Strive to take the long march of the new era ■ Luo Yichang "The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulties of expeditions, and thousands of rivers and mountains are only easy." 85 years ago, the Party led the workers and Peasants Red Army, with extraordinary wisdom and fearless heroism, overcame difficulties and dangers, made great sacrifices, completed a great strategic expedition never seen in human history, and created a miracle of swallowing mountains and rivers. Over the past 85 years, the great long march spirit has been passed down from generation to generation, has been deeply integrated into the blood and soul of the Chinese nation, has become an important part of the red gene and spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists, and has become the driving force for us not to forget our original intention and overcome difficulties. President Xi recalled the suffering and glorious history of our party and our army on many important occasions, expounded the great significance and historical experience of the Long March, and called on all Party comrades to strive to take the long march road of the new era. How to carry forward the spirit of the great Long March and take the road of the long march in the new era is a major issue faced by every Party member leading cadre under the new situation. Unswervingly hold high the banner and maintain the core A decisive factor in the Red Army's successful breakthrough in the long march was the formation of the leading collective of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core. Looking back on the history of the early days of the founding of our party, the party's top leaders changed frequently, never established a strong leadership core, and lacked a unified leadership core and leadership authority. It was not until the Zunyi Conference gradually established Comrade Mao Zedong's leading position in the whole Party and army that the Chinese revolution turned the crisis into safety and reappeared the dawn. Comrade Deng Xiaoping once said, "before the Zunyi Meeting, our party did not form a mature Party Central Committee. Our party's collective leadership was gradually formed from the Zunyi Meeting." he pointed out that "any collective leadership should have a core, and leadership without a core is unreliable." History tells us that to maintain the authority of the Party Central Committee and strengthen the party's centralized and unified leadership, we must have a strong leadership core. The whole Party's loyalty to and maintenance of the core is an extremely important link in Party building and a strong guarantee for completing the party's mission and tasks. Practice tells us that the "flag" is not empty, but has soul and flesh, such as food, weapons and steering wheel; The "core" is not self styled, but formed in the struggle. It is the call of the times, the choice of history and the aspiration of the people. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, with great changes and achievements. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, earth shaking changes have taken place in all fields of China's political, economic, cultural, foreign affairs and national defense, and China is really moving towards becoming stronger. In China, these great achievements are fundamentally guided by the great banner of Xi Jinping's new socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and relying on Comrade Xi Jinping as the core of the Party Central Committee to steer us at the helm. Holding high the banner and maintaining the core is not only the historical experience and enlightenment, but also the fundamental guarantee for us to take the long march of the new era. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a great era for the party to lead the Chinese nation on a new journey and achieve new brilliance. The goal of the new era is magnificent and the challenge is severe. We will face a great struggle with many new historical characteristics, many of which are unprecedented and unpredictable. In the new long march to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the more complex the situation is, the more arduous the task is, the more severe the challenge is, the more it is necessary for the core of leadership to take the helm and lead, and the more it is necessary to give play to the role of the sea god under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. Only by holding high the banner can we realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Therefore, to take a good road to the long march in China's new era, we must unswervingly uphold the great banner of Xi Jinping's socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era. We must firmly uphold the core of the Xi Jinping Party Central Committee and the core position of the whole party, and resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized leadership of the Party Central Committee. Firm ideals and beliefs, and never forget the original mission President Xi visited the memorial park of the Red Army's Long March Xiangjiang campaign and sincerely sighed: "imagine how the Red Army could have rushed out of the enemy's blockade without such a group of Red Army officers and men who bravely moved forward and sacrificed their lives. They have made such great sacrifices and have not yet collapsed. What is it? It is the strength of ideals and beliefs!" The revolutionary ideal is higher than heaven. It is precisely because the Red Army is a revolutionary army with ideals and beliefs that it can look back to death, live to death, forge ahead, and be reborn in desperate circumstances, and burst out its heroic spirit of overwhelming all enemies instead of being overwhelmed by all enemies. According to party history data, the Central Red Army marched an average of 34 kilometers a day. On the march for a total of 368 days, it fought major battles for 15 days, and encountered a battle on average every day; More than 600 important battles were fought and more than 430 cadres above the battalion were sacrificed. When more than 86000 people of the central red army arrived in Wuqi Town, only nearly 8000 people were left. On average, one Red Army died every 300 meters, and only one of every 12 people arrived in Northern Shaanxi. The red ribbon of the long march is not only dyed by the Red Army officers and soldiers with blood, but also woven with ideals and beliefs. From the victory of the Red Army's Long March, we saw the great power of ideals and beliefs. On