Inherit the spirit of attack and forge a strong force (the party flag is flying)
"Attention everyone, the assessment begins!" The 71st Army "Linfen Brigade" comprehensive training field, an airborne tactical training is underway.
With an order from Cheng Huafeng, the instructor of a company of the brigade, the participating officers and soldiers quickly landed from a 10-meter high platform. The captains immediately gathered their personnel and equipment, clarified the combat tasks, and divided the troops into the front of the enemy's position.
"Forging a strong brigade of iron-blooded troops, we must continue to temper in actual combat training." The person in charge of the brigade introduced that the "Linfen Brigade" was established as the third column of the Shanxi New Army's young people to fight the enemy. Since its establishment in Shanxi in the winter of 1937 , Has participated in more than 600 battles and battles, forming a "fierce, ruthless, hard-working, and tough" spirit.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Ministry participated in 11 battles such as the night attack on Changzhi Airport.
During the War of Liberation, the predecessor of the "Linfen Brigade", the 23rd Brigade of the 8th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, dug a tunnel and blasted the city wall. After fierce struggle, the city broke through Linfen.
In 1948, the Ministry was awarded the honorary title of "Linfen Brigade" by the Central Military Commission.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Ministry entered the Korean War and broke through the Zhaoyang River in one fell swoop. The "Wang Jingqiang squad" that bravely bombed enemy tanks and the "Wang Guiwen squad" with one enemy and one hundred emerged.
Sharpen the "spiritual" blade and open up the road to victory.
"Linfen brigade" has always unswervingly listened to the party and followed the party: in the revolutionary war years, when fighting against Japanese invaders, strengthening the Taihang, fought in the northwest and liberating the southwest, wherever the party points, it hits wherever the party points; after the founding of new China, 5 times After the defense shift and 7 reorganizations, the troops set off with their backpacks and handed in qualified answers again and again, forming the fine tradition of "heart to the party, bravely attacking tough points, strict discipline, and close unity."
Entering the new era, the officers and soldiers of the "Linfen Brigade" focused on their functional positioning, constantly tempered their skills and stimulated their potential in task testing, and successfully completed tasks such as celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, such as military parades and base-based confrontation exercises.
In July 2020, the brigade dispatched more than 2,100 officers and soldiers to the front line of flood fighting in Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, and successively fought in 22 dangerous sections in 3 counties to complete flood fighting and rescue tasks.
In daily training, the brigade focuses on linking intensive education with rigorous training, especially making full use of major exercises to set up multiple dangers, difficulties, and difficulties, so that officers and soldiers can perceive the realistic battlefield environment, strengthen unity, coordination, and joint victory Inheriting and carrying forward the fighting spirit of "fierce, ruthless, hard-working and fierce".
(Chen Xi and Chang Jun participated in the collection and writing)
Our reporter Liu Botong