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Preface
In 1981, Huang Zhicheng, a major of the Kuomintang Air Force with the title of "Hero of the National Army", piloted the "F-5E fighter", the top fighter of the Kuomintang army at that time, to return to the embrace of the motherland.
He was the 90th Kuomintang Air Force personnel to return to the embrace of the motherland after the Liberation War, and the 42nd aircraft was received by Deng Xiaoping, then chairman of the Central Military Commission, and awarded the rank of major general because of his outstanding contributions.
So, how did Huang Zhicheng return to China with the top fighter of the national army?
Concerned about the motherland, planning to return
Huang Zhicheng was born in Taiwan, China in 1952, but his ancestral home is Hengxian County, Guangxi.
So, it became Huang Zhicheng's wish to return to his hometown, he is an "air force family", his father is the Kuomintang Air Force, his brother is a major of the Kuomintang Air Force, and his brother-in-law is a lieutenant colonel of the Kuomintang.
Under their influence, Huang Zhicheng came to the special training class of the Kuomintang Air Force Military Academy in Taiwan, and graduated here with excellent grades, and also entered the Kuomintang Air Force.
This kind of achievement was also extremely rare at that time, and it could not be achieved without a certain ability, because when Huang Zhicheng was 26 years old, he was promoted to major in the Kuomintang Air Force, and her mother was also selected as a "model mother" by the Kuomintang Air Force because she brought out a family of air force officers.
Source: China.com--- 2009.03.03: "1946-1989: More than 200 Kuomintang Uprising Pilots Return to the Mainland"
After being promoted to major, Huang Zhicheng served as a flight assessment officer in the Fifth Brigade of the Kuomintang Air Force, and he was able to get to this point at a young age, Huang Zhicheng has a bright future, but he disdains this position, and the Taiwan government's so-called "separation from China" idea, he only thinks about returning to the motherland in his heart.
And the mainland also knew that there were many such people in the Kuomintang, so they declared early on that they welcomed the return of Kuomintang soldiers to the motherland, and Huang Zhicheng also learned of this news by accident, so he had an idea, until one day when he was about to give a young man an assessment of instrument flight, this idea was realized.
Get ready and return to your homeland
On August 8, 1981, on this day, student Xu Qiulin felt that he had almost learned, so he applied to Huang Zhicheng for the assessment.
So Huang Zhicheng agreed to Xu Qiulin's application, and then the two put on their equipment and boarded the most advanced American-made F-5E fighter of the national army at that time, which was priced at 6.5 million at that time, which can be described as a sky-high price, and it seems that this fighter is Huang Zhicheng's gift to the motherland.
After the two got on the plane, Huang Zhicheng completed the assessment of Xu Qiulin after a while, and then he started his own plan, he showed that the radar would be turned off, mainly afraid of being discovered by the Kuomintang army, and turned around and said to Xu Qiulin, "You put the cover of the dark cabin, I want to fly a stunt", Xu Qiulin was also very obedient, thinking if he wanted to teach him a hand.
But what Xu Qiulin didn't expect was that after flying on the sea for a period of time, when he saw the land, he had immediately arrived at the airspace of Fuzhou Airport, and then he knew that Xu Qiulin was ready to return to the motherland, but he didn't want to, so Huang Zhicheng said, and Huang Zhicheng also chose to respect his wishes.
Looking at the little oil left, I don't know if I can run back and forth, but he still chose to fly to Taiwan Province, and after arriving at the airspace controlled by the Kuomintang, Xu Qiulin also knew what it meant, and after saying goodbye to Huang Zhicheng, he parachuted.
After sending Xu Qiulin back, Huang Zhicheng flew to the motherland with a fighter plane with little fuel left, and before that, he had already made contact with the motherland, saying that he would go back today, and many people were waiting at the airport early.
