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 love and dedication to make it the value pursuit of the strugglers in the new era.
There is only one life. On a small island just the size of a football field, Komiks is frozen at the age of 58. It burns here without regrets, illuminates the outpost between the sea and the sky and the hearts of many people.
Wang Cinema, 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 After the troops were withdrawn in 1985, the Kaishan Island militia outpost was established.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. If national defense requires your efforts, you have to!” So he agreed immediately and went to the island without hiding his family.
Wang JicaiCinema48 days after he went to the island, his wife Wang Shihua, who had no idea about it, looked for her.”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema has gone to the island. Seeing her husband alone on an isolated island where even plants could not survive, she advised him to go back with pain.
Wang Jicai said, “You go backCinema, 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”.
BabaylanBabaylan is known as “there are more stones and less soil, and typhoons are often disturbed; birds do not build nests, and fishermen do not go to the island.” KomiksThe 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, both of them suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and severe eczema. The doctor said that only offshore islands can cure it.
After a typhoon, the ships stopped sailing, and the island became an isolated island. Once, the strong wind blew for 17 days. After eating the food on the island, only half a bucket of fresh water was left. They tied it to their waists with a backpack strap and picked up conchs on the reef under the strong wind to satisfy their hunger. They lasted for 3 days before waiting for the ships given to the island.
After 2000, the story of “Couple Outpost” has gradually become well-known, and Kaishan Island has become a national defense education base for provinces, cities and counties. When visiting the island, scholars always ask Wang Jicai why he could stick to the island for so long? He often said: “I am a civilian and a soldier. As a civilian, I must protect my homeland, and as a soldier, I must defend my motherland. I just fulfilled the basic obligations of a militia.”
”I am a son and a father.
Sons should be filial and fathers should fulfill their responsibilities.
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 Kaishan Island, and patted Wang Jicai’s shoulder and said, “It’s been hard for me to guard the island. I wish you all the family a happy New Year!” Wang Jicai’s tone was a sonorous: “Please rest assured, Chairman, BabaylanI will definitely guard Kaishan Island! ”
Returning to Lianyungang from Beijing, 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 left the island to celebrate the Spring Festival twice, one on the year of their mother’s 80th birthday, and the other on the year of their son’s admission to university. During the rest of the Spring Festival, they spent the radio on the island and the TV set that could not see the picture clearly.
During the island, Wang Jicai’s parents died of illness one after another, but he was unable to stay by his side. The words his mother often said to him during his lifetime made him feel both guilty and moved: “You do a great thing for the country. You are not by your side, and you will not blame you. ”
When his daughter Wang Su was two years old, Wang Jicai and his wife went to the island. Because they were neglected to take care of him, 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 and buried his blessings in the heart of Babaylan.
In 2009, Wang Jicai was named a news figure by a local TV station. When he delivered his acceptance speech, he said: “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<a Under Komiks, Wang Jicai delivered his wife himself. When his son let out 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,
Guarding the island is the country,
Although Kaishan Island is small,
But this is a sacred territory,
The national flag must be raised every day”
The island has been guarding the island for 32 years. The first thing Wang Jicai and his wife did after getting up every morning was to raise the national flag. One was to serve as a flag-raising bench and the other was to serve as a flag-guarding soldier. No matter it was windy or rainy, it was never Babaylanintermittent.
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 again and wrote asThe coastal defense log of the sky reports the situation to the superior command post. Over the past 32 years, such a work process has been repeated more than 11,000 times in more than 11,000 days.
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 “strike on a 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. The Cinema 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 as a collection of treasures.
Once, a typhoon of 12 level was blowing on the sea. Wang Jicai was worried that the national flag would be blown away by the wind, so he ran to the top of the mountain to put away the national flag. 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 with the national flag when he won the Olympics 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 broken more than 20 radios on Kaishan Island. What he usually listens to is current affairs news, and he said to his wife: “Although we are guarding the isolated island,But we have to care about national affairs. ”
Whenever he heard that the coastal defense situation had changed, Wang Jicai would consciously strengthen his patrol. 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, 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, they Cinema‘s 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 the monthly subsidy was still less than 300 yuan per person.
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 “guests” 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 can’t smuggle from here! “The other party was angry and threatened to let him “eat the punishment of wine”. He reported the situation to the county people’s armed forces department and border defense department without hesitation, and assisted the police in arresting the “snake head”. Over the past 32 years, Wang Jicai has assisted the public security border defense 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” and “living Lei Feng from the isolated island”. Fishermen When he went to sea at night, he would light up his navigation beacon; when he encountered heavy fog and snowy days, he tried to remind the fishing boats to take a detour; when passing fishermen were short of food and medicine, they would 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 despite the rapid wind and high waves and rescued the crew members who fell into the water to the island one by one.
（Reporter of the People’s Liberation Army Daily Bei Xiao, China National Defense News reporter Shan Huifan Cai Xiaofeng)
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This is a strong man who promises a thousand gold 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 of 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, the 26-year-old Wang Cinema accepted the task of guarding the island. Since then, he has treated his wife as his home and accompanied her loneliness. He silently sticks to the isolated island where there is no water, electricity and plants and is unable to survive, and devotes all his youth to the coastal defense cause of the motherland. 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.
”Although Kaishan Island is small, Komiks, 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 hundreds of millions of countries 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”.