The sunny and handsome boy in front of us is the protagonist of our story today, demining hero Du Fuguo .
But no one expected that such a hero would have an accident during the next demining mission. There was a thunder and he lost his eyes and hands forever...
Du Fuguo was born in In Meitan, Guizhou, Du Fuguo had a dream of being a soldier since he was a child. As he grew older, Du Fuguo’s childhood dream grew stronger day by day. Finally in 2010, Du Fuguo, who graduated from high school, successfully enlisted in the army and has since become an official soldier. A soldier of the Yunnan Border Defense Regiment.
With years of training in the military, Du Fuguo's overall quality has been greatly improved. Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Although Du Fuguo is not old at this time, he is already an experienced veteran. .
During his several years in the army in Yunnan, Du Fuguo also heard about such a terrible village in Yunnan, my country, which was Bazi Village located in Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan. Due to the problems left over from the war that year, , in the fields and mountains and forests of the village, there are mines buried everywhere. It is a veritable mine village in everyone's eyes.
Not only that, even the neighboring village of Balihe has landmines buried everywhere. Since no one knows where the landmines are buried, the residents of these villages live in fear all the time. On weekdays, No one dares to walk around casually for fear of being injured by landmines. However, despite this, more than 100 of the more than 200 villagers in Balihe Village have been injured by bombs. Therefore, many villagers wear prosthetic limbs on weekdays. .
At this time, the country put forward the request to formally establish a demining brigade. Although it is now a peaceful era, the dedication to demining work is still great, and as a demining worker, it means that they must You are racing against death every day, and accidents may occur if you are not careful.
So when Du Fuguo heard that he was going to form a demining brigade, he submitted the application without hesitation. It said, I think the value and meaning of my life will be measured by what I have done for the country and the people. Why do I want to clear mines? This is my ideal ambition and pursuit of life.
His leader initially disagreed with Du Fuguo's application. First, because the task was too dangerous, and more importantly, because Du Fuguo was too young at this time. Although he was experienced, he was not yet married, and even He doesn't even have a partner yet. His life has just begun and he is not suitable to participate in such a dangerous mission.
However, Du Fuguo has a firm attitude. He knows that the villagers in Dilei Village are living a very difficult life due to the threat of landmines all year round. It can be said that almost every villager here is injured and every family has a cane. , and what is even more frightening is that in the entire village of Sharenzhai, there are only 87 villagers in total, but they only have 78 legs, and the rest are all prostheses, so how innocent are these people!
In the end, the leader was deeply moved by Du Fuguo. After discussion, he agreed to his application, and Du Fuguo became a demining warrior from then on. To enter and leave the demining brigade, all soldiers must undergo a stage of assessment. For Du Fuguo, the physical assessment is not a big deal, but for those theoretical knowledge, Du Fuguo's cultural level is not high, so this examination became a comprehensive test. The last one in the team only scored 32 points in the cultural class.
How could Du Fuguo, who was naturally strong-willed, not be content with such results, so he studied hard for a long time, not only trying to supplement his cultural knowledge, but also practicing mine clearance. In order to better sense the lightning rods, he would poke tens of thousands of them on the ground every day. In the end, through his unremitting efforts, Du Fuguo finally avenged his shame. Not only was he far ahead in the cultural class, but he also mastered dozens of methods of demining and became one of the best in the team.
In this way, Du Fuguo stayed in the mine village for three years. During these three years of demining career, Du Fuguo discharged more than 2,400 bombs, and during this period he officially joined the Communist Party of China, and his reason for joining the party was also Weird, he said that after joining the party, I would be able to walk at the front of the minefield and discharge more dangerous mines. Demining is a life-threatening matter, not to mention that Du Fuguo always stands in front of everyone...
On the afternoon of October 11, 2018, while the soldiers were struggling to clear the mines in the mine village, a man named Ai Yan's soldiers found a grenade, and this was not an ordinary bomb, but a Type 67 weighted grenade. Although Du Fuguo had seen such a bomb many times before, he should let Ai Yan practice this time. However, what was different from the past was that part of the bomb today was exposed. This situation was quite tricky. Because it is very likely that this is a trick bomb, the risk factor is naturally extremely high.
So at this extremely dangerous moment, Du Fuguo blocked Ai Yan behind him without hesitation. You stepped back and let me come. But before he could finish his words, an accident happened. A deafening explosion sounded in the empty valley. However, at this time of life and death, Du Fuguo still did not forget to protect his comrades and protected Ai Yan.
All the soldiers at the demining site immediately swarmed over, but when they saw what happened in front of them, they were stunned. They saw Du Fuguo lying in a pool of blood, his hands had been blown up, and his body was bulletproof. His clothes were also torn by the blast, his goggles were completely shattered, and his entire face was covered in blood and flesh... The soldiers did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately sent Du Fuguo to the hospital, which made everyone feel even worse. Sadly, the explosion not only caused Du Fuguo to lose his hands, but the lens of his eye was also ruptured, and the eyeball must be removed, otherwise his life would be in danger.
Just like that, Du Fuguo was in a coma in the hospital for 8 days. The first words he said after waking up were, how is Ai Yan? Is everything okay? This sentence also made all the accompanying soldiers present red-eyed again. . At this time, Du Fuguo was still unclear about his injury, so he kept persuading his comrades to bring him more nutritious food so that he could recover quickly and return to the front line of demining. However, when his comrades heard this, I came, but I felt extremely uncomfortable in my heart, and in the end I could only reluctantly agree.
But slowly, Du Fuguo still felt something strange. When he learned that he had lost his hands and eyes forever, what surprised everyone was that Du Fuguo was surprisingly calm and said that it didn't matter, even if he never lost his hands and eyes again. If we can’t clear mines, there are always other things to do. On November 16, 2018, in the minefield where the demining brigade had been working continuously for three years and where Du Fuguo was injured, the soldiers finally completed the demining task. All the soldiers walked hand in hand through the entire minefield, and finally It can be safely handed over to the local people. When Du Fuguo, who was in the ward at this time, heard the news, he shed tears of excitement for the first time.
On November 18, 2018, Du Fuguo was awarded first-class merit by the Army Party Committee of the Southern Theater Command. At this time, he was only 27 years old, and on November 24, the Southern Theater Mine Clearance Brigade held a ceremony for Du Fuguo in the ward. the award ceremony. On December 20, Du Fuguo was named the Army's first four-class revolutionary soldier of the new era. At the award ceremony, he raised his incomplete right arm and solemnly saluted a shocking special military salute. This moment was really shocking. Everyone was in tears.
On February 18, 2019, Du Fuguo was named Touching China's 2018 Person of the Year . The award speech given to him said, "You step back and let me come." It seems like a simple 6 words, but in fact it is With his iron bones, Du Fuguo used his own flesh and blood to protect his comrades from danger, even if he fell into the abyss... On May 22, 2019, the Central Propaganda Department once again publicized Du Fuguo to the whole country in Beijing. Du Fuguo's heroic deeds and was awarded the title of Model of the Times. Later, on July 31, 2019, Du Fuguo was awarded the title of Heroic Demining Soldier.
On June 27, 2022, on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Du Fuguo was selected as a nominee for the August 1st Medal.
