This National Day
The movie "0 Miles Returning Home " adapted from the 2011 Libyan Chinese evacuation incident
The movie "0,000 Miles Returning Home "
Flashes the circle of friends
According to the official microblog of "Walk Backing Home
As of 0:00 on October 4th,
This movie with a huge reputation
The total box office has exceeded 600 million
"The motherland will not give up any compatriots
We will definitely take everyone home"
For the China Construction People say that this sentence in the movie is even more empathetic to
As the evacuation of Libya in 2011,
witnesses, organizers, and contributors
China Construction Eighth Bureau share with you
Libya The true story of the evacuation of 30,000 people in Libya
The motherland took us home
In February 2011, the political situation in Libya changed drastically. The Chinese government decisively launched the national first-level response to and launched the evacuation of overseas Chinese operation, and safely withdrew 35,860 profit-oriented practitioners in just 12 days. In this unprecedented national rescue, the China Construction Libya Branch, which was authorized by China Construction , stubbornly overcome many difficulties such as local communication paralysis, traffic obstruction, time urgency, arduous tasks, and crises. It took ten days and ten nights to evacuate 9,279 Chinese employees and 942 foreign employees safely. At the same time, it also organized and assisted other Chinese companies to withdraw more than 3,700 people.
At the airport, the Zhongjian people who had just returned to the embrace of the motherland wrote "Chinese Architecture Thanks to the motherland" with the only blue cloth strip in their hands! Even if the "return" of returning home has gone through hardships and thorns, as long as you have courage and faith, your flesh and blood can be paved, and the source of this "miracle" is the powerful motherland.
In the war, act as fast as possible
February 16, 2011, wolf smoke broke out in Libya, and war and riots swept through this North Africa country like a strong wind. More than 10,000 people from China Construction quickly mobilized them. They buried computers, safes, sealed cars, and got rice, white flour and mineral water to store them, preparing for the crisis.
▲The no longer quiet Libya
China Construction Emergency Leading Group held an emergency meeting to convey the spirit of the meeting of the State Council Emergency Command, and demanded that it take immediate action, take all measures, and do everything possible to ensure the safety of the lives and property of China Construction's employees in Libya.
▲The project department wall overthrown by the thugs
20,000 residential projects implemented by the Eighth Bureau of China Construction Bureau in Libya are located in Benghazi Province. They are the first turbulent area. At around 9 pm on February 20, Benghazi was completely controlled by the anti-government forces and fell into anarchy. Zhang Zuohe, who was then deputy general manager of China Construction Eighth Bureau and general manager of China Construction Libya Branch, recalled: "The situation was urgent and we immediately moved some female employees and other personnel to a relatively safe place overnight. At 8 pm on the 20th, hundreds of local thugs rushed to our construction site with live ammunition. We organized and led more than 2,000 employees to build a wall of humans to resist tenaciously, repelled 16 attacks of the thugs in total, and successfully guarded the door for more than a dozen participating units."
▲The employees of the project department held sticks and were ready to fight the invading thugs at any time. On the evening of February 22, Zhang Zuohe received a call from Chinese Ambassador to Libya Wang Wangsheng and was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the evacuation of Chinese-funded enterprises in the eastern region. From 9:30 pm to 3:30 am the next day, Zhang Zuohe and his colleagues stayed up all night and had a careful discussion and arrangement on the evacuation plan, specific requirements and division of personnel.
▲Zhang Zuohe (front left) commands the orderly retreat on the front line
In times of crisis, China Construction people are unprecedentedly united, united, and act at the fastest speed and the most effective way.
opened up the special lifeline
In the early morning of February 24, 2011, two cruise ships left Benghazi Port and went to Crete, Greece. About 3,400 China Construction workers successfully evacuated, among which female employees, older workers, and early workers were basically evacuated. Subsequent sea evacuation is still in progress.
▲The cruise ship full of care from the motherland arrived at Benghazi Port
However, there were changes again on the 24th, and the situation along Benghazi coast became tense. In the case of insufficient sea transportation capacity, China Construction Libya Branch decided to evacuate some personnel by land, and after obtaining the consent of the Chinese Embassy in Libya, it evacuated from land to Egypt by land.
