The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

At 9:3 AM (Beijing time) on March 30, 1964, China detonated an atomic bomb in its western region, successfully conducting its first nuclear test.

China's successful nuclear test is a major achievement for the Chinese people in strengthening national defense and protecting their motherland, as well as a significant contribution to the cause of safeguarding world peace.

Chinese workers, engineers, scientists, and all personnel engaged in national defense construction, as well as all regions and departments across the country, under the leadership of the Party, carried forward the spirit of self-reliance and hard work, and through diligent labor and close cooperation, made this experiment a success.

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council extended their warmest congratulations to them.

Subtitle: The Chinese government issued a statement solemnly proposing to convene a summit of world leaders to discuss the comprehensive ban and complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

[Statement from the Government of the People's Republic of China]

The successful test of the atomic bomb was a major achievement for the Chinese people in their struggle to strengthen national defense and oppose the nuclear blackmail and nuclear threat policies of US imperialism.

Protecting oneself is an inalienable right of any sovereign state. Safeguarding world peace is the common responsibility of all peace-loving nations.

Faced with the growing nuclear threat from the United States, China cannot stand idly by. China's nuclear tests and development of nuclear weapons are acts of desperation.

The Chinese government has consistently advocated for the complete prohibition and thorough elimination of nuclear weapons. If this proposition could be realized, China would not have needed to develop nuclear weapons. However, our proposition has been met with staunch opposition from nuclear powers.

China's development of nuclear weapons is not due to a belief in their omnipotence or a desire to use them. On the contrary, China's development of nuclear weapons is precisely to break the nuclear monopoly of the major nuclear powers and to eliminate nuclear weapons.

The Chinese government solemnly declares that China will never be the first to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.

The Chinese people firmly support the struggle of all oppressed peoples and nations for freedom and liberation. The victims of nuclear war are, first and foremost, the people of all countries. We firmly believe that nuclear weapons are man-made, and that man will surely be able to destroy them.

The Chinese government solemnly proposes that a world summit be convened to discuss the issue of the complete prohibition and thorough elimination of nuclear weapons.

As a first step, the summit should reach an agreement that states possessing nuclear weapons and those that may soon possess them will undertake obligations not to use nuclear weapons, not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states, not to use nuclear weapons against nuclear-weapon-free zones, and not to use nuclear weapons against each other...

As Liu Hao looked at the newspaper, even though he had witnessed the successful test explosion of the atomic bomb yesterday, his emotions were still uncontrollably surging, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Hahahaha, from today onwards, who will dare to look down on us Chinese?"

Ye Xi and He Xiaomeng looked at Liu Hao with eyes full of love.

This amazing man created unimaginable miracles!

The development process of the atomic bomb has been shortened by six months, and the development cycle of the hydrogen bomb has been shortened by more than half. It is expected that a test explosion can be carried out before March next year, or even earlier, by the end of the year.

The development of missiles, bombers, and nuclear submarines has also accelerated. Within five years at most, China will be able to establish a triad nuclear strike system and become a true nuclear power.

He Xiaomeng folded the newspaper, put it back in her bag, glanced around, and then threw herself into Liu Hao's arms, saying in a soft, sweet voice, "Brother Hao, your little wife is so hungry, she's about to faint from hunger!"

"Thank you for your hard work, my little Meng. Come on, let your second sister cook you some noodles."

Liu Hao lowered his head and kissed He Xiaomeng, then picked up his suitcase and walked into the yard.

Ye Xi pursed her lips, a little jealous.

Liu Hao suddenly stopped, shoved the two suitcases into He Xiaomeng's hands, turned around and walked to Ye Xi, picked her up in a princess carry, and strode into the courtyard.

He Xiaomeng wasn't jealous at all, and skipped along behind.

In the living room, Ye Juan had just finished washing up when she saw Liu Hao carrying Ye Xi in. She greeted him with a big smile.

"Oh my, the two great scientists are back! Little Mengmeng, come here and give your big sister a kiss."

Liu Hao put Ye Xi down and said, "Juan'er, go cook noodles for Sister Xi and Xiao Meng. They stayed up all night last night, they worked so hard."

"Okay!"

He let go of He Xiaomeng and Ye Juan, who was kissing her passionately, and rushed into the kitchen to cook noodles.

Liu Hao sat down in a chair, pulled Ye Xi into his arms, and asked softly, "Sister Xi, the atomic bomb test was a success. Can you take a few days off now?"

"With so many research projects, there's no time to rest. Xiaomeng and I have been transferred to the missile project. We're reporting for duty at 8:30 tomorrow morning!"

After Ye Xi finished speaking, she stood up from Liu Hao's arms, grabbed the briefcase on the ground, put it on the table, opened it, and handed a stack of documents to Liu Hao.

"These are the design drawings for the Dongfeng-5 intercontinental ballistic missile. Professor Qian wants you to help refine and optimize them, or even redesign it!"

Dongfeng-5?

Liu Hao paused for a moment, then took the design drawings and looked them over. The drawings were densely marked with the preliminary design parameters of the Dongfeng-5 intercontinental ballistic missile, including the missile body structure, trajectory planning, guidance system, and engine propulsion scheme.

Ye Xi tidied the documents in his briefcase and said softly, "Now is a critical period for our breakthrough. The whole country is waiting for the breakthrough in intercontinental ballistic missiles. Only by developing intercontinental ballistic missiles can we truly stand tall and not be blackmailed by others with nuclear weapons."

"Teacher Qian specifically instructed that whether it's optimization or complete rewrite, we'll listen to you."

Liu Hao became serious, placed the design drawings and parameter data on the table, and began calculating the intercontinental ballistic trajectory, multi-stage rocket separation parameters, missile structure load-bearing and resonance avoidance, inertial guidance precision calibration, engine fuel combustion efficiency, and warhead re-entry aerodynamic layout...

Massive amounts of design data, complex sets of partial differential equations, and various physical coupling models were disassembled, deduced, and verified in his mind at an extremely fast pace.

After a rough calculation, Liu Hao was extremely impressed with Teacher Qian!

The design itself was fine, but it was limited by outdated computing capabilities. Many parameters could only be estimated and it required repeated trial and error. This not only created numerous safety hazards, but also resulted in a range and accuracy that fell far short of the standards for intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Liu Hao casually picked up the paper and pen on the table, and the pen tip flew across the paper without pausing.

A series of extremely precise parameters, perfect intercontinental ballistic curves, optimized multi-stage missile structure, upgraded guidance system, and engine design that improves combustion efficiency.

Ye Xi and He Xiaomeng lay on either side of Liu Hao, their eyes fixed on the data on the paper.

The optimized design took shape at a visible speed under Liu Hao's pen, becoming more precise, more complete, and more in line with the technical standards of intercontinental ballistic missiles than the original design.

"Brother Hao, I still can't understand why there's such a huge difference between people?"