2. Why is the militia oath a powerful ideological weapon to strengthen the militia construction?

(1) The oath reflects the nature and purpose of China militia. The oath of the militia puts "obeying the leadership of the Party of China" in the first place, which fundamentally embodies the nature and purpose of the China militia and is the fundamental political requirement for the militia. The militia is a mass armed organization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a part of the national armed forces. This attribute is the essential feature and political soul of the militia, and its essence is to uphold the party's absolute leadership over the militia. Marxism holds that any armed force is subordinate to a certain class and its political party and serves its political purposes. There has never been an armed force outside a political party, and the armed forces have no separate goals and purposes. Our party is a faithful representative of the fundamental interests of the people, and serving the people wholeheartedly is her sole purpose. Under the leadership of the party, the militia has been growing and fighting bravely to achieve the party's goals and defend the people's interests. Practice has proved that without China's * * * production party, there would be no militia in China. Therefore, no matter what changes have taken place in the environment and conditions, the party must adhere to its absolute leadership over the militia. This is not only the need to realize the party's political task, but also the inevitable requirement to maintain the nature and purpose of the militia people's armed forces, ensure the militia to give full play to its functional role, and ensure the healthy development of militia construction. It can be said that upholding the party's leadership is always a major issue that determines the nature and purpose of the militia. Therefore, the broad masses of militia should fully understand the nature and purpose of militia organizations, consciously maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, and resolutely obey the party's leadership and command. Otherwise, the militia will lose the essence of the people's armed forces and political affiliation, and will not be able to undertake and complete the historical tasks entrusted by the party and the people.

(2) The oath clarified the main responsibilities of the militia in peacetime and wartime. The militia is not divorced from production, serving the people in peacetime, serving as a soldier in wartime, and carrying out the principle of combining labor with force, shouldering the dual responsibility of building and defending the motherland. In peacetime, the militia should not only actively participate in the national economic construction, carry out urgent and dangerous tasks, deal with emergencies, and shoulder the task of preparing for war and maintaining social stability, but also actively participate in military and political training, study hard political, military, scientific and cultural knowledge, and constantly improve their ability and quality; In wartime, the militia should listen to the call of the motherland, earnestly fulfill their national defense obligations, carry forward the spirit of patriotism and revolutionary heroism, and undertake combat tasks with the troops or alone before enlisting, maintain wartime order, preserve war potential, and resolutely safeguard national security and unity. In this way, we can raise troops in peacetime and send more troops in wartime, which is beneficial to both national economic construction and national defense construction, and embodies the unity of military and economic benefits. The oath stipulates that the militia should "actively participate in national construction and faithfully perform national defense obligations", which fully embodies the characteristics of the militia "integration of defense and civilian technologies", defines the main responsibilities and tasks of the militia in peacetime and wartime, and requires the militia to become a new force and commando in socialist modernization and an important force to consolidate national defense.

(3) The oath puts forward the basic standards of being a militia. Militia is an armed person, different from ordinary people, so to be a qualified militia must meet the basic standards. The oath stipulates: "obey the law, obey orders, be loyal to your duties, study hard and train hard." These contents well reflect the characteristics of militia and establish the basic standards of militia. Without a high degree of organizational discipline, an army cannot have strong cohesion and combat effectiveness. Mao Zedong said, "If we strengthen discipline, the revolution will be invincible". The militia is a mass armed organization. A qualified militia should have a solid legal concept and strict organizational discipline, and become a model of obeying the law. Obeying orders and being loyal to their duties are the bounden duty of soldiers, and the militia should also start from scratch, obey orders and perform their duties. The basis of performing duties and missions is ability and quality. Without study and training, it is impossible to improve ability and quality. Today is the era of knowledge economy and knowledge military, and the knowledge content of economic construction and national defense construction is getting higher and higher. Without paying attention to learning scientific and cultural knowledge, the militia will not be competent for the dual task of building and defending the motherland. Excellent military quality comes from formal and strict military training. As the saying goes, "A soldier who does not practice martial arts is not a duty, and a soldier who does not practice well is not a qualified soldier." Therefore, to be a militia, we should love the army and practice martial arts, constantly strengthen the consciousness and concept of soldiers, train hard and strive to improve the military quality.

(4) The oath emphasizes the special requirements for "soldiers". As an important part of the national armed forces, the militia is an important force in the people's war under the conditions of informationization in the future. The oath stipulates: "Respond to the state's orders at any time, join the army, support the front line, be brave and tenacious, not afraid of sacrifice, resolutely complete the task and never betray the motherland", which clearly emphasizes the special requirements for "soldiers", embodies the spirit of patriotism, fighting spirit and revolutionary heroism, has a strong military color, and highlights the irresistible nature that militia must perform their functions and resolutely complete their tasks. When the country and the nation need it, it is the glorious tradition of our militia to actively respond to the call of the country, fight bloody battles and defend the country.