Mei Zixiang guide:
Qin Changfa built a miniature landscape of the Chengdu-Kunming railway bridge in his yard, and I saw the photo in the circle of friends and forwarded it on the official account. Because the matter was "special", I contacted Qin Changfa and wanted to ask him to write about the ins and outs of the matter, and he sent me a number of enlarged photos of the "Chengdu-Kunming Railway Landscape".
In the book "Years of Gramophone Car Troupe", I accidentally saw a short essay written by him. He served as a railway soldier for 10 years, built the Chengdu-Kunming and Xiang-Chongqing railways, and drove "galloping on the construction sites along the Chengdu-Kunming Railway, which is high and dangerous, and continuously transported building materials and living resources to the construction site". I spoke to him on the phone and he didn't have any more stories. In this sketch of his, he wrote a detail: "A car is flat-loaded with six steel rails, the driver's door cannot be opened, and the driver climbs in and out of the door and window......"
Do you see?
The dignified People's Liberation Army, isn't it funny and embarrassing? No, this is the glorious ,—— of the railway soldiers, otherwise, how could Qin Changfa build the "Chengdu-Kunming Railway Landscape" in front of his home, taste it in his spare time, invite one or two comrades-in-arms for a drink, and reminisce about his youth!
Chengdu-Kunming railway to my home
Qin Changfa
In 1964, the Chengdu-Kunming Railway was launched, and the railway soldiers formed an independent automobile regiment in Anshun Field in Guizhou Province to cooperate with the transportation of materials for construction along the railway. In March 1965, shortly after I joined the army, I was transferred from the 34th Regiment of the Railway Corps to the Automobile Regiment, and as the first batch of trainees of the Automobile Regiment Training Team, I became a glorious automobile soldier. Due to his hard training and excellent skills, he stayed in the training team to train and deliver excellent car drivers for the automobile regiment.
In 1968, he was re-elected as the second platoon commander and galloped to the construction site along the Chengkun Railway, which was dangerous on the high mountain road, and continuously transported building materials and living resources to the construction site to ensure the smooth progress of the construction progress. Remember that when the 12.5-meter-long standard rail was pulled, the liberation car removed the side plate, the rear compartment padded two sleepers, and a car was flat-loaded with six steel rails, the driver's door could not be opened, and the driver climbed in and out from the door window. When the construction task is the most intense, people are not idle, and the steep Chengkun line is indeed sprinkled with the sweat of our youth and fiery passion. Subsequently, he participated in the construction of the Xiangyu Railway. It was the Independent Automobile Regiment of the Railway Corps that trained me, making me from a hairy guy to an excellent driver who is proficient in automobile technology, and then a commander of a grassroots company, like a solid paving stone, paved on the roadbed leading to the people's strong country!
In 1974, the Xiangyu Railway was successfully opened to traffic, and in the first batch of layoffs of the automobile regiment, I was honorably discharged, took off my beloved military uniform, and returned to my hometown, the beautiful Guilin. Whenever I take the train to visit the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, I will think of the sweat and efforts I have made for the railway construction of the motherland, and I am infinitely proud in my heart! The Independent Automobile Regiment of the Railway Corps is a unit that I will never forget. After returning to my hometown, I decorated the model of the "Chengdu-Kunming Railway" in the courtyard of my house to commemorate it. In his spare time, he made a table of dishes, poured a pot of old wine, sat in his own yard, tasted the model of the "Chengdu-Kunming Railway", and always recalled the glorious years of dedicating his youth to the motherland.
This is Qin Chang sending me a courier photo.
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