"The Year of the Rat is not easy, and the Year of the Ox is a new one!"
The Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, when you see this "godials and welcomes the new one", do your thoughts and emotions resonate with each other?
This Spring Festival, the tide of my thoughts and emotions was stirred up in this matter: Wang Hai, the first-class combat hero of the Air Force who shot down and injured 9 enemy planes 70 years ago, was elected as "Touching China's Person of the Year 2020".
"Touching China" award speech, which was written to the old hero Wang Hai who was flying far away:
dived under the rising sun and opened fire in the west wind. The sharp knife in the air is one to ten; the strong shield of the territory is patrolling the sky and defending the country. The mountains and rivers are already safe, the eagles of the motherland have flew higher, and the stars you carved on the fuselage are the cruise coordinates of the soldiers.
"Touching China", the annual spiritual epic of the Chinese. Why did the air combat heroes 70 years ago "touch China" in the new era?
solves "touching China", remembering the 70th birthday of the People's Air Force on November 11, 2019, the news media released a commentary "What do the four "1s" represent in "Double 11"? There is no peaceful time, but someone is carrying the burden for us. Aren’t the first two “1s” the quiet time for us? The next two "1s" are about someone carrying a load for us. If the eagle strikes the sky, birds and beasts cannot move around. These four "1s" together are the real China behind the double "11".
"Eagles strike the sky, and birds and beasts cannot run rampant!" The People's Air Force was bred in the revolutionary war years. It soon after its establishment, it rushed to the battlefield, fought to defend the motherland, achieved a brilliant record of shooting down 3,818 enemy planes, and defended the peace and dignity of the sky of New China. Generations of air force officers and soldiers have written a battle song for the strong army with their youth, passion and life, and engraved their loyalty and mission in the blue sky of the motherland.
is invincible with me and is invincible. On the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Hai led a young flying brigade to carry forward the spirit of "bayonet fighting in the air", and fought fiercely with the US Air Force, known as the "world ace", more than 80 fierce battles, shooting down and injured 29 enemy planes, and was known as the hero "Wang Hai brigade". With the victory of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Hai's heroic deeds "spread all over the motherland and shocked the other side of the ocean."
"A hopeful nation cannot be without heroes, and a promising country cannot be without pioneers." Today, as we enter a new era and embark on a new journey, have you realized that heroes are respected, heroic deeds are being spread, heroic blood is being inherited, and heroic spirit is inspiring future generations. We are proud to live in a heroic country.
"Touching China" is connected with the values of the Chinese people. As one netizen said, the new era is an era that advocates national blood and national heroes, an era that advocates perseverance and courage and good at fighting, an era that advocates unity and unite their hearts and minds, and an era that advocates pursuing dreams and building dreams, and is determined to strengthen the country and the army. The "Wanghai phenomenon" in the new era responds to the pursuit and admiration of the Chinese people.
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The sky is the place where heroes grow.
Under the strong leadership of the Party, the People's Air Force, which has gone through more than 70 years of glorious journey, has emerged a large number of heroes and models. The deeds of fighting heroes such as Wang Hai, Liu Yuti, Sun Shenglu, Zhao Baotong, Zhang Jihui, and Yue Zhenhua have inspired and educated generations of Chinese people, greatly inspiring the national spirit. When the old hero Wang Hai was 94 years old, he saw such a historic scene from CCTV -
On November 8, 2019, President Xi attended a theme event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force. In the Hero Square of the China Aviation Museum, the "Blue Sky Soul" sculpture is solemn and dignified. President Xi presented flower baskets to the heroes of the People's Air Force, bowed three times to the heroes of the People's Air Force, and looked up to the heroes of the People's Air Force, and expressed his deep remembrance of the heroes. President Xi stressed that we must always remember the heroic deeds of heroes and carry forward the heroic spirit of heroes for generations.
The details of "President Xi presented a flower basket to the heroes of the People's Air Force, bowed three times to the heroes of the People's Air Force, and paid tribute to the heroes of the People's Air Force." moved the old heroes and stirred the hearts of the majority of netizens. Hot comments online said that this is the core of the Party, the commander of the army, and the people's leaders' respect for the heroes of the People's Air Force, the care for heroes and models, and the advocacy of the heroic spirit.
