1964, Zhang Aiping asked for leave at an important meeting. Why was Zhou Enlai stopped to search his pockets?

Unload the military uniform and turn to national defense.

To understand the answer to this matter, we should start with the life of Mr. Zhang Aiping. Zhang Aiping served as Deputy Prime Minister, State Councilor and Minister of National Defense of the State Council. He is not only an excellent party member, but also awarded the rank of general by the Central Committee in 1955.

Zhang Aiping was born in191010.9, Sichuan province, China. When he was a teenager, he had the idea of saving China.

From 65438 to 0929, Zhang Aiping entered Daxian Middle School. During his study, he frequently participated in many revolutionary activities and became the vice chairman of the school student union.

1April, 926, I joined the China Youth League as I wished. During this period, his serious work attitude and pragmatic style have also been recognized by his superiors. Two years later, with the approval of the organization, he officially became party member.

From 65438 to 0929, he engaged in many secret jobs in Shanghai and Sichuan, serving as secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of the county party committee.

During the period from 1930 to 1936, he successively served as secretary-general of the C.O. and director of the Young Pioneers Central Committee, making great contributions to the propaganda work of the China * * * production party. /kloc-in the summer of 0/936, under the arrangement of the organization, he entered the Anti-Japanese Red Army University to study.

After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Aiping led many expeditions to Wuhan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Huaibei, which broke the battle of Japanese and puppet occupation of the liberated areas and recovered a large area of lost land in northern Jiangsu for China.

After the founding of New China, Zhang Aiping led troops to the coastal islands many times to fight against the remnants of the Kuomintang, wiped out a large number of latent agents, and effectively strengthened the coastal defense construction in eastern Zhejiang.

Rich combat experience also gave Comrade Zhang Aiping a unique insight into the cause of national defense. After leaving the battlefield, he devoted himself to national defense construction.

Looking through Zhang Aiping's resume, we can easily find that he has multiple identities. He is a founding general, chief of staff, commander and a general with outstanding achievements. However, Zhang Aiping himself has repeatedly stated in public that he would rather preside over the national defense science and technology work with scientists than lead troops to fight.

For modern society, many wars are technical wars.

At that time, due to backward technology, China was at a disadvantage many times in the war.

After the founding of New China, China still faces many threats of war and technology. The United States, which possesses nuclear weapons, has repeatedly threatened China with nuclear weapons.

At that time, Zhang Aiping realized an extremely realistic problem, that is, if our country does not solve the problem of weapons technology quickly, we will be subject to people forever in the future.

In this regard, with the strong support of Chairman Mao, China researchers began to study the atomic bomb.

Unite to overcome the nuclear crisis

Once the news that China wants to study nuclear weapons was released, it was ridiculed by all countries. The United States, Britain and other countries with atomic bombs all think that it is crazy to study the atomic bomb in the case of China, but Chairman Mao and the leaders of the central ministries have not stopped moving forward.

At that time, Sino-Soviet relations were relatively friendly. After hearing the news that China was going to study the atomic bomb, the Soviet Union immediately expressed its support to us.

They not only sent a large number of experts to China to help us overcome technical difficulties, but also provided us with many drawings.

Because the Soviet Union had successful experience in studying atomic bombs before, with their assistance, China's research road also went smoothly.

In order to cultivate our own talents, many scientists, led by Qian Sanqiang, went to Moscow for many times to learn advanced knowledge.

However, due to the Soviet Union's attempt to control China militarily, the relations between the two countries gradually deteriorated.

1960, the Soviet union withdrew all the experts sent to China before. Before leaving, the scientists also challenged the people of China, "Without the help of the Soviet Union, China would certainly not have built an atomic bomb."

Facing the provocation of the Soviet Union, scientists in China were extremely angry. Chairman Mao immediately stood up and told everyone that China's atomic bomb research will not end there, and the central government will definitely give them the greatest support.

At this point, Zhang Aiping also stood up and assured everyone that "although the Soviet experts have withdrawn, our research experiments will continue, and we have studied the achievements for so many years. Can not give up easily. " Their words have also been recognized by everyone. With the joint efforts of everyone, China's first surface-to-surface missile was successfully launched on June 5, 1960+065438+.

196 1 year, the central government issued the document "Several Issues on Strengthening Atomic Energy Construction", which once again emphasized the importance of breaking through nuclear technical barriers. Looking at this document, Zhang Aiping lost in thought. At that time, China had just been established for a few years, and China's economy was in a difficult period of three years.

In the case that China's production has not been fully restored, natural disasters have also occurred frequently, and the current situation is more difficult.

Does the country have enough energy to engage in nuclear weapons? Will there be a shortage of materials in the process of studying nuclear weapons? These problems are like a boulder, weighing on Zhang Aiping's mind.

Facts have proved that Zhang Aiping's worry is not unreasonable. Soon after, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a special meeting to discuss whether to continue studying the atomic bomb or suspend the research of this cause.

At this meeting, Zhang Aiping clearly expressed his attitude. He said that the nuclear weapons research project could not be stopped for a moment. Even if we tighten our belts, we will carry this cause to the end.

However, some people who disagreed at the meeting said that it was already very difficult for China to study the atomic bomb, and now the Soviet Union has withdrawn its capital. In the case of national economic depression, China should focus on economic development first, and it is not too late to come back to engage in nuclear weapons when we have the ability.

