Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-13

From My Great-Great-Grandfather's Straw Sandals to My Tank: The Fighting Spirit of Soldiers in the New Era Has Never Changed

从太爷爷的草鞋到我的战车，新时代军人血拼到底的劲头从来都没有变过

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从太爷爷的草鞋到我的战车 ■第82集团军某旅某连二级上士谢国平这天，手机屏幕上，一篇关于广西灌阳湘江战役新圩阻击战旧址的报道，让我久久难以回神。照片里，酒海井的井口黑洞洞的，深不见底；远处的山头上红旗招展，像一团团跳动的火焰。我盯着那口井，忽然想起了小时候。我是江西兴国人。打我记事起，家中长辈就常讲兴国子弟兵的故事，讲得最多的，就是湘江战役。那年新圩阻击战，“兴国模范师”下属的红十八团，1800多名兴国子弟死守阵地，子弹打光了就拼刺刀，刺刀卷刃了便抡起石头砸，最后几乎全部牺牲。此刻，手机屏幕上，酒海井的照片依旧黑沉沉的。文字介绍里写着：1934年新圩阻击战结束后，100多名来不及转移的红五师重伤员被敌人绑住手脚，扔进了这口井里。那些被扔下井的战士，大多不到20岁，而牺牲在新圩阵地上的1800多名兴国子弟，更是几乎无人留下姓名。长征中像这样的故事，太多太多了。当时兴国全县23万人口，参加红军的就有几万人，牺牲在长征路上有名有姓的烈士超过1.2万名。我的太爷爷谢忠连，就是其中的一个。他随部队从兴国出发，后来壮烈牺牲。年少时听来，只觉得悲壮。直到穿上军装、当了班长，才读懂那些数字背后的意义——那些年轻的生命，大多不过十八九岁，放在今天，正是刚入伍新兵的年纪，却永远地留在了湘江边。我就是听着这些故事长大的，也是带着这些故事穿上军装的。下连后，我成了一名坦克驾驶员。入伍那天，父亲郑重地对我说：“去吧，你是兴国的兵，要争气。” 刚到部队练坦克驾驶，我身体瘦弱，虎口被操纵杆震得全是血口子，手掌麻木得没了知觉。练到想放弃的时候，脑子里就想起太爷爷——也许他渡过了湘江，穿着草鞋走雪山过草地，脚底板磨穿了都没有停下。跟他相比，我眼前这点困难算什么。 2021年，我接过了“英雄岳太全班”班长的接力棒。1947年鲁南战役，老班长岳太全带领9班阻击数倍于己的敌人，打退9次冲锋，全班打到只剩两人，岳太全身负重伤仍坚持战斗，直至牺牲。前年参加集团军百名优秀班长比武，步枪精度射击是我的弱项，前两轮比下来，我排在20名开外。中午休息时，旁人讨论着射击要领，我却一句话也说不出来，心里有些气馁。我蹲在训练场边，忽然想起小时候问爷爷的话：“太爷爷打仗会不会怕？”爷爷抽了口旱烟说：“都是为了革命，怎么会怕？” 想着这些，下午射击我一发一发稳稳地扣出去，最后几轮追回来不少。五公里武装越野最后一圈，腿像灌了铅，肺里烧得生疼，脑子里就两个画面：打到只剩两人的岳太全，大部分战士都牺牲的红十八团。他们面对的是枪口和刺刀，而我也同样在战斗，必须咬紧牙关向前冲。那次比武，我最终被评为集团军百名优秀班长，年底荣立三等功。看着手机上的照片，我思绪万千。1800多名兴国模范师的先辈倒在了哪一道战壕、哪一块阵地？我不知道；湘江边的数万忠骨，又分别长眠于哪座山岗？也无人知晓。可我知道，90多年后的今天，我穿着崭新的军装，开着他们未曾想象过的坦克，走在他们用生命蹚出的路上。从兴国模范师到“英雄岳太全班”，从太爷爷的草鞋到我的战车，我们步入新时代，但军人血拼到底的劲头，从来都没有变过。关上手机，我走进学习室。班里几个上等兵正围在一起看长征纪录片，见我进来，一个战士抬头问：“班长，你是兴国人，给我们讲讲湘江战役吧。” 那一刻，我知道，长辈讲给我听的故事，该由我讲给战友听了。我要让他们也知道，那口叫酒海井的井有多深，那些叫不出名字的年轻人，胸膛挺得有多硬。一代人有一代人的长征。我的长征，就是守住这份记忆，把这份血性传下去。（解放军报特约记者刘含整理）

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Staff Sergeant Second Class Xie Guoping, a tank driver in a company of a certain brigade of the 82nd Group Army, published a first-person essay in PLA Daily tracing his family's connection to the 1934 Xinxu Blocking Battle — where the Red 18th Regiment of the 'Xingguo Model Division' suffered near-total casualties — and linking that lineage to his current role as squad leader of the 'Hero Yue Taiquan Squad.' The piece is standard political work content: its value is as a record of how the PLA frames 革命传统 (revolutionary tradition) education for junior enlisted soldiers, using family genealogy and named historical units to personalize institutional loyalty narratives. The closing exchange with his privates, and the compiler credit to a PLA Daily contributing reporter, confirm this is produced content intended as a model for how that tradition-to-present continuity should be articulated at the squad level.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "从太爷爷的草鞋到我的战车，新时代军人血拼到底的劲头从来都没有变过." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-13. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16479113.html.

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