Chapter 143: A Rising China

The Chinese delegation, which had gone to Moscow to participate in the condolence activities, returned to Yanjing. On the morning of the next day, Li Dawei, under the leadership of the premier, went to the Juxiang Book House in Zhongnanhai to report to the supreme leader on his visit to Moscow, who made an overall report on the entire trip to Moscow, and then analyzed with the supreme chief the future trend of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death and the international situation and trend after Stalin's death. Although they learned from Deng Feng and Li Dawei about the overall development of the Soviet Union and the international situation in later generations, the current situation and the original historical situation have undergone great changes because of the rise of China, and they have deviated from the original trajectory. These immortals, who are now the base, are not unable to predict what China will be like in the future and what the whole world will be like.

Next, Li Dawei made a special report on the issue of Outer Mongolia. He also expressed his views on the territorial issue of Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union separating China: "As for the Outer Mongolia issue, I believe that it must be withdrawn, because it involves the territorial integrity and dignity of our country. It is also very important in terms of its strategic position in Outer Mongolia, and it is bound to win. It can be used as the next step for us to recover the 1.44 million square kilometers of territory occupied by the Soviet Union, especially the 1 million square kilometers of territory on the Eastern Front, and to attack the Soviet Union's forward base. This makes it impossible for the Soviet Union to effectively support the troops in the occupied territory of more than 1 million kilometers east of the Ussuri River and west of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and on Kuye Island, which is of decisive significance to our Eastern Front and can be used as the main battlefield for defending the Soviet Union's attack on our country.

"Heh, heh," after listening to Li Dawei's report, the supreme chief said to Li Dawei with a smile: "You, a well-mannered diplomat, are also a warmonger, and you are very right!" Then the supreme chief sank his face and said: "We have never recognized the unequal treaties imposed on us by those imperialist powers in history, and the Outer Mongolia issue is essentially a Soviet problem, and the Soviet Union has occupied too much of our territory, and we must take it all back." The supreme chief hissed, took a hard puff of his cigarette, then dusted off the ashes on the ashtray and said, "But the meal must always be eaten one by one, and the problems must always be solved one by one." I can't solve it, and there is the next generation, so in short, it needs to be solved. ”

"Nope! No! No! Li Dawei waved his hand and said eagerly: "Chairman, you old man must not leave this problem to the next generation to solve, if you don't solve it, it will be tantamount to losing the 144 square kilometers of land forever." To tell you the truth, at the end of 1999, when Russia was at its weakest, China and Russia signed a border "protocol" with a political axe. The absence of any mention of all the unequal treaties that Russia forced China to sign in the past is tantamount to the use of this new treaty to give legal recognition and determination to all the 1.44 million square kilometers of Chinese territory that Russia had cedered and occupied in the past. The Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship signed in July 2001, which recognized the 1999 border treaty. These two treaties legally recognized all the unequal treaties imposed by Russia on China in the past, leaving Russia with no basis for legal negotiations on the 1.44 million square kilometers of Chinese territory that Russia had ceased and occupied. Since these two treaties caused China to lose its sovereignty over these territories forever, any subsequent generation of Chinese lost the basis for negotiating these lands to Russia. Therefore, it is better to solve the problem while you proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation are alive. ”

Zhou Enlai made eye contact with the supreme chief, and said: "Maybe there were difficulties at that time, and the territorial issue is related to the core interests of the country, and we must be cautious." ”

"Deng Feng and I have talked about the territorial issue many times, and he talked to me again about the territorial issue with India in October last year. I told him that it is a matter of territorial sovereignty, and we will never make concessions, and we have reasons to fight. But now we must refrain from doing so, and some problems can be put aside for a while, and we can't rush to fight. Why? First, we are not strong enough to attack from all sides. In the three years and five months since the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have fought two major battles, and we have basically created a relatively stable and peaceful environment, and we must make full use of this hard-won peaceful environment, digest the achievements we have made, and develop ourselves rapidly. Let's do a good job of domestic affairs first. Those territories can't run away there, and when we are ready and have enough strength, the problem will be solved. As long as we can continue to develop at this momentum," the supreme chief said with great confidence: "I don't think it will take 10 years to solve any problem." Second, we should win the sympathy and support of the majority of countries in the international community, especially the centrists; In the world, we should not give people the impression of being reckless, as this will be detrimental to our development. ”

The supreme leader then made general arrangements for resolving the problems of Outer Mongolia, India, and China's territories occupied by the Soviet Union, and once again stressed: "At present, the central task of the whole party and the whole country is to vigorously develop the economy and boost the national economy. We also have to do a little bit of the atomic bomb, and we have to put a cannon to listen to them, so that they don't wield a nuclear stick at us. And the artificial satellite you are talking about has also been developed. Deng Feng said that the Soviets came up in October '57. I think we're going to put a few of them in '56 and see what they do every day. The supreme leader turned his head to the prime minister and said: "Enlai, we must pay close attention to the production of conventional weapons, complete the training of changing equipment and adapting new equipment as soon as possible, and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible." In this way, we have the capital to talk to people. ”

At the end of the conversation, Li Dawei proposed: "Chairman, premier, the map we publish must mark the 1.44 million square kilometers of land that was seized by the Soviet Union with dotted lines in accordance with international practice, and list these lands as undetermined and disputed areas. It is necessary. This makes it clear to the people of the world, and to the people of the whole country, that we have not waived our right to claim those lands. ”

