Chapter 50: The Great Scientists
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Hu Weidong picked out 24 relatively new trainer planes, 6 fighters, and 6 bombers from the various types of planes parked at Jianqiao Airport, and asked the captured pilots to drive them to the field airfield that had just been built. As for them to escape by plane, it is equally impossible, and each plane must also bring another special combat member, on the one hand, to give the special combat personnel a chance to understand the piloting of the plane, and on the other hand, to monitor those pilots, if they dare to play any tricks, even if the two die together, they will never be allowed to succeed. It is said that Hu Weidong was once ready to personally drive the plane to lead the way, but the Red 15th Army tried to persuade on the grounds of danger, and there were more important people than these pilots in Hangzhou at this time, Hu Weidong had to give up this idea, but he still flew around the airport on a fighter plane to prove that he really knew how to fly a plane, and his somewhat willful behavior at first glance inadvertently made those captured pilots deeply admired, and they became much closer psychologically, and it was from this that many of them began to have the idea of joining the Red Army
Whether in later generations, or in the Republic of China period, Hangzhou's cultural and educational undertakings are relatively developed, among which three colleges and universities - Zhejiang University, Zhijiang University and National Hangzhou Art College are famous schools in the Republic of China, among which Zhejiang University has not yet reached the peak state when Zhu Kezhen served as the president, but it has been worthy of the four words "full of talents", and Hu Weidong cares most about the senior talents in science and engineering, there are a lot, including Li Shouheng, director of the chemical engineering department, Wu Jianxiong, assistant professor of the Department of Physics, Bei Shizhang, associate professor of the Department of Biology, Wang Guosong, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Shu Xingbei, associate professor of the Department of Physics, Chen Jiangong, head of the Department of Mathematics, Su Buqing, professor, and Huang Yi, professor of psychology, are all famous figures in the history of Chinese science and even the history of Shijie science. Among them, Wu Jianxiong and several others were supposed to leave Zhejiang University at the end of this semester, but they were forced to stay in the university because of the raid on Hangzhou by the Red 15th Army, and Hu Weidong couldn't help but feel very happy about this.
With regard to these talents, Hu Weidong still adhered to his consistent practice, sparing not a single one of the science and engineering majors, and even did not hesitate to take some coercive measures. However, most of those famous scholars have a strong sense of self-esteem, and if they also use simple and crude methods, they will die if they don't do it well, so Hu Weidong still tirelessly went to the door to do persuasion work one by one. Since Hu Weidong himself is an expert in science and technology, he has a good grasp of the psychology of his peers, and basically a little scientific theory or concept beyond the times can convince him, and then provide a tempting topic, basically he can pull those big bulls onto the thief ship. Of course, Hu Weidong gave them no less than their previous salaries and promised that once the Red 15 th Army could not ensure the safety of these experts, they would let them leave on their own, which was another important reason for everyone's peace of mind; although the Red 15 th Army would have to increase its monthly expenditure by more than 100,000 yuan, which was greater than the cost of a division, and even higher if the research funds were included, Hu Weidong thought that it was still worth it
However, among these technology giants, the future "Queen of Physics" Wu Chien-shiung is an exception, firstly, because she just graduated from university a year ago, and even if she excelled in her studies during this period, Hu Weidong attached too much importance to her (Note 1), which naturally made Wu Chien-shiung unable to understand, and then suspected that Hu Weidong's motives were not pure; Second, Wu Chien-shiung frantically admired Hu Shi when he was a teenager, and Hu Shi has always been extremely anti-Chiu, so Wu Chien-shiung will not have any good feelings towards the Red Army; The third is that Wu Chien-shiung is not only talented, but also has the color of captivating the country and the city (Wu Chien-shiung's photos when he was young were more beautiful than Song Meiling and other famous beauties of the Republic of China, at least more in line with the aesthetic standards of modern people, not inferior to the "first beauty of the Republic of China" Lin Huiyin, but because of her great scientific achievements, her beauty and demeanor were covered. She had a bad impression of Hu Weidong, and naturally thought that Hu Weidong coveted her. But on the other hand, Hu Weidong's profound attainments in the field of physics (the credit of his former wife who engaged in nuclear physics) deeply admired Wu Chien-shiung, a future genius of physics, and even developed a trace of respect that she herself has always been unwilling to admit....
In addition, what made Hu Weidong a little laughable was that not only Wu Jianxiong misunderstood him, but even Hu Weidong's own subordinates thought that he was interesting to Wu Jianxiong. Well, Hu Weidong admits that Wu Chien-shiung is a beauty like no other in ten thousand, and he is also a peer in the scientific community, although he has great political differences with himself, he still has a lot of common language in other aspects, and it is said that he is also a good match for Hu Weidong, but Hu Weidong saw the photos of Wu Chien-shiung when he was old, and he lost interest when he thought about it, so he really never thought about it in the conscience of heaven and earth. But this kind of thing has never been easy to explain clearly, and the misunderstanding of his subordinates is not all without benefits, at least no guy dares to offend or pester Wu Jianxiong, so Hu Weidong has always held the "clean self-purification, turbid self-turbidity." Anyway, after the truth is revealed in the future, everyone will understand
In addition, among these scientific bulls, although Shu Xingbei, the later "father of China's radar", was eventually coerced away by the Red 15th Army, his attitude has always been very unfriendly, because he is an extreme anarchist and extremely disgusted with politics, so he is disgusted by both the Kuomintang and the Red Party, and this person also spreads his anarchist views in class at every turn, and does not even allow his disciples to care about politics, as for joining the party, he cannot tolerate it. Hu Weidong originally admired him, but soon he couldn't bear it anymore and reprimanded him to his face, "You want absolute freedom on the one hand, but you refuse to give your disciples freedom!" is so domineering and arrogant, no matter how good you teach, what qualifications do you have to teach and educate people? ”
Shu Xingbei's character is actually good, but his personality is stubborn and short-tempered, and he can't help but be touched when he hears the words, but his stinky temper and bad habits can't be changed overnight. In desperation, Hu Weidong had no choice but to let him specialize in scientific research, and as for teaching, he was exempted, although China lacked university teachers, but he was not the only one. This naturally made Shu Xingbei very angry, although he agreed to lead a team to conduct radio research because of his love for the motherland and scientific research, but for Hu Weidong personally, he would not give a good face
In any case, after getting these scientists, Hu Weidong is still sincerely happy, maybe the arsenal will not get much help in the short term, but many important scientific research achievements such as penicillin and radar in his memory are expected to come out ahead of schedule, and this will make immeasurable contributions to the future War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and even the future of China
Note 1: Because Wu Chien-shiung was the most famous in his later life, and was one of the key figures in the American "Manhattan Jihua", Hu Weidong attached the most importance to him, even surpassing those great scientists who are now well-known at home and abroad.