After the founding of New China , although our ancestors finally ended the war, the task of construction was still very difficult. In addition to the economy, agriculture and trade, the land of China that is ineffective should be built, as well as new injections of diplomatic, military and scientific and technological forces.
Moreover, at that time, New China was just a newborn baby, and he was eyeing it and wanted to kill it. Therefore, only by developing our own military armed forces at this time can the enemy be daunted.
So as early as the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we were considering independently developing the atomic bomb . We would rather tighten the belt and save on R&D expenses and gather all the top scientists in China to participate.
like Qian Sanqiang , Qian Xuesen and others have been in the Gobi Desert for decades. They have devoted themselves to researching and contributed their lives to build atomic bombs for the country. Finally, with their unremitting efforts, China's first atomic bomb was finally successfully launched in 1964. How exciting it is.
Of course, such a project is completely completed without the full confidentiality, even if the atomic bomb has been manufactured, the stage of debugging and launching can be waited for debugging and launching. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China still strictly controls this and prohibits anyone from leaking relevant information. So, we could all notice such tension at a high-level meeting in 1964.
atomic bomb construction is not easy, and it is up to the schedule with twists and turns
Let’s first talk about what preparations my country has made in the early stage of building atomic bombs. As early as 1955, the Third Bureau of the Ministry of Geology was established in my country, which was responsible for the geology exploration of uranium ore . Later, the Construction Committee Construction Technology Bureau was established to be in charge of the Soviet Union's assistance to the construction of nuclear reactor and cyclotron. The next year, Zhongguancun established the Institute of Atomic Energy of the Academy of Sciences and officially launched the atomic bomb construction project.
At the beginning, we still had the assistance from the Soviet Union. However, with the conflict between my country and the Soviet Union in 1959, the Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the agreement to provide scientific and technological assistance, and withdrew a group of technicians, taking away relevant equipment and drawings.
. In the following days, our country still experienced three years of natural disasters . The crops were not harvested, and ordinary people could not even have enough food. Such a national situation made the Soviet Union laugh at the cold-eyed: Without our assistance, China would definitely not be able to create an atomic bomb.
Can we, a big China, still be insulted and despised by them? I believe that anyone else would have to fight for them to show them. Our Premier Zhou even spoke: "We do it ourselves and explore it from scratch! "
So, in order to independently build an atomic bomb, we began to try step by step, attacking a little bit. In addition to the Atomic Bomb Research Institute, we are also preparing to establish a National High Command called the Central Special Committee.
This team is served as the supreme director by Premier Zhou. Its subordinate members include He Long, Li Xiannian, Nie Rongzhen, Luo Ruiqing and Zhang Aiping, and their goal is only one - to ensure the successful development of my country's atomic bomb.
During this period, someone suggested that "The work has not been moved, keep it confidential first." means that the atomic bomb project itself involves a country's politics, military and diplomacy, so all the construction process should be in a strict confidentiality ranks. Neither the chief engineer nor the head of the command center should disclose any information to anyone, even his own wife and children.
Premier Zhou naturally understood the interests of this. Therefore, since the establishment of the Central Special Committee, he often talked about confidentiality work and even did the security work of preventing leakage to the extreme.
Until the end of the atomic bomb construction in 1964, such a confidential atmosphere still increased and continued to increase. A small episode also scared Zhang Aiping, one of the people in charge.
The old comrade left the seat early, Premier Zhou is alert to
Who is Zhang Aiping? He was a general of the People's Liberation Army. In his early years, he served as commander of the Fourth Division and commander of the East China Navy. After the founding of New China, he served as Minister of National Defense, State Councilor, Vice Premier of the State Council and other positions. During the construction of the atomic bomb, he was a member of the Central Special Committee.
In fact, his work has been proceeding in an orderly manner.As one of the heads of the General Command, Zhang Aiping always struggled on the front line from recruiting soldiers and visiting professors in the early stage to launching the final stage. However, even such a person in charge of full power must still be included in the scope of strict security supervision.
On October 1964, after Zhou Enlai received instructions from Chairman Mao, he convened a small meeting to convey the spirit the next day after receiving the instructions from Chairman Mao. During
, Zhou Enlai emphasized the importance of confidentiality work several times, and used himself as an example, saying that even his wife Deng Yingchao, and Deng Yingchao is a senior party member, he never mentioned in front of her that China wanted to build an atomic bomb.
I believe Zhou Enlai must be worried about everyone, so he will talk about confidentiality. However, after Premier Zhou finished speaking, Zhang Aiping stood up and said goodbye to Premier Zhou. He said that he still had an overseas affairs meeting today and needed to leave the venue early to attend. Premier Zhou nodded and acquiesced, and Zhang Aiping packed up her things and planned to leave.
But when Zhang Aiping has not yet walked to the door. Premier Zhou suddenly stood up and immediately asked several guards to stop Zhang Aiping. Zhang Aiping was startled and immediately returned to the Prime Minister to ask what was going on. Premier Zhou asked him seriously, " Comrade Aiping, have you brought the nuclear test documents? "
Zhang Aiping asked in one sentence for no reason. Nuclear tests are usually stored in the office of the Central Committee. He would not bring them with him even if he wanted to attend the meeting. Is Premier Zhou's questioning this is because he suspected that he would take them out? Although Zhang Aiping was confused, he still answered honestly, " does not bring ."
But even so, Premier Zhou did not intend to let it go easily. After all, he has just repeatedly stated the importance of confidentiality work, so every member must be included in the monitoring target.
Although comrades like Zhang Aiping are old comrades in our party, he has the opportunity to get in touch with the most confidential documents and has to leave the seat early to deal with foreigners. On the safe side, it is better to find out clearly.
Then Premier Zhou asked several guards to check his personal belongings, and also deliberately searched for his pockets for small notes of writing . But obviously nothing was found. Zhang Aiping himself is not such a person, and he has no inappropriate thoughts. However, Zhou Enlai's awareness of being guarded against Wu Ran and his strict security attitude of treating everyone equally deserves praise.
After all, building an atomic bomb is not a personal idea, but a major event for the country. In addition, we have experienced so many ups and downs in the early stage, so we must be cautious every step. But we must not let the entire national defense cause collapse because of one or two people's intentional or unintentional mistakes.
I believe that Comrade Zhang Aiping can also understand Premier Zhou’s painstaking efforts. Such searches are routine, not the right thing to do, and definitely not the distrust of Premier Zhou in his character.
But from this matter, I believe everyone has also seen the strictness of confidentiality work. The strict prevention and defense required by Premier Zhou is definitely not just a saying, he is doing all this with a serious and responsible attitude. Of course, his ultimate goal is to enable the atomic bomb to be launched smoothly, which will last for so many years.
Summary:
It can be imagined that in that era, our ancestors could all have such awareness of that condition. Ask yourself, can we have a serious and responsible attitude like the Prime Minister at the moment of work?
Nowadays, we are receiving the impact of the new crown epidemic, and prevention and control and inspection requirements are everywhere in various places. But we can always see news that some people evade inspections and some people go out without authorization during quarantine. The consequences of their selfishness will undoubtedly lead to the large-scale spread of the new coronavirus in the end.
Imagine if these things happened in the era when Premier Zhou lived, he would probably be very angry and could not forgive these people's misconduct. After all, he was strictly guarding the atomic bomb construction project and even required strict review of his own comrades.
It is precisely because of his attitude that our country's atomic bomb was successfully launched in 1964, and that our country could join the ranks of nuclear weapons countries early, so that those countries that look down on us would be voiced, and those countries that are eyeing us covetously. This is the most amazing thing about our Premier Zhou.
