** urgently summoned Zhang Zongxun and asked for full assistance to the disaster area.
In the summer of 1976, **'s health deteriorated day and night, and he was cared for by nurses day and night. In the early morning of July 28th, Zhang Yufeng, the life secretary next to him, suddenly felt a strong **tremor, the door and window glass shattered, and the roar of the ground and the shaking of the bed made people feel nervous.
Despite the impending disaster, *** remained calm and calm, waving his hand to signal the staff to remain calm. ***, who was resting at home, was woken up by ** and quickly rushed to ***'s residence.
* After urgent discussions, the Politburo Standing Committee decided to transfer *** to room "202". Subsequently, **and other **leaders urgently went to the Ziguang Pavilion in Zhongnanhai to discuss the response measures, including the location of the epicenter, the extent of the damage, and the specific actions that need to be taken.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on July 28, 1976, Tangshan and Fengnan in Hebei Province suffered an unprecedented large**, with a magnitude of 7Level 8. **The epicenter is located in the area of Jixiang Road in the South District of Tangshan Road, with an epicenter intensity of 11 degrees and a depth of 12 kilometers.
The power of this ** has affected many provinces and autonomous regions in eastern China, from Heilongjiang Manzhouli in the north, to Henan Piaohe in the south, from Bohai Bay in the east, to Ningxia Mingzui Mountain in the west, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have felt different degrees of trembling.
In the shaking of the earth, Tangshan and Tianjin were instantly razed to ruins, and people crawled out of the rubble, hoping to report the disaster to *** as soon as possible
Li Yulin, vice chairman of the Tangshan Miners' Union, and his colleagues Cao Guocheng, Cui Chengliang, and Yuan Qingwu were the first to bring the news to Zhongnanhai. After they escaped death, they took the mine ambulance straight to Beijing and reported the general process of the mine and the situation they saw to the leaders.
The CCP convened an emergency meeting at about 8 a.m. that day, and asked Li Yulin in an excited tone what he needed them most.
On his way to Beijing, Li Yulin had already thought about how to make suggestions, and he firmly believed that it was necessary to send more PLA and medical teams to Tangshan for disaster relief. At the meeting, he put forward his point of view, and ** and *** immediately decided to take action.
In order to solve the problem of large-scale rescue activities, the ** earthquake relief headquarters was specially established. Two days later, the prime minister wrote a report on the earthquake relief in Tangshan.
Despite the fact that *** was in very poor physical condition, he insisted on reading the report. The report described in detail the damage in Tangshan, and seeing the huge damage caused by Tangshan**, **'s hands trembled and his eyes filled with tears.
According to Wang Xinde, a member of the medical team, it was the first time he saw the chairman crying.
Faced with the critical situation in the affected area, he was deeply worried about the disease, and he immediately ordered to go all out to rescue and ensure that the basic livelihood of the people in the disaster area was guaranteed.
Subsequently, the first earthquake relief headquarters was established, mobilizing a large number of PLA troops, medical teams and engineering and technical personnel, who worked day and night to advance into the disaster area and inject strong impetus into the rescue work.
** Zhang Zongxun, head of the PLA Logistics Headquarters, was appointed and asked to make every effort to ensure the daily necessities of the people in the disaster area, and the whole nation should work together to tide over the difficulties. Zhang Zongxun, a native of Shaanxi, was admitted to the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy at the age of 18, and later joined the Communist Party of China.
After the Red Army's Long March, he escorted *** to Yan'an safely. Zhang Zongxun fought all his life and participated in many important battles such as the Yanmen Pass Ambush and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments. During the War of Liberation, he participated in and commanded the battles to liberate Xi'an, Lanzhou and other cities, and made significant contributions to the liberation of the great northwest.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Zongxun was awarded the rank of general, one of the "founding generals", and once served as the deputy chief of the general staff and deputy director of the director of the PLA Department. After serving as the head of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army in 1973, he was already in his late teens and in poor health at the time of the Tangshan Da**.
