Liu Anjun and his wife volunteered to donate blood before his death. Information photo
On the morning of July 16th, people held a short and solemn farewell ceremony for Liu Anjun, a reserve soldier of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Anhui Army Reserve Infantry Division, who died heroically in the flood fighting. The CPC, county and county committees ratified Liu Anjun as "excellent communist party member". During the most difficult period of flood fighting and rescue, Liu Anjun fought in the front line for 11 consecutive days. On July 13th, he died of sudden cardiac death due to fatigue.
Go to the rescue overnight
Liu Anjun, born in 1983, joined the army in 2003 and retired in December 2015. In April this year, he was incorporated into the 2nd platoon and 4th class of the 3rd Battalion Artillery Company of the 3rd Regiment of the Anhui Army Reserve Infantry Division and became a reserve soldier.
Since the end of June, Chaohu Lake Basin has suffered from continuous heavy rainfall. On July 1, the dike of Xiaozhu Village in Xiage Town, Chaohu City was in danger of collapse. Liu Anjun, who was participating in reserve training, was incorporated into a flood fighting and rescue commando team composed of 65 pre-appointed officers and men. At 11: 55 that night, the commando rushed to Xiage Town to rescue the dangerous embankment in the rain.
Ren Juntao, deputy director of the armed forces department of Xiqiao Town, recalled, "It was raining cats and dogs that night. Because the embankment was narrow and the road near the dam was blocked, the vehicles carrying materials could not get in. The officers and men had to unload the flood-fighting materials from the vehicles and carry them to the dam urgently."
At first, Liu Anjun carried the woven bag with three other soldiers. Without taking two steps, Liu Anjun said, "It’s hard for several people to carry it, or I will carry it alone." So he picked up a bundle of woven bags weighing more than 100 kilograms and ran forward. Along the way, the mud was slippery and easy to sink, and he was soaked all over, and he struggled forward with the weak light of a flashlight … … That night, Liu Anjun’s commando team worked until 4: 50 the next day, transporting more than 46 cubic meters of sand and stones, strengthening the dam and blocking the piping. Taking off his clothes, Liu Anjun’s shoulders grinded out blood stains. "Every time he always carries a little more than others and runs a few more times, but he never complains that he is tired." Liu Anjun’s teammate Li Zongbin recalled carrying a bag with him.
At 11: 00 on July 5, the commando team received the task of repairing the collapse of two embankments in Hedong Wei, Gongqiao Town, Hexian County. Liu Anjun reinforced the dam with his teammates, and after finishing his 30-meter embankment reinforcement task with sandbags, he helped his teammates to transport sandbags until 8 pm. At 12 o’clock on July 6, the water level in Xibakou, Chaohu City rose and the dam was in a hurry. The commando team rushed to the dangerous section of the dike for 20 kilometers, and worked for nearly 10 hours. For seven days in a row, Liu Anjun and his comrades-in-arms moved to the dikes of three towns and villages overnight, and worked all the way at night, eliminating five dangerous places, carrying more than 550 cubic meters of earth and stone, building more than 350 meters of dikes and repairing more than 200 meters of collapsed dikes.
On the 7th, the danger in Chaohu Lake Basin was brought under control, and the commandos withdrew to the camp to rest. Liu Anjun was awarded the title of "advanced individual in flood fighting and emergency rescue" by the third regiment of the reserve infantry division of the provincial military region. "Liu Anjun can bear hardships and has a very strong fighting capacity!" Ren Juntao evaluation.
Go home to visit relatives and take the initiative to patrol the embankment.
Liu Anjun was born in an ordinary peasant family in Shengjiakou Village, Xibu Town, Ma ‘anshan City. After 12 years as a soldier, he devoted himself to the army and went home to visit relatives less than 10 times.
On July 8, Liu Anjun, who returned home, found the village party branch secretary to take the initiative to participate in the rescue when he learned that his hometown Wangjiawei dike was in danger of flooding for 100 meters. When the village decided to select 15 of the 122 party member in the village to form the party member Emergency Commando, he was the first to sign up. At 13: 00 that day, Liu Anjun, who had not rested for half an hour, fought with the villagers and commandos to reinforce the dam. Until 17: 00, he built a 100-meter-long and half-meter-high flood control sub-dam, which ensured the safety of the villagers in Shengjiakou Village. After completing the assault rescue mission, Liu Anjun volunteered to take part in the village’s work of strengthening, cleaning up impurities and inspecting the dikes of the 8.9-kilometer-long bank of Desheng River. During the day, he patrolled the 2-kilometer levee and patrolled the 8.9-kilometer levee in shifts at night. Liu Anjun always went to the levee in advance every day. When the situation is urgent, Liu Anjun, like other people patrolling the embankment, never leaves the embankment and eats "a hundred meals" on the levee.
On the 12th, Liu Anjun began to check the risks as usual. He is responsible for delivering water to more than 80 migrant workers who mow grass, with a barrel of water of more than 30 kilograms. One person has carried 5 barrels of water successively, and walked for nearly 20 kilometers. The temperature of the day was as high as 35 degrees Celsius, and he waited until all the people involved in cleaning up the debris left the embankment. At noon, Liu Anjun felt unwell, and his uncle Qi Yefu advised him to go home and rest. He shook his head and said, "Nothing, I’ll check this embankment before I go back." At 11 o’clock in the evening, Liu Anjun dragged his tired body home, neglected to take a bath, and fell asleep on the sofa for fear of affecting his sleeping family. In the early morning of the 13th, when 120 emergency doctors arrived at Liu Anjun’s home, Liu Anjun’s heart had stopped beating at the age of 33.
"He’s always at the forefront."
"Every day after An Jun comes home from the levee, I wash and fold his dirty camouflage uniform and put it on the windowsill for him to change it. I never thought that my son would never wear my washed camouflage uniform again … …” Liu Anjun’s mother, Zhao Xianyu, was in tears.
When his lover passed away, his wife Zhang Feng was heartbroken. "Every night when An Jun comes back, I will adjust the bath water and squeeze his toothpaste in the morning. Now, I can’t wait for An Jun to come back. "
In the days of flood fighting and emergency rescue, Liu Anjun and his wife exchanged thoughts and reported each other’s safety by mobile phone.
"This is his blood donation card." Zhang Feng took out a little red book from his bag, which recorded the time and blood volume of her husband Liu Anjun’s blood donation every time. Since 2004, Liu Anjun has donated 2,500 ml of blood. "He is a party member, and he is good."
"He always maintains the style of a soldier, always rushing to the forefront, and wherever there is something, he will go!" Wang Xiaobo, a former colleague of Liu Anjun and a cadre of Xiqiao Town, recalled that on the New Year’s Eve last year, Liu Anjun stayed in the town as a member of the town militia emergency detachment. When he learned that a forest fire broke out at the foot of Dagushan Mountain on Shengshan Road, he and more than 30 members of the town militia emergency detachment rushed to the scene to put out the fire.
"He rushed to the front." Wang Xiaobo introduced that at that time, there were many thorns on the mountain, and Liu Anjun leaned down with a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. "The fire broke out everywhere, and his camouflage suit was broken by the burning trees, Mars and thorns in generate. His clothes, face and nostrils were full of soot, and the rubber shoes under his feet gave off bursts of burnt smell. He completely ignored it and fought for four hours before ending the battle."
"Liu Anjun is the pride of the soldiers. His 12-year military career and tempering have been deeply integrated into his blood. His fighting spirit is worth learning from all officers and men. " Dai Yong, political commissar of Anhui Military Region, said. Our reporter Zhu Sixiong Ye Qi