On the snow, blood flows —— A Red Army division of Xinjiang Military Region inherits the red gene On April 29, 2014, President Xi visited a Red Army division of Xinjiang Military Region and told the army leaders to integrate the red gene into the blood of officers and soldiers and let the red gene be passed on from generation to generation. The Red Army division was founded and led by Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang, Xi Zhongxun and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation. For 90 years, the road has been stormy, with extraordinary years and brilliant suffering. Since its establishment 90 years ago, the Division has formed the Red Army division spirit with the main connotation of "loyalty to the party and firm faith; long-term attack, good defense, courage and tenacity; hard work, pioneering and enterprising; love the people and be willing to contribute". Today, the Red Army division is fighting against the wind and snow and sharpening its blood on the Karakoram plateau, turning the spirit of the Red Army division into conscious action, constantly forging ahead, and writing a glorious chapter for the descendants of the Red Army in the new era. one On the stage, the officers and men of the Red Army played by Li Mingjun, the fourth sergeant of the amateur performance team of soldiers, and his comrades in arms, charged, fell down, crawled, built a ladder, and then crawled, and finally put the battle flag on the top of the mountain... As night fell, a sitcom "loyalty" carefully arranged according to the history of the Red Army division opened in the field training field. "Ren Zhizhen, the first female instructor of the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi, died bravely at the age of 19 when she was injured and captured. She would rather die than disclose the army's actions..." The "dialogues" that span time and space and the stories about loyalty stir the emotional lines in the deep thoughts of officers and soldiers, and evoke spiritual echoes imperceptibly. The military flag always follows the party flag. Loyalty to the party and firm faith are the brightest background for the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division from generation to generation. One year, officers and soldiers of a regiment of the division were moved by the order and rushed from the Turpan Basin at an altitude of 50 meters to the Karakoram plateau at an altitude of 4500 meters. Before the officers and soldiers could adapt to the harsh natural environment, they received a new task - the 1st Battalion of the regiment needed to send people to the qiudijiangela post at an altitude of 5100 meters for training. It's a "cloud post". The oxygen content is only 35% of that in the mainland. The average annual temperature is minus 15 degrees Celsius. There are strong winds of force 6 or above all year round, and the conditions are extremely difficult. The Party committee looked pale at the plateau camp. Who sent the officers and soldiers to react? "Leave the choice to everyone!" The battalion Party committee gathered all officers and men of the battalion for a brief mobilization. That night, more than 100 sincere "invitation to war" were piled up on the instructor's desk. Over the past 90 years, a crop of Red Army division officers and soldiers, in the baptism of blood and fire and under the test of life and death, have always stood up and rushed ahead, demonstrating their absolute loyalty to the party. In August 1949, the Red Army division, which was responsible for the main task of Lanzhou campaign, received an order to go to Linxia to suppress bandits and defend the new red regime just after the battle. In March 1959, shortly after the Red Army division finished the task of fighting the rebellion in Gannan, it quickly stationed in Tibet to quell the armed rebellion in accordance with the emergency order of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission Listen to the party with all your heart and follow the party with all your heart. Practicing loyalty to the party with practical actions has become a kind of character and integrated into the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division. At the beginning of the rising sun, the sun fell on the "party flag mountain" on the side of the qiudijian Gela post. On the vertical cliff, the huge "Party emblem" is shining. The young officers and soldiers who came to the post are preparing for patrol. They integrate their loyalty into every patrol, duty and post, and interpret their bold loyalty to defend the territory of the motherland with their persistence day and night. two That year, at the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China, the Red Army division's two honorary battle flags, the "long attack and good defense hero group" and the "brave and tenacious hero group", fluttered in the wind in the battle flag array and accepted the review of the motherland and the people. The war flag was as beautiful as a picture, and the blood of the hero dyed her red. Over the past 90 years, the Red Army division has participated in more than 3420 campaigns and battles, and 190 heroic models and 69 meritorious collectives have emerged. Let's look back to August 25, 1949 - after the largest and most tragic battle in Lanzhou on the northwest battlefield in the war of liberation, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division and the Kuomintang horse bandit garrison fought to the death in shenjialing. Finally, after 14 hours of fierce fighting, the main attack regiment of the Red Army division lost more than 90% of its combat personnel. Li Xigui, political commissar of a Red Army Corps, and Wang Xueli, head of the Red Army Corps, died heroically. With their blood and life, they opened the key to Lanzhou City, paving the way for the liberation of Xinjiang and even the whole northwest region. When a hero dies, his spirit will last forever. The loyalty to the party and the people and the desire for victory have inspired generations of Red Army successors to be fearless of sacrifice and forge ahead. Drone attacks, assault vehicles seizing the pass, howitzer fire suppression... Not long ago, officers and soldiers of the Red Army division launched a synthetic battalion confrontation drill. When the confrontation between the two sides entered a stalemate state, the officers and soldiers of the "third company of tigers" who took on the main task of the red side overcame the influence of severe conditions such as high cold and hypoxia, climbed over many snow mountains with an altitude of more than 5000 meters, interspersed quickly between glacial valleys, accurately reached the designated position, and launched attacks on targets such as the blue command post, successfully