Fortunately, you are safe ■ Zhang Lei, reporter of China National Defense daily Drawing: Pan Di, Hu Shuo The medal is an eternal glory. On December 2, sun Jingkun, a 97 year old winner of the "July 1 Medal", donated all his 16 medals and the uniform that had accompanied him to the memorial hall of the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea. In the veteran's heart - charge, for the people; Glory belongs to the people. Soldiers and people are the foundation of victory. Among the 29 winners of the "July 1st Medal", there are an old Red Army, three veterans of the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, one martyr defending the country and the border, three militia and one model of supporting the front. Hundred years of history, hundred battles and glory. They and the "soldiers and people" they represent have written a bloody chapter in the annals of the Republic, drawing the peace of the years. Salute: bloody battle *** East Gate of the Great Hall of the people. Two veterans were in wheelchairs and carried up 39 steps by the staff. When this picture appeared in the live broadcast, the barrage of "salute" quickly brushed the screen. Guo Ruixiang, a 101 year old Red Army veteran, and Wang Zhanshan, a 92 year old "hundred war veteran", are old, but hundreds of millions of people seem to see their former bravery and hear their cry for charge. At the age of 16, Guo Ruixiang devoted himself to the revolution. After the war of resistance against Japan and the war of liberation, he participated in more than 10 campaigns and battles, successively won the second-class merit once and the third-class merit twice, and won the third-class independent freedom medal and the third-class Liberation Medal. Wang Zhanshan participated in more than 40 battles. In the Jincheng campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, he and his comrades in arms held their positions for 4 days and 4 nights, successively defeated 38 enemy attacks and killed more than 400 enemies. After the war, they won the first-class merit and were awarded the honorary title of "second-class combat hero". Meritorious service belongs to heroic veterans and to all soldiers who braved sacrifice and fought in bloody battles for national liberation, national independence and people's happiness. Chai Yunzhen, the "first-class combat hero" who fought alone, died in 2018. His eldest daughter Chai Changying remembered from an early age that his father had many scars on his head. "In those days, other people spent three cents on haircuts, and father spent five cents - because his head was full of scars." These scars originated from the pudafeng resistance battle on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. Chai Yunzhen led three people to recapture three mountains in a row and annihilate more than 200 enemies. During the battle, his right index finger was bitten off by the enemy and his whole body was injured in 24 places. These scars confirmed the identity of the "lost contact" hero 33 years later. The old army came and hung a late military merit badge solemnly on his chest. Honor, which soldier does not cherish? It's just that they never take credit. Sun Jingkun often said, "these honors are not mine alone, but also belong to those comrades in arms who have sacrificed their lives for the motherland." When the winners of the "July 1st Medal" walked into the golden hall, we seemed to see countless heroes and models coming together behind them. Zhang side, Huang Jiguang, Qiu Shaoyun, Lei Feng, Zhang Chao... Shining names turn into the musical symbols of the hymn of loyalty and the brightest stars in the historical sky. Salute, all the bloody battles. April 4 this year is the first Tomb Sweeping day after the sacrifice of four heroes defending the country and the border. In front of the tomb of martyr Xiao Siyuan, there are layers of bouquets; The tomb of martyr Wang zhuoran was surrounded by people who came to mourn; In front of the martyr Chen Xiangrong's portrait, there were oranges he loved to eat during his lifetime; In front of the tomb of Chen Hongjun martyr, his wife held a few month old child and "met" her father for the first time "Clear love, only for China. Life is dedicated to the motherland, you are our model! Pay tribute to you!" A freshman from Lanzhou Jiaotong University mailed the letter to the martyrs' cemetery. Like the snowy stationery from all over the country, it said the same recipient: martyr Chen Hongjun. "Thanks to you, mountains and rivers are fine." Young life, lovely smile and the feat of pledging to defend the motherland to the death make us realize once again that peace is a song composed by heroes with blood and life. Concentric: connected by blood "Study hard and make progress every day. Chairman Mao wrote it to her." On the eve of the award of the "July 1st Medal", this topic aroused heated discussion. The messages familiar to Chinese people from generation to generation can be traced back to the inscription of Chairman Mao to sister Ma Mao, a "model supporter" and "first-class meritorious man crossing the river" in 1951. On April 20, 1949, millions of powerful troops crossed the Yangtze River. Ma Maojie, 14, is the youngest boatman. On the river, the enemy's bullets hit intensively, and one passed through her right arm. Simply bandaged and endured the pain, sister Ma Mao and her brother tried their best to row the ferry across the river, crossed the Yangtze River six times all night, and sent three batches of people's Liberation Army to the south bank. A thin fisherman girl, how can she have the courage to soar into the sky? "The people's Liberation Army drove away the fishing tyrants and gave us land and food." Sister Ma Mao, who