Passionate burning years of struggle youth

New China's first generation of military reclamation female tractors Jin Maofang. Chinese Women's Daily reporter Wang Jiangping/Photo

The frontal pattern of the RMB adopts the first -generation female tractor player of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps as the creative element. The picture shows the positive version of RMB one dollar of RMB one yuan on October 20, 1969.

In the early 1950s, Jin Maofang drove a tractor to farm in the field. This photo was hung in the exhibition hall by the Xinjiang Corps Military Museum, becoming a generation of spiritual coordinates.

Jin Maofang, the first generation of military -reclamated female tractors in New China, is one of the "female tractors" character prototypes on the third set of RMB one -dollar banknote. It is known as one of the "twelve red flags" of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In 2008, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps awarded the honorary title of "Top Ten Gobi Mother" in Jin Maofang. In 2009, Jin Maofang won the honorary title of the first "Top Ten Outstanding Mothers in Xinjiang" in the autonomous region. In 2019, he won the title of "Most Beautiful Struggle" nationwide. Jin Maofang said: "I hope everyone remembers our military reclamation culture, female soldiers, cherish the hard -to -come life, and continue to build a more beautiful Xinjiang."

□ Chinese Women's Daily All -Media Reporter Wang Jiangping

□ Liu Meihui

"The party and the country and the Corps have given me a high honor. I cherish it. I always read with relatives and friends and people around me. In the Gobi Pearl and Shihezi City, Shihe, the 89 -year -old Jin Maofang opened the conversation box to the Chinese women's reporters. Jin Maofang is one of the first generation of military tractors in New China. It is one of the "female tractors" character prototypes on the third set of RMB one -dollar banknotes. One of the "twelve red flags".

Today, the years have left deep marks on the old man of Jin Maofang. Although the wrinkles are deep and the hair is white, his complexion is still very good. Recalling the experience of driving a tractor that year, the old man's eyes shone, and the scene of hard struggle just happened yesterday.

Go to the most needed place for the motherland to fight for ideals

Back to 1952, the Xinjiang Military Region recruited a group of female soldiers in Shandong Province. Jin Maofang, who worshiped the soldiers from a young age, ran to the county, in response to the call of the country's development and construction ... "I want to go to Xinjiang! I want to go to the most needed place in the motherland to contribute!" , 19 -year -old Jin Maofang was happy overnight. Subsequently, she and thousands of Shandong female soldiers got on the west train to become the first generation of female reclamation soldiers in New China.

When they arrived at Shihezi, they looked at the Gobi Beach at a glance, and they couldn't meet a person a few kilometers. "The veterans comforted us and said that now, we can live the day of‘ upstairs and downstairs, electric light call ’.” Jin Maofang touched the honorary certificate in his hand. The vast Gobi and the sky Huangsha did not scare her, she knew why she came here, because it could let her fight for ideals.

When the organization asked Jin Maofang's willingness to work, she did not hesitate to choose driving tractors, because in that era, tractors were advanced production tools. Jin Maofang drove the Soviet "Mats" tractor at the time, and the operating rod required 12 kg to pull. Shortly after the training, she officially became a glorious tractor driver.

In March 1953, Jin Maofang was assigned to the firing team and started to follow the car. She said to herself over and over again, "Jin Maofang, you must do well, otherwise you are sorry for this military uniform and this tractor."

"When I drove the tractor for the first time, I was very happy, touched it, looked at it, and felt extremely glorious. The organization gave me such a valuable machine, I must do it well!" Jin Maofang said, "I am Treat my tractor like a child. The tractor cannot 'drink' alkaline water, you must drink good water, I will boil the water and cool it, and add the water to the water. Use, otherwise there will be impurities damaged machines. "

In the summer, there was no tree on the wasteland, and there was no cold land. During the rest, Jin Maofang drilled under the tractor. In winter, the land is frozen, and the tractor and the horsepower are not moving, and it always goes off. But no matter how hard the conditions are, the enthusiasm of the big guy will not be extinguished. Time and arduous tasks, plowing, sowing, fertilization, transportation ... Jin Maofang and his partners rotated during the day and night, thirsty and drinking cold water, hungry and dry grain, and he was tired when he was tired.

