Qian Xuesen , one of the greatest scientists in our country, the aerospace industry, atomic bomb engineering, etc. of New China are inseparable from Qian Xuesen's contributions. Any Chinese who hears his name will have respect from the heart.
. Regarding these praises and honors, Qian Xuesen's answer is to work harder to carry out scientific research and make the new China stronger. In 1991, because Qian Xuesen made great contributions to the New China, the central government awarded him the honorary title of "National Outstanding Contribution Scientist" and awarded the "First-Class Hero Model Medal". High specifications and exceptions like
are unprecedented for any scientist, but in the face of flowers and applause, Mr. Qian said, "I am not very excited today." Why is this?
1911, Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai. Qian Xuesen's father was named Qian Junfu . He was a famous educator and literary and historical scholar at that time. He also served as the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education during the National Government period.
Therefore, Qian Junfu deeply understood the importance of reading. He was not stingy in spending money to select books and pictorials for his son. It can be said that Qian Junfu is not only Qian Xuesen's father, but also his first teacher.
Under the influence of his father, Qian Xuesen loved reading very much. In addition, he was smart. He performed very well in Chinese, mathematics, or art. He was simply an all-round talent. People even praised him as a little genius for this.
Even because Qian Xuesen is so powerful, something strange happened. This happened on the eve of Qian Xuesen's application for university. At that time, his middle school mathematics teacher thought he was good at math, so he suggested that he apply for the mathematics department, but his Chinese teacher also thought that he wrote his articles well and felt that he should apply for the Chinese department.
And the art teacher also said at this time. He believed that Qian Xuesen has talent in art, so Qian Xuesen should learn to draw and not bury his skills. The three teachers fought hard, but Qian Xuesen finally declined the teachers' kind suggestions and made his first choice in his life: to learn railway engineering and build a locomotive.
1929, Qian Xuesen successfully passed the major he liked and studied engineering machinery. He studied hard every day, hoping to use his knowledge to create the first locomotive for China.
At that time, the world was in chaos and the invaders were raging on China's land. In 1932, the "January 28" Incident broke out, and Japanese planes continued to bombard Shanghai. Looking at the Japanese army dominating in the air, Qian Xuesen was very angry. At the same time, he also had a firm idea: will learn aviation engineering and build aircraft.
Qian Xuesen began to use his spare time to read and learn about aviation. The more you study in depth, the more Qian Xuesen feels that if you want to fully understand aviation knowledge, you must study abroad. After all, foreign countries are indeed a "leading expert" in this regard. After some hard work, Qian Xuesen was admitted to the public student in the United States, and he was able to study aviation engineering in the United States. In August 1935, Qian Xuesen took a steamship from Shanghai to the United States to study.
After studying in the United States for a period of time, Qian Xuesen found that when doing aviation engineering, everyone basically relies on experience and rarely uses theory to guide work. This is like cooking, always adding appropriate amount of seasoning according to experience.
Qian Xuesen began to think, if he mastered aviation theory first, then with theoretical guidance, can he avoid many unnecessary detours and achieve twice the result with half the effort? Qian Xuesen thought about it for a long time and felt that it made sense. Only when the foundation is laid can high-rise buildings be built.
So, Qian Xuesen decided to switch from an aviation engineer to studying aviation theory. After making such a decision, Qian Xuesen immediately applied for admission to Caltech .
. During his study at Science and Technology College, due to his good learning and high insights, the world-renowned mechanic Professor von Carmen took a fancy to Qian Xuesen, and he became a doctoral student of Professor Carmen.
von Carmen
Qian Xuesen was very happy that he could become a student of Professor Carmen. During this period, he continued to draw knowledge from the professors, and his efforts and talents were also seen by Carmen, so he trained Qian Xuesen more carefully.
Qian Xuesen did not disappoint the teacher's expectations. In 1941, in the American Journal of Aeronautical Sciences, Qian Xuesen published an article titled "Column shell axial compression buckling".
This article attracted heated attention as soon as it was published. Although this article only has only 10 pages, the refined content has overcome the problems that have plagued the aviation industry for many years.
Carmen is proud to have such an outstanding student, so he tries his best to train Qian Xuesen. Of course, Qian Xuesen is also very grateful to the teacher for his dedicated teaching.
1949, the three-year war of liberation had come to an end. On October 1, New China was founded , and the world was also boiling. When the news reached the United States, Qian Xuesen, who was studying in the United States, was extremely excited. He had always had only one purpose in learning knowledge, that is, to use the knowledge he learned to serve the country. Now, the new China is in a time when everything is in trouble and needs talents. Therefore, he immediately discussed with his wife and returned to the motherland as soon as possible.
However, at this time, the United States had McCarthyism , and its leader was McCarthy . He was a representative of anti-communist and far-right in the United States. He specifically persecuted the Communist Party and democratic progressives. In addition, it also sparked a fanaticism that drove employees to be loyal to the US government.
Due to Qian Xuesen's talent, when the US government heard that Qian Xuesen was preparing to return to China, it felt like he was imprisoned and prevented him from returning to his motherland. In 1950, when Qian Xuesen was preparing to return to the port, he was suddenly stopped by American officials and put him in jail on the grounds that he was a Communist.
