In 1950, the United States ignored the sovereignty of the Korean government and manipulated the United Nations to blatantly intervene in the Korean War and obstruct the reunification of the Korean Peninsula. It was under these circumstances that in order to defend the northeast border and support the Korean people in resisting the US army, the Chinese people formed the Chinese Volunteer Army and went to Fight in Korea.
The United States was very angry at the Chinese government's attitude of supporting North Korea, so the United States joined forces with many Western countries to begin a total blockade of Chinese mainland. This move by the United States had a tremendous impact on New China in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; after all, the test of modern warfare is the ability to provide logistical support. At that time, shortly after the founding of New China, the industrial base was weak, and in this case, the demand for the outside world was very huge.
However, the blockade of the United States has caused China's neighboring countries, except the Soviet Union, to close their ports to China. Although the industrial capacity of the Soviet Union at this time was not weaker than that of the United States, and even stronger than that of the United States in some respects, some special supplies could not be produced by the Soviet Union because of the lack of such resources. It was also under these circumstances that after consultation with the leaders of the Party Central Committee, everyone agreed that obtaining urgently needed materials from Hong Kong was the best way at the moment, so at this time, the Party Central Committee sent people to open up the Hong Kong passage.
At that time, Hong Kong was ceded to the British as early as the Qing government, and because there was no return, Chinese could not speak. Moreover, at this time, the British government in Hong Kong was willing to be a pawn of the Americans and was unwilling to communicate with the Chinese government, which brought trouble to the staff who opened the Hong Kong passage. However, at this time, the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea can be described as a hundred thousand urgent, and the volunteer soldiers fighting hard enough must not let them have no medicine after being injured, let alone let them lack food and clothing, so they rushed to Hong Kong to open up a passage, and they decided to contact some businessmen in Hong Kong with patriotic feelings and let them think of ways to transport materials from Hong Kong to the mainland.
It was in this extremely critical situation that a Hong Kong businessman with a sense of home and country appeared, and he was the famous Mr. Fok Ying Tung. But at that time, Fok Ying Tung was not as famous as he is now, he was not yet thirty years old, and he was just a merchant in the shipping business in Hong Kong. Because he had about a dozen large boats in his hand, the staff who went to Hong Kong found him and expressed his intention to Fok Yingdong, hoping that Fok Yingdong could contribute to the country. Just when the staff was still worried that Fok Yingdong might refuse because he was afraid, Mr. Fok Yingdong happily agreed.
Therefore, under the liaison of the staff, the materials collected from all over the world to resist US aggression and aid Korea were transported to the interior of the country to Mr. Fok Yingdong and his fleet. After receiving this task, Huo Yingdong was very excited, he was proud to contribute to the country, and after that, Huo Yingdong refused other businesses and single-mindedly threw himself on delivering supplies to the mainland. According to Mr. Fok Yingdong's recollection in his later years, after he was ordered to deliver urgently needed materials to the mainland, he was worried and frightened every day, and he could not eat well, let alone sleep well, and such days lasted until the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. For this glorious and difficult time, Mr. Fok Ying Tung once said:
"For three years, from 1950 to 1953, we started work almost every night, never stopped a day, had to contact and drop off goods during the day, and sailed at night, sleeping only three or four hours a day."
But hard work is secondary to Fok Yingdong, and his biggest problem, and the one that worries him the most, is that he encounters the British marine police while delivering supplies. Because at that time, the British government in Hong Kong obeyed the orders of the United States and strictly prohibited Hong Kong merchants from transporting supplies to the mainland, which, once found, was a felony at that time, and even risked losing their lives. However, for these things, although Huo Yingdong was worried, he was far from being afraid, and if he was afraid, he would not have been able to contact the new China staff in Hong Kong in the first place.
But once, it was still very dangerous for Fok Yingdong, when the ship he was escorting was suddenly targeted by a group of marine police, which made Fok Yingdong very anxious. But just when he was trying to get out of trouble, suddenly a Britishman led several marine policemen directly up to his boat, and after this group saw Fok Yingdong, they beat up Fok Yingdong without saying a word, it turned out that they only suspected that Fok Yingdong was secretly transporting supplies to the mainland, but there was no evidence, so they had to vent on Mr. Fok Yingdong's punches and kicks.
But fortunately, the British still pay attention to the law, and they only vent a few times at most without evidence, but they dare not take any action. In addition to these marine policemen, in fact, Fok Ying Tung and his fleet of that era were still worried about a problem, that is, the Kuomintang troops who fled to Hong Kong in the late stages of the Liberation War. After coming to Hong Kong, these people turned into hooligan gangs, and even the British government in Hong Kong did not have any way to deal with them, and what is even more worrying is that although the British government in Hong Kong spoke to the Americans, they were still reasonable after all, and in the absence of evidence, the British government in Hong Kong would not mess around.
