Staff Sergeant Second Class Zhou Zemin of the "Heroic Artillery Company": The Limit Is Always "One Round Away"

Source-stated date: 5 November 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

“英雄炮兵连”二级上士周泽民：极限永远在“下一发”

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Published5 November 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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Staff Sergeant Second Class Zhou Zemin, a mortar-turned-informatized-artillery operator in the 'Heroic Artillery Company' of a brigade of the 77th Group Army, earned a 'Divine Gun Crew' designation and an individual Third-Class Merit Citation after his crew section posted the top score in a brigade-wide live-fire assessment conducted under rainstorm conditions at a high-altitude range. The article documents how the unit's transition to a new informatized artillery system—replacing traditional mortars with digital fire-control computers and meteorological data links—created a competency gap that Zhou closed through self-directed study of ballistic formulas and hands-on familiarization with the new platform. This is a standard PLA model-soldier profile; its narrow value is as a record of how the 77th Group Army frames individual adaptation to equipment modernization as a motivational template for junior enlisted personnel.

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第77集团军某旅“英雄炮兵连”二级上士周泽民—— 极限永远在“下一发” ■何利军张博安周泽民进行据枪训练。罗小刚摄提起二级上士周泽民，第77集团军某旅“英雄炮兵连”不少战友都有些“发怵”，因为和他一起训练工作“太极限了”——“他干什么都要干到极限，差一点都不行。” 周泽民入伍11年，从下连开始，就是有名的“拼命三郎”。练迫击炮，他每天比别人多练一小时，故障排除、快速瞄准、协同指挥样样精通。入伍第二年，他就在旅里组织的迫击炮比武中夺得了第一名。战友们都说，周泽民的手上“长了眼睛”。然而，随着部队装备更新换代，该连列装某新型信息化火炮。传统迫击炮被淘汰，周泽民一下子从“尖子”变成了“新手”。新装备全是数字化终端、火控计算机、气象数据链，屏幕上跳动的参数让他眼花缭乱。第一次理论考核，他考了全连倒数第三；第一次模拟操作，他手忙脚乱，差点按错按钮。那段时间，周泽民嘴上不说，心里却憋着一股劲。他走进荣誉室，在连队获得的一面面锦旗前站了很久。他想，赵章成前辈没有瞄准镜都能三发全中，现在连队有了这么好的装备，自己怎么能“掉链子”？此后，周泽民越发努力。白天，他钻进炮车，一个按钮一个按钮地摸，一个流程一个流程地过，追着年轻的技术骨干请教；晚上，战友们都睡了，他还趴在桌上啃教材，把弹道公式抄了一遍又一遍，笔记本上密密麻麻写满了参数。凭着这份努力，他把每一个课目练到极致，把每一项参数抠到毫厘。那年深秋，旅里组织跨昼夜实弹射击考核。考核地域海拔高、风沙大，气象条件复杂，是出了名的“魔鬼考场”。更棘手的是，考核当天突降暴雨，能见度骤降，火炮光学瞄准系统受到严重干扰，多个炮位被迫暂停射击。周泽民所在班组接到命令继续射击，他在雨幕中带领战友扛炮架、挖驻锄、固定炮身。暴雨如注，打得人睁不开眼，浑身湿透，手指冻得发僵……就在这样的条件下，周泽民趴在泥水里，一边报数据，一边手动修正方向。第一发试射偏了，观察所传来偏差修正量。暴雨中，他迅速心算，重新装定诸元。第二发，命中目标边缘。第三发，直接命中靶标。考核组传来消息：“命中有效，目标摧毁！”班组战友心下一松准备庆祝，周泽民却还盯着瞄准镜，嘴里念叨：“再来一发，还能再准一点。” 最终，周泽民所在班组打出了全旅最好成绩，被评为“神炮班”。有人问他：“那么大的雨，别的炮位都停了，你们怎么还能打得这么准？”他说：“赵章成前辈当年在极限条件下用三发炮弹完成任务。我们遇上这点雨就降低标准，对得起那三发炮弹吗？” 凭着这股挑战极限的劲头，周泽民先后在旅里、战区组织的火炮专业集训比武中取得优异成绩，被评为“优秀炮长”，荣立个人三等功。面对荣誉，他不骄不躁，还是一有空就扎在训练场里。有人问他：“你已经是旅里有名的‘神炮手’了，还折腾啥？”周泽民说：“极限不是一条线，是你以为自己到头了，其实还差得远。为了更高的战斗力，我就能一直学、一直练。”

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