China News Service, Zhoushan, September 21 (Lin Bo, Zhang Juhai, Zeng Xin, Song Shuailong) The Mid-Autumn Festival is full of moons, and it is a day for the reunion of thousands of families.

In this reunion day, wanderers who have been wandering all the year round are on their way home to reunion. However, for the Zhoushan Detachment of the Zhejiang Armed Police Corps (hereinafter referred to as the "Armed Police Zhoushan Detachment") stationed on the front line of the "City of Thousand Islands" in Zhejiang Province, Daishan For the officers and soldiers of the squadron, going home is an extravagant hope.

The armed police officers and soldiers stick to their posts and take root on the island.

Photo by Zeng Xin

  On this special day, they need to stick to their ordinary posts, keep the lights of thousands of homes, and protect one side.

  The "Penglai Fairy Island" on the sea refers to Daishan County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, where the Daishan Squadron of the Armed Police Zhoushan Detachment is located.

In Daishan, the soldiers enjoyed the stars and the moon above their heads and felt the clear light in the depths of the vast expanse of the sea.

The armed police officers and soldiers made their own barracks mooncakes with a happy smile on their faces.

Photo by Zeng Xin

  The platoon leader who has just been assigned from the Army Military Academy in 2020 said: “The harder you are, the more you have to work hard. The more lonely you have to love your life, and the more remote you have to have your motherland in mind. A crop of officers and soldiers take the island as their home and be loyal. Based on the foundation, honor the most important, and the military is the pride, in the remote corner of the motherland, write bold and loyal with blood and youth."

  In a difficult environment, the officers and soldiers guarding the island are company with the vast sea, with the inaccessible islands, and fall asleep watching the stars in the sky.

For the armed police officers and soldiers who travel far away and guard the islands, the longing for their loved ones is an eternal topic.

Many recruits shed tears in loneliness when they first came to the island.

  Under the scorching sun, cleaning the beach, picking up firewood, cutting and washing food... Song Shuailong, a soldier in the Daishan queue who just walked off the post, actively asked to participate in the preparations for the evening bonfire party, "Although you are away from home, you cannot spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with your relatives. But tonight. In Daishan, spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with my comrades in arms is more meaningful."

  "Although we cannot guard our parents on the Mid-Autumn Festival, we are loyal to the country on the island. The officers and soldiers who guard the island spend the festival together. We feel the warmth of the big family and are very happy." Zhang Yiming, a college student from Daishan Squadron, told her mother on the phone, staying away. On the islands of the mainland, it’s a special experience to have dinner and party with your comrades-in-arms to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival.

  Youth without regrets will always keep the heart of a child, loving the military and martial arts to live up to the glory of the military uniform, there are many stories of perseverance on the island.

  Under the influence of two generations of military families, the brothers Wang Shanghua and Wang Haide of Daishan Squadron have yearned for a hot military camp since they were young, love military uniforms, and envy the noble profession of soldiers.

They all feel extremely proud and glorious for their "soldier's home".

  In September 2018, after graduating from university, the two brothers finally got their wish through rigorous selection. They realized that a family of three generations adhered to their true qualities, and the three grandparents joined the army to serve the country.

  "We wanted to be soldiers as soon as we were in college. Our dream is to take up steel guns to defend the motherland like our grandfather and dad did when they were young."

  After 950 days away from the university campus, the two brothers were admitted to the military academy together.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, they will regroup their bags and bring everyone's blessings to open a new chapter in their military career.

  The soldier is the backbone of the country, and the military wife is the backbone of the family.

Behind the armed police soldiers holding on to the island, there are also military sisters who wait and pay silently.

  Military sister-in-law Zhu Yuping's husband, Lu Banyong, a sergeant of Daishan Squadron, has been in the army for ten years.

In order to get closer to her husband, Zhu Yuping deliberately went to work in Ningbo, the nearest city adjacent to her husband. She is a 3.5-hour drive from Daishan Island where her husband is stationed.

  But even at such a short distance, it is rare for two people to see each other once.

  Talking about his wife and children at home, Lu Bangyong was full of guilt and debts. “On the island, she rarely goes home. His wife works in Ningbo Hospital. The work is very hard. The children at home are also taken care of by elderly parents. Although she often Complaining, but more is the understanding and support of our military profession. I really owe her too much."

  Since the beginning of this year, the Zhoushan Detachment of the Armed Police has focused on the practical difficulties of officers and soldiers’ families, and has taken heartwarming to the hearts of the officers and soldiers. Through multi-party coordination of Lu Bangyong’s family with the army, he finally solved the employment problem for his wife. The couple said goodbye to the cowherd and weaver girl. Living in a different place.

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