"Steel Knife Company" 83 years of quenching into steel
record the first mobile squadron of a detachment of the Armed Police Yunnan Corps
□ Our reporter Lian Yingting
□ Newspaper correspondent Yang Xima Yixun
In the scorching sun in western Yunnan in July, the mang mountains stretched across the red land, and the yellowed field tents formed a solemn array.
This is the temporary camp of the First Mobile Squadron of a certain detachment of the Yunnan Armed Police Force, which has been ordered to guard the peace of the border and stationed here to maintain stability for more than 400 days.
Entering the unique tent honor room, hundreds of battle flags drenched in the smoke of war, trophies full of hard work honors, and medals recording brilliant achievements, telling the story of the 83-year glorious history of this heroic army.
78 years ago, for the sake of national independence and dignity, the Chinese army fought desperately against the invading Japanese invaders here; now, the southwest border port is prosperous in commerce and trade, and this border town is prosperous and peaceful.
The officers and soldiers of the army used tents as their homes, and accompanied the yellow sand and red soil day and night, accompanied by the starry night, guarding this temporary tent camp and watching the southwest gate of the motherland.
Write honor on the blood-stained battle flag
At a training field in southern Xinjiang, a mobile squad of a certain detachment of the Yunnan Armed Police Corps, which is responsible for the training mission, has just finished night combat shooting training.
When returning to the camp, he received an emergency pull order from his superior.
In the dark, heavily armed officers and men quickly ran to the pre-determined area to gather, and the whole brigade carried out exercises in an orderly manner in accordance with the action plan.
The first mobile squadron, which was tasked with sharp knives, encountered a small group of "enemies" as soon as it left the camp. Squadron leader Wang Xuehai gave the order and the officers and soldiers quickly formed a multi-channel battle formation, using the cover of night to go out to meet the enemy and start a fierce exchange of fire.
In just 10 minutes, Wang Xuehai successively issued more than 20 combat orders and successfully resisted the "Blue Army" harassment.
At 2 o'clock in the morning, the "Blue Army" adjusted its strategy, using fake attack sentinels as bait, sneaking into the camp from weak places to carry out destruction.
At a critical juncture, instructor Dai Dongjie quickly adjusted his forces, tightly sealed and controlled the periphery, and conducted a dragnet search and investigation on the inner periphery, and eventually captured all the "blue forces" who had penetrated into the area.
The First Squadron was born in 1937 during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and has experienced more than a hundred battles, including the Hundred Regiment Wars, the Huaihai Campaign, the Liangguang Campaign, and the Southwest Suppression Bandit.
In 1979, he was awarded the honorary title of "Steel Knife Company" by the Central Military Commission.
"Guarding the border, every time on duty is a battle." said Yang Hulin, the squad leader of the first squadron.
As early as the front line of the anti-drug battle, Yang Hulin encountered a life and death test.
At that time, he and his two comrades searched for a suspicious taxi. The moment the door opened, the suspect stabbed his comrades 3 times in the chest.
At the juncture of life and death, they relied on the protection of their bulletproof vests to work together to subdue the suspect.
"There are too many unknowns, and you don't know when the danger will come." After participating in actual combat many times, Yang Hulin developed a training habit - holding a shield in both hands.
He said that this is closer to actual combat.
For 16 years in the army, Yang Hulin brought many recruits.
"Let the recruits listen to the battle stories of the ancestors and touch the equipment used by the ancestors. It is much more useful than mere theoretical indoctrination." He said with deep feeling.
"Our squadron has won the collective special award twice, the great award twice, the first award twice, the second award twice, the third award 32 times, and more than 200 heroes emerged..." Dai Dongjie pointed to the banner in the honor room. The medals are precious.
"Only by advocating honor can heroes come forth in large numbers." According to Zhang Dongming, the instructor of a large team, for the solid "steel knives" cultural red soil, the squadron opened the "strengthening forum" to cast souls, and organized the "blood steel knives" strong army story will be inspirational. Famous officers and soldiers have life mottos, and each class has a battle cry.
Once, Gan Guojiang, the former instructor of the squadron who has become a general, told everyone the battle story of that year. It was said that the general of the emotion department cried, and the squad leader Wei Chengjian also cried.
That was the first time Wei Chengjian shed tears after he became an adult.
"The ancestors of the revolution may sacrifice at any time and still insist on fighting. They are bathed in the care of the party and the country, but they have no courage to overcome difficulties." Since then, Wei Chengjian has begun to grow by leaps and bounds.
That year, Wei Chengjian, who was still a private soldier, took part in the superior "August 1st" contest and won the individual all-around championship medal back to the squadron.
He has won third-class personal merit twice, and his class has won third-class merit five times. He also brought out five cadres including instructors.
"The motivation to fight for honor on the training ground comes from the daily team history." said Gong Defeng, the political commissar of the squadron. The first lesson of the squadron recruits is to visit the honor room. The first hurdle for new cadres is to test the team history. On important festivals such as the founding of the party and the army, the squadron will organize officers and soldiers to take an oath in the honor room.
