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In 1983, the fifth year after the reform and opening up.
At this time, China is different from the past, and the whole country is full of vitality.
One day, when Xia Liangbai, director of the United Front Work Department of Rizhao County, was visiting the countryside, he met a warm old farmer.
When the old farmer brought him tea, he saw the hint.
"At that time, it was so brilliant, why did you choose to be an ordinary farmer?"
Uncle was silent.
What is the extraordinary experience behind silence? What is uncle's past identity?
"Ordinary old farmer", extraordinary identity
In 1983, Xia Liangbai, director of the United Front Work Department of Rizhao County, Shandong Province, came to Sunjia Village, where he was responsible, to conduct routine research and visits.
This job is already very familiar to him, in the past year, he has come to Sunjia Village several times, and he has also become familiar with the residents here and established a very strong relationship.
On this day, as always, he was warmly received by the brigade of the Sunjia Village Neighborhood Committee, and after a conversation with several responsible persons of Sunjia Village, Xia Liangbai decided to go to the homes of the villagers for an in-depth visit.
The group stopped in front of a dilapidated house, which Xia Liangbai seemed to be very interested in.
"How is this family doing?"
After thinking for a moment, the village chief told Xia Liangbai: "In this family, there is only one old man living there, with a good heart and a simple life. ”
"However, it is strange to say that although this family is kind, it does not come out to hang out, and it is very honest!"
After Xia Liangbai listened, he decided to go inside to find out, "Okay, then let's visit this old man today to see what is going on in his house." ”
After knocking on the door, the scene inside the house surprised Xia Liangbai darkly: the old man in the house was not having fun, nor was he busy with farm work like other people's families, but was seriously reading the newspaper.
After seeing the village chief and his party come in, the old man immediately got up to greet him.
At this time, Xia Liangbai carefully observed the furnishings in the house and found that it was very interesting, and the things were neatly arranged and very disciplined, as if they had been professionally trained.
This made Xia Liangbai more interested.
After sitting down, in the small talk, Xia Liangbai suddenly noticed that the old farmer was a little different.
When the old farmer poured him tea, the temperament between his hands and feet made Xia Liangbai feel as if he were a soldier.
As the head of the county United Front Work Department, even though I have already met many soldiers, the military temperament emitted by this old farmer is really rare.
After some conversation, Xia Liangbai became more and more certain that this farmer must not be simple, and he definitely had the experience of being a soldier.
At this time, Minister Xia tentatively asked the old farmer, "Uncle, have you ever been a soldier before?" Look at the temperament of your body is extraordinary. ”
After listening, Uncle Xia smiled, "Minister Xia has good eyesight, and I really can't hide from you, I used to be an air force." ”
The old farmer then talked about his previous career in the Air Force, revealing a sense of pride between the conversations.
Minister Xia asked, "Uncle, since your previous military career was so brilliant and you have made great military achievements, why did you finally choose to become an ordinary peasant?" ”
At this time, the uncle suddenly stopped speaking, lowered his head and did not say a word.
Seeing the situation, Xia Liangbai no longer pursued the question reluctantly, and then several people also diverged from the topic.
However, the doubts in Xia Liangbai's heart were not dispelled, after all, the sense of security still had to be there, and it was not possible that it was a lurking enemy spy?
So after the investigation was over, he immediately sent someone to secretly search for the old farmer's information.
Unexpectedly, the information obtained made him fall into a bigger cloud of doubt.
After investigation, it was learned that this old farmer's name was Wang Yanzhou, and he was an honest man born and raised in Sunjia Village.
But the strange thing is that Wang Yanzhou has been away from his hometown for many years, and no one knows where he has gone and what he has done over the years.
Later, Wang Yanzhou suddenly returned to his hometown and began to cultivate land here.
During this period, Wang Yanzhou did not show great abnormalities.
The only slight difference is that Wang Yanzhou does not like to talk, but has a high level of education and even knows a little English.
It can be seen from this that Wang Yanzhou is definitely not an ordinary farmer.
Incarnate as an "old farmer" and live a plain life
Xia Liangbai became more and more interested in the experiences of Wang Yanzhou in the years of disappearance.
He desperately wanted to know if he had any simple identity in the past, and just in case, after a struggle of ideas, Xia Liangbai drove alone to Wang Yanzhou's home.
When I saw Wang Yanzhou again, he was still reading the newspaper as usual.
Xia Liangbai noticed the worn woolen pants on his legs and was even more certain that he was not an ordinary farmer.
Xia Liangbai did not bend over backwards, but directly opened the door to show his intentions, "Uncle, the last time I came, I felt that your identity was not ordinary. ”
"I'm sorry, but in order to ensure your safety, I sent someone to investigate you, but there are still some doubts that need to be answered personally."