In the theme exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force, a large photo with the words "Great Development of Bombers" is tearful. It was left by the veteran General Liu Yuti, who is a "first-class combat hero" like Wang Hai. Liu Yudi shot down 6 enemy planes and injured 2, setting a record for the People's Air Force shooting down 4 enemy planes in one air battle. On the afternoon of February 16, 2015, the old hero Liu Yuti, who was in danger, wrote the seven words "Great Development of Bombers" on the hospital bed, leaving behind the death instructions and final concerns of a hero pilot.
The old hero Yue Zhenhua, who enjoys the same reputation as Wang Hai, was elected as the "most beautiful struggler" character in 2019 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China. As the first battalion commander of China's first batch of ground-to-air missile battalions, in the national air defense operations, Yue Zhenhua led his troops to set a precedent for land-to-air missile shooting down aircraft in the history of world air defense. He then dragged missiles to fight guerrillas, studied and used near-fast tactics, shot down enemy high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft four times, and was awarded the honorary title of "Air Force Combat Hero" by the Ministry of National Defense. At the 1978 National Science Conference, the near-fast tactics founded by Yue Zhenhua and others won the first prize.
People's Air Force, heroes emerge in many places. You see, the walls of the Air Force heroes are engraved with more than 1,800 bright red names, including air combat heroes who defend their country, blue sky warriors who fly scientifically, and long sky heroes who sacrifice themselves for the people... They use their lives to interpret their infinite loyalty to the Party, the motherland, and the people.
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Life is precious, and comrades are like the sea.
It is difficult for people who have not experienced the war years to understand what it means to be a comrade-in-arms who are friends of life and death. This story I heard and witnessed in the Year of the Rat interprets the Chinese expression of "comrades-in-arms".
It was on the morning of September 19, 2020, when people from all walks of life in the military and local governments bid farewell to the famous air combat hero General Wang Haixing in Babaoshan, Beijing. This day is the National Defense Education Day. Beijing has tried to sound an air defense alarm in some areas to remind people to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
Among all people from all walks of life who bid farewell to the 95-year-old hero Wang Hai, we saw two elderly people coming in wheelchairs. One is Comrade Zhang Jihui, a 93-year-old first-class combat hero and special meritorious official. On February 10, 1952, Zhang Jihui, then the captain of the Volunteer Air Force Flight Brigade, shot down the aircraft flying by Davis, a US ace pilot who was known as the "Air Dominance". At that time, Zhang Jihui had just celebrated her 25th birthday.
Another old man is Comrade Wang Tianbao, a 94-year-old second-level combat hero. Sometimes he could no longer recognize his family, but he recognized Comrade Zhang Jihui who came with him at a glance. When Wang Tianbao looked up at the portrait of his old comrade-in-arms Wang Hai, tears filled his eyes. Both old men asked the staff to help them up from the wheelchair and insisted on standing and completing their final farewell to their old comrades.
On this day, public opinion at home and abroad also paid attention to this scene: the "post-00s" and "post-90s" soldiers in neatly lined up, holding large photos with the words "Nine Stars' Records, Shocking Nine Skyscrapers" written on them to see off the old heroes and to see them off for their respected "grandfathers' comrades".
That afternoon, 9 large photos appeared at the farewell scene, and the old hero's family regarded it as treasures and collected them. The old hero Wang Hai has a fate with "9" in his life: he joined the party at the age of 19, became the division commander at the age of 29, served as deputy commander at the age of 39, served as the commander of the military region's air force at the age of 49, and served as the commander of the air force at the age of 59, and the hour and minute hands of the clocks of Gao Fei's long journey were stopped on the 9 characters. The No. 079 Meritorious Fighter with 9 red stars was collected by the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum. Farewell at Babaoshan at 9:00 on September 19, 2020. The saying "Nine Stars' Records, Vigor of Nine Heavens" has become the eternal "national memory".
