In the struggle against the disease day and night, he knew that he could not grow old for the sake of his cherished subjects and students; For the sake of this unfortunate family, he dare not grow old. ...
Seeing Zang Kemao in the crowd, people often want to help him, because he is 78 years old, because his body is thin and his hair is gray. But even his leader will be rejected by him without exception: "Don't help me, I am in good health." After that, I saw him walking straight with his legs. 1979, Zang Kemao, aged 47, teaches at Harbin Institute of Shipbuilding Engineering.
At this age, for most people, they are eager for stability. However, there are some exceptions. This year, Beijing Academy of Armored Forces Engineering sent people to Harbin to select teachers, and Zang Kemao signed up overnight. The former demobilized soldier stood out among many younger competitors and put on his dream military uniform again.
Yongding River, west of Beijing suburb. Zang Kemao, who first arrived at the Academy of Armored Forces Engineering, knew almost nothing about armored equipment. After that, the librarian of the college library found that there was a man who was nearly 500 years old and often refused to leave when the library was closed.
After a period of accumulation, Zang Kemao, who was thirsty for knowledge, entered a state. From 65438 to 0987, he read in academic journals that abroad, a pulse width modulation (PWM) technology has been widely used in civil machinery. He imagined that if this technology could be applied to the tank turret, it might solve the bottleneck of long aiming time, low shooting accuracy and poor performance of our tank gun control system at that time. Therefore, Zang Kemao chose this tough "hard bone" as the breakthrough of his own scientific research and obtained the PWM control technology project of tank turret.
The research process is full of difficulties. There have been countless failures, doubts from others, lack of funds and lack of information. When Zang Kemao came through one by one, a bigger disaster came.
1993 One day, Zang Kemao, 6 1 year-old, was doing experiments in the laboratory as usual, and a sharp pain hit him, and he almost fainted. He secretly went to the hospital for examination, and the result was like a bolt from the blue-bladder cancer! However, Zang Kemao was extremely calm at this time. He immediately made two decisions: First, don't let the college know that he is ill, otherwise the project will not go on; Second, we must solve the problem before the disease can't be controlled.
Since then, Zang Kemao has only slept for three or four hours every day, almost completely immersed in the laboratory outside of teaching and family life.
Heaven rewards diligence. 1995, the first PWM battery device developed by Zang Kemao in China was successful. The formal installation of the device greatly shortens the aiming time of our main battle tank artillery and greatly improves the design hit rate. This achievement won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress and the first prize of military scientific and technological progress at the same time.
Zang Kemao succeeded, and honors followed. 1997 Teacher's Day, Zang Kemao was rated as an "excellent teacher model" by the college. In the speech at the commendation meeting, when he told about his illness, there was a sigh from the audience. Zhao Bijun, an old professor in the college, couldn't believe it: "I live in the same teaching and research section and building with him. I have been suffering from cancer for 5 years, 1600 days, and how many times have I done puncture, biopsy, physical therapy and chemotherapy ... He went by car alone, but I have no idea! "
Even if everyone knows about it, Zang Kemao doesn't want everyone to treat him as a patient. He still worked hard in his beloved laboratory, and successively developed the first set of "AC all-electric gun control system" and "digital high-power AC all-electric gun control system" in China, which fundamentally changed the architecture and control mode of the traditional gun control system, and the research results were widely used in various types of tanks in China.
And he himself, from a "layman" of tanks, became a famous expert in the industry. 1995, which is the most serious time for Zang Kemao to get sick. He often has frequent urination, urgency and hematuria. At this time, Zang Kemao not only tackled the PWM project, but also undertook the teaching tasks for undergraduate and graduate students.
In order not to let the students notice the difference, Zang Kemao comes to the classroom early in every class. In order to reduce urination and avoid hematuria, he only eats steamed bread instead of soup every morning. Even so, when the bell rings, Zang Kemao will rush back to the dormitory and put on underwear soaked with urine and blood. His wife Yu Fengyuan was so distressed that she cried and begged Zang Kemao to go to the leader and tell him not to take any more undergraduate courses. Zang Kemao strongly disagreed and asked his wife to hide his illness for him.
When Zang Kemao's students learned of his illness, they recalled the scene of class at that time and could not help but burst into tears. Student Ma Xiaojun said, "It was winter and it was very cold. There was sweat on his forehead. Later, I learned that it was so painful! "
Students love Zang Kemao and are also "afraid" of Zang Kemao. It is not easy to attend his class, because his textbooks are always more than those of other teachers. He often finds out all the textbooks of similar majors in several colleges and universities, and then selects the essence. Doing scientific research with him is even more exhausting. Every time he checks the experimental results, Zang Kemao will go to the scene and personally check the experimental process. Zang Kemao checks students' papers at different levels. Song Xiaoqing, a doctoral student, confused the concepts of "news" and "information" in a short article, which was questioned by Zang Kemao. In Guo's master's thesis, Zang Kemao even picked out the typos one by one. ...
"Thousands of religions teach people to seek truth; Learn anything, learn to be a man first. " This is what Zang Kemao often says to students.
Zang Kemao led the scientific research team to successfully develop many projects, and only charged a small transfer fee for each technology transfer. Some people say that he is stupid, and some students can't figure it out. Zang Kemao just smiled and said, "Our technology has been fully applied to our military equipment, which should be our pursuit." Slowly, the students also found that these funds and technology transfer fees were used by Professor Zang for his own study and further study.
Zang Kemao has been reluctant to participate in the academician review and feels that he is not qualified. It was not until 2007 that he reached the bottom line of 75 years old that he agreed to declare.