In recent years, the squadron has faced the difficulties of reform and transformation. It has been studying on the front line of training, solving the problems of actual combat training, and summarizing more than 10 training methods such as blocking interception, standing guard, pulling net and intercepting, and promote the rapid generation of combat effectiveness. .
Write honor in people’s reputation
"The heart of the people is an eternal base."
Huang Tianjie, political commissar of the Yunnan Armed Police Corps, said that in the 1950s, the squadron was awarded the honorary title of "A Thousand Miles Marching Model Company", "Autumn No Crime, Two Sleeves Breeze" during its march into the Southwest.
In recent years, the party branch of the squadron has implemented "internal strictness and external image building" into every word and action, one soldier and one soldier.
When the second squad fighter Yang Jingang enlisted in the army, he was puzzled by the high standards of daily cleaning-a temporary resident, why should there be no water stains in the kitchen and no cigarette butts in the camp?
For this, he even talked back to the monitor.
"The simple tent is not a reason for our soldiers to lower their work standards. If even one tent is not cleaned, how can we talk about winning on the battlefield?" The words of squad leader Li Shijun made Yang Jin ponder.
After more than two years of training for maintaining stability, they have not relaxed their requirements due to constant changes in their locations, and have not lowered their standards due to poor facilities. They have extended the standardization of camp management standards to the field, and have been shaping themselves with strict systems and strict styles.
The squadron camp is close to the village. Most of the young people in the village work in other places. Most of the left-behind elderly and children are left behind. The officers and soldiers will help the villagers do farm work, clean up, and carry out rounds during their rest.
Villager Bo Zhengming said: "After the troops came, everyone felt more secure and happy."
In July 2014, the most serious mountain torrent and mudslide occurred in Shangjiang Township, Shangri-La County, Diqing Prefecture in 70 years. The squadron rushed to the front line of flood fighting and rescue as soon as possible.
They rescued the victims, dredged the silt, moved garbage, built their homes, and moved to 3 missions to guard Shiwang Village, the worst-hit village. They fought for 8 days and 8 nights. They moved a total of 185 victims, transported 22.5 tons of food, and carried 800 sandbags. Reinforce the river embankment for more than 3 kilometers and set up 20 disaster relief tents.
Squad leader Lai Yonghong recalled that when he received the rescue order from Shangjiang Township, he and his comrades were training at the shooting range of the training base.
Before Lai Yonghong and his comrades had time to return to the dormitory to get a change of clothes, they rushed to the disaster area with their accompanying backpacks.
There was only one set of raincoat in the backpack, and the clothes became damp, so I changed into the raincoat and continued fighting.
In June of this year, the squadron moved again.
Upon learning of this news, the villagers voluntarily organized to see off at the tent camp, and ordered two silk banners for the officers and soldiers.
In recent years, the squadron has participated in more than 10 urgent and dangerous tasks such as earthquake relief, flood relief, and forest fire fighting, and has won widespread praise from the public.
The flag of the party leads development
"Branch in command, military and political wins", the banner displayed in the honor room, vividly interprets the "team building magic weapon" of the squadron's quenching into steel and creating the first to compete.
In July 2003, during a customs duty, Liu Yubin, the leader of the party group, found a large amount of smuggled goods hidden in two trucks full of tires.
The owner of the car looked around and hurriedly took out a thick wad of cash and said to him: "As long as you are willing to let me go, I will give another 50,000 yuan as a thank you." Liu Yubin sternly refused, and quickly controlled the owner.
On the special battlefield of the borders and borders, the squadron has always strengthened supervision and management with the party group as a unit.
In the face of heavy bribery, beauty and temptation, and soliciting rebellion, the officers and soldiers have always refused to corrode and never touch, saving the country nearly 250 million yuan in economic losses.
In the face of mission challenges, it has been the tradition of the squadron for many years to stand on the front line with party members.
"A thousand orders are not as powerful as one example. Party members take the lead is worth a thousand words." Squadron leader Wang Xuehai is always the first to appear in the training ground, the first in difficult subjects, and the basic physical stamina is the first.
In January this year, the squadron performed its mission.
Squad leader Li Shijun jumped forward to complete the task and grabbed the guard target's protective device on the edge of the cliff.
Afterwards, everyone found that Li Shijun's military uniform was worn out, and there were blood stains on it.
Being able to fight, daring to fight, and winning is the value pursuit of each party member of the squadron, and it is also a yardstick to test the original mission of the party branch of the squadron.
In recent years, the party branch of the squadron has been commended as an "advanced party branch" 16 times.
At the end of 2017, the predecessor of the squadron was reorganized into a riot armored vehicle squadron, which was accompanied by only a trial training notice.
Faced with brand-new equipment and new tasks, lack of equipment, lack of teaching materials, and lack of talents, squadron officers and soldiers start from researching each piece of equipment and training on each subject. They spend only two months in the training field day and night. Initially formed combat effectiveness, won the championship in the competition organized by the team in 2018.