Catch up with the exam and break the question from the "change of war"
- The 79th Army conducted a news investigation of wartime political work drills
■ Zhan Lihong, special correspondent of the People's Liberation Army Daily, The Ocean
The group army has organized wartime political work drills and observation activities to enhance the ability and quality of backbone political work. Photo by Zhan Lihong
The battlefield is no longer "what it was yesterday"————
The concept of wartime political work must keep pace with the changes of the times
For Yu Ze, an instructor of the first assault company of a brigade of the 79th Group Army, the two very different experiences made him feel a bit like a "roller coaster" -- winning the championship in the political cadre competition organized by the brigade, but "pasting" in the higher-level real-soldier exercise.
During the battle, the guide gave out a "special situation" - "What do you do if you find that the captives have self-harmed?" Yu Ze gave several disposal plans in succession and were all lit up with "red lights".
Yu Ze is not the only one who encountered "Waterloo".
In the reform of the military structure, this brigade has been transformed and reshaped, from "motorized steps" to "loading steps" to "synthesis.". The optimization of the organization and the iteration of equipment have led to changes in technology, tactics, and training methods, and have also brought new challenges to wartime political work.
Song Zhiqiang, chief of the organization section of the brigade, sighed: "Nowadays, information-based equipment objectively makes it difficult for officers and men to meet, disperse, concentrate, and contact in different places, and it is difficult for 'face-to-face' wartime political work to adapt to the battlefield of 'key to key.'" ”
In the combat group, several platoons of a certain company are responsible for the air cover of each group, and only two squads can follow the company in wartime. Instructor Wang Yanming said: "Usually, the company is a peeled orange - the whole thing, once it comes to wartime, it will become a peeled orange - scattered petals!" ”
Wang Yanming's words also contain another meaning: On the battlefield where personnel are highly dispersed, time and space are rapidly shifting, ideological and emotional tensions, and fierce life-and-death confrontations, it is more difficult to carry out political work.
Yang Jingsen, political commissar of a certain brigade, felt that the battlefield was no longer "what it was yesterday," and that the logical starting point for political work in training and preparing for war should change according to the times and the situation. The concept of political work must keep pace with the changes of the times, especially the wartime political work with new ideas and new understandings.
It was winter, the land in southern Liaoning was as cold as a knife, and a confrontation drill of a certain brigade was in full swing, and the battle entered a state of glue.
"The five-company offensive was frustrated and morale was affected."
"The reconnaissance battalion took 2 prisoners."
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Inside the square cabin of the elements of political work, all kinds of information poured in and out, jumping on the big screen like a bullet screen. However, Ji Yongfeng, an officer of the brigade's political work department on duty, did not rush.
In the event of a stage of conversion can be checked work process, in the case of unfamiliar areas can check the public situation and social conditions, in case of emergencies can be checked and handled principles and methods... I saw the discipline officer tapping on the keyboard, entering the wartime political work information auxiliary inquiry platform, combining the political work information reported by each detachment with the map of the mission area, and forming a comprehensive political work situation map on the situation page, providing a detailed basis for the decision-making of the chief organs.
"This situation map has strong data support behind it." The discipline officer introduced while operating the mouse that this platform independently developed by the group army has functions such as data inquiry, business assistance, and simple political work command, covering all kinds of business of wartime political work, and can also be used in the network between brigades, battalions, and companies to ensure that political cadres can make one-click inquiries and quickly dispose of them.
"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is not possible to improve the ability of rapid response to wartime political work." Cui Fuqi, instructor of a certain brigade's reconnaissance battalion, said bluntly that this situation map provides us with a powerful "external brain" for carrying out wartime political work.
In fact, this situation map is just a "window" opened by them to explore the winning mechanism of wartime political work according to the new concept of informationized battlefield.
In recent years, the group army has successively held on-site meetings on political work in wartime, standardized political work processes in accordance with the scope of its duties, the course of battle, and so on, used network platforms to establish a "political work information database," and compiled "100 Cases of Handling Special Circumstances" on the basis of actual cases. The continuous infusion of new ideas in the information age is becoming the "source of living water" for the group army to grasp the wartime political work.
