In 2021, in front of a monument in Phoenix Park in Huzhou, Zhejiang, wreaths and flower baskets have not been broken, which is the martyr monument of Wang Wei, a defender of the sea and air.
There were retired soldiers of the Air Force, children who worshiped heroes, party secretaries of streets and streets, etc., and many people with hearts also came to comfort the martyrs with domestic aircraft carriers and J-20 fighter models.
The statue of Wang Wei on the monument is a high nose, big eyes, heroic and handsome, and it is a pity that his voice is forever fixed at the age of 33. Residents of Fenghuang Village, Huzhou, always think of this, and they are always proud and sad.
The years do not live, the heroes are immortal. The blue sky defense war in 2001 has now celebrated its twentieth anniversary, and while we remember Wang Wei, we should not forget his relatives who have suffered great sorrow.
On April 1, 2001, an EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft of the US military entered China's airspace without permission.
Ace pilot Wang Wei was ordered to track and monitor it, and along the way Wang Wei slowed down in parallel with the reconnaissance plane with his superb technology.
This operation is naturally very dangerous, but in this blue sky battlefield, in order to let the other party leave and defend the red faith in his heart, Wang Wei has long put life and death aside.
The accident happened anyway. The other party actually ignored the warnings issued by Wang Wei many times, and suddenly made a big turn during the flight, instantly colliding with the fighter plane piloted by Wang Wei.
After the plane immediately tumbled and fell, and after trying to rescue the fighter plane without success, Wang Wei calmly reported that he had no choice but to parachute, but he disappeared on the vast sea.
After the news came, the whole country shared sorrow. The Central Committee ordered that Comrade Wang Wei be recovered at all costs.
Immediately, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, more than 1,000 search and rescue ships, and 115 aircraft were dispatched to carefully search and rescue in the vast sea for 14 days and nights.
Sadly, as time went on, Wang Wei's probability of survival became lower and lower, until finally he was confirmed as a sacrifice.
When he first learned the news of Wang Wei's disappearance, his relatives were full of sorrow, especially Wang Wei's wife Ruan Guoqin, who fainted on the spot.
With the search and rescue work day by day without a sound, wang Wei's parents' sad hearts slowly sank to the bottom and they were mentally prepared.
Ruan Guoqin, who was lying in the hospital, kept saying, "I will wait for Wang Wei to return, he will come back", but the tears on his face could not stop flowing.
Wang Wei and Ruan Guoqin met in high school and were each other's first love.
Energetic and majestic Wang Wei unconsciously fell in love with ruan Guoqin, an empathetic and gentle and considerate back-table classmate, although the process was somewhat tortuous, the two eventually had lovers and eventually became family members.
After graduating from high school, Ruan Guoqin boldly wrote to Wang Wei to encourage him to seek his dreams, saying, "You should soar in the blue sky and become a real man!" ”。
Wang Wei, who received the letter, was greatly encouraged and stood out with excellent results to become a flight cadet at the Air Force Academy, and the two also established a relationship.
Two people in love get along in a different place, and can only often tell each other through letters. But once, Ruan Guoqin actually received a "letter of absolute love" from Wang Wei.
Wang Wei wrote in the letter, "I have found a new girlfriend, I don't plan to be good with you again, you die this heart", and the letter also painted a palpitating grave.
Ruan Guoqin couldn't believe it, and after repeated confirmation, he replied with a blessing letter heartily, and then fell seriously ill.
Unexpectedly, not long after, Wang Wei immediately came to apologize and asked Ruan Guoqin's forgiveness.
It turned out that he had witnessed the death of a classmate during training, which was the first time he faced the impact of life and death separation, and in order not to involve his girlfriend who loved him deeply, Wang Wei chose to let go.
Understanding the causes and consequences, Ruan Guoqin was more convinced that this was the man he wanted to entrust for life, and the two of them took a step towards the palace of marriage after breaking the mirror and reuniting.
After marriage, Ruan Guoqin knew in her heart that her husband always longed for the blue sky, and even if he encountered a plane in the sky during the wedding leave, Wang Wei would stop and watch for a long time with a happy face.
Wang Wei is indeed a very good pilot. As a young pilot, he studied flying techniques assiduously after coming to the army.
No matter what kind of fighter he has to practice the ground, fly fine in the air, and every flight assessment is excellent. Growing up an ace pilot in just a few years.
In his 15-year flying career, Wang Wei has written many firsts. Among the trainees of the same period, he was the first to fly alone, the first to fly 1,000 hours; among the pilots of the same age, no one carried out more major missions and combat take-offs than he carried out...
In life, he is also a versatile and life-loving person, singing, composing, playing chess, fishing, raising flowers, making fashion dresses for his wife in his spare time, and writing a romantic love song.
In the face of such a lovely husband, Ruan Guoqin, a Zhejiang girl, resolutely decided to join the army and follow him to Hainan Island, known as the "Cape Tianya". Around the husband, even the most bitter and tired days are as mellow as honey.
Such a sweet life lasted for years until an accident happened.
On March 31, 2001, Wang Wei said to his wife a common "I'm on duty", the two of them hugged goodbye with a calm hug, Ruan Guoqin did not expect that this parting would become forever.
In the face of the sudden bad news, Ruan Guoqin cried heartily, even though she knew early on that the person she loved belonged to the country, she still couldn't stand the pain of losing her beloved husband.
For Wang Wei, he not only deeply loved his wife, children and parents, but also had a patriotic feeling of Chicheng.
In his mission log, he recorded that it was the Chinese New Year's Eve Day of 1999, and he was ordered to monitor the American reconnaissance planes hovering in china's airspace, but found that the opposing pilot was wearing a "Christmas hat", and the whole atmosphere was relaxed like a vacation.
