Wang Jie: Practice "one is not afraid of suffering, two are not afraid of death" with life

CCTV News: Let's take a look at the series of reports entitled "A Hundred Years of Struggle, A New Journey: The Spiritual Genealogy of Chinese Communists." 56 years ago, When Wang Jie, a soldier in the People's Liberation Army, was helping the militia mine squad train, the explosive pack accidentally exploded. Between life and death decisions, he sacrificed himself to the explosion point and used his life to compose a heroic hymn of "one is not afraid of suffering, the other is not afraid of death".

In 1942, Wang was born in an ordinary peasant family in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province. In 1961, in response to the call of the state, Wang Jie gave up the opportunity to go to high school and resolutely chose to enlist in the army.

During his service in an engineer battalion of a certain armored division of the former Jinan Military Region, Wang Jie practiced military skills diligently, and in only two years he was admitted to the five major professional technologies of the engineers, "Full Of Red", was rated as "Five Good Soldiers" for three consecutive years, twice awarded the third class merit, and was awarded the titles of "Model Communist Youth League Member" and "First-class Technical Expert". On July 14, 1965, when Wang Jie was instructing the militia mine class training in Zhanglou Township, Pi County, Jiangsu Province, the explosive package accidentally exploded, and in the instant of life and death, Wang Jie jumped into the explosive package, saving the 12 militia and people's armed cadres present and sacrificing the precious lives of the 23-year-old.

Wang Jie's heroic feat of sacrificing himself to save people has attracted widespread attention from the media, and he has fulfilled his heroic oath with his life: "I will not be afraid of suffering, and I will not be afraid of death, and be a fearless person!" Subsequently, a wave of study and publicity of Wang Jie's deeds was set off all over the country. After his sacrifice, Wang Jie left behind a diary of more than 100,000 words, which truly recorded Wang Jie's mental journey of growing up in the army, among which the famous one is the three no-hands: "I don't reach out in honor, I don't reach out in treatment, and I don't reach out in material matter." The third question in life is: "What is an ideal, and the revolution is an ideal in the end." Whatever is the future, the revolutionary cause is the future. What is happiness, serving the people is happiness. "The diary reflects the noble qualities of the hero, shows his bloody courage, and shows his infinite loyalty to the party and the people."

On November 27, 1965, Wang Jie's class was named "Wang JieBan" by the Ministry of National Defense. On February 28, 2015, Wang Jie's former company was awarded the honorary title of "Promoting the 'Two Not Afraid' Spiritual Model Company" by the former Nanjing Military Region. So far, every day when the company is late in the roll call, the first name is still "Wang Jie," and the officers and men of the whole company answer "to" in unison.

After 56 years, Wang Jie's spirit is like a beacon that will never be extinguished, blooming with the light of a new era. In Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, where Wang Jie was stationed before his death, and In Jinxiang, Shandong, where Wang Jie's troops were stationed, there are nearly 100 units and places named after heroes, such as "Wang Jie Middle School," "Wang Jie Police Station," "Wang Jie Square," and "Wang Jie Memorial Hall." The spirit of Wang Jie has become a part of the spirit of the Chinese nation, inspiring more people and officers and soldiers to stride forward on the journey of realizing the "dream of a strong country" and "the dream of a strong army" of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.