2004, on a very ordinary day, an old man came to the local armed forces. The staff received the old man. Everyone thought that the old man wanted to visit, so they didn't think so much about it. However, when the old man expressed his intention and everyone went to inquire, they were shocked by the old man's identity.
It turned out that the old man came to check his military files, but it directly alarmed the central government.
The old man is called Wu Hongfu . In fact, the reason for querying is very simple. It is to justify himself. In order to correct his name, he is not an old liar, nor is he bragging.
The cause is very simple. The old man is a simple farmer. However, one afternoon in 2002, the old man sat at home reading a newspaper and accidentally saw a military report, which tells the interview with the missile battalion commander Yue Zhenhua. The article introduces in detail the story of Yue Zhenhua leading the missile battalion and shooting down the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance record.
When I saw this report, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and said: It has been 37 years, and this secret that has been weighing on my heart seems to be no longer a secret, and it can finally be told.
Wu Hongfu
Later, the old man took out his certificate and medals from the underground box, and wiped each medal carefully.
Because I knew that this was no longer a secret, Wu Hongfu began to talk to the villagers. His experience in joining the army also made the villagers look at his medal, but no one believed him.
all think he is a liar, and these medals are fake. If it is true, how could the government not treat him preferentially, but instead let him work so hard for a lifetime? In fact, Wu Hongfu is not afraid of hard work, but when he heard the villagers say he is a liar, he couldn't stand it, so he went to check his files two years later.
Why did Wu Hongfu hide it for so many years? Let's talk about his experience
Wu Hongfu, born in 1941 in Huaiwo Village, Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. At that time, Guangzong County was very poor. Wu Hongfu's family was also a well-known poor man in the village. Even so, Wu Hongfu's parents insisted and asked him to finish junior high school. However, later he dropped out of school under pressure. Wu Hongfu had to go out to work to subsidize his family.
Until December 1959, Wu Hongfu joined the army. Because his education was relatively high, he became a mapper for the Second Battalion of the Low-altitude Missiles of the Chinese Air Force. was originally an Air Force, but later because of his high level of education, he was assigned to the most mysterious 543 unit of the country at that time, which is what we often call the surface-to-air missile battalion.
This unit had only high education talents at that time, so Wu Hongfu was assigned to the past. This unit was established on October 6, 1958. The purpose of its establishment was to attack the United States and the Kuomintang Air Force for high-altitude reconnaissance.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan with the Kuomintang, but Chiang Kai-shek had the support of the United States, so he paid for Chiang Kai-shek to buy weapons and equipment. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek began to frequently peep at all times. According to statistics, in the first half of 1962 alone, Chiang Kai-shek used the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to conduct up to 11 deep-sighting spy on mainland China. In order to deal with it, the Air Force Commander Liu Yalou formulated a targeted countermeasure against "missile guerrilla tactics".
In fact, this tactic is very simple. It is to analyze their flight routes, determine the necessary paths for them to invade, and then deploy missile battalions on these routes.
Although Wu Hongfu's mapper sounds simple, it is a very important position. The task that the mapper needs to do is to quickly calculate the various parameters of the enemy aircraft, then report the parameters, and mark them on the missile radar. Without these parameters, the radar can be said to be difficult to search for enemy aircraft. It can be said that the mapper is the heart of the missile battalion.
mapman discharge certificate
On September 7, 1962, our army gave the US military a big gift, but this gift depends on whether they dare to accept it. At that time, a bomber brigade located in Nanjing took off and moved to the Nanchang base. In fact, this was intentional, just to attract the US military and Chiang Kai-shek's intelligence agencies. As a result, they really took the bait. However, in the end, they went back halfway because of the plane malfunction, otherwise the plane would have been shot down.
Later on September 9, U-2 appeared again over in Nanchang City, our country. After the radar was captured, Wu Hongfu began to calculate and mark the flight trajectory, speed and other parameters of the enemy plane. Wu Hongfu also said that he could definitely defeat the enemy in one move. Finally, the command center ordered a meeting based on Wu Hongfu's data, and three missiles were launched. As a result, the enemy plane was indeed shot down by our army.
This is also the first time in my country's history that a missile was used to shoot down the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft . At that time, Wu Hongfu was famous and everyone knew this fast mapper.
missile shot down the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft
Later, in order to deal with our surface-to-air missile , the US military also invented an electronic early warning device, that is, after you are targeted by radar, it will issue an early warning and begin to make a corresponding response. For this device of the US military, my country has also conducted targeted training of the "near-fast tactics" model. It means to speed up the missile, from the discovery of the aircraft to the launch time, and when the enemy receives early warning and takes countermeasures, it will send the missile up.
So this requires excellent technology. In order to meet the requirements, Wu Hongfu's parameter budget time must be shortened from the original 18 seconds to within 8 seconds. This requires Wu Hongfu to memorize more than 100 commonly used data and have to memorize it thoroughly. This is a very difficult thing.
But Wu Hongfu did it. He not only did it, but also exceeded the indicators. It took only 3 seconds to budget.
soon ushered in actual combat. In November 1963, the enemy plane once invaded my country's airspace and hovered over Jiangxi. The radar was detected, but suddenly the radar malfunctioned and the enemy disappeared on the radar. So Wu Hongfu directly based on his budget and thought of this short time. According to the speed and course of the enemy, he could not complete excessive maneuvers according to the enemy's speed and direction. So Wu Hongfu directly determined the position based on his budget and said to the leader: If three shots were fired, one shot would definitely hit, so the leader ordered the launch.
indeed hit and shot down accurately. This time Wu Hongfu became even more famous. Even the battalion commander Yue Zhenhua said happily at that time: You are such a "Bold Wu". If the radar is not effective, you are really good. You really put your eyes on the missile. After the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense learned about this matter, Wu Hongfu was awarded the first-class merit of personal , all officers and soldiers of the Second Missile Battalion were awarded the first-class merit of collective, and the Second Missile Battalion was awarded the title of "Hero Battalion".
