Source: China National Defense News, China Military Horn
"The country cannot stand without defense, and good education wins the hearts of the people. "Practice has proved that behind a strong country there must be a strong army, and building a strong army is inseparable from the people's concern and support for national defense. Our army is a people's army, and our national defense is the national defense of the whole people. The rock-solid unity between the military and the government and between the army and the people is an important magic weapon for us to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and to constantly advance from victory to victory.
Draped in wind and rain, breathe with you. The progress of the comprehensive building of the naval forces is inseparable from the vigorous support of the local governments and the masses. In recent years, the Navy warships and named cities have walked hand in hand, actively promoted the joint construction of the military and the locality, worked together to create a new type of military-government military-civilian relationship of "breathing the same breath, sharing the same destiny, and connecting hearts", continued to consolidate and develop the friendship between the military and the people, strengthened national defense education for the whole people, and gathered the majestic force of strengthening the country and the army.
The glimmer of light turns into a torch, and the story of the sailors and the children is warm and fragrant
Last summer, the Lhasa Navy and representatives of the officers and men of the Northern Theater Naval Support Department set out from Lhasa City, Tibet, and traveled up the Brahmaputra River, and after a four-hour long journey, arrived at the Majiang Township Quanquan Primary School in Nimu County, which is more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
Along the way, altitude sickness was strong. However, when the officers and soldiers walked into the campus and looked at the enthusiastic and lively students, everyone instantly forgot the discomfort caused by altitude sickness.
The children's rosy cheeks, shy smiles, and clear eyes touched everyone deeply. Liang Yu, a leader of a department of the ship, said that this school was the "Bayi Aimin School" built with their assistance. In recent years, the ship has established a mechanism to help poor students, set up "Sailing" grants and teaching assistants, organized donations and donations, visited families in need, and continued to help students with love and hope to make children's dreams and hopes run across the mountains to the ocean.
"I will have a grateful heart, work hard to learn scientific and cultural knowledge, become a useful talent, and pass on light and heat to more people......" In September 2022, a letter of thanks was sent to the crew of the Huanggang ship. Soon, the crew sent a letter back to the writer, encouraging him to study hard at the university and give back to society in the future.
The two letters, with a few words, are short and long, expressing the strong military and civilian love between a city and a ship.
The letter writer is called Yuan Yilin, a native of Hong'an County, Huanggang City. His mother was ill, and the family relied on his father's meager income from farming to make ends meet. In September 2019, Yuan Yilin was admitted to Huanggang Middle School with excellent results. After learning about Yuan Yilin's situation, the crew of the Huanggang Ship extended a helping hand and helped Yuan Yilin complete his high school studies.
"The crow has the righteousness of feeding, and the sheep has the grace of kneeling and suckling. Yuan Yilin said, "The help given to me by Uncle and Aunt Huanggangjian is not only material, but also spiritual. In 2022, Yuan Yilin was admitted to the ideal university with excellent results.
The crew of the Shenzhen ship explained the common knowledge of the ocean, sea power, and navy to the visiting masses and student representatives. Xu Guangshi
Since 2015, the Huanggang ship has continued to carry out the "City Ship Building Hand in Hand" poverty alleviation and education activities, and the crew members have spontaneously donated money to sponsor 3 children from poor families every year until they graduate from high school. While helping students from needy families tide over difficulties, the ship's crew also sowed the seeds of love for the party, the country, and the army in their hearts.
"Our motherland has nearly 3 million square kilometers of maritime territory, and guarding the motherland's maritime frontier requires a strong national defense. You are the future of the motherland, and I hope that you will be able to turn your patriotism into an act of serving the country in the future. On the Navy Day the year before last, the officers and men of the Guangxi ship wrote this message to the students of Qingle Primary School in Nanning City, and also sent specially customized schoolbags and bookmarks with elements of the Guangxi ship, as well as school supplies and cultural and sports equipment such as basketball and football.
A letter carrying thousands of thoughts flew to the shore of the Yongjiang River. After receiving the letter, Qingle Primary School held a special theme class meeting, and the teacher led the students to carefully study the letter from the Navy Uncle, and sent back a homemade greeting card to congratulate the Navy Uncle on a happy holiday.
According to the leaders of the ship, since 2022, they have actively connected with relevant departments of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to explore the establishment of a long-term normal education assistance, education and education mechanism, and the Guangxi ship has paired with 1 primary school in ethnic areas, and 3 party branches have paired with 30 students in mountainous areas. Open the "Heart-to-Heart Book" made by the crew of the Guangxi Ship, which records in detail the names, studies, family situations and other information of the students they help.
