中国收复西南沙群岛70周年纪念活动中英文对照发言(4)

收复西南沙群岛的亲身经历

李景森 时任“永兴舰”副舰长

　　尊敬的各位会议代表：

　　大家好！2016年是中国政府收复南海诸岛70周年，我作为一名当年曾经参加收复行动的老兵倍感光荣，能够出席今天的纪念大会，我的心情非常激动，在此首先向大会表示祝贺，向各位代表致以敬意。

　　南海诸岛自古就是中国的领土。抗日战争爆发后，日本强占了南海诸岛。第二次世界大战反法西斯战争胜利后，根据《开罗宣言》和《波茨坦公告》精神，中国政府收复被日本侵占的南海诸岛是理所当然，无可非议的。当时国际上，不管是作为同盟国阵营主要强国的美国、前苏联，还是南中国海周边的东南亚各国，都未对中国政府公开收复南海诸岛表示异议。

　　中国政府当时从美国支援的军舰中精心挑选4艘舰艇执行收复任务，我有幸以“永兴”舰副舰长的身份参与其中。舰队由林遵任总指挥，姚汝钰任副总指挥，具体部署为：林遵负责收复行动的全面指挥，并率“太平”舰、“中业”舰收复南沙群岛；姚汝钰率“永兴”舰、“中建”舰收复西沙群岛。政府有关部门的代表和准备驻守岛礁的人员也随舰队前往。中国政府还决定，分别以“太平”、“永兴”两艘指挥舰的舰名命名收复后的主岛，即南沙群岛的主岛为“太平岛”，西沙群岛的主岛为“永兴岛”，另外两个岛屿也分别以“中业”舰和“中建”舰的舰名命名。

　　舰队于1946年10月29日自上海出发，11月9日到达海南岛榆林港。往南沙群岛的舰队，因气候恶劣风浪太大而两次返航，在等候合适的出航时机。“永兴”舰与“中建”舰于11月27日先行出发，28日到达西沙群岛主岛。“永兴”舰围绕该岛巡视一周，未发现异常情况，在向该岛上空发射警示炮后，派出先遣部队乘小艇涉水登岛，我因为是副舰长而受命为先遣行动的率队指挥官。先遣部队登岛并巡察一圈后，两舰部分人员分批陆续登岛。之后数日，驻岛人员和施工人员将“中建”舰运载的电台设施、生活物资和预先制作好的岛名碑全部运上岛。在岛上举行了收复仪式，并竖立了岛名碑，我至今仍清楚记得我们亲手把刻着“永兴岛”三个大字的岛名碑竖立在岛上的情景。12月9日，“太平”、“中业”两舰从榆林港出发，12日抵达南沙群岛主岛太平岛，完成收复任务。随后，中国政府外交部发表公告，向全世界宣告中国政府已收复南海诸岛屿。

　　1947年5月，“永兴”舰奉命再次前往南海，执行巡航任务。此次在南海巡航，我们除了登上太平岛巡察外，还巡视了南沙群岛的各大岛礁，直至最南端的曾母暗沙。巡航途中，到达南沙群岛主岛太平岛时，我再次带队乘小艇登岛，在岛上巡察。在岛上，我们所见到的都是中国渔民在这里生活的陈迹，有中国渔民建造的土地庙，神主牌位上用中文写着“福德土地龙神之位”，土地庙附近挖有一口淡水井，井里的水非常甘甜可口，我在井边还拣到一枚中国明代永乐年间铸造的钱币。岛上除了一些被炸毁的日军军事设施外，没有看到任何外国人曾在这座岛屿居住和生活的痕迹。

　　我身为当年“永兴”舰副舰长，也是历史的见证人之一，我特别要强调的是，不管是“永兴”舰收复西沙群岛，还是之后前往南沙群岛巡航，在岛上都只发现中国渔民活动的历史陈迹，这足以证明，南海诸岛历来属于中国！

　　我作为一个海军老军人，一个老航海学术研究工作者，还想提醒人们，特别是青少年，中国不仅是一个大陆国家，也是一个海洋国家。我们不仅有960万平方公里陆地，还有300万平公里的管辖海域！我们一定要坚决维护我国的领土主权和海洋权益！

　　最后，祝中国维护南海主权和海洋权益的斗争取得最终胜利！早日实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦！

　　Personal Experience in Recovery Operation of Xisha and Nansha Islands

　　Li Jingsen

　　then Executive Commander of Ship Yongxing

　　Respected delegates,

　　Good morning!

