A bridge in China, where every train passes, honk for 30 seconds. What's special about this bridge?

China is called "Infrastructure Madman". Over the past 70 years, it has built a network of railways and highways extending in all directions, which has brought the vast areas of China closer together. However, many projects are not as easy as you think. In some western mountainous areas with complex terrain, the construction of the "iron rooster" is accompanied by many sacrifices, especially in the first 30 years, without those devices that go against the sky, many projects have to rely on manpower to carry and cut stones, so the sacrifices will be great.

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For example, chengdu-kunming railway, located in the southwest of China, connecting Sichuan and Yunnan, is the most difficult railway to build. Along the way, chengdu-kunming railway needs to climb mountains and mountains, with ravines, towering mountains and rivers, and extremely complicated geology, so it is called the "railway restricted area". The railway construction lasted 12 years, with a total length of 1096 km. During the peak period, there were 359,700 people working at the same time, most of whom were undertaken by the railway soldiers at that time. In order to build this southwest passage, more than 2 100 railway soldiers died, no less than a war. There are more than 20 martyrs' cemeteries along the way, which is unique in the history of railway construction in China.

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Among the soldiers who died for the construction of chengdu-kunming railway, Jiangxi soldier 1 2 1 year old is the most special, and his burial place is also known as the worst tomb of martyrs in China. Who is the soldier aged 2 1? What did he go through? And why is his tomb the most miserable?

The soldier's name is Xiong, and he is from Zhangshu County, Jiangxi Province. /kloc-0 joined the army in March, 1963, and was the squad leader of the 37th detachment of the Eighth Division of the Railway Corps. On August 24th, 1965, Xiong's team was building chengdu-kunming railway Longgudian Railway Bridge. The total length of Longgudian Bridge is1382m, and there are 38 piers, each of which is about 40m high.

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When repairing the seventh pier, Xiong Hanjun accidentally fell into the 40-meter-deep pier because of his extreme fatigue after long work. Before the cement in the pier was completely dried, the bear's body was firmly absorbed by the cement, and it sank deeper and deeper. The comrades pulled him up together, but they still failed to rescue the bear. A 2 1 year-old bear died heroically.

Before the sacrifice, Xiong Hanjun shouted the last sentence at the top of his lungs: "Let me know when the bridge is repaired." After the bear died, a thorny problem was put on the table. If we want to take out the remains of martyrs, we must blow up the newly built pier. Reconstruction will take a lot of manpower and material resources, and some people may die. You know, the country was still poor at that time, and reconstruction meant extra expenses. And if you don't take out the remains of the martyrs, it is emotionally unacceptable to everyone.

Photo: Hanjun Bridge

After the last heated discussion, I decided to leave the dock. Pier 7 is the tomb of the bear martyr. If the martyr is in the spirit of heaven, I believe he doesn't want to blow up the pier, so there is no need to bury the bones. Life is everywhere. In memory of the bear, the words 13 are engraved on the pier 7: the bear is an eternal martyr and an old soldier of Kunming Railway. Longgudian Bridge also has a new name: Hanjun Bridge. With the pier as the tomb, it can be called the most tragic tomb of martyrs in China.

Photo: On the dock is the bear's tomb.

In order to always remember the Bear Martyrs and more than 2 100 railway soldiers who died for the construction of chengdu-kunming railway, for more than 50 years, the train on chengdu-kunming railway will whistle for 30 seconds every time it passes the Longgudian Bridge to pay tribute to the martyrs! Pay tribute to the martyrs and ordinary people who died for building a new China!