On August 1, 1927, the Nanchang Uprising broke out, and a burst of socialist gunfire brought new hope to China, and on this day the first army in Chinese history to fight for the well-being of the people was established.
54 years later, on July 31, 1981, on the eve of the 54th anniversary of the founding of china's army and the August 1st founding day, a huge and magnificent military parade ceremony was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, known in history as "Jinling Point Soldiers".
According to official statistics, more than 9,000 officers and men participated in the Nanjing military parade that year, and the navy, army, and air force were divided into 54 squares to be inspected in turn, and Xu Shiyou, a military general who was then a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, was also invited to participate.
Jinling Point Soldiers
It is said that on the morning of the same day, the outside of the drill ground was filled with people from all walks of life in Nanjing, and the scene was very lively, and every corner was filled with the cheers of the crowd.
The soldiers in military uniforms were all armed with yu Xuanang, and 54 square teams showed people heavy armored weapons such as tanks and surface-to-air missiles in turn, and the soldiers of the army marched forward steadily with healthy steps, and both men, women and children under the parade stage clapped their hands and applauded.
The military parade in Nanjing was the first and only military parade of the largest scale since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Soldiers of the People
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Military parade traditions
Since the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, in the face of the social environment at that time, in order to reflect the national prestige of the People's Republic of China, show the military prestige of the People's Liberation Army, highlight national sovereignty to the world, and highlight the strength and determination of China's national defense.
As a major weapon for China to publicize its national strength to the outside world, the military parade ceremony not only played a role in deterring foreign enemies, but also a good opportunity to boost the morale of the military.
Therefore, based on the major industrial achievements of New China after the "one transformation and three reforms", the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided that the military parade has become an important part of China's National Day ceremony.
New China military parade
International situation
In the 1960s and 1970s, due to the polarization of the world, Sino-Russian relations deteriorated rapidly, China completely lost exchanges with major powers, and in the face of threats from Western and Soviet forces, in order to protect China's military secrets, the central government canceled the tradition of annual military parades during this decade.
Until the end of the 1970s, Sino-US relations gradually improved, facing the new changes in the international pattern, and in order to meet the psychological needs of the masses, they played a shocking role in the outside world.
China has begun a series of military exercises and exercises, the most common of which is the exercise against the advance of armored troops, and the "Jinling Point Soldiers" (Nanjing Military Parade) of that year was one of them.
The army under review
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Regarding the Nanjing military parade that year, the documentary "Jinling Dianbing" recorded such a picture in detail:
Competing for blooming bauhinia flowers, the rain flower table is decorated with extraordinarily magnificent scores. The military parade was held in Nanjing Drum Tower Square.
Near the beginning of the ceremony, General Xu Shiyou, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Nie Fengzhi, commander of the Nanjing Military Region, Guo Linxiang, first political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, Du Ping, political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, and Xiang Shouzhi, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and Zhan Danan, deputy commanders of the Nanjing Military Region, entered the scene in turn to inspect the ceremony.
Xu Shiyou
The towering River Crossing Memorial Tower shines against the backdrop of five red stars.
On the day of celebrating the victory and closing of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eleventh National People's Congress, the heroic city of Nanjing ushered in the 54th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
The ten-mile long street gathered a torrent of strength and was filled with a thriving momentum, and the tens of thousands of commanders and fighters of the army, navy, and air force stationed in Nanjing were full of energy and ready to go.
River Crossing Memorial Tower
The flowers-like square are filled with deep feelings for the military and civilians, and the heroic people are most cordially waiting for the people's children and soldiers to pass in front of them.
"Comrade Commander! Our army's paraded troops are ready, please review! Comrade Zhang Delai, commander-in-chief of the army of the inspector general, reported facing the review platform.
Nie Fengzhi, commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region in front of the commander-in-chief, gave an order, "Start! Immediately the whole audience played.
Nie Fengzhi
Nie Fengzhi slowly walked through the center of the parade in a military vehicle, and the parade ceremony consisted of 54 squares, most of which were on foot, with more than 9,000 army, navy, and air force commanders and fighters participating.
Chinese people's Liberation Army showed the people many advanced weapons such as rockets, tanks, surface-to-air missiles, etc., and had the style of a military power.
Rumbling tanks, tanks, and missile weapons of all types passed by the Nanjing Drum Tower, and fighters of all colors roared overhead.
Troops under review
Nie Fengzhi shouted sonorously and forcefully everywhere he went, "Hello comrades! Comrades have worked hard."
The warriors replied sonorously and forcefully, "Hello Chief! Serving the people"
Suddenly, the mighty and majestic warriors, the sound of the mighty and mighty, the sound of the mountains and the sea, and the voices of the children and soldiers shook the Nanjing Drum Tower like spring thunder.
