In 1936, the autumn wind in Karamay was particularly cold, rolling up the yellow sand to cover the sky.
The loess flies in the wind, and the scorching sun leaves a heavy blood color in the sky after imprisoning the temperature of the fleeing sun.
In this barren and snowy frozen soil, the body of a woman was found.
She wore an old, faded military overcoat, and her long, disheveled hair was covered with a thin layer of frost.
Ten fingers dug into the cold soil, holding a drawing in his arms.
Life has been gone for a long time.
This woman is Yang Zhenglu, the daughter of Yang Hucheng.
Why did General Yang's daughter die alone on this snowy field?
What was she doing before she died, and what kind of secrets did she reveal about the drawings she wanted to protect?
Xi'an Incident
The Xi'an Incident of 1936 was a major turning point in Chinese history in the 20th century.
When Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng shocked China and foreign countries by forcing Jiang to resist Japan.
After the incident ended peacefully, Chiang Kai-shek, although he ostensibly forgave him, secretly placed Yang Hucheng under house arrest.
This house arrest is 12 years.
In August 1949, the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated.
At the same time, in Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming and other places, they wreaked havoc and wantonly persecuted the Communists, and Yang Hucheng bore the brunt of the attack.
The executioner raised his blade, glowing in the cold light of the moonlight.
After the sound of breaking through the sky, a gorgeous blood flower suddenly bloomed in the night.
Yang Hucheng snorted lightly.
56 years, neither short nor long life, has come to an end.
He didn't have time to take a last look at this old country, but he was still thinking about the fate of the country's mountains and rivers before he died.
甩脱追兵,隐隠山村
When the Xi'an Incident broke out, Yang Hucheng had already learned about it, and he could not escape death afterwards.
Therefore, he arranged for his wife to take his infant daughter Yang Zhenglu to escape.
Soon after leaving Xi'an, the bloody pursuit of the enemy followed.
2-year-old Yang Zhenglu, with the support of his grandmother, staggered all the way without panting.
Fortunately, our party comrades secretly escorted the escort.
finally escaped from the pursuers and was rescued in a deep mountain and old forest in Sichuan. Yang Zhenglu spent some days in this remote village.
The kind old farmers would give her dough to eat and make her happy.
Whenever I mentioned my father's affairs, my grandmother's eyes would reddened slightly.
And Xiao Zhenglu, only as part of the adventure trip, how did he know that his family was ruined.
Willing to travel against the tide and sprinkle youth on the wasteland
In May 1949, the People's Liberation Army captured Xi'an, ending several years of turmoil in this ancient city, and Yang Zhenglu's mother and daughter, who were hiding in the mountains, finally ushered in a new life.
Thirteen-year-old Yang Zhenglu stepped on campus land, which carries too many past events that she has not been involved in.
At first, the new environment and schoolwork were like double-sided needles and needles in her heart.
However, the daughter of the revolution contains unique genes, and soon erected a sail mast in the sea of learning.
A few years later, Yang Zhenglu was admitted to the petroleum department of Northwest University with excellent results.
And in her life, she will eventually be inextricably linked with the word "oil".
In the 50s of the last century, China's resources were depleted and needed to be developed urgently.
However, the work of petroleum geological exploration is heavy and arduous, and it is isolated from the world in remote oil fields.
Yang Zhenglu could have enjoyed the glory in peace, but she went to the difficult frontier alone.
After joining the company, she did not hesitate to fill in the remote Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau and Qaidam.
This is the front line where resource development is most needed, and it is also the most bitter place.
She is willing to go against the tide and sprinkle her youth in the wasteland.
Let the wind blow and the sun, just for the fire in my heart, burning more and more.
This is actually related to her life experience.
Yang Zhenglu has experienced the destruction of his family since he was a child, and has seen the cruelty of the enemy and the hardship of the country.
Joining the oil industry is the most sincere call in my heart.
She couldn't bear to see any family go through the heartbreak of her childhood, nor could she bear to see the country once again starve of resources.
Protecting the food and clothing of the common people and the prosperity of this land requires too many unknown guardians.
And Yang Zhenglu will eventually become the most determined member of them.
When he first arrived at the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration, Yang Zhenglu had already passed the party membership and was assigned to the geological department of the comfortable organ.
