He is an old farmer in Huaiwo Village, Jinzhi Township, Guangzong County, Hebei Province. Among the villagers, he is a mere and ordinary farmer.
But I didn't expect that this old farmer, who was no different from ordinary villagers, actually had medals on his chest and appeared on the concierge car in the "Salute Celestial" of the 70th anniversary parade of the 2019 National Day.
Who is he? What kind of identity do you have to be invited to appear in such a grand event?
By chance, the identity was revealed to the world
One day in 2002, for Wu Hongfu , it was one of countless ordinary days. On this day, after finishing the farm work, Wu Hongfu sat down on the stool in the yard to rest.
Wu Hongfu opened a newly purchased magazine " World Military " which has been his habit for several years. In the corner of the house, a thick stack of World Military magazines had been piled up.
The relatives and villagers in the family all call Wu Hongfu an "old military fan". Sometimes his wife even joked to him: "Why? He is so old, he still wants to join the army? Hey, he doesn't want you."
Wu Hongfu always smiled happily about his wife's "hissment" and didn't say anything. He was like a child who read fairy tales with relish.
However, this issue of "World Military" chores are different from any issue Wu Hongfu has seen before. Why?
It turns out that when Wu Hongfu was watching this issue of World Military, he turned into an article, which tells the story of China's missile shooting down the U-2 enemy aircraft. After reading it, Wu Hongfu couldn't help but sneer and fell into deep thought.
paused for a while, and he read the story carefully nervously. After reading it once, he thought about it and read it twice.
Why did the story of missile shooting down U-2 enemy aircraft in this issue of World Military rumor that caused Wu Hongfu to be so serious?
This comes from his true identity, and he is by no means an ordinary person.
He was once a PLA soldier and was trained by the army. When he saw this article, he realized that the confidentiality period for this matter had arrived. The chores of "World Military" can tell this story to general readers, which means that this is no longer a secret.
Wu Hongfu sighed, and the stone in his heart finally fell. At this moment, the secret he had kept for 37 years was finally released. For 37 years, only he himself knows the hard work of keeping secrets.
He excitedly came to his family with a magazine and said excitedly: "Look! This is the army I used to be!"
The family was stunned after hearing this, because in the past 37 years, he had never heard him say that he was once a People's Liberation Army soldier and the troops he served were not ordinary. It was a secret force that was once classified as a secret - the missile force.
Starting, the family did not believe his words. Wu Hongfu himself also saw that his family was skeptical about what he said.
The old man did not hurry to defend his family, but smiled and said to his family, "Wait, I have something for you to show you."
After saying that, the old man walked straight to his room and dragged out a large worn box under the bed. When I opened the box, the old man's clothes were neatly stacked on the surface. As I took out the clothes layer by layer, at the bottom of the box, the old man's ID and information were stored in the army at that time.
He took these documents and materials and came to his family, smiling and handed them to his family, "Look, I didn't lie to you, are you?" he said.
After seeing the old man’s stuff at his chest, the family believed that the old man was really a PLA soldier before and served in the missile force.
The old man's past is slowly spreading in the village. As it spread more and more widely, it actually spread to the county government.
The county government learned that an old hero was living in seclusion in the county and district under its jurisdiction, and immediately sent staff to visit Wu Hongfu.
The staff came to Wu Hongfu's home. Wu Hongfu showed his ID information to the staff. After verifying his identity, the staff immediately reported to the county government leaders.
Immediately, the county government decided to give Wu Hongfu the corresponding treatment according to the regulations in accordance with the combat heroes.
And at this time, something unexpected happened to the local government.
When he knew that the county government would give him corresponding treatment according to the combat hero, he politely refused.
This puzzled the local government, but Wu Hongfu said indifferently that he did not express his identity to discuss treatment with the government. He joined the People's Liberation Army and later shot down enemy U-2 aircraft to defend national security, but was just doing his duty as a PLA soldier.