The reason why it feels simple is because I want to be simple and do it simply.
This complex compulsory question must be answered to a high standard
"What kind of battlefield cultural activities should be carried out during the period of war training?"
"In the first phase of the battle, how was the loss of political work equipment in your battalion?"
Recently, during a drill on the elements of political work of a certain brigade, the brigade commander randomly questioned according to the course of the battle. Sun Hongwu, an instructor of the air defense battalion participating in the exercise, had a solemn expression and buried his head in docking with the battlefield situation with the detachment to which he belonged.
Sun Hongwu is an "old political worker" with rich experience in organs and grassroots units, and has participated in comprehensive exercises and special exercises. He frankly said that in the past, when the drills were in place, they were mobilized, they were disposed of at the point, and when they reached the line, they collected troops. Now the brigade commanders randomly questioned them, forcing them to study the dynamics of the battlefield in depth, otherwise they would make a big red face. He paused and said, "However, such a drill can really learn something." ”
The transformation stems from the pressure of the battlefield.
"You killed 2 soldiers in a row, so deal with the aftermath immediately." During one exercise, Gang Shaoxu, an instructor of the first howitzer company, received a "special message," and he immediately instructed the 3 backbone cadres of the company's mass working group to dispose of it.
Registering information about martyrs, sorting out martyrs' relics, informing the families of martyrs... A set of skilled processes comes down, and the aftermath is quickly disposed of.
These steps and procedures are "not wrong", but the deeds of the martyrs have not been publicized well, and they have not been used as vivid teaching materials to stimulate the fighting spirit of officers and men... Under the guidance of the newly instructor, the disposal team suddenly realized.
Although the follow-up activities were simple, the scene was solemn and full of affection for the "sacrificed comrades-in-arms", and the officers and men of the company turned grief into strength individually, and the fighting spirit was instantly ignited.
"Peacetime is separated from wartime, and officers and men cannot feel the atmosphere of the battlefield, so they do not have a sense of involvement." Afterwards, the just instructor reflected that some backbone political work cadres handled the "special situation" and were only satisfied with many procedures, no steps, and no lack of elements, but these were only floating on the surface and did not really go deeper into the battlefield.
After observing and sorting out several exercises, the group army training and supervision group found that some political cadres did not have a deep understanding of wartime political work and did not apply it in a lively manner; some of them followed the procedures step by step, and some of them could not see the enemy's situation when they were divorced from the actual situation of the operation, and they stuck to the old rules and used old tricks.
"It seems that the battle mobilization can be spirited as soon as it is shouted, the organizational function can be held at a meeting, the personnel can be supplemented and drawn, and the attack and defense flyers of the heart can win... The reason why some comrades feel simple is because they want to be simple and do it simply, not because political work itself is simple. The words of the leader of the political work department of the group army are thought-provoking.
They sorted out the research, drills, and practical achievements in recent years, studied the relevant contents of wartime political work in a comprehensive and systematic manner, formulated the "Norms for the Duties and Procedures of Political Organs at the Military and Brigade Levels in Grasping War," unified the indicators for grasping and training the political work at the army, brigade, battalion, and company levels, and engraved a "precise scale" for the development of political work and the cultivation of political ability and quality.
"When some officers and men passed through their hometowns, they wrote their names on their trinkets and threw them out of the car, hoping that someone would find them and inform their families of their participation in the war. During a drill, the guidance and dispatch group gave a certain brigade's ninth company a "problem" that was maneuvering.
"Homesickness is a common sentiment of people, and the key is to see how to guide." Liu Tiancheng, the instructor of the company, did not blindly mobilize and emphasize as in the past, but instead made a clever move and organized the activity of "defending the hometown and killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions," which suddenly grasped everyone's excitement.
