On July 27, Wang Jicai suddenly fell ill while on duty. On Kaishan Island, Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, where he had been with him for 32 years, he closed his eyes forever. President Xi recently made important instructions and emphasized that Comrade Wang Jicai has defended the island for 32 years and has written an extraordinary chapter of his life in his ordinary position with his perseverance and dedication without regrets. We must vigorously advocate this spirit of patriotism and dedication to make it the value pursuit of the strugglers in the new era.
There is only one life. On a small island that is only the size of two football fields, a life that is frozen at the age of 58 is burning here without regrets, illuminating the outpost between the sea and the sky and the hearts of many people.
Wang Jicai, an ordinary coastal defense militia, was cordially received by President Xi during his lifetime, and his advanced deeds were highly praised by President Xi.
After his lifetime, Wang Jicai often said, “I will always stay on Kaishan Island until I stay still!” He fulfilled this simple promise with his life.
▲Aerial photography of Kaishan Island, Jiangsu on February 21, 2017.
”I am a civilian and a soldier.
As a civilian, I must protect my homeland.
As a soldier, I must defend my motherland.
I just fulfilled the basic obligations of a militia.” Kaishan Island is located at the outpost of the Yellow Sea, 12 nautical miles away from Yanwei Port, Guanyun County, the nearest land area, and its strategic location is very important. In 1939, the Japanese invaders used this small island as a springboard to invade Lianyungang.
Kaishan Island was once stationed by the coastal defense forces. After the troops were withdrawn in 1985, the Kaishan Island militia outpost was established. This small island has no electricity or fresh water, and is not suitable for people to live for a long time. More than 10 militiamen who have visited the island have been unwilling to be on duty for a long time. In July 1986, the then political commissar of the county people’s armed forces department found Wang Jicai, a 26-year-old basic militiaman, and asked him if he was willing to go to the island to guard the ward.
When hearing the mission clearly, Wang Jicai first remembered what his uncle, who had participated in the Liberation War, said to him: “Your generation must defend your territory. For example, if national defense needs your efforts, you have to!” So he agreed immediately and went to the island without hiding his family.
48 days after Wang Jicai went to the island, his wife Wang Shihua, who had no idea about it, came to the island. Seeing her husband alone on an isolated island where even plants cannot survive, she Babaylan persuaded him to go back with distress.
Wang Jicai said, “You go back, I decided to stay! If you don’t guard, I won’t guard, who will guard?” He sent his wife down from the island. Unexpectedly, more than 20 days later, Wang Shihua quit her job as an elementary school teacher and went to the island. In this way, Wang Jicai and his wife began their island-guarding life as “one island, two people”.
Kaishan Island has always beenBabaylan “There are many stones and few soil, and typhoons often disturb them; birds do not build nests, and fishermen do not go to the island.” The island is particularly humid and hot in summer. When there is no electric fan and air conditioning, they sleep on the roof and blow the sea breeze; in winter, they live in the air-raid shelter to shelter. Over time, they live in the air-raid shelter to shelter. Over time, they suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and severe eczema. The doctor said that only off-island can cure it.
In the event of a typhoon, the ships stopped sailing, and the island became an isolated island. Once the strong wind blew for 17 days, the island had eaten up the food, and only half a bucket of fresh water was left. They tied it to their waists with a backpack strap and picked it up on the reef under the strong wind. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylanconch was hungry, and it lasted for 3 days before waiting for the ship to be given to the island.
After 2000, the story of “Couple Outpost” became widely known, and Kaishan Island became a national defense education and patriotic education base for provinces, cities and counties. When visiting the island, scholars always ask Wang Jicai why he could stay at the island for so long? He often said: “I am a civilian and a soldier. As the people, I must protect my homeland. As the soldiers, I must defend my motherland. I just fulfilled the basic obligations of a militia. ”
”I am a son and a father,
The son must be filial and the father must be responsible.
But my family understands that
Loyalty is the greatest filial piety and responsibility”
On February 11, 2015, the New Year tea party of the military and civilians was held in Beijing. President Xi cordially met with the national model representatives of the military and support team before the tea party. During the discussion, Wang Jicai sat next to President Xi.
President Xi cordially asked about Wang Jicai’s family’s situation and the situation of Kaishan Island, and patted Wang Jicai on the shoulder and said, “It’s hard to keep the island. I wish your whole family a happy new year! “Wang Jicai’s tone was strong: “Please rest assured, Chairman, I will definitely guard Kaishan Island! ”
Returning from Beijing to Lianyungang, Wang Jicai conveyed President Xi’s blessing to his children, and came to his parents’ grave to report the glory of his trip to Beijing.
