Yu Hailong is in the chariot.
Photo by Zhang Lei (People’s Vision)
In the middle of the night, the light of Yu Hailong’s dormitory, a political instructor, was still on in a camp of an airborne unit of the Air Force. At his desk, he looked through books and materials, and recorded what he had learned with notes from time to time. "Every night, even if there are more things and sleeping late, the instructor will set aside an hour to study the party’s innovative theory, and will share his learning experience with his comrades the next day." A soldier told reporters.
"To do political work and engage in ideological education, you must first learn to understand." In these years, Yu Hailong insisted on taking the lead in studying the Party’s innovative theory and the heroic history of the People’s Army, and taking the lead in learning, loving and stressing tradition. In a subtle way, the officers and men of the whole battalion consciously inherited the red gene and shouldered the heavy responsibility of strengthening the army. They successfully completed important tasks again and again and took firm steps on the road to strengthening the army.
When Zhu Jianlei, a soldier, just joined the army, he didn’t dare to skydive. Yu Hailong talked to him. "Skydiving is a mission and a necessary skill for airborne troops." Yu Hailong said, "But who can not be afraid of jumping from such a high place? I have also experienced this level. "
Yu Hailong took him to squat off the plane, jump off the mat, get on the platform, pull the rings, watch the movie Shangganling, talk about heroism, and relive the glorious history of airborne troops in the honor room of Huang Jiguang … … The red gene inspired Zhu Jianlei’s bloody bravery.
The test time came. In the early spring of that year, 800-meter skydiving made Zhu Jianlei’s heart beat faster. When the yellow light came on, Yu Hailong gave him a thumb and said loudly, "Follow me and jump!" Say that finish, Yu Hailong took the lead in jumping from the hatch, and Zhu Jianlei also got up the courage and jumped down.
Nowadays, when skydiving, Zhu Jianlei is no longer weak, but stands out from the rest of the missions. In recent years, Zhu Jianlei has successively won the gold medal in the brigade "soldier king" and the military mass competition, and also won the third class merit twice.
Words and deeds are not as good as example, and it is a principle that Yu Hailong has always pursued to take the lead in political work. From the "three leads" of training assessment, parachuting, and dangerous tasks to the "three ends" of eating three meals a day, sleeping at rest and camping, and withdrawing at the end of training, Yu Hailong always insisted on "doing what soldiers are required to do first".
In the midsummer of one year, Yu Hailong’s brigade was taken advantage of the opportunity to maneuver across regions. They will go to strange areas thousands of miles away and carry out actual combat training without meteorological data, ground signs and command and guidance.
"If we fight today, are we ready?" In front of the bronze statue of Huang Jiguang, Yu Hailong asked loudly, and the officers and men of the company responded with one voice: "Ready!"
They set out in the early morning and traveled long distances, and they arrived in a strange area. In the face of strong winds and other unfavorable factors, Yu Hailong, then the company’s political instructor, stood in front of the hatch and mobilized: "If you jump one today, I will jump. Jump two times, and I will jump with the company commander. Jump a part, party member and the cadres jump. " Commanded, Yu Hailong took the lead in jumping out of the engine room, and all the officers and men didn’t flinch or fear difficulties.
"Pencils and guns are hard, and the waist of political cadres is hard." As a front-line soldier, Yu Hailong consciously continued his heroic spirit and red blood, studied hard in military affairs, science and technology, and command, and took the initiative to shoulder the mission of strengthening the army.
"The sky is the place where heroes grow up. Everyone can continue to write heroic stories as long as they fight the blue sky to the party and dare to fight bayonets in the air. " Yu Hailong was deeply touched. "Today, we have more steel and gas, harder bones and stronger fighting spirit. We will certainly inherit the revolutionary spirit of the older generation and be a hero of the new era."