Our reporter Li Lei correspondent Guo Jianjun Deng Weijian Pu Jiehong
As night fell, Du Jintao, an assistant engineer at the Maintenance Station of the Thirty Mile Barracks, stared at the bright computer room in a trance.
When he graduated, he was assigned here, and later transferred out due to work needs.
Last year, in the wave of adjustment and reform, Du Jintao returned to his old unit due to a job transfer.
However, when he walked into the computer room with his "new identity", he felt a sense of "unfamiliarity" -- in an emergency line dispatch, the business capabilities accumulated in the past seemed stretched.
The new battalion that Liu Guang, the battalion commander of a communications engineering battalion, has just established, lacks equipment, tasks and talents.
He was privately known as the "Three Que Battalion Commander"...
For many officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang Military Region, they are undergoing an unprecedented transformation and remodeling.
With a new organization, a new structure, and a new task, it is particularly important to find the "fulcrum" to take advantage of the trend.
This is a systematic examination question. Officers and soldiers at all levels of the Xinjiang Military Region actively adapted to the new organization, new structure and new tasks, and set off a brainstorm from top to bottom.
A thousand miles to search for the hometown, the old appearance is changed to a new one.
With the accelerating pace of reform and transformation of the troops of the Xinjiang Military Region, the barracks in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are full of vitality.
In the transformation coordinate system, everyone has to re-find their own positioning
With the adjustment and reform of the troops, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region has been transformed into a combined regiment, many new positions have appeared on the establishment table, and new combat forces such as electronic countermeasures and unmanned aerial vehicles have entered the organizational sequence.
Second Sergeant Wang Yingxin has just been adjusted to the electronic countermeasures major, and he is quite uncomfortable. During the training, each professional took them away. Wang Yingxin looked around for a week. .
Facing this unfamiliar professional field, Wang Yingxin increasingly realized the difficulty of "fighting alone": one person learns theory, one person implements operation, one person evaluates...
Wang Yingxin's difficulties do not stop there.
Without professional textbooks, he can only learn conceptual knowledge from a basic electronic countermeasures professional book; the operation manual only has the corresponding operation steps of the equipment, how to use it in actual combat, when to use it, and how to use it well?
Wang Yingxin was at a loss.
Coincidentally.
When Lei Kangkang, a first-level sergeant of a certain brigade, adjusted to the newly established communication engineering major, he did not even distribute operational equipment.
In the same camp, the comrades in traditional communication majors have to perform communication support tasks almost every day.
Looking at the busy comrades in arms, and looking at his "idle" state, Lei Kangkang thought to retreat: "Such a soldier is meaningless in front of him."
Sometimes, Lei Kangkang will also try to complain to his comrades-in-arms in the new position, and find that "everyone is actually the same".
The same starting from scratch, the same "inaction" situation.
It's not just transfer workers who are confused.
Zhang Jie, the third-level sergeant major of a certain synthetic regiment, as the repair backbone of the unit, frequently encountered embarrassment in front of new equipment——
The new equipment is the first plateau live ammunition shooting, climbing, crossing obstacles, impacting, and launching, all in one go.
"The first car hit! The second car hit!" The No. 3 car crew did not move.
Zhang Jie, who was in charge of repairs and guarantees, secretly said that it was not good.
Sure enough, the commander's report came from the radio station: "The No. 3 bomb feeder has malfunctioned." Considering the first plateau shooting of the new equipment, the commander immediately ordered to withdraw from the shooting ground line, and immediately notified the support team to go ahead and eliminate it.
Zhang Jie and two repairmen rushed to the No. 3 car group to check the fire control system, measure the circuit current... After working for a long time, he finally found the fault point.
"How to rule it out?" Everyone didn't fully understand the performance of the new equipment. You looked at me, I looked at you, and in the end, they all stared at Zhang Jie.
Time passed by second by second, Zhang Jie bit the bullet and checked it several times, but he still couldn't start.
"The fault has not been rectified, please apply for the assistance of the manufacturer's technical personnel." Zhang Jie reported to the commander with a blushing face.
"If you lose someone on the training ground, there is still room for recovery. Who will give you a chance to make up for it when you are on the battlefield?" That night, Zhang Jie wrote 8 words in his diary: If you don't advance, you will retreat, and if you advance slowly, you will retreat.
"Everything has changed, it seems that only I am the old..." An old monitor expressed his inner distress and anxiety.
This trouble and anxiety floated in the hearts of many officers and soldiers with the wind of transformation.
In the transformation coordinate system, everyone has to re-find their own positioning.
In order to help the officers and soldiers start smoothly and build confidence in the transformation, the Xinjiang Military Region took the initiative to guide the officers and soldiers to discuss the transformation, and took multiple measures to build a transformation talent training project.
"It's not scary for a veteran to become a novice, but I'm afraid of losing my heart." During the discussion, Wang Pengfei, a second-rank sergeant of a certain department, was deeply touched.