However, these Kuomintang soldiers, they don't care so much, because they want to eat, the Kuomintang authorities in Taiwan do not care about them, so these people are robbing houses and extorting all kinds of extortion. What is even more worrying is that these Kuomintang soldiers are not ordinary gangsters, if these are these people, Mr. Fok Yingdong has worked hard since he was a teenager, he can completely get it done, but the key point is that these people were once all righteous troops, with powerful firepower in their hands, in the original words of Mr. Fok Yingdong: "I have never been afraid of the firepower of the police, the most feared is these people, they have 13 meters of machine guns, steel plates are pierced." ”
But after all, Huo Yingdong is an old jianghu, knowing what these people lack and what they want, just like this, Huo Yingdong is a variety of dots for these people, and he has not caused himself big trouble. Speaking of this, we have to say that during the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, some unscrupulous businessmen did black-hearted things, and their behavior was a world away from Mr. Fok Yingdong's feats.
For example, in Shanghai, there was a black-hearted businessman named Wang Kangnian, who mainly produced cotton, but many of the cotton he provided to the volunteer army were inferior goods, but he was shoddy and sent the first aid kits made of these cottons to the front line. Such a black-hearted approach, the Volunteer Logistics Department did not know at first, the materials produced by Wang Kangnian were still used in large quantities, but after the volunteer soldiers were injured, they used Wang Kangnian's first-aid kits, and many people had worsened their wounds and had to amputate their limbs.
It was only at this time that Wang Kangnian's black-hearted behavior was exposed, and even Chairman Mao and other leaders of the Party Central Committee learned of the incident and ordered that Wang Kangnian be strictly investigated. Finally, after careful investigation by the investigation team set up, all of Wang Kangnian's crimes finally surfaced, at which time he was sentenced to death, which can be regarded as an account for the volunteer soldiers who were aggravated by his influence.
Then again, in any era, there are patriots and traitors, And as a businessman, Wang Kangnian lost the bottom line of doing business, and even more lost the bottom line of being a man. On the contrary, like Mr. Fok Yingdong, patriotic national businessmen full of family and country feelings, occupy the vast majority.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, New China did not forget that patriotic businessmen like Huo Yingdong, who had provided great help to New China. However, at this time, Mr. Fok Yingdong and his career ushered in a low point after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the biggest reason for this was that the British government in Hong Kong retaliated against Fok Yingdong. Although the British government in Hong Kong did not directly seize the evidence of Fok Yingdong's delivery of materials to the mainland during the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, this does not mean that they were unaware, so after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the British government in Hong Kong took various "special care" for Fok Yingdong's business, which directly made Fok Yingdong difficult in Hong Kong, and even went to Macao for a time to re-work.
But fortunately, such days also have an end, after the British government and China reached an agreement to transfer Hong Kong, Mr. Fok Yingdong finally turned around, and his hard work over the years was not in vain. Especially after the reform and opening up, the mainland is extremely welcome for Mr. Fok Yingdong to invest in the mainland, and is not only willing to provide him with various favorable policies, but also willing to give him loans to engage in business activities. What makes many business people envious the most is that our great chief architect of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, also met Mr. Fok Yingdong, which is undoubtedly a great honor for Fok Yingdong.
What is more worth mentioning is that after that, Mr. Fok Yingdong was also honorably elected as the vice chairman of the CPPCC at the eighth to ninth CPPCC sessions, and this kind of treatment is enough to see the affirmation of Mr. Fok Yingdong's contribution by New China. Just as the so-called icing on the cake is easy, it is rare to send charcoal in the snow, and in that era, Fok Yingdong, who dared to fight with foreign forces and provide help to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, his behavior for the newly born new China was actually sending charcoal in the snow, and to be able to obtain such an honor was the special honor that Huo Yingdong deserved.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese Government held activities in Beijing to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At the time of the event, Mr Fok Ying Tung became the only person in the whole of Hong Kong, including the entire business community, who was also arranged on the rostrum. Everyone should know that those who could sit on the rostrum at that time were all heroes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and almost all of them were some veteran generals who were still alive to resist US aggression and aid Korea, but Huo Yingdong was sitting here as a businessman, which was indeed rare and precious. Of course, at this time, Mr. Fok Yingdong, as far as his identity is concerned, can no longer summarize his life as a businessman, he is an excellent patriot, an excellent social activist.
On October 28, 2006, Mr. Fok Ying Tung, a patriot of the first generation, passed away at the age of 84. After his death, well-known people from all walks of life spoke highly of him, and his behavior of breaking through the embargo of the British government in Hong Kong to provide help to the mainland at the expense of his life has been fully affirmed by history. This period of history, as future generations, we should always remember in our hearts, and Mr. Fok Yingdong's immortal feats will be passed on forever in Chinese history.