Chapter 13: The First Arrival in the Heroes

May 1, 1997 was a very memorable day for me. www.biquge.info On this day, I left the team that had been struggling for more than two years and was transferred to my brother unit, the Baitaishan Hero Regiment.

On this day, the weather was excellent, the sky was free of impurities, and it was turquoise. I changed into a newly-issued short-sleeved military uniform, carried my luggage and went to report for duty.

The two teams were at the wrong door, out of the group gate, turn left a little across the road is the gate of the new unit. Feng Xinguo, from the same village who enlisted in the army at the same time as me, was in the third company of this team. Although the distance between the two units was less than a kilometer in a straight line, the recruits were not allowed to leave the camp because they were not allowed to leave, and the two of us knew each other and our units still wrote letters home to ask our parents. At that time, I only knew that the two unit codes were next to each other, and they were definitely not very far away, and I didn't know that they were so close until I had the opportunity to go out to look for them the next year.

Entering the gate, a huge propaganda wall stands horizontally on the left side of the road, "politically qualified, military-competent, excellent style, strict discipline, strong security", copper characters on a red background, quite heroic. On the right is the training ground, some of the fighters are training in sighting, some are in obstacle training, and the whistles and shouts come and go, a scene of dragons and tigers.

I was assigned to the 3rd Battalion and 9th Company, and I followed the main road to the last row of barracks, which should be my new unit. There seemed to be no one in the company, quietly.

"Is the company commander here?" I walked up to the company on duty, saluted and asked.

"Please show me your ID, who are you?" Even the officer on duty asked unhurriedly.

"I'm here to report." I say.

"Wait a minute, I'll report to the instructor." As he spoke, he ran to the inner room of the first floor.

After a while, out of it came a captain officer, of medium height and slightly fat.

"This is our Instructor Zhu." The company attendant returned to his post and explained to me.

"Hello, welcome to our Ninth Company. I'm Instructor Zhu Guohua. ”

I hurriedly saluted him and reported my situation.

"The company has gone out for training, you put your luggage first. Let me introduce you to the company. He first took me to the conference room to show me the company's honor column and explained to me the company's history. This is not only a company with a glorious tradition, but it has also made many achievements in the new period. "Our team also has a lot of history, and it is a group of heroes who have achieved outstanding results. In October 1948, in the Tashan Resistance Battle, the team and its brother units fought bravely and tenaciously and bloodily, held their positions for 6 days and nights, repelled dozens of attacks by the Kuomintang army several times their own, and only more than 100 people remained at the end of the battle, contributing to the victory of the Liaoshen Campaign, and was awarded the honorary title of "Baitai Mountain Hero Regiment" by the 4th Column. "Studying history is for the sake of Mingzhi, and the glorious regimental history education can always make people's blood boil. It lets you know that you are struggling on the shoulders of your ancestors, and it makes you clear where you are and where you are going.

Brand new unit, feels like everything is fresh. The military horn is very loud, the singing is very loud, and the number is very uniform.

Every time before dinner, the company had to sing the heroic group song, and after a few days, I also learned it.

"Warriors of steel, legions of heroes,

Jiaodong waving across the Bohai Sea,

The Northeast has made meritorious contributions to the war, hey!

Baitai Mountain is famous all over the world

Baitai Mountain is in the south of Jinzhou,

The mountains are majestic and close to the Bohai Sea

The sound of artillery in the Battle of Jinzhou

Heroes sharpen their knives to defend the iron pass

Jiang bandits want to relieve the siege of Jinzhou,

Eleven divisions came to reinforce them

Airplanes in the sky, warships on the seas,

It frantically headed north

The flames of war are raging, and the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere

Repeatedly rushed to kill, and the ground moved the mountains

Bloody battles for six days and nights,

Bullets run out of stone battles.

White-bladed fighting, cold light shining,

Rivers of blood flowed, and the corpses of the enemy covered the mountains

The steel position can't be broken hey,

The red flag is flying on Baitai Mountain! ”

The lyrics are written with great momentum, writing the history of the team, the heroism of the team, and the heroism of the martyrs. So I still remember it vividly.

I was transferred to the Heroes Regiment as a reporter, so it didn't take long for me to be seconded to the regimental political office. Since then, journalism has become my daily routine. During the day, I had to go to the political office of the regiment to participate in the shift, learn about the work of the team, learn about the new people and new things in the regiment, and then write a manuscript and submit it to the newspaper. Tao Weiqiang and Chen Chuxuan are the team's veteran reporters, and they have become indispensable friends in my life.

Tao Weiqiang is a native of Hunan, diligent and studious, and a generalist, not only responsible for text manuscripts, but also responsible for news photography, and from time to time to help the film team with publicity. He went out to interview during the day, and fought at night, and after unremitting efforts, he was also well-known in the team.

Chen Chuxuan is a native of Guangdong, likes to write poetry, and gives people the feeling that he is always thinking, not many words, and his exit is a classic. There have been many "tofu blocks" in the newspapers.

Liu Tao is a leader we all like, he is the director of our political department. He grew up step by step from the grassroots. He cares about the grassroots very much, and many times when he goes to the company to inspect and investigate, he will bring me or Xiao Tao with him. From him, we have learned that we must respect the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, how to discover news clues, and how to find news points for writing. From him, we feel the description in "The Style of the Pine Tree": the willows are graceful and charming; The peach and plum are gorgeous and colorful, which can be described as very bright, but they only give people the impression of being good-looking, and do not give people strength. The pine tree is different, it may not be as beautiful as the willow and the peach and plum, but it is inspiring, contemplative and courageous, especially when you think of its sublime style. In him, there is the style of the pine tree: very little is asked of people, but much is given to people.

"The vigorous posture on the training ground, the figure of hard work in the sideline field, and the teaching in the classroom, as long as you go deeper, you can feel the pure inner world of your comrades-in-arms, the military choice without regrets, the state of struggle that is not afraid of hardship, and the positive pursuit of life. Because, in their bodies, they all cast the soul of the team. "He taught us that.

Several of us are aware of writing, learning through perception, forging ahead in learning, and growing in progress.

(Note: Heroes and Heroes)

Heroic and good at fighting, the iron will to conquer everything

The heroism of fighting to the death and defending like Mount Tai

Unity, tension, vigorous and resolute fighting style

The noble character of modesty, prudence, and selfless dedication

The fine tradition of hard work, simplicity, diligence and thrift

Really work hard and strive for first-class work spirit