When it comes to Qian Xuesen, almost everyone has heard of his contribution to New China, which laid the foundation for the mainland's aerospace industry.
When Qian Xuesen returned to China, he also went through a lot of hardships, and I believe that many people also have questions: When the United States did not want Qian Xuesen to return to China, why did they not dare to assassinate him? Let's find out today:
The son of heaven is a delicate child, studying under Carmen
Qian Xuesen was born in a famous family, and his family background is not comparable to ordinary people.
Qian Xuesen, who was admitted to the Department of Aeronautics of the California Institute of Technology to study for a doctorate, his supervisor was the world-famous scientist Feng · Carmen, and with his own efforts and talent, he soon became Feng · Carmen's most proud student. And who is von · Kármán? He is a champion of United States aviation
But the most remarkable thing about von · is not how good he is, but that he has cultivated batch after batch of top talents. Among them, he is most proud of three disciples from China: Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang and Guo Yonghuai
At that time, in the top circle of European United States, there were already too many students in Carmen to count. If Qian Xuesen was really moved, then judging from Carmen's appeal and influence at that time, it would be equivalent to poking the nest of scientific research.
Qian Xuesen is United States is a learning valve
During his time in United States, Qian Xuesen's presence was important to United States, he was a member of the death team, one of the founders of NASA, one of the five founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and director of Caltech's most advanced rocket engine research center.
He and his mentor Von · Carmen once interrogated the Nazi Germany rocket experts Weiner · von ·Braun, which is equivalent to the second and third generations of rockets in the field of joint interrogation of the first generation.
Doing academic research, especially this kind of high-tech research, although it is done by a team, it is highly dependent on the wisdom of one or two people, and Qian Xuesen happens to be the one who decides the project research. Therefore, after Qian Xuesen's research work was banned, the space industry of United States also stagnated.
At that time, on the one hand, the United States was still afraid of the Soviet Union and hoped to break through in this area, on the other hand, the United States was a country of immigrants, and many scientists and scientific research workers were not native to the United States. So once violence or force is used against Qian Xuesen, it is estimated that other scientists will also find a way back as soon as possible. Therefore United States can only keep Qian Xuesen in United States.
United States torture and house arrest of Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen was so good that even Danny · Kimble, then Undersecretary of the United States Navy, said: "No matter where you are, Qian Xuesen is worth five divisions." And this is not an exaggeration.
So in the face of such an excellent Qian Xuesen, how could United States let him leave so easily?
This kind of inhuman torture made Qian Xuesen lose more than 20 pounds in just over 10 days, but Qian Xuesen never gave in and resolutely asked to return to the embrace of the motherland.
At the same time that Qian Xuesen was arrested by the FBI, many scientists at the California Institute of Technology began to speak out for Qian Xuesen, and even jointly wrote to the United States Congress to protest against the FBI's atrocities.
In the end, the United States, under the pressure of public opinion, had to allow Qian Xuesen to return home on bail on September 22, 1950, after Qian Xuesen's mentor von · Kármán raised and handed over a bail of $15,000.
After returning home, Qian Xuesen stopped aerospace-related work, and everything was carried out under surveillance. However, Qian Xuesen, who is determined to contribute his strength to the motherland, has not given up studying and researching in the past five years.
Skillfully connect with the motherland and seize the opportunity to return home
In 1955, when Qian Xuesen read the newspaper, he found a familiar face - Chen Shutong, so he and his wife Jiang Ying used ingenuity to send the letter out to the country for help
After tossing and turning like this, the letter finally reached the hands of Premier Zhou Enlai, and after reading Qian Xuesen's letter, Premier Zhou immediately said that he would go all out to rescue Qian Xuesen
Even on the way back to China, Jiang Ying said to his son Qian Yonggang: "Son, if there is a bullet coming at you in a while, you must stop it, you can't let the bullet hit your father, his life is more important than the lives of our mothers!" ”
With the joint efforts of everyone, Qian Xuesen was able to return to China, and only then did we have the rapid development of our motherland's aerospace industry.
Write at the end
It was not easy for Qian Xuesen to return to the embrace of the motherland from United States, of course, in addition to the above, there was also a point that the United States at that time regarded the Soviet Union as their biggest enemy and underestimated China.
If the United States leaders at that time knew that China would replace the Soviet Union as United States' largest and only all-round competitor in a few decades, and China's aerospace industry under the leadership of Qian Xuesen to achieve today's achievements, it is estimated that no matter what the reason, he would have been killed directly, but the problem is that history is not crossing, there is no if.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to people like Qian Xuesen who have made significant contributions to the cause of China. If you have any opinions, please feel free to leave a message in the comment area to discuss