From then on, Qian Xuesen began to be persecuted by the US government. Not only did he lose his freedom, he was also forced to attend one hearing after another. After being exhausted, Qian Xuesen lost 30 pounds suddenly.
But the US government did not restrain itself because of this. The US Deputy Secretary of the Navy at that time made a harsh statement, saying that Qian Xuesen mastered the secrets of US missile engineering. One Qian Xuesen could match 5 divisions, so he could not be allowed to return to China even if he was shot.
. In the face of the threat from the US government, Qian Xuesen did not show any weakness. He said strongly: "I am loyal to the Chinese people!" After that, Qian Xuesen suffered many inhuman treatment until he was released on bail. After being released from prison, Qian Xuesen, who was 39 years old at the time, also began a five-year career under house arrest.
It was not until 1954 that Qian Xuesen escaped from US government personnel and wrote a letter of help, and sent it back to his motherland. In the letter, he deeply expressed his feelings of "returning home is like a sword". After the
letter was sent back to China, the Party Central Committee attached great importance to it and immediately started many negotiations with the US side. In order to get Qian Xuesen and other scientists studying in the US to return to China as soon as possible, the country was still making concessions on the issue of releasing US prisoners of war. Finally, with the efforts of our country, Qian Xuesen was finally able to return to China in 1955.
After so many hardships, Qian Xuesen finally returned to his motherland. After Qian Xuesen returned to China, General Chen Geng asked him: "Is it okay for Chinese people to build missile by themselves?"
Qian Xuesen answered without hesitation: "Why can't it? Foreigners can do it, can't Chinese people do it? Can't Chinese people be shorter than them?"
At this time, Qian Xuesen did not expect that the country would hand over the mission of developing missiles and rockets to him. In 1956, Qian Xuesen suddenly learned that Chairman Mao was going to see him, and he was both happy and nervous. Soon, accompanied by Premier Zhou, Qian Xuesen came to Juxiang Bookstore .
As soon as he saw Qian Xuesen, Chairman Mao walked forward with a smile, holding Qian Xuesen's hand that was somewhat restrained and nervous, "I've been looking forward to you for a long time! I heard that Americans regard you as 5 divisions!" As he said that, Chairman Mao smiled and stretched out five fingers, "Look, you are much more powerful than 5 divisions!"
Under the Chairman's humorous words, Qian Xuesen slowly relaxed. Seeing this, Chairman Mao said urgently: "Comrade Xuesen, this time I came to you to ask you to take the lead in organizing various disciplines and departments to work hard to build missiles. Do you have this confidence?"
After hearing the Chairman's words, Qian Xuesen instantly remembered General Chen Geng's previous question. He was suddenly a little nervous. Can he take on such a heavy burden? So, Qian Xuesen said: "Chairman, I'm afraid I can't do such an important task!"
Chairman Mao patted Qian Xuesen on the shoulder and encouraged: "You are the founder of engineering cybernetics , and are you still afraid of not doing it well? There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb."
Under the infection of Chairman Mao, Qian Xuesen strengthened his confidence and took on the important task. Qian Xuesen did not disappoint the party's expectations and led everyone to overcome difficulties to create atomic bomb , hydrogen bomb , artificial satellite ... He also had these "tags": " two bombs and one satellite ", "father of China's aerospace", "father of Chinese missiles ", "father of China's automation control", "king of rocket "...
Looking at the development of the country, Qian Xuesen was indescribable and happy, and the central government did not forget his contribution to the country. In 1991, the Party Central Committee held a grand ceremony in Great Hall of the People .
At the ceremony this year, the honorary title of "National Outstanding Contribution Scientist" was awarded to Qian Xuesen, and the Central Committee also awarded him the "First-Class Hero Model Medal".
After Qian Xuesen took over the medal, warm applause suddenly erupted at the scene. But Mr. Qian was very calm and said something unexpected to everyone: "I'm not very excited today."
Everyone present was shocked and puzzled. Why aren't they very excited to achieve such an achievement? It was not until Mr. Qian explained that everyone understood and burst into greater and warmer applause.
It turns out that Mr Qian has had the three most excited times. Compared with the three most excited times, this time he was naturally "not very excited". At that time, Mr. Qian said that his first excitement was that he was allowed to return to China in 1955. When he returned to China, his teacher also said that his achievements had surpassed the teachers themselves.
In Qian Lao's heart, this is to be aided by the Chinese people, and he will be able to return to China to build his motherland soon, so he is naturally extremely excited. The second time he was excited was on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when he became a member of the Communist Party. At that time, Mr. Qian was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
The third time I was excited was just before I received the honor medal in 1991. Mr. Qian read the preface written by Comrade Wang Renzhong for "The Biography of Shi Lai". In this preface, Wang Renjue wrote that the central government decided to use Lei Feng, Wang Jinxi, Jiao Yulu, Shi Laihe and Qian Xuesen as outstanding representatives of Communist Party members.
Qian Lao was so excited when he saw the central government putting him alongside Lei Feng and others. He was Qian Xuesen, now he is a part of the working people, and he is connected with the most advanced elements of the working people!
These words fully and fully prove that Qian Xuesen is a great proletarian revolutionary. So after he received the Medal of Honor, he was not very excited, but was excited that he could return to China, become a party member, and stand with the working people. This simple sentiment is also the key to his better service to the country and the people!
