Mr. Jiang, our beloved elder has left us, but my mood cannot calm down until today. As long as I think about the next Tiananmen military parade, I cannot see him on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, I feel sad and fall into deep nostalgia.

Mr. Jiang, our beloved elder has left us, but my mood cannot calm down until today. As long as I think about the next Tiananmen military parade, I cannot see him on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, I feel sad and fall into deep nostalgia.

1989 Comrade Jiang Zemin was appointed to take on a major task in the face of danger. He was not mentally prepared for this. He was originally planning to teach at his alma mater, Shanghai Jiaotong University, after retirement from the position of Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.

But facing the decision of the central government and the trust of the older generation of revolutionaries and the comrades of the whole party, Mr. Jiang was ordered to bravely assume the responsibility of history.

After going to work in the central government, he made it clear to Deng Xiaoping: the Party and the people put me in this position. I will devote myself to my whole life and death. I will definitely do my best to do it and die. I will definitely do my best to "if I benefit the country from life and death, I will not avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune."

He did it.

Why is it said that Jiang always received the order in the face of danger? Because the international environment and domestic situation in the late 1980s and the entire 1990s were very serious. , especially the international environment, can no longer be described as changes in the world.

Jiang led China from difficulties to revival, and it was not smooth sailing.

The international environment at that time, there was a drastic change in Eastern Europe in 1989, and the superpower Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union also means that the United States has become the only superpower in the world and is even more unscrupulous in the international arena.
During that period, the United States bypassed the United Nations and led a group of allies to launch the first Gulf War , Kosovo War , Afghanistan War .

There were also several frictions with China during this period, including the Galaxy incident, bombing of our embassy in Yugoslavia, South China Sea collision plane, etc., trying their best to bully our country.

In the face of the oppression from the United States, we protested again and again, but in the end we all endured it.

In Mr. Jiang's heart, he was also angry with the various evil deeds of the United States, but he had to choose to endure humiliation.

In the 1990s, China was still in the stage of economic takeoff. Its comprehensive national strength was very weak compared with the United States and had no strength to compete with the United States .

Developing the economy and enhancing comprehensive national strength became the top priority at that time.

Today, the large-scale projects that will make us stand up straight and the decisions for long-term stability began in the 1990s when Mr. Jiang worked.

1991 Project was established: Procurement of Su 27.

1992 project was established: manned space project, procurement of Varyag (laying the foundation for the first aircraft carrier ).

1993 project was established: Run 20, Su 27 localization, Three Gorges Project.

1994 project was established: Beidou Satellite.

1997 project was established: J-20, high-speed rail.

Electrical Engineer Elderly, who has worked in the heavy industry for a long time, has the most sincere feeling about a strong industrial country. Therefore, he spared no effort to promote the development of these key areas. He once told the fighter jet designer:

If you have any difficulties, you can directly contact me.

It is under the promotion of the elders that these key projects have developed rapidly, laying the foundation for us to straighten our backbone.

In addition to the above-mentioned industrial fields, there is also joining WTO, responding to the Asian financial crisis, fighting floods, protecting natural forests, banning the army from doing business, and building numerous 985 and 211 universities. Each measure is the key to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From this we can also see the elders' foresight and planning ahead.

During his reign, Mr. Jiang was in power, and the pressure was extremely great. He had to deal with the domineering United States in the international community and do a good job in national affairs and people's livelihood in China. He really had a heavy burden on his shoulders.

It was the 1990s that endured humiliation and kept a low profile, which brought about a relatively safe and stable international environment, which gave China's comprehensive national strength to continue to rise over the past 20 years, and it was the confidence to compete with the United States today.
But we only saw the endless tolerance on the surface, and did not understand the endless sadness behind him.

Although there is great pressure at home and abroad, Old Jiang has not forgotten his responsibilities for a moment, especially the great cause of national reunification.

In 1995, Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan exaggerated the so-called "two-state theory" and created a crisis in the Taiwan Strait.

Faced with the provocation of Taiwan independence elements, Mr. Jiang ordered that the People's Liberation Army conducted four large-scale military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and the waters near Taiwan in July, August, November and March 1996.

These series of military exercises fully demonstrate the firm determination and strong ability to fight separatism and anti-Taiwan independence.

In the end, the U.S. government forced publicly to express its lack of support for "Taiwan independence", "two Chinas" or "one China and one Taiwan", and does not support Taiwan's accession to the United Nations and other international organizations composed of sovereign states.

We didn’t understand at that time, and the exercises were vigorous, so why didn’t we take the opportunity to complete the great cause of unification?

We only understand Mr. Jiang’s mood until now.

As time goes by, many things have been disclosed today. It turns out that there is no plan to regain Taiwan during the exercise. At that time, many soldiers participating in the exercise shaved their hair and wrote suicide notes, demonstrating their determination to unify Taiwan by martial arts.

The news broadcast at that time described the situation of this exercise: "Millions of soldiers cross the strait, and thousands of miles of storm open the road."

However, the final exercise ended, and there was no picture of the People's Liberation Army landing in Taiwan.

We didn't know the reason until many years later.

It turned out that Major General Liu Liankun, Minister of the Ordnance Department of the People's Liberation Army, and Colonel Shao Zhengzong, Director of the Ordnance Department, leaked the secrets of the military exercise, causing our multiple action plans to leak and had to end the exercise.

Because of the traitor, our army's unprecedented military confrontation, which was invested hundreds of thousands of troops, wasted, and lost RMB 4 billion.

Traitors have no good ending. In 1999, Liu Liankun and Shao Zhengzong's spy identities were exposed and they were eventually executed for espionage. The names and actions of the two of them are no longer a secret today, and you can search online.

1996, our military strength was still very weak, especially the navy, so that during the exercise, we could only carry cannons onto warships to make up for the lack of firepower.

But even though his strength is weak, when facing separatist forces, Mr. Jiang still dares to draw his sword, shock "Taiwan independence" with practical actions, adhere to national justice, and not compromise at all.

But at that time we didn't understand, and we didn't understand why we didn't take advantage of the situation to complete the great cause of unification. Now it seems that I am too ignorant, misunderstood Mr. Jiang, and I don't understand the sadness behind him, and I don't know that there are spies behind this.

Jiang Zemin once talked about his ruling career. He once said modestly:

"I said that after working for more than ten years, I have nothing else. There are about three things. One has established socialist market economy . The second is the Deng Xiaoping theory in party constitution . The third is the 'three representatives'. If there is still some achievement, the army must not do business. This has a lot to do with the fate of the army. There is also 1998 flood control, which is also very important, but these are all secondary. My main things are three things. I am very ashamed. I was ashamed, so I did a little work.

modest and optimistic, this is Mr. Jiang's character. In fact, he did a lot of work. It is precisely because of his efforts and wise and correct leadership that today's China has risen rapidly and embarked on the road of rejuvenation.

At an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission before retirement, Jiang Zemin summarized his ruling career in this way:

"Now, I have completed my historical tasks and fulfilled my historical responsibilities. To be honest, I feel very happy to see that the cause of the Party, the country and the army have successors. ” ("Selected Literature of Jiang Zemin" Volume 3, page 603.)

I would like to use this article to commemorate my dear elders and wish the elderly a good journey.