Chapter 31 Let us always remember...

Today is "May 1st" Day, dear readers, maybe to celebrate "May 1st", you and your classmates and comrades were busy in the middle of the night last night; while you were busy happily and excitedly, Maybe you have had this feeling: Just like you, on the remote frontiers and islands of our motherland, our loveliest people, the brave soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, must be busy with the same thing,—— Greet the working people their own holiday. You can imagine how our lovely warriors, defenders of the motherland, happily cleaned the barracks, how meticulously, with the art of an artist, they tied up green pines, green cypresses, red and yellow flowers on the "May Day" memorial archway.

However, dear readers, at the same time, we must also think of: at this moment, how many iron warriors, with their chests straightened out, weapons in their hands, and their eyes piercing, are patrolling the thousands of kilometers of our motherland with high vigilance. Frontier and coastal defense lines! On the eve of "May 1st", the sky here is full of stars and the wind is like a breeze, but on the islands on the front line of the coastal defense of the motherland, it may be raining and the wind is blowing, and the soldiers standing in the wind and rain may be singing in a low voice by:

Difficulties see me worrying, The heavy rain sees me shaking my head; We have been forged into steel for a long time, Resolutely defend the coastal defense! Whether it's day or night, whether it's stormy, biting snow, or scorching sun, on high mountains or on desolate islands, our brave fighters are so loyal to defend the motherland The happiness of the people safeguards the peaceful construction of the motherland. Today is "May Day", and the children with red scarves are playing drums and singing, "Labor creates the world!" We have all read fairy tales, and we try to imagine that we have a pair of "clairvoyance" and look up at our distant land. By the sea, on those islands scattered all over the sea, how our brave warriors created the "world" with their own labor!

As soon as the island is mentioned, a beautiful scenery may appear in front of our eyes, just like what we have seen in movies.Yes, those islands guarded by our gallant warriors are gardens indeed, but were once a desolation.It's either bare sand or gravel, or tangled weeds. There is not even a road, and there is no cool drinking water.If there were any residents, it would be three or five families of fishermen who lived in thatched huts that could not keep out the wind and rain, had no food to eat, and had no medicine for illness.But as soon as our heroes arrived, the desolate island changed rapidly.Roads have been opened, houses have been built, vegetable gardens have been established, and pigs, chickens, and ducks have been raised; rocks have been knocked down to form rockeries, and depressions have been dug deep to form ponds, with evergreen trees and fruit trees. , there are flowers of the four seasons, and there is also clear and sweet drinking water.The returning swallows hardly recognize that this is their old home.

The life of fishermen on the island has also changed greatly.Their thatched huts, which cannot keep out the wind and rain, have taken on a new look, which is also helped by the comrades of the People's Liberation Army; they are no longer the same food all year round-fish, which is also thanks to the comrades of the People's Liberation Army; they go fishing in the sea, and they have guardians Yes, -- our heroic fighters have rescued the boat and the people and fish on board that were almost swallowed by the waves more than once in the storm, and more than once in the stormy seas, they repelled the gang of Chiang Kai-shek pirates and protected the fishermen safe production.

The brave warriors brought culture to the island again.In the cultural learning movement, the high enthusiasm and creativity of the soldiers cannot be described in this short article. We can only imagine the enthusiasm of the soldiers by reading their own poems.The following poem is titled "My Little Square Table": Use your thighs as a square table to learn culture; It follows me wherever I go. After seeing the terrain, sit with me. If it's low, it's low; if it's high, it's high; Lay out the study book so that you can read and copy. This square table is priceless,

Money can't buy it. The poem is filled with a determined and cheerful spirit of learning.After reading this poem, people have to reflect: How is our learning condition compared to this?Can we not redouble our efforts to study? The soldiers also helped the island residents improve their culture; taught them literacy, taught them to pay attention to hygiene, and taught them about the vigorous construction of the motherland. "Where the People's Liberation Army goes, there is culture." In the border areas and islands, there is a vivid portrayal of this sentence. Kudos to the brave People's Liberation Army!Dear readers, let us remember: when we are working, studying, entertaining or dreaming, on the long frontiers and coastal defenses of our motherland, the heroes who defend our happiness How tirelessly they are on guard against the enemy!Thinking of them, how should we step up our work and study with gratitude and repayment!