This moved the local government and then widely promoted his heroic deeds. Only then did people understand the contribution of this combat hero to the country and the difficulty of keeping secrets for 37 years.
dedicated his youth and passion, overcome difficulties, and successfully shot down enemy planes
Wu Hongfu was born on April 28, 1941 in Huaiwo Village, Jinzhi Township, Guangzong County, Hebei Province.
1959, joined the army. After hard training, Wu Hongfu continued to improve his military capabilities and became an excellent mapper and first-class fighter technical expert. He was specifically responsible for the launch and positioning of missiles, providing missiles with targeted locations, distances and other data.
Hard training finally ushered in the opportunity to fight.
962 On September 9, 1962, a US-made "U-2" high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft rushed from above Pingdiao Island to the sky above Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, and entered the firepower range of the Second Battalion at 8:32. Wu Hongfu quickly marked the track of the "U-2" aircraft on the map board and passed it to the command center. After learning the news, Yue Zhenhua, the commander of the battalion, was furious at the arrogance of the US military and immediately issued an attack order.
The soldiers pressed the launch button, and the three missiles ejected raging flames from the tails, soaring straight into the sky and flying towards the U-2 plane.
"Boom" sounded, and the missile successfully hit the U-2 aircraft and the enemy plane was shot down.
's move actually created "world's number one" because this is the first time in the world to shoot down a U-2 aircraft with a missile. After
After the brilliant record was achieved, Air Force Commander Liu Yalou immediately arrived at the scene with other Air Force leaders to express condolences to the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion who shot down the U-2 aircraft, and claimed great achievements to Wu Hongfu and others.
Their achievements were passed to the Party Central Committee, and Premier Zhou also sent a special congratulatory message for this: "Very good, this is a great victory. It seems that the ace of the United States is not scary!"
Their successful shooting down the U-2 aircraft and the congratulatory message sent by the Prime Minister greatly encouraged the morale of the soldiers.
However, the battlefield is not static. For the US military, which has always regarded itself as a high-end and sophisticated, this time the U-2 was shot down is full of shame, and they will never give up.
After summarizing the lessons of the failure of the U-2 shot down, the US military proposed an improvement plan for the U-2. Electronic technology experts installed an early warning device for the surface-air missile on the U-2 aircraft - a small airborne radar.
With such a device, it can provide early warning of surface-to-air missiles flying towards the aircraft in advance, greatly improving the aircraft's ability to avoid missiles.
Are we helpless in the face of the US military's further upgrade in high-end weapons and equipment?
is not!
After our army learned about the upgrade of US technical equipment, the Air Force immediately found a solution after research.
unit put forward higher requirements to the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion. Faced with the early warning radar equipped on the U-2 aircraft, the only way to successfully shoot down the U-2 is to be faster than the early warning radar on the aircraft, so that the early warning radar cannot play a role.
The troops require the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion to send all data accurately to the guides in 8 seconds, and also require that they must be accurate.
According to the technical level at that time, the shortest time was 18 seconds, and the new requirement was only a fraction of this time. Can it be achieved? Can it be ensured to be accurate?
Just try it!
After receiving the new requirements, Wu Hongfu put forward more stringent requirements than the troops. They conducted countless investigation and drills on the entire process, proposing that it can be completed in 4 seconds. Without turning on the guided radar antenna and using only the target to indicate radar , the calculation results are passed to the guided personnel in just 4 seconds. The guided radar control missile must be quickly turned on within 2 to 3 seconds after the missile is launched. The 14-second request for
html is definitely not the unrealistic and unexecutable time that Wu Hongfu and others were blinded by the record and made by the unrealistic and unexecutable time.
In order to break through 4 seconds, Wu Hongfu and others conducted research in the narrow command vehicle, constantly researching and practicing every detail and every link, and the entire process was repeated countless times by them. The entire study lasted for more than ten days.
Finally, they gnawed this hard bone. After more than 500 boot experiments, all parameters can be accurately sent to the guide personnel at a limit of 3 seconds, so that the missile troops can compress the time from opening the antenna to launching the missile (15 actions in total) to within 8 seconds.
