Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 5 - Title: special warfare pioneer - remember "the most beautiful new era of revolutionary soldier" He Long

　　Li Yun, Sun Luming, Di Siyu

　　From "not being a soldier" to "members of the "Jiaolong Commando" of the Navy's Special Forces", to "the commander of a special combat company of a certain brigade of the Marine Corps", He Long has gone for twelve years. "The Ten Most Touched Marines", "Second Class Heroes", "Commandos" and "The Most Beautiful New Era Revolutionary Soldiers" are the honors he has obtained along the way.

　　Being a soldier was He Long's dream since he was a child. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the military academy. At that time, He Long, who was weak in body, had almost all physical subjects rankings down. "The shame is the second, the most feared is that I am not a soldier at all." He Long said.

　　There is no good way but to practice, keep practicing. He Long didn't know how much effort it took to develop qualified physical fitness. He only remembers that, a year later, he joined the school's triathlon team as the top stamina of the team. In the year of graduation, He Long became a member of the sharp knife company "Jiaolong Commando" of the Navy's special forces.

　　In 2015, the superiors selected the backbone of special operations to study abroad in military affairs. After several levels of assessment, He Long came to the fore with the first overall score and went to study at the "Hunter School" as the only representative of the Navy.

　　"Prison abuse" training is the most practical subject of the "Hunter School". It requires no "secrets" be revealed no matter how severely tortured, or they will be eliminated.

　　He was dragged more than ten meters away on the gravel road, thrown into a mud puddle, hung upside down on a tree, kneeling in the river in the middle of the night, suffering from hunger and freezing... These movies and TV dramas, He Long has experienced here.

　　"Even if the environment is bad and the blood sheds more, I never thought of giving up because I am carrying the honor of the motherland." He Long said.

　　At the end of the course, He Long completed the training of 153 subjects in 5 major courses including diving and anti-terrorism. In the all-around sniper course assessment, he broke the school record with "the first 5 rounds hit all". The initial training with 63 people participated and only 8 people passed, and He Long was awarded the honorary title of "Commando", the country's highest military honor.

　　For his outstanding performance in studying abroad, He Long earned his second-class merit and was named one of the "Ten Most Touched Marines."

　　After being appointed as the commander of the special operations company, he began to train "the most'hard-core' soldiers."

　　"The company commander is extremely ruthless in training. When he encounters laziness in training, he does not tolerate or show mercy." Fourth-level sergeant commander Sun Junlei said.

　　Once, the camp organized an armed cross-country assessment. In order to achieve good results, the soldiers cut corners on the load. After He Long learned about it, he asked everyone to carry on a 3km attack with their backpacks, and then conduct a 400m armed obstacle training.

　　When the soldiers were tired and at the end, He Long said with a black face: "What standards are required for warfare, and what standards are required for training."

　　Protective training requires wearing a gas mask in a confined space filled with gas; in war-injury rescue training, you must not only practice dressing and fixation, but also learn wound suturing and intravenous infusion... Everything follows the actual combat, which is He Long's training guidelines.

　　"If you want to bring it, bring out the most'hardcore' soldier!" This is a saying He Long often said.

　　Today, all officers and soldiers of the company have special reconnaissance capabilities such as low-altitude parachuting, helicopter landing, and guided strike. A group of elite soldiers such as "Pioneer One" Dai Wei, "Reconnaissance Pioneer" Zhang Feng, and "Sniper Expert" Li Zhaoya have begun to emerge.

　　At the end of 2018, He Long's company went to Zhurihe, Inner Mongolia, to participate in an actual military exercise. In the "battle", He Long led a team to march for more than 30 kilometers in a low temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius, successfully infiltrating the "enemy" deep positions, attacking the "enemy" command post, and capturing the opponent's commander alive.

　　This appearance was highly praised by the Exercise Director Department. In the same year, the company won the collective second-class merit.

　　At the beginning of last year, He Long, who was newly married for only three days, received an order from the company to go to Djibouti for training at the security base and hurried back to his unit to participate in the training camp. After his daughter was born, he could only listen to the voice on the other side of the phone when he was in the ocean.

　　Wearing a military uniform for twelve years, it is normal to gather less and more, He Long said: "When I miss home, I just stare at the sea."

　　There are many people like He Long in the barracks. They are young, brave, persevering, and non-stop. They are sharp-edged soldiers of the Republic.