In modern times, due to the Indian side's vain attempt to encroach on China's border territory, Sino-Indian border conflicts and frictions have occurred frequently, which has also caused several major or small conflicts between China and India.
For example, on the evening of June 15, 2020, the border conflict between China and India in the Galwan Valley broke out, and the battalion commander Chen Hongjun, soldiers Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, Wang Zhuoran and other four heroes who defended the country sacrificed their lives for the country, and the regiment commander Qi Fabao was also seriously injured.
Their names will forever be engraved on the monuments of history, and along the long river of time, there are many pioneers who have followed one after another.
Since the summer of 1983, the Indian army has sent intelligence teams to infiltrate the Sandolo Valley area every year to conduct reconnaissance and probing. In April 1985, the Indian army illegally penetrated into Mong Tung in the Songdo region of the Chinese Line of Actual Control (LAC) and set up seasonal observation points in an attempt to encroach on China's territory.
The Chinese people, who have always been concerned about all the movements of the Indian army, quickly discovered this situation, and after reporting it layer by layer, the higher authorities issued an order to a certain second frontier regiment: send border troops to conduct reconnaissance patrols in the area.
Thus, the anti-encroachment struggle in 1985 gradually began.
In May of the same year, after receiving the order, Gao Mingcheng, then commander of the regiment, immediately summoned relevant personnel to make a reconnaissance plan and a plan for dealing with emergencies based on the known terrain, road conditions, enemy situation, and other key information.
In view of the importance of this mission, Gao Mingcheng, as the head of the regiment, took the initiative to ask Ying to personally lead the team to go deep into the Wangdong area, overcome the difficulties and dangers such as rugged mountain roads and dense forests, and completed a reconnaissance patrol and obtained a large amount of relevant information.
In mid-June, Gao Mingcheng once again led a team to brave the torrential rain to go deep into the Wangdong area, which not only enriched the relevant information on the terrain and road conditions obtained before, but also gained insight into the deployment and garrison status of the Indian army through adventurous observation.
After Regiment Commander Gao Mingcheng led the team to reconnoiter twice, our policy had a complete grasp of the corresponding situation in the Wangdong area, so the higher authorities issued another order on 28 June: immediately set up a point in the Wangdong area and immediately enter the point.
After this order was issued, Gao Mingcheng led his troops to set off again, from supporting each other along the march, to setting up tents, building fortifications, and reclaiming wasteland after arriving at the destination, everything was carried out in an orderly manner under Gao Mingcheng's deployment.
Easier said than done, before leaving, Gao Mingcheng had already fully considered the possibility of a variety of emergencies, and even never came backTherefore, he not only left the 1,000 yuan passbook at the station, but also asked the logistics comrades to send 30 yuan to his elderly mother every month.
The process of this task seems to be uneventful, but it has an extraordinary significance behind it, not only because the strategic significance of the Wangdong area is prominent, but also because it is within the scope of China's territory.
At the same time, the difficulties faced by Gao Mingcheng and others are also inevitable, whether it is the slightest carelessness in the course of the march that will cause casualties, or the possibility of a direct conflict with the Indian army, the dangerous situation is self-evident.
Perhaps the danger faced by Gao Mingcheng and others is still not three-dimensional, but what happened after that undoubtedly expresses the suffering and difficulties of these border guards.
In late June, torrential rains swept along the area of the troops' garrisons and locations, causing flash floods to accumulate and the rivers to surgeOne of the bridges on the only supply line between the Border Corps and the Mong Dong garrison is at risk of collapsing at any moment.
If the bridge collapses, then the supplies provided by the border regiment to the Wangdong garrison will be interrupted instantly, and at the same time, once there is friction or conflict between the Indian army and our garrison, the consequences can be imagined if our side cannot provide rapid support.
All these possibilities made the head of the regiment Gao Mingcheng restless, so he led decisively on June 30Staff officer Zhang Jiangang, company commander Jiang Jiuhua, and correspondent Yang ShuwenA four-man reconnaissance team was formed and decided to find a new supply route to ensure the safety and material support of the Wangdong station.
