In the chaotic 1920s, warlords were divided and the people were not happy. A young man in Shandong, in the absence of a way to live in his hometown, joined"
Break into Kanto
Hundreds of thousands of troops went out of Shanhaiguan to the northeast to find a way to live.
However, "Kanto" is not so easy to break into, and it is only a few people who can create a world in the northeast, and this young man in Shandong Zhaoyuan is not among them.
In the northeast, he can only work for large families, which is better than in his hometown, but the good is limited and cannot change his poor fate.
However, when working in a large family, an incident occurred that made him feel that the boundless and dark life revealed a little sunshine.
He met a maid from Russia,
She was a Russian Luolu nobleman who had been exiled to northeast China
。 After spending some time together, the two developed a heart of mutual admiration, so they entrusted each other with each other for the rest of their lives, lived together, and gave birth to a daughter and two sons.
Happiness has arrived! But God is more joking, and after he gives you a little hope, he turns around and smashes this beauty to pieces.
1. Suffering
After the two were privately decided by the large family for life, they were both driven out by their employers, and they had to build a shack on the side of the road to settle down.
With his wife and three children, the young man is no longer hungry for the whole family, he has to work hard to support the family, maintaining the only remaining warm nest in this chaotic world.
Driven out by his employer, he had no source of livelihood, he had to go to the Sino-Russian border to do a small business to maintain his life, the road is far away, in order to save train tickets, every time he is pulling coal back and forth.
It was the winter of 1932, and he climbed onto a coal-pulling train, sat in an open-air carriage, and headed for the border with a beautiful vision of his future life.
It was a particularly cold winter that year, and the young man fell asleep on the open-air coal pull train and never woke up again.
It is conceivable that in such a chaotic and difficult era, once a young man dies, how can a woman with three young children survive?
Not long after the young man's death, a plague broke out in the northeast, the Russian woman and youngest son fell ill and died, and the remaining eldest daughter and second son were sent to an orphanage.
Not long after in the orphanage, the eldest daughter was taken away by someone else and has not been heard from since.
At this time, only a five- or six-year-old boy was left, and this boy was later adopted by a man surnamed Lin who was doing business in the northeast, and took a name with a great sense of age and chinese rural characteristics.
Lingensheng
，
He is also the protagonist of our story today.
Lin Hu in his youth
The old home of the businessman surnamed Lin is Zhaoyuan, Shandong, he has two daughters, no sons, and two daughters have been married, leaving his wife alone in his hometown, some lonely. Therefore, he went to the orphanage to adopt Lin Gensheng, made him a son, and sent him back to his hometown to accompany his wife.
At first, the old lady of the Lin family was very kind to this adopted son, gave him food and clothing and all other life uses, and also sent him to a private school to learn cultural knowledge.
But over time, some outsiders began to stir up right and wrong. Mrs. Lin's eldest daughter died of smallpox, and the old lady herself had a scabies on her hand that did not heal for a long time.
Since the old lady did not have a biological son, her two younger brothers-in-law were afraid that the Lin family's property would later fall into the hands of Lin Gensheng, so they took the opportunity to find a blind fortune teller and told the old lady that the "bad luck" that the Lin family was encountering now was caused by Lin Gensheng.
The old lady had no culture and was also very superstitious, listening to the words of the blind fortune teller, and from then on, Lin Gensheng became more and more unpleasant. As we said earlier, Lin Gensheng is of Mixed Chinese and Russian descent, with a towering nose, light blue eyes, and much whiter skin than the Han Chinese, and such a "foreign" appearance makes the old lady more and more bored.
Lin Hu in his youth, obviousLy Russian looks
She no longer let Lin Gensheng continue to study in the private school, let him do all the chores at home, and often did not even eat food, and greeted him with a stick if he was not satisfied. When he was beaten by his adoptive mother, he ran out of the house to hide, and then returned home when his adoptive mother's anger subsided, and in 4 years, Lin Gensheng left home no less than 10 times.
At this time, Lin Gensheng did not understand why his "relatives" had gradually become indifferent, and when he was young, he still thought that he was not doing well enough.
