind will eventually be marked in the annals of history and immortal.
Text / Poor Building