However, the shock and the parties involved in this incident at home and abroad are still hot topics that people recall. The incident suddenly appeared in Mongolia, and the first thing to face it directly was Xu Wenyi, the Chinese ambassador to Mongolia at that time.

The "September 13th Incident" that occurred more than half a century ago has gradually moved away in the long river of history and is being flooded by the smoke and dust of history.

But the shock and parties involved in this incident at home and abroad are still hot topics that people recall. The

incident suddenly appeared in Mongolia. The first person to face it directly was Xu Wenyi, the Chinese ambassador to Mongolian .

At that year, Ambassador Xu Wenyi was 54 years old.

Her later years recalling this past event, Xu Wenyi was still full of emotion.

He said: "I was the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Mongolia on August 20, 1971. I just took office and I should have a familiar process of work. When I was unfamiliar with the place, the 'September 13th Incident' happened. Moreover, this incident was a political event that shocked the world...."

Although I had just taken office as the Ambassador of China to Mongolia for less than a month, Xu Wenyi had more than 20 years of foreign affairs work experience in Europe, Africa and other countries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He calmly and properly handled some of the difficult problems faced in Mongolia after the "September 13 Incident". For his outstanding performance, he was praised by Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee and Premier Zhou Enlai. Needless to say, everyone knows the protagonist of the "September 13 Incident".

. After the plane crashed into the desert, Xu Wenyi, the first Chinese man to face his body, is also a fourth field veteran.

Xu Wenyi is from Nanhui County, Shanghai. In 1938, he joined the Eighth Route Army and joined the party. During the War of Liberation, he participated in the Liaoshen Battle, Pingjin Battle, , and the army heading south in his post as a regiment-level commander. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he switched from the army to work on the diplomatic front.

He has served as Secretary-General of the Second Secretariat of the Embassy of New China in the Democratic Republic of Germany, Deputy Director and Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in the Congo, and Ambassador to Mongolia.

1971 was undoubtedly a turbulent time.

At around 8:00 am on September 14th that year, Mongolian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Erdunbileg urgently met with the newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Xu Wenyi.

Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister broke the practice of notifying diplomatic appointments one day or half a day in advance, and proposed an appointment in such a hasty manner. Moreover, Ambassador Xu Wenyi had not had time to visit the deputy minister after taking office, which surprised Ambassador Xu and other personnel of the embassy. Everyone guessed that maybe something special happened.

So, Ambassador Xu Wenyi, accompanied by a translator, rushed to the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in time. After meeting with

, Deputy Foreign Minister Erdun Bileg first apologized for the hasty appointment of Ambassador Xu for not having formally visited him after he took office. Then it was reported that at around 2 a.m. on September 13, a Chinese military jet plane crashed 10 kilometers south of the Berg mine area of ​​Kent, Mongolia (provincial capital Wendurhan ), and all nine crew members were killed. He verbally protested on the deep entry of Chinese military aircraft into Mongolian airspace, hoping that China would give a formal explanation.

Finally, Erdunbileg said that the weather is warmer now and the bodies of the victims need to be buried in some way...

Ambassador Xu Wenyi immediately expressed his opinion: "Thank you, Deputy Foreign Minister for notifying me of this. Just as China and Mongolia relations began to normalize, our plane crashed on Mongolian territory for some reason, which is of course a pity." "For the verbal protests raised by the Deputy Foreign Minister, I cannot accept them before I understand and understand the truth, but I can tell my government."

Ambassador Xu proposed: "Can we send people to the on-site inspection?"

The other party immediately expressed permission and asked China to inform Mongolia of the personnel and time sent to the scene as soon as possible for arrangements.

Later historical records revealed that on the eve of 2 a.m. on September 13, 1971, Mongolian border sentries discovered a large plane without lights and roaring into the country from China. The guards of the Berge fluorite mine in Kent, Mongolia also discovered the large aircraft. Soon I heard a loud noise and saw a fire.

A Chinese plane crashed and crashed abroad, which is not an ordinary trivial matter. Moreover, China-Mongolia relations had just eased from the trough. How to deal with and deal with it is undoubtedly a test for Ambassador Xu Wenyi.What smart responses did Ambassador Xu Wenyi make? Look at his extraordinary performance in this historical event.

First, the plane crash is serious, Ambassador Xu Wenyi decisively decided to use the diplomatic long-distance dedicated line that has been covered with for two years to report to the motherland.

At that time, the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia had a relatively backward communication and contact method with the country. The embassy did not set up a dedicated radio station, and it was necessary to rely on the local post and telecommunications bureau in Mongolia to shoot telegrams. Because Mongolia's postal and telecommunications equipment is outdated and disrepaired, it is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and its efficiency is not high, even if it is shot, it sometimes takes several hours to send it to Beijing.

After the appointment of the Deputy Foreign Minister of Mongolia, my embassy staff went to the local post office to inquire about the shooting and sending the telegram. As a result, they learned that the line had a malfunction again. The telegram had to be sent through Moscow . I don’t know when it will be sent to Beijing...

After hearing this, Ambassador Xu Wenyi made a quick decision and decided to use a long-distance dedicated telephone line between China and Mongolia, which had been blocked for two years. He first used Mongolia's international long-distance telephone line to connect to the Beijing Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After asking for permission, he immediately activated the dedicated telephone line. Finally, at noon on the 14th, the news of a Chinese plane crash proposed by Mongolia was reported to Beijing. It provides a basis for superior leaders to grasp information in a timely manner and control the overall situation.

It was through Xu Wenyi's report that Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou knew in time that Lin Biao's plane was destroyed and killed.

