Veteran never die

Chapter 274

0276 General Tiger

The next day, Wang Liang and Sun Weimin were going back to the capital.

Originally, Wang Liang's plan was to go to Tibet and Xinjiang provinces, and take a look at the soldiers of the grassroots troops there. After all, many outposts have not been there for some years.

But there was a sudden news from the capital, and Wang Liang had to leave immediately.

Zhou Tian drove the car, Sun Weimin was in the co-pilot, and Wang Liang sat in the back seat.

The atmosphere in the car was a little heavy. Sun Weimin and Zhou Tian knew that Wang Liang was in a bad mood, so they didn't speak.

some things, always need to face
On the expressway, Zhou Tian increased the speed to [-] and drove all the way towards the direction of Chuncheng Airport.

"For the people." Wang Liang, who had been silent for a long time looking out the window, finally spoke.

"What's wrong, grandpa?" Sun Weimin turned his head quickly, he was always worried about what might happen to his grandpa's body.

Because after getting the bad news last night, Wang Liang didn't fall asleep, smoked one cigarette after another, and went out without eating a few mouthfuls in the morning.

"Weimin, tell me, if a comrade in your circle of friends dies, will you delete him?" Wang Liang asked.

"I"

Hearing grandpa's question, Sun Weimin couldn't say a word for a long time, he didn't know how to answer.

For Sun Weimin, who went to the fifth and fought in the Vietnam War, there are really enough life and death.

Leaving aside the sacrifice on the battlefield of self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, as time goes by, there are no thoughts left at that time. Looking back, although the heart is heavy, it is not too sad to die.

But today is different from the past. Communication methods are so developed that people can be connected through a mobile phone even if they are thousands of miles apart.

Over the years, Sun Weimin also bid farewell to many former comrades-in-arms, some from his father's generation, and not a few from his brother's generation.

They are all the root causes of diseases left on the battlefield that year, and they are tortured by stubborn diseases.

Sun Weimin found that the more time went by, the more severe the pain in his heart was, and it was heartbreaking.

Because you turn on your phone, activate QQ and WeChat, or click on a contact, you can always see their names and avatars.

Many times, you can't help but click on his space or circle of friends to see the imprints they have left behind.

Although some comrades-in-arms had been away for nearly ten years, sometimes Sun Weimin couldn't help calling the phone number under that name, but the voice on the other side was no longer the familiar voice.

After the number was canceled, it was registered by another user.

Sun Weimin remembered that he dialed the phone and chatted with the new cardholder for a long time, sharing his story with the old owner of the card number.

Later, the comrades-in-arms became friends with the new cardholder, and they would always call that person at parties.

After a long time, Sun Weimin gave an answer: "Grandpa, even if you delete your comrades-in-arms, you can't delete the forever comrade-in-arms. Although the comrades-in-arms are gone, they will always live in my heart."

"Yes, live in our hearts, live in our hearts." Wang Liang felt lost, and suddenly became like a child.

Love, that love can only be experienced by soldiers.

"He will always live in my heart." Wang Liang muttered to himself.

I received news last night that General Tiger passed away.

Wang Liang can still remember the scene of General Tiger flying a P-1949 fighter plane over Tiananmen Square at the founding ceremony in 51.

Wang Liang still remembers that on the Korean battlefield that year, General Tiger, then deputy head of the Air Force, shot down and damaged an advanced F-86 Saber fighter jet of the US military.

In the 50s and 60s, General Tiger moved to Guangzhou, eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, western Guangdong, and southern Guangxi, and participated in organizing and commanding more than a hundred battles day and night.

In 1985, he served as deputy commander of the Air Force, and in 1988 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

"At that time, our air force was weak. We were still flying those outdated J-6 fighter jets with frequent failures. The United States and the Soviet Union were at least a generation ahead of us! It was a period of comprehensive development of the Chinese Air Force. What is comprehensive development? Expansion, construction of schools, compilation of teaching materials, infrastructure construction!"

As Wang Liang spoke, Zhou Tian and Sun Weimin listened quietly.

At that time, they were still children playing with mud.

"At that time, how much we hoped to have advanced fighters, but I really couldn't make them, so I had to buy them, and Lao Lin took on the burden of buying them." Wang Liang said.

Early 90s.

China bought Su-27 fighter jets from the Soviet Union. The old big brother was not friendly. Rather than making things difficult, bullying sounds more appropriate.

General Tiger is the person in charge of purchasing aircraft for the Chinese military.

The Soviets have a habit of drinking high-quality wine at banquets, defeating their opponents first at the wine table, and killing their opponents. After they are on the negotiating table, they have greater initiative.

Just when the Soviets were going to use this set of methods to deal with us, they were wrong, really wrong, because they encountered General Tiger.

General Tiger was 63 years old that year.

On the wine table, cups of wine were intertwined, swords and swords flashed, and in the end, seventeen very drinkable Soviet negotiators all went out sideways.

It is precisely because General Tiger risked his life to drink that the Chinese military gained the upper hand at the negotiating table and purchased the long-awaited Su-27 fighter jet at a price within the budget.

"Just for one fighter plane, the general in his 60s led his subordinates to drink down seventeen Soviet negotiators, one fighter plane, one fighter plane! He gave up his life!" Wang Liang repeatedly emphasized, feeling very uncomfortable.

Where there is a first time there is a second time.

With the success of the first purchase, the second purchase was carried out in full swing.

At another negotiation meeting, the Soviets deliberately raised prices under the pretext of reopening factories.

Facing the Soviets’ price increase, General Tiger became angry, pointed at the other party’s nose and said: “Look at my eyes! We are all pilots, how can you blackmail your comrades like a profiteer? Who said yesterday Auld Lang Syne? Who was there yesterday asking us to carry Americans? Shame, shame!"

The tall Soviets were left speechless by questioning.

General Tiger joined the army as early as 1938. After the baptism of the flames of war, the murderous aura that erupted from his body when he was angry made people frightened.

In the end, under the mediation of General Tiger, we did not suffer from that arms purchase.

Wang Liang still remembers that in August 1997, at the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the Third Moscow Aerospace Exhibition, a delegation from Zhuhai City went to Russia to visit the exhibition and carry out the recruitment work for the second Zhuhai Air Exhibition. Air show consultants participated in the work of the regiment.

(End of this chapter)