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The most important thing in the country is to serve the country and the people.
Just before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, a magnificent drama "Crossing the Yalu River" that shows the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea in a panoramic and epic way, ignited the screen, and the data was wonderful and the whole line was full of popularity in the public opinion field where young people occupied the mainstream. With the most real history, the loftiest love and the deepest righteousness, "Crossing the Yalu River" deeply inspired the Chinese people. Ning Xiuzhen, a 95-year-old old man from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, can't remember many things. She sang "Heroic, arrogant, crossing the Yalu River", but she was catchy and thought about it.
Just before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, the work "Who is the Cutest People" by the famous writer Wei Wei returned to the news of Chinese textbooks, which caused heated discussion on social media. "Touched 100 times? No, not enough!" "Read "Who is the Cutest People" while crying, remembering the battle stories told by my mother and teacher when I was young..." "You young 70 years ago, in exchange for us who are young 70 years later, let us know what family and country feelings are and what strong will is!"
Some netizens said that "Who is the Cutest People" encourages and educates generations of China. Our generation has the responsibility to "please" back this red classic and "please" back more red classics. Some netizens also said that the indomitable willpower of the Chinese people in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was once again demonstrated in the great practice of the fight against the epidemic, and they hoped that the red classics that praise the fight against the epidemic would be passed down from generation to generation.
"Only by caring about the 'big thing of the country' can we serve the country and the people!" I personally experienced two things about the Air Force story entering textbooks and ideological and political courses, which made me empathize with this sentence. In 2018, when the Education Science Press revised the primary school textbook "Science", it paid attention to the "Air Force Release" pushing photos of the same frame for the J-20, J-16, and J-10C formation training and netizens' comments, and wrote to the Air Force to negotiate the use as the cover photos of the two new versions of the textbooks. In 2020, nearly 10 million primary school students across the country used the new version of textbooks, and the shocking beautiful pictures of "Three Musketeers of the Blue Sky" aroused the children's dream of joining the army.
In 2019, the Air Force released the June 1 flash "The Heroic Love of "Blue Sky Kids", which tells the story of 77 children from the Blue Sky Kindergarten in the Houkong paying tribute to the No. 079 meritorious fighter jet driven by Wang Hai, a first-class combat hero of the Air Force. Chen Liu, a J-20 pilot who had studied in the Air Force Blue Sky Kindergarten, appeared in the flash, expressing his respect and love for the Air Force combat heroes.
A generation will eventually grow old, but there are always people who are young, and they are angry in their hearts and light in their eyes. As one netizen said, youth, country, and times are iron triangles that will always be with each other. The heroic spiritual enlightenment in the youth often creates a lifelong action and becomes a life complex that will never fade. Only by using the heroic stories of the older generation to guide young people to organically unify their self-worth, social value, national value and national value can they stand at the forefront of the great changes unseen in a century.
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A good attacker moves above the nine heavens.
The People's Air Force, which integrates air and space, has both offense and defense, is a strategic military with fine traditions. Under the strong leadership of the Party, generations of air force officers and soldiers have ambitions, fought against the sky, promoted the construction of the air force to achieve remarkable achievements, and made immortal contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests.
As the first spokesperson in the history of the People's Air Force, he has never dared to slacken in his nine years of performance. He focused on doing the right things and doing things correctly, and did his best to spread the voice of the Air Force and tell the story of the Air Force well. I will never forget that on November 11, 2015, on the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force, the old hero Wang Hai gave me a picture of his calligraphy work "Telling a Good Air Force Story", and a book he wrote "My Fighting Career". I read the old hero’s affectionate encouragement and remembered the song “I became you when I grow up”. When we were young, many people in rural areas had portraits of the People's Air Force combat heroes hanging on the walls, and our children's books also contained many comic strips reflecting the Air Force combat heroes. When I grew up, I was fortunate to become a member of the People's Air Force and could also meet the Air Force combat hero I admired when I was a child. My heart was full of pride and pride.
