Iron heart to the party to fight the flag red-remember the "Red Company" of a brigade of the 83rd Army Group Army
The "Red Company" of a certain brigade of the 83rd Army of the Army is a company that has emerged from the smoke of the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
During the "Three Bays Reorganization" in 1927, Chairman Mao Zedong personally organized and developed 6 new party members in this company, and established the first company party branch of the People’s Army. The fundamental principles and system of absolute leadership are thus laid.
In 1994, he went through trials and hardships. In 1994, he was determined to the party.
Entering the new era, the "Red Company" insisted on building a company with Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the army, inherited the red gene, fulfilled its original mission, and successfully completed major tasks such as international peacekeeping and military parade on the battlefield. Five times, he was commended as the first "Practicing Army Target Model Unit" of the whole army.
Inherit the red gene and build a strong battle fortress
"The Red Army fought hard and did not break up. The'branch was built on the company' is an important reason." Entering the "Red Company" company history hall, Chairman Mao's important thesis-"The branch is built on the company", is on the theme sculpture. Shining brightly.
As the first company party branch of the People’s Army, the Red Company’s party branch is known for its strict requirements on the branch committees: basic subjects, all outstanding is considered to pass; difficult subjects, training to the limit is considered to pass; command skills, actual combat Only when it is effective, it is considered as passing; in the competition, it is considered as passing the stage after getting the ranking.
In October last year, Wang Linxuan came to the "Red Company" with the first place in the brigade new platoon leader training team.
To become a member of the Honor Company, Wang Linxuan is gearing up to show off his skills.
However, shortly after the second consecutive year, he encountered "Waterloo".
Hu Guanlei, deputy secretary of the party branch of the "Red Company" and company commander, told Wang Luxuan that to come to the "Red Company", he must first "pass three passes": traditional pass, theoretical pass, and military pass before he is eligible to become a company branch.
Because 5 of the 11 subjects in the random examination did not reach excellence, Wang Linxuan failed to "pass the three barriers."
More than two months later, Wang Linxuan actively asked to break through the "three levels". With the solid foundation laid in the early stage, he achieved excellent results in military training courses and finally succeeded in "breaking through the barriers."
Today, the incumbent branch committee of the "Red Company" "is not skilled without soldiers, and is not strong in training," everyone has obtained grade certificates, proficient in affiliated weapons, and mastered command skills.
Participating in the mass training contest of the brigade in 2020, the company won the first place of 9 individual items, 8 party members and 5 branch committees.
In the "Red Company", the standards for joining the party are very high, and officers and soldiers will face many challenges when joining the party.
At the end of 2017, the company organized candidates for theoretical examinations, military assessments, and democratic appraisals in accordance with the procedures for party membership development.
Although Li Yang, a corporal to be the target of development, has a strong role model and good reputation among officers and soldiers, he failed to pass all the military assessments and his wish to join the party was not fulfilled.
Maintain the style of "unity of officers and soldiers, sharing happiness and sorrows"
The "Hongyi Company" Lien History Museum treasures a "heirloom", which is a red dish used by Chairman Mao and the officers and soldiers of the company during the Long March.
"Red Company" instructor Zheng Jiwen told reporters that now the "Red Company" red dishes have been replaced with separate dishes, five dishes and one soup have replaced red rice and pumpkin soup, but the style of "the officers and soldiers are the same, sharing the joys and sorrows" has always remained the same.
In May 2008, the "Red Company" went to Wenchuan to participate in the earthquake relief.
One day, "Red One Company" had just walked out of the tunnel, and suddenly aftershocks struck, the ground began to shake.
The warrior Lu Zhifang, who bowed his head, was dragged into his arms by the monitor Wang Yuehua. At this moment, a rolling stone fell and Lu Zhifang escaped.
Wang Yuehua told Lu Zhifang: "What is revolutionary friendship? It is to cover the wind and rain for you at a critical time."
Four years later, Lu Zhifang became the squad leader, and the old squad leader Wang Yuehua's words have been engraved in his heart.
He found that the recruit Wang Lei had the best performance in military training, but he was introverted and reluctant to participate in group activities.
So, he took the initiative to talk to Wang Lei and encouraged him to speak on stage and communicate with his comrades in arms.
After three years in the army, Wang Lei had excellent training results and worked actively and conscientiously. He won two third-class merits and was successfully promoted.
Lu Zhifang told Wang Lei: "What is revolutionary friendship? It always helps you grow and progress."
