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"The 85-year-old Wang Yanzhou has been invited to Zhongnanhai!"
When this news spread in Rizhao Sunjia Village, everyone felt incredible, in everyone's impression, Wang Yanzhou did not have anything special, every day and ordinary people farming, how did he become a guest of honor in Zhongnanhai?
In fact, this old man is not simple, he was once China's ace pilot, and he made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It's just that after the success of fame, Wang Yanzhou chose an ordinary life, and this time he was found to be identity, which was completely his pants "betrayed" him.
Influenced by his cousin to join the army
Wang Yanzhou's original family was nothing special, before the imperial powers did not extend the scope to Sunjia Village, Wang Yanzhou planned to make a living from farming in this life, and then marry and have children when he became an adult, so as to live his life.
At that time, the information was not developed, and Wang Yanzhou in the village did not know the outside world, until there was a little Japanese bullying the people in the town, and Wang Yanzhou felt the seriousness of the situation. However, the young Wang Yanzhou had no way to report to the country, and could only put hatred in his heart.
Wang Yanzhou has a cousin named Wang Yande, who left his hometown to make another living because his family was too poor. I saw the world of flowers and flowers outside, and I saw the current situation of the country being bullied by foreigners.
The more he came into contact with the outside world, the more Wang Yande was unaccustomed to the faces of foreigners, so he resolutely joined the army, not only to protect the people, but also to have military salaries to support his family.
When Wang Yanzhou saw his cousin at home, Wang Yande had already been promoted to the head of the regiment, and this time returning home to visit his relatives could be described as returning home.
In Wang Yanzhou's eyes, whether it was the military uniform, ribbon, or horse under his crotch, it was the most handsome outfit he had ever seen. At this time, Wang Yanzhou had the idea of joining the army, but the purpose was to mix up a handsome dress.
In later days, Wang Yande often taught about the anti-Japanese deeds around him, and the more he listened, the more Wang Yanzhou longed for military life, and later it became Wang Yanzhou pestering Wang Yande to tell stories.
When Wang Yanzhou reached the age of joining the army, the idea of joining the army became stronger and stronger, and the idea of wanting to farm and marry for an ordinary life was left behind, and he began to plan to let his cousin help him become a soldier.
Under the guidance of Wang Yande, Wang Yanzhou entered the training regiment of the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army and began to train with his comrades every day.
Just when Wang Yanzhou was enjoying military training, they were forced to come to the battlefield before they had completed their training, and the enemy was a well-equipped Japanese devil.
The training group was disbanded and applied for the Whampoa Military Academy
After the Japanese plane flew, the bombs poured down, Japan had a high-altitude advantage, Wang Yanzhou and others could not resist at all, could only dodge around, watching the Japanese plane fly by, leaving a mess.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers in the army, Feng Hongguo (Feng Yuxiang's son) painfully disbanded the 29th Army, allowing everyone to escape from the Japanese encirclement as soon as possible.
After putting on his military uniform and about to take off his military uniform again, Wang Yanzhou felt very uncomfortable in his heart. Hearing the roar of the plane next to him and the urging of his comrades-in-arms, Wang Yanzhou followed everyone and ran forward desperately.
After entering a slightly safer place, Wang Yanzhou was pulled back to reality by the pain in his calf, and when he looked down, the calf was already covered with blood at some point, and the place where the bullet had pierced had become a small black hole, constantly full of blood.
When their companions saw that Wang Yanzhou was injured, they all came up to help him evacuate together. At this time, he had not escaped from the territory of the Japanese army, and the wound on his leg could be amputated if he was not dealt with quickly.
"Run, don't worry about me!"
"No, we can't leave you behind, it's okay for so many people to take care of you."
Wang Yanzhou was very touched to see the attitude of his companions, but his current injury would drag everyone down, and at this moment, Wang Yanzhou had an idea.
"Fix the bullet for me and don't let it run!"
Saying that Wang Yanzhou took two branches and reached into the injured hole, the huge pain made Wang Yanzhou instantly change his face, his body was constantly sweating, but his hands were not idle, and he took out the bullet with a hard clip.
