Family members, mentors, and comrades in arms tell stories of soldiers who sacrificed and wounded for the country
Heroes' Bloody Life Monument
Author: reporter Li Yun Shu Chaiya Xin Han Yadong
"Please remember the names of the 5 heroes: Qi Fabao, Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, Wang Zhuoran! They are real heroes, the cutest people in the new era!" "Our reunion was earned by separation!" Only when someone promises the country by one's own lives will the mountains and rivers be safe!"...
A few days ago, the "Liberation Army Daily" published a comprehensive report on the advanced deeds of front-line officers and soldiers in the frontier defense struggle, revealing for the first time the whole process of the sacrifice and injuries of the PLA officers and soldiers at the border, which aroused strong public attention and people expressed their high respect.
The family members, mentors and comrades of the five heroes told reporters that the border guards are in front of the boundary marker and behind the motherland. When the country is violated, their only choice is to charge forward.
Their lives can be summed up in one sentence: "I would rather sprinkle your blood without losing an inch."
The responsibility of defending the country’s borders is heavier than the sky. When the country is violated, the only option is to charge forward.
"Clear love, only for China." This is the battle cry left by 18-year-old Chen Xiangrong.
Chen Xiangrong was born in Ningde, Fujian, a red fertile soil.
Being a soldier is Chen Xiangrong's dream since childhood.
When he was in junior high school, he asked Chen Zhensu, the head teacher at the time, what conditions he needed to join the army.
In 2019, Chen Xiangrong signed up to join the army after graduating from high school.
There was a chance to go to the air force logistics unit, but he said, I want to go to the front.
"He understands that there is a chance to go to the frontier. Although he knows that defending the border is hard and there are certain dangers, he thinks that he should go to the most difficult place when he is a soldier." Chen Xiangrong's sister Chen Qiaochai told reporters.
There was a week of training camp before joining the army. At that time, the army leader said that depending on the training situation, if he could pass the customs, he would go to Xinjiang.
In order to be selected, Chen Xiangrong gets up at 5 o'clock every day, runs and exercises around the county ring road, returns home to eat breakfast, and then goes to the training venue to participate in training.
After a week of training, Chen Xiangrong came to the fore and went to Xinjiang as his wish.
Chen Zhensu still remembers clearly, "He told me very happily that he was going to be a soldier, and he was a border guard. He was very proud to be on the front line..."
Chen Xiangrong announced his farewell to the public, and his grandfather told him that when he arrived in the army, he had to listen to the leadership and suffer hardship and not be a deserter.
He said: "A man who is a man will definitely not be a deserter. Even if he dies, he will die on the battlefield."
In June 2020, in the face of blatant attacks from foreign troops, steel pipes, clubs, and stones, Chen Xiangrong broke into the siege and fought back, protecting his teammates with his body and a smashed shield.
When the battle was over and the battlefield was cleared, the soldier Wang Yu found that Chen Xiangrong was lying tightly on the battalion commander Chen Hongjun, always in a position of protecting the battalion commander.
Chen Qiaochai recalled that his younger brother once said that the responsibility of defending the country is more important than the sky, and behind us is the motherland. When the country is violated, the only choice is to charge forward and sacrifice his life instead of keeping the country small and sovereignty. Shou was lost.
Chen Xiangrong was only 18 years old at the time of his death, and he was enlisted in the frontiers, but more than half a year, "The boy from the sea stayed on the side of the mountain forever."
One is not afraid of hardship and the other is not afraid of death, "I would rather bleed all the blood without losing an inch of our country"
In the hinterland of the Karakoram Mountains at an altitude of 5,200 meters, snow falls in all seasons, and no grass grows. The oxygen content is less than half of the plain.
Someone has calculated that lying still in Karakorum is equivalent to walking on a flat ground with a weight of 20 kilograms, with a pulse rate of up to 150 beats per minute, and even the average power of a car has to drop by 30%.
