This is a touching moment taken by the reporter accompanying the army on the battlefield of Laoshan, the photo is called "Death Kiss", only to see that in the picture, the female medical soldier Zhang Ru hugged the endangered soldier Zhao Weijun tightly and gently kissed his forehead and the corners of his mouth, that year, she was 21 years old, he was 18 years old.
The two were not lovers in love, they had not even met before, and this was the first kiss in the woman's life, but everything seemed so natural.
In the battlefield of war and smoke, the reason why this romance of life and death encounters occurs is only because they are the most lovely people.
Next, let's go back to more than 30 years ago and look at the background of the young people of that era.
The power of thunder crushes the invading enemy
On March 16, 1979, our army successfully returned to China, and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam ended with the victory of our army, but the war was far from over.
Even though vietnam, which had no ambitions, continued to build fortifications in a self-righteous way, even though it knew that the military fortresses in the northern border area had been completely destroyed by our army, it tried to take advantage of the fact that our army was not ready to attack the territory again, and in just five years it had already seen its first scale.
On April 28, 1984, the Battle of Lao Shan broke out, which was different from the way the previous self-defense counterattack against Vietnam suddenly hurt Vietnam, and this operation was aimed at continuously depleting the viet army's living strength, so that it was frightened and completely abandoned its aggressive ambitions.
In the following ten years, in order to strengthen the army in actual combat, the major military regions of our army successively sent their main forces to fight in the Lao Shan area, and it was not until April 1, 1993, when Vietnam agreed to negotiate that the negotiations were officially concluded, and the story in the photo took place during this period.
"A gentle kiss"
"Comrade, please save him quickly, you must save him!" One day in July 1986, in the field hospital of our army on the Laoshan Battlefield, several young soldiers pleaded eagerly toward Zhang Ru.
On this day, when Zhao Weijun was on a reconnaissance mission, he unfortunately stepped on a mine planted by the Vietnamese army, and many places on his body were hit by shrapnel, and he suddenly fell into a coma, and his comrades-in-arms on the side rushed him to the hospital.
At this time, the battle on the front line was still continuing, and Zhao Weijun's unit was holding on to a position in Laoshan, accompanied by the roar of artillery fire, and the enemy launched hundreds of surprise attacks on the position, and the battle was extremely fierce.
Seeing Zhao Weijun covered in blood, the young Zhang Ru did not feel afraid, on the battlefield, she could see the wounded almost every day, the field hospital was located in a cat ear hole, the medical conditions were limited, Zhao Weijun's surgery could not be carried out in a short period of time, Zhang Ru and several other medical soldiers cleaned his wounds and tied bandages for him.
"Luckily!" I don't know how long later, Zhao Weijun woke up from his coma, and when he saw himself lying on a stretcher, he said these two words in his mouth.
Zhang Ru saw that he woke up, and also smiled, and for the next few days, she had been taking good care of him and encouraging him to recuperate well, and Zhao Weijun was also looking forward to continuing to kill the enemy on the front line after recovering.
However, contrary to expectations, in the simple medical environment, Zhao Weijun's illness did not improve, but continued to deteriorate, the wound was also infected and suppurative, and the whole person launched a high fever.
On the night of July 23, Zhao Weijun, who continued to fall into a state of confusion, had a premonition that he might soon die, and at the last moment of his life, at the age of 18, he remembered his parents in his hometown, and of course, he also envisioned love, after all, he was just a teenager.
On the morning of the 24th, Zhao Weijun was almost speechless, and in the past few days, Zhang Ru had been encouraging him to persevere, and when the war stabilized, he would be sent to the rear hospital for treatment, but at this time, Zhang Ru also knew that Zhao Weijun might be in these few days, and when the night was quiet, she often cried alone.
On this day, Zhang Ru came to change the medicine for Zhao Weijun again, and when she saw Zhao Weijun dying, her heart was even more uncomfortable, although she had never met in the past, but when she arrived on the battlefield, she had long regarded him as her close comrade-in-arms.
Zhang Ru didn't want to make Zhao Weijun sad, she forced herself to endure the grief and smiled at Zhao Weijun and said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to survive, you must be able to!" ”
Zhao Weijun knew that this was a word of comfort for himself, seeing Zhang Ru who was as young as himself in front of him, he seemed to look forward to a beautiful love again, and at the last moment of his life, he said intermittently with all his strength: "Sister, can you hug me?" I knew I was dying. ”
This was the young warrior's last expectation, he was just a teenager, this scene, the other medical soldiers present were moved, Zhang Ru's heart was more like a drop of blood, she did not want to see a young life so broken in a foreign country.
