The land of eastern Guangdong in Lingnan is basically warm in winter. However, on New Year’s Day in 2021, affected by the cold wave, the north wind will be sluggish and the cold will hit people. During the New Year’s holiday, a white frost appeared outdoors and the temperature dropped below zero. .

In this cold winter, the comrades-in-arms from Guangdong Jiexi of the 405th Battalion of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s original infrastructure engineers ushered in the festive day of the 50th anniversary of their enlistment. On the eve of this new year, the comrades in arms heard the assembly call sounded by their old comrade-in-arms, Captain Wen Jianhua of the 405 brigade, so they arrived early at 9 o'clock in the morning of New Year’s Day to the Overseas Chinese Federation of Huizhai Town in the county. Building on the square.

Some of them rode on their motorcycles in the morning and braved the biting cold wind from the mountainous countryside more than ten kilometers, some drove from Shantou, Chaozhou, Shanwei in the early morning, and some brought a group of comrades from Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places. Returned to the gathering place a day earlier.

Today, 50 years ago, 12 copies in 1970, they responded to the call of the motherland and enlisted in the army. They honorably became a fighter of the 405th Group of the 41st Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Capital Construction Engineering Corps. They took a car, a ferry, and a pot train, all the way to the southwest, to Liupanshui, Guizhou Province, where they first built the Moonfield Coal Mine. In 1972, the army was expanded and the 41 detachments were divided into two. The 401, 403, and 405 teams belonged to the newly-built 42 teams and went north to Hancheng County, Shaanxi and Pingdingshan, Henan. The 403 and 405 teams built the Xiayukou Coal Mine and Sangshuping Coal Mine in Hancheng County. In 1980, he moved to Taiyuan, Datong and Yangquan, Shanxi, and built the Gujiao mining area. Looking back at their youth, they went from a young boy of seventeen to eighteen to a gray-haired old man.

The 50 years of spring and autumn are no longer, and 70 years have come. Under the initiative and organization of Liu Wenji, Wen Jianhua, Wen Jianhua, Zhuang Zhibin, Li Zhenlong, Li Shuihan and other comrades in Jiexi, starting from the 40th anniversary of their enlistment, in order to deepen the friendship of war and remember the glorious history together, they formed the annual "Eight One" one small gathering, every five and eleventh gathering is a convention. Nowadays, the vicissitudes of life are changing, the time is like an arrow, and the 50th anniversary of the enlistment of the army has come in a flash, so the comrades in arms are extremely happy and extremely happy.

In the square, the party organizer Wen Jianshe and several comrades-in-arms were not afraid of the invasion of the cold weather. All of them were refreshed. Everyone was full of spring breeze. They were busy and walked with special diligence. They sent Wen Jianhua to this comrade. The commemorative medal for the 50th anniversary of the enlistment was given by the comrade-in-arms. At one time, the comrade-in-arms was given a camouflage uniform; at one time, he helped the comrade-in-arms to change the unfit military uniform, and at the same time, he helped the comrade-in-arms to put the medal on his left chest.

Wearing camouflage uniforms and glittering commemorative medals, the spirits of the comrades-in-arms are extraordinarily heroic. It seems that they have returned to the time when they were in the army when they studied and worked together, trained in the morning, ate a pot of rice and sang a song. Years.

Group photos of the gathering activities were taken at the luncheon site. First, the host of the gathering, Wen Jianshe, comrade-in-arms, announced the start of the celebration. All stood up and sang the national anthem. Then, the comrades who had dedicated their lives for the construction of the country and the army during the military period and the comrades who died due to illness and other reasons were silent for three minutes. Glass of wine! The dead are long gone, and the living are as good as their husbands. I am grateful for the greatness of the Communist Party of China, for the prosperity of the motherland, and for the army leaders and comrades-in-arms who taught and guided everyone to grow. Then he reviewed the battle history 50 years ago from the small town of East Guangdong to Liupanshui in Guizhou and then to the Loess Plateau in the northwest. The life of the army was vividly remembered by his comrades, and the battle scenes in the past were still fresh in everyone's memory.

Afterwards, in the warm applause of the comrades, wise, pragmatic, broad-minded, and successful in their careers, the donor Wen Jianhua of each gathering, comrade-in-arms, walked on the rostrum of the gathering, and he respectfully and humbly gave a warm speech to the comrades. Come to join the comrades-in-arms gathering in the cold morning when the weather is freezing cold and dripping into ice to express a warm welcome and full appreciation. I wish everyone not forget the original aspiration, brotherhood, the friendship will last, be grateful to the society, and enjoy the happy life in the old age. After his concise and concise speech, comrades Zhuang Zhibin and comrades Li Zhenlong also made speeches from different angles, and jointly wish the 50th anniversary celebrations of the 42 teams of exposing Western comrades into the army a complete success!

Finally, at the suggestion of Wen Jianshe's comrade-in-arms, a toast to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birthday together. Then the military songs were loud and lively, with climaxes and full of interest, the whole scene was fascinating and unforgettable forever! Editor/He Yuting