Patrolling in the clouds to defend the country, use relay to capitalize loyalty to the ice lake to save the child, and to explain the original intention with life
Three generations of guards write legends, "Pamir Eagle" Razzini's last "request"
Our reporters Sun Zhe and Zhang Man
"Why is the flower so red, why is it so red. It is as red as a burning fire, it symbolizes pure friendship and love..." In the 1960s, a Tajik folk song "Why the Flower Is So Red" followed the movie " "Guests on the Iceberg" is popular all over the country.
On January 4, 2021, the Tajik border guard Lazini Bayka (hereinafter referred to as "Lazini") in Kashgar, Xinjiang raised a child who fell into the water while he sank to the bottom of the lake.
The world once again turned their attention to the border guards on the Pamirs, remembering the story of Razzini and his family for three generations.
As a grassroots party member, Razini took root in the plateau and quietly dedicated himself to defending the border of the country. His story is well-known in Kashgar.
When he was elected the first "Top Ten People in Kashgar" in 2017, his father put a hat on and sent him to the expedition, which was moving.
He is a model and hero in the eyes of local cadres and masses, a national labor model, a national patriotic supporter of the army, and a representative of the 13th National People's Congress... He used his life to interpret the original intention and responsibility of a party member.
Lifting life in the ice lake
"Come on! Save the child!"
On the first Monday after New Year's Day in 2021, snowflakes fell.
The urgent shout broke the quiet afternoon of Kashgar University.
Lazini, who participated in the training at Kashgar University, had just finished normalized nucleic acid testing with his classmates. Following his reputation, he saw a boy struggling in an ice hole in the school’s artificial lake.
His mother was crying for help by the lake in a critical condition!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lazini conditioned the first to rush to the lake, trying to reach out and hold the child, but the ice suddenly collapsed, causing him to fall into the icy water.
Lazini slapped the water while struggling to lift the child.
People came to help one after another, but the ice was thin and fragile, and the ice cave was getting bigger and bigger.
In the cold winter of minus 7 degrees Celsius, time passed every minute and the ice water consumed Lazini's physical strength.
Mushajiang Nurdun, who rescued with him, recalled: "I fell into the water for a while during the rescue, and my whole body was frozen at once. I really don't know how he persisted for so long."
After holding on for nearly 10 minutes, Lazini pushed the child to the ice with his last strength, and then fell into the icy lake.
The child was saved, but Lazini failed to fight the bitter cold in the ice lake. His life was fixed at 41.
Growing in the Pamirs and climbing on the sidewalks all year round, how could he not know the dangers hidden under the ice and snow?
"He did this because he was such a brave man since he was a child." said McFutuli Kanga, who grew up with Lazini.
Chen Xiaoqin, the mother of the drowning child, said: "He is desperate to save my child. His kindness will never be paid off in our lifetime."
After Lazini left, his father and veteran border guard Bayika Kelidibek, who was nearly 70 years old, would go to the village exhibition hall for a few hours every day, where the photos of his son's patrol were stored there. Zini’s past legendary experiences are all turned into photos, certificates and pennants, treasured here.
"Good-hearted, innocent, and brave, he has always been such a person since he was a child." In grief, Bayika said.
"Border Guards Without Military Uniforms"
"The red light of the South Lake illuminates the Pamirs. In the morning light, my grandfather Kelly Dibek smiled... He watched the patrol as his bounden duty and responsibility. This spirit of grandfather is a beacon of my family... "
This is the poem "South Lake" written by Lazini, and it is also the last dynamic in his circle of friends.
The Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kashmir. It is the only border county in my country that borders the three land countries. Its geographical location is extremely important.
Khunjerab, where Lazini is located, means "blood-stained passage" in Tajik. The average altitude is over 5000 meters, the oxygen content is even less than half of the plain area, and the minimum temperature is minus 40 degrees Celsius.
In December 1949, the newly established Khunjerab Border Defense Company of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was about to perform patrol tasks.
However, the officers and soldiers were in trouble-the destination was Wufulanggou, known as the "Valley of Death". The road was famous for its steepness. It took three months to go back and forth and was often accompanied by avalanches, landslides and mudslides.
Without an experienced guide, the patrol team will be unable to move.
Lazini’s grandfather, the Tajik herder Kaili Dibek Dilidal, volunteered to serve as a guide and took the initiative to protect the border with the border guards. The legendary history of the Lazini family kicked off.
In the following 23 springs and autumns, Kaili Dibek led the officers and soldiers through every boundary marker, every river, and every ravine on the Khunjerab border line.
The white hair climbed up his sideburns quietly, and under the torment of his illness, the old-fashioned guy gradually stumbled.
In 1972, Kelly Dibek could no longer walk, and handed the burden to his son Bayika.
Under the influence of his grandfather and father, Razzini has formed a deep friendship with border guards since childhood.
In the summer of 1987, a recruit from the border guard went missing during a patrol.
Razzini, who had just turned 8 heard this, volunteered to his father: "Dad, let me go!" Looking at his son's determined eyes, his father agreed.
The officers and soldiers followed Lazini to search all night and finally found their comrades in arms. Because they found that the treatment was timely, they managed to save the life of the recruit.
From then on, as long as time permits, Bayika will take her son with him when he patrols.
Learn to explore the way, get familiar with the location, observe the terrain... Since then, Razzini has set a firm ambition to become an excellent border guard.
In 2004, Razzini, who was retired from the army, took over his father's "baton" and rode a yak on the frontier defense line.
It was also in the same year that the 25-year-old Lazini became a Communist.
