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5592 Observation sentry officers and soldiers perform patrol tasks.
The pictures in this article are all taken by Wang Qian/photo
5592 Observation sentry officers and soldiers solemnly swear to the party flag.
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On July 27, at a 5592 observation post on a border in Tibet, the fourth-level sergeant chief Peng Shaowei was watching the target area closely.
At this time, it is already midsummer in the mainland, but the surrounding area of the 5592 observation post is still "a thousand miles of ice."
This observation post named after the altitude is the highest garrison point of the entire army. The ultraviolet intensity here is five times that of the plain area. The annual average temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius. There are constant winds throughout the year. It is a veritable "extreme restricted zone". The officers and soldiers of the Gamba Border Defense Battalion of a certain border defense regiment "Plateau Border Defense Model Battalion" are stationed here.
"Company commander, there is a situation on the other side!" Peng Shaowei snarled at the radio. The dry weather made his voice a little hoarse.
"Watch closely and record!" The voice of company commander Wang Xu came from the radio. "You will change shifts immediately after reporting this set of data." Wang Xu added.
Peng Shaowei has been observing for nearly 4 hours. Because the new soldier in the squad is sick, he voluntarily asked for more rounds of guards. If it were not for the company commander's request, he would like to continue to observe.
He rubbed his stiff hands vigorously, and then quickly put the warmed hands on the bloodshot eyes to "compress". This is Peng Shaowei's original relaxation method.
"After doing this several times, the hands are warm and the eyes feel comfortable." He said that due to the high altitude and low temperature, they wear winter clothes all year round.
The original 5592 was just an elevation point on the map, and few people have been here.
"There is no road at all, all around are big rocks. I can only bite the bullet and drive in. If you can't go, get out of the car and go on foot." The driver Fan Shixian was impressed by the first time he boarded the 5592.
After starting the normal observation mission, in order to ensure that they boarded 5592 before dawn, the soldiers set off at 4 am every day and did not return until late at night.
Every time he gets out of the car, Fan Shixian can only rely on the faint moonlight to find the "road" he can walk, and if he encounters fog, he can only "walk by feeling".
"We can rotate soldiers on observation missions, but Fan Shixian can't." Due to the difficult and dangerous roads and urgent tasks, pilots who are familiar with the situation and skilled like Fan Shixian are still "the only seedlings" in the company. For a period of time, I admired and distressed him.
Every step is like walking on thin ice, and every operation is cautious. Fan Shixian carried his comrades on the expedition against the dawn, accompanied by the triumphant triumph of the stars, born in the "jedi" and set out a "road to heaven".
"This sentry was built by our soldiers with one shovel and one pick." The company commander Wang Xu mentioned the comrades and brothers who shared the joys and sorrows with him, and his tone was always full of pride. Baiyinzi. The early construction of the 5592 observation post was in the middle of winter, with heavy winds and heavy snow, and construction work was very difficult."
"I remember one time when construction was carried out in a heavy snowy day. The snow on the coat had accumulated layer after layer. When I went back to rest, I discovered that the snow had already frozen into a layer of'ice armor'." With the shovel pick, the officers and soldiers, with their unyielding will and firm conviction, finally built the 5592 observation post into a strong fortress on the front line.
"The environment here is a bit bad, but it is an excellent observation point." Company Commander Wang Xu said, "The 5592 observation post is of high tactical value. We are stationed here, which is the'clairvoyance' of the limit restricted area and the'guardian of the defense of sovereignty'. God’s responsibility is great, and the mission is glorious."
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"Salute to the hero!"
In the observation post, the portraits of the heroes of the new era defending the border are solemnly hung in the most conspicuous position. Every day before the sentry, the officers and soldiers will pay the most standard military salute to the portrait, which is both deep mourning and sincere respect.
"They are the best role models." Corporal Feng Cheng said, "In the glorious cause of defending territorial sovereignty, they are brave and tenacious, and they are not afraid of sacrifice until the fight to the last moment of life, which gives us a model."
At the 5592 observation post, the power of role models always inspires officers and soldiers to stand silently in the polar regions and fight bravely on the front lines.
As the setting sun fell, the officers and soldiers of the observation sentry triumphed once again, and the sergeant Tian Haishi, who led the team, was covered with mud.
On the patrol road, the squad suffered a short-term heavy rain. The patrol car accidentally fell into a mud pit and could not move. Tian Haishi got out of the car to check the situation. He brought stones under the tires and directed the vehicle to escape smoothly, completely ignoring being rolled up by the tires. The mud splashed on the clothes and face.
"It is normal for clothes to be stained with dirt, and it is difficult to last all morning with clean clothes." Tian Haishi said.
"The squad leader is at the forefront of everything. He is our big brother in life, our strict teacher in training, and our benchmark in tasks." Speaking of squad leader Tian Haishi, Corporal Tian Haisheng admired him.
