Author: Dongxu
At dawn on January 11, 1965, Dong Jizhao, the captain of Shameizi Commune in Inner Mongolia, returned home from the brigade headquarters. It was heard that his wife was whispering to a man: "Slow down..."
Dong Jizhao heard the blood surge, and he kicked the door and entered the house regardless of everything, and was stunned by the scene in front of him.
He immediately returned to the brigade headquarters, called several militiamen to return home, and took the man to the commune (equivalent to the current "country").
On the way, Dong Jizhao also told him, "Don't hurt him."
Who is this uninvited guest? What is the intention of going to Dong Jizhao's house? Why is Dong Jizhao so polite to him?
All of this will start from the 1960s.
Since the late 1950s, Jiang's clamored for a "counterattack". Under the planning of the CIA, American and Chiang pilots frequently invaded mainland airspace in high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, took a large number of photos of military facilities and other important strategic goals built by the mainland, and released them.
This aggressive act aroused strong indignation from us.
Chairman and Duke Zhou instructed that the US aircraft should be shot down at any cost, otherwise the impact would be too bad.
So, a deployment to strengthen air defense was secretly unfolded.
On October 6, 1958, our army's first surface-to-air missile force was secretly established.
For the sake of confidentiality, it is stipulated that the code name of surface-to-air missile weapon is "543", and this surface-to-air missile force is also called "543 unit ".
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On the morning of October 7, 1959, the Second Missile Battalion opened its first record and shot down an RB-57D over Tong County, Beijing. This is the first time in the history of world air defense that land and air missiles were used to shoot down enemy aircraft!
On September 9, 1962, the 2nd Battalion of the Surface and Air Missile Forces took another battle in the Nanchang area of Jiangxi Province and shot down a U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
Soon after, two more high-altitude reconnaissance planes were shot down.
From 1959 to 1963, the 2nd Missile Battalion shot down enemy high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft four times.
But by the end of 1964, Jiang Jun U2 suddenly gained abilities, leaving the Second Battalion helpless for a while.
At that time, shortly after my country's first atomic bomb, , successfully tested it, and Chiang Kai-shek was impatient to send U2 to reconnaissance.
The Second Missile Battalion, which had been waiting for a long time, locked the enemy plane. When the button was pressed, three missiles flew towards U2. The enemy plane immediately fell down, and cheers came from the position.
However, something strange happened next.
After the enemy plane "falls" down to a height of 3,000 meters, it suddenly "resurrects" and climbs upwards, returning to Tai Island as the same way.
What tricks did the enemy aircraft use to get rid of danger?
"Top Secret 543"
2 Battalion failed, Deputy Commander of the Air Force Cheng Jun led the working group to inspect. After repeated argumentation, he finally came to the conclusion that the enemy plane had installed the No. 13 electronic interference system.
This system will release a false signal before my radar locks it, "hidden truth and false".
In this way, my radar is locked in a virtual aircraft, no wonder the missile cannot hit it.
Electronic interference was a new technology at that time, and Americans were the first to master this technology.
Due to the installation of an electronic jamming system, in the Fourth Middle East War in 1973, the Styx missile, which once showed its power, became a waste product. The navy of the Arab country once fired 50 missiles to the Israeli Navy, but none of them hit the target. This is a later story.
It should be said that in 1964, Americans began to use this technology. The mistake of the Second Missile Battalion of
Missiles was deeply surprised by the relevant departments of our army. Under this circumstance, my country's anti-electronic interference system research was put on the agenda.
Our army's Communications Soldier founder, former minister of Communications Soldier, and Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry , Wang Zheng issued a military order to come up with a set of powerful tools to deal with U2 within 3 months.
Researchers started research day and night, and completed the task in less than two months. The anti-electronic interference killer, "Anti-electronic warning No. 2", was installed on the Sam missile.
However, it is still unknown how effective the "Anti-Electronic Warning No. 2" is.
At 18:00 on January 10, 1965, an U2 reconnaissance aircraft numbered 3521 took off from Taoyuan Airport in Taidao and headed towards the mainland.
The person who drove the reconnaissance plane is Major Zhang Liyi of the 35th Task Force of the 5th Regiment of the Chiang Kai-shek Air Force.
Although he is only in his early thirties, he is already a veteran who has been through the battlefield for a long time.
From October to December 1964, Zhang Liyi flew a plane to the mainland for reconnaissance three times, and all returned safely, and was received by Jiang's two times.
Entering mainland airspace is a life-and-death journey, but Zhang Liyi is not so nervous.
