On the night of July 19, 1987, a ragged and emaciated Chinese man escaped from Hanoi prison. However, as fate would have it, he was soon captured by Vietnamese soldiers who were tracking him.
The reluctance and despair in the man's eyes were heart-wrenching, and he was once again imprisoned in Hanoi prison. Undoubtedly, he suffered inhuman torture and was physically and mentally exhausted. For most people, 1987 was supposed to be a peaceful year, but the fact that the Chinese were arrested in Vietnam seems counterintuitive.
The Chinese man, Wang Bin, is not an ordinary person, but a junior officer in the People's Liberation Army. He was captured in the war and has been in a Vietnamese prison for more than three years.
Although he managed to withdraw, he was unfortunately taken back to prison again by the Vietnamese army, where he faced more severe torture and abuse. In his inhuman life, he thought of many ways to end his life, but the Vietnamese army did not want him to die, because they wanted to extract information from him.
With the torture again and again, Wang Bin's memory returned to the day he was captured.
Wang Bin, a bold Shandong native, joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army at the age of 19 and won the appreciation of his superiors for his heroic performance. However, in the self-defense war against Vietnam, his company suffered heavy losses, the company commander, instructor, deputy company commander died bravely, their figures in Wang Bin's dream constantly reappeared, every time he dreamed of the tragic situation of the battlefield that day, he would be awakened, the memory of that war brought him great pain.
It was in that famous Battle of Laoshan that Wang Bin was captured.
Although our army achieved the final victory in the Battle of Laoshan, it also paid a huge price during the process. The Vietnamese** in the Battle of Lao Son showed typical capriciousness and revenge.
China has selflessly helped Vietnam, providing food aid to the Vietnamese people even when it is in a difficult situation. Before 1969, the relations between China and Vietnam were very friendly, and China even sent generals to guide the Vietnamese army and help them resist the invasion of the US army.
However, since 1969, Sino-Vietnamese relations have undergone earth-shaking changes, mainly due to the change of political power in Vietnam and changes in the international situation.
On September 2, 1969, the supreme leader of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, passed away, and he had a deep friendship with the leaders of our country and visited our country many times. However, with the death of Ho Chi Minh and the turning point in Sino-Soviet relations, Vietnam shamelessly called itself "the world's third military power".
Vietnam was once a French colony and should have been ashamed of this history, but the Vietnamese saw it as glory and tried to use it as an excuse to annex neighboring Laos and Cambodia.
At the time, since Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam were all part of the French colony of Indochina, the Vietnamese thought it was logical to annex them.
However, after harassing Laos and Cambodia, the Vietnamese felt strong and started the idea of invading China. There have been many provocations on our borders and even blatant incursions into our borders.
This kind of behavior is undoubtedly challenging China's bottom line. My country has always loved peace, but we will never be weak in the face of provocations. In 1979, in the face of numerous provocations by Vietnam, our country immediately sent troops to the border to fight.
In just 28 days, our country succeeded in driving the Vietnamese army out of the border, but they did not stop there, but chose to conduct guerrilla warfare in the areas of Lao Son and Zheyin Mountain.
Until 1984, Vietnam invaded many ordinary people in our country, causing great public outrage. In this case, we had to send troops to Lao Son for a decisive battle with the Vietnamese army.
Laoshan is located in Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, about five kilometers from the Sino-Vietnamese border. After the defeat in the war, Vietnam has been reluctant to try to make a comeback.
As a result, the people of Laoshan lived an extremely difficult life, and most of them moved out of the area. The first unit to arrive in Laoshan was the 14th Army of the Kunming Military Region, which is the unit where our protagonist Wang Bin belongs.
Wang Bin, deputy instructor of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army, the battalion is responsible for interspersing behind enemy lines and cooperating with the front troops. It seemed like the best policy, but because the Vietnamese army had some understanding of our army's strategy, it set up an ambush behind enemy lines.
As a result, more than half of the second company **, company commander Wang Shitian and instructor Gao Shaolin were seriously injured, and deputy company commander Cong Ming died. In desperation, Wang Bin took over the command, although his duty was to rescue the wounded and supply ammunition, he bravely took over the banner of the company commander and instructor, and led the surviving soldiers of the second company to break through.
Wang Bin lived up to expectations in the battle, fought the enemy to the end, and finally managed to escape and join the large army. However, when they joined up with the large forces, they learned that the entire battalion had suffered heavy losses.
