He Lucheng, one of China's first self-trained experts in the field of missiles, participated in the research and development of China's first missile, "Dongfeng No. 1," broke through a problem that even the Americans could not overcome, and won a number of domestic science and technology awards.
In addition, he was also the first person in the General Staff System of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to be rated as a senior title, and the number "001" was prominently printed on the first page of his certificate, which represented his leading position in his major.
However, it is such a special person, but few people know that he is the nephew and nephew of ***, and it was not until many years after ***'s death that He Lucheng said to his children:"Change your surname back, our family was originally surnamed Mao, the Mao of **. ”
So, since He Lucheng has such a prominent identity, why has he never mentioned it to anyone? After being called He Lucheng for a lifetime, why did he have to let his children change back to Mao's surname?
He Lucheng, formerly known as Mao Ancheng, his father is ***'s younger brother Mao Zetan, and his mother is He Yi, the younger sister of He Zizhen (**'s second wife), so in terms of blood relationship, he is both ***'s nephew and ***'s nephew.
On February 1, 1935, He Lucheng was born in the mountainous area of southern Jiangxi, Jiangxi Province, when the Communist Party of China was in crisis, affected by the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression", the Red Army was forced to launch the Long March. However, Mao Zetan, the younger brother of ***, took the initiative to ask to stay in the Soviet area to help the main force of the Red Army break through and gain enough time.
In April of the same year, the Kuomintang concentrated a large number of troops to continue to clean up, and the independent division of the Red Army led by Mao Zetan was gradually dispersed.
However, Ruijin was not safe at that time, and on the day they arrived here, the Kuomintang army discovered the whereabouts of Mao Zetan and others, and seeing that the enemy had caught up, Mao Zetan immediately ordered the team members to retreat from the back mountain, while he stayed behind and covered everyone's evacuation alone.
After all the team members left, Mao Zetan also tried to break through the enemy's encirclement, but due to the limited strength of one person, Mao Zetan was soon shot several times and finally fell in a pool of blood.
At that time, less than three months before He Lucheng's birth, he lost his father forever, and also lost his most beloved younger brother.
A month later, the organization sent the news to Comrade He Yi, who was working in the Ganzhou area, when she learned that her husband had died, the young woman instantly fainted and fell to the ground, she recalled the last time she saw her husband, and at that time he promised to come back to see the newborn child, but who would have thought that this would be the farewell between their husband and wife.
In addition to Comrade He Yi, Mao **, who was far away on the road of the Long March, also learned the news of his brother's sacrifice from the captured enemy radio, and he held back his tears to find the eldest brother *** After hearing about this, he was silent for a long time, and the two brothers were sad and painful, and the other was paralyzed on the ground as if he had lost his soul.
Afterwards, Comrade He Yi relieved herself first, and with the inheritance of her husband's revolutionary will, she resumed her daily work, but a new problem was also placed in front of her. At that time, He Yi held the post of secretary of the Ganzhou County Party Committee, and Ganzhou was under the rule of the Kuomintang, so He Yi belonged to an underground worker.
After the sacrifice of her husband, her son He Lucheng (Mao Ancheng) is basically the only motivation for He Yi to survive, but her side is not safe, and she doesn't know when she will be exposed, so in order to protect the child's life, He Yi had to send the child under the age of one year out in pain.
Fortunately, after several turnovers, an enlightened squire named He Tiaoyuan agreed***, and He Yi also took advantage of the situation to change his son's name from "Mao Ancheng" to "He Lucheng". He is the He Yi of He, and Lu is the foot of Yuelu Mountain in Hunan, implying that the child's hometown is in Hunan, and Cheng is a good expectation for the revolutionary cause, hoping that the revolution will eventually succeed.
In He Tiaoyuan's home, He Lucheng spent a stable childhood, and in the deepest part of his heart, he also had a question, that is, where did his parents go, whenever He Lucheng took the initiative to ask "grandpa" He Tiaoyuan, He Tiaoyuan would deliberately change the topic.
Although he didn't know anything about his life experience, He Lucheng was still accompanied by He Tiaoyuan and his wife, and gradually grew up step by step, He Tiaoyuan gave He Lucheng enough love, and sent him to the county school to study, laying a solid foundation for He Lucheng's future scientific research career.
Facts have proved that He Yi's decision to send her son away was correct, because in the later period, she traveled back and forth to Nanchang, Ji'an, Guangzhou, Shaoguan and other areas ruled by the Kuomintang for a long time, and even in an accident, in order not to fall into the clutches of the enemy, she directly swallowed a piece of gold and committed suicide.
At that time, it happened to be in the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and ** negotiated with Gu Zhutong, a member of the Kuomintang, and exchanged several ** prisoners of war for the dying Comrade He Yi. Subsequently, the organization specially arranged for He Yi to go to Yan'an, and at the cost of removing part of her stomach, she took out the ring that had tormented her for a long time.