Since 1963, Wu Hongfu's troops have shot down RB57-D, RF101 and drone in 3 seconds without fail in the sky above Shangrao, Jiangxi, Zhangzhou, Fujian and Pingxiang, Guangxi. Such a record as
shocked the whole world. The technical research of Wu Hongfu and others has laid a solid foundation for my country to obtain air superiority .
RB57-D
In order to commend their brilliant achievements and outstanding contributions, on July 23, 1964, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, Marshal Zhu De and other party and state leaders cordially met with all the commanders and fighters of Wu Hongfu's battalion headquarters in the Great Hall of the People.
undoubtedly, this is an honor for Wu Hongfu and others, because this is the only time that Chairman Mao Zedong has received a battalion-level unit in an established manner after the founding of New China.
came to the Great Hall of the People, Premier Zhou was the first to shake hands with Wu Hongfu, and also hosted a banquet that night to entertain them.
keeps his mouth shut and keeps confidential
Time flies, time flies, in the blink of an eye, Wu Hongfu has served in the army for 24 years. In the past 24 years, Wu Hongfu has never relaxed for a moment and has always been in his position.
In February 11965, Wu Hongfu welcomed retirement. Before retirement, battalion commander Yue Zhenhua gathered the soldiers who were about to retire and held a meeting. First, it is to express its gratitude to the army for their youth and passion they have made over the years, and second, it is to emphasize discipline for the last time before they retired.
The troops put forward two requirements for them. One is that they are incompetent to make suggestions because there is no arrangement in the local area. The most important thing is the second article, and they must not disclose military secrets and state secrets.
After retiring, Wu Hongfu chose to return to his hometown - Huaiwo Village, Jinzhi Township, Guangzong County, Hebei Province. After returning home, he silently organized the things related to the army, including treasures, and neatly stacked several layers of clothing on these things, and then placed the boxes under the bed.
After returning home, he picked up the farm tools and started working on farm work. He did not mention his previous combat experience of the troops he had served.
He was not rich and even suffered a lot of misfortunes.
The mother was paralyzed due to illness, bedridden at home, and could not even take care of herself. She was taken care of by Wu Hongfu's wife. Wu Hongfu was busy in the field from morning to night for the survival of the whole family.
Not long after, his wife femoral head necrosis . He took his wife to the hospital for examination, and the hospital raised a high treatment fee. Wu Hongfu took his wife home without saying a word. He could only rely on drugs to control treatment for his wife's illness, and his wife's medical expenses accounted for a large part of her living expenses.
More than that. When my son was playing with his partner, he was unfortunately injured by his partner. The other party's parents knew that their children had caused trouble, so they hurried to Wu Hongfu's house with the money and food coupons he had collected, but Wu Hongfu did not hold them accountable too much. In his heart, he knew that the child was not intentional...
Wu Hongfu borrowed all his relatives and friends, but still did not collect enough surgery fees. The day before he was discharged from the hospital, Wu Hongfu sat in front of his son's bed, holding his son's little hand, and did not close his eyes all night. Due to incomplete treatment, the child's eye became blind.
Even though he faces so many difficulties, Wu Hongfu always remembers the requirements put forward by the troops before retirement, and has not made any requests to the local government, but has just endured these things silently.
For my family, my experience in joining the army, the troops I served, and the results I have made, I have not mentioned any of them. In fact, when I got married, my wife once asked about his past. But Wu Hongfu just said to his wife, I am not a bad person. What you should know will let you know, and don’t ask more questions about what you shouldn’t know. My wife is also a reasonable person, so she didn't ask any more questions.
He lives in a dilapidated house, doing farm work steadily in front of the farmers.
As the saying goes, the army will not fade. Although he has been discharged from the army, Wu Hongfu has always missed his life in the army and has always cared about the information of the army.
On December 31, 2015, the Central Military Commission held a ceremony to formally name the Second Artillery Corps as the "Rocket Force of the People's Liberation Army of China" and awarded the military flag. The Second Artillery Corps also elevated from the original strategic independent armies to the independent armies.
