**The son bought the Varyag, and the dream came true.
In 2002, on a bed in a hospital of the Beijing Military Region, a dying elderly man tried his best to ask his family: "Has the gift arrived?" The family shook their heads gloomily, and the old man closed his eyes regretfully.
Who is he? What is this special gift? His father was the founder of the people's army and the founding father**. On September 28, 1945, when the people of the whole country were celebrating the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in a hospital in Yan'an, the revolutionary base, a baby fell to the ground, and the birth of this child was immediately blessed by the great leader: "* Comrade, congratulations, fifty years old!" ”
Do you know that the child's father is **Marshal, he is ***'s fellow countryman, and he once made a revolution with two kitchen knives. After receiving the blessing of ***, the marshal smiled from ear to ear.
He was born and died for the country all his life, and his only regret is that he has never had a son. However, this ** marshal was happy with a noble son in his old age, which made him indescribably happy.
But how to name this newborn? It stumped him. In the end, he sought the help of his old buddy Guan Xiangying for many years. Guan Xiangying believes that our country has not yet fully achieved national liberation and independence and self-reliance, and the generation of little dolls shoulders heavy responsibilities and should follow Yue Fei's example to protect their families and defend the country.
Yue Fei's word is called Pengju, so take one word each, let's call it Pengfei!
Although the child was born, Yan'an was under the blockade of the Kuomintang, there was a shortage of materials, and the child's mother was short of milk, what should I do? At this critical moment, Guan Xiangying was already sick in bed.
In order to close Xiangying's body, the border area ** specially arranged milk powder**, but he was reluctant to eat it himself, so he gave it to the little doll. It's a pity that the little doll has not yet reached the age of one, and Guan Xiangying died, and the ** marshal is heartbroken by this.
However, before the marshal had time to enjoy his family, the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek frantically launched a civil war. **The marshal was in charge of the logistics of the PLA at that time**, and had to go back and forth on various battlefields, and did not have time to get along with his family.
They met very few times, and the ** marshal only told his son to become a soldier when he grew up to defend his family and country.
He Pengfei's childhood was not ordinary, because his father ** was a proletarian revolutionary, he appeared relatively little, and most of them can only be understood from his mother's memories.
It wasn't until 1954, when the family moved to Beijing, that that changed. ** Strict with his family, he personally taught his son to learn to ride a horse, a bicycle, and strike iron, and in order to let him understand the suffering of the people, even if the child had to go to school, he would ride a tricycle to pick him up.
This kind of education makes many old friends feel a little too harsh, but ** insists that only in this way can the son really grow up.
* The marshal said: "If he does not train diligently, how can he be alone?" Even though he is my son, he is also an ordinary warrior. This is the style of a revolutionary family, and there is no special treatment.
Two years later, with his real talent, He Pengfei was admitted to Tsinghua University, at that time everyone thought that his father's power helped him, after understanding the truth, everyone was in awe of He Pengfei.
In 1969, the first marshal died, and he wrote in a letter to He Pengfei: "To withstand the baptism of the revolution, we should be loyal to the party and the country at any time." ”
In 1979, He Pengfei devoted himself to the construction of the People's Navy, chose the naval system, inherited his father's legacy, and paid attention to the development of the navy, especially the issue of naval equipment. After entering the naval system, He Pengfei devoted himself to his work, without the slightest slackness, and his work achievements were outstanding, because of his due diligence and outstanding achievements.
In 1988, the state awarded him the rank of major general, making him the youngest major general at that time. However, these achievements did not satisfy his ambitions, and he always cherished a distant dream.
In 1991, it seemed that this dream finally had the hope of being realized, and he was extremely excited, even if there was only one in 10,000 chance, he was willing to give it his all. However, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited almost 20% of its military industry, including the Varyag aircraft carrier, which has already completed two-thirds of its construction.
But, unfortunately, Ukraine is no longer capable of completing the construction of this aircraft carrier. Comrade Makarov, the designer of the Wagryan aircraft carrier, once said that to complete this aircraft carrier, I need the Military Industrial Commission of the State Planning Commission, nine defense industry departments, 600 related specialties, 8,000 supporting manufacturers, in short, it takes a great country to complete it, and this great country no longer exists.
But He Pengfei knows very well in his heart, Comrade Makarov, your point of view is not accurate. In the East, there is also a great country that exists. At that time, after Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, its economy was very weak, because the former Soviet Union implemented a planned economic system, which made Ukraine's domestic industrial system and the industrial system of other countries form a close upstream and downstream relationship, and once it disintegrated, it could not operate normally.
As a result, Ukraine was facing serious domestic economic problems at that time. At that time, Ukraine lacked sufficient funds to continue to invest in the construction of the Wagryan aircraft carrier, and it was about to become a finished project.
However, if the aircraft carrier is sold, some money can be raised to subsidize the state treasury. However, the problem is that the countries that were able to build aircraft carriers at that time simply did not look down on Ukrainian aircraft carriers.
The Americans, knowing that Ukraine plans to ** aircraft carrier, issued a stern warning that those who bought this aircraft carrier cannot use it for military purposes. This makes the Ukrainians very angry, you do this, will we still be able to live?