In his company, many backbones have been transferred from artillery, communications and other majors to drone majors, which can be said to be starting from scratch.
In or out?
The veterans finally overcome their inner troubles.
Wang Pengfei said that everyone believes that as long as they find the right direction and go all out, they will definitely be able to make a difference in the new position.
New ideas are not distributed with new equipment, you must jump out of the inertia in your mind
Soon after the new chariot was installed, a combined regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region went to the hinterland of the plateau at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters to carry out actual military exercises.
The fierce battle was in full swing, and the main attacking troops were advancing all the way, but the infantrymen carried by the chariot chose to get off the vehicle to attack on foot, resorting to traditional infantry tactics.
The new equipment is regarded as a new "transportation tool".
After the drill, the commander expressed this emotion: New concepts will not be distributed with new equipment, and they must jump out of the inertia in their minds and upgrade their thinking concepts.
Faced with the reshaping and leapfrogging of force structure, personnel composition, equipment allocation, and element grouping, commanders at all levels are also facing the pain of transformation.
"New equipment can wait, but fighting talents can't." In order to dispel the confusion of transformation in the hearts of officers and soldiers, a discussion in the Xinjiang Military Region on "how to look at transformation and how individuals should do it" was held in the north and south military camps of Tianshan Mountains. The division of labor went deep into the grassroots level to analyze the situation and cheer for the officers and soldiers.
If you don't know how to go to school or practice, Yan Chengming, the commander of the second battalion of a synthetic regiment, plays a variety of roles.
The new equipment is the first to be practiced until I can become a trainer; the books of arms knowledge, professional theory, and synthetic command are "gnawed" one by one until they can explain it to the company commander and squad leader...
Under the leadership of the battalion commander, the officers and soldiers of the entire battalion worked hard to improve their synthetic literacy and joint ability step by step.
The ability to train modules in block networking, and the ability to jointly train and command modules.
The model of synthetic construction has gradually become a climate, and the combat power of the synthetic battalion has gradually emerged.
"If you want to change your skills from the 'past tense' to the 'right time', you must be brave in self-revolution." In the equipment support training class organized by the military organs, more than ten senior sergeants in the repair profession surrounded the second sergeant Wang Xianbin for advice. Equipment fire control system troubleshooting issues.
"Many of the 'masters' selected by the superiors are younger than us, but they are very capable of repairing new equipment." In order to be good students, the old class leaders lowered their stature and took the initiative to study.
Third Sergeant Major Yang Shanwu specially prepared a recording pen. As long as he explained the new technology, he immediately recorded it, for fear of missing some knowledge points.
In addition to asking teachers for advice, Yang Shanwu also often "visits" and exchanges his experience with other backbones, and sometimes his face is red.
"It is said that 'three cobblers are the best Zhuge Liang'. It is better for everyone to study the problem of transformation together, rather than 'working behind closed doors'." Yang Shanwu said with a smile.
Transformation and construction is like crossing the river by feeling the stones, and only by working hard can you make a difference.
At a training meeting of an artillery brigade, the cadres of the battalion and company discussed how to solve the problem of lack of supporting textbooks for the repair of new long-range rocket launchers. Third-level sergeant major Qian Xuan attended the meeting as a key representative.
"We make up our own!" Just when they couldn't argue, Qian Xuan stood up and broke the deadlock.
Just do it!
Qian Xuan led the establishment of a key research team, with the full support of the brigade, and the coordination of colleges and universities to help.
Writing outlines, collecting data, and editing charts, everyone worked quickly according to the plan... During that time, everyone slept for three or four hours a day, and everyone had dark circles under their eyes.
From the working circuit schematic diagram of the whole vehicle to the wiring diagram of the whole vehicle, hundreds of cables and thousands of core signals are required to test and verify the signals one by one.
I can't remember how many times I've repeated it, but Li Xiaoliang, the third-level sergeant major who participated in the research, pointed to the freshly "released" maintenance tutorial in his hand and said that it was worth it no matter how hard it was!
During the writing process, we also optimized the accuracy detection and calibration process, reduced the operation steps from 6 steps to 3 steps, and reduced the number of operators from 6 to 2, which greatly improved work efficiency.
Transformation is both a test and an opportunity. Catching up with the new era of a strong army, we cannot live up to the military uniforms we wear.
"Practice, practice, fight..." The heroic singing echoed over the plateau training ground.
Wang Lisong, the third-level sergeant major of a special operations brigade, checked the parachutes that the team members had packed, and then led everyone to review the actual jump training just now.
This is the brigade's first high altitude parachute jump.
As a coach, Wang Lisong not only has to take on teaching tasks, but his team also takes the lead in being tested as a "first jump".
Speaking of Wang Lisong, the comrades in arms gave thumbs up.
In the army parachute training training, Wang Lisong obtained the first batch of advanced certificates for large aircraft parachute instructors through unremitting efforts.
