Chapter 69 68. Mai Xiande——Pioneer of Screw Spirit Post

Mai Xiande, male, Han nationality, from Raoping County, Guangdong Province, a member of the Communist Party of China. Born in 1945, enlisted in the army in 1963, former deputy commander of the 91708 unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. On August 6, 1965, the largest naval battle after the founding of New China started in the fishing ground near Dongshan Island in my country.After receiving the information, the South China Sea Fleet where Mai Xiande was stationed urgently recalled the soldiers who were planting vegetables on the shore. During the battle, the left main engine of the 611 ship was overloaded and stopped unexpectedly. The former engine room engineer Mai Xiande immediately ran to help start the machine.At this moment, two bullets exploded in the engineering class, and a piece of shrapnel hit Mai Xiande's right forehead, and inserted into the frontal lobe on the left side near the temple.Immediately, the cerebrospinal fluid flowed out, blood gushed out, and Mai Xiande passed out.The comrades immediately bandaged Mai Xiande and carried him to the corner of the rear cabin.But as soon as his comrades walked away, Mai Xiande struggled to climb to the console again.

Mai Xiande, who was in darkness before his eyes, heard the roar of the main engine weakened, and decided that the screws of the air valve or oil valve were loose. With the "night tiger" skill he had practiced before, he began to check the screws one by one.In the end, among dozens of pipelines and thousands of screws, Mai Xiande found a thumb-sized oil valve screw that had been loosened by vibration, and he tightened the screw tenaciously with a wrench, and used his body to support the displaced screw. Gearbox, restore damaged thrusters.The oil valve is supplied with air, and the machine finally starts again!

In this way, Mai Xiande persisted for more than 3 hours until the battle was won, and before the return flight landed, Mai Xiande fell into a coma.At this moment, the bandage on his head was soaked in blood, the corners of his eyes and eyelashes were stuck with cerebrospinal fluid and plasma, and his hands were still holding the joystick tightly. "Actually, Mai Xiande was delirious after being shot. But he can still get up and tighten the screws, which shows that all his energy is concentrated on the battle. This is the true nature of a hero, and I admire it!" At that time, the cabin of the 611 ship Squad leader Xu Muhua was also seriously injured, with more than 30 shrapnel in his body and more than 70 injuries. When talking about his former comrades-in-arms on the same ship, his admiration was beyond words.

On August 17, 1965, when Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other national leaders received the "August 6th" naval battle meritorious personnel, Mai Xiande was still lying unconscious in the hospital.After the naval battle, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou instructed to organize the most capable medical force in the country to rescue Mai Xiande when they learned of his injury. Air ambulance access.After multiple rescue efforts, the shrapnel in Mai Xiande's brain was removed, and two pieces of plexiglass were implanted to replace part of the skull. Mai Xiande, who was admitted to the Guangzhou Military Region Hospital and was in a coma for 3 days and 3 nights, woke up in the early morning of the 18th.At that time, the speaker on the roof of the hospital was playing the song "Dongfanghong", and Mai Xiande slightly opened his lips and hummed softly along with the melody.His parents didn't recognize him when they saw him, but if he showed him a portrait of Chairman Mao, he would grin.Xiao Xiaoqiao, the head nurse of Mai Xiande's intensive care team, recorded in his diary: "They (the medical staff) flocked to Mai Xiande's bed, seeing this cute person with big eyes blinking and smiling lips pursed, everyone couldn't help but feel excited. Tears welled up: Great, Mai Xiande, you finally woke up!"

The hero woke up, and the upsurge of learning Mai Xiande continued to rise all over the country.His deeds have been featured on the front pages of major newspapers, created into posters, comic strips, allegro, songs, dramas, and compiled into elementary school textbooks.Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Dong Biwu, He Long, Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian and other party and military leaders at that time specially received this heroic sailor. In 1966, Mai Xiande was awarded the honorary title of "Battle Hero" by the Ministry of Defense. Since then, Mai Xiande has undergone four more major operations, and his condition is getting better day by day.But the sequelae of the severe brain injury were still evident.Now Mai Xiande's right side of his body is still somewhat paralyzed, and he needs intensive physical therapy every few months; he has some difficulties in speaking, but there is no problem in understanding and hearing.Mai Xiande's mood is sometimes unstable, and he has to take a certain amount of tranquilizers and anti-sequelae drugs every day.

After meticulous care, Mai Xiande went back to work. In 2007, he retired from the position of deputy commander of a naval base with the rank of colonel.