Any army wants to have tough strength and good work style, it cannot be separated from iron discipline. Any soldier who wants to become an excellent soldier must be based on strict compliance with discipline and obeying orders.
And any outstanding soldier, regardless of whether he is in the military camp, the indelible discipline and honor will always be deeply rooted in his bones, allowing time to pass slowly, and what remains unchanged is the Chinese heart that loves the party, the country and the army.
The deeds of Wu Hongfu, "the most beautiful retired soldier", are undoubtedly the best explanation of the "Chinese heart". This old farmer in Hebei has been hiding his identity for 37 years. In order to keep a secret, the government came to hear the news.
Wu Hongfu
1. The old farmer who returned from the army
In February 1965, Wu Hongfu, a "ordinary soldier" serving in the Air Force's surface-to-air missile force, retired. He joined the army in December 1959, had already experienced nearly five years of military camp years. Five years passed quietly, the steel gun sharpened his will, the wind and rain awakened his blood, and discipline stood up to his backbone...
He walked into the military camp as an ordinary person and became an extraordinary soldier. Now he is carrying this "unordinary" and is about to return to his life as an ordinary person in the past. He is full of tears because of his reluctance.
Before leaving, the comrades in the army teamed up to see you off. In that era when separation is forever, I wonder what time will it take for such a group of dear people to meet again? As for whether we can see each other again, the opportunity is so slim that it makes people cry.
Because of the special nature of the Air Force's surface-to-air missile force, battalion commander Yue Zhenhua specially held a special meeting for them before leaving, and it was clearly stated in the meeting that "must not make any comments because the local government has not arranged it; must not disclose military secrets and state secrets to endanger national security."
This is the last order Wu Hongfu received as a soldier before taking off his military uniform, and it is also the last silent bond between him and the military camp.
"Soldiers take obeying orders as their duty." In Wu Hongfu's military career, this was his only belief, and it was the same after leaving the army. In his opinion, he left the army with an order. Even if he had no identity as a soldier, as long as the order was still there and a hot Chinese heart was still there, he would still be a soldier and would have to complete the order regardless of everything.
With such a "special order", Wu Hongfu, who ended his five-year military career, reluctantly left the army and returned to his hometown. Hebei Province, Huaiwo Village, Guangzong County, Guangtai City, Hebei Province, became an ordinary farmer.
And nothing about him has ever been told to anyone, the command of has also become the biggest secret deep in his heart, entrusting his yearning and comfort for military life.
Yue Zhenhua
"Old Wu, what kind of soldiers are in the army? Have you ever fought? Tell us, it's so good to have a long experience..." Such words emerge in Wu Hongfu's life, but every time someone asks, Wu Hongfu has the same answer.
"It's the cook who cooks there, and he hasn't even touched the gun several times..." Wu Hongfu always smiled honestly and waved his hand, making a serious look ashamed. Over time, under his "blindness", the villagers also believed this fact, including his wife and children.
In the eyes of my family, I only remember that Wu Hongfu had an experience of joining the army, but he was just an ordinary "cooking soldier".
Since then, Wu Hongfu has successfully downplayed the traces of his former soldier in people's hearts. Perhaps few of the villagers have remembered that he had been a soldier after time, and only know that he was a simple and honest farmer. From this, the "ordinary" Wu Hongfu took root in his hometown, but he remembered the "unordinary" he used to be and always remembered that he was a soldier.
2. Dedicate to your hometown
Although he has lost the identity of a soldier, Wu Hongfu never forgot that he was a soldier. Therefore, although he is among the masses, he still remembers the discipline and ideas in the military camp and plays the role and responsibility of a soldier as a soldier.
From 1965 to 1975, Wu Hongfu, who returned to his hometown from the barracks, not only became a farmer, but also became the company commander of the village militia company. Under his call and leadership, he won the honor of the "Red Flag Militia Company" every year.