　　2016 marks the 70th anniversary of China’s recovery of South China Sea Islands. As a veteran who took part in the recovery operation, I feel very honored，and I am extremely excited to attend the commemoration today. First of all, I want to express my congratulation for the opening of this commemoration, and also my respects for every delegate present here。

　　South China Sea Islands are Chinese territory since ancient times. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese Aggression War, Japan occupied the islands. After the victory of the Second World War, the Anti-Fascist War it was a matter of course and beyond question for Chinese government to recover South China Sea Islands in accordance with the spirit of the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation. At that time, the international community, neither the major powers of the Ally Countries such as the U.S. and the Soviet Union, nor the countries around the South China Sea expressed disagreement on the official recovery of South China Sea islands by Chinese government。

　　At that time, Chinese government selected 4 ships from those aided by the U.S. government to perform the recovery task. And I was honored to take part in the event as the executive commander of Ship Yongxing. Lin Zun was assigned as General Commander of the Fleet, and Yao Ruyu was his Deputy. According to the operation plan, Lin Zun was the operation commander, and he commanded Ship Taiping and Ship Zhongye to recover Nansha Islands, while Yao Ruyu commanded Ship Yongxing and Ship Zhongjian to recover Xisha Islands. Officials from relevant government departments and troops to be deployed on the islands would go with the ships. Chinese government also decided to name the main islands recovered after the names of two command ships, namely the main island of Nansha is Taiping Island, while that of Xisha is Yongxing Island. And the other two islands are in namesake of Ship Zhongye and Ship Zhongjian。

　　The Fleet set out from Shanghai on 29th October 1946, and arrived at the Port of Yulin Hainan Island on 9th November. Due to the bad weather, the fleet heading for Nansha Islands returned to base twice, waiting for appropriate time to set sail again. Ship Yongxing and Ship Zhongjian departed on 27th November, and arrived at the main island of Xisha Islands on the 28th. Ship Yongxing patrolled around the island, found nothing odd and fired warning guns toward the midair above it, and then launched the advance team and small boats to land the island. As the Executive Commander of Yongxing, I was tasked to command the advance team. After the team landed the island and patrolled around, part of crew of the two ships arrived in different batches。

　　In the following days, garrison and construction personnel transported onto the island, the radio stations, living materials and monument with the name of the island. The recovery ceremony was held on the island, and the monument erected. Even till now, I still remember clearly the scene we set up the monument inscribed with three characters Yongxing Dao. On 9th December, Ship Taiping and Ship Zhongye departed Yulin Port and arrived at Taiping Island on the 12th, and accomplished the recovery of the main island of Nansha Islands. Then, Chinese government made proclamation to the whole world that China had recovered the South China Sea Islands。

　　In May 1947, Ship Yongxing was dispatched to the South China Sea again, carrying out the cruising task, in which we had patrolled every major islands and reefs of Nansha Islands, even to the southernmost point Zengmu Reef, apart from landing and inspecting Taiping Island。

　　When we arrived at Taiping Island, the main island of Nansha Islands, I took a small boat to land the island again. On the island, what we saw were all historical items of Chinese fishermen who had ever lived there. There were temples of local gods built by them, and the memorial tablet for the god was inscribed in Chinese characters. There was a freshwater well nearby, and water from it was clear and sweet. I had found beside the well a coin made in the time of Yongle of Ming Dynasty。

　　Except some destroyed military facilities left by Japanese troops, there were no other traces that demonstrated any foreigner had been inhabited and lived on the island。

　　As the executive commander of Ship Yongxing, I am one of the eyewitnesses of history. What I want to emphasize is that either the recovery action of Xisha Islands by Ship Yongxing, or the later cruise mission in the South China Sea had found no human traces left except those by Chinese fishermen. It is sufficient to prove that South China Sea Islands always belong to China。

　　As an old navy guy, and an academic researcher in navigation for years, I want to remind everyone, especially youngsters, that China is not only a land power, but also a maritime power. We have the land area of 9.6 million square kilometers, and we also own jurisdictional sea areas of 3 million square kilometers! It is a must for us to resolutely safeguard territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests of our country!

　　At the end, I wish our country win the final victory in the struggle of maintaining sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in South China Sea! I also wish the dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation be realized as early as possible!