Although our army has made great achievements, it is still a pity that we missed three captured soldiers, namely Ma Shenglong, Yang Jialun and Wang Qi. On the other hand, India shamelessly concealed their existence. It was not until this century that Sino-Indian relations began to ease, and the deeds of these three captured soldiers gradually became known.
First of all, let me talk about two old heroes, Ma Shenglong and Yang Jialun. On August 1 2000, China Army Day, Indian media reported a news that there were two China veterans, one named Ma Shenglong and the other named Yang Jialun, in the central mental hospital of Indian ranch. They were captured during the Sino-Indian border war in 1962, when they had been in this mental hospital for 38 years. As for why he was in a mental hospital, there is no textual research, and the Indian army has no record of these two prisoners of war. At that time, the two old people just smiled, but they couldn't say a complete sentence, and they couldn't explain their situation at all.
India's report was quickly known by the staff of our embassy in India and reported to China. The country was also surprised and instructed the embassy in India to verify the identity of the two as soon as possible. Although the identities of the two old heroes were quickly verified, they were indeed our combatants in those days, it would still take a lot of trouble to take them back to China as soon as possible, because at that time, the Indian side was deaf and dumb, and there was no comment on the existence of these two soldiers. Until June 2003, after the long-term efforts of the embassy in India and the talks between the Chinese and Indian prime ministers in Beijing, India finally decided to release the two Indian prisoners of war who had been in a mental hospital for 4 1 year.
Finally, on August 8, 2003, accompanied by the staff of the embassy, the two old people flew back to their motherland after more than 40 years' absence. As the two old heroes are both Sichuanese, the Chengdu Military Region sent a medical team to take them back to Sichuan shortly after they returned to China. At present, two old people live in the Invalides Hospital in Sichuan.
There is also a veteran named Wang Qi, whose experience is quite bumpy. Wang Qi, an old man, used to be an engineering surveying and mapping soldier of China People's Liberation Army. He was captured in June 65438+June 65438+10, when the frontal battlefield of the war against India had ended. At that time, he was found by the Indian Red Cross and handed over to the Indian army because he got lost. After the Indian army detained Wang Qi for seven years, they left him to fend for himself in a remote village called Tirodi in southern India. Old Wang Qi has been applying to the Indian government for returning to China, but he has never received a response from the relevant Indian authorities.
1975, Wang Qi, who had no hope of returning home, married an Indian woman, Susina. After marriage, they had four children. Wang Qi has never given up his efforts to return to China, although he has married and had children in India. In 20 12, Wang Qi approached the Indian embassy in China for help. The staff of the embassy quickly verified the identity of the old man and issued him a China passport. 2065438+February 2007, this China veteran, who had been away from his hometown for 54 years, finally returned to the motherland with the efforts of all parties. At this time, Wang Qi was nearly 80 years old.