Mule and horse convoys
The material of this article is provided by: Yang Shengyuan, Deng Yonggao).
Liu Guangfu. Click to enter "Section 1 - Section 5": Brave the wind and snow, and finally pick up the remains of two comrades of the mule and horse transport team who were killed in the blizzard......
Section VI
After the ice and snow melted in the second year, the instructor of the transport team, He Guoyi, and his party made a special trip to the place where the mule and horse incident occurred, all the mules and horses that fell into the river were piled up in different positions in the ditch, the saddle cage was still the same, the part of the mule and horse carcass exposed to the water was pecked by the eagle, the scene was miserable, Instructor He They each unloaded a set of saddles from the horses, looked at the tragic scene of the bones of the mules and horses in the ditch, and set foot on the journey back to Todang with tears (saddle: the equipment placed on the back of the mule and horse for the riding seat, the two ends are high, the middle is low, also called the saddle).
32 silent comrades-in-arms, in the past 6 years, each mule and horse has made more than 50 round-trip trips to Gongdang to transport military supplies, climbed over the snow-capped mountains above 5,000 meters above sea level to 6,300 meters more than 200 times, traveled more than 30,000 miles, and transported tens of thousands of catties of military supplies, making indelible contributions to the survival of the commanders and fighters of the 1st Battalion and the defense and protection of the border.
Whenever he talked about the tragic scene encountered by the mules and horses of the transport team on the plank road, and when the transport team was reduced to the third regiment in 1974 and moved to the fixed date, some of the horses were later discharged from the army and sent to the local people. Not to mention how sad and sad he felt in his heart. After these mules and horses left the team, they probably did not adapt to local life, and quietly "left home" in a group (there is no specific number of mules and horses that walked).
These runaway mules and horses, towards their "second hometown", crossed mountains and mountains, waded rivers and crossed rivers, and used a magical organ to lead thousands of miles, and finally found the place where they "enlisted" - Shandan Military Horse Farm (it is estimated that there must be horses that died in accidents along the way, and it is impossible to do all of them). When the comrades of the military horse farm found a few skinny "uninvited guests," they were very surprised, and then they looked at the number on their buttocks, and when they checked the files, they were terrible, and it turned out that these were several retired horses, and the horses that had served in Tibet had returned. Later, after further inquiry, it turned out that several "veterans" were homesick and came back!The comrades of the military horse farm were moved to tears!
It is said that these mules and horses were later "sent to the end of their lives" by the military horse farm!I also heard that among them is the captain Wang Zezhou's "special ride" No. 20 white horse, and the No. 8 jujube red horse ridden by correspondent Yang Shengyuan.
The matter of the transport team (Jia Ruihua staff officer):
The triumphant return to the team is fused, and the wind and snow storm are difficult.
Blocking the three forks is a long way, and life and death parting are instantaneous.
The arrogance is full of sky, and the people and horses are dedicated to the line.
Tribulation and snow love, heroes mourn without tears.
The author's concluding remarks:
The dry war is busy delivering goods all year round, accompanying mules and horses to the border.
The stormy waves are raging with snow, and the rivers are rushing to the ground.
Hunger and cold force the frozen creatures, and the soul is gloomy and the world is thanked.
Yang spurred the horses to return the corpses, and mourned blood and tears in life and death.
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About the Author:
Liu Guangfu. Born in Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing City, he enlisted in the army in December 1972 and served in the Shigatse Frontier for 16 years, successively serving as a soldier, squad leader, platoon leader, deputy company officer, company political instructor, and deputy commander of Unit 56206 stationed in Gangba County. He worked in Chongqing Shizhu County Construction Bank Branch until his honorable retirement. "Youth without regrets, leisure and nostalgia", poems, essays and other true feelings of "missing comrades-in-arms and reminiscing about border defense" have been widely praised by military and local friends......
Author: Liu Guangfu.