Nie Fengzhi was in a military vehicle inspecting
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In addition to the mighty and spectacular military parade, a familiar figure also appeared on the parade field that year- Xu Shiyou, the founding general of the country.
Xu Shiyou, born in 1905 in Surabaya, Xinxian County, Henan Province, is a communist fighter, proletarian revolutionary, outstanding military commander of our army, and deputy director of the Central Advisory Committee of the Communist Party of China.
As a teenager, Xu Shiyou, who came from a poor background, went to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts.
In 1926, Xu Shiyou volunteered to join the communist youth, and the following year he joined the Communist Party of China, thus beginning his revolutionary career.
However, why did Xu Shiyou, who had long since stepped down as commander-in-chief of the Military Region and was then a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, take time out of his busy schedule to participate in this huge military parade celebration? Xu Shiyou
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Speaking of Xu Shiyou's participation in the "Jinling Dianbing", it is necessary to mention his revolutionary friendship with Nie Fengzhi, a friend of the world. In short, the reason why Xu Shiyou, who was working in Beijing at that time, personally came to Nanjing to participate in the review was precisely because he was strongly invited by his friend Nie Fengzhi.
As early as the long march of the Central Red Army, Nie Fengzhi had already fought alongside Commander Xu, and Xu Shiyou was Nie Fengzhi's direct commander.
During His time in the army, Nie Fengzhi was quickly promoted by Xu Shiyou because of his superior courage and excellent performance, and became a powerful general under his command, and the relationship between the two gradually became closer.
After the end of the Red Army's Long March until the Liberation War, Commander Xu had been a leading cadre of Nie Fengzhi, who followed Xu Shiyou on a route from Shandong Province to Jiaohe, during which he fought bravely and annihilated countless enemies.
However, in the PLA barracks, Admiral Xu Shiyou was notoriously violent, and it was precisely because of this that Xu Shiyou was called "the most personal officer among the PLA officers" by the people of the barracks.
However, because he was proficient in military theory, good at using soldiers and speculating on the enemy's thinking, and deeply respected by Chairman Mao and soldiers, no one in the army dared to clamor with him, with the exception of Nie Fengzhi.
The most obvious embodiment of this is nie fengzhi in front of him two dares, one dares to joke, during the military period of witty and humorous Nie Fengzhifeng often in his leisure time with the hot temper of general Xu Shiyou jokes, even if the joke is too hot, Xu Shiyou is never angry.
Secondly, he dared to put forward opinions, in the long military life, in the face of various military strategies and emergencies, Nie Fengzhi often discussed the theory of soldiers with Xu Shiyou.
Even though the two often quarreled, Nie Fengzhi still maintained his own opinion, and within the desirable range, he obtained Xu Shiyou's affirmation through justification, which was also a point that no one in the army could match from beginning to end.
After the founding of New China and the end of the War of Liberation, based on Xu Shiyou's achievements for our party and our army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed by the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee at a higher level to become the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region, and his assistant Nie Fengzhi was appointed commander of the Air Force of the Military Region, and the two still maintained the role of the best partners.
During his tenure in the Nanjing Military Region, Xu Shiyou, who was in a high position, still practiced what he preached, often personally visiting the island to conduct field investigations and experiments, understanding the deployment of the army and finding problems, often convening meetings with his subordinates until late at night, making suggestions, and ordering his subordinates to actively rectify and reform.
It is said that everywhere he went, he was warmly welcomed by the people and soldiers, and his footprints were all over every corner of the various island troop stations.
But even with the title of commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region, Xu Shiyou is still modest and sincere, punctual and rigorous in his work, and always arrives at the scene on time and on time, regardless of the bad weather. When it comes to attending necessary work meetings or working at the grassroots level, he does not like to wear formal clothes, and most of the time he only goes into battle lightly.
Even to avoid wasting resources, Xu Shiyou took the lead in reducing the escorts and guards around him, even if the distance was far away, he often refused to be picked up and dropped off by the convoy, and during the meeting, he also required his subordinates to be simple and clear, from simple to complicated.
In the late 1950s, Chairman Mao, political chairman of the Central Military Commission, proposed that the construction of clean and honest troops should first be grasped from the higher levels, so the leaders of all military regions throughout the country were required to take the lead in serving as soldiers in the company, and Xu Shiyou, as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region, took the lead in signing up.
During his time in the barracks, although Xu Zhiyou was the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region, he actively listened to the command of the higher-level party organization like other soldiers, and lived a life of eating and sleeping with the soldiers every day, regardless of the scorching sun and cold.