The reason for this result is that Wu Hongfu's discipline and style in the military camp were brought into his hometown's militia company in combination with reality. Under his strict requirements, the small militia company had a "big style".
is naturally full of affection for his hometown Wu Hongfu, so he always cares about leading his hometown in a better direction. Perhaps his personal strength is limited in the end, but he knows the truth that "don't do not do it because of the smallness of goodness."
From silently filling the dirt pit on the road to forgive the girl who broke his tricycle during jokes, or volunteering to clean up the garbage accumulated in the village without asking for any reward, and rejecting the government's subsidies... drip and bit by bit gathering Wu Hongfu's practical actions to benefit his hometown.
Wu Hongfu, who did all this, never became arrogant because of these, but instead took everything for granted. "Who made you a soldier! Who made you a Communist Party member!" Perhaps this is the most silent thing Wu Hongfu has ever said to himself in his heart.
He has the style of a soldier and the party spirit of a party member. He uses his practical actions to tell himself and everyone that he deserves these two identities. Because of his party spirit and military spirit, Wu Hongfu's thoughts are very positive, and at the same time, his behavior and thoughts also deeply call on the people in his hometown.
In everyone's impression, Wu Hongfu is a great man who works hard and sacrifices himself. At the same time, he also has a certain prestige in the village. Therefore, whenever Wu Hongfu leads, the people in the village are willing to support him.
In the early 1990s, the village planned to transfer idle land for specialty planting. At that time, most of the farmers were not familiar with the corresponding policies, so there was no improvement after several lobbying, and most of them were watching from afar.
However, Wu Hongfu was full of trust in national policies and was the first to stand up to express his support and went door to door to do ideological work for everyone until the project was finally implemented. The peach forest planted at that time has become a great help to the village to get rid of poverty and become a veritable "money tree".
"Although I am not a soldier now, I have also been trained and educated by the Party and the army. I must never forget that I was a soldier and must be willing to endure hardships and serve the people." Wu Hongfu adhered to the style of a soldier and the party spirit of a party member, silently contributed himself to the construction of his hometown. He showed the fine style of a veteran to the fullest.
3. Selflessness between silence
"The blacksmith must be strong himself." Why can people in the village recognize Wu Hongfu's prestige? It is because Wu Hongfu did a good job himself and convinced the people around him from the inside out. Wu Hongfu spared no effort to drive the construction of his hometown and ran for the interests of others, but it was Wu Hongfu's sacrifice of his own interests.
As a farmer, Wu Hongfu's family is not well-off. At first, he had only two laborers in his family and his wife, and he had to support his parents and children with his family. In the dilapidated old house, the scene of a family living by eating pickles often occurs. A piece of clothing is not a rare thing for him and his family.
However, it was in such a situation that Wu Hongfu still unswervingly helped others. Even though his son was disabled, his mother was paralyzed, and his wife's femoral head was necrotic, his life was difficult to continue. Even after a flood, the house collapsed and he had to live with his relatives' home with his old age and took his children to stay at his relatives' house for three years...
But Wu Hongfu still carried all the pain himself and did not expect any special treatment.
1979, Wu Hongfu's son, who was about 7 years old, was accidentally injured while playing with his friends and needed surgery immediately, otherwise he would be at risk of blindness. However, as mentioned above, Wu Hongfu's family is poor, how can he afford the high cost of surgery? The same is true for the family that injured his son.
Although the people around him suggested that the other party be responsible to the end, when the other party had to give 200 yuan and dozens of kilograms of food coupons after borrowing from the east, Wu Hongfu did not choose to continue exploring it. Even though his family was puzzled by this, his wife ran out with tears before he could finish his words.
The reason why Wu Hongfu chose not to investigate further is that he did not want the other party’s family to be broken because of this accident. For this choice, he must bear all the medical expenses on his own. Therefore, Wu Hongfu went through many trips and traveled around all his relatives and friends, but he still did not collect the cost of the surgery the day before he was discharged from the hospital.