But the central government still decided to keep it strictly confidential both internally and externally before obtaining conclusive evidence and not fully clarifying the truth.

Second, Xu Wenyi led relevant personnel to visit the scene and took photos of precious information .

In accordance with the spirit of the instructions from domestic feedback, Ambassador Xu Wenyi decided to rush to the site of the Wendurhan crash the next day to check it out.

The scene of the plane crash and crash was in a mess and the situation was tragic.

Mongolian staff and Ambassador Xu Wenyi both expressed their serious expressions, and they watched while walking. The cameras on the scene and the movie cameras of Mongolian were ringing continuously.

Ambassador Xu arranged for Sun Yixian to take photos carefully. He and another embassy staff followed the Mongolian staff to investigate on the spot.

A flight expert on Mongolia analyzed the crash of the plane. He believed that when the plane landed for emergency landing, the wings rubbed the ground. Because the abdomen could not be grounded, the plane rushed forward again. After losing balance, it rolled on the ground about 500 meters away and exploded. The nose and fuselage burned violently, and in the end there was only the burned empty shell.

Xu Wenyi saw that there was a landing gear 80 meters south of the fuselage of the crashed aircraft, and there was a complete tire 200 meters south. 60 meters northwest of the fuselage, the tail of the machine is lying inclined, and the five-star red flag and the machine number "256" are clearly visible. Nine corpses were scattered from north to 50 meters north of the fuselage, most of which were facing upwards, with mostly burnt heads and blurred faces, making them difficult to identify.

The items scattered at the scene and the remains of the aircraft are clearly shown that the crashed aircraft is China Civil Aviation No. 256.

Ambassador Xu Wenyi later recalled: "We took photos of the bodies and pistols, documents and other objects scattered around. There was a temporary entry and exit certificate embedded in a plastic clip on the ground, which was from the main entrance and back door of the Air Force compound. The number was 0002. There was no photo posted, but it only said: Lin Liguo, male, 24 years old, cadre."

Xu Wenyi said: "I didn't know who Lin Liguo was at that time." He just took the embassy staff to take photos while cleaning up the relics, and covered the remains of the victims with white cloth and placed them aside.

At the scene, Xu Wenyi found that the victims' shoes and watches were gone, and he found it strange. He believes that it is impossible for anyone of the nine killed to wear a watch. The only thing that makes sense is that they took off their watches and shoes by themselves during their lifetime to reduce the damage caused by the crash...

A large number of photos taken by Xu Wenyi and his embassy staff at the scene, including the remains of the deceased, damaged parts of the plane, scattered documents and materials, etc., eventually became complete evidence of the "September 13 Incident".

is a photo they took on the spot, interpreting a key issue that has caused many suspicions.

After the "September 13 Incident", there was a hole in the wing of the Trident aircraft at the crash site, and it was reported that the plane was shot down by the missile .

Relevant departments in my country have set up an investigation team on this and asked Wang Hai, a famous Air Force pilot, to participate in the investigation. Wang Hai brought back the photos of the scene through Xu Wenyi and found that the hole on the wing was actually exploded on one side, and the aluminum spike turned outward, proving that the hole was caused by the fire and explosion of the internal fuel tank of the aircraft, thus overturning the speculation that the plane was shot down by a missile.

Third, Ambassador Xu Wenyi coordinated the preliminary aftermath work such as burying the deceased .

Next, it is the problem of handling the bodies of the victims.

Ambassador Xu Wenyi had no idea of ​​the true identities of the 9 deceased at that time. As the "Chinese compatriots" who died, they cannot be exposed to their bodies in the wilderness no matter what.

Initially, Ambassador Xu proposed to cremate and send the ashes back to China. However, Mongolia rejected China's request under the pretext that there was no cremation custom in the local area. Later, Ambassador Xu negotiated with the other party many times but failed, but he had no choice but to agree to the Mongolian side's proposal to bury on the spot.

Under the arrangement of Xu Wenyi, our embassy staff numbered the remains of the 9 deceased one by one (Lin Biao is No. 5).

Mongolian arranged for soldiers to dig a tomb soil pit, and placed a white stubble coffin next to each corpse. Mongolian soldiers wrapped each corpse with white cloth and buried each corpse one by one according to our numbering order. Then they pulled it to the edge of the digged soil pit with cars and placed it one by one from north to south in the numbering order.

Ambassador Xu and Mongolian officials took the lead in filling the soil, and finally the Mongolian soldiers completed the burial.

The Chinese side suggested erecting a wooden sign next to the tomb, which read "The tomb of the Nine Comrades killed in China Civil Aviation on September 13, 1971," and is under the "Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Mongolia".

Then, the Mongolian soldiers used cars to pull the diversion cone between the air inlet ring and the ring of the crashed aircraft in accordance with the request put into use by Ambassador Xu and others, and placed it on the top of the grave as a permanent mark.

Then, Ambassador Xu led the embassy personnel to stand in a row, bowing respectfully three times with an unspeakable mood, and expressing grief to the victims.

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Because of properly handling the "September 13 Incident", Xu Wenyi was praised by the leader.

A few years later, Xu Wenyi returned to China and planned to establish the journal " World Knowledge " and served as president of the publisher. In 1979, he re-entered his diplomatic work and served as Chinese ambassador to Lebanon. Later, he also served as deputy head of the Chinese delegation in the China-Vietnam Negotiation, deputy head of the Central Leading Group for Selecting Young and Middle-aged Cadres, deputy head of the Central Leading Group for Implementing the Policy of Taiwanese Compatriots and Rebellion and Surrender Personnel, vice president of the China-Mongolia Friendship Association, and director of the Taiwan Research Association.

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