In March 1979, after the end of the "self-defense counterattack against Vietnam", the Vietnamese army, which was not willing to lose, repeatedly harassed and invaded China and built a long-term strong field phalanx in the Lao Shan area.
In the past five years, the Vietnamese army has continuously fired artillery in China's border areas, seriously interfering with the security of the border people and the territorial authority of our country, threatening the people's life and safety and other practical interests.
Therefore, in 1984, China began to prepare for the Battle of Laoshan to defend its territorial sovereignty.
The Laoshan Battlefield photo "Death Kiss" was filmed in 1986, and in that year, several units, including the units belonging to the 47th Army, the 61st Division of the 21st Army, and the 1st Artillery Brigade of the Lanzhou Military Region, successively entered the "Wenshan and Yanshan Counties for Training" successively.
On the battlefield, a military photography officer recorded this touching moment.
The two people in the photo actually don't know each other, just an ordinary People's Liberation Army and an ordinary field nurse, what kind of story happened between the two?
For Zhao Weijun, the Battle of Laoshan was the first actual battle since he became a soldier.
When a soldier joined the army, defending his family and defending the country was his dream since he was a child, after graduating from high school, he joined the army, in April 1984, Zhao Weijun came to the Laoshan area with the army, at this time he had already experienced several years in the army, had some experience, and then became a deputy squad leader with excellent performance.
Even so, the real battlefield is different from the usual training, far more terrible and cruel than he imagined, the battlefield is full of bullets, there is a possibility of death at any time, it is false to say that he is not afraid, but in the face of the enemy's aggression, he has no remorse, and no one chooses to retreat under the fierce artillery attack.
The enemy launched a new round of artillery attacks, the powerful artillery fire made him a little overwhelmed, the sound of bombing in his ears made him have to remain vigilant at all times, and his physical strength was gradually exhausted in the long battle.
Suddenly, with a loud noise, Zhao Weijun was hit by nearby artillery fire, and he fainted in front of his eyes.
Zhao Weijun was found by his comrades-in-arms and sent to the rear in time for rescue, the serious injuries left him with only the last breath, after the whole body bandage, Zhao Weijun's weak breathing gradually stabilized.
In fact, he is very aware of his current situation, he has been so seriously injured, he must have lived for a short time, but he feels regret in his heart, he is just 19 years old, he has not had time to talk about a relationship, he wants to feel love at the moment.
Zhao Weijun said his wish to the nurse Zhang Ru who took care of him, Zhang Ru looked at the weak Zhao Weijun, and also knew that his time was short, and responded to Zhao's request.
Zhang Ru leaned over and gently hugged Zhao Weijun and kissed his cheek, but Zhao Weijun's wish, this scene moved everyone at the scene, a military photographer filmed this shocking scene, named "Dead Kiss".
After the war, the photo was made public, and everyone was moved by the story behind the photo, and although the two did not know each other, they became the most memorable person in each other's lives.
At the time of Zhao Weijun's death, Zhang Ru could only suppress his emotions, suppress tears, and immediately devote himself to battlefield rescue work.
For the battlefield that was full of gun smoke and bullets at that time, countless deaths and injuries were the norm, and any moment of her laxity could cause the wounded to be rescued in time and die.
In 1993, with the complete end of the war, Zhang Ru also returned to his hometown and lived an ordinary life, and the experience during this war also gave Zhang Ru a lot of insights.
Although war can heal people's physical wounds, it is long-lasting and difficult to heal for people's psychological wounds.
Those countless heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the motherland, they exchanged their lives for our current stability and happiness, which is worth remembering for each of us.
Zhang Ru, who has been engaged in battlefield work for many years, has made her a little uncomfortable when her life returns to calmness, and she still often contacts those comrades who have fought alongside her, and often goes back to pay tribute to the martyrs who have sacrificed on the battlefield.
Every time after paying tribute to the martyrs, Zhang Ru felt a lot of emotion in her heart, thinking of the faces of these warriors who had once been alive, once a living life, but now they were silent, her heart could not be calm for a long time, and she also decided to do something for them.
Zhang Ru decided to visit the families of the martyrs, and she wanted to take the martyrs to their homes to see them, tell the families of the soldiers about their military experiences and complete their regrets.
Zhang Ru collected a lot of information with the help of her own efforts and other comrades-in-arms, and she went to visit the families of the martyrs according to the information she collected.
In the continuous visits, Zhang Ru saw many elderly parents who could not let go of their children in their hearts, and their children sacrificed for the sake of this country, Zhang Ru went to visit and tell the stories of their children to the families, but also for those heroes who could not return home to fulfill their wishes.
During this period, Zhang Ru visited more than 40 families, spanning several provinces and counties, and one of the families of these martyrs she visited was the Zhao Weijun family with whom she was related.
She told Zhao Weijun's parents about his experience, and the parents did not completely come out of the grief of their son's death, mentioning that their son's parents were still crying, and Zhang Ru could not let go for a long time.
epilogue:
The Scythians have gone, and posterity will still remember. In the face of war, countless martyrs came and went only for the stability of the country and the happiness of the people. Although the river of time is constantly flowing, the memory in people's hearts is always clear.
Today's happy life is not easy to come by, the bloody struggle of the predecessors can not be forgotten, today we are grateful, remember the martyrs, but also to forge ahead!