General Nie Rongzhen listened silently to the dispute between the two sides, lost in thought. After a while, he said, "What everyone said is reasonable. Well, let Comrade Zhang Aiping investigate first. If the result is optimistic, we will continue to develop. If the success rate is too low, then we will put it on hold for a while. "

In this way, Zhang Aiping with the central task, began to rush about.

19611kloc-0/On October 9th, Zhang Aiping officially launched an atomic bomb investigation. Due to the wide range of nuclear weapons, Zhang Aiping still doesn't know much about many issues.

Every time he goes to a department, he will ask him carefully, what are the necessary conditions for research? Is there any problem to be solved?

After the investigation, Zhang Aiping wrote a detailed report and handed it to the Central Committee.

According to the survey results, all departments have achieved good results in the previous research process. If we can continue to study while the iron is hot at this time, it is still possible to study the atomic bomb successfully.

Keeping a secret is not a trivial matter.

After receiving Zhang Aiping's report, the central leaders put the research on the atomic bomb on the agenda.

With the support of the Central Committee, Zhang Aiping also quickly entered a state of combat readiness.

In order to successfully complete the research on the atomic bomb, Zhang Aiping has repeatedly found scientists such as Qian Sanqiang to carry out research work with them.

Many things happen. The research on China's atomic bomb was basically completed in 1964, but in the end, everyone's spirit became more nervous.

At the critical moment of preparing for the atomic bomb test, the central government issued a special order, requiring all researchers involved in the research to strictly implement the confidentiality plan and not to carry or disseminate any information about nuclear experiments.

On September 23rd of the same year, at the invitation of the organization, Zhang Aiping came to Sanmen conference room in Beijing to listen to the decision meeting on the date of nuclear test.

At the meeting, he also put forward his own opinions. Before arriving at the scene, Zhang Aiping had specially investigated the recent weather conditions. According to the weather forecast, there were four favorable weather conditions suitable for nuclear test in June+10, 5438. Taking all aspects into consideration, Zhang Aiping thinks that it is most appropriate to set the date on June+10/October 20th, 5438.

After some discussion, everyone decided on the time of the test explosion. Before the end of the meeting, Premier Zhou particularly emphasized the discipline of confidentiality.

Premier Zhou said: "This is a very special period. When you go back, don't write to anyone, let alone make a phone call on your own personal phone. Take myself as an example. My wife, Comrade Deng, and I are both old party member of our country, but when we got along with her, I never told her anything about nuclear weapons. Confidentiality is extremely important, and sometimes an unintentional loss of everyone is likely to cause irreparable consequences. "

In fact, Premier Zhou's consideration is very necessary. At that time, the international environment was extremely tense, and the big countries headed by the United States and the Soviet Union did not want China to succeed in studying the atomic bomb. To this end, they also sent many spies to China in an attempt to hinder our research plan. If the secrets of our party are known by these spies, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although most of these researchers present are old party member, they are loyal and credible, but if they are used by a willing heart, they are likely to leak.

After listening to Premier Zhou, Zhang Aiping also realized the seriousness of this matter.

After the meeting, according to the instructions of Premier Zhou, he urgently called a meeting of leaders of various ministries. After repeated discussions, they all formulated a set of confidentiality rules, stipulating that from now on, everyone should not directly say the atomic bomb and related technical terms, but use pronouns such as "Miss Qiu" and "dressing table".

As time goes by, the date of the test explosion is getting closer and closer.

In order to ensure the safety of the atomic bomb test explosion, Premier Zhou once again called relevant personnel to hold a meeting in the meeting room of Premier Ziguangge.

Then, the Prime Minister and his Luo Long Darrouy and others began to discuss matters related to air defense and safety work.

While the discussion was in full swing, Zhang Aiping suddenly stood up and walked beside Premier Zhou. He asked for leave and said that he would attend a foreign affairs activity arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tonight and might have to leave early.

Premier Zhou pondered for a while and said to the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "This kind of thing won't happen again. Don't arrange foreign affairs activities for Comrade Ai Ping at this time. " Then he turned to Zhang Aiping and nodded in agreement.

With the approval of the Prime Minister, Zhang Aiping was ready to turn away, but at this moment, Premier Zhou suddenly jumped up from the sofa and stopped Zhang Aiping.

Premier Zhou took two steps and asked with concern, "Ai Ping, have you got the documents of the nuclear test?" Zhang Aiping was puzzled by Premier Zhou's words. He quickly shook his head and said he didn't bring it.

However, Premier Zhou pointed his finger at Zhang Aiping's pocket and motioned for him to open the inspection. Premier Zhou said to the people around him: "Today, everyone who leaves the scene will be inspected. This nuclear test is of great importance and no one can leak the news. "

Looking at Premier Zhou's cautious expression, he quickly opened his pocket and examined it carefully. After passing the inspection, he left the scene.

From this incident, it is not difficult to see how meticulous Premier Zhou's mind is. It is precisely because of their strict secrecy that the research on nuclear weapons can proceed so smoothly.

With a loud noise on the afternoon of196410 16, the first atomic bomb made in China was finally tested successfully.

Looking at the huge mushroom cloud at the scene, Zhang Aiping cheered and calmed down. Say that finish, he quickly dialed the telephone of Premier Zhou and reported to him that Miss Qiu was combing her hair on the dresser.

Premier Zhou was overjoyed to learn that the atomic bomb test was successful. The successful development of nuclear weapons not only freed China from the nuclear threat, but also demonstrated China's scientific research strength to the world.