While counting the survivors, Wang Bin's mind kept coming to mind the sacrificed comrades, who died heroically under enemy fire. Thinking of this, Wang Bin felt extremely sad, and a firm thought arose in his heart: he must take his comrades-in-arms back to their former hometown.
He applied to the battalion commander to find and bring back the bodies of his comrades. Although the battalion commander initially disagreed with his decision, because the Vietnamese army was still searching for our troops in the mountains at that time, Wang Bin repeatedly insisted, and the battalion commander finally agreed to his request.
It's not that Wang Bin is stubborn and unchangeable, but those comrades-in-arms are like brothers to him, and he can't bear the pain that they can't even recover their bodies after sacrificing their lives for the country.
Although Wang Bin knew that there was a danger ahead, he was still fearless and decided to find his good brother and comrade-in-arms. He took two soldiers on a journey to find the corpses of his comrades, carefully avoiding the sight of the Vietnamese army along the way, and it was dark in the mountains in the middle of the night, and he could only grope his way forward.
They confidently believed that as long as they acted cautiously, they could avoid being discovered by the Vietnamese army. However, they did not know that the Vietnamese army had been lurking in the Lao Son area for five years and knew the terrain of this area well.
Fate played a trick on the three of them and unfortunately encountered a small detachment of the Vietnamese army. There were only three of them, while the Vietnamese army had dozens of them, and the disparity in strength was too great to compete with them. However, due to their unfamiliarity with the terrain, they could not escape the pursuit of the Vietnamese army.
On the fierce battlefield, the Vietnamese army looked extremely excited after seeing the three Chinese soldiers, after all, they had just suffered a setback on the main battlefield, and if they could annihilate these Chinese soldiers, they would be rewarded when they returned.
Two of our soldiers were killed in the battle, and Wang Bin was also seriously wounded, his leg was shot by a stray bullet, and he couldn't move. The Vietnamese army had intended to execute him immediately and then return to the regimental headquarters to report.
But when the Vietnamese army got closer, they found that Wang Bin was not an ordinary soldier, but an officer. This discovery made the Vietnamese army change their minds and decided to take Wang Bin back to the base and hand it over to the leadership.
After all, he was an officer and probably had some important secrets, so the Vietnamese army wanted to get useful information from him. However, when Wang Bin saw that they had not fired for a long time, he immediately understood their intentions, and he tried to shoot himself immediately, because he firmly believed that he must not become a prisoner.
Shoot me, kill me, I don't want to be a prisoner. However, Hua Guoshun's heart was full of struggles. He knew that if he shot his comrades, it would be a sin for the rest of his life.
There was nothing he could do, but his heart was full of pain and helplessness. In the end, he could only put down the gun in his hand and wept bitterly, regretting that he could neither save his comrades nor give him a relief.
Looking at the back that was gradually drifting away, Hua Guoshun felt guilty and couldn't forgive himself. For many years, this guilt stayed with him. In the life of a prisoner of war, Wang Bin tried his best to break free from the shackles of the Vietnamese army, but to no avail.
When the Vietnamese army saw him resisting, they knocked him unconscious. After waking up, Wang Bin found himself in a prison for the Vietnamese army. He knew what kind of torture awaited him, and all that remained was the determination to die.
The torture of the Vietnamese army is terrifying, especially in their hot and humid climate, and the abundance of leeches is a terrifying existence. They would put leeches in the captives' clothes and let them suck up the flesh to their heart's content.
It's a terrifying image just to imagine, let alone those who have suffered it themselves.
The Vietnamese army learned brutal punishments from fighting the U.S. military, including electrocution, body folding, and drug injection. When Wang Bin was imprisoned, his first thought was suicide.
Since the guards were not too tight, he almost succeeded. However, he tried to hang himself with his own rope, but was discovered by the Vietnamese army. Since then, the guards have become stricter, and he has never been able to find a chance to commit suicide.
Every day, he faced severe torture, and the Vietnamese army only promised that he would not starve to death, and gave him a little rice soup and peanuts.
The Vietnamese army tried several times to obtain information from Wang Bin, but failed. Later, Wang Bin was transferred to Hanoi prison, where the guards were stricter. Despite having tried a hunger strike, the Vietnamese army would still force him to drink rice soup.
