Years ago, *** conspired with ***,The secret will be revealed after the year.
In 1965, outside the office of **, several guards kept the confidentiality and resolutely resisted any intrusion by outsiders. In the room, the chairman and *** sat on the sofa, looking nervous, and after in-depth discussion, the chairman said firmly: "This matter is very important, and it must be kept secret."
All future participants must receive a rigorous education on confidentiality. Two years later, with the personal approval of ***, the small town of Chongqing on the map mysteriously disappeared, and more than 60,000 people were silently carrying out an unknown project here.
In February 1967, the engineers of the three regiments of the 54th Division had just arrived at their destination and were called up for a rigorous education in secrecy.
The leaders on the stage gave a solemn and solemn lecture, demanding that all soldiers should not contact the outside world without permission, that all letters must be examined before they can be sent, and that going out to visit relatives also need to be approved.
At the same time, they are assigned their own exclusive notebooks, which cannot be passed on and borrowed privately, and cannot be damaged in any way, because the content will be randomly checked. All because the chairman demanded secrecy from all staff, while the prime minister made the town of Chongqing disappear from the map.
It was not until 2002, when the National Defense Section took the initiative to declassify it, that this "top secret plan" 37 years ago finally appeared, and people began to understand this unknown plan.
With the dream of supporting the construction of the country's southwest, they traveled thousands of miles to Baitao Town, Chongqing, ready to start the implementation of the country's third-line project. However, before the work began, he received an order to assemble, thinking that it was a pre-war mobilization, but it turned out to be a serious secrecy education.
At the beginning, they just felt that the state attached great importance to the construction of the third line, and it was just to build a chemical machinery factory. It wasn't until half a year later that they were shocked to find out that their job was not to build an ordinary factory, but to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country's underground nuclear project.
This top-secret plan, which was secretly formulated by *** and *** two years ago, is known as the "816 Project". At that time, Zhongnanhai, ** and *** were staring at the document with a worried eyebrow, because China's international situation was becoming increasingly grim, especially after China's first atomic bomb**, which attracted the attention of the United States and the Soviet Union. "
Although we have nuclear **, the manufacturing technology is not perfect. In the event of a war, as soon as the United States or the USSR launches an attack on our nuclear bases, we will be on the back foot. ”
** After listening to the chairman's words, his brow furrowed, he understood the chairman's worries and confusion, and hoped to change the status quo in China.
New Copywriting: At the suggestion of ***, ** agreed to immediately and secretly build a new nuclear ** base. He decided that the base was best built underground, both to successfully avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy, and to be used as a temporary shelter.
As a result, they studied in detail how to build a new base, and eventually formed the top-secret military secret "816 Project". After more than a year of site selection, ** locked his eyes on Baitao Town.
The town is located between the mountains, and Chongqing's foggy weather can effectively avoid satellite surveillance in the United States and other countries. Moreover, the close proximity of Baitao Town to the Wujiang River solves the problem of water use in the future nuclear manufacturing process.
In 1966, ** personally signed a document to erase the town of Baitao from the map, and ordered a thorough investigation of the surrounding suspicious residents to ensure the confidentiality of production work.
After a year of preparation, the engineers of the 54th Division arrived in Baitao Town, and after educating all soldiers on confidentiality, the 816 underground nuclear engineering project was officially launched.
These heroic engineers, for the sake of the construction of the country, carried out the construction work in absolute secrecy. They claimed that it was for the construction of a "state-owned new chemical machinery factory" and built a large number of facilities around it to confuse spies from other countries.
However, their real battlefield was in underground caves, where construction work was carried out day and night. To avoid satellite surveillance, they also built two large chimneys to block the sky with water vapor and fog.
All the soldiers involved in the project strictly abide by the confidentiality agreement, and each letter needs to go through a strict review before it can be issued, which is their unit number - 8342.
With their sweat and courage, they guarded the secrets of the country, and their efforts deserve the admiration and gratitude of each and every one of us.