Talking about the heroic martyrs of their hometown, the landscape of their homeland, and the expectations of their relatives, the officers and men spoke enthusiastically, and the emotions of each group were excited, and their homesickness attention gradually shifted to the enthusiasm for killing the enemy and serving the country. Instructor Liu "hit the iron while it was hot," educated and guided officers and men from the perspective of security and secrecy, and strictly prohibited throwing things along the way.
"Political work is not so simple, do not use your brain to deal with it flexibly, I am afraid that even the 'after-the-horse cannon' will not be able to sound!" Instructor Liu expressed his opinion.
Political work cannot rely on just one mouth, but must also have a sufficient "ammunition base" -
"Soft power" needs to have a hard standard for construction
In the land of western Liaoning, in the early days after the snow, a certain brigade carried out a combat readiness assessment battalion by battalion.
"Plan One, go!" In the armored four companies of combat equipment depot, officers and men loaded political work equipment and equipment such as political work boxes and unmanned aerial vehicles into tanks and placed them neatly one by one according to the divided areas.
"To do political work on the battlefield, you can't just rely on one mouth, you still have to have 'guys and shit' in your hands." Li Gaoqiang, an instructor of the company, recalled that every time the combat readiness was pulled, the main battle equipment carried ammunition, attached supplies to the vehicle, and the daily necessities of officers and men, and the political work equipment and equipment were generally placed on the cooking material trucks for follow-up support.
"These are indispensable 'bullets' in the emergency response to political work, and they must be fully stocked and ready to use at any time." The group army formed such a consensus from top to bottom: "To improve the quality and effectiveness of wartime political work, we must be as down-to-earth as we are in military training." ”
In order to make political work have "soft power," it must be supported by the construction standards of hard states and the "ammunition base" of a solid state. They formulated the "Specifications for Materials and Equipment for Wartime Political Work," which clearly defined materials and equipment such as wartime propaganda and agitation, battlefield cultural life, and battlefield meritorious service and model creation, so as to realize the packing and modular storage, which is convenient for carrying and easy to use at any time.
According to the norms, instructor Li combined the actual equipment of the company with the actual situation of the wartime political work equipment, and classified the wartime political work equipment according to the needs of the operation, and there was no longer a situation in which the wartime political work equipment was "pressed at the bottom of the box."
Receiving a toolbox that was both easy to carry and durable, Sergeant Wang Xizhimo immediately put in the camera, voice recorder and other equipment.
"It's like having a 'three-point, four-certain' standard for political work materials and equipment, which gives us, the backbone of political work, more confidence in throwing ourselves into the battlefield!" Wang Xizhimo said happily.
Theoretical assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle operation, simulated combat training plan... Not long ago, the supervision group of the group army organs sank to the front line to organize wartime political work drills and backbone appraisals.
The year before, Huang Jiabin, a sergeant of a certain brigade, passed the third-level evaluation of a certain profession, and last year he took promotion to the second level as his goal.
On the day of the evaluation, Huang Jiabin first completed the operation of equipment such as drones, translation machines, and cameras, and then used computer graphics software to produce promotional materials. In the assessment of planning and regulation ability, he carefully analyzed and judged according to the content he wanted to determine, and quickly formed a suggestion for action... After the assessment, Huang Jiabin successfully advanced.
"Through the second-level evaluation, you can be selected into the backbone talent pool of the soldiers of the group army, and can be used as a priority condition when the next non-commissioned officer is selected." Huang Jiabin said excitedly, "The construction of the backbone team of political work is not only capable of standards, training and supervision, but also incentive measures. These hard bars are all boosters to deepen the quality and effectiveness of training. ”
"Brave the Graben", "Giant Ladder", "Beyond Self"... During the cold season, a certain brigade's anti-chemical company is carrying out training at the psychological behavior training ground, and Xie Xiaodong, the instructor of the on-site training, from time to time, demonstrates and guides and advises safety matters.
"Since the training ground was put into use, some officers and men have gone from being reluctant to train at the beginning to playing in the ring now, and their psychological quality has improved rapidly." Instructor Xie said with a happy face.