As the Air Force spokesperson for the 9 years, my comrades and I have been committed to exploring the "four-in-one" working mechanism of active release, fact release, combat position release, and related release, and constantly expanding new space for international discourse. Relevant historical materials were exhibited in a large-scale exhibition held by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee and other departments to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up and the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
"The right to speak is the initiative, and the right to speak is the combat effectiveness!" In the past nine years, the J-20 and Y-20 of the great power have been unveiled at the air show, equipped with the air force, and practical training. The air force police patrolled the East China Sea, fought against the South China Sea, cruised around the island and flew across the Bashi Strait, Miyako Strait, and Tsushima Strait. The Air Force's news release has achieved the goal of "making the right voice preconceived".The Air Force flew across the Miyako Strait for the first time, and released information to domestic and foreign countries 15 minutes after the mission ended; the Air Force cruised around Taiwan Island in both directions, and released information to domestic and foreign countries 5 minutes after the mission ended, telling the story of "the attacker moves above the nine heavens" throughout China and spreading it to the whole world.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten, if you are poor, you will be hungry, and if you are aphasia, you will be scolded. This is a profound conclusion drawn from the history of modern China. The old hero Wang Hai has given us a lot of encouragement and encouragement. I remember that in September and November 2019, the Air Force successively released the theme promotional films of "Eagle Strikes the Sky and Swords for the Country" and "Eagles Fly for the Country". It announced for the first time that the Air Force pilots shouted to drive away foreign aircraft in Chinese and English at sea, and for the first time that the audio and videos of excluding foreign aircraft interference and moving forward bravely in international airspace have attracted widespread attention from public opinion at home and abroad. The old hero Wang Hai was very happy after seeing the relevant reports from "Reference News". He signed the newspaper to encourage us to grasp the right to speak. It is still vivid in my mind and has been deeply taught.
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People's Air Force, patrol the sky and defend the country.
The famous general Liu Yalou is the first Air Force commander of the People's Air Force. He has always been respected by Wang Hai and by generations of air force officers and soldiers.
I remember that on October 17, 2019, the aviation opening activity to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force opened in Changchun, Jilin. Air Force Commander General Ding Laihang and Air Force Political Commissar General Yu Zhongfu, together with the public from all over the country, witnessed the heroic fighting spirit of the J-20 and Y-20, the heavy weapons of the great power, spreading their wings in the same field, and was proud of the new achievements of strengthening the country and revitalizing the army, reforming and strengthening the army.
On the afternoon of the same day, General Ding Laihang and General Yu Zhongfu returned to Beijing and went to the home of General Liu Yalou, the first commander of the Air Force, to visit the 91-year-old wife of Liu Yalou, Zhai Yunying, and introduced her to the new achievements in the transformation and development of the Air Force. She expressed her deep respect for the outstanding contributions made by the old commander to the construction and development of the People's Air Force, and was full of confidence in the vision of strategic transformation of the Air Force.
As General Yu Zhongfu said in his speech at the aviation opening event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force: The people of the whole country love the blue sky and care about the air force, which is the source of strength for the reform, development and transformation of the air force. It is the mission and responsibility that the Air Force must shoulder to manage the aerospace, be able to win battles, and live up to the expectations and trust of the Party and the people. The Air Force resolutely implements the military strategic policy of the new era, resolutely safeguards national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and protects the peace and peace of the motherland in the air and space and the happy life of the people with loyalty and life.
Just a few days before this aviation opening event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force, I and several TV reporters went to Wang Hai's old hero's home and asked the old hero to give encouragement to the new era air force pilots. At that time, I put the badge of the J-20 aircraft we made on the chest of the old hero and told him that the "Wang Hai Brigade" had flew onto the J-20 aircraft. The old hero said happily: "It's time to fly the J-20. Young people must fly well, make contributions to the blue sky, and defend the motherland!" What we didn't expect was that this precious image was the last time that the old hero Wang Hai had taken a picture.
