"81192, please return!"
In 2001, a US military reconnaissance plane entered the airspace over Chinese waters and was intercepted by Chinese fighter pilot Wang Wei.
Even if 100,000 people were mobilized to search for him, he searched and rescued the sea day and night for more than ten days, but Wang Wei was not found.
Many people don't understand, why can't they find it for a long time when there are so many people searching and rescuing, and the scope is there? After more than 20 years, there is finally an answer, in fact, the biggest problem is that there is nothing that can be done.
The fall of the hero has not returned for a long time
After the US military reconnaissance plane entered China's airspace, the mainland fighter pilot initially gave a warning, but even after being warned, he still flew with a swagger; seeing that the US military was so arrogant, Wang Wei, as a fighter pilot, and his comrades-in-arms flew the plane to track and monitor.
Unexpectedly, the US military actually disregarded the lives of others and relied on its own plane to ram into Wang Wei's plane, and the Jian-8 fighter plane piloted by Wang Wei at that time was relatively small compared with the US reconnaissance plane, and their crazy behavior also caused serious damage to Wang Wei's plane.
Originally, Wang Wei planned to rescue the fighter, but the attempt was fruitless, and finally the fighter crashed into the sea, Wang Wei was nowhere to be found, according to the situation at the time, his seat had been ejected, he should have parachuted out, and the plane crashed into the sea, which means that Wang Wei may still be alive, although the survival rate is a little low, but also choose to rescue immediately.
In order to increase the success rate of search and rescue, the military and civilians jointly dispatched to join the task of saving Wang Wei, the number of search and rescue people reached more than 100,000 people, they searched on the sea in a harsh environment, even in the face of the complex climate, no one gave up, just like that, the rescuers fought for 14 days, day and night search and rescue, but in the end Wang Wei was not found.
Later, seeing that they could not be found, the search and rescue personnel had no choice but to give up, announced that Wang Wei had died, and finally held a sea burial for him, Wang Wei's family and comrades-in-arms attended the funeral, Wang Wei's wife was grief-stricken, and could not recover for a long time.
To this day, Wang Wei's remains are nowhere to be found, and the probability of survival is particularly low. But many people are curious, why so many people have been dispatched, and the scope of search and rescue has been expanding, why Wang Wei has not been found for a long time?
Why did Wang Wei "disappear"?
After the plane collision incident, the Chinese side immediately approached United States to hold them accountable, but the United States did not receive an apology from the US side for the accident, but became more and more arrogant, saying only that they expressed "regret" for the incident, and not only did they not apologize, but they also shamelessly demanded that China return their reconnaissance plane and servicemen, and it was only under the influence of international public opinion that they apologized United States.
And after the United States pilot returned to China, he was regarded as a hero by the United States, and a version of his memoirs was also published for him, in contrast to him, Wang Wei has not been able to find a figure so far, although many people are now looking forward to his return, but the hope is particularly slim.
The main reason for Wang Wei's "disappearance" was that China's strength at that time was not good; one was that the fighter plane was not advanced enough, and after colliding with the United States reconnaissance plane many times, it was very badly destroyed, and the ejection seat technology of the fighter plane was far behind that of the European United States.
This situation also led to the fact that stability and safety could not be guaranteed in the process of ejection, not to mention that he was hit by United States reconnaissance planes many times at that time, and it is possible that Wang Wei himself was unconscious, so he could not use the ejection seat to escape.
The second is that the mainland's maritime search and rescue capability is indeed a bit poor, because at that time Wang Wei did not have a positioning system or more advanced wireless communication equipment, and the search and rescue team could only rely on radar to detect the approximate range, and then search and rescue this range, and then slowly expand the range.
But in the vast sea, it is impossible to find someone in this way, even if Wang Wei successfully jumped to the sea at that time, he could not be rescued in the first place.
Moreover, he was hit twice at that time, and he also consumed a lot of energy, and his body must have been injured, and it is possible that he has lost consciousness, in this case, it is not very possible to save himself by falling into the sea.
Another reason is that China's military strength is not good; at that time, the United States maliciously entered the mainland's airspace, that is, because of its own strength, so it recklessly wandered around the mainland many times, and boldly and maliciously rammed Chinese fighters, and did not know how to repent afterwards.
This kind of behavior also verifies a sentence, that is, backwardness will be beaten, and it is also because of this that the mainland has worked hard to develop its own military industry and strengthen its own military strength; now the mainland has three aircraft carriers, various advanced fighters, and advanced weapons such as intercontinental missiles, which also makes the United States jealous.
In the area of sea rescue, the mainland has also made adjustments and upgrades in an effort to improve the survival rate of Chinese soldiers in the face of emergencies. In the design of the ejection seat, Continental is also constantly improving and upgrading, which is completely different from the previous one, which can automatically throw a parachute, and can also achieve accurate positioning and so on.
Heroes are never far away
Wang Wei was born in 1968, he was only 33 years old when he died, he had a dream of being a soldier since he was a child, and later saw that the Air Force recruited pilots, so he signed up for the army without telling his parents.
During the period of training, Wang Wei performed very well, and he did not fall behind in training and study, and his results among the students in the same period were among the best, and the number of fighter takeoffs and missions was also the largest.
After five years of study in the Air Force Academy, he went to serve in the naval aviation unit, and as a fighter pilot, every training is very dangerous, and once a cadet died in an accident while parachuting training.
This is also the first time that Wang Wei feels how dangerous it is to fly in a fighter jet, but he did not choose to give up, the only thing he feels worried about is his girlfriend, who is his future wife Ruan Guoqin.
At that time, he also broke up with his wife on the grounds that he had another "girlfriend", but fortunately his wife saw through it in the end, and finally the two were together and got married and had children. It's just that I didn't expect that this pair of lovers ended up being separated forever.
Although Wang Wei has died, he seems to have never left. After his death, Wang Wei's wife inherited his legacy, obtained the qualification for special recruitment, and also inherited the rank of major, and went to work in a certain navy unit to do financial work.
As a descendant of heroes, Wang Wei's son also chose to follow in his father's footsteps and chose to join the army, and through his continuous efforts, he has now become an excellent naval officer.
In addition, Wang Wei's nephew was also deeply influenced by Wang Wei, and like him, he chose to embark on the same path, worked hard, passed the selection at various levels, and became an excellent air force pilot.
There are also many people who are encouraged by Wang Wei, after learning about Wang Wei's deeds, they decisively chose to join the army, although Wang Wei has been sacrificed for 23 years, but under his leadership, there are more "Wang Wei" appeared.
And Wang Wei once told his wife that he had a wish, that is:
"Able to fly fighter jets from China's aircraft carriers"
This may have been a dream at the time, but now this dream has been realized by China, the mainland already has three aircraft carriers, and its military strength is gradually becoming stronger, and it is no longer the country that is bullied.
And even though 23 years have passed now, we are still waiting for Wang Wei to return home, and there is no deadline.
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