Xu Honggang
Xu Honggang, male, Han nationality, from Luowang Township, Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, was born in March 1971, joined the army in December 1990, and joined the Chinese Army in July 1993* Communist Party member, served successively as soldier, squad leader, platoon leader, deputy political instructor, political instructor, regimental security unit officer, regimental deputy political commissar, and deputy director of the political department of a Red Army division in Jinan Military Region.
He is currently a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy political commissar of Qamdo Military Division in Tibet.
Chinese name: Xu Honggang
Nationality: Chinese
Ethnicity: Han
Birthplace: Luowang Township, Yiliang County, Yunnan Province
Date of birth: March 1971
Occupation: Soldier
Representative works: "I am in the Iron Army", "In Praise of Life", "Collected Prose of Xu Honggang"
Gender: Male
Character Experience
Xu Honggang joined the army in December 1990 and served in a Red Army Corps with a glorious tradition. He pays attention to high standards and strict requirements everywhere, and strives to be an excellent soldier. Although he was very eager to become a scout, when he was assigned to the communications company, he still trained hard and was rated as an "excellent student" and a "hard-core warrior". Xu Honggang was caring and considerate towards his comrades, and used his massage and acupuncture expertise to relieve the pain of his comrades who were overworked in training.
On Sundays and holidays, he rushed to work to let others rest. After becoming the squad leader, he set an example and walked ahead in everything. Although his life was not rich, Xu Honggang donated generously when his comrades had difficulties at home. Due to his outstanding achievements and gradual political maturity, Xu Honggang gloriously joined the Communist Party of China in July 1993.
On August 17, 1993, Xu Honggang, the sergeant squad leader of a communications company of a Red Army Corps in the Jinan Military Region, returned to the army from his hometown. When the bus he was traveling in reached the Tiesuo Bridge in Xunsi Town, Junlian County, Sichuan Province, several gangsters in the bus suddenly extorted money and property from a young woman. After being refused, the gangster played hooligans on the woman and pushed her out of the speeding car. At this moment, Xu Honggang, who was napping in the corner, was awakened. Seeing this situation, Xu Honggang rushed forward and yelled: "Stop, don't act like this!" When the gangster saw someone interfering, they focused their attention on Xu Honggang. After Xu Honggang received two slaps, his face was burning and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. In order to protect other passengers in the car, he did not fight back immediately. The gangster became even more arrogant and continued to push the woman out of the car window. Xu Honggang could no longer remain silent due to his vocation as a soldier. He kicked a gangster behind him and knocked him back, and then punched another gangster hard on the chest. Unexpectedly, two more gangsters came out from behind. One hugged Xu Honggang's legs, and the other clamped his neck tightly. The gangster named Ren who started the provocation took out a dagger and stabbed Xu Honggang in the chest. At this critical moment of life and death, Xu Honggang had only one thought: fight them! In the narrow carriage, it was impossible to use my fists and feet. The four gangsters surrounded him and viciously stabbed Xu Honggang in the chest, back and abdomen with knives
The blood dyed his camouflage uniform red, as well as the seats and the floor. Intestines leaked from the severely injured abdomen.
The driver stopped the car. The gangsters fled. At this time, Xu Honggang, who had been stabbed 14 times and had 50 centimeters of intestines flowing out of his body, miraculously covered the flowing intestines with a vest, jumped out of the car, and chased forward for more than 50 meters with all his strength. Fell on the roadside
Heroes save the people, and the people love heroes. When the incident happened, local government agencies, hospitals and the general public took action: Zhan Benfang, deputy director of the Junlian County Taxation Bureau, and others quickly sent Xu Honggang to the town hospital. After examination by the hospital, Xu Honggang was seriously injured in 14 places all over his body, and only his chest was injured. He was stabbed 8 times, the one closest to the heart was 8 centimeters deep, and one of the stabs had already damaged his lungs. The stab wound on the abdomen was 4 cm wide.