Instructor Xie's joy has a deeper point -- Since the beginning of last year, in accordance with the requirements of the group army, they have vigorously grasped the construction of training conditions for political work, and the training ground for psychological behavior, the training ground for psychological adaptation, and the psychological service center have been put into use one after another, and a number of political work equipment has been innovated and improved, and they have realized that there are resources for teaching, training with equipment, and training with venues.
Battlefield 3D holographic projection system, high-frequency sonic shouter... In recent years, they have also achieved more than 30 pieces (sets) of innovative achievements covering psychological protection, information delivery, battlefield evidence collection and other aspects, which has greatly enriched the "firepower allocation" of wartime political work.
Keeping a close eye on the battlefield to innovate political work is what is needed in the new era and is also where the new momentum lies. The leader of the group army sighed: "Only by advancing with the times and innovating wartime political work can the 'lifeline' glow with strong vitality in the frontline of preparing for war." ”
A shift in thinking is the most important shift
■ Ocean
During the war years, effective wartime political work was an important guarantee for our army's victory. Before the Battle of Shangganling, Van Vliet, commander of the US Eighth Army, arrogantly shouted: "There is no position that cannot be solved by 100,000 shells." If 100,000 rounds doesn't work, then another 100,000 rounds! "The result is known to the world. This fact eloquently proves that our army's wartime political work is incomparably powerful.
Our army's successful experience in serving combat effectiveness in political work is brilliant, but this does not mean that when doing political work at present, we can simply regard "history books" as "textbooks" and mechanically and statically "copy homework" to our ancestors. In the future, informationized warfare is different from the era of "millet plus rifles", and the characteristics of joint, all-dimensional, three-dimensional, and multi-domain are prominent, and new and higher requirements are put forward for wartime political work.
A shift in thinking is the most important shift. Under the conditions of informationization, the space is multi-dimensional, the forces are diverse, and the forms are diverse, which determines that political work must closely follow the rhythm of operations and grasp the transient opportunities. This requires us to break the traditional stereotype and carry out wartime political work with new thinking concepts, vision and rational cognition. At present, what is most important is to conform to the development of the information age, adapt to changes in the form of war, follow the law of changing the war situation, consider the characteristics of the forces participating in the war, thoroughly study the enemy's situation, the battlefield environment, and the mechanism of victory, constantly improve the guidance methods and operation modes for carrying out wartime political work, master the method of inspiring fighting spirit, the legal strategy for attacking and defending, and the tactics of defeating the enemy in the heart, so as to rejuvenate the vitality of the new era in political work.
Promoting actual combat training in political work is the key to giving play to the role of political work in serving guarantees and the function of direct combat. At present, problems such as "weak" political work ability, "old" methods, and "lack" mechanisms exist to varying degrees in some units, mainly because the implementation of the simultaneous construction of war and the lack of peacetime and wartime integration. It is necessary to combine wartime political work training with combat readiness drills, center on specific tasks, follow up the form of fighting wars, enter actual scenes, base ourselves on complex situations, integrate into various links such as operational planning, command and control, and firepower strikes, and run through the entire course of operations with all elements and time and space, so that we can plan, study, and deduce together, and strive to achieve a high degree of integration of political work and military training.
Strengthening the "lifeline" depends on doing a solid job below the "horizon". Just as we grasp military training, we must distinguish between different combat styles and different combat targets, train in precise command, in the division of labor and grouping, in the standardization of processes, and in the training of post capabilities; standardize operational guidance, establish a unified process, improve and perfect the mechanism in training practice, and tighten the "clockwork" of training and preparation for war in a down-to-earth manner; focus on the missions and tasks we undertake, revise and improve the supporting action plans and plans for political work, strengthen the actual combat and case-based study of political work, and realize the "precision operation" of political work.
(This article was published in the 5th edition of the People's Liberation Army Daily on January 13, 2022)
Source: China Military Network