On July 23, 1964, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others also held a banquet at the Great Hall of the People and met all the officers and soldiers of the Second Missile Battalion. Wu Hongfu also met Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai.
Later, Wu Hongfu recalled this experience and said: I am not so happy anymore. To be honest, I haven’t washed my hands for 3 days.
In February of the second year, Wu Hongfu finished his service and finally chose to withdraw from active service. He thought that he could meet his mother and family, Wu Hongfu was still very excited, but everyone felt very uncomfortable at the farewell banquet, because I don’t know when the next time I meet.
However, before leaving, battalion commander Yue Zhenhua found everyone to talk to. The content of this conversation 1. You cannot give up opinions just because you have retired from the army. You must have the character of a soldier.
2. The missile battalion is a state secret. After returning home, the country’s military secrets cannot be disclosed, especially in an important position like Wu Hongfu, who knows more about the country’s missiles, and cannot be disclosed.
After waiting for everyone's affirmative reply, battalion commander Yue Zhenhua was completely relieved. At that time, my country's missile industry had just begun, and it was really unexpected to achieve such achievements.
Fortunately, these officers and soldiers are willing to learn, so our country's weapons and equipment will get better and better in recent years.
After returning home, Wu Hongfu kept in mind the words of the old battalion commander, so after returning to his hometown, he simply locked all his certificates and medals underground in the cabinet, and did not find a place to arrange work for him.
instead picked up the hoe again and became a farmer peacefully, but the family will still be curious.
Because when he made meritorious service, the good news was delivered to his home directly. His family and villagers knew that Wu Hongfu had made meritorious service, but no one knew what kind of contribution he had made, and he did not say it in the good news, so his family would be more curious, but Wu Hongfu said to his family directly: Ask what should be asked, and don’t ask what should not be asked.
In fact, the family is okay. What Wu Hongfu is most afraid of is that it is really hard to answer when faced with the interrogation of the villagers. Later, Wu Hongfu directly said that he was the leader in the army, just a cook and a cooking soldier. Gradually, everyone gave up their curiosity.
Later, Wu Hongfu has been working as a farmer in his hometown and has never mentioned anything about himself in the army. In fact, if Wu Hongfu finds the government, he will definitely be treated preferentially.
Wu Hongfu's family is relatively poor. He thought that his son would be fine when he returned home. Who knew that the situation would be the same after he came back, and his family had no money to build a house. There was a problem with the house before, and the family had problems with the house. As the saying goes, "People have to bow their heads under the roof." Therefore, during that time, Wu Hongfu's children were relatively inferior.
It was not until three years later that Wu Hongfu took his family to leave, but his mother and wife were both sick. Even in such a difficult situation, Wu Hongfu still did not apply for help. Later, the three poor children at home could not go to school and had to drop out of school to subsidize their family income.
Slowly, life has improved. Wu Hongfu is also when he is a grandfather. At this time, Wu Hongfu did nothing and concentrates on taking care of his grandson at home and enjoys his youth.
It was not until 2002 that he saw the old battalion commander's report that he knew he would no longer have to keep the secret. Wu Hongfu was not going to say it. After all, so many years have passed, but the villagers all said that he was a liar. At this time, he went to rectify his name. This was the beginning scene. Wu Hongfu went to armed forces to check his files and to rectify his name.
When everyone was shocked when they learned that Wu Hongfu was a first-class hero, they didn't know that there was a first-class hero around them. At that time, they handled the matters and quickly implemented preferential treatment for Wu Hongfu.
In fact, Wu Hongfu didn't want this. As long as he could just rectify his name, the old battalion commander probably didn't expect that Wu Hongfu could keep a secret for the country for 37 years.
After learning about Wu Hongfu's identity, the villagers stood up for him and felt that the government should compensate him, but Wu Hongfu said directly that there was no compensation, saying that he was doing well now, with his children and grandchildren around him, and he was very happy to see his grandson every day.
Soon, Wu Hongfu's identity alarmed the central government. In October 2018, Wu Hongfu was elected by the state as one of the 20 candidates for the "Most Beautiful Veterans " jointly carried out.
On November 10 of that year, the state issued him the certificate of "The Most Beautiful Veteran" and awarded him the title of "The Most Beautiful Veteran".
2019 70th anniversary military parade, Wu Hongfu was also invited by the state to attend the military parade. Wu Hongfu sat in the veteran's concierge car and saluted compatriots across the country.
At this moment, Wu Hongfu waited for 37 years. He didn't expect that he had retired for so many years. The country and the government could still remember him and invited him to attend such a grand ceremony. After the military parade, Wu Hongfu was also invited to participate in the active-duty troops. The moment he entered the troops, Wu Hongfu's eyes were rosy. He didn't expect that our country's weapons were developing too fast now.
The moment when he saw these things, all Wu Hongfu's grievances were covered up by these progress. Seeing that the country is so strong now, Wu Hongfu was also very excited.
At this moment, Wu Hongfu was also proud of being a Chinese people, proud of being a soldier, and seeing the increasingly powerful motherland now, Wu Hongfu should also be very proud of himself.