In order to ensure Xu Honggang's life safety, the medical staff stopped the bleeding, hung up the infusion bottle, and immediately rushed to the county hospital to rescue him. After hearing the news, the county leaders immediately instructed the relevant departments to save this people's hero at all costs. , using the most skilled doctors in the county, the best medicines, the most high-end instruments, and a special allocation of 50,000 yuan from the county as treatment funds, after a four-hour struggle by the hospital director and vice-president, the patient was finally Take Xu Honggang back from the hands of death. The County Public Security Bureau dispatched a capable team and after seven days and six nights of continuous fighting, all four criminals including Ren Yonglin were captured and brought to justice; hundreds of people go to the hospital to visit the hero every day, including the elderly, adults, children, beggars, and even Even deaf-mute people have to bow before leaving. Around the Spring Festival in 1994, various central news agencies widely reported on Xu Honggang’s heroic deeds. Xu Honggang's heroic feat of sacrificing himself for others and bravely fighting gangsters aroused strong repercussions among the military and civilians across the country. On February 5, Jiang Zemin, Li Ruihuan, Liu Huaqing, Hu Jintao and other leading comrades met with the heroic soldier Xu Honggang and other model representatives of dual support from all over the country. General Secretary Jiang pointed out that "the deeds of Xu Honggang and others embody the tradition of our Communist Party and the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation." Xu Honggang won the titles of "Brave Young Hero" and "National New Long March Commando" .
Be the first to charge in the face of disaster
“The society has given me great care and the people have given me a second life. I must respond with a grateful heart and an innocent mind. "Repaying society and serving the people" is Xu Honggang's true inner thought.
In August 1998, a severe flood occurred in the Yangtze River, and the troops received orders to prepare for flood fighting and rescue operations. The organization took Xu Honggang's physical condition into consideration and arranged for him to stay behind. Xu Honggang became anxious upon hearing this. How could he stay behind when the masses were in greatest danger? He applied to the Youth League Party Committee and strongly requested to participate in flood fighting and rescue operations.
On the evening of August 21, 1998, there was heavy wind and rain, and the floods overflowed the embankment. The Jingjiang embankment was in great danger. Once the embankment burst, the consequences would be disastrous! Danger is an order. Xu Honggang took the initiative to serve as the battalion commando captain. He and more than 80 commandos each carried 50 kilograms of sandbags and ran back and forth in the knee-deep mud. Regardless of his own health, Xu Honggang gritted his teeth and persisted in fighting for 36 hours until he collapsed on the embankment from exhaustion.
On May 12, 2008, when the devastating earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan, Xu Honggang, who had just been promoted to the position of deputy political commissar of a Red Army Corps in the Jinan Military Region, was stationed in a grassroots company. He eagerly found the regiment political commissar: "15 years ago , It was the people of Sichuan who gave me a chance to be reborn. They are suffering, please organize and arrange for me to join the first echelon!" Early the next morning, Xu Honggang rushed to the disaster area with the officers and soldiers. He encouraged everyone: "The lives and property of relatives in the disaster area are suffering heavy losses. If you arrive a minute early, you can save one more person!" In order to speed up the march, he arranged for each vehicle to be driven alternately by two drivers in shifts. In order to avoid burying the pot, Cooking takes up time, so I eat dry food in the car to satisfy my hunger. In just 26 hours, they traveled 1,200 kilometers and arrived at the Zipingpu Reservoir in Dujiangyan City. Then, they immediately set off on foot to Yingxiu Town, the hardest-hit area.
The mountains were high and the slopes were steep, bridges collapsed, and the roads along the route were severely damaged. Xu Honggang and his party traveled all the way through the mountains and ridges, and finally arrived at the hardest-hit area of ??Yingxiu Town at 5 pm that day. At this time, they received a notice from their superiors, asking them to rush to Ginkgo Township to deliver food and medicine to the trapped people. Because the road is blocked, the people there have been without food for two days and are in short supply of medicine. It's not too late, it's time to hurry. The division headquarters used three "quick" words in succession in the notice, and also sent them a simple route map.
After more than 6 hours of arduous trek, Xu Honggang and more than 260 officers and soldiers of the Red Army finally arrived in Ginkgo Township. The local people hugged them and cried loudly, thanking them for sending life-saving food. That night they wore raincoats and stayed in a ramshackle gas station.
Heroes show their true qualities in the face of hardships. On May 27, 2008, Xu Honggang volunteered again to lead the officers and soldiers on a food transportation mission. With the experience and tenacious will of the previous walks, they crossed Death Valley twice and transported more than 5,000 kilograms of supplies and dozens of medicines. The box relieved the immediate needs of the victims.