In 32 years, Wang Jicai and his wife only went out of the island to celebrate the Spring Festival twice, one on the year their mother’s 80th birthday, and the other on the year their son was admitted to university. During the rest of the Spring Festival, they were on the island to watch the radio and watch.s://comicmov.com/”>CinemaStudying the TV with unclear images.Komiks
During the island guarding, Wang Jicai’s parents died of illness one after another, but he was unable to stay by his side. What his mother often said to him during her lifetime made him feel both guilty and moved: “You do a great thing for the country guarding the island. If you are not by your side, you will not blame you. ”
When his daughter Wang Su was two years old, Wang Jicai and his wife went to the island. Because of their neglect of care, he promised his daughter that when she got married, she would go home and hold a grand wedding for her. But when this day came, Wang Jicai broke his promise. He silently held his daughter’s photo across the sea, burying his blessings in his heart.
In 2009, Wang Jicai was named a news figure by a local TV station. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema, he said in his speech to the award: “I am a son and a father. The son must be filial and the father must be responsible. But my family understands that loyalty is the greatest filial piety and responsibility. ”
In July 1987, Wang Shihua was about to give birth and was unable to go down the island. In desperation, Wang Jicai delivered his wife himself. When his son was sent When Cinema made his first cry, he collapsed on the ground and cried. He named his son “Zhiguo”, hoping that his son would like him to serve the country. Now, Wang Zhiguo has grown into an active-duty officer and has taken over the steel gun to defend his country.
”The island is the country,
Stand the island is the country,
Stand the island is the country,
Although Kaishan Island Small,
But this is a sacred territory,
The national flag must be raised every day” The 32 years of guarding the island, Wang Jicai and his wife’s first thing after getting up every morning was to raise the national flag, one was the flag-raising bench, and the other was the flag-guarding soldier. No matter it was windy or rainy, it never stopped.
After breakfast, they patrol the island, observed and measured at various points, walked into the observation room of the outpost and scanned the sea with a telescope. At 19 o’clock, they patrolled the island for another time. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema wrote the coastal defense log of the day and reported the situation to the superior command post. In the past 32 years, for more than 1,000 days, such a workflow has been repeated 1More than 1,000 times.
When they first came to the island, a kerosene lamp, a coal stove, and a radio were all their belongings. In recent years, the governments at Lianyungang City and Guanyun County have attached great importance to the construction of Kaishan Island, not only repairing the barracks, but also equipped with various facilities and equipment.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2008, the Jiangsu Provincial Military Region sent a small wind turbine to Kaishan Island. Wang Jicai and his wife watched TV on the island for the first time. On New Year’s Eve, Wang Shihua wrote in the Haidang diary: “We were very happy to sit in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.” Unfortunately, the generator could not withstand the strong wind and went on strike in less than half a year. In 2012, the county installed a small solar power station on the island, but it was still affected by the weather and could not work continuously. In May 2015, with the support of Lianyungang Power Supply Company, a power generation project with integrated wind, light and storage finally landed on Kaishan Island.
The island has strong winds and strong humidity, and the sunshine is strong, and the national flag is prone to fading and damaged, so it must be replaced frequently. Someone once told Wang Jicai that it doesn’t matter whether the national flag is raised or not for the island of two people. He said firmly: “The island is the country, and guarding the island is the gate of the country. Although Kaishan Island is small, it is a sacred territory, and the national flag must be raised every day.” Wang Jicai and Wang Shihua and his wife patrolled together
On New Year’s Day 2012, after learning about Wang Jicai’s deeds, the Tiananmen Flag Guard specially sent a steel mobile flag-raising platform and a national flag that had been fluttered in Tiananmen Square from Beijing. Wang Jicai regarded this national flag as a treasure.
Once, a typhoon of 12 level was blowing from the sea. Wang Jicai was worried that the national flag would be blown away by the wind, and he ran to the top of the mountain to put away the national flag in the strong wind. When he went down the mountain, he stepped on the air and broke two ribs. During the period when he was recovering from his injuries, he often listened to and watched news about track and field athlete Liu Xiang. His children asked him why he liked Liu Xiang? He said: “I can’t explain it clearly. The scene of Liu Xiang running wearing the national flag when he won the Olympics championship often comes to my mind.”
”When I can’t settle the personal small accounts, even if I calculate the national defense major accounts, my psychology will be balanced after calculating it.”