Along the march, Regiment Commander Gao Mingcheng always adhered to the pioneering style of the previous pioneers, walked at the forefront of the team, and opened up the safest road for his companions several times.
From personally leading the team to reconnoiter twice, visiting the Wangdong garrison for deployment, and taking the lead in this situation, the silhouette of Gao Mingcheng's love for soldiers like a son and fearlessness and danger is enough to see.
However, such a good head of the country and the people was unable to complete this difficult journey in the end.
After a long journey of 14 hours, Gao Mingcheng and the others were not only physically exhausted, but also found that they were lost.
The maps they carried were left behind many years ago, and many of the coordinates depicted on the maps did not match the actual situation, such as a lake marked at a certain location, but in fact it was a group of seven lakes.
The night rain poured down on the thin clothes of the four of them, and they snuggled up to each other and shivered in the cold wind, and the way ahead and behind was cut off by darkness with no end in sight.
Not only that, the four people who thought they would be able to return that afternoon did not carry too much dry food, only the correspondent Yang Shuwen carried five oil cakes and two catties of canned fruit in case of emergency, but at this time it was obvious that they were overstretched.
As early as noon, four oil cakes and two catties of canned fruit had been eaten, and the only oil cake soaked by the rain was also divided into four parts at dusk.
At this time, the head of Gao Mingcheng, who had always had a stomach cold, took out a small section of ginseng that he carried with him, and broke it into four parts, saying that it was obviously reluctant to wrap his stomach, but after all, he ate something.
In this case of hunger and cold, the night in front of me is particularly difficult, although the tiredness swept in several times, but the four of them did not dare to really fall asleep, during which the air was thin on a rainy night in the mountains at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and once they fell asleep, they might not be able to wake up.
Time passed minute by minute, and a dead silence clumped in everyone's heart.
Commander, will anyone know about the hardships we have endured? Zhang Jiangang suddenly said such a sentence for no reason, and after a moment of silence, Gao Mingcheng spoke.
yes, no one will know what we're doing here, except for the fact that the regiment probably found out that we were missing, but why let people know? The motherland knows, we know, and that's it. ”
After a tearful sentence, the four of them fell into silence again, in order to avoid everyone sleeping to death as much as possible, Gao Mingcheng suddenly proposed to sing a song, and chose the song "Little Grass".
Without the fragrance of flowers, without the height of trees, I am a little grass ...... that no one knows”
As Zhang Jiangang got up, the mountains and forests resounded with the not-so-loud singing voices of Gao Mingcheng and the four of them, and they were tired and could no longer make their singing high and passionate, but instead they were low and hoarse.
After enduring it so hard, they finally looked forward to the dawn of the next day, and the sky was bright and the head of Gao Mingcheng forced them to move.
At the same time, he pulled out a lot of grass from the cracks in the nearby rocks, shook off the dirt from the grass, plucked the burrs from the branches and leaves, and distributed the grass to everyone's hands.
This grass can be eaten, everyone should eat a little, not on an empty stomach. ”
After everyone swallowed the grass with difficulty, Gao Mingcheng led everyone to move forward, but when crossing a small river, Gao Mingcheng suddenly fell on the river beach and passed out.
Seeing this, Zhang Jiangang hurriedly ran over and carried Gao Mingcheng out of the river beach, and then hugged him in his arms, as early as last night, he found that the head of the regiment seemed to have a fever and a cold, and at this time, Gao Mingcheng's rapid breathing made him realize that the situation was not so simple.
In alpine regions, respiratory infections caused by colds often lead to airway blockage, and if they continue to worsen, they can lead to severe diseases such as pulmonary edema and cerebral edema, and the severity of this infection is difficult to manage even if you are sent to the hospital.
In view of this, staff officer Zhang Jiangang immediately issued an order for Jiang Jiuhua, the commander of the seventh company, to quickly descend the mountain and rush to the nearest company station to ask for support.