From this, Wu Hongfu's spirit of selfless dedication is about to emerge. As his family, it is glorious and "unfortunate", because his family must also have the same enlightenment as him, but in other words, this is also the best family tradition and inheritance?
Because of Wu Hongfu's actions, even though he abandoned his identity as a soldier, he still became a soldier among the masses. "Wu Hongfu was a hero in the first half of his life, and even a hero in the second half of his life." This is what Yang Hongwen, the old secretary of Huaiwo Village, commented on him.
So after looking at Wu Hongfu's selfless dedication in the second half of his life, you might as well look back at the glory of his first half of his life from the beginning, which shows the lofty and greatness of this veteran's spirit.
4. Wu Hongfu's first half of his life
Wu Hongfu served in the Air Force's surface-to-air missile force. When it comes to the importance of the word "missile" to China's national security, it is not difficult to see what secrets Wu Hongfu kept in his 37 years of incognito. But behind this secret is the supreme glory of Wu Hongfu's first half of his life.
On September 9, 1962, an American-made "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft flew from over Pingdiao Island into the air over Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, and rashly broke into the air defense identification zone under the Second Battalion of the Air Force Surface and Air Missile Force. Faced with the enemy's repeated provocations, our always-present attitude was to do everything possible to attack, so the corresponding interception order was issued soon.
At that time, Wu Hongfu was responsible for missile launch positioning. After he quickly calculated the data, he accurately marked the track of the "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft on the map board and uploaded it to the command center. With the battalion commander's order, the enemy plane exploded.
Because of the outstanding performance of this action, Wu Hongfu was awarded the title of advance. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that our army has shot down a US-made "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
"The road is one foot higher, the devil is one foot higher." When the undefeated American "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft is shot down, the enemy will inevitably strengthen it. Therefore, the enemy aircraft is equipped with early warning devices to deal with surface-to-air missiles. Whenever our guided radar antenna captures the target aircraft, the enemy's early warning devices will automatically alarm, and the difficulty of shooting down the enemy aircraft has increased significantly.
Faced with this situation, the soldiers of our army did not feel discouraged, but instead became more and more motivated. Since it cannot be shot down now, we will raise the level at all costs until it is shot down. Therefore, the soldiers of the Second Battalion, including Wu Hongfu, began a "large-scale training".
After 500 training sessions, our army's overall response technology has been continuously improved, and we can accurately send all parameters to the guidance technician within a 3-second extreme time.
As expected, God pays off for those who are determined. On November 1, 1963, as Wu Hongfu firmly said, "Three shots will be hit by one!", the relevant parties immediately stopped the fire, and the second American-made "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was unable to escape under the artillery fire of our army.
At that time, our army's equipment was in a weak position, and it was very difficult to achieve this. This incident undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of our army. Therefore, Wu Hongfu and others won the first-class merit of individual , all the second battalions won the first-class merit of collective, and the second battalions also received the title of "Hero Camp".
On July 23, 1964, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other leaders met with all the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion at the Great Hall of the People and took a group photo. The photo of time traveling has become the greatest comfort in Wu Hongfu's "hidden identity" period and the best proof of his glory in the first half of his life. This deed was buried in Wu Hongfu's heart, and it was not until something happened later that it became known.
For an order, Wu Hongfu did not mention his first half of his life for 37 years. It was not until one day that he saw the deeds of shooting down the reconnaissance plane in the newspaper that he realized that the confidentiality order had expired, and thus his deeds were known to the world. Yes, his efforts in the first half of his life were not rewarded until this time.
For a moment, the old man's deeds spread all over the world. After learning about the old man's deeds, the local government immediately took action to handle various preferential and compensation measures that comply with the policy for the elderly. However, in Wu Hongfu's eyes, these are essentially not important.
It seems to be a five-year military career, but in fact, the old man Wu Hongfu has demanded himself as a soldier throughout his life, and he has lived a lifelong life as a soldier. Just like the old man Wu Hongfu, "I am just a veteran."