The aircraft carrier that made everyone proud became his farewell gift...

China's first generation carrier-based fighter J-15

The historic moment of successful take-off and landing on the Liaoning

do you remember?

Watching it again today, I still feel excited!

9 years ago

my country's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning"

The successful takeoff and landing of the J-15 carrier-based aircraft

Aired on TV

However, on the same day

J-15 carrier-based aircraft R&D site

Commander-in-Chief Luo Yang was on duty

Illness due to overwork

Sudden acute myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death

Died in the line of duty

That year, he was only 51 years old.

Five days before his death

Luo Yang is surrounded by a huge roar every day

Watching the J-15 take off and land again and again...

"Mission accomplished, I'm relieved."

This is after he boarded the ship

First time with my wife

It was also the last call.

In the last month of life

After the successful maiden flights of two major models

Luo Yang immediately rushed to the Zhuhai Air Show

Then flew to Shenyang

Switch to the Liaoning

Assisting carrier-based aircraft

But no matter how busy

As long as in Shenyang

Luo Yang spends half an hour every day visiting his old mother.

This time

He didn't have time to visit his mother.

At Shenyang Airport

He called his mother

"Mom, I can't go back now."

This is the last farewell between mother and son.

After Luo Yang left

His mother kept the model of the J-15

“When I saw it, I felt like my son

Still by my side

So I stayed.”

When the reporter asked the mother

If Luo Yang could choose again...

She said firmly

“I still want him to do something.

I think so

Only then can we live up to the Party

Only then can we be worthy of the country."

The reporter then said:

"But he is sorry for you!"

The mother only replied

“There is no home without a country”

There is no home without a country!

On the night of November 11, 1940, in an air raid on Taranto, the British Royal Navy easily and severely damaged the Italian fleet anchored in the Taranto naval port with only two waves of 21 biplane "Swordfish" torpedo planes, sinking one battleship and severely damaging two, which completely changed the balance of naval power between the Allies and the Axis powers in the Mediterranean region.

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese Combined Fleet attacked Pearl Harbor. It used a beautiful carrier-based aircraft raid to send 12 US warships to the bottom of the sea, including 4 battleships. The Pacific Fleet almost lost its combat capability within half a year.

On the morning of December 10, 1941, in the Battle of Malaya, the Japanese army used only 85 fighter planes of various types to destroy the entire Z Fleet on the voyage. The Royal Navy's new battleship "Prince of Wales", battlecruiser "Repulse" and the four escorting destroyers sank into the sea in less than two hours.

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In the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Marianas, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the confrontation between the US and Japanese aircraft carrier formations, especially the carrier-based aircraft units, became the key factor that directly determined the outcome of the battle.

Unfortunately, until the late 1990s, when the Nimitz-class supercarrier had already been commissioned and the world's first third-generation carrier-based fighter, the F-14 Tomcat, was about to be retired, the People's Navy was still a defensive navy. Aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft seemed out of reach for us.

Faced with this reality

To defend the motherland

To protect the lights of the homes on this land

Countless people have worked hard for aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft all their lives.

August 1982

Luo Yang has this complex

Dedicated to national defense industry

The roar of an airplane

Makes him feel particularly at ease

More than 20 years ago

Luo Yang and several experts visited the United States

See someone on the deck of an aircraft carrier

Fighter planes fly and fall like dragonflies

The wings fold and unfold easily

Thinking of my country's defense industry

The gap with developed countries

The young man was so anxious that he wanted to cry

At the J-15 production start-up ceremony

He once said

This is not an ordinary model

This is specially designed for our country's first aircraft carrier

Tailor-made carrier-based fighter

The Chinese nation is looking forward to aircraft carriers

I have been waiting for a whole century

The Marines are waiting for this moment

I have been waiting for more than half a century...

Luo Yang once said:

“Our greatest pursuit

Through our efforts

Make our country's advanced fighter

To equip the troops as soon as possible

Make our country's defense industry

We will be able to narrow the gap with developed countries as soon as possible.”

With this determination

He was overloaded with work again and again.

The work rhythm was initially

7 days a week

11 hours a day

In order to let China's fighter jets fly in the blue sky as soon as possible

One month in the final sprint of the mission

He also reached his limit

Work up to 20 hours a day

"After Luo Yang passed away

Many people said that he collapsed from exhaustion.

The J-15 carrier-based aircraft is on this mission

actually

This is just a small part of his job.”

Test pilot Wan Bingsheng said

"Before Luo Yang died

Always busy recording on board

and analyze aircraft status

He was closest to the plane.

No more than 20 meters

Test pilot Li Guoen

The person who can best understand Luo Yang's feelings at that time:

At such a close distance

The loud roar of planes taking off and landing

It will make your ears hurt.

Heart palpitations

But Political Commissar Zhang Baoku remembered

Luo Yang once said to him

Sitting in the office

You can often hear the roar of airplanes

I feel very at ease.

“Too tired

You sleep, you sleep"

November 25, 2012

Liaoning returns home smoothly

Everyone started hugging and celebrating warmly

Luo Yang looked calm

Just shaking hands with colleagues one by one

This is what we saw

The last scene of Luo Yang's life

Soon after leaving

He covered his chest with severe pain and fell down.

At the farewell ceremony

Luo Yang's wife Wang Xili said this

Farewell to my deceased husband

“Too tired

You sleep, you sleep"

now

Luo Yang has been gone for 9 years

And there are many heroes like Luo Yang

For the military industry of the motherland

Struggle for a lifetime

"Many navy personnel have worked hard for aircraft carriers all their lives.

After all, I was not able to step onto the deck of my motherland’s aircraft carrier.”

The motherland will eventually choose those who are loyal to the motherland!

The motherland will always remember those who dedicate themselves to the motherland!

Editor: Sun Xiaoqian

Proofread by Wu Yiwei

Proofread by Ju Jing

On-duty editor: Lian Lisheng

Source: WeChat public account "Communist Youth League Central Committee" (ID: gqtzy2014), compiled from WeChat public accounts "Guozi Xiaoxin" (ID: guozixiaoxin), "People's Navy" (ID: rmhjwx), "Liberation Army Daily" (ID: jfjbdzzy), Weibo @CCTV News, @Yangguang Military, @-四分３三秒-, etc.