Russia took a fancy to this opportunity and offered to buy the aircraft carrier for scrap iron **, but the Ukrainians refused. The Americans were worried that the aircraft carrier would fall into the hands of some major powers, so they resorted to an insidious plan.
When aircraft carriers took up most of the space in Ukrainian shipyards, the Americans placed a large order for Ukraine through Norway. This was big business for Ukraine at that time, but in order to fulfill the order, they had to remove the aircraft carrier.
This made He very anxious, because he knew what the Americans wanted to do, and they had previously worked with Norway to dismantle a Kilo-class aircraft carrier in Ukraine.
He Pengfei recognized that the Waglian aircraft carrier was a valuable opportunity for China, and that if it was missed, such an opportunity would never arise again. If the aircraft carrier can be successfully acquired, China's aircraft carrier construction will save at least two decades.
Therefore, when he learned that Ukraine intended to ** aircraft carrier, He Pengfei immediately reported to ** and strongly advocated that this was the only chance for the Chinese nation.
In the early days of reform and opening up, China was in urgent need of capital for development. The leader was far-sighted and agreed with one person's proposal, but how to get an aircraft carrier was a difficult problem. U.S. imperialism has been closely monitoring and will not allow the aircraft carrier to fall into Chinese hands.
He Pengfei had a sad face, and after hearing the news that the Americans were going to do something, he was even more anxious. At this time, the appearance of a Hong Kong businessman made He Pengfei see hope, he was Xu Zengping, a former soldier of the People's Liberation Army, who chose to go to the sea to start a business in the eighties and became a rich man.
However, as a Chinese person, he cared about the construction of China's national defense and military industry, and when he learned that Ukraine wanted the Wagryan aircraft carrier, he and He Pengfei had the same idea.
This little man had a bold dream, he wanted to bring the Varyag aircraft carrier back to China. He worked hard to find various opportunities and finally found He Pengfei. They discussed and decided to let Xu Zengping use his private identity to negotiate with Ukraine.
After some painstaking negotiations, they finally bought the aircraft carrier for $18 million. However, Ukraine** said that the design drawings could not be given to them, and Xu Zengping firmly disagreed.
He was convinced that an aircraft carrier was worthless without design drawings. The dream of this little man is to bring the Varyag aircraft carrier back to China and make it of maximum value.
Xu Zengping is well versed in the needs of Ukraine: it is in urgent need of funds. He raised it with $2 million, although the Ukrainians knew that they didn't need design drawings at all to transform the aircraft carrier into a private luxury yacht, but for practical reasons, they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb and show ignorance.
However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and just when the two sides were preparing to sign a contract, the Americans, who learned about it, intervened angrily and demanded that Ukraine ** that if the aircraft carrier is sold to the Chinese, all ** equipment must be dismantled.
Xu Zengping breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, it seems that the Americans do not know that Ukraine **wants** aircraft carrier design drawings. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, he immediately raised 20 million funds and handed them over to Ukraine**.
On the same day, Xu Zengping hired more than a dozen large trucks to transport all the design drawings. By the time the Americans reacted, the drawings had been safely returned to China. When He Pengfei learned that Xu Zengping had succeeded, he was so excited that he stammered: "We have an aircraft carrier, we have an aircraft carrier!" ”
After calming down, He Pengfei immediately began to prepare for the entry of the Varyag aircraft carrier into China. However, an unexpected thing happened.
At that time, the Varyag aircraft carrier was anchored at the Ukrainian Black Sea shipyard, and if it wanted to be returned to China, it would have to pass through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits in Turkey.
These two places were originally international high seas, with free access and free access, and the main passage was the ships of the former Soviet Union, and Turkey did not dare to be presumptuous. However, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has fallen into a severe economic crisis, and the former Soviet republics have been half-dead, leaving no one in the region to control Turkey.
Therefore, Turkey actually turned the international high seas into a checkpoint for private fees, and also took a fancy to the importance of the Varyag aircraft carrier to China, and was ready to take the opportunity to blackmail.
They claim that because the Varyag aircraft carrier is too large, entering this area will affect the bridge in its capital, Istanbul.
Soviet and Western aircraft carriers have entered and exited the sea area countless times, but have never heard of the Istanbul Bridge being affected. China, as the only remaining socialist power, faced a difficult situation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and could only endure it in silence.
We accepted Turkey's maritime defense measures and paid a billion dollars in deposits. After two years of Turkish detention, the Varyag aircraft carrier finally set sail again. However, just after breaking away from Turkey, it was hit by a storm in the Aegean Sea.
Fortunately, we had better relations with the Greeks ** and received great help from them to tow the aircraft carrier back to deep water. After two years of difficult voyages, the unpowered aircraft carrier finally reached its destination.
He Pengfei died suddenly of a heart attack on March 28, 2001, and before his death, he was still concerned about whether the aircraft carrier had returned and whether he was already defending his homeland. Although he has left us, we can rest assured that the mountains and rivers are safe and sound, and the aircraft carrier is fulfilling its mission.