CCTV News:At the beginning of the program, we first entered today’s series of reports on "Struggle for a Hundred Years, Set sail for a New Journey, the Communist Party of China (CPC) People’s Spiritual Pedigree". When it comes to floods, we will never forget the natural disaster in 1998. When it comes to flood control, the phrase "people are on the embankment, and people die on the embankment" has resounded so far. In the summer of 1998, serious floods occurred in the waters of the Yangtze River, Songhua River and Nenjiang River. In times of crisis, in order to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property, officers and men of the People’s Liberation Army, the Armed Police Force and the broad masses of cadres and the masses fought day and night in the front line of flood fighting and rescue, and built a long dike with flesh and blood. In that vigorous flood fighting and emergency rescue struggle, the whole country, Qi Xin, made concerted efforts to form the flood fighting spirit of "United as one, United as one, not afraid of difficulties, tenacious struggle, perseverance and daring to win". Over time, the spirit of fighting floods has also become an invaluable spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation, inspiring us to overcome all kinds of difficulties and win one victory after another.
United as one, United as one, strong songs cast monuments.
A monument engraved with "1998" stands tall in Jiujiang Flood Control Memorial Square on the banks of the Yangtze River. Not far from the monument is Jiujiang Flood Control Memorial Hall, where the fourth and fifth gates of Jiujiang City Defense Embankment on the Yangtze River burst in 1998.
At that time, Chen Wensheng, the captain of the teaching team of Jiujiang detachment of Jiangxi Armed Police Corps:The steel pipe is buzzing with water, and it is life-threatening to fill sandbags below. As a soldier, we should bear in mind our mission, be diligent, and be willing to contribute our lives when the party and the people need us.
"People are on the embankment, and people die on the embankment." At the critical moment, the vast number of officers and men fought bravely in the front line of flood control with brave spirit and firm perseverance, and defeated the flood peak again and again.
Not afraid of difficulties, fight hard and build a long steel embankment
In the honor room of Shajiabang Company of a brigade of the 83rd Army, the instructor is telling the story of the company’s flood fighting in that year. When receiving the assembly order, this unit was streamlining and reorganizing. Under this circumstance, the officers and men shouted the clank oath of "I don’t know what to do tomorrow, but I know what to do today" and rushed to the front line of flood fighting and emergency rescue.
Yang Wenqi, Director of Technical Maintenance Office of a Brigade of the 83rd Army:When I participated in the flood fighting in 1998, I was still an instructor of the company. Many comrades around me had just announced their retirement orders, but when the troops were informed of the flood fighting, they put on military uniforms and life jackets and did not hesitate to join in the flood fighting and rescue work.
Perseverance and courage to win the flood fighting spirit has been passed down from generation to generation.
The anti-tank missile company of a brigade of the 73rd Group Army was the first company to discover the danger, organize the mass transfer and put into sealing the breach in the flood fighting in 1998, so it was awarded the honorary title of "model company for flood fighting".
Zhou Yuhang, a soldier of "Model Company for Fighting Flood", came from Jiangsu. When he was born in 1998, the flood flooded his hometown. Growing up listening to the story of the People’s Liberation Army fighting floods, Zhou Yuhang decided to become a soldier. Last year, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province was flooded and learned that the troops were going to fight floods and rescue. He solemnly wrote down the gauntlet.
Zhou Yuhang, a soldier of the "Flood Control Model Company" of a brigade of the 73rd Army;It is both an honor and a responsibility to be assigned to the "model company for flood control". We must carry forward the belief of "not afraid of difficulties and fighting hard" put forward in the spirit of flood control, so that we can come at the call, fight when we come, and win the battle.
Sun Jinlong, Company Commander of the 71st Army "Jinan company of heroes":Each of our officers and men is the inheritor and successor of the spirit of fighting floods. When the flood comes, the dam is our battle position. This is our answer that the flood will not retreat, and we will not retreat.
"Mud is covered with trouser legs, and sweat is soaked through the back of the clothes; I don’t know who you are, but I know who you are for. " A song "For Who" recorded the magnificent history of that year and also told the purpose of the people’s army. The officers and men of the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force built indestructible steel long dikes with their flesh and blood, which once again demonstrated the great spirit of our army of "overwhelming all enemies and never giving in to them". The troops that have experienced the baptism of stormy waves and the tempering of the flood-fighting struggle inherit the great spirit of fighting floods, continue to struggle and create greater glories.
Gao Ning, Associate Professor, National Security College, National Defense University:To inherit and carry forward the spirit of fighting floods in the new era is to share weal and woe and to maximize the strength of the common struggle of the whole nation; Is to overcome difficulties, tenacious struggle, and constantly enhance the overall comprehensive strength of the country; That is, we must dare to struggle and win, always be firm in our confidence and determination to overcome all risks and challenges, and forge ahead courageously towards the goal of building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way.