reversing the war situation. "No matter how the war evolves, blood will always be the blade of victory." Division leaders told us that in the snowy plateau with temperatures as low as minus 35 degrees Celsius, officers and soldiers can overcome many difficulties and complete combat tasks, which shows the bloody nature of the Red Army. The vast sea and desert, the sound of war drums. In 2019, the division formed a team to participate in international military competitions and won gold medals in many projects. Ding Weichang, a company instructor who won the champion of the "clear sky" air defense missile team competition, said: "most of the foreign players have many years of competition experience, and we are all on the stage for the first time. But as a successor of the Red Army, we need this determination and confidence - no matter how strong our opponent is, we will defeat him." Ding Weichang spoke out the wishes of the officers and soldiers of the division. Now, amid the smoke of gunpowder on the training ground, the officers and soldiers of the division are launching a new charge towards "shenjialing" on the road of strengthening the army. three In early spring, the Karakoram plateau is still full of cold wind and ice. Scattered in the camping sites of the division at an altitude of more than 4000 meters, it is as warm as spring. "If you want to take root in the Gobi on the plateau, you can't do without some spirit." Lei bin, director of the Political Work Office of the regiment, who was stationed in the Third Battalion of a regiment of the division, said with emotion that building a "plateau oasis" in the "life restricted area" and taking root in the most difficult places is the concrete embodiment of the continuous inheritance of the red gene by officers and soldiers. In the early spring of 1979, the division moved from the southwest border to the northwest border. In the early stage of entering Xinjiang, there was no room or tree. The officers and men of the whole division fought heaven and earth and built new camps from scratch in the desolate Gobi and the hundred mile wind area with flying sand and stones. More than 40 years later, on this vast land, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division braved the stars and the moon, braved the rain, and pursued the footprints of their ancestors to advance into Karakoram again. When they first arrived at the camp area, they saw the desert, Gobi and sand... Sergeant Zhao Zhengxuan said that at that time, the strong wind always rolled sand and stones without warning, and the sand and soil in the tent also filled with sand. When eating, dust fills the table through the gap of the tent, and white rice will be covered with a thin layer of soil. The soldiers joked that this was a "local specialty" given to them by the new camp. If there is pain, don't talk about it. Struggle to solve it. Building plank houses, drilling wells and repairing vegetable cellars... Like their predecessors, the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division fought against sandstorms, cold and hypoxia and took root in the "life forbidden zone". "The 2930 silver dollars were accumulated by the Party committee of the division in those years. Later, the troops moved their defense for many times, and none of the silver dollars was missing..." three boxes of silver dollars were displayed in the display cabinet of the division's history museum. During our interview, we caught up with commentator fan Tianle to tell the story behind the silver dollar for the new soldiers. It is more important to start a business. Generation after generation, the officers and men of the Red Army division inherited and carried forward the spirit of hard work, pioneering and enterprising, and built the Red Army division into a prosperous future. Li Lei, chief of the division's finance section, said that in recent years, the Division has focused on the goal of being able to fight and win wars, attached importance to training through science and technology, and concentrated financial resources to build a number of training venues, such as communication training ground, artillery comprehensive shooting training ground and so on. four On this day, there was a warm atmosphere in the courtyard of the village committee of Ritu village in Western Tibet. The monthly military civilian joint flag raising ceremony will be held soon, and everyone is very excited. After the Red Army division went to the plateau for training, it often organized officers and soldiers to visit the village, deliver medicine, offer condolences and help, and carry out joint construction activities. Gesangshi, a Tibetan villager, said happily: "the people's Liberation Army has come and done us a lot of good deeds. They are our patron saint." Wherever the troops go, the activities of military civilian joint construction will be carried out. This is a fine tradition that the Red Army division has inherited for 90 years. 16 times of optical cable construction in North and South Xinjiang and 3 times of construction in Lop Nur, the "sea of death"; Help nearly 10 villages such as qinggedahu village and Liyang village; The barren mountains around the army station are covered with green clothes... The red gene of "loving the people and being willing to contribute" is continuously inherited in the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Red Army division. The glorious tradition will never fade, and the spirit of the Red Army will last forever. In recent years, the Red Army division has kept in mind the commander's instructions and vigorously promoted the project of "passing on the red gene from generation to generation". The division and regiment history hall has been renovated, the military history corridor and the hero Avenue are solemn and solemn, and the red story meeting, the first lesson in the camp, remembering the Red Army meal and other activities have been carried out continuously, encouraging the officers and soldiers of the new generation of Red Army division to move forward bravely on the road of strengthening the army. The top of a snow mountain with an altitude of more than 5000 meters is covered with ice and snow, and the piercing cold wind cuts his face like a knife. Chen daiquan, a "post-95" soldier of a red army, and his comrades in arms hold steel guns and lie prone in the snow for latent training. In the "life forbidden zone", Chen daiquan and his comrades in arms have trained here for more than 500 days. Our ancestors should smile and comfort when looking back. Holding the flag has its successors. On the snow, hot blood flows. The officers and men of the Red Army division in the new era are making great strides forward and writing a new chapter. (outlook new era)