Wang Yanzhou's life story

The first time I performed the task, I gave the intruder a "generous gift".

"At that time, China's air power was too weak. The most irritating thing is that Japanese fighters often land at our airport and pull the flag of the airport! " Wang Yanzhou said. The arrogance and unbridled provocation of the invaders deeply hurt the hearts of young pilots. On his first mission, Wang Yanzhou gave the aggressor a "generous gift"-shooting down a Japanese "99" transport plane.

"It was the afternoon of June 2nd, 1944. I flew a P-40N fighter for the first time. At that time, 22 fighter planes covered 15 bombers bombed Zhengzhou Railway Station occupied by the Japanese army. " When the bombing mission was about to triumph, the engine of Wang Yanzhou's fighter plane suddenly stopped. When he saw his comrades returning, he broke out in a sweat. On the verge of an emergency landing, at this time, the red light on the control panel lit up-it turned out that the left fuel tank was exhausted. False alarm! With the twist of the switch, Wang Yanzhou quickly pulled the plane up to 3000 meters and prepared to return. Suddenly, he found a black spot on his left front.

"It's a Japanese plane!" Wang Yanzhou quickly turned on the weapon switch and prepared to fight. The black spots are getting bigger and bigger, and in a short time, you can clearly see the pattern of a red sun on a white background on the fuselage. This is a "99" large transport plane of the Japanese army.

"This is the first time I have been so close to this big guy. It seems to have found me, swinging its bloated body and turning around. I didn't let go, yanked the joystick, and the fighter plane 180 degrees turned to its right rear, pressed a button, and six machine guns fired at the same time. " Recalling the scene at that time, Wang Yanzhou was extremely excited, his eyes lit up, his right index finger lit the armrest of the sofa, and he explained while demonstrating, "Da, Da, Da, A shuttle bullet hit the enemy plane's fuel tank and turned into a big fireball. Then there was a loud bang and a mushroom cloud rose on the ground. " After returning to the airport, the ordnance officer found that it only took 18 bullets to shoot down the transport plane.

"The next day, I met an American teacher. He told me that I listened to the Japanese radio last night and said that a plane carrying seven Japanese generals was missing over Xuzhou. Inferred from the time and place, I killed the transport plane. " After half a century, when it comes to shooting down enemy planes, Wang Lao seems to fly back to the omnipotent sky. He can't help waving and shouting, "Happy, happy!" "

Later, Wang Yanzhou shot down three Zero fighters and 1 Tojo fighter with P-40N fighter. Among them, "Tojo fighter" was the latest product of Japan at that time. Throughout the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Yanzhou crossed the "hump route" called the flight restricted zone eight times, received a large number of anti-Japanese war materials from India and other countries, passed by death several times ... and resigned from the Kuomintang.

An unexpected "lost way" led him to the light.

After the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Yanzhou was transferred to the Ninth Theater Command of the Kuomintang Air Force in Jinan. On April 20th 1946, Wang Yanzhou flew from Sichuan to Jinan in L-5. After flying over Xuzhou, the plane deviated from the route because of the sudden change of weather and extremely low visibility. With years of flying experience, he landed in a wheat field with his plane. This forced landing completely changed Wang Yanzhou's fate and became the most important turning point in his life.

Qinghe County, Hebei Province, where Wang Yanzhou landed, was the liberated area at that time. After the forced landing, although he was already hungry, Wang Yanzhou did not dare to act rashly. He is worried that if he is captured by the PLA, he will not only fill his stomach, but may even die. However, he was captured by the militia. Wang Yanzhou, who was originally waiting for "punishment", never imagined that his treatment was not like the Kuomintang's rendering that "if the pilot falls into the * * * area, the flying transport plane will be killed by a hundred sticks and the flying fighter will be skinned alive". Instead, he was arranged to eat and rest in a family, and everyone was very enthusiastic to see him.

In a short time, Wang Yanzhou went to many places in the liberated areas and met many ordinary people. Hearing and seeing the world difference between the liberated areas and the "Kuomintang-controlled areas", his thoughts have changed greatly. "At that time, the policy of the liberated areas to the Kuomintang insurgents was to stay or to stay voluntarily. The leader asked me what I thought, and I immediately said to stay! " In this way, Wang Yanzhou was included in the pilot list.