This made Wang Wei feel an unprecedented humiliation in his heart.
I am afraid that it is precisely because of this that on April 1, 2001, in the face of the enemy's reconnaissance plane, he was not ready to let it go again.
Risk stalling to bite each other tightly and force them to leave their homes until that tragic moment.
Seven feet long body, Xu Guo, no matter how difficult Xu Qing! It is also known that since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to complete. Wang Wei left his family, but he was always worthy of the country and the people.
"Those who hold salaries for everyone must not let them freeze to death in the wind and snow", Wang Wei was immediately gone, but his honor could not be lacking.
On April 18, 2001, Wang Wei was posthumously awarded the May Fourth Medal of Chinese Youth. On April 24, the Central Military Commission directly posthumously awarded Wang Wei the honorary title of "Guardian of the Sea and Air" and the Medal of First Class Heroic Model.
The first-class heroic model medal is the best conclusion of Wang Wei's heroic behavior. In peacetime, it is well known that it is difficult for soldiers to obtain first-class merit, and it is even more difficult to obtain first-class merit.
A first-class heroic model is a meritorious person who must be based on two or more first-class merits or one special merit to obtain them.
Even in the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea and defending the homeland, at this time, the combat heroes were like stars, and only more than 400 of the 300,000 meritorious personnel were awarded the title of heroic model, which shows the weight of Wang Wei, a first-class heroic model.
In July 2001, the state took Wang Wei's wife, children, and parents to live in the Beijing compound. Seeing her lover's parents, Ruan Guoqin hugged them and cried bitterly, "Dad, Mom, we are not separated, I will take care of you for the rest of my life."
After the state solved the family's Beijing hukou problem, Ruan Guoqin was specially recruited into the navy and enjoyed the same major treatment as her husband before his death.
Ruan Guoqin soon became strong, she understood that she still had to raise children for her husband, support her parents, and even the position now arranged by the state she did not want to embarrass her husband.
After entering the naval organs, Ruan Guoqin was angry and strong, studied hard, and became a naval colonel step by step, during which he successively made 1 third-class merit, 2 times of advanced individuals of the Navy, and 4 times of commendation.
In addition, in Wang Wei's hometown, she also set up the Wang Wei Hope Primary School Scholarship, hoping to encourage the children there to study hard, and when they grow up, they can also serve the motherland and add glory to the country.
The years flew by for twenty years, and Ruan Guoqin's thoughts about her husband never stopped. In a state media interview, Ruan Guoqin and her husband had a dialogue through time and space traveling through 30 years.
It was a cassette tape recorded by Wang Wei 30 years ago, and for 20 years Ruan Guoqin did not have the courage to listen to her husband's voice alone. This time she plucked up enough courage and pressed the broadcast button.
To the reporter's surprise, what was not commensurate with Wang Wei's strong body and heroic appearance was that there was a hint of bookish anger in his voice.
Ruan Guoqin smiled happily and proudly, and the recording was full of Wang Wei's nagging voice, full of concern and affection for her.
As he spoke, Wang Wei also picked up the guitar and sang a song, "About Winter", and Ruan Guoqin smiled and said that this was his favorite song.
Listening to it, Ruan Guoqin's eyes blurred, and his gaze seemed to cross over to Wang Wei's sea sacrifice ceremony that year.
Just like the lyrics sing, Wang Wei also seems to be saying goodbye to her: "Gently I will leave you, please wipe the tears from the corners of your eyes." Long nights, in the days to come, dear you, don't cry for me."
Since the sacrifice of her husband Wang Wei, some people have also advised Ruan Guoqin to remarry, after all, she is still young, and she has smiled and refused: "I will never find a husband as good as him again." ”
Ruan Guoqin did not live up to her promise, for many years she lived with her in-laws and sons, and is still alone, this unswerving waiting to the death is touching.
Wang Wei had high hopes for her son, the prince, and all she could do was to cultivate the prince into an excellent pillar of the country.
The prince was only six years old when his father died, and he cried with his family in a daze, only to know that he would never see his father again.
After coming to live in the army compound, the prince who gradually grew up learned more about his father's deeds before his death, coupled with the sincere teachings of his mother's family around him, the prince clearly defined his goal in his heart, and he wanted to become an excellent soldier like his father in the future.
From childhood to adulthood, he studied hard, became an honor student, and finally successfully entered the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Engineering University.
After graduating from university, the prince, like his father, became a Chinese navy, and he inherited his father's legacy and served the country from the military.
On July 6, 2017, "After graduating from University, Prince entered the grass-roots unit of the Navy. The son inherits the father's business, and the prince is to inherit the spirit of his father, but also to realize his dream of serving the country.
When the prince put on the military uniform, Ruan Guoqin felt that the hardships he had suffered over the years had the best reward.
The son not only grew up healthy and strong, but also became a navy, if Wang Wei had a spirit in heaven, he would be pleased.
Ruan Guoqin's heart is most grateful to the country, she often said that without the cultivation of the country, there would be no prince today.
Today, China is stronger, and the family is all right, and this prosperous world should be as Wang Wei wished.
20 years ago, when the comrades-in-arms were sorting out Wang Wei's relics, they found an oil painting called "Long-cherished Wish" painted by Wang Wei. It depicts a pilot flying an aircraft from an aircraft carrier.
20 years later, we have a new type of fighter soaring in the blue sky, and there are two aircraft carriers and frigate groups, and the gap in the sea and air field has long been filled!
Wang Wei has never gone away, and we have never forgotten! The motherland will always wait for you to go home!