8 a.m. on the 24th, Wang Shouhe, then director of the Hadra Project Laboratory of China Construction Libya Branch, received a task to take 269 workers to Egypt and return from Egypt. Zhang Zuohe threw a sentence to Wang Shouhe: "Old Wang, I've handed over these 269 people to you. Take them to Egypt safely, and I can't miss them. If there is a problem, I'll ask you!"
February 24th morning to the evening of the 25th, 2011, it is extremely unforgettable for Wang Shouhe. In nearly 40 hours, he took 269 China Construction employees from Benghazi, Libya, where bullets were raining, to Cairo Airport, Egypt, boarded a chartered flight to his motherland, and experienced an unforgettable test for life.
▲Prepare to set off
From Benghazi to Cairo , there are more than 1,600 kilometers. Eastern Libya has been occupied by anti-government forces, and it is unknown whether it can be added to gasoline. The cell phone signal in eastern Benghazi was blocked and the communication was in a vacuum state.
Wang Shouhe looked at the fifteen rented cars, which were broken and full of holes. The largest one could sit 24 people, and the smallest one could only sit 11 people. This has been rented by the branch company through a lot of work and the local elders took great pains to do.
Wang Shouhe organized 269 workers, each group selected the team leader, and got on the bus one by one to check and count the number of people, emphasizing the precautions on the road, and then issued the order to get out.
From Benghazi to the Egyptian border, the journey of more than 800 kilometers has passed more than a dozen levels. The armed personnel at the level were armed with guns and ammunition, and the tanks and armored vehicles were arranged by the roadside, making the war feel like it was about to break out.
It was very cold on the road. At the Benghazi project camp, Lao Wang and his companions had been looted many times, with little clothes left, cold wind gusts, and rain hit their bodies from time to time through the gaps in the car window.
Lubi, it’s cold, and the driver’s robbery is also difficult. It was originally agreed to pay the driver half the fare in advance and pay the remaining amount one kilometer from the border. However, because the intermediary took kickbacks, the driver felt that he had suffered a loss and turned to Lao Wang for money. He threatened to turn around without giving it to him. After much persuasion, I worked as a driver.
Sing the national anthem across the border
▲The team evacuated in an orderly manner
At 1:30 a.m. on the 25th, the convoy arrived at the junction of Libya and Egypt, where tens of thousands of refugees gathered here, and the atmosphere was tense and chaotic. With the help of the embassy staff, everyone began to handle the entry procedures. When the order to release the transit was issued, the China Construction team was crowded with chaotic people. In desperation, Wang Shouhe raised a five-star red flag, and Zhongjian people immediately gathered towards him.
The police officer on the Egyptian border said in confusion: "All they are Chinese?" Li Guo said: "People who can sing the national anthem of the People's Republic of China are Chinese." After that, he shouted to the people who gathered in front of him: "Sing the national anthem, we are transiting!"
"Get up! People who don't want to be slaves..." The majestic team sang the majestic national anthem, and the song echoed over this looted border.
▲ Raising the five-star red flag to express patriotism
During the evacuation, the China Construction team met seven compatriots from Jilin Petrochemical Company. They went through hardships to get here from the depths of the desert. The counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Egypt said: "Lao Wang, can you bring them with you?" His eyes were full of trust and expectation.
Wang Shouhe accepted the task without saying a word, "We are both Chinese, and our family speaks two words!" In Cairo, two more old couples who visited relatives in Egypt joined the team.
Retreatment team arrived in Cairo at 4:30 pm. After counting the number of people again, there were a lot of people, and Lao Wang's heart finally fell to the ground. Looking at the neatly arranged team, the counselor of the Egyptian Embassy was greatly admired.
Bangladesh Vietnam is also a brother
▲It is hard to separate from Bangladesh workers
Among the China Construction labor groups, there are labor workers from Vietnam and Bangladesh , and these workers live scattered in 10 project departments and camps.
zhang cooperated to patrol the construction site and camp amid the gunfire. Every time he went, he would ask the safety and living conditions of Vietnamese and Bangladeshis. That day he came to the third project department. Bangladesh translator Mushitafa held his hand and said anxiously: "What should I do with my compatriots? We want to return to China."
