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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-25

From Wooden Boat to Spacecraft: A Long March Relay Spanning Nearly a Century

从木船到飞船:一场跨越近百年的长征接力

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date2026-05-25
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16463271.html
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东风航天城的夜,是深蓝色的。 最后一缕金光正被巴丹吉林沙漠吞没。发射塔架缓缓打开双臂,乳白色的长征火箭静静矗立,像是等待出鞘的利剑。 距离发射还有几个小时的时候,问天阁外,神舟二十三号乘组的三名航天员出征仪式结束了。他们分别是:指令长朱杨柱、航天驾驶员张志远,以及来自香港的女载荷专家黎家盈。 这一天的日历上,还印着另一个日子。91年前的这天,1935年5月24日,大渡河畔,红一团一营营长孙继先接到一道命令:挑选勇士,准备强渡。次日清晨,孙继先带领17名战士冒着枪林弹雨,仅凭一条木船,在国民党军视为天险的河面上撕开了一道缺口。 两个5月24日,一个在长征路上,一个在飞天路上。历史在此刻,完成了一次奇妙的交汇。 一 很少有人知道,这座戈壁滩上的航天城,首任司令员正是强渡大渡河战斗的指挥员——孙继先。 1957年,时任志愿军第20兵团副司令员的孙继先奉调回国,领受了一项意想不到的任务:在西北戈壁滩上,筹建中国第一座导弹试验靶场。据说,中央点将时看重的,正是他在大渡河畔“于绝境中开辟生路”的那股子魄力。 大渡河上的英雄营长,就这样变成了戈壁滩上的航天拓荒者。 1958年,他率领刚从朝鲜战场归来的部队,一头扎进巴丹吉林沙漠深处。没有铁路,没有公路,连一棵树都没有。孙继先带头立下了誓言:“死在戈壁滩,埋在青山头。” 在戈壁滩上拓荒,其艰险丝毫不亚于当年突破大渡河。这支经历过长征淬炼的人民军队,不只骁勇,更有着在绝境中生根的坚韧。他们在那片黄沙漫天的土地上扎下根来,向上生长。 1970年,“长征一号”运载火箭托举着“东方红一号”直刺苍穹,悠扬的《东方红》乐曲响彻寰宇。据说,以“长征”命名,就是寓意着中国航天事业将像当年长征一样,克服一切艰难险阻,到达胜利的彼岸。 孙继先将军去世后,如他当年所誓,安葬在了东风革命烈士陵园。那里还长眠着七百多位航天先辈,许多人的生命永远定格在了最好的年华。 他们的墓碑,一排排面向发射场,日夜注视着“长征”火箭一次次腾空而起。 二 还有一条线索,同样令人感慨。 当年孙继先带着强渡激流的那支队伍,后来被命名为“大渡河英雄连”。1997年7月1日,香港回归祖国。这支连队作为驻港部队先锋,冒雨高擎八一军旗,率先跨过深圳河,进驻香港。 从大渡河到香江,这个英雄连队的连史,本身就是一部浓缩的民族复兴与国家统一史。 而这次神舟二十三号乘组中,有一位来自香港的女航天员——载荷专家黎家盈。她入选前在香港特区政府警务处工作,拥有计算机科学博士学位,是中国载人航天工程面向港澳地区选拔出的首位女性载荷专家。 入选航天员后,她勤学苦练,日有所进,仅用一年多时间,就完成海量理论学习、各类专项实操、全任务飞行程序模拟训练。 在见面会上,黎家盈说:“此刻,我的内心充满感恩与荣幸,也深感使命光荣、责任重大。”香港特区行政长官李家超则表示:“(这是)香港特区迎来航天梦的历史时刻。” 太空不仅承载着全人类的梦想,更寄托着中华民族的未来。 从木船到飞船,从大渡河到银河,中华儿女们奔赴属于我们自己的星辰大海。 三 夜色渐深,一切准备就绪,人们屏住呼吸,静待着倒计时的口令。 今年是红军长征胜利90周年,也是中国航天事业创建70周年。在航天员见面会上,有记者问指令长朱杨柱:如何理解“每一代人有每一代人的长征路,每一代人都要走好自己的长征路”? 朱杨柱回答:“长征精神的接力,从来没有停歇。回望历史,当年红军战士跨越万水千山,走完了艰苦卓绝的伟大远征;70年来,一代代航天人白手起家,走出了筑梦星辰的航天长征。我们从伟大长征的胜利中,读懂了革命先辈的信仰底色;在中国航天的筑梦征途上,我们一直坚守着‘祖国利益高于一切’,这两种精神在时光中交汇共鸣。” 他还说:“我们一定会带着这份跨越时空的精神力量,以青春赴使命,以奋斗启新程,让红色血脉与时代精神交相辉映,在探索宇宙的新长征路上踏实前行、勇毅前行。” 倒计时归零时,长征火箭尾焰的光芒将照亮夜空,也照亮东风革命烈士陵园里那些不朽的名字。 一场跨越近百年的长征接力,正向着星辰大海,永不停歇。 作者:大钧

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A PLA-affiliated media piece published on the Shenzhou-23 launch date draws a deliberate historical line from the May 24, 1935 Dadu River crossing—led by Sun Jixian, then 1st Battalion commander of the 1st Regiment—through Sun's founding of the Jiuquan launch complex in 1958, to the Shenzhou-23 crew's departure, which included Hong Kong payload specialist Lai Ka-wing. The piece also traces the 'Dadu River Hero Company' from the 1997 Hong Kong handover garrison to Lai's selection, framing her presence aboard as evidence of reunification made concrete. The framing points to a deliberate institutional effort to bind PLA revolutionary lineage, the space program's founding generation, and Hong Kong's integration into a single narrative of national rejuvenation—the article's value is as a record of how official military media constructs that continuity for a domestic audience, not as evidence of a new operational or policy development.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "从木船到飞船:一场跨越近百年的长征接力." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-25. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16463271.html.

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