At the press conference to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force, we released the message "J-20 Fighter Array of the People's Air Force's "Ace Force"" and played the video of Wang Hai's encouragement to the J-20 pilot on the spot. It attracted high attention from public opinion at home and abroad. The majority of netizens praised the old hero's words and praised the People's Air Force's "Ace Force" with the J-20 fighter, which will better shoulder the sacred mission of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.
The old hero Wang Hai, who was flying the MiG-15 fighter jet, was shocked by nine days. Another J-20 fighter model was placed in the bookcase at home, which carries the Republic's combat hero's desire to strengthen the army in the new era. We report to the old hero: After the first release of the news that "Air Force test pilots will fly the J-20 aircraft to debut at the China Air Show" on October 28, 2016, we have also successively released news such as "J-20 fighter jets are equipped with air force combat troops" and "Air Force J-20 fighter jets carry out practical training in maritime directions". From a single-aircraft wing spread to a seven-aircraft formation, it is the trajectory of a sword cast in the sky, and it is also the trajectory of a strong country and a strong army.
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Thank you and give back to the people.
On the eve of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, when we were sorting out the historical photos of the old hero Wang Hai, we found a photo of the old hero and his comrades in 1953 and the famous Henan opera performing artist Chang Xiangyu. In May of that year, Chang Xiangyu went to the front line to express condolences to the officers and soldiers and combat heroes.
People's Air Force is built by the people, and the People's Air Force is for the people. During his lifetime, the old hero Wang Hai often said: It was the Party and the people who supported the war eagle to fly into the blue sky. During the early days, local party committees and governments at all levels made every effort to provide unconditional support from the people, and 94 airports were built in four years. During the difficult years of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, from 1951 to 1952, the funds donated by the people could purchase 3,710 fighter jets. Fighter jets such as "Oil Worker" and "Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant" are all donated by the people. The famous Henan opera performing artist Chang Xiangyu used all the income from more than 170 performances, plus the money from selling his car, to donate to buy a MiG-15 fighter jet...
The old hero Wang Hai once calculated the calculations with the pilot of the "Wang Hai Brigade": our army trained a pilot, which is equivalent to gold about 5 to 10 times the weight of the pilot. How many acres of land should be planted and how many kilograms of grain should be harvested for several people...
The people sent me to learn to fly, and I learned to fly as the people. The Air Force has held air open activities in Changchun, Jilin for many years, allowing the "Sword of the Great Power" to approach the people. During the aviation opening event that year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force, the J-20 pilots flew with missiles at low altitudes and the Y-20 pilots hovered at low speeds at high slopes. This not only demonstrated the air force's strength and aerospace culture in the new era, but also expressed gratitude and return to the people who nurtured and cultivated air force pilots.
training and preparing for war, patrolling the sky and defending the country, this is the most fundamental gratitude and reward. Looking back on the past few years, the People's Air Force has kept in mind the mission and tasks of the new era and improved its ability to prepare for war in the new era. The new domestic fighter jet J-20 has unveiled in the Changhuan air and spread its wings at sea and air, and the large transport aircraft Y-20 has practical training and flew abroad. The domestic new long-range, medium- and long-range surface-to-air missiles are aimed directly at the sky; the capabilities of strategic early warning, air strike, air defense and anti-missile, information confrontation, airborne combat, strategic delivery and comprehensive support have been comprehensively improved; the Diaoyu Islands' air rights protection, East China Sea air defense identification zone control, normalized combat patrol in the South China Sea, and multi-type fighter cruise Taiwan Island have been successfully completed.
Tempering the original aspiration and practicing the purpose is the most basic gratitude and reward. Looking back on the past few years, while completing combat readiness training tasks, all levels of the Air Force have actively participated in winning the battle against poverty. Whether in the frontiers, the mainland, mountains or islands, all poverty-stricken areas with air force troops have targets of assistance and aid projects.
"Winning the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea to Win the War, the people are the backers." The old hero Wang Hai's resonance with the air force officers and soldiers in the new era: the current war form has undergone profound changes, the boundaries between the front and the rear are becoming more and more blurred, the military and the localities are becoming closer and closer, and modern warfare emphasizes the strong support and extensive participation of the people more than ever before. The troops are also preparing for the people's war when participating in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. Every time they help a poor family, they win a strength to support the army; every time they implement a poverty alleviation project, they accumulate a potential for support; every time they carry out a joint assistance, they cultivate their cooperative capabilities, and they have the most solid backing to win battles.