However, for the sake of the people of Tangshan, he still accepted the heavy responsibility of the first and went to the scene of the disaster area as soon as possible on behalf of the first earthquake relief headquarters to conduct command work.
After arriving in the disaster area, Zhang Zongxun did not flinch because of his advanced age, and he quickly threw himself into high-intensity work as he did during the revolutionary war.
He drew up a detailed plan and coordinated the participation of all units and departments of the whole army in the earthquake relief effort. In just a few days, more than 100,000 people from all over the country came to support the Tangshan disaster area.
Among them, the total number of PLA soldiers, medical personnel, technicians and workers in different professional departments has reached more than 100,000. In addition, there are more than 5,000 vehicles from all over the country to support the disaster area, and Tangshan Airport took off and landed 874 aircraft in a few days from July 28 to 30, transporting thousands of tons of relief materials, and solving the urgent needs of the people in the disaster area.
After a large number of disaster relief workers arrived in Tangshan, the disaster relief work was in full swing. With his outstanding leadership skills and firm determination, Zhang Zongxun successfully commanded the earthquake relief work and won the admiration of the people of the whole country.
On the front line of disaster fighting, the military and civilians are united and go all out. The rescue team adheres to the principle of first easy and then difficult, giving priority to rescuing people who are pressed in shallow floors, and then attacking deep buildings.
Faced with the dilemma of lack of professional rescue tools, the PLA soldiers showed a heroic and fearless spirit, using local materials, using found pliers, shovels, pickaxes, jacks, wooden sticks and other improvised tools to excavate, and even went into battle with their bare hands to pick up gravel and pull steel bars.
Despite the fact that his hands were bloody and his nails were peeling, no one complained or gave up. As the rescue time goes on, the chances of survival of the survivors gradually decrease. In order to gain every second of time, the disaster relief troops set up a night "reconnaissance group" to lie on the ruins in the quiet night, hold their breath and feel the sound of the underground, and immediately go out to dig with all their might if there is any movement.
In the disaster of Tangshan, the rescue team showed strong rescue capabilities, and they successfully rescued a total of 1640,000 survivors and excavated 7More than 30,000 bodies of the victims were buried, while 9More than 70,000 remains.
After the earthquake, Tangshan's health and financial institutions were almost paralyzed, and hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquake faced enormous difficulties in clothing, food, housing and medical care. In such extreme circumstances, logistics have become the key to maintaining the survival of the disaster area.
As the commander of the whole army's logistical support, General Zhang Zongxun actively coordinated with all major units and provided strong support to the people in the disaster-stricken areas. At the same time, the military and the local government have jointly set up a leading group for medical rescue, emergency transportation, and sanitation and epidemic prevention, and have quickly and effectively completed the work of treating the wounded, distributing materials, and carrying out sanitation and epidemic prevention in accordance with the principle of "the victims first, then the troops," thus providing a solid foundation for the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas.
In the earthquake relief, medical teams from all over the country actively participated, sending a total of 125 medical teams with a total of more than 5,400 people, and 138 medical teams with a total of 1More than 400,000 people.
They treated the wounded around the clock, performed nearly 30,000 surgeries, treated millions of wounded, and rescued the critically wounded and sick.4More than 50,000 people have saved the lives of a large number of people on the verge of life and death.
After several days of rescue work, the military and civilians in the disaster area made concerted efforts and succeeded in bringing the disaster under initial control. In addition, through the implementation of a series of effective epidemic prevention and eradication measures, there has been no epidemic of plague in Tangshan City, which is very rare.
On August 18, the report on ** was sent to *** again, which was the last document of the CCP ** that he read during his lifetime. However, he died soon after, with only 21 days left before that day.
After the post-disaster emergency relief work is over, rebuilding the affected areas and resuming normal life have become the top priorities. The strong ** led to the collapse of the Ji Canal Bridge, which interrupted the traffic artery from Tianjin to Tangshan.
Personnel, vehicles and supplies that had arrived in the affected areas, as well as the wounded who had been evacuated from Tangshan, were all blocked on both sides of the river. Therefore, it became urgent to quickly erect a pontoon bridge over the Ji Canal to transport people and supplies.
