Chapter 82 81. The Thirteen Farmers of Tangshan——Blizzard's True Love Response to Disasters

Thirteen Tangshan farmers Song Zhiyong, Yang Guoming, Yang Dong, Wang Jiaxiang, Wang Deliang, Song Zhixian, Wang Baoguo, Wang Baozhong, Cao Xiujun, Yin Fu, Song Jiufu, Yang Guoping, Wang Jinlong, from Yutian County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, the oldest is 62 years old, the youngest 19 years old. At the beginning of 2008, the severe rain, snow and freezing disaster hit most of the south, and the disaster affected the hearts of the people all over the country.On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Song Zhiyong and 12 fellow villagers rented a minibus and went to Chenzhou, Hunan, the disaster-stricken area to fight against the rain, snow and freezing disaster.They get up early and sleep late every day, walk on snow and ice, and carry equipment, materials, and electric poles for the emergency repair site. They work for more than half a month, and do not return to their hometown until they complete their tasks. They are praised by the local media as "Tangshan Thirteen Martyrs". Awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen" by Chenzhou City. On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, Song Zhiyong and 12 farmer brothers learned that a major earthquake had occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan. They took the initiative to come to Beichuan County, Sichuan, which was the hardest hit, and became one of the first volunteers to enter Beichuan for earthquake relief.Song Zhiyong was awarded the National May 4th Model by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and was awarded honorary titles such as the leader of China's Top Ten Outstanding Volunteers.

After the winter of 2007, the rare snow disaster in southern my country affected the hearts of many people in Tangshan.Knowing that the disaster was severe there, Song Zhiyong, a villager in Dongbalipu Village, Yutian County, Tangshan City, couldn't sit still anymore. He wanted to help the people in the south fight the snow disaster with his own hands. "I've been thinking about how to support the south for a long time. I decided on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month that I would go to Hunan to help with disaster relief at my own expense." Song Zhiyong said that under his initiative, 12 villagers from the same village, including Wang Baoguo and Wang Jiaxiang, also They all decided to go to Hunan with Song Zhiyong.

So, they rented a van, prepared tools such as shovels and picks, and prepared to set off for Hunan on New Year's Eve. Before leaving, Song Zhiyong told his wife Zhang Ning about his decision. When Song Zhiyong said this, Zhang Ning's heart skipped a beat.The Chinese New Year is coming soon, who doesn't want to have a family reunion to celebrate the New Year, Zhang Ning certainly doesn't want her husband to travel far on the New Year's Eve. "I saw that she was reluctant to let me go, so I quickly persuaded her," Song Zhiyong said, "I told her that during the Tangshan earthquake 30 years ago, people all over the country supported us. Of course we have to support them." Zhang Ning was quickly persuaded, and began to carefully pack Song Zhiyong's luggage.

"On Chinese New Year's Eve, it's always been a family reunion year. This year, there is one less person, and I feel uncomfortable." Song Zhiyong's mother Wang Shuzhen said, "But when I think about the big earthquake, my illness was cured by the doctors of the Shanghai Medical Team. , Today my son is going to rescue and provide disaster relief, and I can't hold him back." On February 6, 2008, that is, the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Song Zhiyong went to Hunan with other people with more than 30,000 yuan in money from his family and a letter of introduction from the village.

"At the beginning we were still thinking about how to get there, because the railways and roads were not easy to use. Later, after reading the news, we found out that the expressway has been opened to traffic and we can drive there." Song Zhiyong said that after 25 hours of traveling, the New Year's Eve First, Song Zhiyong and his party of 13 came to Changsha, Hunan. What they didn't expect was that the rescue and relief work near Changsha has basically ended.So, under the arrangement of the local disaster relief command department, 13 people rushed on the road overnight. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, they rushed to Chenzhou City, which was the most affected by the disaster. The power grid in a paralyzed state.

The main task of Song Zhiyong's team is to go deep into the mountains to clear the snow on the mountain road leading to the electric tower on the top of the mountain, transport the equipment to be replaced up the mountain, and carry the damaged equipment down from the mountain. On average, each person has to carry 20 to 30 kilograms The weight, back and forth in an hour. Song Zhiyong said that they spend most of their time working on the mountains in the wild. They get up at 5:30 every morning and work until 7:00 pm.What made the 13 farmers most unaccustomed was that all the dishes in Hunan had to contain chili peppers. "It's too spicy, we can't get used to it at all, sometimes we just buy some instant noodles and ham sausage to satisfy our hunger." Song Zhiyong said with a smile.

After the catastrophic earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, Song Zhiyong and his 12 brothers discussed and traveled to Beichuan County, which was the hardest hit, and became one of the first volunteers to enter Beichuan.They used the most primitive methods - smashing with hammers, prying with steel drills, and digging with bare hands - to keep looking for survivors.They go wherever they are needed.Together with soldiers from the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police, they rescued 25 survivors and dug out the remains of nearly 60 victims.Later, Song Zhiyong took 246 children from the disaster area to school in Yutian, Tangshan.