Wentu 丨Fan Wenbin
Salutes and ceremonies, flashing lights, flowers all over the scene... Recently, the 76th Group Army solemnly held the second award ceremony for the "Sword Plateau and The Pioneer of a Strong Army," and Li Hongtao, commander of the communication battalion of a certain service support brigade, and Ma Haoran, commander of the third company of the battalion, stood on the podium. At that moment, their hearts were full of emotions and their thoughts were endless!
▲Highlight Moment Left: Battalion Commander Li Hongtao Right: Company Commander Ma Haoran
After receiving the award, they were warmly welcomed by the officers and men, and the joyful scene announced that after 3 years of continuous efforts, the officers and men of the whole battalion once again achieved a magnificent turn with one achievement and one medal after another, ushering in a highlight moment.
▲Returning home with honors
The train of thought is clear
If you grasp the construction, you will not lose your way
Receiving the medal, political instructor Zhang Pengchang breathed a sigh of relief, and could not help but remember that three years ago, when he and the battalion commander Li Hongtao took over the newly formed battalion at the same time, the pressure was very high.
Why do organs generally have a low evaluation of units? Why did the former Honor Company change hands and become eclipsed? Why is the quality of the backbone not weak, but the company is short of strength? At the first battalion party committee meeting after taking office, Zhang Peng issued three questions in a row, asking the party committee members to analyze the causes one by one and look for the root cause of the disease.
▲ Party member commando
The function of party organizations is not enough, the backbone talent is lost, and the work of warming people's hearts cannot be sustained... In the face of the foci of the disease, they organized the backbone of party members to strengthen the study of the "Party Constitution", "Political Work Regulations" and other laws and regulations, devoted themselves to solving problems for officers and soldiers, and carried out the "Why Join the Army and Enlist in the Army" in the whole battalion. How to train to prepare for war? "Great discussion, condensing the ideological consensus of officers and soldiers."
▲ Iron heart to the party
In terms of grasping the idea of construction, the battalion party committee followed the "three-step" idea of making a "revolution" in the depths of the soul put forward by political commissar Yang Dong, going to the battlefield to eliminate accumulated defects, and leading the army to strengthen the army with a strict work style and solid vigor, and led the officers and men to forge ahead toward the goal of strengthening the army.
▲ Political commissar Yang Dong gave party lessons to party members
After a great baptism of thought, the construction of the battalion team took on a new look, and an upward clear stream swept over the face.
The chief officer sets an example
Activate training "a pool of spring water"
Focusing on the central task and winning wars with lean force is the "program" for taking charge of army building. Whether the whole battalion can fight a "turnaround battle" well depends on the actual results of training. The attitude of the battalion party committee was clear: the train ran fast all by the headband, and if there was a breakthrough in training, the chief officer would have to stand in the front row.
▲ Small arms shooting
For a time, the commander of the battalion company stepped onto the training ground to practice command, strong skills, and fighting physical fitness, and the whole battalion quickly set off a training upsurge.
▲ Teach the technique of climbing the high board wall
At the beginning of 2019, 38-year-old battalion commander Li Hongtao took the initiative to sign up for the Army's "Xinbao Qibing-2019" competition training. Someone advised him to take a leisurely time, and he replied decisively: "We must fight, the whole battalion needs this example." After 3 months of hard training, he finally won the championship of the commander group of the information and communication detachment with excellent results.
▲ Battalion commander Li Hongtao participated in the assessment
▲Instructor Zhang Peng organized training
Corporal Huang Sheng, a corporal of the second company, broke two record in one fell swoop in the "Stable Reception-2019" international competition and won honors for the motherland.
▲Huang Sheng participated in international competitions
The news came back to the battalion, and the officers and men boiled over! Instructor Zhang Peng said with emotion: "The battalion commander and Huang Sheng won the championship like a shot in the arm, igniting our training passion. ”
▲ Battalion commander Li Hongtao made a report on his deeds
Stationed on the plateau for training, the officers and men of the whole battalion advanced into the desert Gobi, set up difficulties and risks to conduct joint training in networking, and explored a set of practical and effective tactics and training methods, and everyone competed to build a force for the construction of combat strength. Sergeant Pan Peng said: "If you can't keep up with the training, you feel very ashamed."
For the war to cultivate talents
Let people love their posts to the best of their ability
It has been learned that when the battalion was first formed, one-third of the officers and men were specialized in ordnance, driving, and cooking. How to turn these "laymen" into "insiders" is an important issue for the battalion party committee to consider.
▲Welcome new equipment
To this end, the battalion set up a training team, selected top backbones as coaches, starting from the most basic communication principles, the simplest equipment operation and teaching; in addition, the battalion also selected some personnel to go to colleges and universities for training to expand the backbone strength.
▲ Company Commander He Shuyang organized training
He Shuyang, commander of the Second Company, was originally a transportation major, and after a period of hard study, he was proficient in 6 kinds of communication equipment. After serving as a company commander, he led the whole company to complete more than 10 outstanding training tasks, and the company was also rated as an advanced unit of "four irons".
▲Course demonstration
Last year, new equipment was installed, and battalion commander Li Hongtao took this as an opportunity to train the team and train backbones. He deliberately took several new stationmasters into the plateau Gobi to test the extreme communication data of the equipment, teach by hand, and speak face-to-face.
▲Communication station opened
Turning over the battalion's personnel training plan, every officer and soldier has a long-term training direction and stage goals: Cadres must all understand equipment and command, and backbone cadres should be able to organize training and teach...
It is difficult to solve the difficulties of the army
Create a good environment for people to keep people
"The interests of officers and men are no small matter, and everything is linked to combat effectiveness." Battalion commander Li Hongtao said: "On weekdays, the soldiers are most concerned about nothing more than vacations and rest, which must be implemented well, even if it offends people." "One weekend, an organ cadre called him for 10 errands, but the battalion commander politely refused.
▲Cheering for comrades-in-arms on the way to training
Not letting honest people suffer losses and not letting doers feel cold is a principle that the battalion has always adhered to. In handling sensitive matters such as appraisal and appraisal of merit, examination for joining the party, and selection of non-commissioned officers, the battalion party committee has always adhered to fairness, impartiality and openness, allowing power to run under the sun, and winning unanimous praise from officers and men.
▲Deep comradeship
In order to ensure that every officer and soldier grows up healthy in the barracks and becomes a talented person at his post, the battalion requires every chief officer to be a commander of officers and men preparing for war, a counselor who grows into a talented person, a confused consultant, and a safety officer at the threshold of hidden dangers. During the training period, the mother of Zhang Zongwei, the second company sergeant, was in a car accident, and after the battalion learned of it, they arranged for the deputy instructor and a backbone to accompany them, quickly went to their hometown, and properly handled the dispute; Liu Kunhu and Du Wenhui were professional and skilled, and the battalion built a platform to focus on training, and last year they were both promoted to third-class sergeant major.
▲ On weekends, officers and soldiers carried out cultural and recreational activities
▲ Share the honor
Looking at the 10 medals in front of him, such as the "Sword Plateau and The Vanguard of the Strong Army," the "Four Irons" advanced unit, and the advanced grassroots party organization, instructor Zhang Peng said: "The gold medal and silver medal are not yet the bottom card for fighting a war, and we must delve into the topic of fighting a war without distraction and continue to struggle vigorously." ”