But the neighbors all looked in their eyes and began to feel sorry for Lin Gensheng. One day, Lin Gensheng ran out of the house after getting sick, fell asleep on the threshing ground, and was carried home by a kind uncle of the neighbor, and when Lin Gensheng woke up at the uncle's house, the uncle said to him: "Your family is not your biological parents, but if there is a way to live, you can go, there is only one way to die here!" ”
After Lin Gensheng listened to Uncle Da's words, he vaguely remembered the frozen picture in his mind."
The young brother crawled on his biological mother for milk, and the back of his sister who had been taken away from the orphanage.
”
He was determined to run away from home and never return to this home!
2. New students
It was 1938, and Lin Gensheng, who was determined to leave home, got up early, grabbed two sorghum cakes, and left this home that did not belong to him without turning his head, and a big black dog in the family followed him and sent him to the mouth of the village.
Lin Gensheng waved goodbye to the big black dog who had lived intimately with him for 4 years at the entrance of the village, and turned around and walked towards the unknown future.
This year, Lin Gensheng was 10 years old, and in this world, the only relative he knew was his sister, and he wanted to find his sister.
But the sister was taken away in Harbin 4 years ago, he is now in Shandong, where the sister was led to know, whether it is still alive is unknown, China is so big, where to find it?
There is a goal, but there is no direction, Lin Gensheng decided to go in one direction all the way, after eating the dry food he carried with him, he begged while walking, sleeping on the street at night, begging for food during the day.
After a few days of walking, the despair began to fill the sky, and for a 10-year-old child, there was no future at all, let alone finding his sister.
One night, after walking more than 30 miles, he arrived in a town, tired and hungry, unable to walk, and sat on the side of the road and began to shed tears.
"What the heck!" Lin Gensheng's cry alarmed a group of people not far away, and two dark shadows came to him and asked in a loud voice.
After the two approached, Lin Gensheng found that it was two soldiers, holding rifles in their hands, and the bayonets on the tip of the gun were shining brightly.
Lin Gensheng's heart was full of fear, and he bowed his head and did not dare to say a word. When the two soldiers saw that they were children, they put away their guns and took Lin Gensheng to their troops' camp.
Fate is always a joke, and when you feel desperate, he will throw you a glimmer of light and ignite the hope in your heart.
Later, Lin Gensheng learned that the troops he encountered were a team led by the Communist Party.
Shandong Anti-Japanese Salvation Army 3rd Army 4th Road 21st Brigade.
The two soldiers took Lin Gensheng to their garrison and gave him some food first, and many soldiers saw a small child coming, and they all gathered around and asked Lin Gensheng something in kind and gentle language.
Lin Gensheng's fear was not dispelled, or he did not dare to speak, when a tall, Sven-looking soldier crouched down in front of Lin Gensheng and gently inquired about his origin.
Lin Gensheng felt a sense of intimacy that he had never felt before in the face of this soldier crouching in front of him, and tears came out of his eyes, and he told all his experiences while shedding tears.
Listening to Lin Gensheng's experience, the soldier's eyes were also a little moist, and he immediately decided to take Lin Gensheng as a soldier, because Lin Gensheng was too young, so he decided to let Lin Gensheng serve as a service soldier for him.
The soldiers took Lin Gensheng in, and felt that Lin Gensheng's name was not loud enough, so they immediately changed Lin Gensheng's name to "
Lin Hu
From then on, Lin Gensheng became Lin Hu and began his new life.
A month later, Lin Hu wrote in his diary: "
The Communist Party is my regenerated parent, and the Eighth Route Army is my eternal family!
3. Air Force
After serving as a service soldier for a year, the leaders of the unit felt that Lin Hu was clever and clever, and now that he was still young, he should learn more about culture and military theory, so he sent Lin Hu to a cadre training class.
After that, Lin Hu was assigned
Shandong Young Pioneers
, also done
Propagandist, cultural teacher
and other work.