Hearing this, Wang Yanzhou invited Xia Liangbai to sit down, and then he told Xia Liangbai about his past experiences one by one.
With Wang Yanzhou's narration, Xia Liangbai silently sighed in his heart: This old farmer not only served as a soldier, but he was actually the 16th Huangpu Sheng!
Not only that, this seemingly ordinary old farmer made great achievements in battle, and also participated in the air flight of the founding ceremony.
After the visit, the surprised Xia Liangbai rushed back to the department and sorted out these things into materials and handed them over to the relevant departments.
After verification, it alarmed the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
So everyone began to wonder why the ace pilot chose to return to the countryside and hide his name? What's going on here?
Speaking of Wang Yanzhou's return to his hometown life, people can't help but lament the high quality of this ace pilot.
The ace pilots who shot down enemy planes in the past and made great achievements were willing to cultivate land in the countryside and never complained.
Because Wang Yanzhou's cultural level far exceeded that of other people in the countryside, Wang Yanzhou automatically served as a teacher at night school after returning to his hometown, focusing on the villagers.
And the enthusiastic Wang Yanzhou was also quickly welcomed by everyone, and everyone liked the big and small things and handed them over to Wang Yanzhou to handle.
The reason is very simple, Wang Yanzhou is a down-to-earth person worth believing.
This is also why when Xia Liangbai went to the countryside to investigate, wang Yanzhou was responsible for entertaining: reliable and easy to deal with.
Although he had returned to his hometown, Wang Yanzhou had never forgotten his experience in the army, nor had he forgotten those rules, and still strictly demanded himself.
Of course, it is also the appearance of Xia Liangbai that makes this low-key "old farmer" appear in the public's field of vision again, and his past honors are also known to everyone again.
Soon, his identity was verified and he regained the treatment of an Air Force pilot.
It is worth mentioning that in 2005, Wang Yanzhou was invited to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to attend the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, and was awarded a medal at this meeting.
With the passage of time, Wang Yanzhou's body also began to have some minor problems, and he was later admitted to the hospital due to illness.
But Wang Yanzhou, who has always been optimistic, smiled and comforted his family as always: "Don't worry about this little problem, I still have a lot to do." ”
"When I'm ready, I'm going to give a lecture to the children at night school, and I'm going to make a memoir of my experience in the first half of my life, so that I can leave a thought for myself, so I'm worried."
However, on April 30, 2012, this amiable old man left us forever at the age of 92.
Fortunately, it is gratifying that in the first six months of Wang Yanzhou's death, his family was with him and accompanied him through the last part of his life.
Before his death, Wang Yanzhou's will also moved many people, and he asked his family to keep everything simple in his funeral.
Even at the last moment, he still cared about his motherland, did not want to add any trouble to the organization, and wanted to be simple.
Quietly, he went, just as he did, and came quietly at that time.
Join the army and your blood boils
In October 1920, in Sunjia Village, Rizhao, Shandong, Wang Yanzhou was born.
Because the family conditions are not very good, "the children of the poor have long been home", Wang Yanzhou has known how to subsidize the family since childhood.
At the age of 15, Wang Yanzhou came to Qingdao to work as an apprentice in a factory.
At that time, his greatest wish was to be able to let his family live a stable and happy life, to save some money, and then marry and have children, and to live a normal life.
When he was a teenager, he could not have imagined that his life was about to usher in a huge change.
The turning point of events came in the appearance of Wang Yande.
He was Wang Yanzhou's cousin.
It is worth mentioning that when Wang Yanzhou was 11 years old, Wang Yande had become a soldier in the Kuomintang army.
Whenever Wang Yande returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, he would tell the young Wang Yanzhou a lot about the army, which deeply attracted Wang Yanzhou.
Whenever he heard the stories of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression with blood and tears, Wang Yanzhou could not stop boiling with blood.
Not only that, Wang Yande's handsome military uniform, epaulettes, etc. also made Wang Yanzhou envious.
Obviously, his cousin Wang Yande was the biggest idol in The Little Wang Yanzhou's heart.
And all of this planted a military seed in Wang Yanzhou's heart.
He is determined to be like his cousin Wang Yande, put on a handsome military uniform, and make his own contribution to his motherland to the best of his ability.
But Wang Yanzhou's military career was destined not to start so smoothly.
Wang Yanzhou's idea was quickly opposed by his family, and his parents resolutely disagreed with Wang Yanzhou's "risky" choice, and they all hoped that Wang Yanzhou could find a stable livelihood and spend the rest of his life.
Fortunately, with the help of Wang Yande, the family was finally persuaded.
Wang Yanzhou entered the army as he wished and came to the Beiping Nanyuan Military Training Regiment of the Kuomintang 29th Army.
Although this army was not particularly formal, Wang Yanzhou, who was full of enthusiasm, was very active and serious about each training, and his ability was gradually improving.
