In 1984, He Zizhen, "the first female Red Army in Jinggangshan" and "the first female party member in Jinggangshan", died suddenly in Shanghai. As a revolutionary pioneer of the older generation, her body was cremated in Shanghai and transported by special plane to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing for burial.
The road from the airport to the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was full of people who came to see them off, and the masses all looked sad.
One of the men stood out, crying and calling out to his aunt, and the screams of pain moved the crowd around him.
What is the identity of this man?Why are you crying in the street?
He died on September 9, 1976. The funeral was handled by her daughter Li Min, and when she saw the list of wakes, she wondered why there was no He Lucheng on the list, and with doubts, Li Min asked the staff.
These three words were not unfamiliar to the staff members present, and he was a well-known missile expert at that time.
In the past, He Lucheng's achievements were obvious to all, during his college years, he had excellent grades and was low-key, and after graduation, he was given the opportunity to go to the Soviet Union to continue his graduate studies.
However, due to the drastic changes in Sino-Soviet relations at that time, the plan to stay in the Soviet Union was forced to be suspended, and he was assigned to the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense, which had just been established.
The Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense was led by Marshal *** and gathered the best talents in the country at that time.
They are not only outstanding in scientific research and professional ability, but also firm and clear in their political stance, and are responsible for China's missile research work, which is just beginning.
When he first arrived at the research institute, He Lu Chengcheng showed extraordinary talent, and he single-handedly translated millions of words of missile technology materials.
After that, he and his colleague Wang Taichu experimented day and night, and finally the hard work paid off, and the two proposed an independent missile design plan.
The plan was unanimously supported by experts and scholars, and China's first missile successfully flew into the sky under the blueprint drawn up by the two men.
Due to their outstanding contributions, in 1978, the two won the National Science Conference Award, and the outside world also learned about He Lucheng's name. After great success in the field of missiles, he set his sights on the research and development of artificial earth satellites and intercontinental missiles.
In 1980, He Lucheng became the first scientist in the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Staff System to be rated with a senior title.
It can be seen that He Lucheng's scientific research achievements are obvious to all. However, there were other scholars who made great contributions during the same period, and their names do not appear on the mourning list.
The reason behind why Li Min only mentioned his name starts from the war years.
In August 1948, He Yi was assigned to work in Jiangxi. Looking at this land full of memories, she couldn't help but burst into tears. With great excitement, she knocked on the door of a farmer in Huating Village, Yongxin County.
It was a little boy who answered the door, and He Yi hugged him immediately. He stared blankly at the tearful woman in front of him, overwhelmed.
It wasn't until his grandfather He Tiaoyuan opened his mouth that he learned his true life experience, his biological father was Mao Zetan, his biological mother was He Yi, and his real name was Mao Ancheng.
In 1935, when Mao Zetan led the guerrillas to fight the enemy in Ruijin, Jiangxi, he unfortunately died heroically. His wife He Yi was also in a dangerous situation at this time, being constantly surrounded and intercepted by the enemy, and was forced to shift positions again and again.
Before devoting herself to the revolutionary cause, He Yi had long been ready to shed her blood, and now her husband was killed under the fire of the enemy, which strengthened her determination.
But she also has a child with Mao Zetan by her side, she can't bear to let the unemployed child follow her to live a life of hiding, and after thinking carefully, she gave the child to the wealthy family of He Tiaoyuan in Huating Village, Yongxin County.
The family is well-off and can provide a stable environment for the children to grow up. In this way, Mao Ancheng followed He Tiaoyuan and his wife to live a stable life, and in order not to attract attention, his name was changed to He Lucheng.
Spring goes to autumn, and He Lucheng grows up day by day. He remembered that his grandfather would always receive affectionate letters and daily objects from different places, and this situation continued until he and his mother He Yi met.
The picture on the right is He Lucheng.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and not long after the mother and son were reunited, they suffered a serious car accident on the way to other places.
After rescuing, He Lucheng picked up a life in a car accident, and his mother He Yi died of serious injuries and finally passed away.
This is an unusually heavy blow to He Lucheng, who has just been reunited with his mother, and his aunt He Zizhen is also suffering from the loss of her sister.
