A great man taught us: as long as we die for the interests of the people, we will die heavier than Mount Tai and die well; He worked hard for the fascists, died for the exploitation of the interests of the people, and died a lighter death than a feather. "Born great, die glorious." It is the best definition of a revolutionary's outlook on life and death.

The discussion was extremely lively. Everyone believes that the revolution is not about people to die, the question is how to treat death, the revolution has not succeeded, sacrifice is always inevitable, when the revolution needs, as a soldier, it depends on whether you dare to sacrifice yourself for the revolution. A thorough revolutionary, what is there to fear from death! This is the concept of life and death of the revolution. In order to give us a deeper understanding of the concept of life and death, the school also published "How Steel is Made" (excerpt).

Political Commissar Du said: "Paul Kochagin is an example for thousands of revolutionary youths to follow, in order to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the tsar, he threw himself into the revolution, forgot his life and death, fought bravely, and later became paralyzed and blind, and with tenacious perseverance wrote the book "How Steel is Made". He was physically and mentally disabled, and devoted everything to the great cause of liberation. This is the outlook on life, values, and life and death that we advocate. ”

Instructor Huo asked everyone to transcribe Paul's words: "People, the most precious thing is life, life is only once for everyone, how should human life be spent?" When he recalls the past, he can not regret that he wasted his time, and he will not be ashamed of his inaction. At the end of his life, he was able to say: 'My whole life and all my energies have been devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world, the struggle for the emancipation of mankind.' ’”

The political commissar said: "It only makes sense for us to treat life and death with the spirit of Paul." ”

Instructor Huo continued: "We are inspired by Paul that in order to make a revolution, we must completely abandon the personal feelings of the little intellectuals. First the country, then the small family, first for the people, then for the people. I hope that everyone will abandon the fragility and vacillation of their children's affection, follow the party without hesitation, and carry out the revolution to the end! ”

The earnest teachings of the leaders violently hit our hearts. As a result of the discussions, awareness was raised, and everyone once again expressed their determination to the organization.

The main content of my pledge is: "Revolution to the end, never be a deserter, and test yourself in the torrent of revolution." "The time is: August 14, 1949.

On the day of the opening, none of our second brigade slipped away, and a female soldier was admitted exceptionally, which was commended by the school department.

On the morning of August 15, 1949, the troops marched to the railway station. A long train stopped at the fork, and the squadrons boarded by name.

A "stuffy stuffy" loading car, squeezed into seventy or eighty people, just one squadron. The captain of the Red Army inspected the carriages one by one, looked at us and said humorously: "I have wronged you intellectuals." "After getting on the bus, I waited for a long time, but I didn't see the car moving, so many people were crowded in the windowless cargo compartment, it was so hot and uncomfortable, and I couldn't get off the car to move, and when it was about eleven o'clock, the wheels had not yet rolled, and the hot sun hung in the air, blazing the unventilated carriage on all sides. Probably the superiors were "sympathetic to the people's feelings" and ordered everyone to get out of the car and rest on the spot. The urine was swollen and bulging, and he couldn't go far, so he had to hide under the carriage to "release water".

At this time, a middle-aged woman in the distance pestered Director Li of the Political Department of the school and Du Jing, the political commissar of the brigade, to ask to join the army. Female comrades dressed in Lanshilin cloth tops, gray trousers, with short hair, and a small bag in their hands, looked like rural women, crying to join the army. Maybe the lesbians love to cry and are good at crying, crying three times and crying twice, and finally touched the hearts of the two leaders, so they were exceptionally admitted and assigned to the girls' squadron.

As soon as this scene ended, a middle-aged man with a child about three years old found her. The man was her husband and begged her to go back, but the woman refused to return, the man couldn't cry too, and the child kept crying for his mother. The woman said angrily: "You are still a man, what is there to cry about, you can take the eldest child, I have made up my mind to join the army, and I will come back when the revolution is victorious...... I'm not going back today unless I am killed!" "Look at her momentum, joining the army is ironclad - never shake! The man bowed his head and said nothing. The leaders of the troops also persuaded and criticized, and the man had no choice but to take the child away.

The train started, with a long "woo", and rushed south.

At this time, everyone in the carriage began to discuss what had just happened.

"This lesbian is too, so why bother? If you have a family and a room, what kind of revolutionary wave will you catch? ”

"Hey, this woman is not simple, she abandoned her husband and son and resolutely joined the army, and she has the style of Mulan!"

Some people analyze that it may be that her husband or mother-in-law treats her badly, or that the man has no cure for drug use...... The discussion was very lively, and the debate was also very lively, and everyone had their own feelings. The squadron leader closed his ears at this time, and he didn't say a word, letting everyone talk about it lightly, and he was red-faced, and when everyone stopped talking, his voice rang out:

"I approve of that comrade who abandoned her family and joined the army, because she showed revolutionary firmness and rebellion against feudal ethics!" One word amazes the four!

"You don't know, the woman's family is very poor, she owes debts to the landlord's family to be a child daughter-in-law, she comes to the door at the age of three, the landlord's family doesn't treat her as a human being, she suffers a lot, and is forced to marry the landlord's son, and now she is liberated, and she doesn't break free from the shackles of the family and get out of the sea of suffering, when will she stay?! That's revolution, you know? ”

In the end, it is an old revolutionary, and the problem is profound, and the level is a step higher than ours, and everyone has taken another vivid education lesson.

The train did not go fast, one sleeper was rotten, the other was overloaded, the vibration was large, shaky, stop-and-go, and it was already dark when it arrived in Huangcheng County. After getting off the bus, I camped under the big tree in the village, and I couldn't control mosquito bites, so I slept until dawn.

Today, we have to test everyone's feet, from Huangcheng to Qingzhang, not far and not nearly about 80 miles. Each man carried a backpack and an oil-paper umbrella, and the troops marched in two columns. It's hot, so hurry early. At first, he walked very slowly, and he couldn't walk for eight miles in an hour. The anxious demand to go faster, such a grind makes people want to sleep, but the troops still walk in order.

The red sun, shining brightly and scorching, tested every student. Later, the troops quickened their pace, and the distance between the squadrons was ten meters, and the geese flew in an orderly manner, and the order of everyone before and after was not disordered, and it was like this every day in the future, and they were not allowed to advance or move behind. In this way, everyone is familiar with the front and back, even if the night march, there is no one less to know who it is, you see how wonderful this rule is!

After walking nearly 40 miles, the backpack became heavier and heavier, and the pressure on the shoulders was uncomfortable. Some comrades have a backpack of more than ten pounds, regretting that they did not listen to the advice of their superiors (the maximum is eight pounds), and now they are begging for hardships, looking at those old eight roads, a small backpack, easy to carry on the shoulder, leisurely. Those girls are miserable, big bags and small bags, hanging all over their bodies, I don't know what they are, and now they are getting heavier and heavier.

Deng Xiaolin said jokingly: "Lesbians, there are so many secret things!" ”

Someone joked, "Have you been checking it out?" ”

It made everyone laugh. Talking and laughing all the way, swinging the dragon gate array, and a little bit of the taste of the boy's brother shopping on the street. At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived at Qingzhang and camped in a village with many camphor trees. After a day's journey, they were all tired, and this was the first real march of the military academy members.