Recently, the movie " Homecoming " starring Zhang Yi, Wang Junkai , and Yin Tao is currently being shown, and the box office has exceeded 1.2 billion. The film
tells the story of two diplomats played by Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai who were ordered to go retrograde into the war zone of another country, together with Bai Hua played by Yin Tao, to help the trapped compatriots escape from danger and return home safely.
In recent years, my country has organized many large-scale evacuation operations, from Libya to Yemen to Iraq, but as ordinary people, we usually see overseas Chinese in news pictures. The cheers when boarding the planes and ships, and the scenes of their tears and gratitude to the motherland, it is difficult to know the hard work and hardships of the staff behind them.
"Homecoming" is to show the real details of those untold hardships and moments of life and death on the big screen, so that the audience can see the real scenes behind the safe return of overseas Chinese.
's warm and thrilling story, with attentive and superb acting skills, no wonder "Homecoming" almost "singlely" supported the entire 2022 National Day schedule.
After watching this movie, I couldn't hide my excitement, and I couldn't help thinking of a real incident that happened to one of my old leaders. Of course,
is also related to the evacuation of overseas Chinese. Although it is not as twisty as in the movie, he almost took his life for it.
Everything starts from scratch.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the old leader used a pseudonym and dealt with the incident where it happened. The old leader of
was Li Hong, who was the head of a certain combat unit, and I was the head of a department under him.
In 2007, Li Hong left the special forces , who had served for four years, and was promoted to chief of staff of a division.
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Two years later, the headquarters selected , the military attache stationed abroad, from the combat unit. Li Hong signed up because he was proficient in Russian.
Some people will wonder, how can the leaders of the combat troops go abroad to be military attachés?
It turns out that most of the military attaches we dispatched in the past were government officials, college instructors, or university graduates who were proficient in the language of the host country.
This brings a problem. When our leaders visit the country to watch military performances or visit weapons and equipment, most of the time the accompanying military attaches can only play a role of translation, and they can only play a role in interpreting the country's formation, equipment performance, etc. Due to the lack of comprehensive grasp of the content, it is impossible to make a detailed and accurate introduction to our leaders. In order to change this situation,
made the decision to select foreign military attaches from combat units.
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Li Hong was selected to join the military attachés stationed abroad under this background. After a period of intensive training, he was assigned to country J, which is also a Russian language.
In April 2010, there was a sudden riot in country J, and it became more and more intense, and even the president fled.
In June, a large-scale armed conflict broke out in the southern city of country J, and people fled one after another. However, due to the war everywhere, many people could not escape at all, and were shot back by bullets. There were numerous casualties.
At this time, the embassy received a domestic notice and must find ways to safely evacuate the more than 1,200 Chinese citizens who were stranded in the BJ Hotel and other areas in the city and return to China.
Li Hong, who was in the capital of country J, took the initiative to ask Ying. In fact, it was his duty. He immediately packed up and prepared to rush to the southern city, which is 1,000 kilometers away.
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However, due to the two-month-long riots, the road from the capital to the southern city has been damaged or closed, and the airport has been paralyzed.
Li Hong and the embassy staff contacted a number of private taxis and car rental companies, but no one dared to go for any amount of money. The military and police in the capital were busy calming the riots and maintaining order, and they refused to send troops to help.
In desperation, Li Hong gave a rich man in country JHao's friend called and told him that he was in trouble and needed his help.
The rich persuaded him: "Don't go to the south, it's very dangerous, some of my friends have been killed."
Li Hong said earnestly: "This is the task that the country has entrusted to me, even if I sacrifice my life. I have to go too, I'll give you the money, how much do you say you want?"
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The rich man was moved by Li Hong's sincerity and professionalism, and only charged 20,000 US dollars to put his personal The plane and two pistols were leased to the Chinese embassy (note: there are no guns in the embassy).
The foreign air traffic control is not like so many domestic rules and regulations, and besides, the capital was in chaos at that time, and no one cared about these things. The embassy hired four more bodyguards from the local area. Li Hong brought them and an embassy staff member, got on the plane and set off.
The flight of more than 1,000 kilometers was very short, but after reaching the sky over Nanfang City, I was dumbfounded. The airport was occupied by unknown armed men and could not land. The pilots of
strongly demanded to return and refused to land.
Li Hong discussed with the pilot again and again, while boasting that his flying skills are very superb, saying that this difficulty should not be difficult for him. The
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couldn't stand the coaxing and finally decided to take a risky landing, so the plane whistled towards a green gauze tent outside the airport, and after a few bumps, It stopped after 500 or 600 meters.
A few people from Li Hong got out of the blue gauze tent and ran quickly into the waiting hall. Fortunately, the armed occupiers at the airport were only one of the two opposing factions.
In the airport lobby, Li Hong shouted to the chaotic crowd: "Are there any Chinese here?"
Li Hong instructed them to find a good location to gather together, wait for a domestic plane to come to rescue, and then rent a bus at the airport through a friend in country J and drive to the BJ Hotel in the city, where Chinese expatriates are concentrated. The
had just driven out not far when he heard several consecutive gunshots, several pieces of glass on the side of the bus were shattered, and the inside of the car suddenly became a mess. The few bodyguards hired by
may be alright in normal fights, but I've never seen such a battle before, all of them lie on the floor with their heads in their arms.
