Zhang Chao
Zhang Ya came to the funeral home and saw her husband lying quietly in the ice coffin, his face was very serene, that is, his face was too pale, pale and frightening, she took out lipstick to polish him, but found that his lips could no longer be colored.
Zhang Ya couldn't help but burst into tears, she cut off a strand of her own hair and put it into her husband's pocket, she leaned down and kissed him gently, this kiss, that is, farewell.
On April 27, 2016, on this seemingly ordinary day, early in the morning, the mother-in-law was peeling vegetables, the two-year-old daughter was helping her grandmother peel beans, and Zhang Ya was preparing to buy a train ticket to Shenyang to visit her husband.
Her husband, Zhang Chao, is a pilot in a certain carrier-based aviation unit of the Navy, and the two had videotaped the night before, and her husband smiled and giggled at her, not necessarily having time to pick her up.
Although her husband did not have any news one morning, Zhang Ya was accustomed to it, because she knew that her husband would carry out flight training as usual, but she never expected that tragedy had happened.
On the morning of April 27, at a certain carrier-based aircraft training base of the Navy, Zhang Chao performed the simulated emergency ship training of a land plane as usual, and he piloted the "Flying Shark" fighter to slowly approach from a distance and slowly descend the altitude.
It was the last flight of the morning, and 3 of the 4 fighters of the same batch had already landed smoothly. I thought that this training would also be successfully concluded, but I did not expect that the aircraft that had been grounded and sliding suddenly reported a "fly-by-wire failure", and the nose of the aircraft that was decelerating suddenly rose sharply, instantly left the ground and jumped in the direction of the sky.
"Skydive, skydiving, skydive!" The commander issued three consecutive orders, and almost at the same moment when the commander gave the order, Zhang Chao catapulted out of the cockpit and landed on the grass by the runway.
The chief of staff, commanders and comrades of a certain carrier-based aviation unit who were present rushed away like pilots, because they were strongly shaken, and after removing the oxygen mask, everyone saw that Zhang Chao's face was blue, and there were blood stains on the corners of his eyes and nostrils.
The ambulance quickly took him to the hospital, in the ambulance, Zhang Chao was conscious, he told everyone that he had some difficulty breathing, and then asked: "Commander, am I going to die and can't fly anymore?" Even at this moment, his heart was still thinking of his dream of flying.
After being sent to the hospital, after examination, Zhang Chao's internal organs were seriously damaged, his left lung was completely broken, the impact broke his chest diaphragm, the internal organs were squeezed into the chest cavity, and the heart was also traumatized. On the afternoon of April 27, 2016, Zhang Chao left forever, at the age of 29.
At home in Yueyang City, Zhang Chao's father suddenly found that the clock at home stopped at 1:00 p.m., and at this time, they may never have imagined that Zhang Chao's heartbeat also stopped beating after two hours.
Flight data later restored the accident process, from the aircraft flight control system suddenly failed, in just 4.4 seconds, Zhang Chao's first reaction was to put the pusher to save the aircraft, save the aircraft, save the national property, and it was this 1 second time difference that made him miss the best escape time, forced to parachute, fell to the ground and was seriously injured, and finally heroically sacrificed.
On April 28, Zhang Ya received news and arrived at Zhang Chao's troops. All night, she couldn't sleep, she kept thinking, after seeing her husband, to touch every pulse on his body, would it be a mistake, would he just be unconscious, she couldn't believe it anyway, such a thing would happen to herself.
She fantasized that even if she needed organs for rescue, she could donate them to her husband, and even if he was paralyzed, she would be willing to take care of him for a lifetime.
At the moment when the ice coffin opened, she touched her husband's face with her hand, and realized that he was really gone. The face was cold and stiff, and she called out his name, and he couldn't hear it anymore, and the one who loved him the most, was really gone.
Zhang Ya and Zhang Chao have known each other for six years and have been married for four years. Before Zhang Ya was a sister of China Airlines, because of her gentle and beautiful appearance, there were many suitors around her, but she was moved by Zhang Chao, who was not good at words and did not understand romance.
That is Zhang Ya living in Hangzhou, and Zhang Chao is a pilot of a certain regiment of air troops of the South China Sea Fleet, although thousands of miles apart, Zhang Ya still talks about this long-distance love without hesitation, because Zhang Chao in her heart is a hero who pilots a fighter jet and soars in the sky.
Just when the relationship between the two became more and more stable, Zhang Ya suddenly fell ill. At the time, doctors speculated that eighty percent of it was lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune-deficient disease that is difficult to cure, requires long-term medication, and may also affect fertility.
