Why do you say that every kilometer on the "China-Pakistan Highway" is touched by a person's life?

In the middle of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States were hostile to China, and the situation in China was very grim.

196 1 year, the United States intervened in the Vietnam War and a full-scale war broke out. The war spread from Viet Nam to the whole Indo-China Peninsula, resulting in an economic blockade and a military siege of China.

By this time, the Soviet Union had withdrawn its experts in China and pointed the finger at China. India also provoked disputes on the border of China, which triggered the Sino-Indian war.

At the same time, Pakistan and India have also had fierce conflicts in Kashmir, and both China and Pakistan are thinking about how to break through the blockade.

Thus, the idea of a green passage "China-Pakistan Highway" was born.

The total length of China-Pakistan Highway is 65,438+0,040 kilometers, from Kashgar, China to Islamabad, Pakistan. After 12 years of construction, 20,000 builders finally built the highest expressway in the world.

1966, China secretly called 3,500 soldiers to start secretly building the China-Pakistan highway, code1601; The two countries build their own facilities at home, while China provides all equipment and instruments to Pakistan free of charge.

1968, China section completed. In order to complete the road construction, 47 road builders died, with an average of one hero every six kilometers.

When China completed the road construction, Pakistan only completed 500 kilometers of rough roads, and only 25 kilometers were accessible, so the difficulty of road construction far exceeded Pakistan's material resources.

As a result, China's road construction responded to Pakistan's request to help it build roads, so China Corps sent a large number of people abroad to build roads, and the road construction team marched in the extreme environment of plateau and mountainous areas.

For this expressway, foreign media flaunt that it has no construction conditions at all in theory. However, after 12 years of hard road construction, China and Pakistan sacrificed more than 700 heroes. It lasted 12 years and successfully completed the construction task.

Relying on the China-Pakistan Highway, the 20 15 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was fully launched, and the gateway to the Middle East was directly opened by land.

Let's pay tribute to more than 700 heroes of China and Pakistan!