"Ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people at any time..." Facing the tombstone of the martyr Cai Yiqing, Zhang Huixiang raised his right fist to relive the oath of joining the party.
As the captain of the thunder bomb squad of the former 315 submarine detachment of the Navy in the northern theater, Zhang Huixiang felt that the old captain Cai Yiqing was a tough guy who really practiced this sentence with his life.
At Zhang Huixiang's side, more than 100 officers and men of the crew were lined up neatly. The new captain Yin Huiquan and political commissar Ning Yuwei reported to the old captain on the achievements made by the fleet in the past year.
"Every year near the Qingming Festival, everyone will come to the Laoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery together to visit the old boat captain Cai Yiqing." Zhang Huixiang said, "The old captain is our idol, and we all miss him very much. ”
After the oath was taken, the officers and men visited the martyrs' cemetery in shifts. Zhang Huixiang took his comrades in arms to tell the story of Cai Yiqing's life.
On the eve of the Sino-Russian joint exercise that year, Cai Yiqing, then captain of the 315 boat, called Zhang Huixiang and asked him to hand draw a map of the thunder bomb system. This is a random test of the mastery of the equipment of professional soldiers of mine bombs, and the system diagram drawn will also be used as the basis for subsequent command.
Late at night, Zhang Huixiang finally handed in the drawings. After Cai Yiqing inspected it, he pointed to one of them and said, "When you look at this place, is it a mistake?" ”
Facts have proved that Cai Yiqing's mastery of the thunder bomb system is not bad. He asked Zhang Huixiang to re-proofread and revise the drawings. Zhang Huixiang worked until the early hours of the morning. Cai Yiqing accompanied him, studying the exercise plan.
"Captain Cai is such a person, he requires us to master the knowledge and skills, he himself will do it first." Zhang Huixiang recalled that after Cai Yiqing's sacrifice, when sorting out the relics in his office, he found 49 study notes and more than 1,500 hand-drawn paper, covering various aspects of submarine systems and combat command.
The leader of the detachment told reporters that during Cai Yiqing's tenure on the boat before his death, he hardly slept before 12 o'clock at night, and always studied ship knowledge and combat command day and night. In order to facilitate access to foreign language materials, he also taught himself English and Russian.
Cai Yiqing's style of single-mindedly planning and practicing war, being strict with oneself and also strict with others has become a treasure between the characteristics and spirit shared by the fleet.
Not long ago, Ren Chao, sergeant of the Thunder Bomb Squad, made a mistake in professional training. This immediately attracted a criticism from Zhang Huixiang, the leader of the thunder bomb squad.
After the criticism, Zhang Huixiang was still not at ease and accompanied Ren Chao for intensive training. From morning practice to afternoon, until Ren Chao fully mastered the training content.
"At first, I didn't understand it, and I didn't really fight, so I didn't eat lunch when I practiced?" Standing in front of the tomb of the martyr Cai Yiqing and listening to the story of Cai Yiqing's life, Ren Chao gradually understood the bitter heart of the squad leader: "Before Cai Chuan's immortality, he raced against the clock, and used the energy of fighting to do things to prepare for war. We, the latecomers, cannot afford to lose this tradition. ”
Along with the officers and soldiers, there was also Cai Yiqing's family. Cai Yiqing's wife, Wan Ying, listened to the soldiers tell the story of her husband's life and was relieved to see that everyone was constantly making new progress.
"Before I was born, Yiqing never mentioned work to me, and I didn't know much about it. After his death, we went to the army to sort out his belongings and listened to his comrades tell his stories, and only then did we know another side of his life. Wan Ying said that every year on the Qingming Festival, she can hear more new stories and details about her husband from veterans.
"He's really like a treasure. When the lid was lifted, I was stunned, I didn't expect this treasure to have such a rich content. Wan Ying said.
