Inherit the spirit of Shangganling and enhance the combat effectiveness of troops

　　Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, October 23 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Jinjuan

　　In September 2020, on the grasslands of northern Saibei, an exercise of controlling the key points of the air and land integration was carried out intensively.

　　The main offensive task once again fell on the "Eighth Company of Shangganling Special Service"-the third battalion and eighth company of a certain mechanized brigade of airborne troops.

　　The weather conditions were poor that day, and the wind speed on the ground reached more than ten meters per second.

The officers and soldiers of the "Shangganling Special Service Eighth Company" successfully landed in the predetermined area and quickly launched an offensive with the spirit of fearlessness and the skills of hard training in peace day.

　　This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ going abroad to fight against the US and aid Korea. The whole brigade has set off an upsurge of learning the "Shangganling Spirit".

　　"68 years have passed, and the Shangganling spirit tempered in the war has long been integrated into the blood of officers and soldiers, and has become an inexhaustible driving force for the development of the company." said Zhu Huafeng, instructor of the "Shangganling Eighth Special Service Company".

　　On March 29, 1951, the Eighth Company crossed the Yalu River and headed to the Korean battlefield.

　　In the Battle of Shangganling in October 1952, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company fought bloodily for 43 days, defended the tunnels for 14 days and nights, wiped out more than 1,700 enemies, and finally planted a battle flag full of 381 bullet holes on the main peak of Shangganling and was taken by the Volunteer Army headquarters. Remember the collective special class.

　　In the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the face of the new international war environment, the eighth company was reorganized into the third battalion and eighth company of a certain division of the airborne force.

　　From mule horseization to semi-mechanization, to mechanization and informatization, the Eighth Company has repeatedly been the vanguard and the lead at the transition of the combat effectiveness of the airborne troops.

　　——In 2005, the Eighth Company successfully completed the trial and training of three heavy equipment, and the long-range assault capability of the airborne troops achieved a historic breakthrough;

　　——In 2007, the Eighth Company traveled abroad for the first time in a long-distance maneuver to compete with foreign troops. The long-distance mobile strike capability of the troops achieved a new leap;

　　——In 2008, the Eighth Company implemented the "integrated airborne" of personnel and heavy equipment for the first time, and the rapid combat capability of airborne was newly improved;

　　——In August 2013, the Eighth Company participated for the first time in multi-type aircraft, multi-type equipment mixed continuous drop, and large troop parachuting. The airborne troops initially formed a large-scale airborne combat capability.

　　In the "International Military Competition-2018" airborne platoon project, the "Shangganling Special Kungfu Eighth Company" was the main body to form a Chinese paratrooper team.

　　In the silky rain curtain, an airborne tank rolled up the mud, continuously surmounted anti-tank trenches, shallows, rutted bridges, quickly reduced gears, stopped suddenly, two beautiful tail flicks, and passed the "S"-shaped restricted road neatly... When the relay race came to an end, the second place was locked in the Chinese and Venezuelan teams, and the two were of equal strength. The final key was the penalty circle.

　　After the start of the competition, due to the narrow track used in the penalty lap, the No. 803 tank of the Chinese paratrooper team has been stuck behind by the wheeled chariot of the Venezuelan team. If you can't overtake it, you will lose.

Xie Shiwei, the driver of the No. 803 chariot and the eighth company soldier, bit the Venezuelan team's chariot tightly. When the vehicle reached the firing line, he seized the rare opportunity to accelerate sharply from one side and directly inserted into the front of the wheeled chariot. , To achieve counterattack.

　　There were frequent "accidents" in this competition, which caused the participating players to suffer, but no one chose to give up and back down.

When they shared their feelings after returning to China, almost everyone said the same thing-as long as they think of the oath they made before the competition, even if there is a breath, they will charge forward like a bloody battle on Ganling.

　　Bravery and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, this is the inherent bloody nature of the officers and soldiers of the "Shangganling Eighth Special Service Company".

　　During an exercise, the aircraft encountered a tornado and a sandstorm when the aircraft was approaching the airdrop area. The synthetic wind in the air suddenly intensified, and many officers and soldiers stayed in the air for a long time.

When landing, many officers and soldiers were dragged by strong winds, their fingers and knees were worn to blood, and some were dragged more than 1,000 meters away.

Li Ru, the monitor of the four shifts, fell from more than 10 meters in the air four times in a row and then spun again, with blood on his head.

However, he resisted the severe pain and continued to command the entire class to charge and fight, and eventually fainted at the exercise site due to his injuries.

　　"The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company have never lacked bloodliness, because the spirit of'only blow the charge, not retreat' has been rooted in the soul of every officer and soldier." The commander of the Eighth Company Xiangdong said.

　　Over the years, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company have held up the Ganling Heroes' Battle Banner, and performed well in the transformation and construction of the troops, major military operations, and urgent, difficult and dangerous tasks. The company has maintained advanced for 66 consecutive years and has become a business card for the grassroots construction of airborne troops in the new era.