"It's not enough to have one Wang Lisong, and more Wang Lisong is needed to keep emerging." Brigade Chief of Staff Cui Jianfeng told reporters that now in this brigade, the more difficult and dangerous subjects are, the better the backbone must play the role of "yeast" , to help more aces stand out.
In this plateau training, all the old backbones and new team members formed a pair of helpers and teachers. Everyone signed the responsibility letter and issued a military order.
"The plateau environment is different from the plain area and faces many challenges, so I don't dare to be sloppy at all." Wang Lisong took out the small notebook he carried with him and recorded the parachute data of the team members for the next multi-parachute jump. be prepared.
In order to improve the quality of training, Wang Lisong took the initiative to apply for an early entry with the meteorological guidance class to understand the meteorological characteristics of the plateau, and organized the team members to repeatedly practice and correct aerial movements until they were not bad at all.
As a result, all the teams he led successfully landed in the target circle, and collected nearly 100 sets of high altitude parachute jumping data.
"Transformation is both a test and an opportunity. Catching up with the new era of a strong army, we cannot live up to the military uniforms we wear." Wang Lisong said.
In the training ground of a chemical defense regiment, the backbone of chemical defense professionals from other brother units are nervously operating the field test box in their hands.
"No. 3 homework completed" and "No. 5 homework finished", reports sounded one after another on the field.
"The time has passed, but the type of poison was wrongly determined." Coach Chen Qi announced the results of the assessment, and everyone stared at him with wide-eyed eyes.
"Toxic agent measurement, you can't just look at the characteristics, you must also consider the interference of the chemical substances that may exist in the environment on the test tube." Chen Qi explained and picked up a sample.
Everyone suddenly realized that it turned out that Coach Chen had "swindled" again.
In the eyes of this fourth-level sergeant major, detection is the basis for decision-making in protection, and any mistakes will cause irreversible consequences on the battlefield.
The focus of reform and transformation is to focus on combat effectiveness.
Chen Qi's training was unceremonious and unreserved.
Under the careful "training" of Squad Leader Chen, the trainees gradually understood the good intentions of the coaches, and their self-requirements became more and more strict.
The leader of the military personnel and civilian personnel department told reporters: "Since the transformation of the army, many successful models of old backbones have been upgraded to new model soldiers have emerged in the military region, and they have played a good role in demonstration and leadership, and the 'head goose' effect has become increasingly apparent."
Understanding the dialectics of "return to zero" and "butterfly change"
- Zhang Guowen
Entering the new era, the People's Army is reforming, reshaping and accelerating its transformation, striding forward towards the goal of building a world-class army in an all-round way.
With the new organizational structure and the upgrading of weapons and equipment, the building of the combat effectiveness of the troops urgently needs to update the concepts and upgrade the skills of officers and soldiers.
We need to resolutely transform the "butterfly change" consciousness, muster the courage of the Phoenix Nirvana, and take the initiative to enter a new battle position and meet new challenges.
When the boat reaches the middle, the wandering is more urgent, and the road for people to the mid-mountain is steeper.
The road to transformation is a journey that is getting more and more difficult and dangerous, and must be faced with difficulties and must be advanced.
We must not hold back on the "credit book", hold on to the "old experience" and keep complacent. With the determination and will of "now step forward from scratch", maintain the enterprising mentality of "being good at returning to zero", and step on the steps of steady and far-reaching implementation to reach farther. the other side.
"Zero" is a kind of courage.
Eggs are broken from the outside to be ingredients, and broken from the inside is growth.
Only by stepping out of the comfort zone and facing new challenges can we overcome the difficulties and obstacles in reform and remodeling.
Only by aiming to win future wars, daring to step into the storm, accepting the test, and self-innovation with the courage to not break or stand, can we overcome the pain of transformation and realize the rebirth of moulting.
"Returning to zero" is a responsibility.
Generations have the responsibility of a generation.
Whether it is to overcome the bottleneck of new combat power generation, or to deal with dangerous situations that may arise at any time, we are not allowed to worry about gains and losses and wait and see.
Only with the spirit of taking the time and the spirit of fighting for the day and the night, maintaining a fighting stance that the more difficult and dangerous the more forward, working hard, persevering, and actively integrating into the construction of combat effectiveness, can we release potential kinetic energy, stand firm in the main battle, and strive to grow into a High-quality, professional new military personnel.
"Zero" is a kind of wisdom.
To cope with the era's examination questions such as the systematization of combat mode, the flattening of command links, and the intelligence of main battle equipment, and to overcome practical problems such as old thinking concepts and weak professional ability, it is necessary to be good at breaking inertial thinking, breaking through the fetters of experience, and going through trials and tribulations in maintaining integrity and innovation. , Seeing the world, in opening new plans, strengthening muscles and bones, growing talents, and handing over a qualified answer sheet that lives up to the new era.