—A chronicle of the continuation of the fine tradition of the second infantry company of a brigade of the army, and close internal relations.
People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Qian Xiaohu
Special correspondent Zhang Shengtao and correspondent Zhou Junyi.
In the cold winter season, the Lingnan Mountains. Following the commander's order, the officers and men of the Second Infantry Company of a certain brigade of the army moved forward in a roundabout way and quickly destroyed several "enemy" firepower points, thus successfully completing the task.
The officers and men had a strong sense of cooperation and a high degree of tacit cooperation, and the battle was so exciting! The officers of the command and dispatch team were full of praise for the company's performance.
Carrying forward the glorious tradition of 'life and death together' is an important source of strength and beneficial experience for our company to continuously achieve victories! The company commander told reporters that they have actively guided officers and men to continue the fine tradition and close internal relations, which has effectively promoted the improvement of the company's combat effectiveness.
Carrying the red flag and the stretcher, the officers and men had firm eyes and rushed forward to ......Walking into the honor room of the company, a lifelike sculpture caught the reporter's eye. The company commander said that this sculpture tells the touching story of the company's officers and soldiers living and dying together.
In 1946, the officers and men of the predecessor unit of the company were ordered to cover the retreat of the main forces. During the battle, the soldier Zhu Jicai was shot and wounded in the leg and could not walk. In order not to drag down his comrades, he begged the company to leave him behind. "We live and die together! His comrades-in-arms made improvised stretchers from twigs and vines and carried him on the march and in battle. In this way, the officers and men of the whole company depended on each other for life and death, united as one, and fought with an enemy dozens of times their own for more than 80 days, and not a single soldier was left behind, and they completed their tasks brilliantly, and were awarded the honorary title of "Life and Death Together Company" by their superiors.
Make good use of the glorious tradition and close internal relations. The company commander told reporters that in order to guide the officers and men to carry forward the company's traditions, they have carried out a series of activities on a regular basis to "strive to be the successors of 'life and death together'." Every time a recruit leaves the company and a new cadre reports for duty, the company will organize them to visit the company's honor place and learn the company's history as soon as possible; Before each major mission, the company organizes officers and men to take an oath in front of the "Life and Death Together" sculpture.
At the site of the "Re-walking the Road of 'Life and Death Together'" organized by the company, the reporter saw that the instructor stood in the place where the company's predecessors had fought, and relived the story of "life and death together" with the officers and soldiers of the company through the first connection. "We must unite under the banner of the party into 'a piece of hard steel' and make concerted efforts to continuously push forward the cause of strengthening the military in the new era. The instructor's words won warm applause.
Glorious tradition edifies people, and a good environment shapes people. Senior Private Qin Guoxing was a graduate student of a key university before enlisting in the army, and due to the influence of his own growth environment, when he first arrived in the company, he liked to be alone. The backbone cadres of the company not only cared for and helped him in work and life, but also took the initiative to talk with him heart-to-heart, so that he could quickly integrate into the collective.
Unity is strength, and unity is victory. Qin Guoxing told reporters that in the company, he not only felt a strong sense of comradeship, but also deeply realized that only by uniting and helping each other in peacetime and going to the battlefield can comrades win the battle in life and death.
No comrade-in-arms will be left behind, no comrade-in-arms will be left behind in training, and no comrade-in-arms will be left in need. In the company's dormitory, the reporter saw 36 big red characters pasted on the white walls that were particularly eye-catching.
You carry me, he pulls you, and I protect him. The instructor of the company pointed to the big red characters on the wall and said: In view of the characteristics of officers and men in the new era, on the basis of extensively carrying out "mutual learning and mutual help and mutual education," they have explored and perfected the "eight mutual" experience and methods in the new era, such as pulling each other after falling behind, learning from each other's strengths, and helping each other when encountering difficulties, so that the company's "home" flavor will be stronger, the "love" between officers and men will be more deeply blended, and one heart-warming story after another will be composed.
When Sergeant Zeren Tashi first joined the army, he was reluctant to socialize with his comrades because his Mandarin was not standard. After Li Lin, the squad leader at the time, found out, he had heart-to-heart talks with him many times, used his spare time to read the newspaper with him, practiced speaking Mandarin, and taught him military skills. With the help of Li Lin, Zeren Tashi made significant progress, and soon integrated into the collective and grew into a squad leader.
After Zeren Tashi became the squad leader, he found that the training performance of Ye Shuangxin, a soldier in the class, was not satisfactory, and he was like the old squad leader Li Lin helping him, helping Ye Shuangxin with sincerity and sincerity. In less than half a year, Ye Shuangxin achieved a "counterattack" in the company assessment. Today, Ye Shuangxin has become a well-known training leader in the whole battalion.
Once, when the company participated in a competition organized by the brigade for actual combat coherent courses, Corporal Wu Shanjie suddenly had cramps in his right leg and was unable to move in pain. After the company commander found out, he quickly rushed to Wu Shanjie's side, took his equipment, and helped him forward, and his comrades-in-arms also helped. Wu Shanjie said anxiously: "You go first, don't affect the results of the whole company because of me alone." The company commander replied: "We are people who 'live and die together', how can there be any reason to abandon our comrades-in-arms?" Whether it's on the battlefield or in the exam room, we're all in this together! After crossing the finish line with the help of his comrades, Wu Shanjie hugged everyone tightly with tears in his eyes.
Life and death together, unity to win the battle. The company commander told reporters that they actively guided the officers and men to work hard in unity and hard to improve their fighting skills, so that the company's combat effectiveness could be continuously improved.
How can new equipment be included in the ranks, how to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible? We should do a good job in the theoretical study of new equipment, form pairs of mutual teaching and learning, and set up a group for tackling key problems in new training methods ......and tacticsOfficers and men offered suggestions one after another, and the company soon saw an upsurge of "learning new equipment, training new skills, and fulfilling new missions." In less than 100 days since the new equipment was installed, the company passed all the combat shooting assessments, with an excellent rate of more than 60 percent.
In a cross-regional actual combat training, in the face of the harsh environment of high cold and lack of oxygen, the officers and men of the whole company helped and encouraged each other, overcame numerous difficulties, innovated and introduced a variety of training methods and tactics, and achieved excellent results without losing a single point in static assessment, excellent results in on-the-spot assessment, and a hit rate of more than 90 percent in live ammunition.
Continue the glorious tradition and create new glory. In the course of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army, the company has been rated as an advanced company in comprehensive construction and an advanced unit of the "four railways" for many years. Now, they are focusing on the generation of new domains and new qualities of combat effectiveness, launching a charge to the commanding heights of winning future wars, and constantly writing a new chapter of "life and death together".
Published in the 1st edition of the "People's Liberation Army Daily" on February 15**丨 People's Liberation Army Daily, Learning Corps (ID: xuexijuntuan).
Producer丨Ou Can, Hou Dawei, Editor丨Liu Jianwei, Yan Shan, Qian Zongyang, Editor丨Li Chen.