The harsh natural conditions determine the hardships of defending the border.
In this life forbidden zone where "yak cannot climb and eagles do not want to come", in the Karakoram Mountains where "no birds in the sky, no grass on the ground, wind and stones running, insufficient oxygen to eat, snow drifting in June", The slogan "One is not afraid of hardship, and the other is not afraid of death" across time and space, across mountains and rivers.
In June 2009, Chen Hongjun, who was in his early twenties, graduated from Northwest Normal University with a major in psychology.
He had already passed the public security special police recruitment examination, but as soon as he heard about the conscription, he temporarily "changed his mind" and stepped into the hot barracks.
"In what position the party puts itself in, it must make a contribution in what position." In a book, Chen Hongjun specifically marked such a passage.
Liu Haijian, a teacher at Northwest Normal University who once served as Chen Hongjun's class teacher, still has a clear memory of Chen Hongjun.
"I love to hear about your life in the army. After graduating from university and enlisting in the army, you have been in the army and become the youngest battalion commander in the whole regiment and even in the whole division. You said that the most important thing to lead soldiers is to take the lead and serve the soldiers well. example……"
Soldier Xia Liang recalled that during a camp, the deep cold wind in the valley, Chen Hongjun led officers and soldiers to patrol to the designated spot, and the camp was covered with rubble.
At night, conscripts and officers and soldiers with altitude sickness moved into the transport carriage, while Chen Hongjun led the backbone of the cadres to set up tents and lay the ground...
"When confrontation, the cadres stand in front and the soldiers stand behind. When eating, the soldiers don’t fill their bowls and the cadres don’t serve their bowls. When camping, the soldiers sleep in and the cadres sleep in the air." One is not afraid of hardship or death. From top to bottom, the cadres take the lead. Set the best example for the soldiers.
The life-and-death friendship supported by fate bursts out astonishing power during the battle.
During the battle in the Kalwan River Valley, there was a fragment that made people "tearful": the regiment commander Qi Fabao opened his arms and blocked foreign troops with his body, yelling: "You destroy the consensus, you must bear all the consequences!" At the same time organized officers and soldiers to occupy. Favorable terrain.
The foreign military used steel pipes, clubs, and stones to attack. Qi Fabao, who stood in the forefront and stood in front of the foreign military with his body, became a key target. He suffered heavy head injuries and fell to the ground.
Seeing this situation, Chen Hongjun immediately led officers and soldiers into the "stone rain" and "sticks array" to rescue the captain. Chen Xiangrong fought as a shield player in the forefront, and Xiao Siyuan, who took the camera for evidence, also rushed to the front to fight.
Military doctor Han Ziwei remembered that after Qi Fabao was rescued, his left forehead was ruptured and there was an opening more than ten centimeters long.
When bandaging the wound, "He tore off the bandage on his head and thought of getting up and rushing forward. That was the last trace of his strength, and then he fainted."
"The regimental commander is at the forefront to block foreign troops, the battalion commander saves the regiment leader, the soldiers rescues the battalion leader, and the squad leader saves the soldiers" has become a historic picture of the heroic soldiers defending the border in the new era.
Netizens commented emotionally: "The team of'comrades, follow me' has not changed."
After that battle, "Ning to bleed all the blood without losing an inch of the country" was spontaneously written by many officers and soldiers on their helmets, clothes, and engraved on the chest of youth.
Thousands of years of frozen soil and four seasons of long winds, in this land that steel rods cannot penetrate, border defense officers and soldiers have deeply rooted with the blood and mission of soldiers, letting the national flag fly high here.
"Although the border is difficult, there must be someone to guard it. As long as the border is needed for a day, I will not leave."
Xiao Siyuan’s father, Xiao Shengsong, told reporters that Siyuan’s idea of joining the army had been around for a long time. “In 2008, Siyuan was only 12 years old. He saw the officers and soldiers doing the Wenchuan earthquake rescue and relief work on TV. Soldiers."