Among them, before the gastric resection operation began, the doctor asked the family to sign, and He Yi's husband Mao Zetan had died, his sister He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union, and his brother He Minxue also fought guerrilla warfare in the base area in northern Jiangsu, and only his brother-in-law (eldest brother) was left in Yan'an
After learning the seriousness of the matter, ** went to visit in person and wrote the words "**" on the operation notice to help He Yi get through this difficulty.
In 1949, on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Yi was transferred from Beiping to Jiangxi to work. Although fourteen years have passed, He Yi is very familiar with this village, and over the years, she has dreamed of it countless times, dreaming of the infant baby.
She appeared at the entrance of the village in a brand-new Lenin suit, a large number of children looked at her with curious eyes, He Yi recognized a young boy inside at a glance, she took the initiative to step forward and asked, "Are you called Xiaolucheng?" ”
He Lucheng replied with a puzzled face: "Yes, my name is Lucheng, who are you?" ”
He Yi said with red eyes: "Child, I am your mother, your mother." ”
For this news, He Lucheng couldn't believe it for a while, but fortunately, He Tiaoyuan and his wife, who were driven out of the village in time, also nodded, and He Lucheng shouted timidly: "Mom."
The reunion of the mother and son made He Lucheng know a lot of things, he knew that his father was the revolutionary martyr Mao Zetan, and his mother was also a revolutionary female general He Yi, and his uncle, who had never met, was also very concerned about him, and even a deer antler he received unexpectedly when he was a child was given to him by his uncle who was far away in Yan'an.
Afterwards, He Yi and his son He Lucheng personally bowed to He Tiaoyuan and his wife, thanking them for adopting He Lucheng at the most critical moment and cultivating him into a junior high school student with excellent academic performance. And He Lucheng also bid farewell to the "grandfather" and "grandmother" who had been with him for many years and came to live with his mother.
But just when they wanted to develop in a good direction together, a sudden accident completely changed He Lucheng's life. At that time, after He Yi's mother and son were reunited, she wanted to help her sister He Zizhen find her long-lost child "Mao Mao" (* and He Zizhen's child, whose name is Mao Anhong).
Because the child was handed over to Mao Zetan and his wife to take care of before the Long March, but because of the frequent wars later, Mao Zetan could only hand over the child to a guard and send it to the villager's home to take care of, and then Mao Zetan died in the battle, and the news of the child was completely cut off.
On November 21 of the same year, He Yi took his son He Lucheng to look for Mao Mao, but a major car accident suddenly happened, He Yi himself died tragically on the spot, and He Lucheng was also seriously injured.
He Zizhen and He Minxue, who were in Shanghai at the time, immediately rushed from Shanghai to Jiangxi after learning the news of their sister's unfortunate death.
When he saw his aunt He Zizhen for the first time, He Lucheng didn't speak with red eyes, He Zizhen took the initiative to hug the child into his arms and made him cry loudly.
That night, He Zizhen heard his nephew He Lucheng shout that his leg hurt, and took him to the hospital for examination the next day, and after the doctor's examination, He Lucheng's left leg was accidentally broken into three pieces during the car accident, but because of the grief of losing his mother, the child temporarily lost consciousness, and it was not until he accepted the pain from his aunt that he slowly felt the severe pain.
The doctors of Shanghai Hospital quickly operated on him, seeing that He Lucheng's entire left leg was covered with plaster, He Zizhen took care of the child like a mother, cooking for laundry every day, and even personally serving feces and urine for her, until He Lucheng was discharged from the hospital and returned to his aunt's house.
At his aunt's house in Shanghai, He Zizhen only told He Lucheng two thingsClause.
1. Never carry your father's brand, because that is their glory, not yours, you have to be like an ordinary child. Clause.
Second, you must study hard and be a useful person to the country and the people. However, it is these two sentences that have also become something that He Lucheng has adhered to all his life.
When he first came to Shanghai to study, He Lucheng's grades were very bad, the high-intensity teaching level and strict learning system made He Lucheng completely unable to adapt, only a month later, he felt very frustrated because he could not keep up with the learning progress of his classmates.
At that time, after his uncle He Minxue learned about this, he took the initiative to encourage him: "Little guy, don't be discouraged, study hard, you will always have a day to surpass others, the future of the country needs a large number of intellectuals, as long as you study well, the future is limitless." ”
Hearing his uncle's encouragement, He Lucheng also regained his spirits, came to school at the earliest every day, left the classroom at the latest, and asked the teacher for advice when he encountered a problem, after several months of struggle, he finally completed the counterattack, and achieved a perfect score in mathematics, and other grades were also very good, and became the top three in the class.
In 1952, China's first college entrance examination system was born, He Lucheng was admitted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University with excellent results, during the school, the school will give college students a monthly allowance of 22 yuan, and He Lucheng will also take out one, regularly send it to Jiangxi He Tiaoyuan and his wife who raised him.