In the years after arriving in the Liberated Area, Wang Yanzhou worked in the Liberated Area Teaching Corps, Mudanjiang Aviation School and other units. 1949, in a propaganda broadcast to the Kuomintang, Wang Yanzhou talked about his feelings in the liberated areas and solemnly announced his resignation from the Kuomintang.

Freshman donation

When Wang Yanzhou was selected to join the founding ceremony flying formation, he was both surprised and excited. Faced with such trust, he felt even more excited.

"That is to accept the review of party and state leaders such as Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou!" Wang Yanzhou was full of energy when he mentioned the past. "At that time, there were ***6 formations and 17 planes. The first three teams have nine P-5/KLOC-0 fighters flying in three characters. I'm in the second detachment, and pilot Yan Lei and I are left and right wingmen respectively. The fourth detachment consists of two mosquito bombers in a line formation; The fifth unit consists of three C-46 transport planes; The sixth detachment consists of 1 L-5s as pilots, two PT- 19 as left and right wingmen, and 17 aircraft as a follow-up formation, passing over Tiananmen Square. "

65438+1 October13 pm, founding ceremony officially started, and a military parade was held at 4 pm. Nanyuan Airport 17 plane took off as scheduled and circled over Shuangqiao in Tongxian County for standby. At 4: 35, the air separation began, and each team entered the route from east to west at 900 meters, 600 meters and 450 meters respectively. "The sky was blue that day and the ground was clearly visible. Approaching the Dongdan archway, you can already see the crowds and red flags on the ground, and then the tanks, cavalry and artillery units of the People's Liberation Army are vast. The motorcade roared through Tiananmen Square and was reviewed by party and state leaders. The square has become a boiling ocean, and I can even hear the cheers of the masses and the roar of aircraft motors! " Speaking of this, Wang Lao seemed very excited and proud, as if he had returned to that exciting moment.

No sooner had nine fighter planes flown over Tiananmen Square than they received an order from the ground commander to fly over Tiananmen Square again. "We'll speed up, turn right at Fuxingmen, follow Xizhimen, Deshengmen and Dongzhimen, and then turn to Jianguomen. When we arrived over Dongdan, it happened to be connected with the trainer of the sixth team, so people watching on the ground thought that there were 26 planes being read. "

A year later, Wang Yanzhou participated in the National Day military parade of 195 1. War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953)

Make meritorious deeds again on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea

/kloc-in the summer of 0/950, Wang Yanzhou was transferred to the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of Shanghai Air Force as the squadron leader. 195 1 year 1 1 month, Wang Yanzhou joined the army to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, mainly to cover bombers attacking Yamato and Yamato Islands.

"The first battle on the Korean battlefield was on a snowy afternoon. Our fleet is a mixed brigade composed of destroyers and bombers, which swept over Anton (present-day Dandong City, Liaoning Province). Shortly after the plane entered the sea, a black spot appeared in the rear, approaching like a group of flies. " At that time, I wondered: our fleet just flew over Anton, how did the enemy plane come so fast? Later, I learned that this is the best F-86 in America. They pounced on us like lightning. In the first round of fighting, we lost wingmen 3 and 4. Having said that, Wang Lao couldn't restrain his remorse and kept chanting: "Zhou Hehe, two excellent young pilots! "

In the thrilling fight, Wang Yanzhou seized the opportunity of two attacks with superb driving skills and agile thinking. First of all, I saw an enemy plane following my bomber close to my plane. On Monday, Yan Wang fired a series of artillery fire to ease the bombers. Then another enemy plane tried to attack our bomber. As it rose and turned to the right, Wang Yanzhou locked his eyes on the target: "After pressing the launch button, I watched the shell hit the enemy plane, and it dragged black smoke into the sea."

In this battle, Wang Yanzhou shot down and injured each American F-86 aircraft 1 frame, and won second-class merit 1 time. So far, Wang Yanzhou shot down and injured seven enemy planes in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, becoming one of the two pilots who shot down Japanese and American planes at the same time in China's history.

Looking back on the eventful years, I just want to do more for the country and the people.