In order to stop the bleeding temporarily, Wang Yanzhou wrapped the wound with a towel and ran forward with everyone.
The army was disbanded, and everyone had no backbone, and they didn't know what to do next. Although he saved his life, he fell into another problem.
At the crucial moment, Wang Yanzhou proposed: "Or we will go to Yan'an to join the Communist party's team, and our comrades-in-arms must not die in vain, but must fight the Japanese to avenge them!" ”
What I didn't expect was that the Kuomintang had begun to do everything possible to prevent young people from going to Yan'an, and all those who went to Yan'an would be arrested and imprisoned for a period of time, and Wang Yanzhou and others were no exception.
Although he did not go to Yan'an, Wang Yanzhou after his release from prison caught up with the enrollment of the Whampoa Military Academy. Wang Yanzhou, who had experienced the war, paid more attention to the study of military knowledge, coupled with the recent military life, in 1938 Wang Yanzhou was successfully admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy.
Becoming a pilot has been a great achievement
When he was about to graduate, Wang Yande suggested to his cousin to start from the basics, and with the name of the Whampoa Military Academy, he would definitely be able to quickly promote. But for Wang Yanzhou, the Air Force is his biggest dream, and the scene of the low-altitude bombing of Japanese aircraft still touches Wang Yanzhou's nerves until now. After seeing the advertisement for recruiting pilots on the streets of Xi'an, he decided to sign up.
This decision was strongly opposed by Wang Yande, for the simple reason that the equipment and strategy of the Chinese Air Force at this time were far inferior to those of Japan, and if it encountered it on the battlefield, it would basically be besieged and killed.
However, this time, Wang Yanzhou did not listen to his cousin's suggestion, and resolutely applied for the Air Force Academy and began to learn professional flight knowledge, but reality extinguished Wang Yanzhou's enthusiasm.
In order to make the Development of China's Air Force unable to develop, Japan often bombed air force training bases, and often Wang Yanzhou had a hard time touching the aircraft, and then he would be forced to hide around by the Japanese aircraft, and he could not learn anything at all.
In 1941, under the guidance of the Kuomintang, Wang Yanzhou and others went to the United States for further study, and two years later returned to China to become a real pilot, and was later assigned to the "Flying Tigers".
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yanzhou destroyed Japanese fighter jets many times and carried out many transport missions, which was a rare talent for the country. After the victory of the War of Resistance, Wang Yanzhou was assigned to the Jinan Kuomintang Air Force Theater, but after encountering bad weather on the way to Jinan, he was eventually forced to land in Qinghe County, Hebei Province, and was taken prisoner.
However, shortly after becoming a prisoner, after seeing with his own eyes that the township party members were living a happy life, he chose to abandon the dark and join the party team, and later became a teacher at the aviation school. Later, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he once again made outstanding achievements in war, shooting down and injuring two American planes.
However, shortly after the end of the war, the rise of the anti-rightist movement forced him to prison. After three years in prison, he chose to return to his hometown in Rizhao, Shandong Province, and became a nameless and unworthy farmer with peace of mind. In 1983, Xia Liangbai of the United Front Work Department in Rizhao accidentally found the old man Wang Yanzhou during his investigation, and the pilot pants on the old man caught his attention. After some inquiry, the elderly Wang Yanzhou revealed his story and disk. By this time he had been anonymous for 22 years.
If it hadn't been recognized in 1983 that wang Yanzhou's pants were exclusive to pilots, perhaps the story about this hero would have remained hidden. After his deeds were known and the country returned to normal operations, his honor was finally restored the following year.
summary:
From an ordinary mountain village teenager to an ace pilot with great military achievements, to being humiliated and retired, and later rehabilitating himself was invited to Zhongnanhai, in the old man Wang Yanzhou, we see that what belongs to the personal feelings of home and country, the ambitions that belong to the individual, and the hardships he has paid in it can be imagined. And we can have today's happy life, is not cast by countless national heroes like him.
In 2012, the 92-year-old Wang Yanzhou passed away, completing his glorious life.