Only to see Zhang Ru without hesitation lean down slightly, open his arms, hug Zhao Weijun tightly, and then gently kiss his forehead and the corners of his mouth under the gaze of everyone.
Looking at Zhang Ru with a smile, Zhao Weijun also smiled, this is the most holy kiss between comrades-in-arms, Zhao Weijun's last wish has also been completed, a few minutes later, heroic sacrifice, life is forever fixed at the age of 18, just adulthood.
After Zhao Weijun's sacrifice, Zhang Ru could no longer control her emotions, she cried out, according to Zhao Weijun's last wishes, she moved Zhao Weijun's stretcher with her comrades in tears to the direction of Lanzhou, where he missed his hometown day and night...
I was young
In 1968, Zhao Weijun was born in Cuijiagou Society, Lujiagou Village, Lujiagou Township, Yuzhong County, Gansu Province, his parents were local farmers, and his family was very poor.
Also because of his family's poverty, Zhao Weijun dropped out of school without finishing junior high school and worked everywhere, during that time, Zhao Weijun, like countless children from poor backgrounds, earned money by sweat at the bottom of society to support his family.
At that time, the young people had a high spirit, everyone was full of desire for the future, after the outbreak of the Laoshan Campaign, Zhao Weijun saw that the country was in difficulty, in order to defend the country, in 1985, he resolutely gave up his job and joined the army, that year, he was 17 years old.
"Father, mother, son will go to the army to defend the family and the country!" The night before signing up, Zhao Weijun told his parents what he wanted.
The parents did not hesitate for half a minute after listening, and they encouraged their son to go to the army to perform well, because the older generation knew that the peace of the country was not easy to come by, but after the son rested, the old couple did not sleep all night, because they were this son.
Early the next morning, Zhao Weijun set off with his parents' packed luggage, and before leaving, he knelt down to his parents and said with tears: "There is a country to have a home, father, mother, son is likely to go to the front line this time, when the battle is over, I will definitely be filial to you." ”
In this way, Zhao Weijun came to a certain unit of the Lanzhou Military Region, and after a political examination and a series of physical examinations, he smoothly entered the army, while Zhang Ru, who was far away in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, had been in the army for two years.
Unlike Zhao Weijun's family lineage, Zhang Ru, born in 1965, has lived in a military family since childhood, and his maternal grandfather is a Red Army soldier, under his tutelage, Zhang Ru has had the dream of joining the army since childhood.
Zhang Ru's parents were the urgent shortage of aviation researchers in the mainland at that time, they have been contributing to the country, due to the tight time and heavy tasks, Zhang Ru's parents rarely have time to accompany her on weekdays, for this, Zhang Ru can also understand the pain of her parents when she grows up.
At the age of 18, at the age of choosing the direction of life, Zhang Ru did not hesitate to join the army, and her family was also very supportive, coincidentally, after the end of the recruit training, Zhang Ru was assigned to the Lanzhou Military Region and became a medical soldier in the army.
In October 1985, a certain unit of the Lanzhou Military Region began to change its defenses in the south, replacing the troops of the Jinan Military Region on the Laoshan Battlefield, and Zhao Weijun and Zhang Ru set out with the troops.
At that time, they were all prosperous and prosperous, and there were many, many people like them, they had never seen the cruelty of war, but everyone would not be afraid, because they knew that to be a soldier was to defend the country, and they could give everything at any time for the motherland and the people.
After coming to the front line of Laoshan Mountain, the two began to fight separately, Zhao Weijun had become a deputy squad leader by virtue of his previous excellent performance in the army, as a scout, he walked at the forefront of the team every day, dancing on the tip of the knife.
Zhang Ru stayed in the temporary hospital in the rear of the battlefield as a cultured medical soldier to treat the wounded, because she was warm and kind, and would thank her every time the wounded soldiers came.
If it wasn't for Zhao Weijun stepping on the thunder and being injured, perhaps the two would never have the opportunity to meet in their lives, so when they saw Zhao Weijun stop breathing, Zhang Ru would cry so heartbroken.
