The mist is permeated, and the morning light is faint.
In the autumn, the pastoral songs of Aershan in Inner Mongolia are melodious, the proudly standing Pinus sylvestris cover the mountains and plains, and the water of the Haraha River in the border between China and Mongolia is flowing quietly.
At around 5 a.m., the Triangle Mountain Frontier Defense Company of a border defense brigade of the Army in the Northern Theater District suddenly sounded a sirens. The officers and soldiers of the Sanangle Mountain post quickly put on combat gear, received weapons and equipment, entered the self-defense fortifications, and dealt with an "emergency."
Soldiers of the Triangle Mountain Border Defense Company patrolled.
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"If you can fight, you will win the battle"-this kind of actual combat drill is already the company's daily routine.
On January 26, 2014, President Xi Jinping stepped on the ice and snow and braved the severe cold to inspect the Sanjiaoshan border defense company, encouraging officers and soldiers to "stand well for the motherland, put out guards, and guard the sides."
On February 16, 2015, President Xi wrote back to encourage the officers and soldiers to "make new contributions to building a safe and stable barrier to the motherland's northern Xinjiang."
The commander's spur is the inexhaustible driving force for training and preparation.
All the officers and soldiers have worked hard to implement actual combat training, unified from thinking to action to preparing for war, and the enthusiasm for training continues to rise.
Overlooking the border between China and Mongolia from the commanding height of the post.
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Focusing on the comprehensive construction of the company, the Sanjiao Mountain Frontier Defense Company pays close attention to the development of a style of strict discipline, assessment and evaluation, organization and leadership, collective honor, etc., and tempers a team with iron belief, iron belief, iron discipline, and iron responsibility. Border Guard Company.
"The border defense has me as stable as a rock, and I will make new contributions to building the security and stability barrier of the motherland's northern borders!"
Yang Hong, the squad leader of a certain squad of the Triangle Mountain Frontier Defense Company, was the company's top training leader. The dark face of this Sichuan guy was full of stubbornness.
Under the scorching sun, Yang Hong led everyone to train on the spot for bundling and capturing prisoners. The sweat had already soaked the clothes of the soldiers.
"The squad leader leads the soldiers so that the soldiers in the class can feel your help. No matter what the subject, you must first do it in a decent way, and you need to be hard at ironing. Only in this way will everyone admire you." Yang Hong said frankly. The character is more competitive and competitive. This year’s new course "Ambulance Combination" exercises requires a 120-jin-weight "dummy" to run forward. Every time I am too tired to stand up, this course has become my shortcoming. .
In the morning light, the soldiers began a day of training.
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"At that time, I went to the training ground every day and carried it 50 or 60 times a day. The goal was to achieve excellence." Yang Hong said that shortcomings and weaknesses must also be surpassed, not only to meet the standards, but also to be excellent. Only in this way can training be successful. Only by being able to lead the whole class well.
The soldiers conduct night training.
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If something happens at the border, can we do it?
Sergeant Li Changyue of Sanjiaoshan Frontier Defense Company asked herself this question every day.
"After the reform of the military in 2017, our training intensity has increased and we need to conduct all-weather training." Li Changyue said that in the past, training time, especially when we were responsible for logistics training, was less. Now no matter what position, we must train all-weather.
The subject assessment is strict, more practical and diversified.
"Everything is in accordance with actual combat standards. The basic physical fitness assessment requires good quality in order to be promoted. Even our shoes have always been combat boots." Li Changyue pointed to his boots and told reporters that in the past, duty training was the center, but now combat readiness training. As the center, use combat readiness to promote duty.
This change is the result of the reform and reshaping of the border defense forces, and the result of the party committees at all levels continuing to focus on the goal of strengthening the army.
"The vast snowy field, full of spring light, mounted a horse to patrol northern Xinjiang. The Halaha River lifted the Hada, and the chairman came to my side..." The officers and soldiers of the song "The Chairman Comes to My Side" are familiar.
Loud singing is sung every day on the patrol line of the northern border of the motherland.
The winter here is long, the freezing period is as long as 7 months, the frost-free period is only about 90 days, and the lowest temperature can reach more than minus 50 degrees.
"President Xi mentioned the firm determination and high spirit of guarding the frontier in his reply. We have the deepest experience. We will be full of strength as long as we are heading towards the boundary marker on patrolling roads in the freezing snow." Yang Hong said.
"The boundary marker is in front of me, the people behind me, the motherland is in my heart, and the responsibility lies on my shoulders. President Xi, please rest assured, please rest assured that the people of the whole country. I am at the border, and the motherland is peaceful!" promise.
The Zhengzheng oath has actually been internalized into the spiritual power of the guards of northern Xinjiang.
Thirty years of wind and snow, Acacia is the soul of the grassroots army
In the evening, the gloomy sky began to clear.
The reporter climbed up the 58 steps and boarded the post more than 1,000 meters above sea level.
Looking far away from the highest point, the aquatic plants are lush and green.
The endless grassland connects the rolling hills to the distance, and the Haraha River is stained with golden glow in the sunset.
Aershan Triangle Mountain post.
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We interviewed Xiao Zeyu, the post commander who just finished his duty.
Xiao Zeyu is a native of Xiangtan, Hunan. After graduating from the military academy in 2018, he went to the post. He led the sentries to conduct duty training every day, and kept observation on the border line 24 hours a day.
"After the realization of'science and technology control', the'electronic sentry' will'patrol and guard' with us, and a little bit of'turbulence' in the border area can be monitored." Xiao Zeyu told reporters.