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Flying is the cause of the brave.
"The Communist Party trained me to be a pilot, but I did not embarrass the Chinese!" "I just rely on my courage, bravery and not afraid of death. Can pilots still be a pilot even if they are afraid of death?" What Wang Hai's old hero said in an interview with the media during his lifetime has become a "golden sentence" that is widely circulated on the Internet.
Wang Hai's old hero's comrades Sun Shenglu and Zhao Baotong are both first-class combat heroes in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Zhao Baotong shot down 7 enemy planes and injured 2, setting a record for Volunteer Air Force pilots to shoot down enemy planes. Sun Shenglu shot down 6 enemy planes and injured 1. During the air battle on December 3, 1952, he died heroically to protect the air commander and the fleet. He was only 24 years old.
In September 2015, the Air Force decided to launch a set of Chinese and English commemorative seals of "Air Force First-Class Combat Heroes", systematically introducing the combat achievements and classic battle examples of the old heroes Wang Hai, Liu Yuti, Sun Shenglu, Zhao Baotong and Zhang Jihui.I discussed with my colleagues from the Foreign Propaganda Office and asked the calligraphers and painters to draw a sketch for each of the five combat heroes and use it on the commemorative seal. Later, this set of commemorative seals entered primary and secondary schools across the country, and went to home and abroad, becoming a favorite thing and a treasure for many people.
During the Spring Festival of 2020, I wanted to visit the old hero Wang Hai who was sick and hospitalized. Due to the epidemic, I failed to get what I wanted. So I asked someone to make a large photo of the Air Force "Blue Sky Baby" paying tribute to the old hero No. 079 meritorious fighter jet, and asked his family to put it in the old hero's ward. At the same time, there is also the commemorative seal of "Air Force First-Class Fighting Hero - Wang Hai", so that the old hero can touch the mark of the years of battle in the last period of time.
After the old hero Wang Hai left us, I kept thinking: What is the best respect for the old heroes in existence? How should we juniors be good recorders and retainers of history? At the very least, respect the history of heroes, learn the history of heroes, tell the history of heroes well, do a good job in recording, preserving and retention of history to the greatest extent, and record more precious image materials of old heroes. I also noticed that some places focus on collecting handprints from veteran soldiers in the Volunteer Army and establishing handprint files for every veteran. What a meaningful thing!
Flying is the cause of the brave. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2018, an Air Force aircraft crashed during flight training, and the onboard personnel unfortunately died, and sacrificed their precious lives for national defense and military modernization and to build a strong modern People's Air Force. The memorial service was solemn and dignified. When the name of a sacrificed pilot was read, a heart-wrenching voice suddenly came from the scene, which was the crying of the baby in the arms of the family of the sacrificed pilot. The sudden cry might be a natural reaction connected by blood. My comrades present and I couldn't help but burst into tears.
After attending the memorial service, I returned to Beijing. I kept thinking: In peacetime, there will be comrades who will die gloriously. How can we do so to be worthy of those comrades who have shed blood and sacrificed? What can we do to enable those "military kids" who have lost their fathers since childhood to grow up healthily?
Our comrades patrol the sky and defend the country and sprinkle blood in the sky. We should work with all sectors of society to give the greatest love and love, so that their relatives and future generations can cry less. As long as we all work together, they will definitely have no worries and a bright future!
Every festival, I miss my family more and my family feels like a family. The old heroes Wang Hai who bravely fought to defend their country and many old heroes are our relatives; the "Successors of Wang Hai" and "Comrades-in-arms" who guard the sky and patrol the sky and defend the country are our relatives; the descendants of heroes, children of martyrs, and many military children are our relatives. In this spring of the Year of the Ox, in the four seasons of every year, let us always be moved and grateful, share the prosperous times and create the future together!
Source: China Youth Daily Client
