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Source-stated date: 19 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

八一时评｜做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”

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Published19 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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A Rocket Force brigade political commissar named Zhang Wusong is profiled in PLA Daily's August 1st Army Day commentary as a model political cadre, credited with writing over three million characters of study notes, personally mastering multiple missile-type specializations, training under more than 60 operators and technical experts, and earning first-class individual military training ratings for seven consecutive years. The piece documents the institutional pressure on Rocket Force political officers to demonstrate combat-relevant technical competence — not just ideological work — as a precondition for credibility with troops, a framing that fits the broader post-2015 reform push to reorient political work around 战斗力 (combat effectiveness). The article is standard political work content; its value is as a record of how the Rocket Force frames the authority of commissars to junior officers, grounding it in technical mastery and personal integrity rather than rank or Party position alone.

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做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机” ■桑叶什么样的政治干部最有魅力？强军先锋、火箭军某旅政治委员张武松用忠诚、干净、担当的实际行动告诉我们，立起政治干部的好样子，就是要坚持身教重于言教，做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”。政治工作是做人的工作，是在人的头脑里搞建设，很重要的就是激励官兵、引导官兵、鼓舞官兵，为官兵提供源源不断的动力，推动官兵把主要心思和精力用在主责主业上、用在强军事业上。政治干部是政治工作的主体力量，只有自身模范带头、以身作则，赢得官兵信任和敬佩，才能感召和带动官兵把制胜打赢举过头顶。如果政治干部表率作用不强，不能很好激发官兵向上向好向善，不仅难以彰显政治工作的威信威力，还会影响政治干部的作风形象，降低官兵干事创业的热情和劲头。我们常讲，让有信仰的人讲信仰，那是因为信仰能够产生无穷的力量。一个有信仰的政治干部，不仅自身有使命、有担当，还能很好地引导官兵有情怀、有作为。做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”，政治干部就要信念如磐，在官兵头脑中植入信仰的种子。事实证明，照亮别人先要点亮自己。张武松自觉学习党的创新理论，撰写了300多万字学习笔记。有了扎实的理论功底，他坚持把思想政治工作做到发射架下，引领官兵拨亮心中的“明灯”。官兵都说，“正是在政委的引领下，理论学好了、道理搞懂了、信仰扎根了，就不会有那么多私心杂念，就能一门心思干好强军事业”。政治工作聚焦战斗力，才有生命力。罗瑞卿同志曾说，“当战斗进行到需要使用我们自己的刺刀的时候，政治工作就要有这种力量，担保全体的人员，都毫不犹豫地把刺刀装好，昂着头挺着胸，去接近敌人，去同敌人进行刺刀的厮杀”。做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”，需要政治干部发挥好这种威力，带头研究军事、研究战争、研究打仗。张武松每到一处任职，坚持先学习作战方案、熟悉作战流程。他先后拜60多名“金牌号手”、作战参谋和导弹专家为师，熟练掌握多型导弹专业知识，连续7年被评为军事训练一级个人。这种过硬本领催生了强大感召力，人人争当打仗尖兵在部队蔚然成风。 “从来败军多骄奢，自古为将廉生威。”政治干部之所以被冠以“党代表”的称呼，就是因为其作风形象关乎军心士气，关乎生命线的生命力。一名政治干部，能够做官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”，笔杆子、枪杆子要硬，腰杆子也要硬。官兵最痛恨腐败，最不欢迎言行不一、心口不一、内外不一的人。那些作风优良、行为正派的政治干部，有时一个手势、一个眼神就能让官兵与之赴深溪、与之共生死。张武松能成为官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”，源于他作风正派、严于律己。他给自己定下铁规，“不占公家一分利，不收部属一件礼，不吃官兵一顿饭”，用一言一行、一举一动、一招一式立起了政治干部的好样子，官兵心甘情愿跟着他砥砺前行。提振官兵干事创业的精气神，是政治工作永恒的课题。要让这一课题产生质效，需要身为先、敢作为、有正气的政治干部。广大政治干部带头学思践悟、深化整训锻造，成为一腔赤诚的信仰播火者；带头研战谋战，扛起打仗主责，成为一心向战的优秀指挥员；带头恪尽职守，坚持以身作则，成为一贯勤勉的躬行实干家，就一定能做好官兵冲锋路上的“发动机”，鼓舞和带动官兵牢记胜战使命、勇当打赢先锋。

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