Mourning, the star has passed away! Born in Shanghai, his name was once a top secret
2024-08-20
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Yesterday (August 19), the Second Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation issued an obituary that Comrade Shen Zhongfang, a member of the Communist Party of China, a loyal communist fighter, and former deputy director of the Second Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, died at 21:35 on August 17, 2024 at the Aerospace Center Hospital due to illness. He was 90 years old.
Comrade Shen Zhongfang is a missile technology expert of the institute, a national model worker, and the former commander-in-chief of my country's third-generation air defense weapon system. He has been engaged in aircraft system design research for a long time, and has won the Aerospace Award and the China Aerospace Fund Award many times. His research results have won the National Science Conference Award, and he has made important contributions to the development of my country's national defense. In March 2023, Comrade Shen Zhongfang was selected as the 2022 Person of the Year by "Moving China".
When I graduated from high school
Apply for the aircraft design major without hesitation
1934
Shen Zhongfang was born in Shanghai
As long as he can remember
Life was shrouded in the bombing and strafing of Japanese aircraft
Either they are seeking refuge at home, or they are fleeing.
After transferring schools 5 times and dropping out once
Shen Zhongfang has just finished primary school
"If we could have our own plane,
We must beat them so hard that they flee in panic."
When I graduated from high school in 1953
I saw Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the application catalog.
(Now Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
Shen Zhongfang filled in the form without hesitation.
Aircraft Design
"At that time, some patriotic young people
I want to design aircraft.
Design aircraft for the motherland in the future.
Our graduation project is 'Beijing No.1'
They all flew up to the sky.”
After graduation, he devoted himself to missile development
Anonymous for more than 60 years
After graduating from university
Shen Zhongfang enters
Second Branch of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense
This is the purpose of our country's aerospace defense.
Birthplace of the Second Hospital
Now called China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Second Academy
It is also the research and production base of missile weapons and equipment in my country.
then
The U.S. military dispatched a U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
Invading our airspace to collect intelligence
To defend against enemies
Our army introduced the "Sam-2" surface-to-air missile
September 9, 1962
Shen Zhongfang will never forget this day
Our military uses the "Sam-2" missile
Successfully shot down a U-2
To deal with enemy aircraft
You can't just build your own plane.
“No missiles, right?
Any aircraft can violate your airspace
If people fly higher
What if I bomb you? "
No advanced missiles
No strong national defense
Shen Zhongfang has since entered his own "battlefield"
From imitation to finalization
Shen Zhongfang and his colleagues overcame numerous difficulties
China finally has its first model
Surface-to-air missile - Hongqi-1
Next
He also participated in the independent development of Hongqi-2
September 8, 1967
Domestic Hongqi-2 surface-to-air missile
Shot down the invading U-2
Defending the dignity of the motherland's airspace
The success of Hongqi-2
It was also developed by my country later
The new air defense missile system has laid a solid foundation
In the 1960s to 1990s
my country's air defense mainly relies on
First and second generation air defense weapon systems
However, with the entry into service of a new generation of foreign advanced equipment
Our existing air defenses
Cannot meet needs
Urgently develop a product with strong anti-interference ability
The third generation of multi-target attack
Shen Zhongfang won the third generation of medium and high altitude long-range
The important task of the commander-in-chief of air defense missile models
Led the team to fully complete the research task in 1994
Putting the third-generation air defense weapon system on track
The development level of air defense missiles in my country
Entering the world's leading ranks
Witness the strength of national defense
"No one dares to bully us now!"
2009
Third Generation Air Defense Weapon System
Appeared in the 60th National Day Parade
When the missile weapons array passed through Tiananmen Square
Shen Zhongfang with gray hair
Like "seeing children at home"
Rejoicing in the viewing platform
He later said:
"The sleeping lion of the East has awakened,
Who dares to bully us?
A nation is like this.
Be strong on your own.
This is very important.”
And the "tough" life
Never satisfied with just creating a miracle
1986
The B6 series missiles developed by Shen Zhongfang and his research and development team
Out of the country
A breakthrough from zero
And got a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars
This not only allows colleagues to see
Market potential of military trade contracts
It has also greatly improved the research and development level of our country's defense missiles
There are also countries that hope Shen Zhongfang
Transfer this core technology
I told him secretly:
“I can give you a lot of money”
He waved his hand:
"It's not okay to do anything for money"
At 76 years old
Shen Zhongfang voluntarily resigned from his job
Professor and consultant at multiple colleges and universities
No one left
In his opinion
"Young people are better than us,
The professors now are much better than me.
They master advanced technology better than me.
I am self-aware.”
He lived up to his life motto:
Dedicated to career, indifferent to fame and fortune
Face life with a smile and have a clear conscience
Shen Zhongfang said:
"Our country not only has missiles with shields,
There are also spear missiles,
Now no one dares to bully us!"
12 heroes kept their identities secret for many years
Nine of them have passed away
April 2022
Shen Zhongfang and 11 other people who kept their identities secret
Commander-in-Chief of my country's Missile Weapon Models
Name of Chief Designer
First time to the public:
Shen Zhongfang Wu Beisheng Zhang Fuan Chen Guoxin
Qian Wenji Xu Xinbo Chen Huaijin Chai Zhi
Geng Rui Tan Fengkui Xu Naiming Wang Guoxiang
at present
In addition to Wu Beisheng, Zhang Fuan, and Chen Guoxin
The remaining 9 have passed away
Some have even been dead for more than 30 years.
1960s
Faced with repeated provocations from U.S. aerial reconnaissance aircraft
my country focuses on developing air defense weapon systems
Accurately shot down several U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
A foreign reporter asked then Foreign Minister Chen Yi:
“China is
What mysterious weapon was used to accomplish the attack?"
Chen Yi answered humorously:
“We poked it down with bamboo poles!”
These 12 are the "bamboo pole" heroes
Do earth-shaking things and be an anonymous person
We will always remember their names.
pay tribute!
Xinmin Evening News (xmwb1929) is compiled from China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation II, CCTV's "My Homeland", Beijing Daily, and Zhejiang News
Editor: Tang Mengjia