the stormy Long March, lofty ideals and firm beliefs inspired and guided the Red Army all the way forward. In a sense, indestructible ideals and beliefs are the powerful spiritual driving force for the Red Army to break through the encirclement successfully in the long march. The long march is a great expedition of ideals and beliefs. Ideals guide the direction of life, and faith determines the success or failure of a career. From the Red Army's long march to the new era's Long March, despite the changes in history, our indestructible ideals and beliefs are the powerful spiritual driving force for us to win the long march. History and practice have repeatedly proved that when a political party has lofty ideals and lofty pursuits, it will be strong, invincible and invincible, and can stand up again and again after setbacks; When a cadre has firm ideals and beliefs, he will stand tall and open-minded, so that he can adhere to the correct political direction and be "as stable as a mountain in the face of wind and rain". The advanced ideals and hardships of socialism and communism are the fundamental signs of our party's advancement and our party's motive force to overcome all kinds of hardships and dangers. President Xi pointed out: "to carry forward the spirit of the great Long March and take today's long march road, we must strengthen the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics and strive for lofty ideals and beliefs." to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's long March, we should establish, strengthen and carry forward our ideals and beliefs. Only in this way can we have the great power to overcome any difficulties. Strengthen the party's leadership and implement democratic centralism One of the deep-seated reasons for the failure of the Central Red Army's fifth counter "encirclement and suppression" is the lack of democratic centralism of the party, and the "left" leaders in the party refuse to accept Comrade Mao Zedong's correct political and military line. However, at the critical moment of the Red Army's victory in the Long March, the party's democratic centralism was restored and re established, and the dawn of the Chinese revolution reappeared. By relying on democratic centralism, our party has cleared the fog, stimulated vitality, and condensed wisdom and strength; It also relied on democratic centralism to eliminate interference and overcome division, thus safeguarding the party's unity and unity. It can be said that relying on democratic centralism to solve major problems independently is a magic weapon to ensure the Red Army's successful breakthrough in the long march and correct decision-making. Practice has proved that democratic centralism, as the party's fundamental organizational system and leadership system, is a strong cornerstone to ensure that our party overcomes all difficulties and obstacles and continues to win victories. Over the past 100 years, the key to our party's ability to survive in times of crisis and set things right after mistakes, and become a Marxist party that can never be defeated and crushed is that our party has the courage to carry out self revolution, always adhere to the truth, correct mistakes, face problems squarely, overcome shortcomings, scrape bones, treat poison and remove corruption. Today, we should take the long march of the new era. Democratic centralism is still an important magic weapon to enhance the party's creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness. It is the fundamental working principle and working method of leading groups at all levels. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, President Xi has made a comprehensive, profound and systematic exposition on adhering to the improvement and implementation of democratic centralism from the strategic height of ensuring that the party has always become a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. He pointed out that democratic centralism "organically combines the full development of inner-party democracy with the correct implementation of centralization, which can not only stimulate the creative vitality of the whole party to the greatest extent, but also unify the thoughts and actions of the whole party, and effectively prevent and overcome the decentralization of talking without making a decision and not doing anything. It is a scientific, reasonable and efficient system". These important expositions have profoundly expounded the great significance and practical requirements of adhering to and implementing democratic centralism. History continues to move forward. Today, when we stand at the historical intersection of the "two centenaries", looking back and looking forward, the burden on our shoulders is even heavier - "in the past 100 years, the Communist Party of China has handed over an excellent answer to the people and history. Now, the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people on a new road to catch up with the examination to achieve the goal of the second centenary." The long march in the new era is to achieve the "two centenary" goals and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is as groundbreaking, arduous and complex as the Red Army's Long March. The new way to catch up with the examination is still full of ups and downs. At present, we are facing the challenges of "four tests" and "four dangers". There are many new "Loushanguan" and "Lazikou" on the way forward. To take the long march of the new era and win the victory of the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, we need to further strengthen the party's leadership, seriously the party's political life and implement democratic centralism. One generation has the long march of another generation, and one generation has the responsibility of another generation. On the special day of commemorating the 85th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, we should revisit the years of war and deeply understand the power of faith, truth, spirit and loyalty. The majority of Party members and leading cadres should take the lead in building a spiritual pillar of ideals and beliefs, consciously accept the spiritual baptism, sharpen their will quality, temper their excellent style, and summon up their spirit to move forward into a new journey and forge ahead into a new era, In ordinary and great actions, gather the majestic forces to embark on a new journey and realize the Chinese dream and the dream of building a strong army. (outlook new era)