What is a secret order? Please present your pass. "At every pass, at every hole, there are countless guards waiting for them, who strictly follow the fixed process of questioning and comparison, even if they have known each other for many years, they will still strictly check every pedestrian.
After more than six years of arduous construction, the engineers of the 54th Division finally completed the excavation of the cave and transformed the entire mountain into a huge nest connected by large holes and countless small holes.
In April 1974, the first employees of the state-owned No. 22 Construction Engineering Company arrived"816"Engineering base, they are the first batch of workers other than soldiers to participate in the construction of the project.
They shuttle into"816"At various sites of the project, surveying and surveying work was carried out over and over again. Eventually, six months later, 10,000 workers held numerous meetings in various parts of the project to officially begin the civil installation work.
The main plant is one of the most important parts of this project. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the construction, the command decided to build two bridge cranes inside the main plant.
However, according to the original design drawings, the bottom of the crane was built at a staggering height of several meters from the ground. This is undoubtedly a huge challenge, because the traditional construction method requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and can seriously slow down the progress of the project.
Faced with this problem, the construction technicians made a bold innovation. They directly erected bolts 30 meters above the ground, built two layers of suspended corridors step by step along these bolts, and successfully built two bridge cranes, creating conditions for future construction work.
As the Wujiang flood peak was approaching, they raced against time, sleeping only two or three hours a day, adopting a shift system, and working 24 hours a day. All the leading cadres and workers joined the construction team, and successfully repaired 155 within four months7-metre-high water intake pumping station.
After 17 years of hard work, more than 60,000 staff members have participated in the project. However, just as they were about to finish it, they suddenly received an order to stop the work.
The sudden stoppage notice "According to the instructions of the superiors, the construction of the project will be stopped from today, and everyone can go home." In 1984, 17 years after the start of the "816" project, the workers who came to the construction site as usual heard the news.
For them, although they can go home for a short time on weekdays, they will soon return to the construction site. Now, they can finally be reunited with their families, something they have always dreamed of.
However, looking at the "underground nuclear plant", which is already 85% already under construction and even more than half of the installation work has been completed, they are reluctant to give up. They want to fulfill the instructions of *** and *** to build a strong military state, and they want to know why the project was suddenly stopped at the critical moment when it was about to be completed.
In the 80s of the last century, China ushered in a major change in the international situation. Relations between China and the United States gradually eased and diplomatic relations were formally established, while the Soviet Union devoted all its energy to the battlefield in Afghanistan, the crisis on the Sino-Soviet border was alleviated, and the military threat was no longer serious.
At the same time, with the implementation of the reform and opening up policy, the focus of the work has shifted to economic development and construction, hoping to seize the favorable opportunity of the international situation and vigorously develop China's most important cause.
In addition, countries have shifted their attention from the military race to the science and technology race, and the battle for space satellites is fierce. In this context, the fixed launch base on land has become the target of satellite scramble"816"The strategic significance of the project has diminished.
Therefore, it was decided to call an emergency halt"816"The construction of the project will devote more manpower and material resources to China's new construction and development.
* Attaching great importance to the major project that lasted for 17 years, it was decided to publicly declassify it in 2002 to commemorate the staff and soldiers who have worked hard for the country and the people.
This decision allowed all those involved in the "816" project to let down their vigilance and share their work experience with peace of mind, without the need to guard it secretly. In April 2010, part of the "816" cave project was developed into a tourist attraction and exhibited to the whole people, and many staff members returned to the place where their blood and sweat were once buried, and tears flowed down their faces.
Not far from the entrance of the "816 Underground Nuclear Project", there is a martyr's cemetery called "A Bowl of Water", in which 76 martyrs' tombstones stand, all of whom are heroes who died in the "816" project.
The youngest of these martyrs is only 18 years old, and their heroic spirits will forever watch over the places where they once fought. The construction and suspension of "816" were the most beneficial decisions for the development of the country made by the Communist Party of China and ** according to the actual situation in China at that time.
Although the "816" project may not be finally completed, the perseverance and arduous struggle shown by the engineers and staff will always inspire each and every one of us.