Time flies, time flies, and there are always some touching hearts that have been forgotten in the long river of the times. Today, let's look back on that special era and relive the experience of a founding father, Chen Xilian. In 1982, an unprecedented aviation tragedy occurred, and Chen Xilian's second son was unfortunately killed. In the face of the bad news, the general did not ask for anything, but said with moist eyes: "I will handle the affairs of the family, and I will not bother the party Central Committee." A resounding answer expresses the spirit of a generation of revolutionaries who indifferently regard death as home.
At that time, the mainland's civil aviation industry had just started, and the number of flights was small and there was a shortage of pilots, which became a serious obstacle to the development of civil aviation. In order to solve the urgent need, the Air Force always sends pilots to carry out civil aviation missions, and they are like "aviation iron men", wearing many hats.
In April 1982, a "Trident" passenger plane numbered B-266 took off from Baiyun Airport, and the target was Guilin Qifeng Airport. There were 112 people on board, including crew members from the Air Force. You ask me about the internal and external staff? The second son of captain Chen Huaiyao and deputy Chen Xilian are two of them.
Seon lost his horse, but he didn't know if it was a blessing. Due to the mistake of the tower, the flight altitude dropped too low, but encountered the foggy weather in Guilin, the cliff suddenly appeared in front of the eyes, the plane could not avoid it, and finally hit an unknown mountain peak in Gongcheng, the whole crew was killed, and the bones were broken on the spot, which was unbearable to see.
When the search and rescue personnel arrived, they saw a mess: the wreckage was scattered, and there were blurred pieces of flesh and blood everywhere, except for a few large parts, all that remained was charred black. After careful investigation, the rescue team was all indignant, and the co-pilot was actually the only son of General Chen Xilian!
Chen Xilian, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, is known as "General Chen Chen" together with Chen Geng. His life can be described as bumpy, but it is extremely legendary.
When he was young, his ancestral home in Hubei was exploited by the landlords. When the Jute Uprising broke out in 1927, he joined the partisans and was incorporated into the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army the following year. At a young age, he threw himself into the torrent of revolution and started the heroic expedition. He went through hard work, grew up step by step in the smoke of war, started as a pawn, and until the end of his career, he was already the founding general and a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee.
During the revolutionary years, Chen Xilian and Chen Geng formed a friendship of life and death and brotherhood. Chen Geng promised before his death that he would treat his family well, so after Chen Xilian's wife died, he married his brother-in-law Wang Xuanmei to Chen Xilian, and the two tied the knot and had four sons and one daughter.
As a generation of generals, Chen Xilian is known for his strictness and never favoritism. His sons, without exception, were self-reliant and grew up step by step in the army by relying on their own skills. The eldest son, Chen Zaiqiang, studied at the military school founded by Chen Geng; The second son could have relied on his father's shadow, but he would rather take it step by step and start his promotion from an ordinary student. This just confirms the strict style of Chen Xilian's godson.
After the tragedy, the central government quickly inquired and planned to alleviate Chen Xilian's grief as much as possible. Helplessly, the resolute old man just had red eyes, and said earnestly: "I will do the affairs of the family, and I don't have to bother the Party Central Committee." He didn't ask for anything else, he didn't blame anyone, he didn't mention the pain of his son's death, and he was completely a general, which was awe-inspiring.
This incident gradually dissipated, but Chen Xilian never forgot it. After retiring from the army, he did not flinch, but still devoted himself to army building and continued to serve the country. Until 1999, the founding general passed away at the age of 85. At the end of his life, he was still the richest of that revolutionary.
Thinking about Chen Xilian's life, he used his actions to interpret the noble character that a communist should have: unpretentious, tenacious, and forgetting death. A sea and air tragedy could not erase his loyalty to the party and the country, even if he lost his beloved flesh and blood, he did not waver. Perhaps, this is the extraordinary uniqueness of a generation of revolutionaries.
They defended the great cause of national independence and the people's liberation with their blood and lives, and hardened them into steel in the smoke of war with brutal struggle. For them, life and death are commonplace. In the face of great grief and trauma, they are calm and peaceful, which is a spiritual realm that ordinary people cannot reach.
In this new era, while reminiscing about our ancestors, we should also take them as a mirror, inherit and carry forward the revolutionary tradition with a pious heart, and contribute our own strength to the prosperity of the country and the nation. Only in this way can we be worthy of the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause of the motherland, and we can live up to the youth of the past.