Source: People's Daily Online-Reading Channel--- 2009.08.31: "1981, the Age of Dialogue| Huang Zhicheng flew back to the mainland"
At 9:28 a.m., Huang Zhicheng piloted a fighter plane to land safely at Fuzhou Airport, and as soon as he got off the plane, he cheered, "The desire to return to the motherland has finally been realized." Seeing his arrival, the soldiers and civilians who were waiting were very happy and expressed a warm welcome.
On August 12, Yang Chengwu, commander of the Fuzhou Army, rewarded Huang Zhicheng with 650,000 yuan in order to commend Huang Zhicheng for returning to China.
In the past, the F-4 of the US military brought a great crisis to our army, and this new generation was even more terrible, and the development of the mainland's fighter at that time was not good, and the arrival of Huang Zhicheng also accelerated the improvement of the mainland's fighter technology.
After a few days in Fuzhou, Huang Zhicheng took a train to Beijing, and in order to prevent the Kuomintang agents from assassinating him, Huang Zhicheng accompanied many people, including some reporters, mainly to interview him on the road, and the major newspapers finally got this opportunity for China News Service.
Huang Zhicheng, who was sitting on the train, was very curious, and was surprised when he saw anything, and when he saw the sleeper, he asked, "What is this for?" The reporter of China News Service replied that this is a sleeper for sleeping, because it takes two nights to get to Beijing far away, which makes Huang Zhicheng have to sigh and sigh that the motherland is really big, because there is no need for a sleeper to take the train in Taiwan Province.
Source: China News Service: "Memories of Interview with Huang Zhicheng and Li Dawei"
The treatment of returning to the motherland
On August 17, Huang Zhicheng arrived in Beijing, and as soon as he got off the train, he was welcomed by many people, which flattered Huang Zhicheng, and after a two-day rest, he met with the returning pilot.
When Huang Zhicheng first returned to his homeland, he saw the Chinese women's volleyball team defeat the Cuban women's volleyball team on TV and won the World University Games championship, he was very happy and wanted to see them, so after discussing with the National Sports Commission, he met the Chinese women's volleyball team and paid tribute to them.
Source: China News Service: "Memories of Interview with Huang Zhicheng and Li Dawei"
On August 19, Huang Zhicheng was also appointed vice president of an air force school by the leaders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to teach more top-level air forces with his studies.
Source: China.com--- 2016.03.11: "CPPCC Members Who "Fly" Back from Taiwan
After receiving a series of welcome meetings and press conferences, Huang Zhicheng entered a period of calm, accompanied by reporters, to explore China's beautiful rivers and mountains.
On October 4, Deng Xiaoping, then chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Deng Yingchao, vice chairman of the National People's Congress, personally met with Huang Zhicheng, and Deng Xiaoping directly praised him, "Your patriotic actions have had a very good impact." Indeed, after he returned to the motherland, another Kuomintang Air Force Major Li Dawei also returned, and Deng Yingchao also performed on Huang Zhicheng.
China Net --- 2009.03.03: "1946-1989: More than 200 Kuomintang Uprising Pilots Return to the Mainland"
After receiving Deng Xiaoping's reception, Huang Zhicheng returned to his hometown of Hengxian County, Guangxi, and carried out ancestral worship and tomb sweeping.
In the second year after returning to the motherland, Huang Zhicheng was co-opted as a member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and continued to serve in the sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth sessions of the CPPCC National Committee.
In 1988, Huang Zhicheng was promoted to Air Force Colonel for his outstanding contributions, and in 1995, he was promoted to Air Force Major General, committed to building cross-strait peace and creating another brilliant China.
In his later years, Huang Zhicheng also always thought about cross-strait reunification and Taiwan's return to the embrace of over-development, but because of his old age, he could only disappear from the public eye.
Article sources:
China Net --- 2009.03.03: "1946-1989: More than 200 Kuomintang Uprising Pilots Return to the Mainland"
People's Daily Online-Reading Channel--- 2009.08.31: "1981, the Age of Dialogue| Huang Zhicheng flew back to the mainland"
China News Service: "Memories of Interview with Huang Zhicheng and Li Dawei"
China.com ---2016.03.11: "CPPCC Members Flying Back from Taiwan"