The base came to this era, in order to meet the challenges faced by China in the future, they knew that science and technology are the key, "large industry to integrate huge natural forces and natural science into the production process, will inevitably greatly improve labor productivity" in the prime minister came to inspect the base, in the discussion of the first five-year plan, the base party committee submitted to the prime minister a "dragon project plan" to determine seven high-tech fields that have a significant impact on China's future development, and set the corresponding goals: 1 In agricultural technology, to develop and popularize high yield, high quality, new varieties of animals and plants resistant to stress; 2. In order to improve the health of the people of the country, we will produce vaccines and antibiotic drugs. 3. In terms of space technology, research and development of advanced artificial satellites, large and carrier rockets, and space-to-earth transportation systems; Study of manned space stations and their applications. 4. In terms of information technology, vigorously develop the computer industry and meet the needs of intelligent computer systems in multiple fields; Research on optoelectronic devices and integrated technologies for optical communication and optical computing. 5. In the field of laser technology, research high-energy, high-quality laser technology, in order to drive the development of plasma, new materials, laser spectroscopy and other technical sciences, and expand the application of laser in production. 6 in the field of nuclear technology. We will develop nuclear technology for national defense and civil use, carry out research on advanced nuclear reactions that can greatly improve the utilization rate of nuclear fuel, and build engineering reactors. 7. In the field of new materials, it provides key materials for various related fields of the national high-tech plan, new optoelectronic information materials for the next step of information technology, high-temperature-resistant, wash-resistant, high-toughness composite materials for power plants, corrosion-resistant, light-weight structural materials and some functional materials for aerospace technology.

In order to complete the "Longteng Project Plan" and put forward the talent strategy, China is a big talent country, because the talent base is very large, and at the same time it is a small talent country, because the proportion of professionals in the number of employees is too small. In particular, there is a serious shortage of key talents related to national economic and social development, such as senior professional and technical personnel, high-tech talents, and high-level management personnel.

In order to catch up with and surpass the United States, it is necessary to take the implementation of the talent strategy as the first strategy for China's development, intensify the development of human resources, establish and improve the scientific mechanism for the training, development, and use of talent, and then list the list of Qian Xuesen, Hua Luogeng, Qian Weichang, Qian Sanqiang, and Deng Jiaxian as famous scientists and academic leaders in later generations.

On June 20, 1951, the Central Committee and the Government Council formally approved the plan. "Longteng Project Project"

The first to come to the base was only 26-year-old Deng Jiaxian, known as "Dr. Doll", who received a doctorate in physics in 1950. On the ninth day after he received his doctorate in the United States, he refused to be retained by his mentor and friends at the same university, boarded the ship to return to China, and resolutely decided to return to China. Deng Jiaxian worked as an assistant researcher at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, engaged in nuclear theory research. On July 1, 1951, he suddenly received that he was picked up by several soldiers and taken directly to the base by special plane. At the base Deng Feng, Liu Jun and Director Li of the 205 warehouse received him very warmly, and then pulled him into the grand underground warehouse, and entered the nuclear bomb storage warehouse codenamed 205 through countless procedures. He looked at this sci-fi environment with a look of amazement, and Director Li, who was in his 50s, pointed to the hydrogen bombs and neutron bombs and said to him: "Seniors, take a look, these "treasures" are all your children. We're just the ones who take care of them, isn't it amazing that you've seen them in advance now? "Yes, it's amazing indeed, and who can be excited to see their future. With a head of knowledge about the atomic nucleus, he concentrated on the 205 library. and the "custodians" of Library 205 studied his own work. Although the "custodians" of the 205 library are older than the 27-year-old father of China's atom, they have great respect for him. As we all know, he died of cancer in 1986 due to long-term radiation injury, so he was reminded to pay attention to radiation protection, and there is a complete set of radiation protection measures and systems for the work here, which will definitely allow him to avoid the suffering of cancer that he suffered later. Deng Jiaxian is like a fish in water here. In addition, the base specially approved him to use a large-scale computer to carry out his research on the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb, carried out basic theoretical research on detonation physics, fluid mechanics, equation of state, neutron transport, etc., and carried out a large number of simulations and calculations and analysis of the physical process of the atomic bomb.

He was at the base 205 depot and took the first steps in China's development of nuclear weapons. Under the guidance of the "custodians" of the 205 library, the theoretical scheme of the atomic bomb was completed, and the detonation simulation test of the nuclear test was completed on the computer at the end of 53. At this point, China has fully possessed the ability to build its own nuclear weapons at any time in terms of theory and manufacturing process, and it is still a miniaturized nuclear weapon.

In April 1952, Qian Xuesen, who was claimed by the vice minister of the US Navy: No matter where he goes, he is worth the strength of five divisions, finally returned to the motherland. He came to the base in May 1952 and was also received by the base. He was shocked by everything that had happened at the base, and he expressed great interest in the paranormal phenomenon of "crossing over". When he discussed the professional knowledge of aerodynamics and solid mechanics with the masters and doctors of the China Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which was formed by the base, he found that the professional knowledge of these base researchers, who had great respect for himself and respected himself as his predecessors, was so profound and novel that many insurmountable problems in this era could be solved in a few minutes on a computer in a "piece of cake". Many advanced theories are just common sense here. He saw it, and when he saw the development plan for China's rocket and missile technology drawn up by the China Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the base, he was very shocked. After visiting the base and learning about the various types of missiles, he felt that China's take-off was imminent. China's development will span the entire era at the speed of a rocket.

He decided to merge the China Rocket-Missile Research Institute, which he led, with the China Aerospace Research Institute at the base, and to make use of the advanced technology and information and talent advantages of the times here to jointly form the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense.

From 1952 to 1953, he personally presided over and participated in the research and development and imitation of turbine engines for ballistic missiles, high-mobility missiles, including ground-to-air and air-to-air missiles, and turbine engines for long-range cruise missiles. In 1954, he also participated in the development of China's first reconnaissance and communications satellite. Then he immediately organized and began research on the application of ramjet engines to missiles. China's long-range strike capabilities cover the whole world, and it has gone from a dream to a reality.

(To be continued)