Pay tribute to the naval hero and be determined to strive for a strong army —— A series of commemorative activities to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the people's Navy ■ PLA Daily special correspondent Mo Xiaoliang and Qian Xiaohu On April 23, the people's navy, which is the same age as new China, celebrated its 73rd birthday. The Navy held a series of commemorative activities to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the people's navy with the theme of "the founding of the people's Navy party and the people's Navy's loyalty to the party". On the morning of the 23rd, the Navy held a grand national flag raising ceremony. The flag raising platform in the square of the organ auditorium was surrounded by colorful flowers, and the officers and soldiers were dressed in white dresses and lined up neatly. "Raise the national flag, play and sing the national anthem!" At 8:00 sharp, with a command, the majestic music sounded, all the staff sang the National Anthem in unison, and the bright five-star red flag rose slowly. Over the past 73 years, under the strong leadership of the party, the people's navy has worked hard, grown up in combat and developed in innovation. It has gradually developed into a powerful modern navy that can effectively safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and a maritime force with both nuclear and conventional capabilities, deterrence and actual combat capabilities under information conditions, and can carry out diversified military tasks. We should take war preparation as the top priority, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of military training, and comprehensively improve maritime deterrence and practical combat capabilities. The training of naval ships out of the island chain has become the norm, the systematic training of aircraft carrier formation continues to be promoted, and naval ships and aircraft regularly sharpen their troops in the ocean; Continue to promote the construction of supporting facilities for major battlefields, strengthen the construction of support forces such as maritime delivery, maritime supply and maritime medical rescue, and build a comprehensive support chain integrating landing base, sea and shore sea, which provides strong support for winning the war; Committed to building a community with a shared future for mankind and a community with a shared future for the sea, the people's navy, the division of peace, has an increasingly large "circle of friends". Chinese and foreign navies regularly hold joint exercises and training leagues. Military cooperation continues to deepen and their ability to deal with a variety of security threats continues to improve... Today's people's navy is standing in the east of the world with a new attitude. At the same time of the flag raising ceremony held by various naval forces, a ceremony to pay tribute to the people's Navy heroes with the theme of "paying tribute to the Navy heroes and determined to strive for a strong army" was held in the naval hero square of the Navy Museum in Qingdao. The naval hero square with the flag hanging high is towering with the large-scale theme sculpture of "bright sword dark blue". In the middle stands a giant sword with the remains of some enemy ships and aircraft destroyed by our people's navy, implying that the people's navy is invincible and invincible. In front of the sculpture, the flaming flame on the Changming fire platform silently tells the glorious course of the people's Navy's strengthening and development to the sea. Before the ceremony, six trumpeters of the military band sounded the "salute horn", and the distant and loud music penetrated the time and space of history, as if telling heroic stories. After the ceremony, accompanied by the affectionate "Flower Song", six sailors steadily lifted three flower baskets and marched to the Changming fire platform. "Salute the heroes of the people's Navy!" At the same time, 24 sailors sounded one long and two short sirens to pay tribute to the hero with the unique etiquette of the Navy. The 24 saluters fired their guns and pulled the trigger at the same time. The sound of guns echoed in the sea and sky for a long time. They paid deep tribute to the heroes who died bravely to defend the thousands of miles of sea and Xinjiang, paid high tribute to the retirees who made important contributions to the construction of the Navy, and extended sincere greetings to all the Navy officers and men who struggled to build a strong navy. After the ceremony, all the staff walked slowly into the main exhibition hall of the Navy Museum to visit the basic display of the history of the people's navy, and presented flowers to more than 1600 heroes and martyrs since the founding of the people's navy and more than 4800 heroes and martyrs of relevant units before they were transferred to the Navy. Not only in Beijing and Qingdao, but also in major coastal cities along the 18000 kilometer mainland coastline, the birthplace of the Navy and mainland cities with relatively concentrated garrisons, outdoor large screen scrolls broadcast propaganda videos reflecting the achievements of the people's navy in transformation and construction. The major media of the central government launched "dark blue! Dark blue!" The theme publicity works such as "the ship refers to the dark blue and starts Singapore Airlines" vividly show the style of the times of the people's Navy's hard work, perseverance and strength to the sea. (outlook new era)