Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-03

"Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldier of the New Era" Wang Xiaoming: Standing as a Banner, Setting the Example

“最美新时代革命军人”王晓明：立身为旗作表率

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陆军某旅某连指导员王晓明—— 立身为旗作表率 ■桑英豪解放军报记者钱晓虎盛夏演训场，热浪蒸腾，一辆新型步战车疾驰向前。 “通信链路中断，目标丢失！”面对突发特情，指挥员手指翻飞，迅速切换备用频段，重新捕捉目标。指令下达，弹落靶毁。指挥这场战斗的，是陆军某旅某连指导员王晓明。熟悉王晓明的战友都知道，他对训练有股痴迷劲儿。别人休息时他加练，还常常琢磨如何进一步提高训练质效。新排长集训，他拿了集团军第一名；当参谋时，他制订的训练方案被评为优秀……“当兵打仗、带兵打仗、练兵打仗”的信念，早已融入他的血脉。旅里开展“强固政治工作生命线作用”讨论辨析，王晓明的发言掷地有声：“政治工作必须紧跟打仗节奏，政治干部更要站在打仗排头。”他给自己立了条规矩：战士练什么，自己必须先练精。为了练好专业，王晓明常把自己“焊”在模拟器座椅上，磨坏几十双手套，最终把操作规范练成“肌肉记忆”。有人劝王晓明：“指导员抓好教育就行了，没必要这么拼命训练！”他回答：“军事上不过硬，讲的道理战士就不信。你站不上主战位，就走不进官兵心里。”中士王伟400米障碍成绩不佳，王晓明每天陪他训练，用实际行动点燃了王伟的血性。随后，王伟越练越勇，不仅实现了反超，还在全旅专业考核中夺得综合第一的好成绩。 1947年一场战斗中，该连前身部队有18名战士牺牲。这是王晓明来到连队后听到的第一个连史故事，也是他最爱给官兵讲的故事。王晓明说：“我们要弘扬传承‘十八把刺刀’精神，把自己锻造成制胜战场的尖刀利刃。” 立身为旗，为战砺兵。全旅政治干部中，王晓明是唯一一名射击、通信“双一级”兼驾驶二级的全能型指导员。前年，陆军军事训练抽考，他参考的3个课目全部满分，教练射击课目创下旅队纪录。在他的带领下，连队6人获评“特级技术能手”，43人获评“一级技术能手”，11人在旅以上比武中夺冠，13人因军事训练成绩突出立功。

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Wang Xiaoming, political instructor of a company in an unidentified Army brigade, is profiled in PLA Daily as one of the 'Most Beautiful Revolutionary Soldiers of the New Era,' recognized for holding Grade-One qualifications in marksmanship and communications, a Grade-Two driving qualification, and achieving full marks across three subjects in an Army-level military training spot-check assessment, with his coached marksmanship setting a brigade record. The article documents the PLA's ongoing institutional push to close the gap between political cadres and combat-arms proficiency — the specific problem being that political officers are often perceived by enlisted soldiers as militarily unserious, a credibility deficit Wang's example is explicitly framed to address. The 'Eighteen Bayonets' unit heritage invocation and the slogan 당兵打仗、带兵打仗、练兵打仗 are standard political work devices; the article's value is as a record of how the institution is using individual exemplars to enforce the norm that political instructors must lead from the front in tactical training, not as evidence of a systemic capability shift.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "“最美新时代革命军人”王晓明：立身为旗作表率." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-03. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477372.html.

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