In the face of the monstrous floods, they stepped forward, carried the bridge poles and bridge slabs on their shoulders, and erected a 159-meter-long pontoon bridge with perseverance, ensuring the unimpeded flow of rescue troops and vehicles transporting personnel and materials.
Regardless of their personal safety, they charge ahead, and they are real soldiers. General Zhang Zongxun personally went to Lutai, Tianjin to express his condolences to these brave soldiers, and their deeds touched the local people, who praised this as a bridge between the military and the people built with the flesh and blood of the People's Liberation Army.
In August 1976, ** handed over the heavy responsibility to ***, and the latter immediately led the ** condolence group to the disaster area. On August 4, the head of the ** regiment arrived in Tianjin, and the deputy head Zhang Zongxun, Guo Yufeng and others greeted him at the airport.
The next day, Zhang Zongxun and others accompanied him to visit Tianjin Alkali Factory, Xinhe Shipyard, Junliangcheng Power Plant, Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Medical College, Tianjin Tractor Factory and other places, and visited the affected people and the People's Liberation Army.
Everywhere they went, the leaders of the condolence group cordially shook hands with the local people, workers, the People's Liberation Army, and medical personnel, and encouraged them to continue their efforts and achieve victory in the earthquake relief.
On the wharf of Xinhe Shipyard, the workers reported the disaster relief situation of the whole factory to the condolence group with tears in their eyes. They excitedly stated: "* Although we have destroyed our factories, we will never be able to destroy the tenacity of the working class.
We will definitely rebuild the collapsed factory building, repair the damaged machinery, and make up for the huge losses. On August 6, the ** condolence group went to Tangshan Iron and Steel Company for condolences.
Speaking in front of the statue in Tangsteel Square, facing many people who were deeply hurt in the disaster, he said: "He is very concerned about the people in the disaster area and sent a condolence group to visit you.
In this time, our working class behaved bravely, and would be very happy to know it! He also reminded everyone that aftershocks still exist, and everyone should build a sturdy shed, eat and sleep well, and maintain good health.
Finally, **quote*** said: "People are the most precious, and as long as we have people, we can create all miracles." ”
Ten days after the earthquake, the task of opening the railway to traffic was completed. A month later, factories, shops, and schools resumed operations one after another. Within two months, Tangshan restored water and electricity, and built millions of simple houses before winter to ensure the people's living needs.
In mid-to-late October 1978, the troops participating in the earthquake relief began to evacuate Tangshan according to the instructions of **. When each team left, the people in the disaster area spontaneously came to see them off, pouring out the food they had saved to express their gratitude to the loveliest people.
General Zhang Zongxun retired with honor in February 1978, and although he left his post, his concern for the people in the Tangshan disaster area never diminished. He often generously donated materials and provided financial support for primary schools in the disaster area, dedicating all his enthusiasm and love to the land and people he loved so much.
Tangshan is a major disaster in the history of the world, and the pain and losses it has brought to people have made countless Chinese deeply saddened. In the face of the disaster, China, represented by Zhang Zongxun and other leaders, showed excellent leadership and decision-making, they reached the people in the disaster area for the first time, mobilized the national forces to carry out earthquake relief, and led the affected people to overcome difficulties, self-reliance, and rebuild their homes.
This history will forever be remembered in the hearts of the Chinese people.
The big ** 40 years ago turned the city of Tangshan into ruins overnight, but the determination and courage of the whole people to fight the earthquake and provide disaster relief were vividly demonstrated in this disaster.
Whether it is Li Ming's "The Beginning and End of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake Relief", or the Prime Minister's condolences in Tianjin, they are all witnesses to this historical moment.
Today, we can feel the deep imprint of that period of history from Du Wenwen's "The 110th Anniversary of the Birth of Founding General Zhang Zongxun to Deeply Remember His Outstanding Exploits" and Gu Zunian's "Inside Story of Disaster Relief in Tangshan Da**".