In 1944, in accordance with the instructions of the central authorities, the Shandong Military Region dispatched more than 100 grass-roots cadres from all units in Shandong who were strong and strong, had rich cultural knowledge, and had long-term experience in revolutionary struggle to study at the first branch of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
At this time, Lin Hu was only 16 years old, this orphan who lost all his close relatives at the age of 6, after countless hardships, finally gained a new life after encountering the Communist party's troops, if he had not encountered that unit, in such an era of soldiers and chaos, Lin Hu could not live or not, and now, he has become a revolutionary cadre.
On August 6, 1945, a B-29 carrying a secret weapon flew over Hiroshima, Japan, dropping the world's first live atomic bomb, killing more than 70,000 people.
At 17:00 on the evening of August 8, molotov, the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, summoned the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Naotake Sato, and handed him a copy of the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan, announcing the realization of a wartime state against Japan from August 9.
At 00:00 on August 9, Soviet troops crossed the border to launch an attack on the Kwantung Army in northeastern China, and on the same day, the Americans dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
The war situation was decided, and under the tremendous pressure of the war, Emperor Hirohito of Japan broadcast to all of Japan on August 15, 1945, announcing his acceptance of the "War"
Potsdam Proclamation
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which lasted for 14 years, ended.
During the Japanese occupation of Tohoku, an aviation base was built in Tonghua and an aviation training institution was established to train pilots and ground crews. After Japan surrendered, the base's personnel abandoned their aircraft and equipment and fled to the mountains south of Benkei City to take refuge.
When the headquarters of the Communist-led Northeast Democratic Coalition Army learned of this, it sent people to publicize to these Japanese the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners by the Communist Party and the people's army under its leadership, and promised to retain them for work.
Forced by the situation, in its captain
Yaichiro Hayashi
Under the leadership of the People's Liberation Army, these remnants surrendered to the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army. Later, these surrendered Japanese played an important role in the construction of the Tohoku Aviation School.
In December 1945, Lin Hu's Shandong Kangda University received an order from his superiors to dispatch some cadets to the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army Air Force to learn aviation technology.
Not surprisingly, Lin Hu, who was a teenager, was selected to set foot on the northeast land where he had been away for more than a decade, learning a new technique for the Chinese Communists, he would become the first pilot of new China, and his life would turn a new page.
4. Military parade
In tohoku, after 3 years of arduous study and struggle, Lin Hu grew into a skilled pilot under the training of Japanese instructors.
On August 20, 1949, Lin Hu received a notice from the Aviation School that the Central Military Commission had decided to transfer him and another cadet to the Beiping Nanyuan Flying Squadron as pilots to defend Beiping.
Upon receiving this order, Lin Hu was extremely excited and wanted to go to Beijing to defend Beijing, defend Chairman Mao, and give play to the strength of our air force.
Shortly after arriving at the Beijing flying squadron, Lin Hu learned that in addition to defending Beijing's safety, the squadron had another mission, that is, to participate in the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1, and their squadron sent planes over Tiananmen Square to be inspected by Chairman Mao and the people.
This is a supremely glorious task, and the pilots are very enthusiastic, but this task is very special, and the pilots have to go through layers of scrutiny. At first, Lin Hu was on the list of pilots to be selected, but due to his ""
foreigner
"Looks, once caused suspicion. However, in the end, Lin Hu still relied on his superb flying skills to obtain this extraordinary and glorious task.
Every pilot who participated in the parade made a solemn oath, and many years later, General Lin Hu still clearly remembered every word in the oath.
I participated in the parade, and if the plane broke down, I would rather give my life than let the plane land in the city, in the square and on nearby buildings.
October 1, 1949, was the most historic day for the Chinese people. After Chairman Mao solemnly declared: After the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, Lin Hu and his comrades-in-arms flew 9 P-51 fighter jets and flew over Tiananmen Square twice in formation according to the predetermined plan, accepted people's inspections, and declared to the world.
New China has an air force!
5. Fight against the U.S. military
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out, the Korean People's Army began to retreat after a short victory, seeing the US army advancing step by step, the flames of war were about to burn to the Yalu River, and at the time of danger, Kim Il Sung asked Chairman Mao for help.
