In 1986, on the eve of reform and opening up, was tortured by the patient Deng Jiaxian lay on the hospital bed and asked his wife Xu Luxi: "In 30 years, will anyone remember me?"
This simple question shows that Deng Jiaxian has made great contributions to society throughout his life.
China’s first atomic bomb was successfully detonated and the hydrogen bomb was successfully developed... This is Deng Jiaxian’s lifelong realization of China’s own atomic and hydrogen bombs, and also strengthening China’s national defense construction. This is the spirit of China’s bombs.
01 At the age of 26, he became a doctor and returned to China
In 1924, Deng Jiaxian was born in Anhui. It was a scholarly family. His grandfather and father were both famous people in society at that time. Among them, his father was a professor of Tsinghua and Peking University.
Growing up in such a cultural family, Deng Jiaxian has a very good cultural heritage since he was a child.
When Deng Jiaxian was two years old, his mother took him to Beijing to live with his father.
started school at the age of 5. Under the influence of his father, he had a better understanding of Chinese and Western cultures, which laid a solid foundation for his subsequent scientific research.
Deng Jiaxian entered the Chongde Middle School when he was 11 years old,After graduating from university 10 years later, he was only 21 years old that year and became a graduate of Physics Department of Southwest Associated University of .
At the age of 24, he went to the United States to study for a Ph.D. because Deng Jia first had outstanding grades in school, and he completed his credits in more than a year.
At the same time, he successfully passed the defense of his doctoral dissertation and got his doctorate. At this time, Deng Jiaxian was only 26 years old.
On the ninth day when he just received his degree certificate, the United States set ample material conditions to retain this young PhD. His mentors and friends also hoped that he would stay in the United States.
However, his experience of studying in China made him deeply understand that a disaster-ridden country urgently needs to be rescued.
Therefore, after he obtained his Ph.D., he resolutely chose to give up the generous benefits of the United States and return to his home country.
02 "Abandoning wives and children" to accept secret work
Once back in Beijing, Deng Jiaxian and his teachers started the construction of my country's logistics institute.
In 1953, he married his childhood sweetheart Xu Luxi. Three years later, he joined the Communist Party of China and became a member of the Communist Party.
At that time, China's position in the world was extremely weak, because China did not have its own atomic bomb.
At that time, the absence of an atomic bomb meant that there was no right to speak. China decided to rely on its own scientific research to develop the atomic bomb.
According to historical data,In 1958, Mao Zedong emphasized the importance of China's development of the atomic bomb at a conference, because the atomic bomb symbolized China's international status.
It is against this background that Deng Jiaxian actively joined the ranks of the development of atomic bombs.
It is reported that in 1958, the relevant person in charge of the state approached Deng Jiaxian to discuss the matter, but Deng Jiaxian did not know what scientific research plan was at that time, so he agreed without hesitation, because he knew that the needs of the country were more important than anything else.
However, participating in the research and development of the atomic bomb means leaving your family and devoting yourself to scientific research, and you cannot take care of your family.
After returning home, Deng Jia was silent for a while.
In the evening he said to his wife: "I want to transfer to work." His wife asked him where he was transferred? do what? He didn't say anything.
When his wife begged him to leave his mailbox address, he also refused.
In this way, his wife Xu Luxi silently supported her husband's work without knowing anything.
At this time, they had just been married for 5 years and had one child and one daughter. At that time, she was less than 30 years old.
Xu Luxi also understands that her husband's determination in the face of this secret task shows that this choice is very important to his life.
If his husband chooses to give up, it means that he will regret for life and life will become very painful.
is also out of understanding and consideration for her husband,Xu Luxi can only choose to agree.
However, for a married woman, the departure of her husband means increased hardship, hardship and helplessness in life. How many women can do without complaining? But Deng Jiaxian's wife did it.
03 Dedicated to the research and development of the " two bombs "
When Deng Jia first knew that he was going to participate in the design of the Chinese atomic bomb, he was excited, and at the same time he was under great pressure.
He wants to shoulder the burden of developing the country’s atomic bomb, but he feels the task is arduous.
In August 1958, Deng Jia first began to lead the research on the atomic bomb, and then more researchers joined the research.
In 1959, Deng Jiaxian selected three aspects as the main direction of atomic bomb research according to the relevant plan of the central government.
was the correct choice, which accelerated the birth of China’s atomic bomb.
In the same year, China's "big brother" unilaterally tore up relevant agreements on national defense technology, and China did not receive the support of Soviet atomic bomb models and technical data.
was ridiculed instead: "Without outside support, China will not be able to produce an atomic bomb in 20 years."
In fact, at this time, Deng Jiaxian, as the leader of China's atomic bomb research, faced relatively rudimentary scientific research conditions. Even a large part of the scientific research team were college students who had just stepped out of school.
Nevertheless,Deng Jiaxian's first step was to build an experimental site.
He led the young students to pick up bricks and tiles day and night, squeezing out a road, and built a teaching model room on the atomic bomb next to it.
With the hardware conditions, the next step is brainstorming .
At that time, their entire team had no atomic bomb construction materials and no experimental conditions, but they had a flexible and smart brain.