In the winter of 1959, when the Moro Bay of Shiso City, Shisuo City, the transport team encountered the cold current weather, and the temperature dropped to minus 45 degrees Celsius because the oil was too thick to cause the tractor to turn off. The task must be completed! The anxious Jin Maofang took off his gloves, used his mouth to suck oil in the tube, and used the temperature to warm the oil tube. As a result, her mouth touched the oil pipe, and she was sticky at once. She wanted to lick her lips with her tongue, but was pulled out. Jin Maofang still did not give up, and tried various methods until the engine could work normally. In order to catch up the work period and seize the transportation construction, at that time, Jin Maofang and his partners rushed on the road for three consecutive days and four nights, and no one had suffered.

During the decades of working in the original Shihezi Total Field Farm Farm, Jin Maofang's technology has become more and more proficient in the technology. It has set a record of 120 acres of land and 20 years of task for 7 years a day. During the 7 years when he was the leader of the "Mats" locomotive group, Jin Maofang worked 33,395 hours, completed 258,300 standard acres, and saved 52,145 kg of oil. At that time, it saved more than 80,000 yuan. Keep in mind the spirit of the Corps and continue to move forward to build a beautiful Xinjiang

In 1962, Jin Maofang was named the "Two Heroes Model" by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In 1965, it was rated as one of the "twelve red flags" of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Subsequently, Jin Maofang was repeatedly rated as the "labor model" of the autonomous region and the Corps. In 2008, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps awarded the honorary title of "Top Ten Gobi Mother" in Jin Maofang. In 2009, Jin Maofang won the honorary title of the first "Top Ten Outstanding Mothers in Xinjiang" in the autonomous region. In 2019, he won the title of "Most Beautiful Struggle" nationwide.

So far, on the wall of Jin Maofang's living room, there was a picture of her young work when she was young. This was taken when she first learned the tractor driving technology in 1952.

"Opening a tractor, it is the hardest to walk straight. Because the tractor does not go straight, the quality of cultivated land and sowing will be affected, causing the crop output to be low. When we were studying training, we covered one eye with cloth. How to take a straight line. Now, this Beidou navigation tractor solves this problem at once. Our country can produce such a good tractor, I feel particularly proud. " Jin Maofang was very excited.

In July 1959, Jin Maofang officially joined the Communist Party of China and became a glorious Communist Party member. She has higher requirements for herself. The time of more than 60 years is fleeting, and Jin Maofang still can't forget the vow when joining the party: "I will always support the party and loyal to the party, because without the Communist Party, there is no happy life in today."

In the West Park of Shihezi City, Xinjiang, a large sculpture with the image of the third set of RMB one -dollar bank currency tractor stands quietly. Although the statue did not write a name, in the eyes of the locals, the statue flashed the shadow of the old man in Jin Maofang. Sometimes, when she goes to the vegetable market to buy food, someone will hold her arm and say, "Is your old man Jin Maofang? You are the female tractor hand on the RMB.

In the face of everyone’s praise, the elderly Jin Maofang is always low -key. She always said that the girl on the renminbi should not be regarded as her. "You can say that I am one of the prototypes in the RMB, but it cannot be said to be my personal. Xinjiang. The girls of the production and construction corps are tens of millions, and Xinjiang can have today. It is the result of our collective dedication, not a person's grade. Therefore, I hope everyone remembers the culture of our military reclamation and female soldiers. Life that is not easy, continue to build a more beautiful Xinjiang. "Elderly Jin Maofang said.

The "Mats" tractor that Jin Maofang once drove was kept complete and collected by the Corps of the Military Museum of the Corps. It is a national first -class revolutionary cultural relic.

In 1987, Jin Maofang retired. She has always lived in Shihezi City, often participating in community and school reports, telling residents and teachers and students to tell the history of the military regiment, and the story of the builder.

"Shihezi, Xinjiang, and the whole country have changed too much. At that time, the veterans told us 'electric lights and upstairs and downstairs' have long been realized. Now they are all the era of online information. I also learned to surf the Internet and use WeChat. These changes. These changes. I couldn't think of it before, "Jin Maofang said.

"Today, I have been in Xinjiang for almost 70 years. The tractor that has been with me in 1989 has already retired gloriously. Now it is collected by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Museum. The years of burning. Someone asked me, do you regret coming to Xinjiang? I can tell him firmly and not regret it. Xinjiang is a place where I have struggled for a lifetime and this life cannot be separated. "Jin Maofang said.

The vast wasteland became Liangtian in the hands of "Jin Maofang". They used soft shoulders to carry the heavy responsibility of the times, and used youth and blood to cast the spirit of the Corps.

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