If you were left on an isolated island, without any modern smart devices and only two dogs, how many days could you hold out? Maybe we all have the same answer, we can't stick to it for a day without the phone, but there is such a person who insists on it for thirty-two years.
This person's name is Wang Jicai, and he is a "guardian of the island" on Kaishan Island in the Yellow Sea on the mainland. Kaishan Island is very small, only two football fields large, but here is the outpost of the military fortress Lianyungang, the strategic location is very important, but the environment is also extremely harsh, there is no water and no electricity here, every day only the sound of the sea breeze whistling and the waves lapping at the reef, no one has ever been able to stay here for half a month, because more terrible than the lack of materials, more terrible is the ubiquitous loneliness.
What kind of faith made Wang Jicai stick to this difficult island for 32 years?
Today, let me lead you into history and understand the untold stories of Wang Jicai, the "model of the times", on the isolated island. Interested friends may wish to pay attention to it, so that you can review the wonderful content of the past and never miss the latest content.
No matter how close the island is to the mainland, it is a small island after all
On the surface of the Yellow Sea on the mainland, there is an isolated island standing here, it is only 12 nautical miles away from the mainland military port Lianyungang, this isolated island is Kaishan Island, the size of this island is equivalent to the size of two football fields.
In 1939, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army used this as a springboard to occupy the mainland military fortress of Lianyungang, and it can be said that Kaishan Island was the forward position of Lianyungang.
But no matter how close the island is to the mainland, it is still a small island.
In 1986, due to the lean troops and simplified administration, a company of coastal defense troops on Kaishan Island withdrew, but as a military base, Kaishan Island needed someone to garrison, and the local People's Armed Forces Department constantly transferred people to the island, and successively dispatched 4 people to the island to garrison, but no one could persist, and the longest insisted on it was only 13 days, and even the locals said: "Kaishan Island has more rocks, less water and soil, typhoons are disturbed in all seasons, birds do not nest, and fishermen do not go to the island." "You can imagine how harsh the living environment of Kaishan Island is.
In July 1986, on the recommendation of the masses, the organization found Wang Jicai and hoped that he could go to the island to garrison. At this time, Wang Jicai was serving as the village militia battalion commander and the leader of the production team, and his wife was a teacher at the local primary school, compared with Wang Jicai's villagers, his life was still "rich", but once he chose to go to Kaishan Island to become an "island owner", then his current "rich" life was about to end.
However, at this time, the living environment of Kaishan Island was extremely harsh, there was no fresh water and no electricity on the island, and it was very difficult to communicate with the mainland. All The wang jicai and his family on the island knew everything, and after the family knew about this, they repeatedly dissuaded him not to go, but less than a month after receiving the task, even the organization thought he would refuse, but he resolutely gave a clear answer: "Go!" Shortly thereafter, he went to the island without his family and wife, becoming the fifth "island owner" of Kaishan Island!
Although I knew that the living environment on Kaishan Island was harsh, I had already made psychological preparations before going to the island, but after I actually came here, I was still shocked by everything in front of me. Looking around, except for a few rows of barracks built in the last century, there are no other modern facilities, no different from the original tribes. At night, the mainland is brightly lit, but Kaishan Island is dark, and the sound of waves lapping at the reef outside the barracks makes the whole Kaesan Island full of a sense of gloom and desolation.
If the sea suddenly changes, frogs, rats, snakes and other "uninvited guests" will crawl towards the barracks, and the timid people will certainly be intolerable and choose to leave when they encounter such a situation.
Wang Jicai, who saw this scene, finally understood why the first four "island owners" of Kaishan Island had only been stationed for a few days and left. Although he was shocked by the situation in front of him, Wang Jicai resolutely accepted this difficult task, because he knew very well: "Defending Kaishan Island well is equivalent to guarding the forward position of Lianyungang for the country." ”
However, 48 days after going to the island, Wang Jicai's wife Wang Shihua learned the news that her husband had gone to Kaishan Island to become the "island owner", before that, Wang Shihua only knew that the organization had assigned him a task, and the family and the villagers were tight-lipped to her, as long as she asked her husband What Wang Jicai did, she would be prevaricated by various reasons.
In the end, after she begged her mother-in-law to finally relax, after learning that her husband went to "shou island", Wang Shihua did not get angry, did not complain, just turned around and silently packed her bags. On August 30, 1986, under the shock of Wang Jicai's face, Wang Shihua landed on Kaishan Island for the first time.
"Husband and Wife Island"
She once recalled: "The first time I went to the island, I saw my husband Wang Jicai sitting on the dock, facing the direction of home in a daze, the person turned black and thin, the beard has not been repaired for a long time, long." The floor was full of cigarette butts, empty wine bottles, dirty clothes, etc. ”
Seeing this, Wang Shihua's original grievances and thoughts in her heart became "heartache" for her husband.
