Sanxiang Metropolis Daily on April 18 (correspondent He Shuaiwen, Ouyang Haohong, all-media reporter Liu Zhendong) "We are lying in the trenches, the enemy's shells are constantly exploding around, mud and gravel are splashing, as if death is hovering around......" On the afternoon of April 16, Hunan Vocational College of Arts and Crafts specially invited Li Zhongguo, a ninety-year-old veteran who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, to come to the school to talk about the war-torn years, and gave a vivid lesson in patriotism education and ideology and politics for the teachers and students of the school. Nearly 500 people, including Peng Zeli, vice president of the school, heads of the Student Affairs Department, Youth League Committee and representatives of teachers and students, listened to the lecture.
Li Zhongguo, a veteran with medals on his chest, wrote a bloody letter to join the Volunteer Army when he was 16 years old, went to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and became a soldier of the 416th Regiment of the 139th Division of the 47th Army. In 1995, Li Zhongguo, who was approaching the year of retirement, initiated the establishment of the Yan'an Spirit Research Association in Yiyang City and served as its president, insisting on going into organs, schools, communities, enterprises and other places to preach the spirit of Yan'an and the spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
During the speech, Li Zhongguo was full of spirit and passion, combined with his own experience and historical background, and affectionately told the battle story of that year in simple language, bringing everyone back to the eventful years when sweat and tears were intertwined, blood and war were gathered, and reproduced the difficult and tragic historical scenes in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and the deep affection of comrades-in-arms who can sing and cry. The touching deeds of the volunteers' indomitable, selfless dedication, and heroism shocked the teachers and students present, and made everyone moved and choked up with tears. Li Zhongguo hoped that the vast number of young students would turn their patriotic enthusiasm into motivation for studying hard, strive to improve their professional skills, and contribute their youthful strength to building a strong modern socialist country. The teachers and students present listened attentively and burst into applause from time to time.
At the end of the lecture of "Majestic, high-spirited, crossing the ...... of the Yalu River", Li Zhongguo led the teachers and students to sing the "Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army", a majestic and sonorous song, which made the teachers and students on the scene enthusiastic. The students at the scene expressed that they should inherit the heroic and indomitable spirit of the older generation of revolutionaries, strengthen their ideals and beliefs, and work hard to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Peng Zeli said that the spirit of old man Li Zhongguo's loyalty to the party and his determination to serve the country moved the teachers and students present, and only by building the motherland stronger and stronger can he not disappoint the selfless dedication of his revolutionary predecessors. In the next step, the school will continue to expand the campus red education and volunteer service base, carry out various forms of patriotic education activities, inherit the red gene, carry forward the revolutionary spirit, and cultivate students' patriotism.