China News Service, Beijing, June 10 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The thumb was amputated from the root, and the ends of the middle and index fingers were amputated. The movement of the entire wrist joint was limited, and the range of motion was only 30 degrees up and down. This is a special police officer of the Public Security Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The left hand of Zhang Chenyang, the instructor of the fifth team of the Special Forces Detachment of the General Team.
During a fight against violent terrorists in 2015, Zhang Chenyang was seriously injured while protecting his comrades with explosives.
He has been a police officer for 12 years. He is a SWAT team member fighting on the front line of anti-terrorism and maintaining stability. He is a second-class hero who was injured in battle. He is a deputy director who takes the lead in sticking to the front line of epidemic prevention and control... Rooted in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, Zhang Chenyang devotes the best time of his life to To the police cause.
sudden explosion
"Bang!"
With a deafening sound, the explosive exploded in Zhang Chenyang's hands.
In an instant, his left hand was swallowed by the firelight, his vision gradually blurred, and he only felt that his left hand was hot.
It was an encirclement and suppression operation carried out by the Xinjiang police against violent terrorists in southern Xinjiang on May 25, 2015.
The violent terrorists hid in local villages and threw explosives at the police to resist.
Although the power of this "homemade" explosive is not huge, the police's flesh and blood are naturally irresistible, and the encirclement and suppression operation was forced to be suspended for a time.
Photo courtesy of Zhang Chenyang, Ministry of Public Security
At that time, Zhang Chenyang, who was the leader of the Second Brigade of the Special Warfare Detachment of the Special Police Corps of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Public Security Department, led the assault team to take active reinforcements in armored vehicles. Precise strikes and catches.
During the march, Zhang Chenyang was standing in the armored vehicle searching and observing. An explosive fell into the vehicle along the shooting hole. The situation was extremely urgent.
His solid tactical literacy allowed him to react quickly, catching explosives and throwing them out.
But the moment it was thrown, the explosive exploded.
Zhang Chenyang's entire left hand was swallowed up by the wicked firelight, and his left hand was instantly blown to a bloody mess, and the palm of his hand was almost unrecognizable.
He looked around subconsciously and determined that on the premise that no one else was injured, he calmly reported that "someone was injured" while pulling down the main turret cover to prevent a secondary crisis in the car.
Recalling the situation afterwards, Zhang Chenyang said: "If I didn't catch it or stop it, it might fall into the car along the canopy, threatening other comrades in arms. I was at the front, and the danger was caused by I'll take it." After that, he handed over the guns he carried to his teammates, and after ensuring the safety of the guns, he endured the severe pain, grabbed the bleeding left arm with his right hand, and got into the ambulance.
Rescue the left hand
The ambulance carrying Zhang Chenyang arrived at the local hospital as soon as possible.
The doctor in charge of the treatment was shocked to see the injury on Zhang Chenyang's left hand.
"The condition of this hand is too serious." Due to the local medical conditions, the doctor told the leader of the special forces detachment that the hospital cannot perform minimally invasive surgery, and the current injury can only be amputated.
Zhang Chenyang endured the pain all the way from being injured in the palm of his hand to taking the ambulance to the hospital for treatment, but when he heard the news of the doctor saying that his limbs would be amputated, the clank man finally couldn't hold back, and his tears couldn't stop flowing down.
Kneeling on the bed, he pleaded with a weak breath: "Doctor, don't amputate me, I'll have to take a gun..." Repeated and repeated until the pain was so painful that he lost consciousness.
How to avoid amputation and try his best to preserve Zhang Chenyang's left hand became the biggest problem at that time.
Because the local hospital cannot perform minimally invasive surgery, in a desperate situation, everyone can only pin their hopes on Urumqi, which is thousands of miles away.
It was already 20 o'clock in the night, and more than 2 hours had passed since Zhang Chenyang's left hand was injured. Every minute of delay made the injury worse.
From the local to Urumqi is a long way, only by plane.
The last flight of the day to Urumqi is about to take off.
In a hurry, the leaders of the special operations detachment urgently contacted Hotan Airport and China Southern Airlines, which was flying the flight.
After learning about Zhang Chenyang's situation, the airport and China Southern expressed their understanding and immediately notified the planes already on the runway to delay their takeoff.
Afterwards, Zhang Chenyang, who was seriously injured, successfully boarded the last flight under the coordination of various parties, extending his hope of preserving his left hand to Urumqi.
Arrived in Urumqi, it was 22 o'clock in the middle of the night.
Doctors in Urumqi quickly performed minimally invasive surgery for Zhang Chenyang.
In order to truly grasp his injury and not affect the final operation effect, Zhang Chenyang did not use painkillers from the time of his injury until before the operation. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, letting sweat soak through his clothes.
Unfortunately, after struggling with infection and pain for nearly half a month and undergoing five debridement operations, the god of luck did not favor Zhang Chenyang.
When he learned that the distal condyles of his thumb, middle finger and index finger of his left hand, as well as part of the muscle tissue of his palm had to be amputated, he fought back tears and gave a strong smile to every colleague and escort who came to visit.
