Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- There took place a meeting in
Kangryong County, South Hwanghae Province on Saturday to mark the 3rd
anniversary of the victory in the Yonphyong Island shelling battle.
Present there were service personnel of the Korean People's Army, officials and other people of the county.
People and schoolchildren presented bouquets and garlands to the
combatants who displayed their valor in the Yonphyong Island shelling,
warmly congratulating them.
Ri Song Guk, commander of the 4th Corps of the KPA, in his speech
said that the KPA, which is taking hold on the arms of Mt. Paektu given
by the Workers' Party of Korea and the leader, won the victory in the
shelling battle.
The news that Yonphyong Island was engulfed in flames for two days
after targets were hit by the shells fired by artillerymen of the KPA
created a great sensation in the whole world. This instilled conviction
of victory and courage into the people but threw the enemy into horror
and uneasiness, he noted.
Through the shelling battle the service personnel of the unit
hardened the conviction that they were capable of wiping out any enemy
as they were led by the peerlessly illustrious commanders and there were
the single-minded unity of the army and people.
Pak Yong Ho, chief secretary of the South Hwanghae Provincial
Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said in his congratulatory
speech extended warm congratulations and greetings to the service
personnel who gave full play to the dignity of the powerful
revolutionary Paektusan army and instilled great conviction into the
people. If the enemy fires a shell to the DPRK, all the people will
fight with the service personnel as they did that day three years ago
and will win victory, he added.
Ri Jong Ok, chairman of the Kangryong County Committee of the
General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, in his congratulatory
speech said that that day when there occurred the Yonphyong Island
shelling officials, inhabitants and farmers in the county visited
service personnel with aid materials they provided with sincerity and
inspired them.
KPA officer Kim Kyong Su, Choe Yong Jin, head of the Hero Artillery
Piece, said in their speeches that all service personnel would firmly
prepare themselves to be a-match-for-a hundred artillerymen capable of
hitting any target under any circumstances and make a prompt deadly
counterattack against any slightest provocation of the enemy.
The meeting was followed by a performance given by the art squad of the KPA 4th Corps. -0-
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