The glimmer of light has become a torch, and the footsteps of love to help students have never stopped, and the moving stories that happened between the sailors and the children are warm and fragrant.
Plough the waves and plough the waves, plough out the military and the land to jointly build a new channel for development
In March 2015, the eyes of the world turned to the smoke of war in Yemen, where the armed conflict put innocent people in the dust. On 26 March, the Navy's Linyi ship, which was carrying out escort duties, received an order to rush to Yemen to carry out the evacuation mission.
At that time, the situation was critical. The officers and men of the ship spent the night studying the navigation methods for entering the port, deliberating the berthing plan, and preparing the necessary materials, and in just one day they worked out a detailed evacuation plan, as well as seven special alert and defense plans, and eight special handling plans. Within 10 days, he entered Yemen three times, escorted 163 Chinese compatriots and 269 citizens from 13 countries to the port of Djibouti safely and efficiently, and successfully completed the task of evacuating Chinese and foreign citizens.
To this day, the ship's sergeant Zhou Fu still remembers the scene clearly. "Our restaurant could only accommodate up to 78 people at the same time, and there were nearly 700 people on board at the time, so it was very stressful. In order to ensure that Chinese and foreign citizens can eat hot meals, Zhou Fu and his comrades-in-arms work 14 hours a day. As a result of the intense cutting and chopping of vegetables, the wrists of the officers and men showed symptoms of redness, swelling and soreness to varying degrees.
In order to ensure that the overseas Chinese could rest well, all the officers and men of the ship took the initiative to give up their beds and sit in the passage of the ship to rest. Seeing this scene, many compatriots were moved and said: "Thank you to the motherland, thank you to the People's Navy!"
"The Linyi ship made great contributions to the evacuation mission, and I watched the news every day during that time. Zhu Chengrong, who is known as the "new red sister of Yimeng", said, "The Linyi ship has become the pride of Linyi people." ”
The common name "Linyi" closely connects the warship that cleaves the waves with a city that supports the army with a deep red culture. Since its entry into the ranks, the Linyi ship has traveled all over five continents and four oceans. Every time a major task is carried out, Linyi City will send representatives to participate in the departure ceremony. When the warship berthed at a foreign port, the officers and men of the ship took the initiative to distribute brochures on Linyi City to international friends, opening a window for the people of the world to understand Linyi. Zhang Shuqin, a deputy to the National People's Congress and principal of Linyi Beicheng Primary School, said: "The glory of the officers and men of the Linyi ship in the new era is a fresh teaching material for us to carry out national defense education, encouraging the children to join the army and serve the country when they grow up, and contribute to the construction of a maritime power." ”
Urumqi and Urumqi No. 22 Primary School held a signing and unveiling ceremony for double support and joint construction. Photo by Wang Zezhou
In September 2021, as a member of the 39th batch of escort formations of the Chinese Navy, the Yantai went to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to carry out escort missions. On December 28, the escort group received escort applications from eight Chinese distant-water fishing vessels. The formation responded quickly and escorted the fishing boat safely through the Gulf of Aden.
Most of the 86 Chinese crew members on board are Yantai fishermen. The escort of the Yantai ship made the fishermen in their hometown very excited: "There is a 'hometown' ship escort on the ocean far from the motherland, and my heart is warm and confident. ”
In recent years, the Navy's naval vessels have paid attention to giving play to the role of the city's mobile window and the business card of the sea, taking advantage of the opportunity of carrying out joint exercises and training, overseas visits, and training in the open sea, seizing the opportunity of the warships berthing at foreign ports, and distributing city brochures, well-known enterprise introduction cards, and other materials to foreign friends and overseas Chinese, thus providing a window for the people of the world to further understand the charm and development prospects of China's cities.
The Taizhou has visited Russia twice. When foreign soldiers asked "where is 'Taizhou,'" the officers and men of the Taizhou ship said proudly: "Taizhou is the birthplace of the Chinese People's Navy and the mother city of sailors. The foreign soldier gave a thumbs up: "Amazing, Taizhou!"
As the "mobile window" of Shenzhen, the officers and men of the Shenzhen Navy have always kept in mind the care and expectations of the people of their second hometown, and while fully displaying the good image of the People's Navy in the open seas and oceans, they have spread the story of the Special Economic Zone to a broader international stage.
