An 18-year-old boy, with his own life, saved Chinese's space dream.
The teenager was born in 1951. After joining the army, he became an ordinary hygienist.
He worked hard, trained hard, and like most boys back then, wanted to become a true warrior.
One night, Meng Fanzhang, who had just been in the army for ten months, was going to give an injection to his sick comrade-in-arms.
He carried his flashlight along the railroad tracks, braving the cold wind.
Suddenly he was attracted by the sound of the train, and saw a military train coming towards this side not far away, but he turned his head back, and the light of the flashlight swept forward, and there was actually a huge stone blocking the middle of the rails.
There's no time to think about it!
He rushed over and pushed the stone with all his strength.
The train driver also saw him and shouted at him, "Run! Come on! ”
Meng Fanzhang heard it, but did not run, he squeezed the stones with his body and was swept into the train himself.
The train, which was full of military supplies, was saved, but he was taken to the hospital for rescue.
On the way to the hospital, he kept asking, "The train... Did the train survive? ”
After learning that the train was fine, Meng Fanzhang fell into a coma and never woke up, and his young life was forever frozen at the age of 18.
This train was loaded with test bombs for the first carrier rocket developed by China, the Long March 1. A few months later, it was launched with the "Dongfanghong 1" load, opening a new era in China's space history, making China the fifth country in the world to independently develop and launch artificial earth satellites after the Soviet Union, the United States, France and Japan.
The ashes of the 18-year-old boy were half buried next to the railway tracks and half in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
Today, the Mengtian experimental module has been successfully launched, the construction of the Chinese space station has entered the final stage, and those who have silently dedicated and sacrificed behind China's space flight should not be forgotten.
Written by| Nongmo
Editor| Bozai
Proofreading | old monster