Military Chronicles, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier".
——Commemorating the lost years of the Putuo Mountain Navy!
Unconsciously record the story of being in the Navy more than 30 years ago, those people and events in those years, a difficult day, an unforgettable experience, an unforgettable life, and an indelible glorious years. The eighteen-year-old young man of the year, and now the eye-popping old man in his early fifties, standing in the position of the year of the Mandate of Heaven, proudly talked about that hard life, not long or short four years of naval life, and talked about the interesting things of that young era, feeling immersive, not tired to talk about, very relishing, no want to interrupt to the end, it seems that everything is happening in the present. Why is life in the Navy so unforgettable and never forgotten? What did the troops teach you, what did you get, what did you give?
Before becoming a soldier, I felt that the army was a place to realize my dreams, a good place to realize my dream of life value, and all my dreams were waiting to be realized, and I firmly believed that "a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier", and vowed to fight in the army to drive out a career and break out of a broad world. For young people who are not familiar with the world, at the age of eighteen they are only beginning to be simpler than Alto, and they have just stepped into society from (the army) and have dreams like blue skies and white clouds in their hearts, which is definitely a reaction to the real state of mind of young people. The choice to become a soldier was not an impulsive act, but after careful consideration, he cleared the fog and walked his own path, saying that the advanced point is to serve the motherland, saying that he really wants to work hard in a practical way, and he wants to strive for the opportunity to enter a military academy and become a professional soldier, let alone work in the army for 20 or 30 years, how can he become a regiment-level cadre and then change jobs. This is the dream of being a soldier, knowing that being a soldier is a kind of comprehensive exercise, so that you can become able to endure hardships, make your body strong, and strive to be an excellent soldier. At that time, the idea was very simple, and the blind mind was to strive to be an excellent soldier and become an elite soldier of the company, but he had the dream of a military camp in his heart, and he had to have a strong physical fitness and excellent military technology, and at the same time, he had to have a strong revolutionary will and the revolutionary spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work.
After staying in the army for a period of time, he gradually adapted to the training and life of the army, further deepened his understanding of the army, and found that there was such a big gap between the lofty ideal and the actual understanding, and the military dream of being a general was too far away from the reality of the army. Thinking of his military dream is a bit naïve, a little unrealistic, it is out of reach to realize, it seems impossible, it is really a castle in the air, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier" can only be an encouragement of chicken blood, and the military dream of swearing slowly faded. I wonder if the brothers who were soldiers in those years would have the same ideological experience? The lofty dream that had been flying in the sky for several months landed safely in the Putuo Mountain Naval Unit, and "being a qualified soldier in a down-to-earth manner and being an excellent soldier seriously" has become a new goal, and the life of the Navy has also entered a new stage.
Although the navy life in Putuo Mountain for more than three years is very difficult, it is far better than that of many troops, and I feel very lucky in my heart, and my life in the past few years is full and happy. I met many kind leaders and veterans there, who passed on the help hand in hand, established a sense of collective honor, learned to treat people with sincerity, used their brains to find ways to overcome difficulties, and integrated resources to do their work better. As a sailor trained by the Jiangshan Training Corps, he did not become a sailor on a ship, but stayed on land to serve as a naval picket, and the difficulties and hardships in his work were not inferior to the strong winds and waves faced by the ship. It seems that if you don't understand it, you don't know anything, so you should pay close attention to learning from the pickets of the old captains and the elders of the old squad, patiently listen to their words and deeds, learn from them with an open mind the methods and skills of work, avoid and reduce mistakes in picketing work, and strive to be a good picket, a qualified picket, and a picket that is recognized and satisfied by officers and men.
The vocational training of naval pickets was very short, and after a few days of pragmatic and simple training, we were on duty and the theories we had learned began to be put into practice. In practice, you find that it is very difficult to be a picket, and it is even more difficult to be an excellent picketer, so you must first set an example, set an example to abide by the rules, and abide by the three major regulations of the People's Liberation Army's internal affairs queue discipline. After picketing and taking up work, the first principle requires that the officers and men be treated in a consistent manner, that the soldiers should be managed, and that the officers and men should also be managed, and that all officers and men should be equal before the military regulations, and no one should violate the provisions of the regulations. When confronted with officers who had violated discipline and were still thinking about the training regiment, the sailors should first stop their movements and stand upright when they met the officers, and wait for their instructions before proceeding with the next command. After the Navy pickets, the nature of the work has changed, the content of the work has changed, and the principle of the Jiangshan Training Corps no longer applies, and the pickets are confronted with officers and men who have violated discipline one by one, and they are told the rules, and the military rules are used to remind them to be qualified soldiers.
The navy's picketing work is iron-faced and selfless, and generally speaking, it means that there is no respect for human feelings, there is no mercy in the face of military personnel, there is no mercy in the three major regulations, and the rules are stressed, and everything is done in accordance with the rules. In actual work, we face many cadres, some of whom are former leaders, and it is particularly difficult to correct their violations of discipline. Once you choose to manage, how to manage, how to word, how to do it, how to convey the rules and regulations of the military, and to what extent, it really tests the wisdom of picketing, sometimes I feel that it is really difficult, and it is really difficult to be a naval picket, not easy! Fellows are also a difficult group to manage, everyone comes from the same place, knows each other, and wants to return to the same place after retiring, looking up and not looking down. But in the face of several major rules and regulations of the military, no fellow can surpass, and the fellow foul must be caught and corrected, how to catch and correct is really a hot potato, not to do it is a dereliction of duty to work hard, and if you do it, you may hurt the fellow and offend the fellow, a bit like a rat into the box is not a person at both ends. So don't just see the picketing scenery, they are also a group of ordinary people, it is really not easy, and it is also a difficult job.
In the 90s, I felt that the pickets in the army had a strong sense of antagonism between the officers and men, and most of the officers and men did not like pickets, and even hated and hated pickets, and pickets were beaten from time to time. The first generation of naval picket captain CDY in Putuoshan had a simple and rude working method, very dogmatic implementation of military regulations, poor completion of picket target tasks, great resentment among officers and soldiers, heavy antagonism, and his personal reputation was very bad, which became a negative case of improving picket work. From 1990 to 1993, he worked in the Putuoshan Navy for more than three years, setting an example, striving to be a civilized picket that convinces people with reason, actively upholding the regulations and rules of military personnel, correcting thousands of officers and men who violated discipline, believing that he had done a good job in handling officers and men who violated discipline, successfully completing the task of picketing, and maintaining the good image of the Navy in Putuoshan. On the eve of my discharge from the army in 1993, many officers and soldiers in Putuo Mountain talked about me, and they always thought that it was because there were few civilized pickets among several generations of pickets. However, what I will never forget is the front page of the "People's Navy Daily" in 1991, which made a large report on the civilized work of the Putuo Mountain Navy.
Four years of naval life have made me grow up, and I am no longer the ignorant young man who only knows that "a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier", to be a general, you must start from a soldier first, and you need to be a good soldier first, and you don't have to be a general. Before retiring, he refused the retention arrangement of the head of the army, insisted on returning to his hometown, and began a new journey of "being a down-to-earth person and doing things seriously" in the local unit. The story of the Navy, after all, in the past 30 years, there have been many stories of the Navy, don't take it too seriously, and don't sit in the right seat, because what you hear may not be the same as me. In any case, the Sea and Sky Buddha Country" and the "South China Sea Sacred Realm", the peaceful and quiet places of nature, are worthy of your personal experience and understanding.
July 2024 in Chengdu