As a political commissar, you must be careful, sincere and patient
Wang Xiaohong, Political Commissar of an Army Aviation Brigade of the 82nd Group Army
The picture shows Wang Xiaohong (left) complimenting Cui Jiabin, the brigade commander who just returned from the flight.
Photo by Zhang Yongjin
The picture shows Wang Xiaohong (second from right) experiencing the simulation training system with the pilots.
Photo by Zhang Yongjin
□ Our reporter Lian Yingting
□ Our correspondent Tian Lei Liu Kui
Wang Xiaohong, a political commissar of an army aviation brigade of the 82nd Group Army, has the habit of patrolling at night.
As long as he was in the camp, after the lights went out every day, he would go around the camp to find out if the soldiers who had been training for a day had slept, whether they slept soundly, whether the chief officials and cadres were in place, and whether there was any situation.
Airports, camp gates, officers' and soldiers' dormitories...
It was midnight after a circle, and in Wang Xiaohong's view, being a political commissar must be careful, sincere, and patient.
"You can do what I do"
Just after the National Day holiday in 2021, the fourth-level sergeant major Ren Fei, who returned from overseas peacekeeping, returned to the army after his quarantine period expired. As soon as he entered the gate of the camp, he couldn't help but sigh: "Did I go wrong, the original unit is not like this."
The light box display panels with flying characteristics, the uniquely designed military history corridor, and the new camp environment... Two years after Ren Fei left the brigade, earth-shaking changes have taken place here.
At the end of September 2019, when Wang Xiaohong first reported from the synthetic brigade to the army aviation brigade, the brigade was in a period of low development, and the troops of the troops were in a low mood. Wang Xiaohong felt the responsibility and pressure.
"Strengthen the army first, strengthen the heart, and strengthen the heart first. Forge the soul first." Wang Xiaohong and the party committee and a group of people reached a consensus during the inspection and reflection, to reverse the passive situation of brigade construction, and promote the brigade's preparation and transformation on the fast lane. The most fundamental thing is to use Xi Jinping's thoughts on strengthening the army cast the soul and educate people, lead officers and soldiers to guide practice, cultivate revolutionary soldiers in the new era of "four possessions", and forge excellent troops with "four irons".
He always bears in mind the political responsibility of "spreading the party's voice and bringing out loyal troops". He walks to the podium to give counseling, preaches to the front line, and implements "reading the original text, giving tour lectures, extensive discussions, follow-up reviews, and solid work" to study the idea of strengthening the army. Implement the pattern.
"What I say is what I believe, and what I do is what you can do." Wang Xiaohong has always believed that there are no troops that can't be brought out, and no troops that can't be nurtured.
He and a group of people from the party committee went to the camp to find problems and follow the training and supervision to the front line.
In response to the problems of many levels of personnel, dynamic distribution, and difficulty in educational organization, Wang Xiaohong closely followed the development of the times and the changes of officers and soldiers. With innovative thinking concepts, Wang Xiaohong led the team to actively explore the methods of stratified teaching and moving and scattered teaching. China vigorously promotes smart education and builds real-time interactive "live classrooms" to bring new vigor and vitality to political work.
Wang Xiaohong also advocated that the chief officials at all levels should adhere to the principle of "transferring the scope of jurisdiction, seeing where they are concerned, seeing key personnel, checking their mobile phones, and reminding outsiders every day. Sit at the front, be the instructor of military training, focus on difficult and difficult tasks, and develop a "five to five" style of leading the way, and the development of brigade construction continues to improve.
"Put political work on a helicopter"
"I'm not an expert in flying, but I need to do political work on a helicopter." Wang Xiaohong believes that if political cadres can't sit on the same bench with the pilots, they won't be able to understand their true feelings. How can they do political work well?
"I want to get on the plane to experience the feeling of being a pilot 'three feet off the ground, with his life hanging by a thread'." In just a few months, he was familiar with all the main battle equipment and went to all the aircraft that he could ride on.
Once, when he was flying in a certain type of helicopter, the captain Luan Gongxiang was worried that the political commissar could not bear it, so he kept level flight.
Seeing this, he asked for difficult tactical maneuvers.
One set climbed, dived, and circled down, and the tower hurriedly called: "Is there anything wrong with the political commissar?" Co-pilot Hu Hailiang looked back and replied: "The political commissar is very good!"
Afterwards, Wang Xiaohong said frankly that at that time, her stomach was also very uncomfortable and her head was dizzy.
In the whole brigade, he vigorously advocated that political cadres learn the military, follow the flight and train to the front line.
