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Remembering the Long March · Passing on the Legacy | "Cadres Must Always Be at the Front"

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忆长征·话传承|“干部的位置一定要靠前”

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  1. Published26 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-10-26 19:09:34 UTC, run 186
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A political education essay in PLA media invokes Geng Biao's 1934 order at Dao County—"cadres must always be at the front"—and the deaths of division-level commanders including Hong Chao and Wu Huanxian on the Long March to argue that officer-led example (跟我上, "follow me up") is what distinguishes the PLA from "old armies." The piece explicitly names current problems: cadres who push responsibility downward, avoid difficult missions, and perform front-line presence without substance (作风漂浮, "floating work style"). This is standard political work content, but its diagnostic specificity—naming misaligned positioning and hollow implementation as live deficiencies, not historical contrasts—documents how the institution is currently framing a leadership accountability problem to mid-grade officers.

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“干部的位置一定要靠前” ■莫复尧 1934年11月,为抢占湘西南战略要地道县、打通中央红军西进的关键通道,红四团团长耿飚部署奔袭任务后,立下一条刚性要求:“干部的位置一定要靠前。”这短短10个字,是逆境突围的制胜秘诀,更是人民军队代代赓续的优良传统,彰显了我军党员干部身先士卒、以身作则的过硬作风。 干部位置靠前,体现担当,映照党性,彰显胆识。长征千难万险、官兵生死与共,越是攻坚夺隘的硬仗险仗,越需要各级干部顶在前沿、冲在一线。红三军团第四师师长洪超,这位在草台岗战斗中被打断左臂的“独臂师长”,在突破敌人封锁线的百石村战斗中,亲临前线指挥,不幸中弹牺牲,年仅25岁。洪超是红军长征路上牺牲的第一位师长,在随后的征途中,又有陈树湘、吴焕先等80多名师以上干部冲在一线,为了革命事业流尽最后一滴血。 漫漫征途中,党员干部靠前指挥、带头冲锋的故事,在红军队伍里俯拾皆是。1935年1月,红四团抵达乌江江界河渡口,面对刺骨寒风和敌军严密封锁,团里决定由三连连长毛振华,带着水性好的战士泅渡乌江,拉绳架桥。然而,第一次强渡时,绳索被炮火炸断,任务失败。当天晚上,毛振华又率领战士乘竹筏渡江,不料被急流冲到下游,只好悄悄潜伏到敌人眼皮底下的石崖下面。第二天,团里发起强攻时,他们突然从敌后杀出,接应大部队成功登岸。 战斗中的靠前是生死考验,恶劣环境中的靠前同样如此。1935年6月,中央红军翻越夹金山时,面临着高寒缺氧、狂风肆虐、山路陡滑的重重考验。“强帮弱,大帮小,走不动的扶着走,扶不行的抬着走……”担任前卫任务的红四团团长黄开湘与政委杨成武定下铁规矩,坚持走在部队最前面,带领全团官兵互帮互助,顺利翻过雪山。各级干部以带头吃苦、带头探路的实际行动,凝聚起部队不畏艰险、奋勇前行的巨大力量,最终战胜各种艰难险阻、成功走出绝境。 干部位置靠前,移动的是战位,凝聚的是兵心。古人讲:“其身正,不令而行;其身不正,虽令不从。”回望人民军队近百年征程,各级干部冲锋在前、以身作则,是我军区别于旧军队的鲜明特质。旧军队军官多身在部队后面,颐指气使地命令士兵“给我上”;而我军军官无论职级高低,永远站在排头、挺在一线,铿锵有力地喊“跟我上”。两者一字之差,却有着天壤之别。1935年8月,红二十五军在甘肃泾川南渡汭河时遭遇突袭,形势极为不利。危急关头,政委吴焕先沉着指挥,率领交通队和学兵连抢占制高点、直插敌人侧后方,从侧翼夹击敌人。没想到,就在战局扭转之际,吴焕先不幸中弹,壮烈牺牲,年仅28岁。虽然部队化险为夷、成功突围,他却把生命永远留在了汭河岸边。“跟我上”既是他冲锋在前、以身作则的真实写照,也是“干部的位置一定要靠前”的生动注脚。“给我上”与“跟我上”,差的不是语气,而是谁在前、谁在后:旧军队军官视士兵为作战工具,靠威压驱使;而我军干部则把士兵当作志同道合的同志,靠信仰凝聚、靠表率带领。 “人不率则不从,身不先则不信。”习主席深刻指出,“领导机关和领导干部带头冲在前、干在先,是我们党走向成功的关键。”“在上面要求人、在后面推动人,都不如在前面带动人管用。”长征的胜利靠干部靠前取得,今天的强军事业同样要靠干部靠前干出来;长征的烽烟虽已散去,但干部身先士卒这条带兵治军铁律,历经岁月沉淀依然历久弥新。奋进强军新征程,面对改革转型的堵点、练兵备战的难点、基层治理的痛点,更需要军队党员干部传承红色血脉、赓续长征精神,主动靠前担当、锐意实干笃行。 表态不如表率,身教重于言传。长期以来,我军广大党员干部事事带头、处处争先,为全体官兵树立了榜样。然而,当前也有少数干部存在站位偏移、担当弱化、作风漂浮等问题。有的推进日常工作,要求官兵挺膺担当,自己却退避三舍;有的面对险难任务和棘手矛盾,习惯层层下压、找借口推脱,不愿靠前处置;有的抓落实浮于表面,看似扎根一线,实则走过场、装样子。深究根源,看似是责任意识不强、工作作风不实,实则是党性觉悟不高、担当精神不足,没有真正把“位置靠前”刻进思想深处、落于实际行动。 新征程上,干部靠前绝非简单的站位前移,关键是信仰靠前、实干靠前、作风靠前。落实到具体工作中,就是要在日常履职、练兵备战、改革攻坚、遂行任务中见诸行动。日常履职中,要深入基层、扎根一线,坚持与官兵同吃苦、共奋斗、齐攻坚;练兵备战中,要既当指挥员、又当战斗员,聚焦打仗主业带头研战研训;改革攻坚中,要敢啃硬骨头、善打攻坚战,主动破解难点堵点;遂行任务中,要闻令而动、向险而行,第一时间带队出征、冲锋在前,在完成急难险重任务中立起好样子。干部靠前,方能领路向前;干部在前,方能带头攻坚。军队党员干部当自觉站在急难险重任务最前沿、棘手矛盾困难最多处、广大基层官兵最需要的地方,以“跟我上”的血性担当、“干在先”的务实作风真抓实干,奋力夺取强军征途上一个又一个胜利。

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