My father and I returned to the old army.

120 years ago, this land witnessed the birth of China's first navy Beiyang Navy in modern times. If the world is a chess game, then the island is like a chess piece, a tiny place, but it is related to the overall situation. Liu Gongdao also witnessed the downfall of Beiyang Navy.

"Mom, don't forget that I am an expert in preventing the sea. I have Liu Gongdao as my shield ... "Song of the Seven Sons? 6? The lyrics in 1 ahava were printed on the bronze background wall of the Sino-Japanese War Museum, and were read and hummed by countless visitors. Not far away came impassioned military songs, and a team dressed in marine camouflage swaggered towards us. On the Liu Gongdao, there are such a group of young people whose fathers walked out of the navy. A few years later, they also set foot on this small island bearing the memories of their parents and began to write this blue "Ocean Diary".

Eight months ago, Wei Guoxiang, a college recruit, was walking on his way to the military camp wearing a big red flower, and he was always immersed in the future planning: he came to the island as a soldier for two years, joined the party, and then went home to find a good job.

Unexpectedly, the first landing on the island brought him far more than shock-

Stepping off the passenger ship and crossing the crowded pier, a modern military camp stands in the sun. On the east side of the camp, a sculpture overlooking Beiyang soldiers complements the Sino-Japanese War Memorial Hall. Looking further west, there are the prefect's mansion and the iron pier, which were faintly visible in the past. Climb to the back of the camp, where the remains of 646 Beiyang Navy soldiers are buried, and the towering Sino-Japanese War Monument is like a needle.

"My father's recruit training was completed in Liu Gongdao when he joined the army." When Wei Guoxiang 15 years old, he accidentally turned out his father's backpack. Open the backpack, it is a neatly folded navy uniform. "My father told me that when he was a recruit in Liu Gongdao, he always felt that the burden of serving the motherland was heavy. The feeling of boiling blood has impressed him so far. "

Although Wei Guoxiang's father never boarded a real ship during his service in the army, his integrity and sense of responsibility have always influenced Wei Guoxiang. He thinks this is what a soldier looks like.

"If you have no sense of responsibility, then you are not worthy to be a man." This is what my father said to Wei Guoxiang the most. He knew that from the day he turned out his backpack, he was fascinated by this uniform.

Not long after, Wei Guoxiang felt heavy after watching the movie Sino-Japanese War. In the play, Beiyang Navy was unable to fight back in the face of invasion. This helplessness and emotion shocked his mind, which made him unforgettable for a long time and strengthened his belief in serving the country from the army.

"At that time, I was thinking that my life could not be so dull. I would rather be a sailor who died in the sea."

When he joined the army and came to Liu Gongdao, the brand of the Sino-Japanese War was once again embedded in Wei Guoxiang's heart. When his father learned that he had returned to his new company, he said to him on the phone, "This may be fate. I learned a lot during the three-month training on the island. I hope you can grow up here. "

Growth is all the time. In the Sino-Japanese War Museum, Wei Guoxiang was deeply impressed by the story of a Qushi well: 1894, when the Japanese invaded Jinzhou City and broke the city, 10 Qushi's women and children committed suicide by throwing themselves into the well to avoid the humiliation of the Japanese army ... Speaking of this, Wei Guoxiang clenched his fist, frowned and said to the reporter, "If I was born there,

Remembering the past and caring about the present, the alarm bell has been ringing. "As a soldier, you have to be a victorious soldier. Only when you are always ready to fight can you stop fighting. " After the training of recruits, Wei Guoxiang passed the examination with excellent results. Today, he is also elected as a part-time deputy company commander of the simulation company. "When you are a soldier for a day, you must do your duty as a soldier for a day." He hopes to board the ship and become a sailor through his own efforts, and at the same time realize his father's dream.

