April 1, 2001American EP-3 reconnaissance aircraftIntruding into the South China Sea, Chinese Navy pilot Wang Wei flew a J-8 fighter jet to intercept it.
Unfortunately, there was a collision between the fighters of the two sidesWang Wei and the fighter plane crashed down in the South China SeaAfter the incident, China dispatched 100,000 people to the South China Sea to search and rescue, but unfortunately Wang Wei was not rescued, and even the hero's body was not found.
It wasn't until 20 years later that the strength of the Chinese Navy has been significantly improved, and the truth that 100,000 people were dispatched that year did not find Wang Wei was finally revealed!
In 2021, Wang Wei's wife, Ruan Guoqin, recalled that when her husband wrote a desperate letter to herself before his death, she drew a tombstone at the end of the letter, and four words were written on the tombstone"Tomb of Wang Wei".
Why did he draw his own tomb on the letter, this is because Wang Wei wanted to tell his wife:"The person you love loves your country! ”
This is a letter written by Wang Wei to Ruan Guoqin on January 1, 1989, because of an incident that happened in Wang Wei's unit at that time.
A student skydiver died while skydivingWang Wei believes that if one day, the country needs to stand up, he will not hesitate to sacrifice for the party.
When talking about this letter, Ruan Guoqin's tears couldn't help but flow, although 30 years have passed since this incident, as long as she thinks of this desperate letter, her eyes will be filled with tears.
For Ruan Guoqin, Wang Wei is not only her husband, but also her husbandThe leader of his own spiritAfter graduating from high school, Wang Wei went to the flight academy to apply for the exam.
He successfully passed the exam and physical examination with excellent grades and becameA pilot, after which he was assigned to serve in the Navy after a series of trainings.
During this period, the two have been in correspondence, and then the two got married and had children, and every time Wang Wei went out, his wife would tell him to work hard and go home safely.
Wang Wei smiled every time, and until April 1, 2001, Ruan Guoqin never waited for her husband again.
On the morning of April 1, 2001, it happenedThe mid-air collision between Chinese and American warplanes shocked the worldA US EP-3 reconnaissance plane intruded into the skies over the South China Sea, and pilot Wang Wei and his companion Zhao Yu flew two "Jian-8 fighters" after receiving the mission.
Reconnaissance of enemy aircraft at low altitudes was carried outStern warning, and forcibly forced them to expel them, but when they slowly approached the EP-3 enemy plane, they found that the pilot inside was still unmoved and continued to probe our intelligence.
Wang Wei and Zhao Yu immediately adopted the flight around the plane, and Wang Wei revealed the ** carried by the fighter plane, intending to prove to the enemy plane the determination of our army to drive it out, but no one expected that the enemy plane suddenly changed direction in the process of turning and directly collided with Wang Wei's fighter.
Suddenly, the fighter plane emitted billowing smoke and fell uncontrollably, but Wang Wei did not immediatelySkydive to save yourself, but told his comrades: "I can't go back, you keep going."
For him, the fighter is bigger than life, even in the extreme danger he tried to save the J-8 fighter, as an excellent pilot who has flown thousands of times, he knows how difficult it is for our country to produce a fighter.
However, the crash of the fighter plane was also a foregone conclusion, and Wang Wei had no choice but to parachute, and then he and the fighter plane fell on the sea together.
Comrade-in-arms Zhao Yu saw Wang Wei successfully open the parachute, andWith it, landing, and then in order to rescue Wang Wei, the army and ** immediately sent a large number of troops and material resources.
If Wang Wei fell into the sea and was not rescued in time, he would not have lasted long at all, and Wang Wei's life was handed over to every member of the team who came to search and rescue, ** and the military even100,000 people were dispatched to search and rescue
Three minutes after Wang Wei parachuted, a certain naval aviation regiment that was on a mission suddenly received an order and urgently turned aroundGo to the sea area where the incident occurred and searchAfter that, several major naval regiments participated in the search and rescue mission.
After a day of search and rescue without success, the bomber regiment was dispatched one after another, and they had to search and rescue every dayEight or nine hoursIn April, the temperature in Hainan has reached 30 degrees Celsius, and the runway of the airport has reached 40 degrees Celsius.
In the 14 days of searching for and rescuing Wang Wei, the officers and men of the navy all braved the scorching sun and fulfilled their duties, and many soldiers watched on the deck every day in order to find Wang Wei, and did not want to go back to rest.
During the 14-day search and rescue mission, the navy dispatched a total of 13 warships to rescue the people, and in Hainan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Guangzhou, and other coastal areas, more than 1,000 fishing boats were dispatched.
