Before Tie Jun finished his analysis, the door in the back room opened, and an old man with white hair and a straight waist walked in, followed closely by Tie Jun. Tie Jun quickly stood up.
"grandfather!"
Anna and Rada called out together and went to help the old man. The old man responded with a smile and walked to the sofa.
"Hello grandpa, my name is Tie Jun, from Bingcheng!"
Before the old man could ask, Tie Jun said hello first.
For some reason, the old man was very excited. He held Tie Jun's hand and said, "Welcome, distinguished Chinese guest. My name is Sergey, a veteran!"
"Hello, grandpa, I am Yelena, ballerina!"
Yelena said hello, then stepped forward and hugged Sergey.
"Haha, I heard that you just came back from your visit to China for a performance. Well done. You are worthy of being our Soviet star!"
"Grandpa, compared with you, I am nothing but a star of the Soviet Union!"
Yelena was a little embarrassed by Sergey's praise, so she blushed and said modestly.
"Everyone, sit down!"
Sergey made a gesture of invitation, and Tie Jun and Yelena sat down. Sergey took Anna and Rada's hands and sat down too.
Sergey's left hand seemed to be a little disabled and could not be fully straightened. He placed it on his thigh. Tie Jun thought of his beloved Prime Minister, who also had an injury on his left arm and could not straighten it.
"Grandpa, I'm giving you a small gift. I hope you like it!"
Tie Jun immediately handed the gift box to Sergey with both hands.
"Yo, it cost you money!"
"It didn't cost any money. My father made it by hand. He is an old worker."
"Oh, that's even more serious. You can't buy it for money, so I have to take a closer look!"
When the gift box is opened, there is a string of exquisite wind chimes, made of bullet casings. The wind chimes are hung from a coiled dragon pillar, and they make a nice tinkling sound as soon as they are taken out.
"What a great craftsmanship. Is your father that... old eighth-level worker?"
The old man actually knew about China's eighth-level workers. Tie Jun was a little surprised and nodded lightly.
Seeing Tie Jun nodding, Sergey raised the wind chime and fell into memories. The expression on his face changed, and Tie Jun did not dare to speak.
"I also have an old friend from China who is a welder. Without her, my plane would have been scrapped and I wouldn't be sitting here!"
For a long time, Sergey touched the wind chime and spoke slowly. Tie Jun did not dare to answer the question and waited quietly for the old man to tell.
"Oh, it's been forty years, and I don't know if my old friend is still there?"
As the old man narrated, a picture appeared in front of Tie Jun.
Forty years ago, the People's Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River to participate in the War to Resist America and Aid Korea. Since the People's Republic of China had just been founded, our air force was zero.
At this time, the Soviet Union in the same trench sent air force support and dispatched 12 air force divisions. All aircraft had only numbers and no flags.
Not only air support, the Soviet Union also sent anti-aircraft artillery regiments to fight in North Korea.
Sergey was the No. 1 fighter at that time and the captain of a certain division's flying brigade.
In this battle, the Soviet Air Force conducted 1,872 air battles and shot down a total of 1,097 American aircraft. Anti-aircraft artillery shot down 220 aircraft. Sergei shot down 33 aircraft alone.
At the end of the war, the Soviet Air Force lost a total of 335 aircraft, 120 pilots, 179 anti-aircraft artillery and other military personnel.
After negotiation, the remains of these martyrs were finally buried in the Soviet Martyrs Cemetery near the military base in Lushun.
During the battle, Sergey made many friends in the volunteer army, and the three people he had the deepest friendship with were division commander Gao Fei, engineer Hu Yunkai, and female worker Zhang Wan.
At that time, Sergei's brigade was stationed in Gao Fei's division.
Hu Yunkai and Zhang Wan were lovers. They were transferred from Shenyang to provide maintenance services for the Soviet Air Force and were also assigned to this division.
Sergei's wife Leah was raped and murdered by the Germans during the defense of Moscow.
At that time, Sergey's heart was always burning with the fire of revenge. Every time he fought, he fought with the intention of dying, hoping to reunite with his beloved wife.
After returning from a war, eight aircraft in Sergei's group were seriously damaged, but he did not trust Chinese workers and refused to repair them, insisting on waiting for Soviet workers.
On the battlefield, the plane is the pilot's life, and Sergey's request is actually not too much. After all, he is the captain and does not dare to gamble with the lives of his comrades.