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Cadet Du's father 1992 joined the army and stayed for three years. After retiring from the army and returning to the place, I will get together with my comrades every year. This tradition continues to this day. Du followed his father to several parties, and watched his father talk to his comrades about the topic of XinBingLian every time. The deep friendship between his comrades-in-arms has made his feelings for the army stronger and stronger.

Du's uncle served in the East China Sea Fleet for more than ten years and also went to the battlefield. Although his uncle often tells him about the cruelty of war, he is still full of curiosity and yearning for the navy.

Military toys such as airplanes, tanks and guns seem to occupy every boy's childhood memory, and so does Du. The Henan boy liked his father's sailor hat very much since he was a child, and he began to learn brisk walking and military salute at the age of 4. When I was in primary school, my father bought a model boat. He often clamored for his father to tell him about the equipment and structure on the boat. For more than ten years, this model has been placed in the most conspicuous position in the home, whether moving or adding new furniture.

"At that time, I looked at the model ship and thought, when I grow up, I want to be a navy and board a real warship."

Last year, Du was drafted into the army from a local university and was assigned to be trained as a cadet in a military school. At the end of the year, my father also visited the old army on the island and once again set foot on the playground where he participated in training. That night, father and son were sitting on the playground talking about Liu Gongdao, a military camp full of memories of two recruits.

"My dad called me a few days ago and urged me to work hard in the army. He said that the development prospects of the navy are getting better and better now. I suggest that I study hard in the next few years. The goal is to command the Dalian Naval Academy and become a captain in the future! " In the past few months, Du has taken a break every day to recite words, read physical formulas and recite professional question banks, and began to warm up for his "captain dream".

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As the son of a soldier, Wang Peng, a teacher, is different from other "second generation of the island" in that he grew up on the island from an early age and didn't leave until the fourth grade of primary school. My father stayed in Liu Gongdao for more than twenty years from enlisting to changing jobs.

Wang Peng's father is a military doctor on the island. In 2005, he was transferred to the local public security department. My father just jumped ship for two years. After graduating from Naval Aeronautical Engineering College, Wang Peng chose to continue to go to the island and become a teacher.

Many people don't understand that Wangpeng, a small island with only 3. 15 square kilometers, hasn't been enough for so many years? I finally moved my family to Weihai. Why did you come back here to be a navy? Wang Peng smiled and said, "I still have feelings for this island, so I will come back." This feeling was brought to work by him and became an endless source of motivation.

"The first impression Wang Peng gave me was elegance. He knew us very well." Xue Bing Monroe said.

Maybe he inherited his father's professional characteristics. As a teacher, Wang Peng handles teaching problems like a patient doctor, knowing what teaching methods students like. If it is not easy to understand, he must find a way to find the "root" and "cure". The "happy teaching method" he admired was welcomed by students, and solving the professional problems raised by students was also "a hundred cures and a hundred effects".

Wang Peng said that there are more and more college soldiers now, and sometimes he will ask some deep professional questions, which makes him feel that he needs to continue to strengthen his study. Teachers, like doctors, sometimes need to study new "diseases" while giving lectures to solve doubts, so as to "get rid of the diseases at hand".

20 15 Wang Peng and his father agreed to contribute to the post at the same time. At that time, Wang Peng won the first place in the non-commissioned officers' group in the teaching contest of the excellent "Four Meetings" teachers in the navy, and his father was commended for his outstanding work. Both father and son have won the second-class military merit. When asked about the "special identity" of the "second generation of the island", Wang Peng smiled: "Never give the" old island "a shame."

In a training base of the North Sea Fleet, the aura of "Island II" not only adds luster to these naval officers and men who are concerned about the military camp, but also gives them a unique sense of mission. In them, what we see is not only the "people's navy spirit" of "loving ships, islands and oceans", but also their * * * ideal of "sealing Hou is not what I want, I hope peace".

Soldiers are everywhere on the island, and powerful weapons are all over the sea. There are no warships here, but every "steel plate" of warships is cast here; There are no generals here, but the history of generals begins here.