Every time it visits a foreign country, the Shenzhen ship will scroll on the ship's electronic display screen to play Shenzhen's city propaganda film and characteristic brand culture, distribute the brochure of "Shenzhen Introduction" to the boarding visitors, and lead everyone to watch documentaries such as "Charming Shenzhen" and "Nanshan Today", fully demonstrating the brilliant achievements of Shenzhen's reform and opening up, allowing overseas Chinese and overseas friends to deepen their understanding of Shenzhen, and encouraging enterprises and overseas Chinese from all over the world to invest and start businesses in Shenzhen.
Battleships are mobile land. On the far seas and oceans, naval vessels are plowing out the military and land with a high-spirited posture to jointly build a new waterway for development.
The city ships are concentric, drawing a beautiful picture of walking hand in hand
On April 23, 2019, a naval parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy was held in the waters of Qingdao, Shandong. In the steel torrent composed of surface ships, the officers and men of the Taiyuan ship held their heads high and were honorably inspected by President Xi.
Looking at the majestic and heroic posture of the "hometown ship", Tian Yu and Bai Xue, young people from Taiyuan City, were excited. In front of the TV, the two made a wish to become soldiers. In September of the same year, surrounded by relatives and friends, the two wore big red flowers and stepped on the dream train. At the end of that year, the two came to the Taiyuan ship as they wished and became a glorious sailor.
Being able to serve on a warship named after a hometown city is not only a fate for sailors, but also a heavy mission. There is a deep affection and innate intimacy between them and the steel battleship.
Qin Zhenxi, who joined the army from Urumqi, was fortunate to serve on the Urumqi ship. On the ship, she is responsible for the cleaning and zoning, which is always the cleanest, and when she first boarded the ship, she gritted her teeth and persevered, and was the first to overcome seasickness among the new crew. As a naval soldier, she knows that professional ability is the foundation of her life, and it only took her three months from being nervous and sweaty when she first arrived at the wheelhouse to being able to calmly deal with various special situations.
Representatives of outstanding young people of Shenzhen and representatives of officers and men of Shenzhen ships held a discussion on "Talking about the New Era on the Sideboard". Photo by Wu Kangci
During the Spring Festival of the year before last, Qin Zhenxi, who was on an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, 5,500 kilometers away from his hometown, learned from his younger brother Qin Zhendong, who was also serving in the navy, that the Urumqi military and local leaders had made a special trip to his home to offer condolences, and his heart swelled with warmth. "When one person is a soldier, the whole family is glorious. Qin Zhenxi said, "Repay the expectations and love of my hometown with excellent results." ”
A warship has made Urumqi, the city farthest from the ocean in the world, have close ties with the sea frontier, and has also allowed millions of people to establish a deep friendship with the sailors galloping across the ocean. Over the years, the mutual support and close connection between the city and the warship have turned into a powerful spiritual force, inspiring all the crew to fight the wind and waves and forge ahead into the deep blue.
Over the past few years......, the influence of the navy's "joint construction of cities and ships" has gradually expanded, and the "intimacy" between cities and ships has become higher and higher.
The ship is named after the city, and the city is proud of the ship. A warship, from the moment it is named, has built an invisible bond with the named city, and the fish and water are deeply connected and heart-to-heart. The counterpart assistance to the schools in named cities is a powerful measure for the naval ship units to promote the joint construction of cities and ships with national defense education as the carrier. In recent years, a number of ships and named cities of the Navy have actively carried out activities such as national defense education lectures, exchanges and seminars for outstanding young people in the military and localities, and summer camps with the theme of "Ten Thousand Miles to the Sea and Frontier", and meticulously built and built national defense education bases and "August 1 Patriotic Schools" with both local traditions and naval characteristics, so as to sow the seeds of "being determined to serve the motherland and aspire to be strong in the sea" all over the motherland.
"Today, I will take you into the 'Blue Land' to explore the mysteries. In April last year, the leaders of the Yantai ship of the Navy came to Yantai No. 1 Middle School to give lectures on national defense education around the "scope of territorial waters, knowledge of warships, and marine resources", and invited teachers and students of the school to visit the Yantai ship. Seeing the majestic steel ship, the students cheered and were excited. The ship's leader said: "The children's heartfelt respect gives each crew member a sense of accomplishment, and in the future, we will create as many opportunities as possible for the children to love the Navy, get close to the Navy, and join the Navy." ”
Breathe together, share fate, and connect hearts. A city brings strength to a warship, and a warship brings new glory to a city. In recent years, naval vessels have paid attention to the role of "city business card" and "mobile land", publicized the achievements of urban construction, displayed the development style of their hometown, and painted a beautiful picture of the city ships working together and hand in hand. (Gong Yuchen)
(Produced by China National Defense News, China Military Horn)