Zhang Zuohe said firmly: "Please rest assured, we will evacuate you safely back to China. If you don't leave, I won't leave! The last one who left this country must be me Zhang Zuohe!"
▲Put the foreign workers who were out of control
In Benghazi Port, the last group of evacuated China Construction people began to board the ship. Greek Captain refused to take the Vietnamese and Bengali people on board.
zhang cooperated to negotiate with the Greek captain, and the captain was very determined. "We will not leave if Vietnamese and Bangladeshis do not board the boat," Zhang Zuohe's attitude is also very firm. The difficult negotiations took seven hours, when the Chinese Embassy in Greece and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also pressing for emergency mediation.
Finally, the Greek captain made a concession and agreed to the Vietnamese and Bangladeshis to board the ship. The ship carried more than 3,000 China Construction Group people on the blue ocean, bid farewell to Libya, and stayed away from the war, and headed towards the peaceful Crete .
▲The evacuation team that was on board the ship
Local time On the evening of February 26, 2011, when CCTV reporters interviewed Bangladeshi workers on the ship, they shouted in unison, over and over again: "China, thank you!"
After arriving in Greece, China Construction purchased air tickets for Vietnamese employees and some Bangladeshi employees. Some Bangladeshi employees are also stranded in Greece. China Construction sent Wang Shaofeng, who was then the deputy general manager of China Construction Eighth Bureau, to Crete and urgently contacted the chartered flight. The chartered flight was to cross Indian airspace, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs mediated and finally let it go. The plane flew over Indian airspace and sent the last Bangladeshi employees back to their country.
China Construction did not abandon or give up any foreign worker, and successfully sent 723 Bangladeshi employees and 233 Vietnamese employees home safely.
Bangladesh MidEast Group said in a thank-you letter: "A rescued worker brought his wife and children to visit our Dhaka office. The child approached and hugged us with tears. At that moment, we felt that those who could bear this hug were all the employees of China Construction who made unremitting efforts to send his father home safely."
Return of victory
Victory return
▲Chinese Construction , Thanks to the motherland
February 26, 2011 at 2:30 am, Airbus A330 charter flight - it is said that this is the first time in China's history to rent a foreign charter flight to evacuate overseas Chinese - with 277 China Construction employees and Chinese compatriots, they flew into the air and flew to Beijing, the capital of the motherland...
Capital Airport , people waved bouquets in front of CCTV reporters, made V-shaped gestures, and gave true cheers.
▲It feels so good to go home
Central Construction Eighth Bureau employee Chen Kongrui carried his backpack and his face was filled with joy. He said excitedly in front of the camera: "As soon as he stepped onto the land of the motherland, my tears of excitement came out. The 'Chinese Architecture, thank the motherland' we were writing before boarding the plane on Crete. This is the common voice of our CCC people who have evacuated more than 10,000.”
At 23:15 on March 5, 2011, at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, the last batch of China Construction employees evacuated and returned to China. Xinhua News Agency reporter interviewed Huang Kes, then Party Secretary and Chairman of China Construction Eighth Bureau, and said: "We have 10,100 people in Libya and undertake the construction of 20,000 residential projects in Benghazi, Libya. This time, we withdrew more than 10,000 employees from Libya in many places. This is the victory of the great motherland. From this national action, we can see the power and greatness of the motherland, and strengthen our confidence in going global. "
▲Motherland, take me home
The movie "A Return of a Thousand Miles" restored the evacuation of overseas Chinese into a flesh-and-blooded real scene, which moved countless viewers to tears. The story of evacuation in reality is far more shocking than the movie. From February 23 to March 4, 2011, China Construction Eighth Bureau lasted ten days and ten nights, withstood the test of life and death, creating the miracle of the evacuation of ten thousand people in Libya, showing the international responsibility consciousness of Chinese architecture, and maintaining China's image as a responsible international power.