was once given to another family as a child's daughter-in-law, returned to her own home and tasted the taste of a good day. Therefore, on the eve of the river crossing campaign, she actively participated in the river crossing commando. "I want to send the PLA across the river so that the people there can live a good life!" Living a good life is the simple wish of sister Ma Mao. For this wish, at least 10 front support masses stood behind each PLA in the river crossing campaign. The army stipulates that the officers and soldiers on board should protect the boatman in a circle. In this way, the army and the people depended on life and death, and rowed out the dawn of victory in small boats. When the thin figure, who was wearing an old cotton padded jacket and steering in the hail of bullets, came to Tiananmen Square to watch the ceremony again, he was white haired. Sister Ma Mao, 86, has a belief like yesterday: "earth shaking changes have taken place in the motherland. I firmly believe that with the Communist Party, the days will be more and more prosperous!" Today, her hometown, once a poor fishing village on the Bank of the Yangtze River, has become rich and beautiful. "Over the past 100 years, the party has handed over an excellent answer to the people and history." Under the banner of the party, the army and the people have worked together to build national defense and jointly build a home. Fish and water are affectionate and have been strengthened for a long time. This affectionate basket full of ordinary people. In 1971, Wang Zhanshan, then head of the regiment, led his troops to train in Taihang Mountain. When he learned that there was a local Aunt Wang who had delivered food to the army when she was young, she often went to visit with rice flour oil. Once, he gave his aunt a hen. I didn't expect that soon, my aunt walked dozens of miles and brought a basket of eggs. Wang Zhanshan sighed: "the people are too simple. They will kiss whoever is good to them, which we can never forget." After leaving school, Wang Zhanshan successively served as an off campus counselor in more than 10 schools and funded many poor students. Poverty alleviation, flood fighting and rescue, Wenchuan Earthquake... Over the past few decades, he can't remember how much money he donated and how much special party dues he paid. This affectionate, full of children's soldiers' retrograde road. In September this year, Wang Jiajun, a soldier of the "Jintang Bridge Company" of a brigade of the 81st group army of the army, wrote a letter to the old platoon leader Wang Zhanshan and reported to the "guide on the military road": during the vacation, Zhengzhou suffered severe rainstorm, serious waterlogging and traffic interruption, "thinking of you, I don't hesitate to join the ranks of flood control and disaster relief volunteers". Example: ordinary hero A pair of hands covered with plaster moved countless people. Zhang Guimei, a village teacher and "principal's mother", held up the dream of nearly 2000 girls in poor mountainous areas and guided them to "go where the country needs". At the beginning of December, Ding Wangying, Zhang Guimei's student, finished the recruit training and was assigned to an air defense brigade of the Tibet Military Region. She became a female border guard as she wished. "The winners of the 'July 1st medal' come from the people and are rooted in the people. They are ordinary heroes based on their own duties and silent dedication. Their deeds can be learned and done, and their spirit can be traced." Wei Deyou, an ordinary hero like Zhang Guimei, said in an interview with CCTV's "example" program: "I haven't done anything. I've been doing something for decades." I've been doing something, from a young man to an old man. Over the past 57 years, he has made voluntary border patrol for more than 200000 kilometers, which is known as the "living boundary pillar" on the border. Time is the measure of all things. When an ordinary thing is connected with the family and country for decades, it is enough to achieve greatness. For 32 years, militia Wang Jicai stationed on Kaishan island and wrote an extraordinary chapter of life in an ordinary post. Over the past 36 years, militia Wang Shumao has driven fishing boats and led fishermen to charge ahead in the struggle for rights at sea. Example is a visible philosophy. In Yumai, 3600 meters above sea level, Zhuoga and her sister Yangzong inherited the legacy of her father Sanjie Quba, insisted on grazing and guarding the border, guarded thousands of square kilometers of land, and let the national flag fly on every road. Yumai Township, which used to have only three people, now has more than 230 people. Every household is a sentinel and everyone is a sentinel. Wei Ping, Wei Deyou's daughter, came to the grassland and took the "border patrol baton". Wei Deyou took out his "three treasures" - a rusted old military kettle, a radio and a pair of military telescopes that had been used for more than 30 years and handed them to Wei Ping. In the Tanmen maritime militia company, whenever a new militia joins the team, Wang Shumao, the former deputy company commander of the militia company, will teach them the experience of maritime rights struggle and rescue, and talk about the responsibilities and missions of the militia. Patrol the border for the country, defend the island for the country and protect the sea for the country. Generations of soldiers and civilians have built an iron and steel great wall to guard every plant and plant of the motherland. No matter in the past, present or future - our army will always be the people's army; Our national defense will always be the national defense of the whole people. (outlook new era)