Fishermen also spontaneously joined the search and rescue of Wang Wei, and even businessmen who made a living by renting lifeboats on the beach also took the initiative to join the search and rescue team, Wang Wei is in people's heartsLoyal heroes
Search and rescue crews landed on each island and carefully inspected every corner, even the floating objects on the sea, just to find subtle clues.
This search and rescue operation is also known as the largest rescue operation in history, butRescue at sea and rescue on landThe difference is big because the wind and waves at sea are large, sometimes up to 3 meters high.
The wind direction and currents on the sea are changing at any time, and in such a situation, it is very difficult to find Wang Wei, but people are always unwilling to give up, but as time goes by, people alsoI had to accept the fact that Wang Wei sacrificed
Until the last moment of his life, Wang Wei was performing the duties of a soldier, and after the search and rescue failed, Wang Wei's wife Ruan Guoqin couldn't cry, and on the day of April 1, Wang Wei told her:"I'm on duty today and can't go home".
In April 2001, the entire navy saw off Wang Wei with the most solemn sea sacrifice, and the "81192" fighter plane hovered in the air, once as the last journey to bid farewell to Wang Wei.
On March 27, 2002, Wang Wei's martyr's tomb was completed in Zhejiang, and this warrior admired by everyone finally returned to his hometown.
The result of Wang Wei's sacrifice made everyone feel cold, even if they had been carefully searched, Wang Wei still couldn't be found, Wang Wei's was not good, at that timeFighters, radar backwardness related
At that time, our army's fighters were backward, and the combat performance of the J-8 fighter piloted by Wang Wei was not high, and the escape equipment was relatively backward, and there were a lot of manual operations to open the escape equipment, not to mention that Wang Wei was injured at that time, and it was very troublesome to operate.
The ejection self-rescue device of the fighter is too simple, there is no relevant positioning device,It is impossible to accurately locate the location where Wang Wei disappeared, can only rely on manpower to find, thus increasing the difficulty of search and rescue.
Although our side did not find any clues, the time and location of Wang Wei's whereabouts were recorded on the recorder of the US reconnaissance plane, and through this information, we can also get a general understanding of Wang Wei's situation.
However, the US side did not cooperate with our search and rescue efforts at all, and harassed our work many times, and theoretically speaking, Wang Wei landed on the sea after parachuting to wait for the search and rescue teamThe rescue time does not exceed 2 hours, and he will not swim more than three kilometers.
And Wang Wei's parachute also carried a life raft, plus the sea surface was quite stable that day, if Wang Wei can open the life raft in a short time, then he will definitely get the arrival of the rescue team.
However, this is not the case, Wang Wei failed to be in the first place after falling into the seaOpen the parachute, coupled with the fact that there was a storm at that time, it took him a lot of strength to break free.
The premise of doing this is that Wang Wei is not injured, it will be very difficult to do these things after being injured, when he is at sea, the process of blowing the life raft exhausts all his strength, and finally sinks to the bottom of the sea, but these are all **, no one knows the real situation.
After the collision between the US reconnaissance plane and our fighter plane, it also suffered damage to a certain extent, and the US side did not obtain our consentPrivately landed a reconnaissance plane at the Lingshui military airfield in Hainan
China immediately seized the reconnaissance plane that did not have the United States, and the US pilots and technicians were resettled; although these acts were all normal behaviors, the United States repeatedly demanded that we return the reconnaissance plane.
And our country immediately drew the most from all over the countryAuthoritative expertsIn an all-round survey of this US reconnaissance plane, our military discovered a large amount of information in the reconnaissance plane, many of which were important pieces of information of our country, and it is difficult to imagine how serious the consequences of falling into the hands of the United States will be.
Now, 22 years later, it is still difficult for people to let go, this "sea and air guardian" who fell to the South China Sea has also become a pain in the hearts of countless Chinese people, and his sacrifice has also made people know the truth that "a weak country has no diplomacy".
The Wang Wei incident is not only a plane collision incident between China and the United States, but also proves once againA test of our country's search and rescue capabilities on the battlefieldJudging from the results, China does have a big gap in this regard.
This time also fully shows that our country is also lacking in battlefield search and rescue, these are the places we need to change, such as in the sea search and rescue, we need to use radar, sonar, satellite and other means to locate and search, and at the same time to provide medical treatment, evacuation and search.
Land rescue should use drones, infrared, GPS and other means for reconnaissance and tracking, but also to provide food, water, etc., now China's air force and navy have been equipped with professional battlefield search and rescue
At the same time, the pilot's survival equipment is also more advanced and automated, such as ejection seats, parachutes, etc., in addition, China has also established a complete battlefield search and rescue command system.
In the final analysis, it was still not strong enough for China at that time, and the navy was not tough enough, and now 20 years have passed, the Chinese Air Force has developed rapidly, and a professional paratrooper rescue team has been established, and the tragedy of 81192 will never happen again.