The veteran revealed his special identity, and CCTV alarmed the military region
One day in 1994, in a residential building in Jiaze Town, Changzhou, Jiangsu, an old man with gray hair was on TV with his family, and when the report of the first batch of female pilots in New China appeared on the screen, he was excited and muttered: They are all my former students, and at this moment, his thoughts have been brought back to the memory of more than 40 years ago.
After the end of the program, the old man immediately wrote a letter of help to CCTV, his name is Zhao Zhixiong, he was a Kuomintang colonel, and he met the first batch of female pilots in New China who participated in CCTV's Shenzhou style program.
He hopes to find them through CCTV and meet them.
Soon, the ** TV station in the capital Beijing received the letter from the old man, and the staff immediately reported to the superior leaders after reading the content of the letter.
How did a Kuomintang colonel officer and a new Chinese female pilot meet? What is the connection between them? Why do they still insist on seeing each other after decades?
In order to ensure the correctness and dig out the truth, the management of CCTV did not dare to take it lightly. They immediately contacted the previous program team and double-checked the content mentioned in the letter.
In addition, they also conducted an in-depth investigation into the identity of Zhao Zhixiong based on the *** provided in the letter.
After some in-depth investigation, unexpectedly, they uncover a long-sealed legend, and the true identity of the old man who sent the letter is finally revealed.
After learning of all this, the leaders of CCTV did not dare to be negligent, and immediately sent personnel to urgently contact the military region to seek their help.
Zhao Zhixiong was born in 1911 in a wealthy family in Jiaze Town, Changzhou, Jiangsu. Due to his solid family background, Zhao Zhixiong was sent to a private school by his father to receive education since he was a child, and was exposed to advanced and enlightened ideas.
However, in the war-torn era, the Qing Dynasty was on the verge of extinction, and many patriots came into being with the belief of saving the country and survival, and Zhao Zhixiong was also one of them. He followed the pace of new ideas, shouldered heavy responsibilities, and moved forward all the way.
Faced with the devastated motherland, 20-year-old Zhao Zhixiong did not hesitate to choose to join the army, he relied on his own strength to be admitted to the top Whampoa Military Academy in China, became the eighth batch of cadets, and began his military career.
In 1934, Zhao Zhixiong graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent grades, and then was naturally assigned to the Kuomintang Army Chariot Unit as a platoon commander. At this time, it was the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and Zhao Zhixiong led his troops into the battle, showing his bravery and determination.
Despite his modest victories in fierce battles, Zhao always felt endless frustration in the face of the well-equipped Japanese army, especially the enemy's air force.
Watching his beloved chariot being blown apart, his heart was filled with grief and indignation. At this moment, he made up his mind to become a pilot. Finally in 1936, the ** Aviation School recruited students, and for Zhao Zhixiong, this was an opportunity for him to realize his dream.
He immediately signed up for the exam and eventually succeeded in becoming a full-fledged cadet at the aviation school.
After studying in the system, Zhao Zhixiong successfully graduated and directly devoted himself to the front-line battles, bravely fought in many battles such as the Battle of Nanjing and the Air Battle of Wuhan, won successive results, shot down enemy fighters many times, and was recognized by his superiors for his outstanding military achievements, and was later promoted to flight captain.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Zhao Zhixiong was transferred to Chengdu with his rich combat experience and outstanding flying skills, shouldering the important task of training pilots, carefully training nearly 300 pilots, and laying a solid foundation for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
In 1945, Japan declared complete defeat, and our War of Resistance against Japan was completely victorious. The whole country rejoiced, but Chiang Kai-shek had already quietly laid out and was ready to start a civil war.
And Zhao Kumamoto, a brave general who had experienced countless battles, hated Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy.
As the Liberation War approached, Zhao Zhixiong's heart was full of pain and helplessness, and watching his compatriots kill each other, he began to doubt whether his choice was correct. Although he still belonged to the **, he was deeply disappointed by the sight in front of him.
After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Zhao Zhixiong resolutely refused to accept the Kuomintang's order to invite him to lead the army into the war. As a result, Zhao Zengqiang was appointed as the colonel chief of the air force depot, responsible for the air force ground support and airlift supplies, and was actually the caretaker of the storehouse.
His job is also very simple, he only needs to sign the form for dispatching air supplies.
With the successive defeats and retreats in the war, the situation gradually deteriorated, and Zhao Zhixiong realized that if he continued to be with them, he would only fall into a desperate situation. At this critical moment, his brother-in-law Wu actually took the initiative to find him, revealed his identity as a Communist Party, and hoped that Zhao Zhixiong would give up his old ideas and join the Communist Party.
Wu Jingfang promised that with Zhao Zhixiong's current influence, the Communist Party would definitely give him a heavy use.
Under Wu Jingfang's firm encouragement, Zhao Zhixiong successfully joined the Communist Party of China, and gave full play to his position advantages to secretly transfer all the materials in the warehouse, laying the foundation for the smooth handover of Chengdu to the People's Liberation Army after the liberation.
Soon, the People's Republic of China was founded. At this time, the chairman of the ** meeting made clear the goal of creating an independent air force of our country. Immediately afterwards, Liu Yalou was appointed as the first commander of the Air Force, and he shouldered the heavy responsibility of forming the first Air Force of New China.
In the Northeast, after Zhao Zhixiong joined the ranks of the Communist Party, his talent finally had a place to show. He was transferred to the Northeast and served as an instructor at the Seventh Aviation School. Although the school's facilities were not perfect, with only more than 100 students in the first batch, Zhao did his best to impart knowledge.
The cadets also lived up to their expectations and became the backbone of the new Chinese Air Force.
With the development of the times, there used to be female drivers and tank drivers in China, but unfortunately, there were no female pilots in the air force at that time. In order to solve this problem, Air Force Commander Liu Yalou and Zhao Zhixiong discussed and decided to set up a women's aviation team.
After layers of screening, 14 female students were finally selected and divided into three groups, which were systematically taught by Zhao Zhixiong and two other instructors.
Although these female soldiers are all elites in a million, after all, women are not as brave as men. Therefore, to become a great pilot, they have to put in more effort.
To this end, Zhao changed the way he taught, both comforting and motivating them. After a year of study and training, the first batch of female pilots in our country successfully completed the test flight.
In 1977, Zhao retired and returned to his hometown of Changzhou. After learning of his situation, the local government in Changzhou was very concerned about him, and in 1984 he was appointed as a librarian of the Provincial Research Institute of Culture and History, and he also served as a deputy to the People's Congress of Changzhou City.
Since then, Zhao Zhixiong has lived a peaceful life until one day in 1994, when he saw a TV program about the first batch of female pilots in New China, which reminded him of the unforgettable years many years ago, so there was a scene where he wrote a letter to the CCTV program.
After learning of Zhao Zhixiong's true identity, the military region was immediately shaken and quickly arranged for him to meet with the female pilots who were still alive. After 17 years, Zhao Zhixiong finally met the two female students of the year, they burst into tears, although there were not many words, but all the feelings were buried deep in their hearts.
In the interview, the old man Zhao Zhixiong proudly recalled the original intention of training pilots: to protect the family and defend the country, and for the national righteousness. Although he passed away in 2016 at the age of 106, his heroic deeds and noble spirit are still deeply remembered, let us pay the highest respect to this old hero!