The Red Army Is Made of Men of Steel, Tempered Through a Thousand Trials and Fearing No Hardship

Source-stated date: 23 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

红军都是钢铁汉，千锤百炼不怕难

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Published23 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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An unsigned commentary by Sang Linfeng in PLA official media frames the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan period (十五五) as a critical juncture for meeting the centenary army-building goal (建军一百年奋斗目标), invoking Long March imagery to argue that the three major reform campaigns (改革"三大战役") — breaking systemic obstacles, structural contradictions, and policy-level problems — have already reshaped the force, and that combat-realistic training (实战化训练) and anti-corruption drives must now carry that momentum forward. The piece documents a recurring genre of PLA political-work content: Long March anniversary rhetoric mobilized to legitimate ongoing institutional stress — here specifically the pressure of simultaneous modernization, training transformation, and discipline enforcement as the 2027 deadline approaches. The framing of "overtaking on the curve and overtaking by changing lanes" (弯道超车、换道超车) as an explicit objective is worth noting as evidence of how the institution publicly frames its ambition relative to peer competitors, though the article provides no operational or order-of-battle detail.

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踏平坎坷成大道 ■桑林峰一位红军老战士回忆，长征途中，“天上飞机炸，地下拼刺刀，那是家常便饭”。漫漫征途，红军将士不仅同敌人斗，还同饥饿斗、同恶劣环境斗、同错误路线斗，可谓困难重重，九死一生。然而，红军都是钢铁汉，千锤百炼不怕难。将士们战胜一个个困难，打败一个个敌人，闯过险关、跨越险滩、突破险境，把一场战略突围化作精神抖擞的胜利进军。正如习主席所说：“红军长征的伟大胜利之路，是依靠坚定的革命意志走出来的。” 长征精神已经成为一种红色基因、一种制胜法宝，赓续在共产党人、革命军人的血脉之中。新时代以来，全军官兵大力弘扬伟大长征精神，不畏艰险、不怕牺牲，咬定青山不放松，踏平坎坷成大道，开创了强军事业新局面。人民军队在中国特色强军之路上续写了新的时代篇章，焕发出新的时代风采。艰难方显勇毅，磨砺始得玉成。没有随随便便的成功，光荣的桂冠从来都是用荆棘编成的。新时代长征路上，非凡成就都是在攻坚克难中取得的，伟大胜利都是在敢于斗争中赢得的。改革强军难吗？难！改革是一场革命、一场大考。面对思维惯性、路径依赖、利益藩篱，推动改革异常艰难。然而，英雄的红军传人深知，雄鹰换羽而重生，军队重塑而强大。我们知难而进、向难攻坚、难中求成，接续打响改革“三大战役”，破解了我军长期存在的体制性障碍、结构性矛盾、政策性问题。我军通过改革强了大脑、壮了筋骨、增了活力，实现了体制一新、结构一新、格局一新、面貌一新。训练转型难吗？难！现代化战争，从长征时期的地理空间扩展到今天的网络空间、认知空间。军队是要打仗的。战场打不赢，一切等于零。红军的胜利是打出来的，走好新时代的长征路，必须扎实推进实战化训练，加快军事训练转型升级，确保制胜未来信息化智能化战争。我们紧盯科技之变、战争之变、对手之变，弘扬一不怕苦、二不怕死的战斗精神，坚持实战实训、联战联训、科技强训、依法治训，加快发展先进战斗力，部队威慑和实战能力显著增强。正风反腐难吗？难！军队是拿枪杆子的，绝不能有腐败分子藏身之地。“新松恨不高千尺，恶竹应须斩万竿。”面对风腐顽疾，我们一步不停歇、半步不退让。全军坚持全面从严治党、全面从严治军，深入推进政治整训、正风肃纪反腐，纵深起底流毒积弊，由内而外淬炼锻造，理想信念、初心本色、传统作风强力回归，部队军心士气、精神面貌持续向好，不断赢得强军兴军的历史主动。 “此生留得豪情在，再作长征岂畏难。”正是有了越是艰险越向前的英雄气概，我们坚定信心，锚定目标，一步一步扎实向前走，创造出属于我们这一代人的光辉业绩。可以自豪地说，我们无愧于红军传人，依然是那支从长征中走过来的英雄军队。长征永远在路上。新的长征路上，没有一马平川的坦途，只有跋山涉水的征程，不可避免地要应对风高浪急甚至惊涛骇浪的重大考验。尤其要清醒地认识到，实现建军一百年奋斗目标到了“将成功之时，其困难最甚”的时候，更加需要知重负重，知难克难，知险化险，确保务期必成。这要求我们大力弘扬伟大长征精神，争当强军事业的主角主力，永葆不怕难的勇气、难不倒的底气、能克难的硬气，谱写无愧于革命前辈、无愧于百年基业、无愧于新时代的强军兴军新篇章。奋斗建军百年，奋进强军一流。“十五五”时期是新时代长征路上的一个重要时间节点，我们不仅要实现建军一百年奋斗目标，还要推动基本实现国防和军队现代化取得决定性进展，责任十分重大，任务异常艰巨。事实证明，干难事必有所成，担大任方有所得。红军传人从来都是事不避难、义不逃责。广大官兵只要不怕困难、不怕牺牲，敢于斗争、敢于胜利，坚持走高质量发展之路，就一定能抢抓新一轮科技革命和军事革命机遇，实现弯道超车、换道超车，建设巩固国防和强大军队，“就能把一个个坎都迈过去，什么陷阱啊，什么围追堵截啊，什么封锁线啊，把它们通通抛在身后”！

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Source-stated publication date	2026-10-23
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