Zhang Chao's wife, Zhang Ya
But Zhang Chao said that he would continue to take everything out to treat her, would be responsible for her, and wanted to marry her. After the final diagnosis came out, Zhang Ya was not in serious trouble. Presumably this was Providence, the struggle and entanglement that had been there, because this time it had become firm, and she decided to marry this persistent man.
Later, Zhang Ya quit his job, joined the army through special recruitment, came to her husband's side, gave birth to a daughter, and the family was reunited, which made Zhang Ya feel extremely happy.
But one day, her husband told her that he was going to fly a carrier-based fighter, which meant that he was going to leave the troops in Hainan at that time to develop in the north. Zhang Ya did not understand why her husband should give up his original peaceful life and leave him and his children to go thousands of miles away to accept more difficult challenges.
Zhang Chao's family of three
But Zhang Ya knew that flying the topmost plane, cross-sea and sky survey, was her husband's lifelong dream. So she didn't object, at first she thought it was good, it was glorious, but after searching for some information on the Internet, she began to feel a little uneasy in her heart.
Flying a carrier-based fighter has an extremely high risk factor, 20 times that of an average pilot, described as a "dance on the tip of a knife", and one of the most risky occupations in the world, which makes Zhang Ya feel worried and afraid.
But for the sake of her husband's flying career, she chose to silently support her behind her back. The time the two spend together is getting less and less, and the time together is always too short. I thought of taking advantage of a holiday, the two took their children to take a set of wedding photos, but I didn't expect that because of an accident, all this came to an abrupt end.
Zhang Ya can't forget that her husband once agreed with her: "If you can, I will take you on the ship and watch me take off, and after the success of the ship, we will rent a house in the station, and you and your daughter will move over." ”
From love to marriage in the 6 years, Zhang Ya did the most is to wait, wait for her husband's phone, wait for his return, wait for a better future in the future, but this time, waiting has become forever.
After her husband left, Zhang Ya quietly sorted out her husband's belongings, and what he left behind were several sets of military uniforms and helmets during training. Zhang Ya regarded it as a treasure, carefully kept it, and saw things and thoughts of people.
Zhang Chao and daughter
Zhang Chao is the only son of his parents, and whenever he mentions his son, his parents can't help but cry. His parents kept the family letters he sent when he was in college, although they knew the dangers of the pilot, although there was such a son in the family, the parents still supported their son's dream without hesitation.
The mother remembers that when her son first received the 110 yuan allowance, he immediately sent the 100 yuan back home, and this 100 yuan, they were willing to use, and they have been treasured.
For so many years, his son was training outside, flying, he never told his parents about his hard work, and never told them about the dangers of flying an airplane, until after the accident, the old couple did not know the truth.
The father vaguely remembers his smiling face when he last saw his son, and the mother still thinks about his son's favorite dishes, but at that time, he can no longer look forward to the next meeting.
Zhang Chao and his parents when he was a child
What Zhang Ya has not been able to put down is that her husband has no last words to her when he is dying, she really hopes that her husband has something to say to her, and he has always been worried about his flight, but this also makes Zhang Ya more calm, because this shows that her husband really loves this career.
Zhang Ya knew that her husband was very filial to his parents, and now God had deprived him of the qualification to perform filial piety, but he would definitely do filial piety for him and complete those things that were too late to be done for him.
"I heard that you went to heaven, how beautiful is heaven, so beautiful that you don't want to come back?" "As a wife, how come I don't hate you?" I hate that you left me halfway, holding the hand of my son, but I can't grow old with my son, but as a soldier's wife, I deeply understand you..." When I don't think of my husband, Zhang Ya will write a paragraph in the circle of friends, she believes that her husband can see it.
The daughter slept in her father's favorite military uniform
In November 2016, Zhang Chao was posthumously awarded the honorary titles of "Heroic Pioneer Pursuing Dreams and Sea Sky" and "People's Hero". The motherland has not forgotten, and the people have not forgotten our heroes! Zhang Chao is the first heroic martyr who died for the cause of the people's navy's aircraft carrier-based aircraft, and we will always remember him and vow to carry out the unfinished business to the end.
The daughter in the distance is running carefreely, running in this land that her father guards with his life, the road ahead is still very long, each of us does not have to live up to Zhang Chao's sacrifice, where there are good years, in fact, someone is carrying the weight for us!
For the mother's smile, for the harvest of the earth, the glory years, why be afraid of the wind!
I hope that Zhang Ya and her daughter and Zhang Chao's parents can be strong and brave, and their health and safety is Zhang Chao's wish.
Hats off to the heroes!