On 7 July 1976, Pi Dingjun, commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, died heroically during a military exercise, sacrificing his precious life for China's national defense cause.
Pi Dingjun's memorial service was grandly held, and the party, government and military leaders and leading figures were all present to commemorate this great military strategist. However, while the crowd was immersed in deep mourning, a veteran stumbled into the meeting hall, knelt down in front of Pi Dingjun's spirit, wept bitterly, and muttered to himself: "Commander, I have finally seen you, but you will never come back!"
We are separated by yin and yang, ......Pi Dingjun's family and staff were surprised by the sudden appearance of the veteran, who they did not know. Despite this, some people still recognized this heroic veteran, who was Zhang Taofang, a famous combat hero of our army, and a famous sharpshooter on the Korean battlefield, who once won the honorary title of "Blocking Hero".
Zhang Taofang was helped up and saluted Pi Dingjun and the leaders present. Everyone present was in awe of Zhang Taofang's heroic deeds, because as early as more than 20 years ago, there was a sharpshooter on the Korean battlefield who killed 214 enemies with 436 bullets, which terrified the enemy, and today they finally saw the true face of this great hero.
So, why did Zhang Taofang appear at Pi Dingjun's memorial service, and why did he cry bitterly to Pi Dingjun? What kind of relationship do they have?
Zhang Taofang, a sharpshooter in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, killed 71 enemies with 274 bullets, which attracted the attention of Commander Pi Dingjun. At that time, the US military relied on superior firepower to suppress our positions in all directions, and some US troops even twisted their butts outside the trenches to provoke.
After consulting with the military personnel, Pi Dingjun decided to attack the US troops through snipers to make them psychologically affected. As a result, the 24th Army launched a cold gun and cold artillery campaign, and many sharpshooters emerged, and the US army no longer dared to provoke.
Zhang Taofang is one of the best, and his outstanding performance has attracted the attention of Pi Dingjun, who believes that this is a talent that deserves to be cultivated.
Pi Dingjun went to the bedroom and took out a pair of cotton boots, handed them to the chief of operations, and said: "If this soldier really has two hits, in the winter, he can wear them in the snow, I will give them to him."
If it's not true, you can take it back and return it to me. The chief of operations knew that this kind of boots were only distributed by military leaders, but Commander Pi proposed them to Zhang Taofang, which can be seen that he cherishes talents too much.
The chief of operations soon met Zhang Taofang and asked to see his marksmanship. On this day, he took the reporters accompanying the army and Zhang Taofang to lurk together, and at noon, three American troops in the opposing position came out to bask in the sun.
Zhang Taofang was unequivocal, directly three shots, one shot at a time, and the chief of operations saw Zhang Taofang's marksmanship on the spot. After he handed over the cotton boots to Zhang Taofang, he reported to Pi Dingjun when he went back.
After listening to this, Pi Dingjun had the idea of making him a typical volunteer army and began to promote the tactics of cold guns and cold guns. He personally came to Zhang Taofang's Eighth Company to test his marksmanship.
Although he did not wait for the enemy that day, Pi Dingjun witnessed Zhang Taofang shoot down 5 sparrows with 6 bullets, and finally believed in his sniping skills, and gave him the only Soviet-made Mosin-Nagant rifle of the 24th Army, encouraging him to snipe more enemies.
Under Pi Dingjun's discernment, Zhang Taofang successfully became a typical combat model of the Volunteer Army, and was awarded a special meritorious service. In order to support Zhang Taofang, Pi Dingjun not only recommended him to participate in the second national congress of the Communist Youth League held in Beijing, but also personally summoned him at the military headquarters to encourage him to complete new tasks.
In this meeting, Pi Dingjun said to Zhang Taofang with a smile: "I order you to go and kill 3 more enemies to make 214, isn't this the number of your regiment?" ”
Zhang Taofang lived up to expectations and quickly completed the new task.
Zhang Taofang was promoted after the congress and went to the headquarters of the Volunteer Army to study. Since then, he and Pidin have been separated, and no one has imagined that this will be a farewell. Although they kept in touch through letters, they were never able to see each other due to their busy schedules.
Until Zhang Taofang went to Fuzhou on a business trip, he planned to visit Pi Dingjun, but he didn't expect that this goodbye would become a farewell, which became the regret of Zhang Taofang's life. Hence the opening scene.