- Opening remarks] —
During the conscription season, there will always be many people in our country who choose to take the initiative to sign up for the army, however, despite the large number of applicants, it takes a series of rigorous reviews to truly become a soldier.
China has regulations on the age of those who sign up for military service, and generally requires that they be no more than 22 years old on the basis of adulthoodEven if they are age-qualified, they need to be physically fit to adapt to the rigors of military training.
In 2013, Pang Hongyu, a 31-year-old female teacher in Guangdong, received an enlistment notice and joined the Guangzhou Armed Police Detachment as a female armed police officer with the rank of major.
However, what is strange is that Pang Hongyu is only a school teacher, he is not a graduate of a military academy, and his age has exceeded the age limit for enlistment, so why would the army especially absorb him?
Pang Hongyu's husband will be the starting point of our story.
[Unfortunate news is coming.]
One day in 2013, Pang Hongyu was teaching students at school when someone suddenly broke into her class and informed her husband, Zheng Yilong, of an accident.
After learning that her husband had an accident, Pang Hongyu was also panicked in her heart, she thought that there must be a serious problem, otherwise no one would come to inform her. After settling the students, Pang Hongyu hurried to the place where her husband had an accident.
She had just arrived at the site of her husband's accident, but she did not see him.
After asking the people around him, Pang Hongyu learned about the incident.
On that day, the husband originally planned to go to the hospital for a physical examination, but when he walked to the edge of the Pearl River, he heard the news that someone had fallen into the water. As an armed police soldier, Zheng Yilong immediately went to the place where he fell into the water.
Just when Zheng Yilong arrived, he witnessed a person who was about to jump into the water to save the person who had fallen into the water, so he quickly stopped the other party and asked him to stand on the shore, while he jumped into the water without hesitation.
However, the river was turbulent, causing Zheng Yilong to be swept away several times when he approached the drowning man, until he struggled to catch the drowning man. Unfortunately, because the person who fell into the water could not swim and had been struggling desperately, Zheng Yilong, who was already exhausted, had to hold the person tightly and try to swim towards the shore.
At that moment, the people on the shore threw a lifebuoy tied to a rope at Zheng Yilong, and Zheng Yilong, who was caught, quickly put it on the person who fell into the water. Then, the people on the shore worked together and successfully rescued the person who fell into the water. However, when the people came back to save Zheng Yilong, they found that he was swept away by the turbulent river due to physical exhaustion.
After learning that her husband was swept away by the river, Pang Hongyu also felt very anxious. Standing in front of the rushing water, she didn't know what to do for a while, and finally had to turn to her husband's comrades-in-arms for help.
After learning of Zheng Yilong's disappearance, Zheng Yilong's comrades-in-arms immediately dispatched personnel to launch a search operation. After three days of intense search and rescue, they finally found Zheng Yilong, who was washed away by the current, in the lower reaches of the river, but Zheng Yilong had stopped breathing at this time.
Pang Hongyu was deeply grieved in front of her husband's body, and then Zheng Yilong's comrades-in-arms held a funeral for him. At the funeral, Pang Hongyu looked at Zheng Yilong's ** and recalled the sweet past between the two.
[Get to know each other, understand each other, love each other.]
Pang Hongyu was born in Guangdong, and since he was a child, he has received great attention and strict requirements from his parents, which has made him excel in his studies and can be said to be a model child.
Pang Hongyu was successfully admitted to South China Normal University with excellent results on the occasion of the college entrance examination, and after four years of university life, he always maintained a rigorous learning attitude and hard work spirit, and finally successfully obtained the qualification of Baoyan. After graduating, he chose to work as a teacher at a vocational and technical school.
In 2006, Pang Hongyu met Zheng Yilong, who was an instructor of the armed police detachment at the time. Zheng Yilong participated in many missions during his enlistment and was awarded third-class meritorious service three times.
Pang Hongyu was deeply fascinated by Zheng Yilong's unique military temperament, and Zheng Yilong also loved Pang Hongyu deeply at a glance. After the two met, each other's hearts seemed to communicate silently.
Despite this, Zheng Yilong also chose to keep his love for Pang Hongyu, because the nature of his profession doomed him to not be able to take proper care of the family, and as a soldier's spouse, he not only had to worry about her husband's safety during the mission, but also had to spend more time on family affairs.
After a period of communication, Pang Hongyu keenly sensed Zheng Yilong's inner uneasiness. Despite this, Pang Hongyu did not have doubts because of this, on the contrary, she took the initiative to find Zheng Yilong and expressed her emotions frankly.
After Pang Hongyu took the initiative to show love, Zheng Yilong was stunned at first, and then quickly responded to her thoughts. After three years together, they received the blessing of their parents and became husband and wife in 2009.
In order to let Zheng Yilong work in the work team with peace of mind, Pang Hongyu took the initiative to take on family chores after marriage. Although the two don't spend much time together, their love is not hindered by distance.
They ushered in the crystallization of their love in 2012, and everything seems to be going in a good direction. However, unexpectedly, an accident in 2013 destroyed this happy family.
Pang Hongyu was deeply saddened and despaired, because she watched her husband Zheng Yilong die in the accident to save the person who fell into the water. Yet, despite this, she pulled herself together because she knew she couldn't rest on her laurels. She needs to take care of her elderly parents and the responsibility of raising her children**.
When the leaders of the troops visited Pang Hongyu, they asked if they needed any help from the troops. Pang Hongyu looked at her husband's ** in military uniform, and was determined. She made it clear to the troop leaders that her only wish was to get permission from the troop to join the army and complete her husband's unfinished business.
Inherit the legacy of the martyrs and serve the motherland
After deliberation, the leaders of the unit decided to make a special recruitment for Pang Hongyu, and although he had already exceeded the age requirement for joining the army, this decision was made after inspecting Pang Hongyu's qualities in all aspects.
On December 24, 2013, Pang Hongyu held an enlistment ceremony, at which the People's Armed Police Force awarded him the rank of major.
After Pang Hongyu joined the army, he still worked as hard as he did when he was in school, not only completing the training of the army, but also helping the soldiers solve their psychological problems.
Ten years have passed since Zheng Yilong's death, and Pang Hongyu is still sticking to his job and taking care of his family.
Although relatives at home persuaded Pang Hongyu to start a relationship again, for Pang Hongyu, Zheng Yilong has occupied all the places in his heart, so Pang Hongyu is still alone.
Although he did not start a new relationship, it can be seen from the few pieces of information that Pang Hongyu has overcome the grief caused by her husband's sacrifice and started a new life.