In fact, this is not the first time Zhang Ru has seen this kind of life-and-death parting scene, as an experienced medical soldier in the team, she has rescued the first-class combat hero Xu Liang, the "Thunder Clearance King" Luo Muyuan, the first-class meritorious zhao Weijun and a number of seriously injured people, and some of these fighters also fell in front of her.
After several months of tempering, Zhang Ru has long been tough as steel, she not only joined the party in the line of fire on the battlefield, but also won the third class of personal merit because she was not afraid of danger and frequently saved people, but when Zhao Weijun said her wish and sacrificed, she was still very moved, after all, Zhao Weijun was 3 years younger than herself.
However, Zhao Weijun's sacrifice did not crush this strong-willed female soldier, in the next 7 years, Zhang Ru has been insisting on staying on the front line to continue to rescue the wounded soldiers, although the conditions are limited, she has never given up, until the end of the war in 1993, she returned to the motherland with the troops, during which she also won the collective second class.
So what was Zhang Ru doing after returning to China? How did she live her life?
Search for the families of the martyrs
On the way back to China, Zhang Ru had a thousand thoughts, and the figure of the sacrificial warrior always appeared in her mind, and she could not come back together, Zhang Ru's heart felt very unpleasant, and a thought germinated in her heart.
After returning to China, Zhang Ru continued to serve in the army for several years, and then, she retired from the army and returned to her hometown, where she studied while working, accumulating social experience and enriching her ability, because due to the need for state secrecy, she could not carry out many things.
It wasn't until 2011 that Zhang Ru began a plan that had been brewing in her mind for a long time.
It turned out that after Zhang Ru returned home, looking at her parents with two sideburns, she couldn't help but think of the family of the martyr who sacrificed her, she could serve her parents, who should take care of their parents, thinking of this, she decided to look for the families of the martyrs and express her condolences to them.
Zhang Ru's parents are proud of their daughter's decision, and with the support of the whole family, Zhang Ru embarked on the road of searching for someone, which she named "Mission Journey".
In the next few short years, Zhang Ru visited 32 counties and cities in 9 provinces, visited 43 martyrs' families, and every time she went to the homes of the martyrs' families, Zhang Ru was very sincere in her heart, and in the face of each martyr's elders, she expressed her heartfelt condolences.
Among the families of these martyrs, one of them was the home of Zhao Weijun.
On May 1, 2015, Zhang Ru came to the Xinglong Mountain Martyrs Cemetery in Yuzhong County, Gansu Province, only to see her slowly walk to the tombstone of the martyr Zhao Weijun, bow respectfully to his tomb, and then gently say: "Brother, sister, I have come to see you." ”
Originally, after Zhao Weijun's sacrifice, the organization sent people to move his body to the martyrs' cemetery in his hometown for burial, and in recognition of his merits in the Battle of Laoshan, the Lanzhou Military Region awarded him the first class meritorious honor.
When the staff told his parents the news of Zhao Weijun's death, the old couple's mouth suddenly fell like the sky, but the couple had already made psychological preparations for this, they dried their tears and said seriously: "The son is good, we are proud of him." ”
Although the couple was righteous and awe-inspiring, after all, this was their only son, and their later lives also lost motivation and were sullen all day, so in this case, Zhang Ru came to Zhao Weijun's home.
"Zhao Weijun said to me before his sacrifice that the only thing he could not rest assured of was your second elder, and he hoped that you could live well, and he also said, please forgive your son for not filial piety, he cannot serve you, but he does not regret it, if there is a chance to choose again, he will still go to join the army, he said that there is a country to have a home." Zhang Ru leaned down and said sincerely to the two old men.
After listening to it, the second elder cried again, for so many years, they missed their children all the time, and whenever they saw a young man in the village getting married, they couldn't stop crying.
Zhang Ru saw the lonely figure of the second elder, and her heart was also very sad, she accompanied the two old people and told them about Zhao Weijun's life on the battlefield, some of which she witnessed, some of which she collected from other comrades-in-arms, she felt that telling the old people about their son's experience in the army would make them feel calmer.
Zhang Ru, who is now more than half a hundred years old, has lived a peaceful life, but she has insisted on visiting the families of the martyrs, because she feels that she is fortunate to survive and should do something for them who sacrificed...
With this article alone, I would like to pay high tribute to all the SOLDIERs of the People's Liberation Army who participated in the war against Vietnam, and wish Zhang Ru happiness and health!