In the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, the Beiping Nanyuan Military Training Regiment of the Kuomintang 29th Army participated in this War of Resistance Against Japan, and Wang Yanzhou officially joined as a member of it.
The experience of this battle made Wang Yanzhou unforgettable and changed his life again.
The weather was bad, with heavy rain pouring down, and heavy rain fell every day and night.
Wang Yanzhou and the soldiers of the other training regiments were basically new recruits without any combat experience, and some of them even took up guns for the first time to officially participate in the battle.
Such weather coupled with such terrible fighting, it was very stressful for them.
In this way, they were motionless in the trenches, and even if the water slowly poured up, they did not dare to make any sound.
In the early morning of one day, dozens of Japanese planes roared in, and before they could react, Wang Yanzhou fell into a rain of bullets.
The sound of machine gun fire accompanied by the roar of aircraft, and the screams of soldiers rang out from time to time, Wang Yanzhou saw the cruelty of war for the first time.
The bullets did not have long eyes, and although Wang Yanzhou desperately counterattacked the Japanese planes, it did not play a little role.
He saw his comrades-in-arms around him fall one by one, obviously close at hand, but out of reach.
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness swept wang Yanzhou.
It was also this battle that gave Wang Yanzhou a new idea: to defeat the enemy's planes on the battlefield in the sky.
Join the Air Force and eagles fly long in the air
Soon, Wang Yanzhou was given the opportunity to join the regular military academy.
In other words, Wang Yanzhou is one step closer to realizing his ideals in life.
In the summer of 1938, after the Whampoa Military Academy announced the news of enrollment, Wang Yanzhou took the admissions examination non-stop.
As a result, Wang Yanzhou was admitted to the Xi'an branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, where he conducted three years of military education and training.
In 1940, Wang Yanzhou's third year at the Whampoa Military Academy, Wang Yanzhou, who was about to graduate, had undergone a tremendous transformation.
From the original "new soldier's teeth" to a professional soldier with high military attainment, Wang Yanzhou finally saw a bright future.
Logically, with the study experience of the Whampoa Military Academy and the relationship between wang Yande, a cousin in the military, Wang Yanzhou's life after graduation should be bright.
Three days before graduation, an admissions advertisement on the street once again broke Wang Yanzhou's future plans.
The advertisement content is the enrollment information of Jianqiao Central Aviation School, which evokes the seeds of Wang Yanzhou's original ideals.
Defeat the enemy on the battlefield in the sky, isn't the opportunity right in front of you?
This advertisement deeply attracted Wang Yanzhou.
Friends around him do not understand Wang Yanzhou's choice, immediately after graduation, he can have a high-ranking official HouJue, but with a good life, but what pilot do you want to be?
Regardless of the prejudice of others, Wang Yanzhou resolutely participated in this registration after some thought.
But this time, his cousin Wang Yande did not approve of his approach.
In the words of Wang Yande, "At present, China's air force is still relatively weak, it is difficult to gain an advantage in air combat, and if you want to make a breakthrough, it will not be possible to complete it in a short time and a half." ”
Wang Yanzhou thanked his cousin for his kindness, but still firmly signed up, and Wang Yande no longer obstructed when he saw the situation.
With superior physical conditions, Wang Yanzhou smoothly became one of the two people who were admitted.
Wang Yanzhou, who joined the Air Force School, trained harder and did not dare to relax for a moment.
Soon, his efforts were rewarded with the blessing of talent, his flying skills had made great progress, and Wang Yanzhou was quickly appreciated by the instructors.
Despite the very harsh training environment, Wang Yanzhou has always been strict with himself, and his thirst for knowledge has pushed him forward.
In 1941, Wang Yanzhou stood out from the crowd and was given the opportunity to train in the United States.
After nearly two years of study at the Luke and Thunderbird bases in the United States, Wang Yanzhou's flying skills have become more professional.
After graduation, Wang Yanzhou received many olive branches from air force schools, and as long as he nodded his head, he could stay in the United States.
But Wang Yanzhou refused all the invitations without thinking, insisting that he wanted to return to the motherland and realize his original ideals.
Don't forget the original intention, keep in mind the mission.
After returning to China, Wang Yanzhou was assigned to the Eighth Squadron of the Third Brigade of the US Air Force Mixed Regiment.
Shoot down enemy planes and make battle achievements
Finally, Wang Yanzhou had the opportunity to strike the long sky with an eagle.
On June 1, 1944, Wang Yanzhou was preparing to return after successfully completing his bombing mission.
At this time, an accident occurred.
The engine of the P-40N fighter piloted by Wang Yanzhou suddenly malfunctioned, and it stopped working halfway through.
This really startled Wang Yanzhou.
Although I have learned how to deal with this situation in books, I have really not trained it.
