■Li Zhe, PLA reporter Zhang Lin
The sound of the wheelchair running over the floor was very soft, as if it was afraid of disturbing someone. But when the sound came from the back of the lecture hall stage, the eyes of more than 700 people in the audience gathered in a “swish” way.
Wang Ji’s back was straight and his expression was calm. He rocked the wheelchair with both hands and stopped steadily in front of the stage. He nodded to the audience and gave a standard military salute. The body without the support of legs is as straight as a loose body.
The audience burst into thunderous applause.
This applause is a tribute, a touch, and the most profound tribute to a pioneer of the era who was tortured by illness and still adhered to the national defense scientific research front.
On the morning of September 28, a report meeting on the advanced deeds of Comrade Wang Ji, the “Model of the Times”, was held grandly at the Great Hall of the People. Members of the reporting team took to the podium one after another and told the audience in plain and hot words the story of Wang Ji who has been studying for more than 40 years to serve the country and continue to charge in a wheelchair. Everyone’s eyes became red while listening, and they understood the power of faith from the story.
Half of the body is also the peak
“Whether he chose a research direction during his studies or chose a job after graduation, Wang Ji always took the needs of the party and the country as his own responsibility and never deviated from it.” Wu Junjie, a member of the reporting team and deputy dean of the School of Computer Science at the University of Defense Technology, said that Wang Ji was a “vanguard of the charge.” “Except for the period when he was seriously ill and in coma, he almost never stopped moving forward.”
The application letter for joining the Party written by Wang Ji when he was 22 years old was simultaneously displayed on the big screen. The page is yellowed and the handwriting is clear. It reads stroke by stroke: “I am willing to devote all my energy to the cause of the party and fight for it for the rest of my life.”
The venue was silent for a moment. The handwriting was as clear as the face of a young man, but the person who wrote this line later used a wheelchair to replace his legs, and used half of his body to support my country’s high-trust software technology field.
“They say he keeps charging, but who can understand that he is charging with half of his body!” As the members of the reporting group narrated, countless scenes seemed to appear in front of everyone’s eyes: Wang Ji was rocking his wheelchair alone through the corridor, through the laboratory, and through difficulties that ordinary people could not imagine – those moments have never been photographed, but at this moment, they all came to mind.
Chen Liqian, a member of the reporting team and associate professor at the School of Computer Science at the National University of Defense Technology, showed two photos. In the first picture, he is wearing a “one bar” shoulder patch and standing at a doctoral thesis defense meeting, with his mentor Wang Ji next to him. In the second picture, he is already a professional and technical colonel, sitting at a conference table with Wang Ji to discuss issues.
Many viewers were filled with emotion after witnessing the changes in the photos. But when Chen Liqian said that the team’s relevant research results have been successfully applied to various large-scale projects and important equipment of major countries, the scene burst into warm applause again and again. There was respect and resonance in the applause: if a person lives his life as a light, this light will definitely shine on others.
Jian Kangkang from a certain ministry was deeply inspired by Wang Ji and his team’s spirit of scientific research and serving the country: “There are no shortcuts on the road to scientific research, especially independent innovation, which requires the determination and perseverance of sitting on the bench. We must follow Wang Ji as an example, not afraid of scientific research difficulties, willing to contribute silently, continue to work towards the needs of the country’s military, towards self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology, and write scientific research results on the land of the motherland!”
Empty pants, hot heart
Some stories make people look up, and some stories make people bow their heads and cry.
“Coma, massive hemorrhage, necrosis…”
“Empty pants legs…”
“The lower limbs keep cutting upward…”
Yu Fang, a member of the reporting team and deputy chief physician of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, has a deep voice. Her words fall into the ears like needles falling on the flesh. Some people in the audience frowned slightly, and some gritted their teeth and turned their faces away.
“All our medical staff are holding their breath, we must pull him back from the line of death at all costs.” Finally, Yu Fang’s voice was trembling, “Wang Ji is clearly a strong warrior at heart!”
warrior. This word applied to Wang Ji is not a description, but a fact.
Gaina Halibek, a student at the School of Journalism at Renmin University of China, recorded the scene of the meeting with VLOG. “Teacher Wang gave our young students the most vivid ideological and political lesson.” She said to the camera. Teacher Wang insisted on reading papers, doing projects, and leading students in the ward, but many of us young people get confused and shrink when they encounter a little pressure. “The youth of struggle is not a smooth road. Facing setbacks and never giving up is what we should be like.”
