Professor Zheng Qiang in a lecture at Hengshui Middle School, there were 3,000 principals sitting in the audience, he posted a photo, 3,000 principals no one knows who this is. Professor Zheng Qiang was heartbroken and shouted loudly: "Principals should not only put the photos of the bosses who have made a fortune in the school history museum, but they do not know the real heroes of our country." ”
The person in the photo is the only scientist in the country who has gathered 6 major honors: Cheng Kaijia. The photo of the national treasure, the 3,000 principals in the field of education, but no one knows, Zheng Qiang believes that this is the sadness of our education.
Speaking of the source of these six major honors, it is closely related to the fate of the state and the future of the nation after the founding of our country. In fact, in the history of New China, in order to commend those who have made great contributions to the cause of national defense, the state has set up awards, of which there are six highest honors: academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "two bombs and one star" meritorious medal, the country's highest science and technology award, "Bayi Medal", "reform pioneer" title, "people's scientist" national honorary title, in the six honors to win one can be glorious ancestors, this person is the only person to have won these six honors so far. He is the pioneer of China's nuclear weapons cause - Academician Cheng Kaijia.
First, young people are determined to save the country
On August 3, 1918, a wealthy merchant family in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was born a boy who was innocent, his ancestors were engaged in business, his life was acceptable, he was sent to school by his parents from a young age, at the age of 13, he was admitted to Xiuzhou Middle School in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, and Cheng Kaijia achieved excellent results in middle school.
In 1937, Cheng Kaijia was admitted to Zhejiang University with excellent results. His four years at the university were the most painful period for the Chinese nation. He once left a passage in his diary: "The reason why China is backward and beaten: backward technology." The cure to save China: science to save the country. Here he met very good teachers Chen Jiangong, Shu Xingbei and other teachers. After graduating from university, Cheng Kaijia worked as a teaching assistant in the Department of Physics of Zhejiang University, and also began to study physics.
Second, after completing his studies, he resolutely returned to China
In 1946, on the recommendation of the famous British scholar Dr. Joseph Needham, Cheng Kaijia won a scholarship from the British Council and came to the University of Edinburgh to become a student of Professor Born, known as the "physicist among physicists". Under the guidance of his supervisor, he published 5 weighty superconductivity papers in the British Nature, the French Physics and Radium and the Soviet Academic Journal, and in 1948, he and the tutor Born jointly proposed the "double-belt model" of superconductivity.
In 1950, he politely refused the retention of his mentor, gave up preferential treatment and research conditions abroad, and resolutely returned to the motherland that was poor at that time. In addition to a leather coat bought for my wife, all the bags in my home country were books and materials on solid physics and metal physics. Since then, Cheng Kaijia has opened a life of scientific service to the country.
Third, bury the Gobi Desert
One day in March 1960, Cheng Kaijia was busy in the laboratory with full concentration, when suddenly a shout from a colleague came from outside: Professor Cheng, go to the president's office! The principal said straight to the point: Comrade Kaijia, Beijing has an important task to second you, and you will have to report tomorrow! This year, he was given the post of deputy director of the Nuclear Weapons Research Institute by Qian Sanqiang. Three years later, Cheng Kaijia stepped into Lop Nur for the first time, switching from theoretical research to nuclear testing.
On October 16, 1964, a mushroom cloud rose from Lop Nur to shock the world, and China's first atomic bomb was successfully exploded. This Gobi thunder made all parts of the motherland rejoice and let the world re-understand China. Cheng Kaijia and the scientific researchers of the nuclear test base have made indelible achievements.
After the first successful explosion of the atomic bomb, as the general person in charge of China's nuclear test technology, Cheng Kaijia also participated in the decision-making of more than 30 nuclear tests, becoming the scientist with the largest number of nuclear tests in China, and was known as "China's nuclear commander"
Fourth, many years of merit to become a country
In December 1966, China's first hydrogen bomb principle test was successful, and Cheng Kaijia proposed to strengthen the ground with cement within a certain radius of the tower base to reduce dust involvement, which had a good effect.
In June 1967, China's first air-dropped hydrogen bomb was successfully tested, and Cheng Kaijia proposed a bomb-dropping plan to change the flight direction of the aircraft, ensuring the safety of the bomb-dropping aircraft.
In September 1969, China's first underground nuclear test of Pingdong was successful, and The self-sealing backfill blocking scheme designed by Cheng Kaijia achieved safe "self-sealing" and prevented "firing guns" and "roofing".
In October 1978, China's first underground nuclear test of shafts was successful, and the test plan designed by Cheng Kaijia research was successful...
On May 30, 1965, party and state leaders received and feasted on the meritorious men who contributed to the atomic bombing of China at the Great Hall of the People. Cheng Kaijia and other technical personnel of the Nuclear Test Research Institute under his leadership, such as Dong Shouxin, Sun Ruifan, Xin Xianjie, Qiao Dengjiang, Lu Zuyin, Lü Min, and Wang Ruzhi, were received. In 1966, Zhu Guangya, Guo Yonghuai, Wang Ganchang, Chen Nengkuan and Cheng Kaijia were invited to climb the Tiananmen Tower to participate in the National Day ceremony.
5. Honors in one
Academician Cheng Kaijia won the special prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1985, and on September 18, 1999, the state awarded 23 scientists the "Two Bombs and One Star" Meritorious Medal. It was not until this moment that China's "nuclear commander", who had been incognito for 40 years and made great contributions to nuclear weapons, entered the public eye for the first time! Cheng Kaijia three words, finally no longer a secret! In 2014, he received the honorary certificate of the 2013 National Supreme Science and Technology Award! In 2017, he was awarded the "August 1st Medal" and awarded the title of "Pioneer of Reform" in 2018.
If a person does not have a backbone, he will not be able to stand up. A country and a nation without a backbone will never be truly strong, and he dedicated 20 years to the Sea of Death, Lop Nur to establish China's indestructible national defense, so that we can live peacefully in this land.
Today, the hero has passed away; in the present, my generation should be self-reliant!