When he learned of the establishment of the Rocket Force, Wu Hongfu was so happy that he danced with joy. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights. It was his heartfelt joy. Seeing the continuous improvement of national defense strength, he felt supreme pride and pride as a soldier of the People's Liberation Army.
The enthusiastic and kind old Wu
In the eyes of villagers, Wu Hongfu is an enthusiastic and kind person. From retirement to the village to the present, Wu Hongfu always takes the lead in responding and supporting the work in the village.
html In the early 190s, the village collective planned to transfer the idle sand wald land in the village to carry out special planting.
But most people don’t know what land transfer is, they all hold a wait-and-see attitude, and no one signed a contract, which made the village cadres suddenly feel difficult. Although they tried their best to do their work with the villagers, they did not change the status quo at all.
At this moment, Wu Hongfu stood up and said, "This is a good thing, I support it." After that, he signed the contract.
Other villagers saw someone signing, and were a little shaken. Wu Hongfu continued to instruct everyone: "The sand land cannot produce golden eggs in our hands, and it will be transferred to the cooperative for business. We will take bonuses every year, and we will not lose." After
said, the villagers hesitated for a while, and then one of them stood up and signed the contract, followed by two or five... Finally, everyone signed the contract.
Wu Hongfu found that the sanitary conditions at the entrance of Xicun were not good, and there was garbage everywhere, so he brought his tools to the entrance of Xicun to clean up and clean up the garbage. This scene was seen by the villagers, and gradually, no one littered at the entrance of the West Village.
Whether you come back from the ground or take a walk, if you encounter a pothole on the road, Wu Hongfu will find some gravel and mud nearby to fill the potholes.
Don’t forget your original intention and keep your mission in mind
By chance, Wu Hongfu saw a report about Hua Luogeng without regrets joining the party, which gave him great inspiration. Although Wu Hongfu once joined the army and was a combat hero, he was not yet a Communist Party member.
A strong desire to join the party has burst out.
77-year-old Wu Hongfu picked up his pen and solemnly wrote down the application for joining the party word by word. He wrote affectionately: "My credit and honor can only represent the past, and must be maintained now, and we must continue to carry forward in the future. Not only do we have to do it well, but we must also educate our descendants to take over the red flag and run forward, and also to drive a group of people to run forward together..."
On October 31, 2019, 78-year-old Wu Hongfu held his right hand tightly, stood solemnly in front of the party flag, full of tears, and with a strong and powerful Voice swore: "I volunteer to join the Communist Party of China, support the party's program, abide by the party's constitution, fulfill the obligations of party members, implement the party's decisions, strictly abide by the party's discipline, keep the party's secrets, be loyal to the party, work actively, fight for communism for life, be ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people at any time, and never betray the party. The oath-taking person: Wu Hongfu"
Wu Hongfu's deeds are widely circulated and have been rated as Guangzong good person, Xingtai good person, China good person, and the "most beautiful retired soldier ". In July 2014, Wu Hongfu was invited to participate in the commemoration event of the "50th anniversary of Chairman Mao's reception with the Air Force Heroes Battalion" of a certain department of the Chinese Air Force, and went on stage to speak. He smiled and said, "I feel that my responsibilities are heavier. The more honors I bear, the more strict you should demand yourself and always remember your military character."
In 2019, at the military parade for the 70th anniversary of the National Day, Wu Hongfu was invited to take the No. 20 concierge car of the "Salute" square. While accepting the tribute to the people, Wu Hongfu solemnly raised his right hand and saluted the motherland and the people.
Reference
[1] Wu Hongfu- China Military Network
[2] Comrade Wu Hongfu's advanced deeds
[3] "Always be loyal to the party, always follow the party" - Interview with the "most beautiful retired soldier" Wu Hongfu
[4] Wu Hongfu: The first-class hero who is hidden in his name
[5] Wu Hongfu: The old hero, the new party member, He interprets the original intention with his actions
