Whether in ancient times or in modern times, transportation is an important factor in maintaining social development and promoting economic growth. In the ancient book "I Ching", there is such a sentence: "Heaven and earth intersect and all things are connected", and the existence of roads is crucial to connect a closed area with the surrounding area. In China's pre-Qin period, countries have begun to build large-scale carriage and horse roads, and bridge construction has also been greatly developed at this stage. In modern times, with the continuous development of social productivity, travel methods must be innovated.
In the Cambridge Economic History of Europe, it is mentioned that in 1814 Stephenson built the first steam-powered train locomotive, marking the beginning of the era of rail transportation. However, at the same time, China was still in a feudal society ruled by the Qing Dynasty, and people did not know what railway trains were. It was not until after the outbreak of the Opium War that the people began to gradually learn to open their eyes to the world, and China realized that the world had already undergone earth-shaking changes.
Modern railways
In the modern history of our country, the development of railway transportation is not smooth sailing, our country in the late Qing Dynasty is in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, although the Western colonists have built several railways in our country, but they are foreigners after all, it is impossible to do their best for us. In addition, in the decades from the fall of the Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China, China's real period of stability was only a short period of more than 10 years, and China's railway transportation industry has not been greatly developed.
It was not until after the founding of New China that the rail industry flourished. 55 years ago, a teenager was poured into a cement bridge pier, and now the train passes by honking his horn. This young man is a member of the construction of China's southwest railway, he died in the line of duty, and his deeds will always be remembered.
Chengkun Railway
China's Yunnan Province, because of its relatively remote geographical location, its economic development situation has not been good before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Coupled with the mountainous terrain and rugged terrain in Yunnan Province, it is more difficult to build a railway here. In the late Qing Dynasty of our country, all the imperialist countries came here to investigate and wanted to build a railway here, but in the end they all returned home, and said that it was really difficult to build a railway here. But what they thought could not be done, after the founding of New China, we successfully realized it.
In 1952, China's Sichuan Province in the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway was successfully completed, at the same time China's Baocheng Railway is also in the process of construction, flip through the map can find that these railways opened up the external passage of China's southern provinces, and building a railway in Yunnan has become an urgent task. In 1958, the Construction of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway began, but after only one year, China's economic development encountered difficulties, and this project was forced to be interrupted, until two years later, the Construction Project of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway was restarted, and it was in the process of building this railway that a tragic scene appeared.
Sacrifice in the line of duty
Xiong Hanjun, a young man with a good year, served as the squad leader of the 37th detachment of the 877th Unit before the construction of the Chengkun Railway, and when he learned that the state was going to build the Chengkun Railway, he was the first to take the lead in participating in the construction. However, to everyone's surprise, his life stopped at the age of 21. In 1965, Xiong Hanjun was working on the bridge as usual, but perhaps because of too much mental pressure, he fell down, the bridge is not particularly high, even if it falls down, there is a great hope of survival, but unfortunately the bottom of the bridge is just a newly poured concrete pier, the concrete has not yet completely solidified, Xiong Hanjun just fell inside, under the action of pressure and constantly sinking down.
55 years ago, a teenager was poured into the cement bridge pier, this teenager is Xiong Hanjun who died in the line of duty. The structure of the concrete is so hard that once the human body falls into it, there is no hope of being alive. In order to be able to leave a whole body for Xiong Hanjun, the personnel present did not blow up the bridge pier, but continued to leave it on the bridge construction, and erected a tombstone at the scene of the accident: "Xiong Hanjun martyred for thousands of years." ”
epilogue
Now that the Chengdu-Kunming Railway has been successfully completed, the existence of this railway has promoted the economic development of Yunnan Province and made the provinces increasingly close. In the place where Xiong Hanjun was sacrificed, now the train passes by and must honk for him, commemorating him in this special way. After the founding of New China, our country is in a state of poverty and whiteness, and it is precisely because there are people like Xiong Hanjun who serve the country and the people in exchange for our current convenient and happy life, and we must remember their contributions and be determined to pay for the country.