Unexpectedly, the first training was in actual combat, and if it was not successful, it would destroy people.
Wang Yanzhou was well aware of the seriousness of the matter, but with his professional knowledge and systematic combat ability, he tried to calm his mood and try to calmly cope.
First, he tried to control the direction of flight of the fighter and try to control it at a stable altitude.
After that, he looked for a suitable place to land.
Just then, he suddenly discovered the cause of the fighter's engine failure: there was no oil.
It seemed that everything was a false alarm, and after Wang Yanzhou switched the fuel tank, he immediately raised the flight altitude of the fighter and prepared to continue to return according to the original route.
Suddenly, Wang Yanzhou noticed a strange little black dot on the front left side of the fighter.
Getting closer and closer...
It turned out to be a Japanese transport plane!
At this moment, the pilots of the Japanese transport plane also found Wang Yanzhou, but they were helpless to find that the transport plane was not equipped with weapons for combat.
As a result, the Japanese pilots immediately prepared to wait for the opportunity to escape.
But how could Wang Yanzhou easily let go of the evil Japanese army, he "took advantage of the victory to pursue" and aimed at the Japanese transport plane.
Before the Japanese transport pilot could react, the fuel tank was hit by Wang Yanzhou, and the entire transport plane also fell, destroying the plane and killing people, and screaming for his life.
Wang Yanzhou, who returned to the base, learned from the radio that there were seven Japanese officers and other entourage on the Japanese transport plane, and he had made his own contribution!
After the Sino-US mixed group learned about it, it also gave Wang Yanzhou a first-class merit as a reward.
In the year that followed, Wang Yanzhou became more courageous: he shot down a total of 3 Zero fighters and 1 advanced Tojo fighter.
In one air battle after another, Wang Yanzhou's combat experience was enriched, and his original dream of "defeating the enemy in the battlefield of the sky" was finally realized little by little.
Naturally, Wang Yanzhou has also been awarded many honorary halos, and titles such as "Ace Pilot" and "Air Force Combat Hero" are not uncommon.
In 1945, Japan announced its surrender.
This year, Let Wang Yanzhou forever and deeply remember.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yanzhou was transferred to the 9th Theater Headquarters of the Kuomintang Air Force in Jinan.
Ups and downs, legendary life
In April 1946, Wang Yanzhou flew from Sichuan to Jinan as usual.
And this flight mission, but once again quietly rewrite wang Yanzhou's life trajectory.
During this flight, the weather suddenly changed suddenly, and in desperation, Wang Yanzhou forced the plane to land in Qinghe County, Hebei Province.
At that time, Qinghe County belonged to the Liberated Area, and before that, Wang Yanzhou had heard many anecdotal rumors that once the pilots mistakenly entered the Common Area, most of them died tragically, without exception, there would be no good end.
At the time of anxiety, the warm hospitality of the people in the Liberated Areas made Wang Yan's monk Confused.
Doesn't this mean that the people in the Liberated Areas are tricky?
What he saw and heard in the Liberated Areas quickly subverted Wang Yanzhou's cognition, and he discovered that the appearance of the Liberated Areas was exactly what the new China he had been pursuing should look like.
This is probably why Wang Yanzhou chose to stay in the Liberated Areas later.
In 1949, Wang Yanzhou participated in the founding ceremony as a pilot and joined the red ocean.
At that moment, Wang Yanzhou's mood was surging and he sighed thousands of times in his heart about the appearance of New China.
In 1951, during the war in Korea, Wang Yanzhou was once again awarded the second class merit.
In 1953, the year after the end of the Korean War, the 33-year-old Wang Yanzhou waited for his love, and Qi Shuyun, a 25-year-old talented Tsinghua woman, fell in love with him at first sight and soon stepped into the palace of marriage.
After marriage, the two were very happy and pregnant with a son.
In 1955, Wang Yanzhou, who served in the Ninth Division of the Air Force, was transferred to the Gliding Group of the Aviation Department of the State Sports Commission.
However, in 1957, Wang Yanzhou was implicated on trumped-up charges and innocently imprisoned.
Therefore, his wife Qi Shuyun chose to divorce him.
In this way, after spending four years in prison, in 1961, Wang Yanzhou finally waited for the opportunity to turn around and return to his hometown to farm.
Such an ending, 41-year-old Wang Yanzhou gladly accepted.
And the later story is 22 years of farming life and after meeting Xia Liangbai, it has turned over again.
Throughout the life of the elderly Wang Yanzhou, as he himself said, he was a copper pea written by the Ming Dynasty opera composer Guan Hanqing.
The spirit of copper pea is worthy of deep consideration by each of us, and the dedication of our ancestors is enough to last for thousands of generations and become the spiritual Great Wall of our children and grandchildren, supporting us to move forward better and towards a better future for China.