"Steel Company Commander" Charge towards War (Most Beautiful New Era Revolutionary Soldier) Tactics | Sun Jinlong | Era

In the scorching summer, in the hinterland of eastern Anhui, a tactical competition assessment of a certain composite brigade of the 71st Group Army is currently underway.

The commander of the Jinan Hero Company, Sun Jinlong, led the company to the final stage of the battle. With the reasonable use of tactical tactics and the skilled coordination of the company's officers and soldiers, they completed the battle task in the shortest time and with the least amount of personnel damage, and won the first place in the martial arts competition.

In the process of rooting in the grassroots and striving to strengthen the army, Sun Jinlong has won many honors: he participated in group army and above competitions and won 11 championships, and was honored with personal first-class merit once, second-class merit once, and third class merit three times. His company has been commended as the "Four Iron" Advanced Company for four consecutive years... On the road to building a strong army in the new era, Sun Jinlong led the officers and soldiers of the "Jinan Hero Company" to constantly launch new charges.

"We must guard our honor and continue to write the glory of the heroic company"

Sun Jinlong was once an excellent sniper. In 2019, Sun Jinlong was transferred from Deputy Commander of the Reconnaissance Company to Commander of the Equipment Infantry Company. Entering his new position, Sun Jinlong went from being a sniper elite to an armored novice, with obvious shortcomings in the three major specialties of armored driving, shooting, and communication. At the beginning of his tenure, in a tactical assessment, Sun Jinlong's command and decision-making, as well as tactical application, were deemed unqualified, resulting in the company's final result being at the bottom, which made him feel ashamed and ashamed.

Sun Jinlong's unit is the "Jinan First Regiment" with outstanding military achievements, and his company commander, the "Jinan Hero Company", is the top honor company in the department. After that failure, Sun Jinlong stood in front of the honor flag in the company history museum, recalling the heroic history of the company's predecessors who fought bravely, reigniting his fighting spirit. He made up his mind: "We must guard honor and continue to write the glory of the heroic company."

Sun Jinlong first sorted out his own problems and weaknesses, and established a "military order" of "achieving good or above in all courses within 60 days". During that time, he practiced playing on the training ground during the day and studied tactics in the conference room at night, exchanging high-intensity training for improved abilities.

In order to improve the hit rate of infantry artillery, Sun Jinlong continued to practice with all the gun commanders, until he could turn the muzzle into position at once with just a glance at the target. The veteran soldiers gave him a thumbs up. The soldiers asked him for tips, and Sun Jinlong spread out his hands to show them. His palms were filled with blood bubbles and scars oozing with blood. He said, "There is no shortcut to preparing for war, only hard practice."

Shortly thereafter, the brigade organized an armored infantry platoon for shooting assessment, with Sun Jinlong serving as the artillery commander. He fired the first shot of the platoon and accurately hit the target, resulting in high morale among the officers and soldiers of the entire platoon. In the end, the platoon won first place in the assessment of the entire brigade.

"Bloody bile is not something to talk about, but something to do in real life."

"Bloody courage is not something to talk about, but something to do in real terms," said Sun Jinlong.

In 2016, Sun Jinlong represented China in the International Army Light Weapons Skills Competition held in Australia. Ten days before the game, he accidentally twisted his right ankle.

Sun Jinlong persevered. When shooting in a kneeling position, his right foot was so painful that he couldn't kneel down, so he forced himself to use his left foot instead. In order to adapt as soon as possible, he maintains a shooting posture even while eating every day. In the competition, he was the only shooter to support himself with his left foot, leading the team to win 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 honor medal, making the five-star red flag fly high on the international stage.

The courage of soldiers is always tested in the face of urgent, difficult, dangerous, and important tasks. In the summer of 2020, due to training injuries, Sun Jinlong implanted a steel nail in his shoulder. After receiving the flood relief mission, he did not hesitate at all and resolutely rushed to the front line: "I am the platoon leader. Wherever my platoon is, I will be there."

"To race against time, to race against floods!" Sun Jinlong was both a commander and a fighter, running forward and backward, completely ignoring the pain. On the dam, he wore a bandage on his left hand and commanded with his right hand; Unable to exert force on the left shoulder, use the right shoulder to carry the sandbag. In the end, the company's officers and soldiers fought for more than 20 consecutive days and completed the rescue mission to a high standard. Since then, Sun Jinlong has had a new name - "Steel Company Leader".

Regarding this title, Sun Jinlong said, "I will work hard on the battlefield with a steel like will, and make a 'steel nail' that will never rust!"

"As a company commander, I want to lead a group of elite soldiers who can win battles."

"Self training is far from enough, improving the overall combat effectiveness level of the company is the goal." As a leader, Sun Jinlong always insists on leading by example, "let everyone see what I do, learn from me, and ask others to do it themselves first."

During each training session, Sun Jinlong always sets a standard by demonstrating to the soldiers. Soldier Cao Shi remembers nothing of a simple action of "lying down and standing up". The platoon leader practiced with him all day, and his pants were worn out. After the training, Sun Jinlong will convene various professional leaders to summarize. He always asks everyone to talk more about problems, identify shortcomings, and then solve them item by item.

"The platoon leader is more than ten years older than many soldiers, and his 5-kilometer off-road performance has always been leading in the company. He has trained with us in various basic exercises, so why not work hard?" said soldier Zou Gangping.

"Everything is for the sake of winning. The company commander is not only a coach but also a commander. Single soldier single equipment training is the foundation, and commanding the entire company to achieve tactical goals is the key," said Sun Jinlong. On the journey of building a strong army, Sun Jinlong was like a steel nail, riveted on the battlefield to aim at actual combat and train his troops diligently.

In recent years, Sun Jinlong has led his platoon to overcome multiple combat shooting difficulties and explore the path of training with multiple specialties and abilities. Every year during field training, Sun Jinlong regards the training ground as a "big sandbox" to test the level of collaboration and improve command capabilities. At night, he led the backbone to simulate deduction on the sand table, and during the day, he commanded the entire company to conduct on-site inspections on the training ground until they achieved a high level of performance.

"When I was a soldier, I wanted to be a skilled and capable soldier. Now, as a company commander, I want to bring out a group of elite soldiers who can win battles. Under the leadership of Sun Jinlong, the" Jinan Hero Company "has trained three outstanding coaches of the group army, 25 of whom have won gold and silver in various levels of martial arts competitions, and 5 of them have obtained advanced qualifications in professional skill assessments.".