Heaven and earth are heroic, and the thousand autumns are still awe-inspiring
Today's era of peace, happy life is not easy to come by, in order to pay tribute to all the heroes who have heroically sacrificed their lives for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese people and the cause of the construction of the republic, so that their spirit will be immortal, the Information Times Micro Community e Jiatong specially planned - looking for the "heroes around" column, led by Xiao E to find the treasure heroes around them, listen to the heroic deeds of TA together, continue the spiritual bloodline in the red story, and draw on the strength to forge ahead.
The protagonist that Xiao E brings to you today is Ye Zhaotong, who successfully helped him find his 53-year-old comrade-in-arms at the end of last month. (Click to review the reunion story of him and the old company commander Bai Yibin)
Guangzhou Tsai, a 19-year-old who joined the army, lived on a hill and slept in a tunnel
"My name is Ye Zhaotong, and during the war, I was responsible for observing the position of the enemy aircraft at high altitudes, and then reported it to the company commander, who directed the gunners to fire according to the actual situation on the battlefield." The 76-year-old Ye Zhaotong is from Renhe Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, and now lives in huale street garden community in Yuexiu District. According to reports, he entered the Fujian Military Region at the age of 19 and became a soldier, and at the age of 23, he followed the large army to support the Vietnamese people's struggle against the United States.
"It was really bitter at the time, I tried to live in a mountain sleep tunnel, and when I was in Vietnam, everyone had to wipe their faces with mud every day." Recalling the difficulties that have passed, Ye Zhaotong was full of emotion. In order not to be found by enemy aircraft during the battle, in addition to the clothes similar to the color of the jungle mountains, everyone will also plant branches and leaves on their heads and necks for a long time, "Every night we must collect and replace some fresh, otherwise it will be easy to be found by the enemy if it withers or is not the same color as the ground, which is dangerous." ”
A photograph of Ye Zhaotong when he participated in the battle.
Speaking of danger, Ye Zhaotong said that in the war, the US military controlled the air superiority by virtue of its superior equipment, and frantically bombed the ground at every turn, "The enemy planes threw submunitions at the positions where our army was located like sprinkling rice, and the so-called submunitions were loaded into a projectile body with more than 300 small bomblets that triggered and delayed explosions, and the surface of these small bomblets was also embedded with more than a hundred steel balls, and the lethality was very huge." While speaking, Ye Zhao opened the diary he wrote when he was fighting, which not only recorded the combat situation of the day, but also the names of the fallen comrades. Re-reading the words that bear witness to blood and faith, Ye Zhaotong did not speak for a long time.
Ye Zhaotong's battle diary.
Ye Zhaotong showed Xiao E the topographical map of the battle he had drawn.
In his daily combat diary, Ye Zhaotong would also write down the names and information of his fallen comrades.
Not afraid to sacrifice sniper enemy aircraft heroically complete combat missions
Before going to the battlefield, each soldier wrote a suicide note in advance, and his name and blood type were written on the inside of his clothes and pants. Ye Zhaotong personally saw that the bullet of the mother and son had killed two comrades in front of him, and Xiao E couldn't help but ask, "Then will you be afraid?" In the face of this question, Ye Zhaotong laughed heroically, "I am definitely afraid, I will be afraid before I leave, but as long as I arrive on the battlefield, no one will be afraid of death, and at that time, I was full of thoughts of killing the enemy and ensuring that the railways, bridges and transportation lines behind me would not be damaged." ”
Speaking of the most impressive battle, Ye Zhaotong said that he must count the battle of July 5, 1967, "On that day, a total of 24 enemy planes flew over like crows. ”
Although 54 years have passed, Ye Zhaotong still remembers the situation at that time, "Those planes were divided into 2, 2, 4, and 4 to bomb different targets, some of them bombed our anti-aircraft artillery companies, some of them blew up the iron bridge in a vain attempt to cut off the transportation line, and some of them bombed ground targets. ”
Are we just sitting still? Of course not!
"The altitude is 5,500, the distance is 8,000; the altitude is 5,500, and the distance is 7,000..." Ye Zhaotong said that this was how he reported to the company commander the distance between the enemy planes and the position, and when the company commander gave an order, one shell after another shot at the aircraft in mid-air. Speaking, Ye Zhaotong took out a small aircraft model, he said that it was made by the troops at that time using the metal of the wreckage of the downed aircraft, which was exactly the same as the aircraft piloted by the US military at that time, "This is one of the souvenirs distributed to us by the troops when we returned home to reward our heroic struggle." ”
Entering Vietnam in May 1967 and withdrawing in March 1968, Ye Zhaotong's 10 months in Vietnam not only became the most memorable experience of his military career, but also won the third class for his bravery and tenacity in combat and outstanding completion of combat tasks.
After changing careers, Ye Zhaotong took up a post in the Guangzhou Railway Department and continued to shine in his post with the excellent qualities he had trained in the barracks. In his spare time, he often tells the stories of the battlefield to his co-workers or juniors, "especially hoping that the fearless spirit of the martyrs who know that they will sacrifice and move forward courageously can inspire the young generation today." ”
Let us pay tribute to a veteran of the war like Elder Ye,
Thank them for all they have done for the motherland and the people.
【Photo reporter Huang Qimei】
【Photography Hu Yingbin】
【Edit Nanshan】
Source: Micro Community e Jia Tong Yue Xiu Hua Le Street (WeChat ID: xxsbejthlj)