1982, a Vietnamese pilot flew a helicopter across the Vietnamese border and fled to China. There are nine Vietnamese compatriots on board. What happened to them?
Repressing the Vietnamese government in party member.
The pilot's name was Joe, and he was a captain of the Vietnamese Air Force. Because of his father, his escape destination was China.
Joe's father is party member. He has also been to China for further study, and he is very fond of China, and regards China as his second hometown.
However, after gaining power in Viet Nam, the then Du?n Group began a series of radical expansion policies, and then challenged China's national dignity intentionally or unintentionally.
At that time, many Vietnamese people connected with China were expelled from power centers and government agencies.
Endless war
1969, 15-year-old Joe joined the Vietnamese army and then took part in the unification war. At that time, their slogan was "Get rid of America and welcome liberation".
1975, Vietnam was finally unified. At this time, Joe became a helicopter pilot, whose task was to transport logistics materials on the border. Why the border? Because finally peaceful Vietnam wants to wage war again.
At that time, the ambition of the ruling group was obvious, regardless of people's lives. This war seems endless. Joe feels very tired. He was tired of the war and wanted to settle down, so he had the idea of abandoning the dark for the bright future.
Prepare to escape
Joe is not the only one who thinks so, because the government has no humane policy. At that time, the brain drain in Vietnam was very serious, and people often fled to other countries on the border.
It was obviously impossible to escape alone, so Joe found his good friend, an air force ground mechanic named Huang Chuntuan, and both of them had the idea and hit it off. After that, they contacted eight people and planned to find a chance to go to China.
In order to prevent people from fleeing, the Vietnamese government has also taken many measures. For example, when an airplane is grounded, it is necessary to remove the battery and the magnetic compass and keep them in a unified way. You can't use them at will without the approval of your superiors.
After a secret inquiry, they found two items they needed on the black market. 198 1 in September, they finally got a rare opportunity.
Escape succeeded.
Joe was selected as a pilot to observe the Sino-Vietnamese border and got a pass to enter Baimei Airport. He went there alone, and others climbed over the barbed wire to meet him.
After installing the battery and magnetic compass, the plane successfully took off at 5am, and then they went to Long Bian Bridge to pick up the remaining six people, then adjusted their direction and prepared to fly to China.
An hour after the plane took off, once the Vietnamese army found something unusual, they realized that they might want to fly away and immediately sent other planes to intercept it.
However, Joe has a lot of flying experience. With skillful skills, he perfectly avoided the attack of Vietnamese planes and successfully got rid of the interception.
After a two-hour flight, they landed successfully and arrived in daxin county, Guangxi. Joe flew 130 km in Vietnam. In fact, there were many opportunities to stop them, but they were lucky and all were safe in the end.
After arriving in China,
After all, they are foreigners. After arriving in China, they were immediately sent to Beijing, and the People's Daily also reported on this matter.
Qiao Liuqing later held a press conference, telling the reason why he wanted to come to China and the situation in Vietnam at that time, and said that he wanted to live in China all the time.
China finally accepted them. From then on, Joe became a teacher and lived in China all his life. Only one of them went abroad to settle down, and the others, like Joe, spent the rest of their stable lives in China.
The helicopter they drove in those days is now collected by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.