How deep is the veteran's pro-army feelings? In the essay contest on the theme of "Loving My National Defense" held in Shanghai last year, Zhang Guanhua, a retired veteran living in Xinqiao Town, and ** both won the second prize of the city. Although they joined the army in the sixties and seventies of the last century, they have never forgotten the military years filled with gunsmoke, blood, tears and glory.
ZHANG Guanhua,He is 81 years old and enlisted in the army in 1961. After graduating from the 13th Aviation School of the Air Force, he worked as a ground crew member in the 2nd Division of the Shanghai Air Force and participated in the writing group of the 4th Air Force. In his career of more than 30 years as a journalist, he has written many typical reports of the army and localities, such as "The Eighth Company on the Nanjing Road," and has also gone to the war-torn Laoshan front line to write a series of reports reflecting the lofty revolutionary spirit of the officers and men on the front line.
*, 69 years old, enlisted in the army in 1973. Winner of the commemorative medal of "Glory in the Party for the 50th Anniversary". In May 1970, he went to the countryside from Shanghai to the Junken Farm in Mengla County, Yunnan Province. He joined the party in May 1971 and served as the platoon commander of the military reclamation farm. On February 17, 1979, he participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in Jinping County, Yunnan Province, and served as an instructor of an infantry company of the 11th Field Army.
The magic pen book is heroic and hot-blooded
In his pen, a group of island guards defending the East China Sea of the motherland are like red camellia blooming on the cliffs of the island, with the same tenacity and self-improvement, guarding the island day and night with a hundred times more vigilance, defending the east gate of the motherland.
This is a documentary of Zhang Guanhua, director and reporter of the Political and Legal Department of the former Wen Wei Po, on the eve of the Spring Festival in the 80s of the last century, when he went to the island with the Shanghai Spring Festival condolence group to express his condolences to the officers and men guarding the island. When he was in the army, he was a good propagandist in the writing group of the Fourth Air Force, and after retiring from the army, he came to Wen Wei Po as a reporter. When communicating with reporters, Zhang Guanhua mentioned: "I have a deep affection for Songjiang, the first line I ran after I arrived at the newspaper office was the countryside, I had been to four towns in Punan, and the deepest impression was Ye Xue, which was very beautiful and gave me a feeling of paradise." ”
In his more than 30 years as a journalist at Wen Wei Po, Zhang Guanhua has been in charge of rural areas, industry, transportation, politics and law, and has written nearly 10,000 news reports, many of which are popular classics, but the first picture that comes to mind every time he recalls it has been a visit to the front line of Laoshan organized by the China Journalists Association in 1985. "Knowing that I was going to the front, my family's last words were all left, and I was ready to sacrifice. Looking back on the past, Zhang Guanhua smiled indifferently.
At that time, the war was too hard, the soldiers hid in the cat's ear hole, the temperature in Yunnan was more than 40 degrees, during the rainy season, the hole was full of water, sometimes to knee deep, people stayed in that place for dozens of days, and many soldiers' clothes rotted after a few days of wearing. "This is a battle about the dignity and glory of the country, and it is the heroic legend of a group of ordinary soldiers. Between those mountains, they defended the borders of the motherland and composed an indelible hymn with their lives. "We, the frontline reporters, should truthfully record the stories of these heroes, record their tenacity and sacrifice, engrave their spirit forever in the memory of the nation, and inspire generations of future generations to move forward bravely for the prosperity and tranquility of the country. Zhang Guanhua said.
The heroic historical song can be sung and cried
The veterans affairs department of Xinqiao Town recently organized and carried out the activity of listening to the stories of veterans with the theme of "not forgetting the original intention, keeping in mind the mission, and always following the party", inviting ** to tell the stories of veterans for everyone, and guiding the majority of veterans to carry forward the heroic spirit, give full play to the power of example, and forge ahead with high morale.
I was an instructor of an infantry company of the 11th Field Army, and every time I went out on a mission, I was ready to die with honor. * recalled: "On the evening of February 18, 1979, our company followed the vanguard to attack the position of the Vietnamese Kou, and in the battle to defend the 880 heights, Comrade Yang Shengzhou, the commander of the second platoon, was unfortunately hit by the enemy's artillery shells and died heroically. During the battle, when we cleaned up the relics of the martyrs Yang Shengzhou, we found 54 yuan in the pocket of the second platoon's long blood-soaked jacket, and I held the money soaked in the blood of the martyrs by shrapnel in both hands, and tears burst out of my eyes. This is the loyal soldier of our party, my dearest comrade-in-arms, who paid the last party fee to the party branch with his young life! Speaking of this paragraph, ** choked up and cried many times, and his voice trembled, as if he had returned to the battlefield at that time.
Old squad leader, I was also from the 11th Field Army, and I was in the communications company at that time. In the same year, Li Zhaofa, a veteran who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, burst into tears after hearing the story. "Big brother, I am from the South China Sea Fleet, more than 40 years, and today you told our hearts. The veteran Zhang Yunqing held the hand of the ** tightly and did not let go for a long time.
The wheels of time rolled, but the memories of the veterans were enduring. As witnesses of war, they witnessed first-hand the cruelty and harm of war. However, instead of being swallowed up by the darkness of war, they showed the brilliance of humanity in the flames of war. With their own flesh and blood, they defended the dignity of the country and the people, and fought for peace and tranquility for their successors.
Advocating care for heroes
Time passes, heroes are in the twilight, and veterans deserve the care and respect of society in their old age. In recent years, the veterans' affairs system of Xinqiao Town has continued to make efforts to create a good trend of remembering history, advocating heroes, and caring for heroes in the whole society.
According to He Wen, deputy director of the veterans service station in Xinqiao Town, Xinqiao Town has steadily promoted the construction of people's livelihood in recent years, such as the town's care and assistance and condolences to the preferential care objects, and has continuously improved the quality and efficiency of the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to the families and supporting the government and loving the people. At the same time, it actively creates a red cultural edification that promotes the heroic spirit and learns exemplary deeds, so that the flowers of double embrace bloom in Xinqiao.
According to reports, in 2023, Xinqiao Town** will join hands with 10 enterprises and institutions, service agencies, mass organizations and other social forces such as Xinqiao Nursing Home, Lejia Supermarket, Xinqiao Universal International Studios, New Tang Dynasty Automobile Maintenance, and 1560 E-commerce Industrial Park, resonating at the same frequency and working in unison, to participate in the construction of preferential treatment projects for veterans, involving a number of preferential services such as elderly care, living materials, vehicle maintenance, fruit and vegetable agricultural goods, medical equipment, movie viewing services, and preferential treatment for entrepreneurship, so as to promote the upgrading and quality of preferential treatment.
He Wen said: "In addition, we also actively guide the stories of veterans such as **, Zhang Guanhua and others into communities, schools, classrooms, enterprises, and institutions, so that the general public, especially young people, can accept the baptism of red education, stimulate revolutionary feelings, and stimulate enthusiasm for contributing to the party and the country." "Practice has proved that caring for veterans should not only help veterans solve practical problems, but also send spiritual care and care, and record the stories of veterans, tell the stories of veterans, publicize the glorious history of veterans, and let the heroic deeds continue to be inherited, so that the whole society can respect veterans more, meet the expectations of veterans, and give them more sense of gain and honor.
*: Shanghai Songjiang.