Tian Haishi and Tian Haisheng are a well-known "teacher-student" combination in Lianli. Although they are not brothers, they are more emotional than brothers.
In 2018, Tian Hai, who was still a recruit, gave birth to a company and was assigned to the class led by Master Tian Hai. "Old Tian, you have to take your'brothers'!" Because the two names are similar, their comrades joked. .
The 28-year-old Tian Haishi took extra care and strictness to the 18-year-old recruit.
"In the beginning, I always felt that the monitor was targeting me. In training, I was always a little bit more than others, and occasionally I would be'caught' if I was lazy. I didn't talk about extra training, and I had to be criticized in front of the whole class. "The process of growing up was difficult, and Tian Haisheng learned later that this was not the so-called "targeting", but the squad leader's deep hope for him.
Combining Tian Haisheng's shortcomings, Tian Haisheng formulated a detailed training plan for him. Every "supplement" was to make up for the difference, and every criticism was to correct the deviation. Tian Haisheng also quickly grew into the backbone of the company.
After the 5592 Observation Outpost order was issued, Tian Haishi took the lead to apply for sentry. Following the footsteps of the "master", Tian Haisheng also submitted an application, and the position of the "teacher and student" combination was transferred to the front line.
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"One mouth of China, one tile roof to make a family." This song "Country" is the favorite song of Lu Zhouyang, a sergeant in the Gamba border camp.
In his opinion, sticking to the border post, he is not only protecting the sacred territory of the motherland, but also the peace of his own small family.
Since joining the army at the age of 19, Lu Zhouyang has been at the border for 11 years.
At the beginning of the 5592 observation mission, his son had just started to speak, and the few meetings made the child's impression of his father only on the mobile phone videos and photos.
"Where is Dad?" "On the wall." The child's answer made people laugh and cry, and also expressed the sadness of the border guards.
Speaking of children, Lu Zhouyang always has something to say.
He wrote in the experience book: "As a border guard, I am worthy of the sky, and I am worthy of the ground." For 11 years, he has left the best youth in the most difficult place, bleeding and desperate. Worthy of being worthy of the motherland, worthy of the people, but worthy of the family.
"The task of border control in this place is heavy and the situation is complicated. Even if you return home from vacation, you will have to worry about it." Li Xin, the instructor, can't worry about border defense, and even more so that his comrades in arms have not been on vacation for a long time.
Fortunately, his wife was reasonable, and he also promised his wife to go home for vacation after completing the stage tasks.
"High place, hard place, good place for meritorious deeds." Although it is bitter here, it attracts countless enthusiastic young people with the ideal of defending the border and defending the country. Sergeant Teng Zhiqiang is one of them.
Teng Zhiqiang's hometown is Wenzhou, Zhejiang. He has always had the dream of "going to the border and going to the front line".
In 2017, Teng Zhiqiang, who was serving in a certain army unit in Guangdong at the time, finally waited for the day: the company was assigned to the border defense of Tibet. At that time, he was the first to submit the application without telling his parents.
"Tibet is very bitter, and your body may not be able to stand it." The comrades were reluctant to bear him, but no matter how they persuaded him, they couldn't change his mind.
In this way, with the blessings of his comrades, he embarked on a westbound flight, spanning thousands of kilometers to the front line of border defense.
"Don't look at him thin, he is more stubborn than anyone else." Having survived the altitude sickness and survived unacceptable conditions, Teng Zhiqiang applied for the sentry entry point for the first time. In his words: "A thousand miles to the border is to go to the sentry post. ."
After 5592, the 30-year-old Teng Zhiqiang took the lead in writing a letter of invitation to the army after 5592. "If you write it too late, you will be compared by the new comrades." He smiled and said that these were said to have grown up "with honey." The dolls were not at all ambiguous when they asked for a fight.
Fan Haoyuan, a new soldier from Dengfeng, Henan, wrote in the letter of invitation: “Dear parents, my son knows that the land under my feet is the meaning of my life to protect. Come to guard this flag?"
The 5592 in the clouds, the fiery youth of young soldiers burns here, there is no boundary marker here, they use their bodies to turn into immortal boundary markers.
The huge stone in front of the observation post is not only engraved with the name of the post, but also engraved with the two characters "right way", which symbolizes that the officers and soldiers are performing a glorious mission and engaging in a noble cause.
Whenever themed party days, major tasks, and important festivals, they will gather in front of the boulder to review the party oath and military oath.
On the eve of the August 1st Army Day, the officers and soldiers once again solemnly swore to the giant stone: "I would rather die ten steps forward than half a life back! I have me in the border defense, please rest assured the motherland and people!"
Ma Ke Feng Yakun Wu Jun Source: China Youth Daily