Now, Wang Lei has become the deputy company commander of the company, and he has his own understanding of revolutionary friendship: "Revolutionary friendship means always helping and respecting fighters, tolerating fighters, looking at fighters from the perspective of trust, appreciation, and development, and helping them build military camps. "In recent years, the officers and soldiers of the company have been fighting side by side in various tasks, cherishing each other in life, and forming an indestructible fighting collective like steel.
The officers and soldiers of the "Red Company" participated in the first batch of peacekeeping missions to South Sudan.
In South Sudan, where the social situation is turbulent and armed conflicts are constant, they have worked together for more than 300 days and nights. In the test of blood and fire, they handed in excellent answers. 5 people received third-class merit and 5 were awarded. "Peacekeeping Stars", all 53 people were awarded the United Nations "Peace Medal of Honor".
Hardening steel to win the battlefield in the future
At the beginning of March 2021, the "Red Company" party history study and education were in full swing. The instructor Zheng Jiwen led the officers and soldiers to further understand the original mission in the rereading of the history of the Red Company.
"What is the most precious thing in'Red Yilian', and what needs to be the most important? That is our red tradition." Zheng Jiwen told reporters.
Open the kettles of the officers and soldiers, the water is pure water that is changed every day; open the cadres’ bags, which contain the latest combat maps and plotting tools; enter the research and war room, there are the latest military frontier theories... Enter the "Red Company" "The reporter strongly felt that this is a company ready to go to the battlefield and perform tasks at any time.
The "Red Company" organizes a combat readiness drill of no less than 25 kilometers every month.
In the winter of 2020, the company plans to organize a combat readiness training. Heavy snow on the next day is forecasted that day, which may affect the training effect.
"War will not choose the weather, and the enemy will not choose the time." In the early morning of the next day, company commander Hu Guanlei urgently launched combat deployment after accepting the combat order, and organized 14 hours of intensive training in accordance with actual combat requirements, which not only tempered the officers and soldiers under severe cold conditions. He also found shortcomings and weaknesses in his winning skills, forming a set of combat plans that are more complete and closer to actual combat.
"It is better to prepare than to fight, not to fight without preparation" is the criterion of the "Red Company".
In March 1950, during the liberation of Hainan Island, the officers and soldiers of the "Red Company" fitted wooden ships with car engines and weapons, creating a miracle of naval battles of wooden ships fighting warships.
Decades have passed. Generations of officers and soldiers have used their wisdom and talents. In the process of resolving the contradictions and difficulties of combat readiness training, they added steel and quenched their blades as new, and defeated the future battlefield——
Chu Kewei, the 48th company commander, and the college student soldier Lu inherited, jointly developed a mounted mountain offensive combat simulation confrontation system.
The 50th company commander Zhou Guangkui led college soldier Wang Chen to explore the company's combat readiness warehouse management system, which can prevent the loss of combat readiness equipment and improve the daily combat readiness level.
The 51st instructor Wang Yuguang and squad leader Wang Lei developed a vibrating helmet to solve the problem of the combat squad’s use of lights and sounds during night operations that are easily spotted by opponents.
In July 2020, the company went to the northern part of the desert to participate in military competitions. Fighting in the extreme heat and wind and sand, in the extreme weather and complex and changeable terrain, the officers and soldiers passed all the way and won multiple championships.
[Short comment] The benchmark of the new era
Author: Zhang Wen
In the people's army, what is the most precious and the most important thing to hold on?
What is it that makes a company always strong after 94 years of ups and downs?
Over the past 94 years, generations of officers and soldiers of the "Red Company" have used practical actions to give a sonorous answer: it is the red gene and the red tradition.
Whether the red gene can be successfully passed on and the red tradition can be carried forward is a matter of the nature, purpose, and true qualities of the people's army. In September 1927, the "Three Bays Reorganization" created the glorious history of our army's "branch in the company", and also forged the immortal soul of the "Red Company" under the command of the party. In the past 94 years, the officers and soldiers of the "Red Company" have adhered to their original mission, inherited the red gene, and carried on the honor of history to this day. Entering the new era, the officers and soldiers of the "Red Company" insisted on arming their minds with the party’s innovative theories. They built the foundation of faith, supplemented the calcium of the spirit, and stabilized the rudder of their thoughts, thus completing countless urgent, difficult, dangerous and heavy tasks, setting up a new era. The benchmark of the era of military revitalization.