On the day before flying to the Korean battlefield, Wang Yanzhou submitted an application for joining the party to the organization, asking the organization to review itself on the battlefield. To his surprise, however, his wish was not realized until half a century later.

After the end of the Korean War, the original unit was greatly adjusted, and Wang Yanzhou was transferred to the Air Nine Division. /kloc-in October, 33-year-old Wang Yanzhou married a 25-year-old talented woman from Tsinghua. From 65438 to 0955, obey the organizational arrangement and transfer to local work. 1July, 957, the anti-rightist struggle began, and Wang Yanzhou was shocked. First, he was forced to divorce his wife, and then he was sentenced to prison. In June, he was sent back to his hometown in Sun Jia Village, Rizhao, Shandong Province as a farmer.

Wang Yanzhou, who left home when he was a teenager, returned to the land where he was born and raised, after travelling across most of China. For him who has never learned to farm since he was a child, "farming" has become a difficult problem before him. "I couldn't hoe the seedlings at first, so I shoveled half of them the first time. I knocked out two front teeth when I pushed a wheelbarrow. " Pointing at his teeth, Wang Lao looked very helpless. However, three years later, Wang Yanzhou became a good farmer.

The twists and turns of the cultural revolution

During the "Cultural Revolution", Wang Yanzhou was regarded as the current counter-revolution and was supervised and reformed in his village. Faced with an ill-fated fate, he chose to bear it silently.

Wang Yanzhou lived quietly in the countryside for 23 years, and never revealed his legendary experience to the villagers until he met Xia, the then United Front Minister of the county party committee.

/kloc-at the beginning of 0/983, Xia came to Sunjiacun Brigade, and the brigade sent Wang Yanzhou to bring tea and water to the guests. Although he has been a farmer for more than 20 years, Wang Yanzhou's indelible military temperament attracted Xia's attention. Wang Yanzhou's legendary experience surprised the United Front Minister: "Why don't you petition and ask for rehabilitation?" Wang Yanzhou said flatly, "I'm used to it here." Admiration aside, Minister Xia decided to personally write to King Yanzhou to implement this policy.

1983 65438+in February, with the approval of the China People's Liberation Army Air Force, Wang Yanzhou resumed the treatment of flying uprising. The following year, his former unit also sent people to Rizhao to find him, announced the conclusion of rehabilitation, and handled the retirement procedures for him.

At the turn of spring and summer in 2004, a letter sent by Wang Yanzhou to Yan Lei, an old comrade-in-arms in Beijing, caught the attention of reporters of Global Flight magazine. Soon, Global published Wang Yanzhou's deeds in four pages in the seventh issue of 2004. On the eve of May 1, 2004, the documentary "Flying Over the Sky of History" filmed by Rizhao TV Station won the first prize of the first documentary competition in Shandong Province, and Popular Daily also published his deeds in a large space.

Wang Yanzhou's deeds aroused strong repercussions in the local area. When the resident party and government organs, garrison areas and 13 primary and secondary schools offered to hire him as a "propagandist of patriotic education", the old man readily accepted the title, and he wanted to move the young people to fight for the motherland with a pure heart.

Join the party formally

"After decades of ups and downs, what happened around me made me realize the fact that only the * * * production party can save China ... I saw that * * * party member always stood at the forefront of production in any difficult situation. This made me realize that joining the party is very different. Now, I ask to join the China * * * Production Party. On the one hand, I can receive more education from the Party, on the other hand, I can do more things for the Party and the people in my lifetime ... "Although I have experienced many hardships, Wang Yanzhou's firm belief and pursuit of the Party have never wavered. On August 20, 2004, at the age of 84, he submitted his application for joining the Party again to the Party organization.

On June 28th, 2005, the organization approved his application. On the occasion of commemorating the 60th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, 85-year-old Wang Yanzhou finally realized his long-cherished wish of half a century ... War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression shot down five enemy planes; Shot down and injured two enemy planes in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea;

China is one of the two pilots who shot down Japanese and American planes in history. Another pilot is Xing.

On April 30th, 20 12, Wang Yanzhou died in Beijing. Before he died, he asked his family to bury him, and everything was simple.