The cadres of the Tieling City Public Security Fire Detachment commented that the detachment leader Wang Chunlei was a "person who loves the fire field", and the soldier said that at the most critical moment of the fire, "there must be the detachment leader Wang Chunlei by his side."

Wang Chunlei, born in 1963, enlisted in the army in 1981, is currently the head of the Tieling City Public Security Fire Detachment, participating in and directing four or five thousand firefighting battles. Asked why he risked his life to rush forward, Wang Chunlei said: "First, the top leaders of large and small fire fields must stand on the front line to personally observe and command, otherwise they will not worry." Second, the fire burns quickly, and the outcome of the battle is determined by only a few minutes, and the commander must stand on the front line in these few minutes, and make decisions to determine the outcome of the battle. ”

Wang Chunlei's subtext is: In the battle to extinguish the fire, if he does not stand on the front line, victory will not come.

At 3:30 a.m. on July 17, Wang Chunlei received an order from the provincial corps to mobilize 10 fire fighting vehicles to reinforce Dalian. He was in Shenyang at the time, and immediately issued an order to the detachment, ordering Liu Mingkun, deputy detachment leader, to quickly assemble the vehicles and soldiers of the six brigades of Yinzhou, Kaiyuan, Jiaobingshan, Xincheng District, Tieling County, and Development Zone within one hour at the south entrance of Tieling on the Shenha-Harbin Expressway and set off for the destination. Subsequently, Wang Chunlei took 20,000 yuan as supplies and drove to Dalian. When others saw that Wang Chunlei had high blood pressure and gout, they persuaded him not to go to the front line, Wang Chunlei said: "I must go, now there are not many detachment leaders in the province who have been killed by soldiers, I am counted as one, and veterans have the role of veterans." ”

At 4:40 a.m. on the 17th, 10 combat vehicles and 61 officers and men of the Tieling detachment, led by Liu Mingkun, set off from the Tielingnan exit of the expressway and arrived at the service area of Dalian Sanshilipu at 11:40 a.m. Under the leadership of the Dalian traffic police, arriving at the scene of the fire at 12:35, Wang Chunlei made a brief pre-war mobilization, and then went to the general headquarters to ask for instructions. The leader said that the Tieling detachment served as the general reserve of the fire field, and it was on standby at the scene first when it was tight.

Wang Chunlei led Liu Baigang, deputy chief of staff of the detachment, and Ning Ning, deputy squadron leader of Tieling County, to go deep into the fire site to reconnoitre, and found that there were still many remnants of fire on the northeast side of the No. 103 tank. They set up 4 water gun positions and 2 foam gun positions to control the fire from the north and south sides. The tactical measures formulated by Wang Chunlei are to "make breakthroughs in key areas, eliminate them piece by piece, suffocate and extinguish fires, and transport water and water supply." After 3 hours of hard fighting, the fire in the pipeline trench on the northeast side of tank 103 was extinguished.

During the battle, the burning area at the scene was large, the smoke was thick and black, and most of the fire points were hidden under the oil pipeline, and Wang Chunlei led three officers and men to jump off the scorching oil pipeline. Slippery pipes, unsteady boots, or baked boots can be very dangerous. He condescended, directing the water cannon to cool the oil pipeline, while finding the fire point and letting the foam gun extinguish one by one. At this time, the high temperature and thick smoke were unbearable, and Wang Chunlei ordered the water gun to draw water on him and the other three officers and soldiers, especially under the soles of his feet, otherwise he would not be able to stand for a while.

Some of the pipes were erected under the bridge, and the fire point was not within the range of the foam gun, so it could not be extinguished no matter how it was hit. Wang Chunlei immediately contacted the sand truck and forklift to pour sand from both sides to extinguish the fire. After more than 6 hours of hard work, the Tieling detachment completed the fire fighting task of more than 4,000 square meters of oil pipeline area.

After completing the task of fighting the oil pipeline, Wang Chunlei saw that the No. 103 tank was still burning violently, and a scorching red band of more than 30 centimeters appeared at the lower end of the tank, and there was a possibility of another explosion at any time. In order to highlight the combat effect, Wang Chunlei ordered a forklift to tear down the wall, and paved the sand and gravel to pave the best way to cool the No. 103 tank, making up for a blank spot in the No. 103 tank rescue position. Wang Chunlei redeployed vehicles, soldiers, water cannons, foam guns, and other combat forces on the position, and personally commanded the red belt of the cooling tank, and the water gun and water cannon were able to shoot wherever they were under his command until the red belt cooled down.

After the Tieling detachment reached the position, it fought continuously for 18 hours. At noon the next day, the commander-in-chief issued an order for a general attack, and Wang Chunlei and the officers and men laid a ladder and climbed up to the No. 103 tank of the collapsed remaining part of the 10-meter-high tank to direct the battle. At that time, the soldiers of the Tieling detachment looked back and saw that Wang Chunlei was also by his side, and some people shed tears, saying that this was really the same life and death of officers and soldiers. Wang Chunlei said: "Where the soldiers go, I have to go, otherwise I don't worry." ”

At the top of the tank, Wang Chunlei ordered the foam cannon to forcibly suppress the open flames and smoke around the floating roof, and the effect was obvious.

At 14 o'clock on the 18th, the General Headquarters ordered the Tieling Detachment to organize a storming group, set up a foam artillery position, go deep into the No. 103 tank, and directly attack the fire point. Wang Chunlei received the order and personally led Liu Baigang and five other officers and men to set up ladders, withstand the thick smoke, face the wall of fire on the tank wall, advance hard, and set up a foam cannon position inside the tank. During the battle, Wang Chunlei went down to the bottom of the tank, grasped the dynamics of the fire in the tank, commanded the attack group to control the fire, and reported the fire situation in the tank to the general headquarters in time. In the tank, where the part burned violently, Wang Chunlei moved the position to wherever it was. The soles of the officers and men's boots were scorched, the water cannons were deformed, and the water hoses burned holes, but they fought tenaciously and did not flinch, and after two hours of fighting, the fire was effectively controlled.

At the end of the battle, the officers and men praised the detachment commander Wang Chunlei for his bravery, tenacity, and courage to fight. Wang Chunlei said: "I can't even wear these high hats, and I really don't feel at ease if they are not with water guns and foam guns." How to extinguish a fire, how to implement tactics, how to observe a fire, how to avoid danger, how much do these young children really master? I'm not at ease. When I get to the front line, I feel much more comfortable than standing in the back. ”