Once, as soon as the military trumpet sounded, enthusiastic young people came from all over the world. In the barracks, a deep friendship was formed. The annual rings are turning, the military flag is still flying, but the veterans have dispersed the north and south of the river. Only because of the barrier of mountains and rivers, inconvenient communication, relocation of addresses, and the loss of comrades-in-arms, it has become a pity.
In May 2020, Toutiao Tracing Joined Forces with Toutiao Military to jointly launch the #Old Comrades, Are You Okay # public welfare project, which will use the power of technology and platforms to find missing comrades and help veterans reunite with their comrades.
On January 6, 2021, veteran Chen Wangjin got in touch with headline seekers, hoping to help find his comrade-in-arms Zhou Hong. The relevant information is summarized below, I hope you can help forward it, and help them reunite through the love relay.
Name: Zhou Hong
Place of origin: Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province
Year of birth: around 1971
Enlisted in the army: 1991
Discharge time: Unknown
Unit information: Shandong 37281 unit
Chen Wangjin of Wuhan, Hubei Province, loves to be lively, and as a soldier, he is very willing to often get together with his old comrades-in-arms to have a meal and chat, and everyone reminisces about the past and talks about the present, always having fun. But the only thing that made Chen Wangjin feel a little regret was that Zhou Hong, an old comrade-in-arms who was also a Hubei native, had not yet been found. "When our old comrades-in-arms gather, they often talk about Zhou Hong, and everyone wants to find him and hear him play guitar again!" Chen Wangjin said.
In 1991, the 20-year-old Chen Wangjin joined the army and came to Shandong from his hometown of Hubei to join the Naval Aviation Unit 37281. Here, he met Zhou Hong, a cheerful fellow from Hubei Province.
Chen Wangjin
At first, the two were separated by a yard, and they did not eat, live and train together. "At that time, we knew that Zhou Hong next door was also from Hubei, so we quickly went to find him." Chen Wangjin said.
Zhou Hong was very enthusiastic about Chen Wangjin, who was specially found, and the two gradually became familiar with each other, "He has a bold personality, he loves to make friends, we can also talk very well, sometimes I want to say something, half of the words he can understand in seconds." Chen Wangjin felt very comfortable and happy to stay with Zhou Hong.
In the process of getting along, Chen Wangjin found that Zhou Hong was still a versatile person, "He can play the guitar and often play music for us in the dormitory." Whenever there was a break, Zhou Hong's dormitory was always full of people. These young lads sat or stood, gathered around Zhou Hong, humming quietly along with beautiful songs, and the hard work of usual training seemed to disappear with the music.
"Zhou Hong was a social expert at that time!" Many people in the army knew him! Chen Wangjin smiled, "Chen Wangjin is always crowded there, and everyone will play cards together during the holidays." ”
Chen Wangjin also remembered that at that time, Zhou Hong was also particularly kind to himself. "He was the driver, and sometimes when we were resting, he would let me sit in the military vehicle he drove, and when he was excited, he would teach me to drive." Chen Wangjin now thinks about that time, and he can't help but laugh.
Chen Wangjin was in a military vehicle driven by Zhou Hong
The two had only been together for a year, and it was time to separate. In 1992, Zhou Hong was temporarily transferred to the Qingdao army, and when he left, his comrades-in-arms were reluctant to him.
"I remember that more than a dozen of our comrades-in-arms in Hubei had dinner with him at a local restaurant." Chen Wangjin said that during the banquet, the comrades-in-arms also sang Jacky Cheung's "Blessings" to Zhou Hong, "May I have my smile in my heart / Accompany you through every spring, summer, autumn and winter ..." Everyone sang emotionally, and Chen Wangjin almost choked. "I was very impressed by the scenes where we separated, and now every time I hear this song, I think of my old comrade-in-arms Zhou Hong."
Because of the inconvenience of communication in the army at that time, Chen Wangjin did not exchange contact information with Zhou Hong. After Chen Wangjin retired from the army in 1994, he was busy with work and never contacted his old comrades-in-arms again.
Until these years, Chen Wangjin grew older and had more leisure time, and gradually contacted his former old comrades-in-arms, and it was inevitable to talk about Zhou Hong when everyone got together. "Everyone misses him and wants to get in touch with him soon."
Chen Wangjin had also asked people to inquire about Zhou Hong many times, and he had also called the local Veterans Affairs Bureau, but there was no result. Recently, he who loves to watch today's headlines saw the "old comrades-in-arms, are you okay" public welfare project, and quickly contacted the staff of the headline search, hoping to contact the old comrade-in-arms Zhou Hong through the platform of today's headlines.
"We are all no longer young, but the time we were young together as soldiers is still fresh in my memory, I really hope to find Zhou Hong, ask him how he has been doing recently, and then listen to him play the guitar!" 」
Headline searching and joining hands with Toutiao Military, jointly launching the #Old Comrades, Are You Okay # public welfare project, will use the power of technology and platforms to find missing comrades and help veterans reunite with comrades-in-arms. In the past successful cases, the media relay to find the missing comrades- comrades, played a great role, the headlines to find people sincerely invited the media across the country to participate in the "search for missing comrades-in-arms media volunteer service group".
If there are clues related to missing comrades-in-arms, please contact the headlines to find people (email: [email protected]; tel: 010-83434485, 010-83434440), there will be special staff to verify the information and follow up.