Text | Hua Shang Tao Li Wang Han
This year's National Day file, the national film box office reached 4.385 billion yuan, setting a record for the second time in the same period of history. Among them, "Chosin Lake" contributed 3.4 billion yuan, which is undoubtedly the brightest star.
In addition to vividly restoring the scenes of cruel and fierce battles, the confrontation between the volunteers and the cold, hunger and fatigue in a highly tense state of preparation was also particularly heart-wrenching.
In the extremely cold weather of minus 41 degrees, they only wear a single coat to withstand the cold, and can only eat a cold and hard potato every day, carrying it hard with flesh and blood and relying on will.
The U.S. troops, dressed in thick cotton coats, drank hot coffee, and ate roast chicken, and spent Christmas in the camp.
Such disparity in conditions makes the audience eagerly look forward to the arrival of materials soon! Let our warriors have a full meal and warm up!
In fact, in the three years of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the state has been trying to purchase strategic materials and transport them to the front line. In this matter, Huo Yingdong is the person who has made historical merits.
At that time, except for the Soviet Union, almost all the countries around China were under the leadership of the United States and closed the gates to us. A large number of materials purchased by the motherland and raised by patriotic merchants were forced to stop outside the national gate.
After thinking about it, the leaders decided to use Hong Kong, which is still a British concession, as a breakthrough point to send materials into the country by way. Subsequently, they sent someone to find Fok Yingdong.
At that time, the 27-year-old Fok Yingdong had more than a dozen boats in his hands, and a shipyard, which was second to none in the industry and the first person to complete the task.
However, cooperating with the mainland and breaking through the political embargo is tantamount to openly opposing the British government of Hong Kong, and from his own point of view, Fok Ying Tung has no need to wade through this muddy water.
The balance swayed in front of him, and Huo Yingdong fell into deep thought. Ultimately, a national confidence guided his judgment that China would not only be able to defeat the United States in this war, but would also be able to take back Hong Kong in the future, and that the situation at hand would be only temporary.
Fok Yingdong decided to gamble. He organized more than a dozen boats, employed more than 200 workers, and contacted the cargo at the headquarters in the hotel during the day and personally directed the ship to transport the goods at night.
In order to avoid the surveillance of the British government in Hong Kong, the location of the headquarters and the route of the fleet had to be adapted. At the same time, Fok Yingdong carried a large amount of cash with him, which was used to take care of customs, sailors and other people, as well as pirates.
At that time, some of the Kuomintang remnants of the troops were in the grass, and they had a large number of weapons in their hands, even 13 meters long machine guns.
In the winter of 1950, Fok Ying-tung, who was transporting goods, was intercepted by the pirate "Big Heaven II", who not only stole all the goods, but also held a gun to his head. Later, it was the huge amount of money on his body that saved his life.
Despite the hardships, Huo Yingdong never gave up. He continually delivered fuel and oil residue, tin sheets, rubber and tires to the mainland.
These things are not expensive, but they are indispensable on the front line. For example, black iron sheets can be used to make oil drums so that gasoline can be transported to the front line, and without rubber and tires, cars cannot transport supplies.
You know, the real money at that time was the transportation of cotton and Western medicine. In order to make a windfall from the middle, some profiteers even sold counterfeit medicines, moldy rice, stinky beef, and black heart cotton to the officers and men of the volunteer army. The materials worked hard to reach the front line, and when they opened it, they could not be used at all.
Such people are not in the minority, such as Wang Kangnian, general manager of Shanghai Dakang Pharmacy, Li Yinting, manager of Wuhan Fuhua Electric Machinery Cotton Factory, Zhang Xingen, a traitor merchant in Shanghai Daming Road United Beef Factory, and Peng Xicheng, deputy manager of Wuhan Daxing Rice Factory, all of whom are making great fortunes in the country.
Huo Yingdong scoffed at this, and only took care of his own diligent delivery of those stupid and stupid but worthless supplies. After fighting the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea for three years, he spent three years living in the days of day and night. Sleeping only three or four hours a day, Huo Yingdong was so thin that he only had less than 90 pounds left.
The emperor did not fail, and despite the layers of blockades and equipment disparities, China achieved this victory. But at the same time, we also paid a terrible price, 150,000 volunteers participated in the battle, more than 50,000 casualties, and more than 30,000 people were killed and frostbitten.
It's hard to imagine how much this number would have expanded without people like Fok Ying-tung who ran for supplies...
On October 25, 2000, the 50th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was held in Beijing, and Fok Ying Tung was the only Hong Kong person invited to attend.
Six years later, Fok Yingdong died in Beijing, and the state held a solemn state funeral for him. His coffin was stamped with a national flag, and Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Ho Hung-sin supported him. Until July this year, the 15th anniversary of Fok Yingdong's death, Xinhua News Agency also published an article commemorating him.
He used his own actions to influence countless business people, telling them how to take on the responsibility of history and integrate personal struggles into the struggles of the country. And this belief is the greatest force for the progress of the country.
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