Next, under the leadership of Deng Jiaxian, the scientific research team began to learn relevant theoretical knowledge. Only by enriching their heads can they truly embark on this mysterious scientific research.
However, at that time, all the books in China were foreign languages, and there was only one copy of each book. In this case, Deng Jia first took everyone to read, he read it alone, and everyone translated , And then print overnight.
In this way they got the first level.
In order to develop this "competitive egg" of our country, they began to carry out related calculations.
However, due to limited conditions, only an abacus can be used to calculate. What a slow calculation tool, but they rely on their patience and determination to carry out calculations a little bit.
Sometimes, in order to verify a data, it takes many people to go on the ground in three shifts. It takes more than a month for one time, or more than a year for a dozen times.
In this process,As a leader, Deng Jiaxian often has to guide team members in calculations, and sometimes he is overly tired, and he also laments that his energy is not enough.
In addition to conducting theoretical research on atomic bombs indoors, Deng Jiaxian often goes to the laboratory to conduct related experiments in order to obtain more practical information, and clearly records the results of each experiment.
In this way, under extremely difficult conditions, they built China's first nuclear weapons base.
In 1962, Deng Jiaxian and other research teachers worked out the design of the atomic bomb. Two years later, they conducted the first simulation test.
Then they conducted their first explosion test in October 1964. They succeeded, and China also had its first atomic bomb.
After the explosion was successful, Deng Jia first took the researchers to the site to sample to verify the effect.
From theoretical research and design to the final blasting success, they calculated and verified many times day after day, and they succeeded.
In the absence of any state aid, they filled the gap in China in only 6 years and broke the ridicule that "China can't produce an atomic bomb in 20 years".
During the bombing simulation test before Deng Jiaxian's atomic bomb, Deng Jiaxian and his scientific research team undertook the second important scientific research task given to them by China, and carried out the theoretical design of China's first hydrogen bomb.
Deng Jia first studied the hydrogen bomb on the basis of the atomic bomb research. Just over two and eight months later, the hydrogen bomb was also tested successfully.
And this is compared with more than 8 years in France, more than 7 years in the United States, and more than 6 years in the Soviet Union.China once again created a miracle.
At this point, the Chinese have their own atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs, and China has slowly erected its national backbone.
04 Devoted to the cause of nuclear weapons until he fell ill
After completing the task of developing and exploding the two bombs, Deng Jia continued to focus on China's nuclear weapons cause.
In the research of nuclear weapons, Deng Jiaxian has continuously made great achievements, and he has gradually served as the deputy dean and dean of the Ninth Research Institute of the Ministry of Nuclear Industry.
Even so, Deng Jiaxian still continued his scientific research. Once in an experiment, his body was affected by radiation, but he still chose to continue working.
In 1980, he became a academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
In 1984, Deng Jiaxian personally commanded the second-generation nuclear weapons test and achieved success.
And this is the last time in his life he has commanded a nuclear weapon test. He is happy and proud.
In the second year, the cancer cells in his body have spread and it has reached an advanced stage.
At this time, Deng Jiaxian had to stop his scientific research and enter the hospital for treatment, which also allowed him to reunite with his wife who had been away for nearly 28 years.
05 28 years of separation, waiting for a short reunion
In the 28 years after Deng Jia left, it seemed like the world had evaporated.Xu Luxi had no news, and could only wait and expect quietly and infatuatedly.
In these 28 years, Xu Luxi lived like a year. She did not know where her husband was going, and her children did not understand why her father was suddenly gone. She just silently took care of the elderly and children.
Until 1986, their husband and wife met again.
When we meet again, the face of a young woman who was once a young woman has passed away, and Deng Jiaxian, who was once in the prime of life, is no longer in style.
This is sad, but his scientific research results are also proud.
And at this time Xu Luxi also knew that her husband was seriously ill due to nuclear radiation and was forced to choose to leave scientific research.
Whenever there is an accident at the nuclear test site, his husband is the first to go in to repair the equipment.
Faced with her husband’s physical condition, Xu Luxi, who has practiced medicine for half a year, has brought hope to many families, but she can’t bring her husband a new life. She can only watch her husband endure the pain in silence while she is there. In pain.
This reunion is short, as short as 363 days.
Every day among them was torment for Xu Luxi, slowly exhausting her hope, until Deng Jiaxian passed away in her arms, her hope completely disappeared, and there was no more Looking forward.
They have been married for 33 years, but they have only been together for 6 years. What a legendary love story.
Deng Jiaxian dedicated his life to the country,Xu Luxi stood silently for the family, but neither of them regretted it.
When he weakly asked his wife in front of the hospital bed: "In 30 years, will anyone remember me?" The answer is yes.
Not only 30 years later, even 100 years later, everyone will remember such a "two bombs" hero, remember that he dedicated his life to the country's nuclear weapons industry.
Before Deng Jiaxian died, he did not forget to advise the next stage of research direction, keep up with the international pace, and don't lag far behind.
The study of nuclear weapons is his lifelong pursuit and the embodiment of his lifelong value. He is great and was born for the country.
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