As the only country in the world that keeps the hydrogen bomb, China's strength and national strength should not be underestimated. You know, the maintenance of hydrogen bombs is very expensive, and it is impossible to keep them without certain capital. China has a storage capacity of up to 30 hydrogen bombs, and one person has contributed to this. That is our country's "two bombs and one satellite" founding father-Professor Yu Min.
Anonymous for 30 years
Professor Yu Min is a national treasure scientist in China. For the great rejuvenation of the motherland, he led the team in the desert and remained anonymous for 30 years. He is China's "father of hydrogen bombs" and has made indelible contributions to the theoretical research and development of hydrogen bombs in China.
Yu Min has been smart since childhood and loves to study hard. After being admitted to Peking University, he resolutely chose the physics he was interested in. With excellent grades and careful work, he naturally became the teacher's assistant. By the time he graduated, he was already an assistant researcher at China Academy of Sciences.
At that time, China was still blank in nuclear weapons. China does not have nuclear weapons, which makes the international situation become a situation in which the United States and the Soviet Union compete for hegemony. Aware of the importance of nuclear weapons, the state sent a group of people to start theoretical research and manufacture of nuclear weapons. At this time, Yu Min's team is responsible for theoretical research. You know, theory is the premise of practice and its importance can be imagined.
With the outbreak of the first atomic bomb, Yu Min was asked if he was willing to lead the research on the hydrogen bomb. Presiding over the research on hydrogen bombs means giving up his already small-scale nuclear theoretical research and starting over. He will go into the desert, remain anonymous, and even risk his life. The country tried its best to erase his existence, and no one knew where he had gone. Professor Yu Min did not hesitate. He knows that this is the trust of the country and what he should do as a scientific researcher.
It's hard to give up after studying for nearly ten years, but Professor Yu Min chose to contribute to the country at the expense of his personal interests. Under the situation of hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, those of us who have atomic bombs have a certain right to speak internationally. However, compared with the United States and the Soviet Union, the research on hydrogen bombs in China is still blank. It coincides with the deterioration of relations between the two countries, and the study of hydrogen bombs is imminent.
Unexpectedly, he completed a lot of data calculation with only one computer in the country. We have seen the photo of the first computer. That's a monster. Modern computers sometimes get stuck and crash, not to mention the first generation.
As we do now, they must always save data. Because once the machine breaks down, several days' efforts will go up in smoke. If there is no automatic saving function today, they will operate it manually. If the computer can't calculate, then do it by hand, with handfuls of measuring rulers, tired pencil tips and many sheets of calculation paper. Let's work together for the rise of new China.
The road to the rise of great powers
Finally, Yu Min of 1964 called Deng Jiaxian. On the phone, he told Deng Jiaxian that they had caught the squirrel and were going to dissect it or something. Ordinary people may be confused, but Deng Jiaxian understood that Yu Min and his research on hydrogen bombs had made a breakthrough.
Deng Jiaxian flew to the research site after ecstasy, and Yu Min made the final preparation for the experiment. Two years later, the first hydrogen bomb independently researched by China exploded successfully, causing a sensation. The United States and the Soviet Union were surprised to find that China's hydrogen bomb took less than three years from scratch, which was an incredible miracle! In the early days of the People's Republic of China, Shenzhen, a special economic zone, rose overnight, which was called China Speed. The same is true of the study of hydrogen bombs. Our time is even less than half that of America. We also successfully deterred the United States and the Soviet Union with our heavy weapons.
The seemingly simple and rapid research on hydrogen bombs is behind the calculation and research of Professor Yu Min and other researchers for nearly 30 years.
A pioneer who devoted his life to death.
Because of the pollution and danger of nuclear weapons, research can only be carried out in uninhabited places. They chose the Gobi desert in the northwest. In a deserted place, the conditions are doomed to be bad, coupled with severe altitude sickness, food, shelter and rest are all problems.
Professor Yu Min's long-term irregular eating habits and sleep made him break down from constant overwork. He began to go into continuous shock, which frightened the researchers around him. Professor Yu Min was inseparable from others because of his dangerous illness, so he made an exception and let his wife take care of him.
It is said that Professor Yu Min once went into shock in the middle of the night. If his wife hadn't been with him, our country would have lost this domestic scientist forever. Yes, Professor Yu Min has never been abroad in his life. At that time, many famous physicists in China had the experience of studying in the United States and the Soviet Union. Yu Min, on the other hand, is a great talent in Chinese physics research.
This does not mean that experts studying abroad are unpatriotic. Studying abroad can broaden your horizons and learn a lot of new knowledge, which is the best way of scientific communication. Scientific research needs communication, and the collision of ideas will generate an incredible spark in generate. Yu Min encouraged his students to go abroad for a long time and told them with a smile that they should remember to come back and serve the motherland.
A year ago, Professor Yu Min left us forever. After his death, we walked into his home. Professor Yu Min and his wife live in a small house, which is not shabby, but simple enough. It is still a hard bed and simple printed sheets decades ago, which makes people feel that this should not be the home of this old man who has devoted himself to the country.
We know Deng Jiaxian and Qian Xuesen, the founders of "two bombs and one satellite" in our country, but few people know Yu Min. For the sake of national construction, he remained anonymous in the Gobi Desert for nearly 30 years. In these 30 years, his paper can't be published by signature. He can't write a book here, but he studies hard in the desert silently. People who can stand loneliness are great, and people who do things silently without seeking fame and fortune are worthy of respect.
Today, our society is stable and our life is happy. And this peaceful and warm sunshine is exactly where the sunshine can't reach, and researchers work day and night. We should not forget pioneers and great men like Professor Yu Min, but should cherish today's hard-won happy life.