Gradually, he could not only sit with the ground crew to exchange professional techniques, but also sit in the cabin with the flight crew to discuss tactics and tactics.
Every time before a pilot performs a major task, Wang Xiaohong will bring his team members to the airport specially, like sending his family off, he will say a few words of encouragement next to each war eagle, and prevent a pilot from going out with difficulties. Get on the plane with emotion.
When the mission is completed and he returns to the field, he will also be there to greet the war eagle's triumph.
Under the influence of Wang Xiaohong, the political cadres have a better understanding of the aviation profession, communicated and understood more with the pilots, and the ideological gap has been reduced, and the whole brigade has a better heart for training and training.
For more than two years, Wang Xiaohong has taken the lead in going to the training ground, taking the lead in the command tower, taking the lead in participating in major tasks, and has changed from a "layman" in the field of military aviation to a "people who understand pedestrians".
In the 2021 assessment, he was rated as a "first-level commander", and his military physical fitness reached the special third-level level.
He also promoted the establishment of a comprehensive service system of "psychological service centers in the brigade, psychological counseling rooms in the battalion, psychological evaluation terminals in the company, and QR codes for psychological services in the shift row", so that psychological services can be made at the heart of officers and soldiers.
"The little things of officers and soldiers are the big things we care about"
Wang Xiaohong has been following Zhurihe a certain station thousands of miles away.
The harsh natural environment, rudimentary living facilities, and monotonous cultural life made many officers and soldiers retreat when they heard the word "Zhu Rihe".
On New Year's Day the previous year, Wang Xiaohong braved the biting cold wind of minus 30 degrees Celsius and came to Zhurihe to visit officers and soldiers at a certain station.
When he saw lumps of ice in the bucket, there was no hot water for washing, the officers and soldiers couldn't watch TV, they called their families and went to the nearby slope to find a signal, he felt very uncomfortable.
On the afternoon of returning to the office, Wang Xiaohong proposed to convene a standing committee as soon as possible to study the issue of supporting infrastructure in small and scattered units.
From the big project design to the small water heater installation, he checks one by one to ensure the quality of the project progress.
Half a year later, Wang Xiaohong received more than 100 letters of thanks from the officers and soldiers of the station to the party committee of the brigade. He said with relief: "These letters are a recognition of the work of the party committee of our brigade." Those words that came from the hearts of the officers and soldiers were full of true feelings, like a sound. The battle clarion call made him more confident.
"Small matters related to the lives of officers and soldiers are also major matters that we need to pay attention to." In Wang Xiaohong's notebook, he densely remembered the various difficulties of the officers and soldiers of the whole brigade.
From the children's schooling to the arrangement of work for their families, from the transfer of veteran cadres to the assistance of families in need, from the marriages of older officers and soldiers to the condolences to the families of martyrs, he personally intervened and resolved them.
"Whether the ethos of the unit is good or not depends on the leadership"
In 2020, the development and construction of the brigade will enter a critical period. The combat readiness training infrastructure, such as the combat readiness material warehouse, the helicopter roof take-off and landing platform, and the simulation training center, as well as the “one center, two squares, three corridors, and four roads” will be built. Cultural construction and the project of benefiting soldiers in the apartment buildings for the families of officers and soldiers have all reached the sprint stage.
At this moment, some noises appeared in the brigade: "Isn't there any benefit in doing such a big project?"
"Anyone who has questions about these projects can sue me." Wang Xiaohong patted her chest and said at the brigade military meeting.
"Whether the ethos of the unit is good or not depends on the leadership." This is what Wang Xiaohong often said when he encouraged the cadres of the whole brigade.
Coming to the brigade, Wang Xiaohong took the lead in signing the "Six Sunshine Commitments" immediately. Major issues related to the construction of the army, as well as sensitive issues such as the adjustment and appointment of cadres and the vital interests of officers and soldiers, were handled in strict accordance with the rules and procedures. , Tendering and bidding never intervene.
Wang Xiaohong also unblocked the "one card, one code" supervision and reporting platform, such as the Internet Exposure Station, the Disciplinary Inspection and Reporting Hotline, and the Director's Direct Hotline, etc., so as to hold a climate supervisor analysis meeting every month and organize a climate every two months. Questionnaire surveys, a quarterly meeting of officers and soldiers, and on-the-spot answers and immediate rectifications to the problems reported. Those suspected of violating regulations and disciplines have always been "black-faced Bao Gong", and the atmosphere at the grassroots level has continued to improve.