Soon after, in order to alleviate his pain, he was taken by He Zizhen to live with him in Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai, He Zizhen waited for him early at the train station, and his aunt's smile was like that of his mother, making him ignore the cold wind and feel as if he was in a warm spring.
He Lucheng entered the Xi of Shanghai High School under He Zizhen's arrangement. Shanghai high schools have strict teaching and high quality teachers, and they are among the first-class high schools in Shanghai.
The third from the left in the back row of the picture is He Lucheng.
Prior to this, He Lucheng had been studying in a remote mountain village in Jiangxi Province and could not speak Mandarin, so he could not keep up with the progress of school for a while. Most of the children of the martyrs in the same group as him also came from areas with backward education, and they chose to drop out of school.
He Lucheng was also a little shaken for a while, he couldn't understand the teacher's Shanghainese in class, and his ranking in the exam was always behind others, which was completely different from his situation when he was studying in Jiangxi. Remembering the bold words he said when he entered the school, he was very disappointed in himself at this time.
His emotions were quickly noticed by the attentive He Zizhen, and his aunt was always by her side to gently encourage him in order to relieve his anxiety, and he quickly cheered up.
Already gifted and intelligent, under the care of his aunt, after only three months, his grades improved significantly. Even in a math exam, a perfect score was obtained.
Since then, he has maintained excellent results, and was admitted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in one fell swoop in the college entrance examination to study Xi electric power.
As an aunt, He Zizhen not only takes care of He Lucheng's Xi, but also cares about his body. He Lucheng's leg bone was shattered in a previous car accident and has not been found because there was no X-ray technology during the diagnosis and treatment in Jiangxi.
The broken bones in his leg have not been attached, and his leg is often painful. After He Zizhen found out, he was very anxious and immediately took him to the hospital, and after diagnosis, the doctor said that he had to do surgery to recover.
He Zizhen did not hesitate at all and went through the admission procedures. After the operation, He Lucheng was put in a plaster cast from his waist to his legs, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only lie in bed all day.
Eating, drinking, and Lazar are all handled by He Zizhen, and He Zizhen loves him like a mother, without complaining or bored at all. He was deeply moved, and secretly decided in his heart that after he became famous, he would never forget his aunt's kindness to him.
During his time at university, he visited his aunt every week. Talking to his aunt about his intimate words and his daily life at school, He Zizhen always listened to him with a smile.
He often remembered the words that He Zizhen taught him:
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1. You can't carry your father's brand, you have to be like an ordinary child. Don't talk about yourself in front of others.
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Second, we should strive to learn Xi scientific knowledge and become people with real ability and real learning. He has kept these two words in mind throughout his life, and he will also practice them day by day in his future study and Xi work.
He did not live up to his aunt's expectations, since he knew his identity, He Lucheng took the initiative to avoid suspicion, determined not to rely on the glory of his father to break into his own fame.
Not only that, He Lucheng has never forgotten the kindness of He Tiaoyuan and his wife to his nurturing, and after giving a martyr's stipend of 25 yuan every month, he will always take out 5 yuan from it and send it back to rural Jiangxi.
When filling in various paper materials, once the column of parents appears, he often writes that his parents are dead, instead of the names of Mao Zetan and He Yi, just to hide his identity.
On the left is He Lucheng.
During the decade from 1966 to 1976, his life was greatly affected. Even in such a difficult environment, he still did not reveal his identity. Instead, he gritted his teeth and devoted himself to writing about scientific research.
In life, he also deliberately avoided contact with ***. Although he also works in Beijing, he has never taken the initiative to meet Li Min's wedding, and wants to invite him to participate, and he is also looking forward to meeting his nephew.
But He Lucheng was in the secret unit of the northwest at this time, and the outside world could not contact him, and in the end he did not appear at Li Min's wedding.
It wasn't until *** passed away that Li Min took the initiative to mention it, and the outside world knew He Lucheng's true identity. Otherwise, according to his character, he would never take the initiative to say it.
After his identity, he still lives a simple life that is obsessed with scientific research as before. His room was only 20 square meters in size, and there was no gas in the house, so he often froze.