So, in this case, Sergey, Gao Fei, and Hu Yunkai had a fierce quarrel. In the end, both Sergey and Gao Fei pulled out their guns and pointed them at each other's heads.
At this point, Sergey stopped, his chest heaving, and he looked very excited. Anna gently stroked his grandfather's chest, and Rada handed him a glass of warm water.
After drinking some water, Sergey slowly calmed down. Tie Jun wanted to persuade the old man, but Yelena gently pulled Tie Jun and shook her head.
"Just when we were in a stalemate, Zhang Wan picked up the welding gun, pointed at my fighter plane and said: 'I was taught by engineers from your country. Aren't you afraid of death? Give me one hour, do you dare to test fly? ?'
That was the first time I saw her. She was wearing big braids that day, and her eyes were as beautiful and stubborn as Leah. I don’t know why, but I nodded.
In less than an hour and more than 40 minutes, she welded all the damaged parts of my plane. To be honest, I had never seen workers repairing the plane.
But I could see her skill and cleanliness. I touched it with my hands and found that the solder joints were very clean. I got on the plane at that time.
Returning an hour later, I shot down two planes, and my plane was intact. After getting off the plane, I hugged Zhang Wan warmly, and Hu Yun's glasses shook with anger.
After that, Zhang Wan stayed up all night to repair all eight aircraft. I drank with her next to her. At about 8 o'clock in the morning, she put down the welding gun.
From our air force base, it takes 20 minutes to walk to their military camp. Seeing that her hands were shaking from exhaustion, I persuaded her to rest in my tent, and she agreed after thinking about it.
We went on a mission at noon, and I made a meal. I didn't have the heart to wake her up, so I put it on the stove made of a big oil drum.
When we came back, she had left, but Gao Fei was waiting for me. Before I could say anything, Gao Fei punched me in the nose, knocking me unconscious.
He yelled at me, saying that I had defiled a pure and good worker. I became anxious and started fighting with him. Many people pulled at us before we were separated.
My vice-captain asked for a long time before he knew what was going on.
It turned out that Zhang Wan was taken away by Hu Yunkai. After he returned, he almost beat Zhang Wan to death. Not only did we sleep together, but he also sued Gao Fei.
After hearing this, I became even more angry. Together with the deputy captain, I followed Gao Fei to the workers' barracks to confront them.
But we only found Zhang Wan, but not Hu Yunkai. Zhang Wan's eyes were swollen with only one line. When she saw me coming, she knelt down.
I was frightened by her appearance at that time. I had seen all kinds of tragic scenes, but it was a battlefield after all.
I can't believe that Hu Yunkai could do such a cruel thing to his comrade, and she is also his fiancée.
Zhang Wan cried and asked me to prove that we were innocent.
I said at that time that our entire brigade could prove that I was always in the tent of my comrades.
In fact, Gao Fei had already asked and apologized to me. The top priority was to find Hu Yunkai and untie the knot.
It was just getting dark at this time, so we split up to look for it. I carried a horse lantern and walked toward the back mountain with my deputy captain.
Before we could get out of the military camp, American planes came for air strikes. We immediately found a bunker and lay down.
The air raid only lasted ten minutes. Our planes arrived and they withdrew.
Everyone began to count the number of people and losses, and the military camp was in chaos.
At this time, several soldiers ran over and asked us to go to the mountain to have a look, saying that Hu Yunkai was dead.
I was confused at the time. Zhang Wan ran up the mountain like crazy. It was dark again. As soon as I ran a few steps, I saw her fall to the ground.
I ran over, helped him up, and followed the soldiers up the mountain.
We saw half of Hu Yunkai's body under a blown-out tree. There was a strong smell of blood and liquor, and we didn't know where his lower body had gone.
I felt very guilty at the time. If I had sent Zhang Wan back, this incident would not have happened.
Zhang Wan was stunned. She hugged half of Hu Yunkai's body and didn't speak or cry. She just held on tightly and no one could break her apart.
Later, we buried him together under that big tree. Zhang Wan kept holding Hu Yunkai's thick-bottomed half-glasses for several days.
From then on, Zhang Wan became crazy. She would often mistake me for Hu Yunkai, tear off my clothes and trousers, and either wash or sew them.
But one thing is, as long as she picks up the welding torch, she becomes normal and won't stop until she finishes the job."
"Clang!"
Sergey's hand relaxed and the wind chime fell to the carpet, making a tinkling sound.