The doctors involved in the treatment were also moved: "Your team members are really strong and amazing."
Disabled and motivated soldiers
Due to the serious injury, Zhang Chenyang's left hand was finally rated as grade 6 disabled due to the war.
After being discharged from the hospital, he had to be transferred from the front line of anti-terrorism and stability maintenance to the political work department.
"To be honest, it would be impossible to say that the fact that he came down from the front line of the battle because of an injury to his left hand would have no effect on him." Zhang Chenyang said that being a special police officer was his childhood dream.
After graduating in 2009 from the sports training major of the Physical Education College of Shihezi University, he was supposed to be a physical education teacher like most of his classmates.
However, the police dream that often haunted his mind made him resolutely choose another path.
Coinciding with the recruitment of the special police corps of the Xinjiang Public Security Department, Zhang Chenyang decisively signed up.
In January 2010, he officially joined the public security team and became a special police officer.
With a height of 1.87 meters, a strong physique and excellent athletic ability, Zhang Chenyang stood out from the police.
Because of his outstanding performance, he was recruited into the special operations detachment after one year of work.
Leading a team to search, perform duties in different places, and escort across borders, and nearly 100 missions, large and small, Zhang Chenyang always charged forward. For his comrades, he was the most solid backing.
After returning to the team after recovering from injury, Zhang Chenyang never forgot that he was a special forces member, and insisted on taking an hour every morning and evening for physical and skill training.
Although his hands, guns, and gauze were often soaked with blood, he still insisted on intensive training.
Speaking of Zhang Chenyang, Zheng Yanlong, the leader of the first team of the special operations detachment, said with admiration: "After returning to the team from an injury, Chenyang has been insisting on shooting training. If you want to shoot accurately, you must first hold the gun steadily. He added to two kilos..."
"If you can't do it once, do it a second time, if you can't do it a second time, do it a third time, and repeat, I believe that one day I will do it well, and it turns out that I do it well. Because I don't want to be left behind, because I'm a special police officer. ." Zhang Chenyang said.
The hard work pays off. After half a year of hard work, Zhang Chenyang achieved all physical fitness standards at the end of the year, and was able to independently complete subjects such as one-handed magazine changing and one-handed gun shooting.
The hard work and sweat he put behind this is unimaginable.
Restoring the basic functions of the hand is a long and painful process.
In the four years from 2015 to 2019, Zhang Chenyang has undergone 8 hand repair surgeries, large and small, and insists on hand rehabilitation exercises every day.
With his tenacious will, he overcame physical and psychological difficulties again and again, and continued to shine in his new position.
New position determined
Although he can no longer fight side by side with his comrades in the front line of anti-terrorism and stability maintenance, Zhang Chenyang has engraved his loyalty in every post and remembered his performance of duties in every mission.
Photo courtesy of Zhang Chenyang, Ministry of Public Security
In 2020, the Xinjiang Public Security Department selected young cadres to exercise at the grassroots level. Zhang Chenyang took the initiative to sign up and went to the Toksun County Public Security Department for temporary training.
In the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, he has no hesitation to go to the grassroots level and step into the front line of the "epidemic" battle. He is both a commander and a combatant. He often travels to and from 2 public security checkpoints and 1 epidemic checkpoint that are 60 to 70 kilometers apart. On duty every day with the auxiliary police officers.
That year, he and his colleagues inspected 2.056 million vehicles of various types and 1.317 million personnel of risk trajectories, and cooperated with the public security bureaus of other prefectures to arrest 10 criminal suspects, which were widely praised by the local people. Insecurity is contained in the bud.
In 2021, the special police team led by Zhang Chenyang insisted on starting from professionalization and actual combat, relying on cities, deserts, and mountains to carry out training in combination with regional characteristics, and continuously improve the combat effectiveness of the team. , strengthen the construction of the rapid response center, improve the "1 minute, 3 minutes" rapid disposal mechanism of the linkage circle of the police station, and ensure that the special police brigade can draw, rush, and win at critical moments.
Under the leadership of Zhang Chenyang, the special police brigade of the Toksun County Public Security Bureau won the first place in the city's special police competition. 8 team members represented the Turpan City Public Security Bureau in the Xinjiang special police competition.
From charging on the front line of anti-terrorism and maintaining stability to taking the lead in sticking to the front line of epidemic prevention and control, what has changed is the position, but what has not changed is the loyalty to the police cause.
Zhang Chenyang explained the loyalty and dedication, mission and responsibility of the people's police with practical actions.
At the National Public Security System Hero Model and Merit Collective Commendation Conference held in May this year, Zhang Chenyang was successfully elected as a national super-excellent people's policeman.
In his 12-year career as a police officer, Zhang Chenyang has withstood the test of blood and fire, adding a golden color to the police badge above his head.
It is this belief and spirit that took root, sprouted, blossomed, and fruited in his heart, supporting him to take root in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, selflessly dedicating the best time of his life to the noble cause of public security, and contributing to the social stability and peace of Xinjiang. Long-term peace and stability gave his own strength.
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