Colleagues who learned his identity laughed at him, with such a strong background, he didn't know how to use it and live such a difficult life. If it were him, he would have soared a long time ago.
When he found out, he didn't think so, but he still stood firm in his thoughts. He is proud of himself, and people who don't rely on their parents are the ones who can really be successful.
He very much agreed with Mao Anying's words:
"The reason why New China is different from the old China, the reason why the Communist Party is different from the Kuomintang, and the reason why the children and wives of the ** are different from the children and uncles of Chiang Kai-shek, among other reasons, is that the era of the emperor's relatives and relatives making a fortune and a few people ruling the majority is gone, and the era of relying on one's own labor and talent to eat has come. ”For him, making contributions to the motherland's missile research and development cause incognito is greater and more meaningful than being active in front of the masses.
When he became famous, He Lucheng still did not forget the aunt who used to take care of him day and night, and he often kept in touch with He Zizhen. When he learned that his aunt was sick, he was so anxious that he visited her 301 hospital every two weeks on average.
In 1984, He Zizhen's condition deteriorated and he passed away. After learning the news, He Lucheng was very sad.
Recalling the care and care of his aunt in the past, he was like his own mother. If he is separated forever today, he will never see his dear aunt again, and he will become a child who has lost his mother.
couldn't help but feel sad from it, He Lucheng could no longer hide the sadness in his heart in the send-off procession, he cried loudly and shouted: Auntie.
Losing a loved one, it was a heart-wrenching pain, and He Lucheng experienced such a feeling again and again.
After recovering from his grief, He Lucheng specially wrote a commemorative article "Mourning Aunt He Zizhen" for his aunt, so as to express his gratitude and nostalgia for his aunt.
Although he lost his aunt, his beloved scientific work still exists. He regrouped and continued his missile research mission. Due to his outstanding contributions to scientific research, he was promoted all the way to the regimental and division level with his own efforts.
After a long period of high-intensity work, He Lucheng's body had problems and had to leave the front-line scientific research post and retreat to the second line. He should have enjoyed his retirement, but he still couldn't stay idle and was determined to be busy for the motherland.
He returned to the rural areas of Jiangxi Province where he grew up three times to investigate, and when he saw that the teaching conditions of Yongxin Middle School where he was studying at that time were still backward, He Lucheng specially helped his alma mater set up a scholarship, and did not hesitate to take out 50,000 yuan from his savings to help his fellow villagers get rid of poverty and become rich.
He also donated all his prize money to a school in Yongxin County with difficult conditions, giving back to Yongxin County, which raised him.
He is not only concerned about missile research, but also enthusiastic about the development of China's green economy. He is the vice president of the Beijing Tianzheng Green Alliance Institute of Ecological Technology and the chairman of Shandong Longtengfei Industry and Trade Company, where his main responsibility is to introduce tree species to the Yellow River Delta region to improve land quality.
He is decisive and discerning. There is a clear and unambiguous judgment on the future economic development. He foresaw early that the future era would be the era of green civilization and the era of green economic development. And today's economic development situation also proves that his prediction is absolutely accurate.
While advocating for the development of green economy, he has also written relevant books for reference. Retired, he went from being a missile expert to an expert in the green economy, and he reached the pinnacle in both different areas.
Throughout his life, he regarded himself as an ordinary person. He Lucheng's name has been used, and he has not changed back to Mao Ancheng's original name.
Later, he married a doctor, Tan Xiaohong, and had a son and a daughter. In order to commemorate *** and his father Mao Zetan, their son restored Mao's original surname.
His life experience is worthy of our Xi, as an immediate family member of ***, he has never deliberately publicized his identity.
On the contrary, he hid everywhere, for fear of receiving special preferential treatment because of his identity, and became "China's No. 001" by his unremitting efforts.
His experience is also a profound reminder that the achievements of our fathers are only the achievements of our fathers, and that individuals cannot live solely on the success of their fathers. No matter what family you are born in, only by relying on your own struggle and being down-to-earth can you strive for your own piece of blue sky like He Lucheng!