Chairman Mao was far-sighted and prepared to deal with it at the beginning of the outbreak of the Korean War, and after receiving peng Dehuai's strong support, he appointed Peng Dehuai as the commander-in-chief of the volunteer army, led his army across the Yalu River, and entered the Korean War.
At first, the Soviet Union promised to provide weapons and air force, but it changed its mind and rebelled, and lost air support before the war, but the volunteer army still entered The Korean War without the Air Force as planned.
In September 1950, Lin Hu, who was the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 11th Regiment of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Nanjing Air Force, received an order:
The Air Force decided to set up the Third Brigade of the Air Force in Shenyang, and let Lin Hu become the deputy regimental commander, accept pilots who graduated from the aviation school, carry out surprise training, and strive to be able to enter the operation after half a year.
It was a glorious and arduous task, and the newborn air force had to compete on the battlefield with the air force of the world's number one power, the air force
Liu Yalou
The commander encouraged Lin Hu to work boldly and withstand the test of war.
After Lin Hu arrived in Shenyang, he immediately began intense work, and with the help of Soviet advisers, he used MiG-15 fighters as trainers and began intense assault training.
On October 21, 1951, the air force unit changed from the 3rd Air Brigade to the 3rd Air Division participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In half a month, more than 20 dispatches were made and achieved
Shot down and injured 8 U.S. warplanes
The results of the battle.
For a nascent Air Force, fighting the U.S. military in the first battle was already a remarkable achievement. But Lin Hu is not satisfied with this, and he is still actively changing tactics.
At Lin Hu's suggestion, the fighter formation of the Air Force was changed from a division formation to a regimental formation, which Lin Hu believed was more flexible, conducive to command, and also conducive to the play of pilot tactics and technology.
On November 18, 1951, the new tactics were tested, and in the battle with the US Air Force, the 9th Regiment led by Lin Hu used the new tactics
Shot down 6 US fighters and achieved a 6:1 victory
At the time, it was an impressive achievement.
6. Escape from death
On December 5, 1951, the large group of American aircraft moved northward, and Lin Hu led the 9th Regiment into the air to meet the battle.
The battle was extremely fierce, Lin Hu injured and shot down an American F-86 fighter in the battle, but the MiG-15 fighter he himself flew was also fueled, and just as he was preparing to make a forced landing, he was hit by a US fighter.
After being hit by a US fighter, Lin Hu parachuted to escape, using the wind to land in the sea not far from the coast, the depth of the sea just enough to flood him, he stood up on his tiptoes to probe his head to breathe.
Although Lin Hu landed smoothly, the US plane still did not hesitate, swooped down and strafed at Lin Hu, and the sea surface flashed a splash of water stirred up by rows of cannons.
Lin Hu hurriedly dived under the surface of the water to hide, waited for the plane to go away and used both hands and feet, and climbed tiredly to the coast.
After reaching the coast, it was already dark, it was winter, the weather was unusually cold, Lin Hu's clothes were frozen, the battle he had just fought and the struggle in the water had exhausted his strength, he could no longer move, and he was in danger of freezing to death at any time.
But Lin Hu relied on his strong physique and strong perseverance to spend the cold night in North Korea, and the next day the sun came out, Lin Hu's body slowly became warm, but his body still could not move.
At this time, Lin Hu saw a North Korean coming in the distance, so he shouted loudly, but the man heard it and ran away. Not long after, the man returned with a group of people, but did not come close to Lin Hu, just watched from a distance.
It turned out that this group of people had heard that there were mines on the beach, and they did not dare to go near Lin Hu, but just threw a rope and let Lin Hu tie himself, and they pulled Lin Hu over with force.
Fortunately, Lin Hu, who slid across the beach, did not touch the mines, but the Group of North Koreans who rescued him took a look
Lin Hu's appearance
They all believed that he was a US pilot, Lin Hu could not speak Korean, and the documents written in Chinese and North Korean characters on his body had long been soaked by the sea.
Lin Hu, who could not explain it, had to strip naked on a cold day for examination, and the beloved American 17-diamond black disc watch in his hand was also taken away, which was given to him by Liu Yalou, the commander of the Air Force, before Lin Hu went out on the expedition.