After knowing that she was a martyr, the leader also deliberately found her and persuaded her to enjoy this rare and superior opportunity.
However, Yang Zhenglu shook his head resolutely and insisted on asking to go to a remote geological exploration site.
You, a descendant of a famous general and a martyr, what a rare opportunity to stay in the agency to work, and how many people can't get into a place that you can't get into.
A female comrade, who is exposed to the wind and sun all day long, has to go to some geological team.
The leader couldn't move when he saw the persuasion, so he had to tell him bluntly in a hurry.
Yang Zhenglu was unmoved, and in desperation, the leader had to approve the application.
Female captain of the 117 geological team
Yang Zhenglu's 117 geological team is stationed in the center of the vast Gobi, surrounded by sand dunes and tuyeres.
The surging wind and sand are the protagonist of this wasteland most of the time, rolling up the rolling yellow sand makes it difficult to open your eyes.
In such a difficult environment, Yang Zhenglu never complained, but only worked hard.
In 1957, she assumed the responsibility of captain and was the only female captain of the geological team.
In September 1958, Yang Zhenglu was already engaged.
Who knew that the management bureau issued an urgent task, which required the 117 geological team to enter the Santang Lake to explore the oil field.
Yang Zhenglu hesitated, and her boyfriend urged her to make a decision early.
"We can postpone the wedding, but the state mission can't wait. ”
In the end, Yang Zhenglu solemnly explained to his boyfriend that he decided to go deep into Santang Lake with the team members.
Her boyfriend didn't object, just looked at her quietly, his eyes full of pity.
The team quickly set off and left, and the weather-beaten Yang Zhenglu stood on the truck and looked into the distance, feeling a little reluctant in his heart.
However, after thinking about it, doing her best for the motherland is the most glorious mission in her life.
The procession rumbled across the sea of sand and headed for the distant Santang Lake.
How did they know that this seemingly ordinary exploration trip actually concealed a huge crisis......
Karamay's daughter
Karamay, the name sounds beautiful and moving, but in fact the environment is very harsh.
In the daytime, the endless desert stretches out, and the heat of dozens of degrees is as hot as the bottom of a pot.
It is like a never-dormant sun dancing here, baking the sea of sand red.
And after nightfall, dozens of degrees below zero, the cold steel claws will scratch every life mercilessly.
In the barren field, it was so cold that even the wind was ice.
"We must constantly fight against nature......
is as tenacious as Yang Zhenglu, and he once wrote in his diary.
However, even in such a harsh environment, her fighting spirit has never diminished.
Because the flame burning for the motherland in my heart is the only light and heat in this icy and snowy world.
On September 25th, the sun was shining, and Team 117 set off as planned.
At noon, a blizzard struck.
Dense dark clouds covered the uninhabited wasteland in a short period of time, and the howling northwest wind swept up the snowstorm, and the temperature plummeted by more than 20 degrees in an instant.
Yang Zhenglu led the technician Zhang Guangzhi to trek hard in the wind and snow, and his clothes were thin and difficult to withstand the cold.
The further you go, the stronger the wind becomes, and the wind and sand on the narrow mountain road are blind.
In the early morning of the next day, everyone found Yang Zhenglu on the snow-covered hillside.
I saw her clutch a newly drawn geological map, ten fingers stuck into the frozen snow, and could no longer pull out......
A life as young as a flower season will forever be frozen in the autumn wind of 22 years old.
Yang Zhenglu is praised as "the daughter of Karamay".
Afterwards, the party and the government posthumously recognized Yang Zhenglu as a revolutionary martyr.
Her ashes were buried in the Xi'an Martyrs Cemetery, accompanied by countless martyrs.
Time flies, 50 years have passed in a blink of an eye.
Santang Lake in Karamay has been extracted for oil.
There is a bronze statue of Yang Zhenglu in Santang Lake in the Tuha Oilfield to remember this singing and crying heroine.
The bronze statue is 1.58 meters high, which is the year when Yang Zhenglu sacrificed.
The bronze statue vividly depicts Yang Zhenglu's appearance at work: wearing a simple uniform, carrying a tool kit, and holding a geological drawing—such a lively and happy 22-year-old girl, who cherishes the motherland and is willing to work hard.
This bronze statue carries not only the growth of a daughter, but also the unquenchable patriotic soul of the son of China.