Peninsula All Media Reporter Wang Chunyan Correspondent You Xiao Sun Yue
In order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy, on April 19, the Qingdao Military Retirement Service Center and the Education and Sports Bureau of the South District of Qingdao City held a red propaganda activity for 100 military retired heroes to enter the campus of "Salute to the Navy Blue and Dream Building Youth Red", and organized more than 70 representatives of teachers and students from military retired cadres, Qingdao South District Experimental Primary School Education Group (District Experimental Campus), Qingdao Laiwu 1st Road Primary School, and Qingdao Guizhou Road Primary School to enter the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Museum Preaching, let the Young Pioneers follow the footsteps of heroes, inherit the red gene, and cultivate the concept of coastal defense.
Retired military cadres Lu Yunxing, Ling Shulin, and Zhou Tongbao respectively told all the teachers and students about the development process of carrier-based helicopters, destroyers, and submarines.
As China's first-generation carrier-based helicopter special-grade pilot, retired military cadre Lu Yunxing has soared into the sea and sky for 33 years, held the steering stick of five types of aircraft, flown safely for more than 2,700 hours, and was awarded one second-class merit and six third-class merits. "I have flown the 'Super Wasp' for 25 years, participated in many military exercises, visited ships with ships, and carried out more than 20 major missions. Seeing it is like seeing your own child, very kind. ”
"The destroyer is a multi-purpose warship, the main task is escort, reconnaissance, etc., I have participated in two escort missions in Somalia, of which, the longest voyage lasted 216 days and lasted seven and a half months. Ling Shulin, a retired military cadre, enlisted in the army in 1987, served in a destroyer, visited more than 20 countries, and was awarded one second-class merit and three third-class merits.
In front of the Long March No. 1 submarine, Zhou Tongbao, a retired military cadre, recounted his experience in the army. "Submariners are very hard, sometimes the sea is very stormy, everyone is seasick and vomiting, and they have to overcome physical discomfort and carry out tasks. When sailing long distances, they often sail underwater for dozens of days and nights in a row. "Zhou Tongbao has been awarded the third-class merit 3 times.
After attending this vivid "red class," the students at the scene said that this kind of national defense education was very creative, not only learning history and increasing knowledge, but also cultivating the concept of the ocean, sea power, and coastal defense, and "immersively" feeling the high-spirited style of the people's navy and the strength of the motherland. "As Young Pioneers in the new era, we should cherish the hard-won peaceful environment and make our own contributions to the cause of national defense when we grow up. Mi Li from the 7th class of the fifth grade of Qingdao Laiwu 1st Road Primary School said.
The Municipal Military Retirement Service Center gave full play to the advantages of military retired cadres, established a volunteer propaganda group for military retired cadres, and jointly carried out the activity of "100 Military Retired Heroes Entering the Campus" with the Shinan District Education and Sports Bureau, and recommended meritorious models for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Shinan District to carry out a series of immersive, interactive and experiential volunteer preaching, so that students can have deep "resonance" and "empathy" with the red blood. The propaganda team conducted more than 140 red lectures on the "Six Advances", with more than one million online and offline audiences, and was awarded the honorary title of the best "Shandong Veteran" volunteer service team in the province in 2023.