In 1968, the famous father of two bombs and one star was beaten to death by several ruffians in the scientific research institute.
When the prime minister saw the case, he was so shocked that the teacup in his hand almost fell, and the hot water spilled out and spilled on the ground.
Who is this scientist? What is the truth behind it? How can a top scientist be killed for no reason? Was it deliberately planned by foreign hostile forces or was it an accident?
Yao Tongbin is a top scientist in the field of aerospace materials in China, and he is also a leader in the field of materials and the director of scientific research institutes.
Researchers like him, who lived most of his life in ivory towers, were not their strong point in dealing with social relations in the first place, and the chaos of those years undoubtedly increased their mental stress and left them at a loss.
That day was Saturday, June 8th.
Yao Tongbin could have stayed at home to rest, but the continuous turmoil and endless mass meetings seriously affected the progress of scientific research.
As a leader in cutting-edge disciplines, he had no choice but to set an example, work overtime to contribute all his energy and talents to national defense construction, and live up to the expectations of the party and the people.
His wife Peng Jieqing persuaded him: "Lao Yao, it's very chaotic outside, so let's not go today." Yao Tongbin did not have the slightest room to retreat, and said: "How can this work, I can afford to wait, but the country can't afford to wait." ”
In Beijing at the beginning of June, the weather was sunny and the temperature was slowly rising.
Yao Tongbin wore a short shirt, and considering that the weather was relatively cool at night when he got off work, his wife put a thin long-sleeved jacket on him.
The day passed quickly in the hectic scientific research activities, and he stretched his waist and prepared to go home.
Today's results are good, I rushed back the work that was delayed, and tomorrow is Sunday, so I should be able to take a good rest.
While he was cleaning up the manuscript full of calculation formulas and estimation process on the table, he was thinking about what to arrange tomorrow and thinking about academic problems on the way home.
This is his habit, there are few pedestrians on the road, and everyone prepares dinner at home.
Yao Tongbin was indulging in his scientific thinking, completely oblivious to the mouth of an alley not far away, where several hideous people with iron rods in their hands stood there, incompatible with the peaceful atmosphere around them.
They were discussing something, while looking at him constantly, when Yao Tongbin walked up to them, the gang dragged him into the alley as soon as they grabbed him, and scolded in their mouths: "Look at you, the reactionary authority, going **." ”
Yao Tongbin, who was calculating the formula in his mind, was defenseless, and was suddenly dragged abruptly, so angry that he couldn't do it, and subconsciously struggled.
As soon as the villains saw him resisting, they raised the iron rod in their hands and smashed it on his head and face.
The long-term and arduous scientific research work made Yao Tongbin's body relatively thin, and the other party was several people, Yao Tongbin was defenseless, but he didn't even have time to see the faces of the gangsters, and he was beaten to death.
The gangsters fought once, and when they saw that Yao Tongbin did not move, they panicked, they dropped the murder weapon and ran home in a panic, but no one looked to see if Yao Tongbin was still saved.
Yao Tongbin lay quietly on the ground, blood flowing from his head, soaking through the coat his wife gave him to shelter from the cold.
A generation of scientific giants has fallen, and the world is unknown.
When night fell, his wife Peng Jieqing made dinner, but there was no one waiting left and right, and no one answered her when she called the research institute, so she couldn't help but worry.
She instructed her eldest daughter to take care of her two younger sisters at home and not to run around, so she put on her coat and walked along the road to the institute. At this time, several people in the courtyard carried her husband towards her house, and when she got closer, it was so dark that she could barely stand.
The husband was bloodstained and his body was cold. Her husband's death was like a bolt from the blue, and she lost her spiritual support all of a sudden.
When the leaders of the Military Management Commission got the report, they immediately rushed over.
Yao Tongbin is a national key scientist and must solve the case immediately.
With the cooperation of Peng Jieqing, the person in charge of the case conducted an autopsy on the corpse and determined that he was beaten to death by a blunt object, and he was beaten to death in the courtyard of the scientific research institute. The case was quickly reported to *** Hearing the news, the prime minister was like five thunderbolts, his body shook, the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground, and the hot tea spilled on his hands, and he didn't realize it.
Yao Tongbin is one of the pillars of the edifice of national defense construction, and now he has been cut off, this loss cannot be made up, and the prime minister has only one thought, that is, he must find the best to be severely punished.
At the same time, he drew up a list of scientific giants and told the Military Management Commission to protect them at all costs, and to use the military if necessary. New China can no longer withstand such a blow.
But in those days, the ability of any individual seemed so small, and an invisible net firmly tied the bolt of the door of justice.
Peng Jieqing did not flinch, in order to repay her husband's innocence, for the dignity and justice of the law, she kept all the evidence and documents properly, and persevered to find a leader at all levels to appeal.
She firmly believes that one day, the country will uphold justice.
In 1979, 11 years after Yao Tongbin's death, justice was late, but finally came.
With the country's rule of law construction back on track and constantly improving, under Peng Jieqing's unremitting appeal, the main culprit in Yao Tongbin's murder case, Yu Moumou, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the court, and the other culprit, Gao Moumou, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
They are all staff members of the hospital, and one of them is a canteen worker.
It is sad and lamentable, in court, that they have been ashamed to defend themselves, saying that what they did back then was to rebel against the reactionary academic authority and to do good deeds for the people.
One might say that this is the tragedy of the times and cannot be blamed on individuals.