Triangle Mountain Post.
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"The position is the position." Xiao Zeyu said, every soldier on duty is a guard of northern Xinjiang.
Only by taking root in the border, peace of mind, entrepreneurship and meritorious borders, guarding the territory, and being a "guard" can we live up to the trust of the motherland and the people.
"We started snowing here from September until May of the following year." Xiao Zeyu introduced that the post was high in altitude, the north wind was whistling, and the cold was pressing. However, in the long winter, the soldiers were not afraid of the severe cold, like a camphor. Standing on the post like pine.
In front of a Pinus sylvestris in front of the post, Xiao Zeyu stopped: "This is the'Acacia tree'. I once told my wife the story of the acacia tree. She said with tears to me, how could there be such a sad and beautiful world? love."
In the early summer of 1984, Li Xiangen, the company commander at the time, led a patrol and encountered a flash flood.
In order to save his comrades, Lee Sang-en was swept away by the rushing current of the Haraha River.
His wife, Guo Fengrong, planted a pinus sylvestris by the outpost for mourning. Every year, she took her children to the outpost to pay homage to her husband.
Before she died of illness in 2010, she specifically asked her children to scatter her ashes in the Halaha River and accompany her husband to guard the border.
The luxuriant branches of acacia in the post bear witness to the steadfast love and the loyalty to the side.
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This acacia tree not only symbolizes steadfast love, but also witnesses the loyalty of the border.
Speaking of his wife, Xiao Zeyu felt that there was too much debt in his heart: "Our wedding date was set in April last year, but we caught up with the company competition and postponed it to September. She waited silently for me to return without a single complaint. ."
"She was just pregnant this year. I checked some recipes online and saved them. Then I suddenly realized, what good is it for me to save them? I can't make them for her." At this point, the iron-blooded man choked. "My wife has to go to work every day and has no time to take care of myself. I only eat one dish per meal. I am really guilty. She has never complained to me. On the contrary, she supports my work and gives me a lot of inspiration."
The "Acacia Tree" faces the wind and snow, and has luxuriant branches. It is not only a military wife's nostalgia for her sacrificed husband, but also the yearning of his comrades for the old company commander, and it is a vivid embodiment of the military spirit in the grassroots units.
For more than 30 years, the steel post has stood upright on the frontier, and has been guarded here for generations. Their task is to ensure the peace and stability of the border of the motherland and the people to live and work in peace and contentment. This is also the meaning of persistence.
"The old squad leader passed the baton into our hands, and we have to run our baton well."
"Strict assessment and fair appraisal to strengthen combat effectiveness and cohesion"-this is where Zhang Yu, a recruit from the Triangle Mountain Frontier Defense Company, is most convinced.
He said: "The company's performance evaluation is fair and open, and everyone is convinced, forming a good atmosphere of catching up and surpassing learning."
After 00, Zhang Yu loves to read in his spare time. The reading room of the company is a place he often goes to: "I was very touched by watching "Xi Jinping's Seven Years of Educated Youth" recently. Every generation has a mission for every generation. We want Take up the heavy responsibilities and move on."
Zhang Yu and his comrades usually attach great importance to the theoretical study of the party.
The company’s party branch has always grasped the soul of “listening to the party’s command” as a strong army, strengthened the party’s theoretical study, learned the party’s spirit at the first time, brought the party’s voice closer to the officers and soldiers, and gave full play to the role of the party branch’s battle fortress and the vanguard of party members. Exemplary role.
Zhang Yu and his comrades also paid great attention to the party's theoretical study.
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"The first time I boarded the post, the responsibility took root in my heart. I silently told myself that I should not let go for a moment, and resolutely guard the north gate of the motherland." Gao Kai, a 98-year recruit from Yantai, Shandong, said with infinite emotion: "This is a glorious thing. The company, the company with its own halo. I wanted to be assigned to this company when I was in the recruit company, and then it got my wish."
At the end of 2019, Gao Kai was organized and assigned to the Triangle Mountain Frontier Defense Company. He learned over and over again the important instructions of President Xi’s inspection of the company and the content of the letters from President Xi to the officers and soldiers of the company, starting a new life.
"The conditions of the company are much better than I thought. I soon adapted." Gao Kai felt that compared with the old squad leaders a dozen years ago, the conditions of the company have been greatly improved: "The company has been established one after another. Insulation greenhouses, vegetable cellars, family rooms, water purification equipment, and natural gas boilers have been installed. With better hardware conditions, the logistical support for officers and soldiers will be better."
In the company’s insulated vegetable greenhouses, soldiers can now eat fresh vegetables all year round.
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This young guy who has just graduated from university knows his physical fitness needs to be improved: "There are shortcomings in training, and the upper limb strength and equipment have not been good." Gao Kai has failed, and it was an experience that made him ashamed: "All Only two or three of the 10 students in the class failed. Among them was me, which dragged down the class and was very anxious, unable to eat and sleep."
Gao Kai used other people's rest time to train quickly: "It's like having a demon, you don't need to sleep, but you must never fail." Kung fu paid off. From passing to good, the big boy cried with joy at that moment.
"The training in winter will be more difficult. The temperature is as low as minus 40 degrees. It is really to the point of dripping into ice and breathing into frost. Our officers and soldiers in the company are not afraid of the severe cold, and are fully armed for 5 kilometers cross-country. The physical ability and will of the recruits is A kind of test." After experiencing the severe cold, Gao Kai and Zhang Yu agreed that they were mature: "The old squad leader passed the baton into our hands, and we must run our rod well."