First, because this time it was flying a new route; second, it was operating at night, which was more concealed; third, it was equipped with an electronic interference system, so it was fearless.
Therefore, Zhang Liyi believes that this flight will return safely as before, received a reward, received a large bonus, and reunited with his family.
At this time, he had already flown over Inner Mongolia, stayed for a quarter of an hour and returned successfully.
, how easy is it to go? The soldiers of the missile battalion did not agree!
U2 aircraft entered the first battalion of missile positions arranged in Saraqi, Inner Mongolia, and the "Anti-Electronic Warning No. 2" had already begun to work.
"Start!" At 21:15, battalion commander Wang Linguo issued an order.
Before he finished speaking, the guide technician Zhang Fuda pressed the launch button without hesitation, and three missiles sprayed long flames to the sky.
At this moment, Zhang Liyi, who was flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters, discovered an abnormality. The electronic warning device in front of him suddenly showed a pile of light.
He thought to himself that it was "not good" and planned to manually start the electronic interference switch, but it was too late.
said it was soon, and a fireball headed straight to the left wing of the plane, emitting lightning and thunder.
At the same time, the fuselage trembled violently, sealed cabin was pitch black, Zhang Liyi was ejected, fell from a high altitude, and soon lost consciousness and knew nothing...
After a long time, a biting cold wind woke Zhang Liyi up. He shuddered and found that he was already lying in the snow and ice.
Since the temperature of the sealing compartment is 25 degrees Celsius, Zhang Liyi was wearing a thin flight suit and could not resist the cold of around minus 30 degrees Celsius.
He hurriedly pulled the parachute behind him and wrapped his body, but he was still extremely cold and trembling with coldness.
He suddenly remembered the outdoor survival training conducted in the United States, where he could run and keep warm.
But he struggled to stand up and before he could step out his legs, he felt a biting pain.
Intuition tells him that he is injured.
He heard the sound of the car engines not far away, as well as the sound of people talking, and saw the light from the flashlight.
Zhang Liyi understood that someone discovered the wreckage of the plane, but he did not find him here, and no one came to him.
He shook his life-saving equipment that could glow and shouted "I want to surrender", but no one saw it or heard it.
After a while, the sound of cars disappeared and the voices could not be heard. Zhang Liyi looked at the vast night sky from afar and fell into despair and fear.
He understood that it won’t take long for him to become a zombie, and his only way out is to exercise.
In the United States, Zhang Liyi once underwent an eight-week outdoor survival training and could survive in various desperate situations.
Now, this kind of training comes in handy.
He began to crawl into the distance based on his intuition.
After crawling for 8 hours, he finally came to a village at dawn.
Seeing the smoke coming out of the chimneys of several earthen houses, Zhang Liyi was ecstatic.
Inner Mongolia Houses
He climbed to the first house in the village, opened the empty door, and saw the red fire and the graceful figure of the young woman.
"Who are you?" The young woman was shocked.
"I..." Zhang Liyi didn't know how to answer, so he had to say in Mandarin, "Madam, I'm cold...I want to warm up."
The young woman didn't think much about it, and stopped him and said, "Slowly, you are frostbite and can't roast the fire." She took out her husband's coat and put it on.
"Ms., you are so nice!" Zhang Liyi said gratefully.
Just as the two were talking, the young woman's husband pushed the door and came back. His name was Dong Jizhao, the captain of Yifang Village, Shameizi Commune, Tumote Banner, searched for the enemy pilot who was parachuting all night.
Seeing his wife talking to a man, Dong Jizhao's mind went blank, and then he was furious and thought his wife had done something sorry for him.
But when he saw the costume the man was wearing, he instantly understood everything. It turned out that they had been looking for the pilot who had been looking for all night and came to his house.
This shows the scene at the beginning of the article. Dong Ji recalled and called the militia, captured Zhang Liyi, and took Zhang Liyi to the commune with a ox cart.
Because Zhang Liyi had been frostbite, Dong Jizhao specifically instructed the militia to take good care of him and not to hurt him.
In the commune, the secretary asked someone to change Zhang Liyi into a brand new cotton coat and asked the cook to make him a bowl of egg noodles.
Zhang Liyi ate rice on Taiwan and basically didn't eat noodles. Now he is already hungry and drools when he sees the steaming noodles.
He didn't care about so much, so he picked up his bowl and started eating.
Zhang Liyi sat on the kang and ate noodles voraciously. He didn't know that the house was already in chaos.