After He Zizhen knew about this, he said proudly: "Our family is a good boy and has not forgotten his duty, which is the most precious quality in you." ”
When he was a student at Jiaotong University, He Lucheng's student file always filled in the four big characters "deceased" in the column recording his parents, and no one knew his true identity, and even his uncle He Minxue, who was the deputy commander of the Shanghai Air Defense Command, was kept to death.
Afterwards, He Minxue quipped many times: "Why am I such a big official afraid of being known?" Am I so indifferent? ”
In this regard, He Lucheng did not have any explanation, he continued to study at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, always adhered to the goal of studying hard and striving for progress, and in the year of graduation, he successfully obtained the most rare graduate student in the Soviet Union, and was jokingly called by He Minxue: "Our old He family is finally going to be the champion." ”
In 1956, He Lucheng went to Beijing to study at the Russian Language School to prepare for studying in the Soviet Union a year later, but due to the unforeseen circumstances, affected by the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations, He Lucheng's study abroad trip finally broke down, and the organization did not give up on this young man, but used his intellectual status to send him to work in the Ministry of National Defense.
When he first arrived at the Ministry of National Defense, He Lucheng actually didn't know his specific mission, knowing that he met Mr. Qian Xuesen, a returned scholar, he gradually understood that he actually wanted to participate in the research and development of China's first missile, until many years later, He Lucheng would still sigh: "At that time, it was like a dream, I put on a military uniform in a daze, and I didn't say what I was going to do, I just trusted the party, so I followed." ”
After becoming one of China's first batch of missile engineers, He Lucheng successively translated millions of words of missile technical materials, and then followed the knowledge in the materials to conduct no less than hundreds of thousands of simulations.
Among them, in the specific control of missiles, the United States did not have a good method at that time, but He Lucheng and another engineer Wang Taichu creatively proposed a new type of missile control technology, and in 1964, he successfully launched, China's first self-developed medium and short-range missile, which laid the foundation for him as an expert in the field of missiles.
Afterwards, ** congratulated all the missile research and development personnel, but he didn't know that his nephew would be the biggest hero in it. And the reason for this incident is that the two have never met.
At that time, ** was busy with state affairs, while He Lucheng was busy with the missile business, although the uncle and nephew both worked in Beijing until the other party, but for various reasons, they never found time to meet.
Once, ** took advantage of the marriage between him and He Zizhen's daughter Li Min, and specifically told his daughter to add his nephew He Lucheng to the banquet list, but due to the restrictions of the Ministry of National Defense's secrecy regulations, Li Min couldn't contact his brother at all, and finally didn't let *** and He Lucheng complete the meeting.
A few years later, under the influence of the special period, He Lucheng was also treated unfairly, at that time he could have thrown out the identity of "** nephew", but he did not do this, but instead calmed down, continued to study the country's missile development road, and even wrote a lot of ** that will affect China for decades in the future.
In 1976, the great leader *** died of illness, ** leaders in accordance with the regulations, held a funeral ceremony for him, when he saw the list of relatives submitted by the staff, ** daughter Li Min said:"There is one person missing here, my uncle Mao Zetan's son He Lucheng is not here, please go find him, my father has always wanted to see him when he was alive. ”
The staff was also very surprised by Li Min's words, because according to the archives at the time, the organization had always thought that Mao Zetan's youngest son, Mao Ancheng, had died in a car accident with Comrade He Yi.
After careful investigation, it turned out that He Lucheng was really Mao Ancheng back then, but now he has a new identity, that is, an outstanding scientific researcher. When everyone found He Lucheng's unit, the surrounding colleagues knew that He Lucheng was actually ***'s nephew.
At that time, He Lucheng, like many scientific researchers, lived a very simple life, living in a small house of 20 square meters, which was more than 20 years.
At that time, a colleague joked with him: "Lao He, you have a big loss, you said that you have such a big signboard and don't use it, how can you make yourself like us ordinary people?" ”
To this, He Lucheng responded: ".Fathers are fathers, I am me, I can't touch the light of my fathers".
In 1980, when the Ministry of National Defense gave all researchers a top-level rating, He Lucheng obtained the first senior title in the general staff system of the Chinese People's Liberation Army by virtue of his professionalism in the missile industry, and all this was the success of his own efforts.
More than ten years later, He Lucheng retired from the post of national defense scientific research because of physical reasons, he has repeatedly started his own business, with the money he earned, to repay the poor people, set up a scholarship for Yongxin Middle School that year, and took out his own savings to help Yongxin people introduce agricultural products, and finally achieve poverty alleviation and prosperity.
When he was approaching his old age, He Lucheng called his children to his side, hoping that they could restore their original surname "Mao" to commemorate the deeds of his father Mao Zetan and his eldest uncle.