Wang Shihua quickly came to her husband, and the two looked at each other for a long time, without saying a word during the period. In the end, Wang Shihua still couldn't help crying, and pleaded bitterly: "Follow me home, others have only stayed here for a few days and left, why do you have to keep here, you have done much better than others!" ”
Wang Jicai heard his wife's words, did not speak for a long time, he also wanted to return home, back to the side of his relatives, but if he left, what about this island? So in the face of his wife's words, Wang Jicai calmly replied: "The organization sent me here, which shows that I am still useful to the country, so I must complete this task of guarding the island and not live up to the expectations of the state." You go home and teach, take care of the children and the elderly. ”
In this way, the two "broke up without joy". When Wang Shihua returned home, she found that she could not work normally at all, and her mind was full of thoughts, worries and heartaches for her husband. Thinking about it, Wang Shihua had the idea of quitting the "iron rice bowl" job of a teacher and taking her children to the island to reunite with her husband Wang Jicai. In the end, Wang Shihua still made up his mind to go to the island, "Although the living conditions on Kaishan Island are bad, it is good to be reunited with her husband." ”
In this way, Wang Shihua submitted a resignation letter to the school, but when Wang Shihua resigned and returned home, he did not say anything more with his children and family, and immediately ran back to the room and cried bitterly, which shows how determined Wang Shihua was to resign as a teacher to accompany her husband.
Before leaving, Wang Shihua wanted to take the child to the island with him, but was stopped by his mother-in-law: "Now the child is only three years old, if he is sick on the island, what should he do?" You go to the island well, and the children are taken care of by me. Every word the mother-in-law said was reasonable, and Wang Shihua did not know how to refute the kindness of her mother-in-law, so she had to choose to go to the island alone.
Soon, Wang Shihua climbed the mountain alone to open the boat on The Mountain Island. After going to the island, Wang Shihua's first words to her husband Wang Jicai were: "In the future, you will be the 'island owner' of Kaishan Island, and I will be the 'wife of the island owner' of Kaishan Island!" You guard Kaishan Island, I guard you! That year, Wang Shihua was 24 years old and Wang Ji was only 26 years old. The husband and wife of this guard, that is, 32 years, Wang Jicai with a selfless dedication, the spirit of giving up the small family for the country to adhere to the "isolated island", and Wang Shihua because of the companionship and adhere to the "lonely island", so the "isolated island" became home.
32 years of "island owner" of Kaishan Island
For those 32 years, he was the director of the post, she was the sentry, and the two were like a team, patrolling the island every day, working on the island.
Wang Shihua, who just landed on the island, was timid and petite, late at night, listening to the sound of the waves lapping at the reef and the whistling sea breeze, his heart trembled, and he could not sleep all night, if it were not for the presence of her husband Wang Jicai, perhaps Wang Shihua would have left here early like the previous "island owners". But now it is different, even if Wang Jicai needs to leave the island for a few days because of the incident, Wang Shihua can still guard the island as well as when her husband is there, distinguishing a series of things such as ships, drilling tunnels, and inspecting the sea, Wang Shihua is not inferior to her husband Wang Jicai.
But do you know that in these 32 years, Wang Jicai and his wife's annual salary was only 3700 yuan, until 1995, a lighthouse was built on the island, and the "annual salary" of the two was only 2000 yuan longer, which was the maintenance fee of the lighthouse. At this time, the husband and wife have a mother and 3 children, and with this "annual salary" alone, it is impossible to maintain the family's expenses. In order to save, the couple has not bought new clothes for ten years and eight years, and in the summer, the husband and wife rarely wear shoes and walk barefoot in every place on Kaishan Island. Even when Wang Jicai wanted to drink, his wife fried a plate of soybeans for him to drink and dishes, he felt very "luxurious", which showed how difficult the life of the two people on the island was.
Wang Jicai once laughed at himself: "The families of the villagers in the townships all have deposit slips, while my family only has arrears!" Even when his eldest daughter got married, Wang Jicai did not buy her a decent dowry, and even the money for his son's college studies was borrowed, and it has not been repaid so far. It can be seen from this that Wang Jicai and his wife have paid much to stick to Kaishan Island.
Wang Jicai's eldest sister once went to the island to persuade him, hoping that he would stop guarding the island and do other work, but Wang Jicai was "a tendon": "If I leave, who will take care of this Kaishan Island?" When the eldest sister saw this, she didn't bat an eyelid, scolded a "donkey" and turned around and left.
In this way, the couple overcame various difficulties and insisted on Kaishan Island for 32 years. However, on July 27, 2018, Wang Jicai suddenly fell ill while on patrol and died at the age of 58 due to ineffective rescue.
"One man guarding one island"
In August 2018, President Xi Jinping made important instructions on the advanced deeds of Comrade Wang Jicai, and as soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a strong response across the country.
Wang Jicai has also won the honors of "Advanced Individual in the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up" and "2018 Person of the Year Who Touched China", and on September 17, 2019, President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree awarding him the national honorary title of "People's Model".
The reporter once asked Wang Jicai about such a topic: "When do you plan to retire?" ”
Wang Jicai heard the reporter's question and resolutely replied: "Keep it until I can't move!" ”
And Wang Jicai also fulfilled his promise, from the age of 26 to 58, a full 32 years, Wang Jicai dedicated the most beautiful years of his life to the cause of coastal defense of the motherland, no matter what difficulties he faced, he did not choose to retreat, but chose to face the difficulties until the end of his life.
Although wang Jicai, the hero of the island, is gone, his spirit of selfless dedication to everyone at the end of his small family is like the five-star red flag flying in the wind on Kaishan Island, which will always shine in the hearts of every countryman.