After the founding of New China, our army vigorously promoted the regularization of the construction, actively learned from the Soviet Union and other military powers, and the introduction of the military rank system was one of them. While introducing the rank system, our army has also extensively studied a series of military etiquette and other military culture of the Soviet army, and the appearance of the troops has been renewed, showing the new atmosphere of the modern army in line with the world.
The introduction of the military rank system has allowed our army to fully integrate with the world, but some problems have also arisen. According to military ceremonies, the other side of "foreign atmosphere" is that the glorious tradition of some people has been diluted. For example, from the very beginning of the founding of our army, our army has paid special attention to the "consistency of officers and soldiers," and cadres and soldiers are the same in uniform and food. During the war years, officers and soldiers ate in the same cauldron, and officers and men were unrestrained, holding rice bowls or squatting or sitting, talking and laughing, just like the fields in the countryside. Although the old Red Army and the old Eighth Road later became high-ranking cadres, they were accustomed to such a way and were proud of it.
After the introduction of Soviet-style military salutes, this method became a manifestation of "loose management", which caused the confusion and dissatisfaction of Soviet advisers. According to the Soviet-style hierarchical etiquette, the general has the general's dining room, the officer has the officer's dining room, and the soldier has the soldier's canteen, and when eating, he is sitting precariously, and there are strict etiquette norms.
According to this soviet way of management, the "modern atmosphere" did exist, but there was also a gap between officers and soldiers. Not only is this true for eating, but this is true in all aspects, and many old Red Army soldiers feel uncomfortable and dissatisfied, saying that cadres are becoming more and more "official" and that the glorious tradition is probably going to be ruined. In 1958, the chairman personally advocated the activity of serving as a soldier under the general's company, with the purpose of wanting cadres to re-experience grass-roots life, narrow the distance between officers and soldiers, enhance the feelings of officers and soldiers, and remove the "official spirit" of cadres.
This activity was supported by the vast number of cadres, and many veterans put on their uniforms again, returned to the company as an "old recruit", and fought with young soldiers and trained hard. General Yang Dezhi, who was then the commander of the Jinan Military Region, also went down to a certain unit of the Jinan Military Region in Xuzhou to become a "new recruit."
Although General Yang Dezhi was busy with military affairs, he threw himself back into the grassroots level with full enthusiasm, as if he had returned to the era of the Red Army and regained his youth. In order to get better exercise, Yang Dezhi does not engage in specialization, and specifically requires a good job of confidentiality work, and never reveals his true identity. He also deliberately changed his name to yang shaoqi when he joined the Red Army. When he arrived at the company, he quickly mingled with the soldiers, and everyone gave him a kind nickname, called "Old Yang Tou".
The warriors liked the "old Yang Head" who could be their father at this age. Although the old Yang Tou is older, but the strength is more than the young man, what training is not far behind, physical fitness can even be compared with some small young people, everyone is very impressed. Old Yang Tou smiled and squinted all day, was amiable, and cared very much for the little warrior. No matter how tired the training, Old Yang Tou and the little soldiers rushed to do "labor services". When eating, carry and serve rice for everyone. When resting, I did not forget to clean the barracks and toilets, and the soldiers were very impressed.
The "Old Yang Tou" has two unique skills that the young warrior admires. One of the best things is that he can do dozens of push-ups with 3 fingers and pick up a handkerchief on the ground with his mouth. Another absolute is that no matter what firearm is assembled and disassembled, the "old Yang Head" will be able to grasp it accurately at once, and it can be accurately mastered several times, and it can also be blindfolded. You know, even young people have to grope for a long time. Some people think that is not Yang Dezhi is the commander, so he has long been in contact with and familiar with all kinds of weapons of our army? In fact, the reason why Yang Dezhi mastered weapons so quickly was mainly because of the military qualities he had tempered in the revolutionary war.
The warriors became more and more curious about the identity of Old Yang Tou and began to observe secretly. Soon, they found some "flaws" in the backpack from lao Yangtou. After liberation, the way our army packed backpacks was completely different from that of the Red Army. Yang Dezhi did not touch the subtle changes in the backpack, and also used the way of playing the backpack in the Red Army period, and the company instructor was very surprised after seeing it. The superior only said that this old Yang Tou had come to help, and it turned out to be an old Red Army!
Some soldiers were very careful, and after seeing the photos in the books and newspapers, they carefully compared them, and their kung fu paid off, and finally found that this respectable and lovely "old Yang Tou" was actually commander Yang Dezhi of the military region! The soldiers were all excited and excited, and they rushed to take lao Yang Tou as an example and actively participate in work training. This also shows from one side that this activity of the general's company as a soldier has indeed played a good two-way exercise effect.
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