Li Hong's left foot was also burned by a bullet that fell through the glass and hit the car body. He lay on the floor of the car, thinking: This is over, I am afraid that my life will be lost here today, his wife From now on, the child will be separated from his own yin and yang.
suddenly felt a sense of sadness, but he came out of the combat unit after all. He led the team to participate in many anti-terrorism exercises, and directed the deep mountains and forests to arrest fugitives. He quickly adjusted his emotions and calmed down.
An expat
Li Hong, who was evacuated from country J, crawled to the door of the car, looked out through the crack of the door, and saw three violent terrorists crossing each other to cover each other and escaping from a building dozens of meters away, shooting while shooting Rush to the bus.
They had three submachine guns in their hands, while Li Xiaotian only had two pistols, one of which was in the hands of a bodyguard who was so frightened that he lay on the ground.
Several violent terrorists were screaming, and they were getting closer and closer to the bus. They could not hesitate any longer. When they rushed up, the consequences would be disastrous.
When CCTV news reported the riot in country J
Li Hong put his gun out of the car door, aimed at the man who was at the forefront, and shot a shot, which happened to hit the hood above the man's head. This guy
was taken aback for a moment, he stopped in place for three or four seconds, and when he saw that he was fine, he took the lead and rushed forward again.
Li Hong raised his muzzle and shot again. The man's hood was knocked off at once, and the two behind him saw this and ran back. When the boy in front of
saw that the situation was not good, he was so frightened that he threw the gun directly on the ground and ran away.
Everyone here may have a question, why not kill the thugs?
Because we are not warring parties, the conflict and riots in this country are not aimed at us. Of course, we try to avoid bloodshed with any of them.
The crisis is temporarily lifted, and the bus continues to move forward.On the road, the body of the car was attacked from time to time by gunmen in ambush. Everyone could only crawl on the ground, and no one dared to stand up. Even the driver was driving while bowing his head. The
had just entered the city when a bullet suddenly hit the front, and the front windshield was shattered.
When Li Hong saw this, he shouted and told the driver, don't stop, step up the accelerator and rush over, or we will have to wait here to die. The driver of
also realized the danger of parking and slammed on the accelerator, while Li Hong stood beside him to cover for him, and from time to time he fired back with a pistol. The people in front of
who were trying to stop the vehicle saw that there were guns in the car, and they rushed towards them at a very fast speed, and they all avoided it. In this way, the bus stumbled and rushed to the BJ Hotel.
After arriving at the hotel, seeing the presence of the embassy personnel of their own country, the stranded personnel seemed to have the backbone immediately and rushed forward one after another.
Li Hong told everyone that he represented the motherland to welcome them back home.
Everyone cheered with excitement, some even cried.
But the situation is very serious. There are constant gunshots in the urban area. From time to time, people can be seen dead on the street. The siren is mixed with the shrill screeching of ambulances one after another. The bus hired by
was shot on the road, and one tire had been blown out. Even if the spare tire was replaced, it could walk, but it was extremely unsafe.
Photos from the news report of that year
In addition, I just received a domestic situation report through the satellite phone , the airport has been cleaned up and taken over by the military personnel of the J country, and my country's first plane to pick up overseas Chinese has landed safely, but if you can't log in in time within two hours. According to relevant requirements, the aircraft may return empty. After
got in touch with the embassy and relevant domestic departments, Li Hong decided to ask for help from the J country's border guards stationed in Nanfang City.
Soon, a call came to the garrison commander. After learning about the situation, the commander agreed very succinctly, promising to send someone to send a car to pick him up.
waited, anxiously waiting, Li Hong kept calming everyone's emotions.
was okay. After half an hour, three armored personnel carriers and two armored vehicles sent by the border guards of the J country arrived. After
and others transported the first batch of overseas Chinese gathered at the BJ Hotel to the airport, Li Hong returned to the city in an armored vehicle of the Border Guard of J country, and searched for scattered Chinese everywhere according to the location provided by the local overseas Chinese. received more than fifty.
In the early morning of June X, Li Hong and the last 140 compatriots took the China Southern Airlines passenger plane and arrived at the domestic airport. Fifty-six hours have passed since they left the capital of country J and went to the southern city. , Li Hong did not feel the slightest sleepiness. The moment
stepped off the plane, an inexplicable urge arose in his heart, and Li Hong shouted affectionately from the bottom of his heart: "Motherland, I'm back!" But it was told by himself when he was in a meeting with the old leader. The thrill and excitement described by the author's words are not as good as the old leader's narration.
At that time, all of us in the room were fascinated, staring at me and exclaiming again and again. After
and other old leaders finished speaking, several people sighed: Peace is so good!
's news report screen at that time, Li Hong is in it
about the evacuation of overseas Chinese, you can search for the keywords "2010 evacuation of overseas Chinese" to find out, it also appeared in the official news report screen at that time My old leader. On November 5, 2010, the
Military Daily also reported on this experience of evacuation.