When Huang Chun, a member of the report group and a researcher at the School of Computer Science at the National University of Defense Technology, walked onto the stage, the audience was extremely quiet. She is Wang Ji’s wife and a companion on his scientific research journey. How did the two people meet and get together, and how did the storm of fate strike without warning? She said it calmly, and the hearts of those who listened were in suspense.
“Wang Ji is a person who regards work as his life. Why should I not believe in him or support him?”
No one knows what she went through. But everyone saw the light in her eyes. The light is not dazzling, but it cannot be blown away by any storm.
“I must be a kapok tree near you/standing with you as the image of a tree/you have your copper branches and iron trunks/like a knife, like a sword, and like a halberd/we share the cold wave, wind and thunder, thunderbolt/we share the mist, liulan, and hauni.”
Huang Chun gently read the poems in “To the Oak Tree”. At this moment, the poem is no longer a poem, but a footnote to a half-life’s ups and downs. There were sobs in the audience, and many people quietly wiped the corners of their eyes.
Starting from 2024, Zhu Minghui, political associate of a department at the University of Defense Technology, has been accompanying and protecting Wang Ji. This time, it was he who pushed Teacher Wang to the Great Hall of the People. Listening to those all-too-familiar clips, his eyes reddened again: “Every time, I am moved by something new. Teacher Wang’s loyalty to the party, pursuit of career, and love of life deserve to be heard and learned by more people.”
Behind a person, there are several generations standing
Huang Ming, a member of the reporting team and deputy editor-in-chief of the People’s Liberation Army Branch of Xinhua News Agency of the People’s Liberation Army Press and Communication Center, visited the National University of Defense Technology for interviews many times. She talked about the oil painting wall of academicians in the school history museum. In the painting, there are Ci Yungui, Chen Huowang, Gao Bolong, Lin Junde… faces strung together, it is a history of national defense science and technology in New China.
“Wang Ji never runs alone. He is a group of people, he is several generations, and he is everyone at the National Defense Science and Technology University who builds a shield for the country.”
This sentence is like a key, unlocking many previous scenes at once.
Why did Wang Ji fall and stand up again? Why are you still charging with only half your body left? Because there are generations of people standing behind him, and the spirit of “Harbin Military Industry” flows in his blood. The torch he took over was lit in the early morning when the Galaxy Supercomputer was born.
Liu Xingpeng, a member of the reporting team and a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of the University of Defense Technology, stood at the lecture table with the vigor of a young man in his voice: “Teacher Wang took over the torch from the older generation of Galaxy people such as Chen Huowang, and now he has passed the torch to our hands.” He paused, as if gathering energy: “Next year, I will graduate with a doctorate, and I will also be like Teacher Wang, seize every day, live up to my time, and integrate the ambition of serving the country into the journey of strengthening the army!”
At the end of the report meeting, Wang Ji appeared again. Every narration makes Wang Ji’s image clearer. But at this moment, all the previous words suddenly became a little lighter. Life, faith, devotion…these words are too big. But the man in the wheelchair, so small that he was only half a body, filled in these big words one by one.
“We are living in a great era, when everyone is running forward, not to mention that I am still a revolutionary soldier wearing a military uniform.”
Wang Ji’s voice was not loud, just like a normal chat. There was that warm and simple smile on his face.
“As long as my brain works and my hands work, I won’t stop.”
Several audience members in the audience quietly wiped away tears. Some people dare not wipe it, fearing that if they raise their hands, they will not stop crying.
After the report meeting, Wang Sihao, the squad leader of a certain armed police unit, did not move for a long time. Later, he said something. Although his voice was not loud, his tone was very firm: “There is no victory by lying down, only the confidence of fighting hard. I am an ordinary soldier, and I must learn from Wang Ji to stick to the fighting position and keep fighting.”
When the show ended, the sunshine on Chang’an Street was just right. The red flag is hunting and the traffic is constant.
From the forefront of scientific research to the front line of military training and preparation for war, Wang Ji’s banner will never fade. It will continue to shine on everyone who pursues the light, charging forward regardless of dangers.
Because charging hard is his mission.
This is also the mission of this team, passed down from generation to generation.
(People’s Liberation Army Daily, Beijing, September 28)
Layout Editor/Hou Lei Wang Likang
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