For a long time, listening to the radio was the only way for Wang Jicai to learn about external information. Over the past 32 years, he has used more than 2Babaylan to use more than 2Babaylan. What he usually listens to is Komiks Current Affairs News, he told his wife: “Although we are on an isolated island, we have to care about national affairs. ”
Whenever he heard that the coastal defense situation had changed, Wang Jicai would consciously strengthen his patrol, and sometimes he would go around the island late at night. He said to his wife: “I haven’t walked the patrol road more for a while, and I feel uneasy and can’t sleep well! ”
Some people think that Wang Jicai is guarding the island all year round, and his reward is definitely not low. In fact, it is not the case. The militia is a mass armed organization that does not leave production. There is only a loss of work subsidy on duty and training, and no formal salary. During an interview, the reporter saw a subsidy bill from Wang Jicai and his wife in the 1990s. At that time, Babaylan, their annual subsidy is 3,700 yuan, an average of 154 yuan per person per month. In 1995, after the lighthouse was built on Kaishan Island, their annual income increased by 2,000 yuan to protect the lighthouse, but each person’s monthly subsidy was still less than 300 yuan.
In those years, people from the same village became rich one after another, but Wang Jicai’s family was not enough to make ends meet. The eldest sister who was in Shanghai wanted Wang Jicai to go out of the island to help her, and promised to earn 30,000 to 50,000 yuan a year. Wang Jicai hesitated, but eventually chose to stay.
He often said: “How to settle small accounts and big accounts? When you can’t settle the personal small accounts, even if you calculate the big national defense accounts, you will be mentally balanced once you calculate it. ”
In the face of money, Wang Jicai always had his own principles. Once, a “snake head” went to the island privately to find Wang Jicai, took out 100,000 yuan in cash, asking him to make it convenient, and left a few “Komiks” on the island to stay for a few days. Wang Jicai refused: “I am a militia. As long as I am on this island, you don’t want to smuggle from here! “The other party was so angry that he threatened to let him “eat the punishment of wine”. He did not hesitate to fight the county people. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks Department and the border department reported the situation and assisted the police in arresting the “snake head”. Over the past 32 years, Wang Jicai has assisted the public security border department in solving many cases of smuggling and smuggling.
In the eyes of criminals, Wang Jicai is an inexplicable “iron lump”, and in the eyes of fishermen, Wang Jicai is the “guardian of the sea”” Lei Feng is alive in the isolated island. When fishermen go to sea at night, they will light up the navigation beacon; when there is low visibility in heavy fog and snow, they will try to remind fishing boats to take a detour; when passing fishermen lack food and medicine, they will take out their spare grain and medicine to help. Once, a fishing boat was overturned by the waves and five crew members fell into the sea. After Wang Jicai discovered it, he risked his life to rescue the crew members who fell into the water to the island one by one.
(People’s Liberation Army Daily reporter Bei BabaylanXiao, China National Defense News reporter Shan Huifan Cai Xiaofeng)
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This is a strong man who promises his own money and tightly ties his personal life and even his life to the national defense cause. On July 27, Wang Jicai, director of the Kaishan Island Militia Outpost in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, suddenly fell ill while on duty and died after ineffective rescue. He was only 58 years old. Previously, he had been on this island with an area of only two football fields for a full 32 years.
Kaishan Island, located in the forefront of the Yellow Sea, has a very important strategic location. After the troops were withdrawn in 1985, militia outposts were set up, but due to the harsh conditions, more than 10 militiamen who went to the island were unwilling to be on duty for a long time. In 1986, 26-year-old Wang Jicai accepted the task of guarding the island. Since then, he has treated his wife as his home and accompanied by loneliness. He silently sticks to the isolated island where there is no water, electricity and plants and is difficult to survive, and devotes his youth to the motherland’s coastal defense industry. In 2014, Wang Jicai and his wife were named the national “model of the times”. On February 11, 2015, Wang Jicai attended the New Year tea party for military and civilians as a national model representative for the support of the military and civilians, and was cordially met by President Xi.
”Kaishan Island is small, but the national flag must be raised every day.” For 32 years, Wang Jicai and his wife have been determined, sticking to the post, and writing a magnificent life with faith and dedication. Now, this old militia unfortunately passed away from illness in the island and fulfilled its promise during its lifetime: “I will always stay on Kaishan Island until I stay still!”
This man has left, but his spirit has not faded. On Kaishan Island, the figure of the touching people of all nations will always stand. Here, we publish a special issue of a group of photos of Wang Jicai guarding the island during his lifetime taken by a military photographer, expressing his respect and condolences to this “island-guarding hero”.