In 2015, Xiao Siyuan studied in the Auto Repair Department of Henan Agricultural Vocational College. He was in the internship when he learned the news of conscription and enlisted in the army, so he did not hesitate to sign up; in September 2016, Xiao Siyuan enlisted in the army and arrived in the western border of the motherland. Kilometers away.
One for nearly three years.
In January 2019, Xiao Siyuan returned home to visit relatives for the first time after joining the army.
When he entered the house, Xiao Siyuan was wearing plain clothes. After sitting down for a while, he put on a military uniform and gave a standard military salute to his grandmother and parents in the yard.
Xiao Shengsong took out his mobile phone and took a picture of his son in a handsome military uniform.
During the border conflict, Xiao Siyuan found that his comrades were besieged. He rushed forward several times, desperately rescued his comrades, and used his body to shield his comrades from the attacks of stones and clubs. This made his brother both sad and proud.
"My brother has been righteous since he was young. After entering the army, he quickly realized the transformation from a passionate young man to a revolutionary soldier."
Wang Zhuoran and Xiao Siyuan were fellows from Henan and joined the army in the same year.
"I think if I don't become a soldier, I will regret it forever."
In 2016, Wang Zhuoran secretly signed up for the army online without telling his family. His mother, Yang Suxiang, was the last one in the family to know.
"My son put his arms around me and said: Mom, I love you the most, and I can't bear you the most, so I haven't dared to tell you. I will be a soldier and exercise my body to protect you."
When Wang Zhuoran was in the army, he often went to the cooking squad to help the kitchen. The army leader wanted him to be the squad leader of the cooking squad.
"My son is reluctant to live and die. In order to show his determination, he even stopped going to the cooking class to help for a long time. In his words, a man who is a soldier is to carry a gun on the battlefield." Yang Suxiang said.
A few months ago, on the battlefield, the 23-year-old Wang Zhuoran left his hope of life to his comrades.
That day, he and his comrade Ma Ming waited to cross the river overnight to reinforce the front line. During the fourth trip to the river, someone was washed away by the rapids. Wang Zhuoran and Ma Ming tried their best to push the three comrades ashore.
Suddenly, Wang Zhuoran got stuck in the seam of the underwater boulder with one foot.
He slammed Ma Ming to the shore: "You go first, if I die, take care of my old lady!" Ma Ming was rescued, and Wang Zhuoran fell forever in the piercing torrent.
"If I can go to the field to kill the enemy, I would stand at the front. If I can patrol the border, I would like to register first. I would like to contribute my strength at this juncture, please organize to accept my petition..." Wang Zhuoran wrote before performing the task Please war books, it is unavoidable.
At the end of last year, all the fighters of the five heroes who had expired in their regiment applied to stay in the team and continued to fight where the heroes had fought.
"I used to plan to go home after my term of service expired. However, after experiencing the border defense struggle last year, I realized the value of border guards. Although the border is difficult, there must be someone to guard it. As long as the border defense needs one day, I won’t do it. Go," said the soldier Fu Zhongyi.
Enlisted in the army because of ideals, and stationed on the plateau with faith.
They are not talented, but hardened into iron and refined into steel.
"My name is Du Pingzhe, I am 19 years old and I am from Siping, Jilin, and I am from Siping, Jilin. I am 28 years old this year. I am from Xiangyang, Hubei. I am from Xiangyang, Hubei. I am from Xining, Qinghai. This year I am 19 years old. At the age of 19, the first year of border defense"... On China's 22,000-kilometer land border, in the "life restricted zone" covered in ice and snow and thin air, in places where the party and the people care about, generations of border officers and soldiers Continue the blood and responsibility of Chinese soldiers, use youth and blood to guard the borders of the people and defend the motherland.
(Our reporter Li Yunshu, Chai Yaxin, Han Yadong)