Time continued to pass minute by minute, even if Zhang Jiangang and Yang Shuwen, who were left to take care of Gao Mingcheng, were extremely anxious, Gao Mingcheng's condition did not improve for a long time, and Gao Mingcheng slowly woke up until more than five o'clock in the afternoon.
However, at this time, Gao Mingcheng couldn't open his eyes even if he tried his best, and he instantly realized his situation at this time in the dark, so the first thing he said was:
You guys go too, leave me alone, I can't pass this level. ”
Commander, don't talk nonsense......Zhang Jiangang comforted Gao Mingcheng on the one hand, and hurriedly filled the box of the telescope with some river water on the other hand, and gently wiped it on Gao Mingcheng's eyes.
"I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the mother and daughter at home, and I ...... delayed everyoneGao Mingcheng intermittently expounded the guilt in his heart in a weak voice, and Zhang Yang and the others also burst into tears.
It was another early morning at sunset, Gao Mingcheng had already fallen asleep again, and Jiang Jiuhua, who was seeking support, had not returned for a long time, so Zhang Jiangang, who knew that the situation had deteriorated again, decisively took off his clothes and covered Gao Mingcheng, and then quickly went down the mountain to seek support.
In this way, only Yang Shuwen was left alone on the mountain to guard Gao Mingcheng, and when it was noon on July 2, Gao Mingcheng stopped breathing in his arms.
Before his death, he also confessed that he must report the information obtained from this reconnaissance, including the average altitude of the patrol route of about 4,700 meters, more than 70 dangerous sections of roads along the way, 21 cliffs, and 11 glacier ......
After the death of head Gao Mingcheng, Yang Shu** endured his grief and covered Gao Mingcheng's head and feet with the clothes left by Jiang Jiuhua and Zhang Jiangang before leaving, and then picked a large handful of azaleas from nearby to cover his body ......
No matter how brilliant the fiery rhododendron is, it can't be as red as the life of head Gao Mingcheng, and the fire can't be as patriotic as his enthusiasm.
The news of the disappearance of Regiment Commander Gao Mingcheng and others spread from the county town where the regiment headquarters was located to the stations of the companies, and not only did the soldiers of the border defense regiment start a search and rescue team and plunge headlong into the mountains, but more than 300 Tibetan, Menba, and Lhoba compatriots also spontaneously formed a team to join the search and rescue procession.
During the period when Regiment Commander Gao Mingcheng presided over the work of the border defense regiment, he formed a deep friendship with the local compatriots of all nationalities, who knew very well that the soldiers were guarding the frontier for everyone's safety, and they had long regarded this lovely person as a relative.
They all carried shotguns, pinned horns, and held blazing torches along the rugged mountain road, looking for Gao Mingcheng and others.
However, not only is the mountain vast and difficult to find, Zhang Jiangang, who was already weak, has seen torches passing in front of him several times, but he can only miss them because he is unable to shout.
Fortunately, the search and rescue team finally found Gao Mingcheng and Zhang Jiangang, who was dying.
However, due to the special position of the head of Gao Mingcheng, it was difficult to lift it by manpower, and the road conditions along the way were steep and it was difficult to transport the body, so the border defense regiment finally dispatched *** to transport the body of the head of Gao Mingcheng.
On July 6, when the body of the head of Gao Mingcheng flew slowly to the county seat under the hanging, the guns were fired continuously around the county, which was the high respect of the compatriots in the border area to the head of Gao Mingcheng.
Looking at the body of the head of Gao Mingcheng in the air, the herdsmen burst into tears.
In the sky, it is not only the body of Commander Gao Mingcheng, but also his indestructible and fearless spirit, and the patriotic spirit that will be passed down forever.
Before landing, the heavy soldiers on the airport took off their military hats, and the compatriots of all ethnic groups who had been running for several days and nights also came to the airport one after another, waiting for their relatives and heroes.
So far, head Gao Mingcheng has left a story with his life, a patriotic hymn that has always inspired future generations to move forward.