Today in history: Qian Xuesen "war" FBI, how difficult the road back to China is

Hello, little fat talk about history, and you meet again.

Today is October 30, 2021, and on this day in 2009, Mr. Qian Xuesen, the founder of the two bombs and one star, passed away.

Let's push the time back to 2003, after the triumph of manned space hero Yang Liwei, he first went to visit an old man; after that, every astronaut will visit him until the old man dies.

This old gentleman must have made great contributions to China's aerospace industry, yes, he is Mr. Qian Xuesen.

Needless to say how strong Mr. Qian Xuesen is in the professional field; many people know that It is very difficult for Mr. Qian Xuesen to return to his motherland from the United States, but how difficult it is and where the difficulty lies, there may still be many small partners who do not know the details.

In 1947, at the age of 37, Qian Xuesen had served as the youngest tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.

In the eyes of the Americans, Qian Xuesen must stay in the United States for a long time, who would be stupid enough to give up the glory, wealth and great future at their fingertips.

And Mr. Qian Xuesen has not even saved any insurance money in the United States, he did not want to stay in the United States for a lifetime, and returning to the motherland is his real plan.

After the founding of New China in 1949, Qian Xuesen was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night and immediately applied to return to China, but how could the Americans who were accustomed to "playing hooligans" easily let him go?

Seeing that fame and fortune, money, and status could not shake Qian Xuesen, the US government showed its fangs. They made a blatant threat: "I'd rather shoot you than let you go back to China to strengthen China's strength." “

They fabricated "treason", began to closely monitor the every move of Mr. Qian Xuesen's family, and revoked all the advanced permissions related to Qian Xuesen's technical major, an ugly face that if you dare to leave, I will format all your computer hard disks.

In 1950, Qian Xuesen wanted to fly back to China on the pretext of returning to China to visit his relatives, but was forcibly detained by the FBI on trumped-up charges.

On an isolated island called the Rattlesnake, Mr. Mister suffered great torture. Restricted diet, no sleep, interrogation every 15 minutes, and continuous physical and mental devastation.

The FBI's atrocities have provoked the outrage of many scientists, who have jointly written to protest. Under the pressure of public opinion, the FBI reluctantly agreed to release Qian Xuesen, but required 24-hour surveillance, no permission to go abroad, and the transmission was on call.

When Mrs. Qian, Jiang Ying, brought Qian Xuesen back, Mr. Qian was already extremely weak. Detained for half a month, Qian Xuesen lost nearly 20 pounds, his face was extremely pale, and even his language function was lost.

The road back to China seems to be far away.

In 1955, by chance, Qian Xuesen saw a photograph of the Tiananmen Tower, and among them was an acquaintance, Chen Shutong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress.

Qian Xuesen decided to write a letter to Chen Shutong, believing that after the motherland knew his intentions, it would definitely find a way to rescue him. In order not to let the surveillance people find out, Qian Xuesen and his wife came up with a way to use large letters to set small letters, and he asked his wife Jiang Ying to write a letter to his sister Jiang Hua, who was far away in Belgium, and then hid his letter inside, so that he could send the letter to his father through Jiang Hua, Chen Shutong and his father were very familiar.

For the sake of prudence, Qian Xuesen deliberately asked Jiang Ying to write a letter with his left hand to imitate the child's handwriting. Next, how do you avoid FBI surveillance and put the letter in the mailbox?

If you see that it is you and your wife who went to submit the letter, the FBI will definitely open the letter to check. So, the couple pretended to go out shopping, the FBI really followed closely behind the surveillance, the two of them walked and stopped, when they swung to the outside of a shopping mall, Qian Xuesen pretended to be tired and sat down on the spot, while Jiang Ying walked into the mall alone, the two suddenly separated, so that the FBI's trackers chose to continue to stay by the side of the key object Qian Xuesen.

The opportunity has finally arrived! After Jiang Ying entered the mall, she quickly threw the letter into the mailbox in the mall, and then she pretended to walk around for a while before coming out to meet with Qian Xuesen, and the two continued to hang out and rub for a long time before slowly returning home.

It's done!

Is it as thrilling and exciting as a spy drama, if there is no firm belief, where is this fearless wisdom and courage?

The next thing, everyone is more familiar with. Premier Zhou Enlai used 11 US prisoners of war in the Korean War as a condition to demand that the US government release Qian Xuesen to return to China, and with the joint efforts of all parties, Qian Xuesen's family finally set foot on the land of the motherland after many twists and turns, and at this moment, he has been waiting for more than 5 years.

The way home is a bit long, the time on the road is a little long, and the walk is also very hard, but the moment I get home, everything is worth it.

We'll see you tomorrow.