As the earliest ground-to-ground strategic missile force formed on the mainland, the military history corridor of the "Dongfeng First Brigade" of the Rocket Force uses a combination of photos, texts, and physical objects to display the footprints of the strategic services and brigades in different historical periods on a time-axis basis, so as to realize the distant correspondence between the history of the development of the services and the history of the brigade's entrepreneurship.
"Back then, they didn't tell their parents, their wives and children, and they plunged headlong into the vast northwest. Faced with the difficult situation of having no equipment and no teaching materials, the officers and men used hemp rope as cables and carved radishes and potatoes into simulated equipment for training, and finally exploded on the Gobi Desert to ...... the world."
Standing in front of the brigade history corridor, the sergeant of a brigade of the Rocket Army was quiet and emotional, vividly telling the story of the hard work of the ancestors. Around him, the officers and men who were about to set off on a certain important task listened and watched, asked questions and understood, and their eyes flashed with reverence.
"Every time a new recruit leaves the company, a cadre is transferred, and a mission is triumphant, we organize everyone to come here to carry out education. The leaders of the brigade told reporters that the brigade military history corridor has become an important place for their unit to continue its glorious history and carry forward its fine traditions.
The brigade is known as the "First Brigade of Dongfeng" and is the first strategic missile force of our army. Over the past 60 years since its establishment, the officers and men of the missile have been ready for battle at any time, and have successfully completed dozens of major exercises and training tasks.
Walking through the brigade's military history corridor, this reporter found that the contents of the exhibitions on both sides of the corridor are advancing simultaneously on the time axis -- on the left side, a panoramic view of the strategic missile force's struggle from scratch and continuous development and growth is carried out; on the right side, the major events that have taken place, the major tasks that have been carried out, and the advanced models that have emerged in different historical periods of this missile force are vividly presented.
Talking about the design concept of the military history corridor, the brigade leader said: "We want to make it a 'red family tree', so that officers and soldiers can draw from it the spiritual strength of 'the ancestors are difficult to start a business, and our generation should work hard'." ”
In the evening of the interview, some officers and men wandered around the military history corridor, stopping to watch or talking in low voices. Under the glow of the sun, the young faces are full of youthful vitality.
Duan Shichang, a soldier of a certain battalion, is a "frequent visitor" of the military history corridor, and in his spare time, he often comes here to take a turn. He said: "Pictures and texts bring the struggles of our ancestors to life. Every time I watch it, I am greatly inspired. ”
As the professional backbone of the battalion, Duan Shichang usually studied hard and practiced hard, and actively explored innovation in training methods. Previously, he successfully solved a bottleneck problem and greatly shortened the operation time of a certain type of equipment. Later, this achievement was fully promoted.
In this process, Duan Shichang could clearly feel the spiritual encouragement from his predecessors -- in those years, in the face of the great challenge of "firing live ammunition under dark night conditions", the officers and men of the brigade quickly set off an upsurge of innovation and innovation, and finally formed a number of training achievements.
"Today, we must carry forward this spirit of daring to be the first and be brave in innovation, and make more efforts to enhance the new quality of combat effectiveness...... Not long ago, the "Travel History Story Sharing Meeting" was held in the Military History Corridor.
Military history study, ritual education, discussion and analysis, party and caucus day activities...... Nowadays, in the brigade, it has become the norm for each battalion and company to rely on the long corridor of military history and proceed from their own realities to carry out various forms of thematic practice activities. "The military history corridor is a 'spiritual magnetic field' that firmly believes in and is determined to strengthen the army!" said the leader of the brigade's political work department, adding that the officers and men were constantly "magnetized" by their ears and eyes when they were in it, and they continued to gather the strength to forge ahead bravely and overcome difficulties.
Authors: Li Bingfeng, Han Zhilin