In order to bring him closer to the soldiers, he refused the special treatment proposed to him by the central authorities, reminding the soldiers that they did not need to call him by their titles, and because of this, the young soldiers in the company affectionately called him "Old Comrade Xu".
Soon, under the influence of Xu Shiyou's personal practice, the management of the troops in the entire Southern Military Region became increasingly strict, the army's military style was excellent, and the morale in the battalion was high.
At the same time, Xu Shiyou also successfully established a deep revolutionary friendship with the soldiers of the company during his service in the battalion, and even in his twilight years, he still maintained long-term contact with the comrades of the same company at that time.
After serving as commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region for several years, Xu Shiyou received instructions from his superiors to go to the Guangzhou Military Region to serve as commander-in-chief of the Guangzhou Military Region.
During the special period, Nie Fengzhi was accidentally arrested and imprisoned, after learning the news, Xu Shiyou dragged people to visit him for the first time, after contacting witnesses and collecting evidence, Xu Shiyou entrusted his cronies to successfully rescue Nie Fengzhi from prison, and Nie Fengzhi and his family were therefore able to recover their lives.
Nie Fengzhi and Xu Shiyou
In 1976, when the military regions of the country held a collective meeting, Comrade Ye Jianying, the founding marshal of the People's Republic of China, spoke first as a deputy, and one of the interesting things at the meeting was that when Marshal Ye Jianying asked Xu Shiyou: "Do you think the current Nanjing Military Region can be managed and commanded well?" ”
Seeing this, Xu Shiyou replied proudly: "I think it is possible, after all, the current commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region is Comrade Nie Fengzhi, my right-hand man at that time, and I believe that he has the ability and certainty to do a good job in this matter." ”
In 1977, Nie Fengzhi was selected by the central government to be the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, but the former veteran commander Xu Shiyou announced his resignation as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region due to his health. After finishing his work in Guangzhou, Xu Shiyou returned to Nanjing to begin recuperation accompanied by his family.
During this period, Nie Fengzhi, who was once a subordinate and revolutionary friend, often took time to visit, and the revolutionary friendship has never changed.
In 1981, under the arrangement of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the Nanjing military announced a large-scale military parade in The Drum Tower on the eve of the founding of the August 1st Army. At first, according to the relevant regulations of the military region, Xu Shiyou, who retired as commander-in-chief of the military region, no longer enjoyed the right to participate in the military parade.
However, in the hearts of nie fengzhi, who was a subordinate and comrade-in-arms at that time, Comrade Xu Shiyou, former commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Military Region, made great contributions to the construction of the Nanjing Military Region, and then Nie Fengzhi asked the leaders at higher levels for instructions and invited them to go to the parade to witness.
Xu Shiyou (right)
However, at first, after receiving a warm invitation from his comrade-in-arms Nie Fengzhi, xu Shiyou, who was modest, once repeatedly refused on the grounds that his identity was inappropriate and his physical condition was not good.
However, Nie Fengzhi always insisted that this move was harmless, and finally under his unremitting persuasion and with the active assistance of the Party Central Committee and government, Xu Shiyou agreed to ask to go with him to the Nanjing Drum Tower to participate in the review ceremony.
On July 31, 1981, when Nie Fengzhi gave an order, the review ceremony officially began, and the soldiers of the army, navy and air force were dressed in military uniforms, with a heroic posture, a loud voice and a rainbow. When they walked straight to the review platform, Comrade Xu Shiyou, who had been on the stage for half a lifetime, changed his usual serious face and raised his hands to applaud and cheer.
In the end, the Nanjing military parade came to a smooth end, and this military parade not only showed the world the achievements of our army's military accumulation and advanced military weapons construction over the years.
It also shows the firm determination and strong will of millions of sons and daughters of the Chinese nation to resolutely safeguard national security and sovereign unity, and shows the unprecedented pride and cohesion of the Chinese nation.
Neat queues
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Today, in the ninety years since the founding of our army, and for 90 years, our army has always adhered to the tenet of "serving the people" and "protecting the motherland and building a beautiful homeland", and has flashed dazzling brilliance on the world stage with its strong team cohesion, combat effectiveness, and centripetal force.
And in the course of constant tempering, we should resist the pressure, overcome all kinds of difficulties and tests, and adhere to the party's leadership to lead the people from victory to victory.
Chinese soldiers are our strong backing, the dream of the country, and the strength of the nation. They have composed a brilliant and resolute life with perseverance and faith, cast a monument of peace with their blood and sweat, and selflessly dedicated themselves to protecting the tranquility of the people.
Salute to the people's children and soldiers! Thank you for always being there!
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