On April 29, 2014, President Xi visited a Red Army division in the Xinjiang Military Region and urged the leaders of the army to integrate the red gene into the blood of officers and soldiers, and let the red gene be passed on from generation to generation.
The Red Army Division was founded and led by the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang and Xi Zhongxun.
Ninety years of wind and rain, the years are prosperous, and the suffering is glorious.
From building a team of 6 rifles, to more than 30 reorganizations, and then to training and preparing for battle on the snowy plateau, the division has been formed for 90 years since its establishment. Pioneering and enterprising; loving the people, willing to contribute" as the main connotation of the Red Army division spirit.
Today, the Red Army division is on the Karakoram Plateau, fighting the wind and snow, tempering the blood, turning the spirit of the Red Army division into conscious actions, and constantly forging ahead, writing a glorious chapter of the successor of the Red Army in the new era.
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On the stage, Li Mingjun, the fourth-level sergeant major of the amateur performance team of soldiers, and the Red Army soldiers played by comrades, charged, fell, crawls, built a ladder, and crawls again under the fierce firepower of the enemy. Finally, they put the battle flag on the top of the hill... As night fell, a melodrama "Loyalty", which was carefully choreographed based on the history of the Red Army divisions, kicked off in the field training ground.
"Ren Zhizhen, the first female instructor of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, who was wounded and captured, would rather die than reveal the troops' actions, and finally died heroically at the age of 19..."
Sections of "dialogues" spanning time and space, stories about loyalty, touch the emotional lines deep in the minds of officers and soldiers, and subtly arouse spiritual echoes.
The military flag will always follow the party flag.
Loyalty to the party and firm belief are the brightest background of generations of officers and soldiers of the Red Army.
One year, the officers and soldiers of a certain regiment of the division acted upon the order and rushed from the Turpan Basin at an altitude of 50 meters to the Karakoram Plateau at an altitude of 4,500 meters.
Before the officers and soldiers had time to adapt to the harsh natural environment, they received a new task-the 1st Battalion of the regiment needed to send people to the Qiudijiangela post at an altitude of 5,100 meters for training.
It was a "cloud post", with an oxygen content of only 35% of the mainland's, with an average annual temperature of minus 15 degrees Celsius, and strong winds of level 6 or above all year round. The conditions were extremely difficult.
Looking at the pale faces of the officers and soldiers due to altitude sickness, the battalion party committee was in trouble: who to send?
"Leave the choice to everyone!" The battalion party committee assembled the officers and soldiers of the battalion for a brief mobilization.
That night, more than 100 letters of sincerity filled the instructor's desk.
In the past 90 years, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army, in the baptism of blood and fire, and under the test of life and death, have always stood up and rushed forward, showing their absolute loyalty to the party.
In August 1949, the Red Army division responsible for the main offensive task of the Lanzhou campaign received an order to go to Linxia to fight bandits and defend the new red regime just after the battle had ended.
In March 1959, shortly after the Red Army Division completed the task of suppressing the rebellion in Gannan, it was quickly stationed in Tibet by the urgent orders of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to quell the armed rebellion...
Listen to the party's words wholeheartedly and follow the party's heart.
Practicing loyalty to the party with practical actions has become a character, integrated into the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Red Army.
The sun is rising, and the sun shines on the "Dangqi Mountain" on the side of the Qiudijiangela post.
On the vertical cliff, the huge "party emblem" shines brightly.
The young officers and soldiers who came to the post were preparing for patrol.
They integrate their loyalty into every patrol duty and on guard duty, and they interpret their loyalty to defend the motherland's territory with their perseverance day and night.
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That year, at the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the two honorary battle flags of the Red Army Division's "Long Attack, Good Defence Hero Regiment" and "Brave and Tenacious Hero Regiment" fluttered in the wind in the battle flag phalanx to be reviewed by the motherland and the people.
The battle flag was picturesque, and the blood of the hero stained her red.
In the past 90 years, the Red Army Division has participated in more than 3,420 battles, and 190 heroic models and 69 heroic groups have emerged.
Let's go back to August 25, 1949 - in the war of liberation, after the Lanzhou Battle, the largest and most tragic battle in the northwest battlefield, started, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division and the Kuomintang horse bandit defenders fought a deadly battle in Shenjialing.
In the end, after 14 hours of hard fighting, the Red Army division's main attack regiment lost more than 90% of its personnel.
With their blood and life, they unlocked the key to Lanzhou City, paving the way for the liberation of Xinjiang and even the entire northwestern region.
The hero dies, the spirit lives on.
Loyalty to the party and the people and thirst for victory have inspired generations of Red Army descendants to go forward without fear of sacrifice.
Drones harassed, assault vehicles seized mountain passes, and howitzers suppressed firepower... Not long ago, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army Division launched a combined battalion confrontation exercise.
When the confrontation between the two sides entered a stalemate, the officers and soldiers of the "Tiger Three Company" who were responsible for the main attack task of the Red side overcame the influence of harsh conditions such as high cold and hypoxia, continuously climbed multiple snow-capped mountains with an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and quickly interspersed between glaciers and canyons, reaching the designated area accurately. position, and launched attacks on targets such as the blue command post, successfully turning the tide of the battle.