After being elected as an academician, Zang Kemao had more phone calls and more invitations. Therefore, he set himself several principles: don't do scientific research projects that have nothing to do with improving combat effectiveness, don't participate in the evaluation of his own research fields, don't participate in research institutes that have nothing to do with equipment research, and don't accept invitations to make academic reports casually. ...
Peaches and plums say nothing, but they go their own way. Under the example of Zang Kemao, the students were infected in their respective fields and grew rapidly. They gradually understood what Professor Zang said-"An eagle with gold on its wings can't fly high, and researchers who care about fame and fortune all day can't go far. If you want to make a difference, you must have no distractions and go into battle lightly. " In some ways, Zang Kemao is a "fashionable" old man.
With the coming of 2 1 century, computers have become an indispensable thing in life. Thinking that every time you write materials, you write them yourself, and then students enter them, which is not only inefficient, but also takes up students' study time. Zang Kemao decided to study computer.
This is not an easy task for a 70-year-old man with a strong accent from the south.
In 2003, Zang Kemao put Xinhua Dictionary on his desk, and looked it up in the dictionary before typing difficult words. When you encounter problems in computer operation, ask the students and write down the operation steps. A few years have passed, and now Zang Kemao is not only proficient in typing, but also likes to browse the news and send and receive emails online. It seems that his daily life cannot be separated from the computer. "But I don't play games." When he said this, the old man smiled and showed a rare naughty look.
In 2007, when participating in the defense of academician selection, 75-year-old Zang Kemao skillfully explained while operating the computer, which made all the old academicians and experts present admire him.
What is even more incredible is that this old man who has always stressed that he is from the countryside is actually familiar with four foreign languages: Russian, German, English and Japanese. Over the years, he has published a foreign language book, translated more than 400,000 words in Russian, English and Japanese, and revised more than 800,000 words.
Now, Zang Kemao has turned his attention to a new professional subject-"all-electric land platform". He said, "I hope to see the all-electric land platform designed and manufactured by China people in my lifetime."
There are too many things to do, and time is particularly precious to Zang Kemao. "When I was young, I used years and months to think about this problem. Now, it is in days and hours. " Yan Kemao said.
He was the last person to go out to eat because he thought it was a waste of time. He can also "wash clothes with a washing machine when eating at home".
Not only in time, but also in life, Zang Kemao is also famous for "digging". A room less than 10 square meter, a single bed with iron pipes and a 40-year-old desk, it is hard to imagine that this is an academician's study and bedroom. A bicycle, a watch and a washbasin were all brought from Harbin to Beijing and accompanied him for half a century. He never wears a military uniform or buys clothes himself. He has been wearing a pair of socks for four years. "I don't know what's going on, but it's not bad." Zang Kemao said innocently.
Seeing that his shirt collar was broken, someone asked him, "What are you doing with your new shirt?" He smiled and said, "donate it and save it for the disaster area!" " When winning the national outstanding scientific and technological workers' bonus of 10,000 yuan, donate it in full to the disaster area; Solatium, who got 10,000 yuan, paid the party dues in full ... Although the tanks he contacted every day were steel plates and iron plates, Zang Kemao, the "steel warrior", had a lot of tenderness in his heart.
1984, my wife, Yu Fengyuan, suffers from rare multiple sclerosis. She often has a high fever, stiff hands and feet, and it is difficult to walk and eat every day. Zang Kemao deeply felt sorry for the woman who was nine years younger than him, and married him at the age of 37, regardless of secular opposition.
Yu Fengyuan couldn't walk when she was sick. Zang Kemao, who was over half a century old, carried her upstairs and downstairs. Every morning and evening, Zang Kemao would squeeze toothpaste and pour water for her. Before going to work, Zang Kemao prepared medicine and fruit for her that day. If he wants to go on a business trip, Zang Kemao will cook a meal in advance and put it in the refrigerator. ...
After hearing the doctor say that acupuncture therapy of traditional Chinese medicine is helpful to his wife's recovery, Zang Kemao carefully observed the acupuncture technology of traditional Chinese medicine and bought books on traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture for self-study. In order to practice his hand strength and sense of acupuncture, Zang Kemao first repeatedly practiced acupuncture on himself, often grinning with pain and sweating all over.
All this, the daughters see in their eyes and remember in their hearts. The eldest daughter Zang Huachao choked up every time she recalled these things: "The doctor said that my mother's condition is still so stable, which is really a miracle. If it were anyone else, she would have been bedridden and even died. It's all thanks to my father. You know, he is a patient himself! "
On June 2, 2007 165438+20071October 2, Zang Kemao was named an academician of China Academy of Engineering. The whole family got together to congratulate Zang Kemao. Holding his wife's hand shyly, he said to his daughters, "Without your mother's support, I probably couldn't be an academician. It was your mother who gave the most and sacrificed the most for this family. I thank your mother. " With that, he stood up and bowed deeply to his wife.
At this moment, the suffering family cried into a ball. Zang Huachao said, "My father is so great. He suffered from both physical and family hardships, but he still worked selflessly. More importantly, at any stage of his life, he never forgot his lover who shared joys and sorrows with him. "
This is Zang Kemao. He has a career, a student and a family in his heart, but he has no ego.
As the sun sets, Zang Kemao, who is nearly eighty years old, likes to hold his wife for a walk in the yard. He knows in his heart that he can't grow old for his obsessed subjects and students; For the sake of this ill-fated family and the woman who entrusted him with his life, he dared not grow old. ...