It is a great irony that these so-called reactionary academic authorities, who gave up the privileged treatment abroad, went through many difficulties and dangers, returned to the motherland without hesitation, and dedicated their youth and strength to the construction of the country, but finally died tragically at the hands of villains.
They did not care about personal gains and losses, buried their heads in hard work, endured the pain of separation from their families and lovesickness, and forged the country's heavy weapons, atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, missiles, and space heavy weapons for the country, which terrified the enemy.
It is these heavy weapons that keep the enemy out of the country and maintain the security of the country and the peace and contentment of the people, including these hooligan ruffians and their families.
Even in that turbulent era, hostile elements at home and abroad did not dare to covet our country and did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.
This is such a great feat, but in the eyes of some it has become a reactionary authority.
Fifteen years after Yao Tongbin's death, the state posthumously recognized him as a revolutionary martyr.
After another 16 years, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Merit with Two Bombs and One Star, and became one of the Fathers of the Republic with two bombs and one star along with 22 other famous scientists.
Regrettably, he was unable to see his own honor with his own eyes, and he could not feel the high respect given to him by the state and the love of the people. I hope that Mr. Yao will always enjoy peace in the spirit of heaven, and no one will disturb his peace again.
We also hope that in the complex international environment, the state will step up efforts to protect the safety of intellectuals. Those film and television stars have dozens of people at every turn, and the bodyguards are impenetrable when they go to the toilet.
On the other hand, our scientists are often alone, and they are inevitably suspected of fending for themselves. Today, we are becoming more aware of the importance of materials science in the aerospace and aerospace military fields.
Unfortunately, the consequence of Yao's death is that our research in the field of materials has been slowed down for many years. Isn't this a great misfortune for the country and a tragedy for the Chinese nation?
When the gangsters keep rebelling against academic authority, do they know how many hardships these authoritative scholars and scientists have gone through to become pillars? After the gangsters cut off these pillars, if they knew the history of the struggles of these scientists and their achievements, how would the gangsters feel?
When he graduated from primary school, his father did not give him the opportunity to continue his junior high school because of the difficulties in his family's life, but asked him to pick up a white stall to earn money to subsidize the family.
Fortunately, Yao Tongbin's primary school principal was discerning, and saw that he was very smart, and he couldn't bear to let such an excellent talent be buried, so he personally went to his home to do ideological work for his father, and reluctantly agreed to let him take the junior high school entrance exam, but after only a few months of study, he still lost to reality, Yao Tongbin had to drop out of school, returned home and started a small business, and spent two years in society.
In 1937, Yao Tongbin was 15 years old, and his desire to go to school was never extinguished. He took the little money he earned to study everywhere, and finally came to Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, and was admitted to high school.
It is definitely not enough to rely on the little money you bring to complete your high school life. He applied for a student loan to keep his education going.
Through his own efforts, Yao Tongbin became the top student in the Jiangxi college entrance examination that year, and got a scholarship from the high school to solve part of the cost of going to college.
At the same time, he also received admission letters from 7 universities, because he usually likes to read books on metallurgy, he chose Tangshan Institute of Technology, Jiaotong University, the predecessor of Southwest University, and obtained a bachelor's degree with the first grade in the school.
In 1947, Yao Tongbin was admitted to study in the UK as a government-funded student.
During this period, he was also keen on politics, paying attention to the changes in the domestic situation, and actively promoting patriotism among international students, for which he was also the focus of the British authorities.
After obtaining a doctorate in engineering in the UK, he went to Germany to continue his studies as a researcher in a metallurgical laboratory. He conducted a detailed study of Germany's advanced industrial system, and also joined the Chinese Communist Party during this period.
At the age of 35, he returned to his motherland without hesitation and participated in the construction of the national defense industry in New China.
He started as an engineer and worked his way up to the director of the institute, becoming a leader and one of the academic founders of materials and process research in the fields of missiles and aviation.
His scientific research achievements have enabled China to make breakthroughs in this field, break the technological monopoly and blockade of foreign countries, and achieve innovative scientific research results.
The Materials Industry Research Institute led by him has achieved extraordinary results, has a strong sense of advancement, and has a certain influence abroad.
Years later, his research was awarded the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1985, 17 years after his death.
Yao Tongbin is extremely open-minded in scientific research and has a high talent for academic organization and collaborative management.
He pooled his wisdom, broke the gate of academic factions, and established a collaborative network for materials and metallurgical technology research in various scientific research units and colleges and universities across the country, laying a solid foundation for the research and innovation of China's aerospace and missile materials.
Under his leadership, the established scientific research system ensures that the discipline will not easily produce the problem of disconnection and ensures the continuity of scientific research.
Such an excellent scientific giant, who should have received the highest level of security, was deliberately beaten by ruffians for no reason.
His life is fixed at the age of 46, he is middle-aged, and he is the first age to start a career.
It is the moment of life when he is young and energetic, but he is forced to go to the end of his life.
Wives have lost their husbands, daughters have lost their fathers, the country has lost its pillars, and the wicked people who have done evil have been at large for more than ten years, shamelessly talking about reactionary academic authority. Don't feel guilty and painful? Time entered the millennium, General Zhang Aiping wrote an inscription for the statue of Yao Tongbin: "Yao Tongbin, the founder of China's aerospace materials and technology".
This is the country's greatest affirmation of his contributions, and it is also the best response to those who ** Yao Tongbin.
History will also remember Yao Tongbin, a scientist who served the country and the people.