"No matter how the war evolves, blood will always be the blade of victory." The leader of the division told us that on the snowy plateau with temperatures as low as minus 35 degrees Celsius, officers and soldiers were able to overcome many difficulties and complete combat missions, which showed the bloody nature of the Red Army's descendants.
In the desert of the vast sea, the drums of war sounded.
In 2019, the division teamed up to participate in international military competitions and won gold medals in several events.
Ding Weichang, an instructor of a company who won the championship of the "Clear Sky" anti-aircraft missile team competition, said: "Most of the foreign players have many years of experience in the competition, and we are all debuting. But as the heirs of the Red Army, we must have this kind of experience. Determination and confidence - no matter how strong the opponent, we will beat him."
Ding Weichang expressed the wishes of the officers and soldiers of the division.
Now, in the smoke of gunpowder on the training ground, the officers and soldiers of the division are launching a new charge towards the "Shenjialing" on the road to the strong army.
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In early spring, the Karakoram Plateau is still cold and windy and dripping into ice.
Scattered in the camps of the division above 4,000 meters above sea level, it is as warm as spring.
"If you want to take root in the Gobi Plateau, you can't do it without a little spirit." Lei Bin, director of the Political Work Office of the regiment stationed in the 3rd battalion of a regiment of the division, said with emotion that a "plateau oasis" was built in the "forbidden zone of life". Taking root in the most difficult places is a concrete manifestation of the continuous inheritance of red genes by officers and soldiers.
In the early spring of 1979, the division moved from the southwest frontier to defend the northwest frontier.
In the early days of Xinjiang, there were no houses and no trees.
The officers and soldiers of the whole division fought against each other and started from scratch, and built new camps in the deserted Gobi desert and the Bailifeng area where there are flying sand and rocks.
More than 40 years later, in this vast land, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, beating the rain and the wind, followed the footsteps of their ancestors and marched into the Karakorum once again.
When they first arrived at the camping area, the officers and soldiers saw deserts, Gobi, and sandstorms... Sergeant Zhao Zhengxuan said that at that time, strong winds always rolled in sand and stones without warning, and the tents also filled with sand and soil.
When eating, the dust covered the dining table through the gaps in the tent, and the white rice was also covered with a thin layer of soil.
The soldiers jokingly said that this was a "special product" given to them by the new camp.
There is no suffering, no suffering, but struggle to relieve suffering.
Building prefabricated houses, digging wells, repairing vegetable cellars... Like their predecessors, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army took root in the "forbidden zone of life" by fighting wind and sand, fighting severe cold, and resisting hypoxia.
"These 2,930 silver dollars were accumulated by the division's party committee's diligent and thrifty housekeeping. Later, the troops moved to defense many times, and none of the silver dollars was missing..." In the exhibition cabinet of the division's history museum, there are 3 boxes of silver dollars on display.
When we interviewed, we caught up with commentator Fan Tianle to tell the story behind the silver dollar for the new warriors.
Keeping the business is more about prospering.
Generations of officers and soldiers of the Red Army divisions have inherited and carried forward the spirit of hard work and pioneering spirit, and the construction of the Red Army divisions has been prosperous.
Li Lei, chief of the division's finance section, said that in the past few years, the division has focused on the goal of being able to fight and win battles, attached great importance to scientific and technological training, and concentrated its financial resources to build a number of training grounds such as a communication training ground and an artillery comprehensive shooting training ground.
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On this day, the atmosphere in the compound of the village committee of Ritu Village in western Tibet was warm.
The monthly military-civilian joint flag raising ceremony is about to be held, and everyone is very excited.
After the Red Army Division went to the plateau for training, it often organized officers and soldiers to visit the village to deliver medicine, condolences and assistance, and carried out joint construction activities.
Tibetan villager Gesang Shi said happily: "The People's Liberation Army is here and has done a lot of good things for us. They are our patron saints."
Wherever the troops go, the activities of military-civilian co-construction will be carried out.
This is a fine tradition passed down by the Red Army Division for 90 years.
16 constructions of optical cables in northern and southern Xinjiang, and 3 trips to Lop Nur, the "sea of death" to complete construction tasks; assisting nearly 10 villages including Qingedahu Village and Liyang Village; the barren hills around the troops stationed in green clothes... "Love the people, The red gene of "willingness to give" has been passed down in the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Red Army.
The glorious tradition never fades, and the spirit of the Red Army lasts forever.
In recent years, the Red Army division has kept in mind the commander's entrustment, and vigorously promoted the "red gene generation from generation to generation" project. The sweet Red Army meal and other activities continued to be carried out, inspiring the officers and soldiers of the Red Army divisions to move forward bravely on the road to strengthening the army in the new era.
The top of a snow-capped mountain at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters is covered in ice and snow, and the bone-piercing cold wind slashes on the face. Chen Daiquan, a "post-95" soldier of the Red Army, and his comrades in arms hold steel guns and lie in the snow for lurking training.
Being in the "forbidden zone of life", Chen Daiquan and his comrades have been training here for more than 500 days.
The ancestors should smile when they look back, Qingqi has his own descendants.
Above the snow field, blood rushes.
The officers and soldiers of the Red Army divisions in the new era are striding forward and writing a new chapter.
Our special correspondent Huang Zongxing Li Kang