They were covered in sweat on hot days, covered in mud on rainy days, and their clothes were wet and dry, and then dry and wet. During those days, they also transported and set up more than 500 tents and carried more than 50 tons of supplies. The leader of the headquarters praised them: The Iron Army is well-deserved!
Performing duties and living up to the great trust
As a National People's Congress representative of the military garrison in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, Xu Honggang did not forget to perform his representative duties despite his tough military career.
There is a dry river called Jianhe near the army station, which passes by the army's training ground. In recent years, this river has become a sewage discharge site for some local private enterprises. The stench is high all year round, making residents miserable and affecting the work, training and life of officers and soldiers. After Xu Honggang learned about this situation, he used the holidays to conduct research, visited the local government, enterprises, and residents, listened to opinions and suggestions from many parties, and consulted five experts and scholars on river management, forming a scientific and rigorous research report. At the Sanmenxia City People's Congress held in the spring of 2007, Xu Honggang submitted the "Recommendations on Comprehensive Management of Jianhe River." This suggestion was highly valued by Lian Ziheng, then Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, who issued an instruction: This suggestion should be put into the work schedule as soon as possible to form a feasible construction plan and strive to complete it within one year.
After the construction started in May of that year, Xu Honggang worked in many ways to coordinate the close cooperation between the military and local parties. At the end of the year, a fresh stream appeared in front of people. Nowadays, the river is clear, with willows clinging to it, boats swimming on the water, and people reflecting in the water, which has become a major scenery of the residence. When Xu Honggang saw that his suggestions had turned into results that benefited the people, his heart felt as sweet as drinking honey.
The reporter learned from the interview that Xu Honggang has actively performed his duties as a grassroots People's Congress representative in recent years, and has proposed a number of feasibility measures for local leaders to celebrate military days, strengthen youth national defense education, and strengthen military-civilian dual support for the construction of the country. suggestion. He also coordinated the army to establish military-civilian relations with 12 enterprises and institutions in the area, integrated the resources of the area to establish 3 national defense education bases, and contacted 7 military family members for employment. Mianchi County Party Committee Secretary Tong Meng Jiao told reporters: "As a military political leader and local people's congress representative, Xu Honggang is loyal to the masses and full of enthusiasm for the cause. He has promoted military-civilian unity and social harmony with practical actions. It can be said that he is both a party representative of the military and , is also the local military representative."
"There is a string that we hold tightly, a responsibility that we shoulder, a storm that we watch closely, and a command that we wait for." After taking the leadership position at the regiment level, Xu Honggang often sang this song.
Main Works
In March 1999, "Collection of Poems and Paintings by Xu Honggang and Zhao Xiaozhu" was published and publicly released. In January 2001, Xu Honggang's collection of poems "In Praise of Life" was published in Beijing. In 2003, "Xu Honggang's Prose Collection" was published. Xu Honggang published more than 600 articles (first) of various types in newspapers and periodicals inside and outside the military. Xu Honggang's articles have won first, second, and third prizes nationwide, among which "If Lei Feng Lives" was included as an example article in the "Chinese" textbook of the military technical secondary school. In 2007, Xu Honggang joined the Chinese Writers Association. For more than 10 years, Xu Honggang persisted in practicing calligraphy in his spare time. Former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Wannian spoke highly of Xu Honggang's calligraphy works.
Xu Honggang has been appointed as the honorary dean by many calligraphy and painting academies in China. His calligraphy works have participated in many army calligraphy and painting exhibitions and have been collected by the Great Hall of the People and the Military Revolution Museum. Since Xu Honggang gave his first report to his comrades in the army at the end of 1993, he has made more than 510 voluntary reports, with an audience of more than 1 million people.
Character Evaluation
Learn from Comrade Xu Honggang, a heroic soldier who was brave and not afraid of rape. ——Li Peng (1994.3)
Follow Comrade Xu Honggang as an example and be a good soldier of the party and the people. ——Liu Huaqing (1994.3)
Learn from Comrade Xu Honggang and inherit and carry forward the fine traditions of the Red Army. ——Zhang Zhen (1994.2)