Although he couldn't die, Wang Bin had the idea of saving himself. He found a small tool and insisted on digging a hole in the wall every day, and after more than a year of hard work, he finally turned the small hole into an escape hole.
However, on July 19, 1987, when he happily thought he had escaped, he found himself exhausted and unable to move. Wang Bin had planned to flee to the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, but due to years of inhuman life, his physical strength was no longer as good as it used to be.
He had only taken a few steps and could not continue. So, the opening scene was staged again, and Wang Bin was captured by the Vietnamese army and returned to prison.
Wang Bin was sent back to prison again, but a harsher punishment awaited him. The physical torture was enough, and the Vietnamese army even used him to shout to the Chinese soldiers, and fabricated rumors that he had defected and was now serving the Vietnamese army.
Wang Bin is indeed shouting, but there is a reason behind the occurrence of this incident. The Vietnamese army threatened the lives of ordinary people and forced him to shout out those words against his will. Many people do not know the truth and have been accusing Wang Bin on the grounds of this incident.
However, if you know the truth behind it, who can bear to really blame him? Our army has always paid attention to evidence and facts, and it can be seen from the later handling of Wang Bin that he did not really defect to the enemy and commit treason.
On January 19, 1990, China and Vietnam reached an agreement on the release of prisoners from both sides. On this day, Wang Bin finally returned to the embrace of the motherland and ended his inhuman life for six years.
Wang Bin, a strong man in Shandong, was once strong and strong, but now he only has 37 kilograms left, like a teenager. He hadn't seen sunlight for many years, his eyes were no longer used to direct sunlight, and his weak body almost fainted in the sun.
The soldiers of the People's Liberation Army couldn't help but cry when they saw their former strong comrades-in-arms being treated like this. With the support of his comrades-in-arms, Wang Bin got on the car back to China. However, his original shouts had spread throughout the army, leading many to believe that he had defected to the enemy.
The gossip caused great pain to his family, but they firmly believed that Wang Bin would not defect to the enemy and would not marry and have children in Vietnam.
Before the Battle of Laoshan, Wang Bin had just married his bride and, more importantly, he had his parents and siblings in Shandong. After Wang Bin returned to China, he first stayed in Nanning for a month, and then was picked up by the Kunming Military Region.
Due to Wang's very poor physical condition, six years in prison left him with diseases such as arthritis and stomach bleeding. For the sake of his health, Wang Bin has been living in the health team of the regiment headquarters, and while accepting **, he cooperated with the organization's investigation.
This is also a good opportunity for Wang Bin, only by investigating the facts can he return his innocence. Therefore, he is not willing to bear the charge of treason in any way, and even if he is not a hero, he will never become a traitor.
Wang Bin has been actively cooperating with the army's investigation and has told all his experiences in Vietnam. Our army will not wronged any hero, nor will it spare any traitor.
After rigorous investigation and research, we have come to a gratifying conclusion, that is, Wang Bin did not defect to the enemy and commit treason. General Chen Zhijian, as the son of the famous general Chen Geng, is the leader of Wang Bin's unit.
He personally said to Wang Bin, "If I believe in those rumors about your treason and defection to the enemy, I will never come to see you." However, since I am here today, it means that your problem has been solved, and I hope you can let go of your past troubles and live well. ”
With the clear attitude of the party and the organization, the false remarks about Wang Bin's defection to the enemy will also be self-defeating.
Due to his outstanding performance in the army, Wang Bin was awarded the rank of captain. In 1993, he returned to his hometown of Zou Cheng to work in the power system and began his life as an ordinary civil servant.
Although he has experienced six years of inhuman life, his physical fitness is not as good as before, but he can return to his hometown and spend the rest of his life in peace, which is the best ending for him. When his wife saw him, she couldn't help but cry bitterly, she had been waiting for him to come back all these years, and never doubted that he would defect to the enemy and commit treason.
However, six years of prisoner of war life left a shadow on his heart, and he often dreamed of that cruel life. Fortunately, this is all in the past, and he is now well retired and living a life of teasing his grandson.
We should always be grateful and reverent, because today's peaceful life was bought with the blood of our ancestors.
Wang Bin, even if he is in prison, still sticks to his love for the motherland in his heart. He has never regretted his actions to defend his family and country, nor has he ever regretted finding the remains of his comrades, no matter how much inhuman torture he suffered, he has always maintained his identity as an upright person.
He should not be forgotten and should not be discredited.