diskusbooks Chapter 354 Commander Qing blames himself: Why didn’t I think of it?
Chapter 354 Commander Qing blames himself: Why didn’t I think of it?
Li Yonggang was stunned for a moment.
Then he expressed his opinion.
"Junhui, the heroic Xiang Guodong is indeed worthy of commemoration, but I'm afraid this matter is difficult to handle!
Erecting a sculpture for him is no small matter; it must go through layers of strict approval.
You know, building statues for heroes is always an organizational decision. I've never heard of anyone building a statue for a specific hero."
Li Yonggang frowned, with an embarrassed look on his face.
Liu Junhui looked at Yonggang and said with a smile: "Of course I know this matter is difficult to handle, but who is Xiang Guodong?
He is a well-deserved war hero! He made great contributions to the country and sacrificed his life for it.
At the last moment, he sacrificed himself to save me. Without him, there would be no me today!
Yonggang, no matter what, I will build a sculpture for him!"
Liu Junhui's eyes were firm and unyielding, full of admiration for Xiang Guodong, a hero and benefactor.
"Having said that, the key point is that this is not something we can decide at all.
What if the division headquarters doesn't approve? "
Li Yonggang still has many concerns.
"What are you afraid of? It's no big deal. We can just submit the application and test the waters."
If the division headquarters really doesn't approve it, we'll just find another way then.
If the division headquarters doesn't approve, then I'll go find Commander Qing!
As long as we work hard and give it our all, we will definitely succeed!"
Liu Junhui said this in a decisive tone, his voice sounding particularly resolute and decisive.
Li Yonggang stared quietly at Junhui's persistent attitude, and a touch of emotion welled up in his heart.
He understood Junhui's feelings, and also felt that Xiang Guodong should indeed be admired forever by the officers and soldiers, and his heroic spirit should be carried forward from generation to generation.
He nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with this important suggestion put forward by Liu Junhui.
However, Li Yonggang also felt that it was not a good idea for him to report directly to his superiors, as it would make his superiors think that he was smarter than them.
Li Yonggang expressed his idea and then said, "Junhui, how about this? You can unite some military wives and write a proposal to the First Battalion to build a statue for Xiang Guodong.
Then, I forwarded this proposal to my superiors, along with the report from the First Battalion."
Liu Junhui thought for a moment and said, "That's fine!"
Liu Junhui took action with great vigor and determination.
She first obtained the support of Tao Xingyue and Zhang Junying, and then the three of them contacted 39 military wives.
She organized a gathering in a newly opened teahouse nearby to bring together the wives of soldiers who were scattered across the country.
These military wives have all received accurate X-ray and physical examinations from Liu Junhui, which relieved their pain and made them very grateful to Liu Junhui.
Most of them sell fish with the help of Liu Junhui, which greatly improves their family life.
There were forty-two people in total, and the atmosphere was extremely warm when they gathered together.
Every military wife spoke enthusiastically and expressed her own opinions with deep respect for Xiang Guodong.
Some military wives suggested that the statue of Xiang Guodong be built bigger to better show his glorious image.
Some suggested inviting a local sculptor to do the work and use artistic images to depict Xiang Guodong's heroic figure who stood up at the critical moment.
For a moment, all kinds of ideas came flooding in like a tide, filling the entire teahouse with sparks of wisdom.
In the days that followed, the military wives worked tirelessly to have in-depth discussions time and time again.
Every detail and every sentence is carefully considered and polished.
After countless revisions and improvements, an affectionate, sincere and moving initiative finally appeared in Li Yonggang's hands.
The initiative states that in order to realize this beautiful vision, the military wives decided without hesitation to each contribute a portion of the funds.
Regardless of the amount, it is a reflection of their admiration for the hero Xiang Guodong.
This initiative revealed the military wives' high respect for Xiang Guodong between the lines, which made Li Yonggang burst into tears after reading it.
After reading it, Li Yonggang immediately passed it to Political Commissar Zhou Hongteng.
Zhou Hongteng was also deeply moved. He was a participant in the war and witnessed Xiang Guodong's outstanding performance in that war with his own eyes.
Immediately, the First Battalion reported to their superiors, expressing support for the military wives' initiative and suggesting that the division headquarters agree to erect a statue of Comrade Xiang Guodong in the Marine Division compound.
After the report of the First Battalion and the proposal letter from the military wives were submitted to the division headquarters, the first division leader to read the proposal letter was Deputy Political Commissar Zhu Xinfa.
Without hesitation, Zhu Xinfa annotated "agree" on the report of the First Battalion and then passed it to the political commissar.
The political commissar read it, noted "agree", and passed it to the division commander.
The division commander annotated, "Agreed, report to the base chief for approval."
The report on building a sculpture for Xiang Guodong in the Marine Division compound, along with the proposal from the military wives, was submitted to the base chief.
The political commissar agreed and passed it on to Commander Qing.
Commander Qing saw it and his face turned red.
What Commander Qing held tightly in his hands was not the report from the 1st Battalion forwarded by the Marine Division, but the proposal letter from the military wives.
Commander Qing, who rarely gets excited on weekdays, moved his lips slightly at this moment.
He stood up and paced around the office, blaming himself for his negligence.
"How could I not have thought of such a significant and profound thing?
The military wives all realized the tremendous influence that this heroic figure, Xiang Guodong, had on the development of the Marine Corps Division. How could I not have realized it?"
At this moment, Commander Qing did not blame the other leaders of the base, nor did he blame the relevant departments of the base.
He took the blame for the negligence entirely upon himself.
Xiang Guodong is Commander Qing's favorite general.
Commander Qing recalled the history of Xiang Guodong rushing forward countless times regardless of danger and leading the First Battalion to repeatedly achieve military exploits.
Commander Qing sat back at his desk, picked up a pen, and signed his name without hesitation, expressing his full support for the construction of the sculpture, and attached a sincere instruction.
In his instructions, he first praised the noble minds of the military wives.
Then he instructed: "Those who died in the war were not only Xiang Guodong, but also six other martyrs.
Then let’s create a group sculpture, with Comrade Xiang Guodong as the main character and other heroic figures as secondary characters.
The Marine Division formed a heroic group sculpture creation team.
Zhu Xinfa, deputy political commissar of the Marine Division, is the team leader, and Li Yonggang, captain of the first battalion, and heroine Liu Junhui are deputy team leaders.
Military expenditure is currently limited, but no matter how limited the military expenditure is, we cannot ask military wives to contribute funds.
All the money raised by military wives will be refunded."
After all, the old leader stands high and sees far, and is good at grasping the overall situation.