At this time, the People's Liberation Army soldiers were waiting aside for a long time. When Zhang Liyi had enough food and drink and put down his chopsticks, the soldiers took him to the car and took him to the military region.
received the report, and Zhou Gongxing rushed to the chairman: "Chairman, another U2 was shot!"
"Is it still the second battalion captured?" the chairman asked.
Zhou Gong replied: "It's not the second battalion, this time it's the first battalion."
"Okay, okay, that's fine!" the chairman said repeatedly.
enemy aircraft have failed continuously, which shows that our army's air defense capabilities have been greatly improved. How can the Chairman not feel relieved?
Look back and see that the development process of our surface-to-air missile air defense system is tortuous.
In the early 1960s, Sino-Soviet relations broke down, the Soviet Union withdrew experts, and the development of surface-to-air missile air defense systems fell into trouble.
After several years of hard work, the researchers finally successfully copied it in 1964.
At this point, China no longer has to rely on the Soviet system.
Another good news in 1966. The surface-to-air missile air defense system developed by my country was successfully developed, ending the history of relying on Soviet missiles, indicating that our army's air defense system has moved from imitation to the era of independent research and development, and its air defense capabilities have reached a higher level.
However, the enemy did not give up because of this. The US military developed unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and frequently invaded southern airspace.
This kind of reconnaissance aircraft is small in size, low in cost, stronger maneuverability, and can fly up to 20,000 meters, making it more difficult to capture.
However, at 12:00 on September 17, 1967, this reconnaissance aircraft that Americans believed to be invincible was shot down by our Missile 3 Battalion with the Hongqi 2 missile.
news came out, Pentagon was surprised.
"Hongqi 2" missile
In the two years after the 6th surface-to-air missile battalion used the "Hongqi 2" missile to shoot down three US-made unmanned high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
In 1987, the 97th Battalion of the Surface-Air Missile shot down a MiG-21 that invaded my country's airspace at the Guangxi border.
In addition to "Hongqi No. 2", we have also developed various models of surface-to-air missiles such as "Hongqi No. 61" and "Hongying No. 5" and have successively prepared troops.
The era of enemy aircraft unscrupulously invading Chinese airspace has become history and is gone forever. It is soaked in the sweat of scientific researchers, and the surface-to-air missile battalion also makes an indelible contribution.
So, what happened to the captured Chiang army pilot Zhang Liyi?
After the plane was shot down, Admiral Xu Huansheng appeared early in the morning at Zhang Liyi's home in East Port, Tai Island, and informed his wife Ms. Zhang Jiaqi of the bad news.
Zhang Liyi's family photo
Taiwan Island "Central Daily" issued a report the next day: Air Force Major Zhang Liyi was shot down while driving a U2 while performing a reconnaissance mission in the mainland and unfortunately died.
All walks of life in Taiwan held mourning activities to commemorate this hero who "killed and achieved success".
Although Zhang Liyi survived from death, the situation was not optimistic.
His injury worsened sharply.
He fell from a high altitude, and the sudden change of air pressure made his eyes highly congested, and there was a possibility of blindness.
What's worse is that his feet are severely frostbite and necrotic. If they are further infected, there is a possibility of sepsis and they will have to amputate their limbs.
And his spine is severely contusted, which may lead to paralysis.
The injury to the right shoulder and right rib is not optimistic. There are multiple fragments embedded in it, and it will also be infected.
Relevant departments attached great importance to it and immediately received Zhang Liyi from the Air Force General Hospital for emergency treatment.
The hospital set up a treatment group composed of experts and performed several surgeries.
After three months of careful treatment, Zhang Liyi finally passed by Death and recovered his health.
1969, Zhang Liyi restored his freedom and lived in the mainland. After
was released, he worked as a farmer, a worker, and an engineer at Nanjing Aviation Institute .
In 1982, Zhang Liyi went to Taiwan to visit relatives but was rejected and later settled in the United States.
In that year, the CIA director who was studying in the U-2 in the United States personally picked him up, handled the settlement procedures for him, and paid him a total of US$300,000 in compensation and resettlement funds.
But Zhang Liyi has never been married, and he is waiting to reunite with his wife.
After Xiao Jiang , Zhang Liyi moved to Tai Island.
His wife is still there, but things have changed.
Because the Taiwan authorities said that Zhang Liyi was dead, there was no news of Zhang Liyi being captured at that time. His wife had reorganized her family and married a man named He.
In his later years, Zhang Liyi and his wife
Mr. He was very moved when he learned about Zhang Liyi's persistence and took the initiative to file for divorce. Zhang Liyi and his wife reunited.
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