Source: Learning Corps Chinese Military Horn
Author: Mei Shixiong Wang Zhenshu Liu Baorui Chi Bo
The distant mountains are faint, and the earth is silver. Located at the easternmost end of the motherland's land map, the Black Blind Island, the sky to the east is glowing rose red.
In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the camp area of the East Pole Post of a certain border defense brigade of the Northern Theater Army was particularly festive. Red lanterns, golden blessing characters, and colorful flags fluttering in the wind are very dazzling against the background of snow.
Not far away, the soldiers on the information observation post are skillfully operating intelligent observation equipment, and the cooking smoke of modern family apartments and houses is rising. In front of the flag-raising platform, officers and men lined up neatly, and a new spring-raising ceremony with the theme of "greeting the first rays of dawn on behalf of the motherland and wishing the motherland more prosperity and strength" was about to begin.
"We have never forgotten President Xi's entrustment that welcoming the sun on behalf of the motherland is our sacred mission and responsibility!" Officers and soldiers will never forget: on May 24, 2016, President Xi Jinping inspected the East Pole Outpost, climbed the 30-meter-high outpost, inspected the duty facilities, inquired about the duty situation, and talked with the sentries who were on duty. He urged everyone to carry forward the spirit of taking the island as their home, working hard and entrepreneurship, and faithfully performing their duties of the frontier.
The motherland took off, and the border customs changed dramatically. Sun Hongliang, the flag-raiser and fourth-class sergeant major, recalled the picture of President Xi's inspection and was still excited: Are the soldiers sleeping cold? Can I take a hot bath? How about company food? President Xi Jinping is very concerned about the lives of grass-roots officers and soldiers.
Nowadays, clean boilers have replaced coal-fired boilers, which are not only comfortable at room temperature but also energy-saving and environmentally friendly; water heaters achieve "dual configuration" of electric heat energy and solar energy, and officers and soldiers can take hot baths at any time; and the food in the cooking class is fresh, healthy and delicious. These changes have given them more motivation to train and prepare for war, and their determination to take root in border defense has become firmer.
"Salute!" The majestic national anthem sounded, Sun Hongliang slowly pulled the flag rope, and the five-star red flag and the sun rose together. When the last note came to an abrupt end, the national flag was raised on the flagpole, and a round of red sun erupted, and ten thousand golden rays passed through the national flag, reflecting the red border guan xueye, and also reflecting the faces of the officers and men guarding the island.
The joyful change took place around Sun Hongliang and his comrades-in-arms. Nowadays, the conditions of border posts are getting better and better, the border posts are becoming more and more efficient, the support is becoming more and more intimate, and the sense of gain of officers and men is also getting more and more sufficient. Sun Hongliang said that officers and men can only rely on their eyes to observe and perform duties when they have just landed on the island to take up defense, and now the alarm system equipped with the company can independently and accurately lock the cross-border area, and the "piggyback terminal" can allow the command post to be remotely maneuvered, so that the images in the jurisdiction can be transmitted in real time.
Wang Yangyang, a political instructor of the company, was deeply touched: "Today's border passes are like rainbows, border nets are like weaving, and border passes are like iron. These changes are like a spring breeze warming them, and more like the sound of war drums inspiring everyone to put into training and preparing for war. ”
"What has changed is the times, and what has not changed is the original intention." When the conditions change, the sacrificial dedication of the guards of the country cannot change, and the feelings of home and country cannot change. Sun Hongliang told reporters.
There is sunshine in the heart and strength under the feet. Gazing at the flying five-star red flag, the officers and men were all boiling with blood and excited. Wang Yangyang led the officers and men to solemnly swear: "There is me at the border pass, please rest assured that the motherland!" ”
(Produced by Learning Corps and Chinese Military)