"Father told me that there is no country's boundary marker, and there is no such thing as our home and cattle and sheep." Lazini said before his death, "As a Chinese, protecting the border is also what we should do."
The patrolling roads are extremely dangerous and dangerous. Based on his experience, Lazini has repeatedly helped border guards and soldiers to turn the dangers into danger.
"Every time he pulled a dozen of his own yaks and took the initiative to participate in patrols." Liu Xiaolong, the instructor of the Hongqi Lafu Border Defense Company, recalled. Lazini always said, "I am familiar with this road. The company's business is mine. "Every time he rushed to the front.
When patrolling Wufulanggou, the team encountered a landslide halfway through.
"There are steep slopes of seventy to eighty degrees, how do we get there!" the superior soldier Pu Hemao recalled.
At that moment, the rubble on the mountain continued to fall, and a piece of rubble suddenly hit Razzini's forehead, blood drenched.
Enduring the severe pain, Lazini continued to explore the road for 2 hours, and finally found a stone wall road to ensure that the officers and soldiers passed safely.
In the winter of 2011, Lazini and the officers and men patrolled the border and encountered Blizzard.
The soldier Pi Tao accidentally fell into the snow cave. Lazini took off his clothes, knotted them into a rope, and pulled his comrades back from the death line. However, he himself was frozen unconsciously and was rescued at the county hospital 3 It took hours to get out of danger.
The border officers and soldiers changed from one crop to another, and Lazini persisted.
He told reporters before his death: "Now our country is getting stronger and the lives of people of all ethnic groups are getting better and better, and we cannot relax on the border for a day."
The friendship on the sidewalk does not stop there.
The Khunjerab Frontier Defense Company has the longest land patrol route of the whole army. It is also the only patrol route of the whole army that cannot ride vehicles or horses due to the difficult terrain. It can only rely on the "boat on the plateau"-the yak.
In the mountains and ridges, there will be heavy snowfall even in summer, and the yak is the most solid support for people.
A patrol encountered a blizzard, and the blocked patrol had to sleep in a valley.
Razzini saw everyone shivering from the cold, so he used the method his father had taught him to gather 15 yaks together to form a thick "wall".
The patrol relied on the yak's body to block the wind for heating, and spent that unforgettable snowy night.
Razzini has a white yak, which accompanies Razzini on ice and snow almost every year.
During a patrol in the fall of 2014, the white yak suffered a severe fall in the lumbar spine and was unable to stand.
Lazini and his comrades stayed beside the white yak until dark, but it still could not get up.
The patrol team could not delay the duty for a yak. Lazini held the white yak and cried like a child, and the officers and soldiers also cried.
Before leaving, Lazini and the soldiers pulled up a lot of grass and placed them in front of the white yak.
For the next year, Razzini always dreamed that the white yak could recover and "return to the team" by himself.
The white yak did not come back after all.
When they patrolled the following year, they saw only one skull of the white yak, and they reluctantly gathered wildflowers to pay homage to their "comrades in arms."
Lazini on one side murmured: "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."
Beginning with his grandfather Kaili Dibek, for more than 70 years, 10 yaks in Lazini’s family died of exhaustion on patrol roads, and 9 yaks were injured and lost their ability to work.
"Eagle"
Opened Lazini's WeChat circle of friends, "patrolling for the country" is the main line of his life.
When he learned that Razzini had died heroically, Dubas Kulbunik, who was also a border guard, secretly covered his face, resisted not making a sound, but tears kept streaming down his face.
"We didn't believe it at first, until we turned on the phone and saw the overwhelming news, we found out that it was true."
Tajik herders are familiar with the geographical environment and adapt to high-altitude life. On the frontier defense line of thousands of miles, a herder is often a sentry, and a yurt is a sentry.
As a representative of the National People's Congress, Razzini paid special attention to the pension, medical care and team building of the border guards.
"He is always very careful to guide us to train, explain patrol routes, analyze road conditions, and teach us how to distinguish the weather. We all joked that Lazini is the "Monkey Goku"." Dubas said, Lazini always reminds young people The border guards must be consistent with the border guards at all times. As long as abnormal situations are found, they must inform the company in time.
In recent years, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has continuously strengthened the construction of infrastructure in the border area. Duty rooms have also been established on patrol lines. Border guards have no longer eat and sleep and work conditions have been greatly improved.
It is also equipped with motorcycles, walkie-talkies, binoculars and other equipment, and regular shifts and shifts of side guards are also guaranteed.
The local area also implemented a series of policies to benefit the people and rejuvenate the border, completely changing the traditional border patrol method of "walking by patrolling and roaring for communication".
Today, like Lazini, more and more Tajik herders have joined the patrol team.
Lazini in work and life is kind, simple and helpful.
In June 2020, after an organization inspection, Razini Bayka formally served as a member of the village committee of Tizinapu Village.
As a representative of the National People's Congress and a grassroots party member and cadre, in order to better perform his duties and perform his duties, Razzini traveled to the local farming and pastoral areas, caring about the construction and development of his hometown, and solving the practical difficulties of the masses.
With a grateful heart, Razzini did his best to give back to the society. His heart was filled with the border guards of the motherland, the soldiers on the patrol, the fathers and fellows of his hometown, but he rarely thought of himself. His own house has not been renovated for several years. .
Lazini’s former colleagues wrote a poem to commemorate the distant "eagle":
The dawn of Pamir is the starting point for your flight
The summit of Muztag is where you stop...
Pamir eagle guarding the cloud
Please take our thoughts and continue to soar...