After checking Lin Hu, this group of North Koreans still chattered and quarreled for a long time, Lin Hu stood alone in shorts in the cold wind shivering, after a while, they discussed well, decided to carry Lin Hu back, just like this,
Lin Hu fell from the sky into the sea, dodged the bullets of American warplanes, and then fought hard to cross the minefield, was rescued by the North Koreans, escaped from death, and recovered a life.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was of great significance to the newly founded New China, and was called the "Founding War" of New China, which enabled the world to re-understand China, and the Chinese Air Force was also trained in the war and marched toward a new journey.
7. Su-27
In 1985, Lin Hu was appointed deputy commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, and looking back 47 years ago, he was still a 10-year-old orphan living on the street, and it has to be said that Lin Hu's life is quite legendary.
Lin Hu and his wife
General Lin Hu experienced the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and made great contributions in the Korean War, and later served as the deputy commander of the 18th Division of the Air Force Aviation Corps of the Guangzhou Military Region, commanding the Air Force to repel hundreds of attacks on the mainland's territorial airspace.
But to say that General Lin Hu's greatest contribution to the Chinese Air Force is the introduction of Su-27 heavy fighter jets.
During the Korean War, although the continental air force was a new force, the aircraft provided by the Soviet Union were the most advanced aircraft at that time, but in the 1980s, the equipment of the continental air force had been far behind the world powers, and the purchase of advanced fighters and the shortening of the gap with the world had become a top priority for the air force.
In the early 1980s, Sino-Soviet relations eased, Sino-Soviet military-technical cooperation opened the door, and the Soviet Union intended to sell more advanced heavy fighter jets to China.
General Lin Hu, who was half Russian and had fought side by side with the Soviet Air Force in Korea, was commissioned by General Liu Huaqing to lead a delegation to the Soviet Union to negotiate, introduce advanced fighter jets, and improve the equipment of the Chinese Air Force, which was already seriously backward at that time.
At the negotiating table, the Soviet army strongly recommended to China the MiG-29 fighter, which is a new type of fighter that is much more advanced than the fighter of our air force, and the Soviet side praised it vigorously
MiG-29
The advantages, the Chinese side also has the intention to buy.
After a negotiation meeting, Lin Hu met the Soviet Air Force pilots who had fought side by side in North Korea 30 years ago, and the life-and-death friendship on the battlefield was now reunited, and it was natural to have a drink.
The former comrades drank and reminisced about the past years of battle. When a Soviet comrade-in-arms was drunk, he suddenly asked:
Why would you buy a MiG-29, it's a swallow that can't fly, buy our blue lightning if you want to buy it!
The speaker had no heart, the listener was intentional, and General Lin Hu's heart was excited and remembered
Blue lightning
The term, he realized, was that the Soviet Union had more advanced aircraft.
After careful investigation, Lin Hu learned that the Soviet comrades had no intention of saying it
It was a secret of the Soviet military, that is
Su-27 heavy fighter
。
After doing his homework, Lin Hu proposed to the Soviet side to visit it
Blue Lightning - Su-27 fighter
The Soviet side was surprised at first, because the Su-27 was also classified in the Soviet military, did not want to Chinese actually got the news, and then refused.
How can a big country despise people?
It was expected that he would be rejected by the Soviet side, but this strengthened the determination of General Lin Hu, as the Soviet comrades said,
Buy Blue Lightning if you want to buy it!
On September 17, 1990, the purchase of Soviet fighters entered the substantive stage, and the Soviet side invited senior Chinese generals to Kubinka Air Base outside Moscow to visit the air show of the MiG-29 fighters that they were blowing up.
What everyone did not expect was that the air show was just halfway through, and a MiG-29 crashed in front of the Chinese and Soviet visitors in full view of the air-ground special performance, and the pilot was buried in the sea of fire.
The Soviet side's operation made the scene very embarrassing, but it strengthened the Chinese side's determination not to buy miG-29s but to buy Su-27s.
