Jimu News Reporter Chen Qian
Photographer Liu Zhongcan
Qiu Yingfa was wearing a green military uniform, with two shining first-class merit medals on his chest. On January 25, the Wuhan Veterans Service Center held a "Love for Veterans, Warmth and Heartwarming" event to send blessings to the homes of model heroes. As soon as this first-class hero arrived at the scene, he became a "star" that everyone paid attention to.
Qiu Yingfa is the main prototype of the protagonist Qiu Yuan in the movie "Acacia Tree on the Minefield". In 1985, the 21-year-old Qiu Yingfa went to the front line of the Liangshan Battle with the army. As a health worker, he rescued 43 seriously injured people and 76 lightly injured people on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang of the motherland, saving his comrades from death again and again. Rescued from the hands of death. As a soldier, he participated in fierce battles on the front line more than once, wiping out more than 10 enemies. While rescuing two seriously injured comrades, he was suddenly besieged by several enemy troops. At the critical moment, Qiu Yingfa fired a grenade as a "glory bomb" and threw it at the enemy. After killing four enemy soldiers, he ignored the wounds on his body caused by shrapnel. , kill the remaining enemies with a submachine gun.
(Source: Jimu News)