In the later talks, the Chinese side proposed that the MiG-29 could fall in front of us, we did not dare to buy it, we wanted to buy the Su-27, and General Lin Hu also met with the Soviet generals for the years when they had fought side by side.
At that time, the Soviet economy had been dragged down by the Cold War and the arms race, and it was in urgent need of funds to continue its life, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau that produced the Su-27 was not happy, because the Soviet military could not afford to buy too many Su-27s, so the Sukhoi Design Bureau also hoped that the authorities could approve the sale of Su-27s to China.
Finally, the representative in the Chinese side offered the ultimate big move."
If you don't sell me, I'll go!
"When, under the influence of various conditions,
The Soviets agreed to sell the Su-27 to China.
Subsequently, the Soviet side sent a delegation of 17 people to China to negotiate the details of the sale of the Su-27, and the Soviets felt that the MiG-29 at the beginning was replaced by the Su-27, lost a round, lost face, and this time they must find a way to make up for it, and this time they chose the battlefield - the wine table.
The 17 Soviet generals were all standard Russians, drinking lords who drank and did not die, and at a cocktail party during the negotiations, they said: "
Don't take the wine that you can't light with the lighter, drink the wine that a man should drink!
"First shock the field in momentum, and then fight a victory at the wine table to regain the lost face."
General Lin Hu, who had been dealing with the Soviets for many years, knew the character of the Russians well and had long been prepared. Just as the Soviet officer boasted about Haikou, a emaciated, bespectacled, Sven-looking Air Force staff officer stood up, and one of them singled out 17 Soviet officers, took turns to drink, and mixed liquor and beer to drink together (drunk faster), and the result was that 17 Soviet officers were carried out.
Photo of Lieutenant General Lin Hu
This air force staff officer who looked like Sven was actually impersonating a talent that General Lin Hu had found in the cooking class, and this person was completely immune to alcohol and would not get drunk, let alone 17 people, that is, 27 people.
The Soviets, who had once again lost at the wine table, were particularly good at talking, and soon the sale of the Su-27 was in place.
At that time, China was not rich, the first batch of orders for 24 Su-27 payment, 30% of the purchase in cash, the remaining 70% of the payment for all the goods, including flashlights, hot water bottles and other light industrial goods, as well as 10,000 pieces of dog skin coats, for this batch of coats, dogs in some provinces in China sacrificed their lives and made great contributions to the mainland's aviation industry.
On June 27, 1992, at 10:15 a.m., 12 Su-27s landed at Wuhu Air Base in Anhui Province, China, and on November 25, the remaining 12 orders also arrived in Wuhu as scheduled, and China had the world's leading excellent fighters for the first time.
8. Save J-10
In 1987, the J-10 began to be established.
After the introduction of the Su-27, there were some voices in the military, believing that China already had such an advanced aircraft as the Su-27, and the progress of the J-10 project was very slow, so it proposed to cut down the J-10 project.
However, General Lin Hu, who is the deputy commander of the Air Force, disagrees with this view, believing that only by independent innovation and mastering technology in his own hands can he be invincible.
When the first J-10 metal prototype appeared, General Lin Hu immediately organized an exhibition and invited the air force chiefs of major military regions to visit the model on the spot.
This domestic product that dared to use 60% of the new technology at that time."
Raptors
", is still working hard to overcome the canard layout, fly-by-wire operation, advanced radar fire control system.
It is precisely because of this visit that it played a great role in winning the support of the military and indirectly saved the J-10 project. And if there was no J-10 project at that time, maybe the later J-20 would not have come out of nowhere, then today our fighters will not be at the forefront of the world.
On March 3, 2018, General Lin Hu passed away unexpectedly, completing his legendary life of machines, from orphan to general, what a disparity in identity conversion, as General Lin Hu said, it is with the Chinese Communist Party that he has a new life.
And General Lin Hu, also made indelible contributions to the Chinese revolution, especially the aviation cause of new China, if he has a little regret in life, he may not be able to find his sister, but General Lin Hu witnessed the Chinese Air Force from scratch, and then to the world's first United States, you can also smile.
On July 1, 2021, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, 15 J-20 formations flew over Tiananmen Square.