Henan Daily client reporter Zhao Zhenjie correspondent Shi Xingfeng Ma Yuhua
Minus 7 degrees Celsius!
Unlike the Central Plains, the Tibetan Ali in late April is still a harsh winter.
"Ali has no spring and autumn, only winter and summer. Even in July, when the temperature is highest, there will be heavy snow and hail. Zheng Wei told reporters through video, "As long as the snow does not close the mountain, we have tasks every day." ”
No, at dawn, he led the auxiliary police officer Lobsang Yeshe and the border guard Gesang Dunzhu to set off - to send eggs, tomatoes, ghee, rice and other daily necessities to the duty point of Weng Mulong at an altitude of 5200 meters.
The trail winds upwards, the altitude is getting higher and higher, and the more you go to the pass, the stronger the wind...
Zheng Wei (first from right) on duty
"Where there are no borders, we are boundary markers"
At the westernmost tip of the Ali Plateau, there is a passage to the China-India border, called the Spangur Passage, which is one of the jurisdictions of the Japan-Turkey Border Police Station of the Ali Border Management Detachment of the Tibet Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station.
As early as before the Spring Festival, Zheng Wei, director of the Japan-Turkey Border Police Station, went out according to the order and stationed in the three groups of duty stations in The heat corner, which was the last checkpoint of our country on the Spangur Passage, which was only 100 kilometers away from China's inherent territory, the Galwan Valley, and closer to Indian-controlled Kashmir than to the center of Ali...
A mobile board house or two or three cold tents is a duty point. In addition to the Han and Tibetan people's police and auxiliary police, there are also "border guards" composed of local Tibetan herdsmen at the duty station.
Ali is cold and hypoxic, and the atmospheric oxygen content is only 50% of that of the interior, and people there are equivalent to carrying 25 kilograms of weight on the plains.
This is where Zheng Wei has been holding out for 20 years.
In 2001, Zheng Wei, the 19-year-old child of a zhongyuan oilfield worker, joined the army, and he and his comrades-in-arms took a military transport plane into Tibet by Way of Chengdu, starting a career of defending the country 5,000 kilometers away from home.
In Lhasa, at an altitude of 3,650 meters above sea level and with an atmospheric oxygen content of only 65% of the plains, the new fighters are training here.
Light-headed, breathless, nausea and vomiting, and uncomfortable body - severe altitude sickness made Zheng Wei sleepless all night.
Military orders are like mountains, and the training of recruits cannot be delayed for a moment. Hundreds of new fighters from 8 provinces across the country have launched a fierce race on the "roof of the world".
High-intensity training on the plateau, limited breathing, insufficient blood supply, arms and legs seem to be filled with lead - the new warriors need "superhuman perseverance".
Peeling off the skin and flesh is not left behind, bleeding and sweating is not shedding tears. Zheng Wei insisted on gritting his teeth, because of the hard training, he had eaten his body twice, and specifically sought out a military doctor to take oxygen.
"I can't lose Henan's face!" When he couldn't hold on, Zheng Wei secretly reminded himself.
3 months later, after the end of the training, Zheng Wei lost 21 pounds and trained 6 abs, and he was full of "military flavor".
When the recruits got out of the company, Zheng Wei took the initiative to ask to go to "the most remote place in the autonomous region."
Traveling during the day, staying at night, and walking up 1600 kilometers, Zheng Wei came to the westernmost tip of Tibet, the Ali Plateau, which has an average altitude of 4500 meters.
Border control, anti-narcotics, counter-terrorism, stability maintenance, and disaster relief are all unshirkable duties of Zheng Wei and his comrades-in-arms as long as they are the work of serving the production and life of the people in their jurisdiction.
Time passed, and Zheng Wei grew from a soldier to a full-time battalion officer.
In the 20 years of Shubian, the scars left by 3 injuries in the line of duty, the stomach disease of accumulated fatigue, the double lungs that are twice as big as ordinary people, and the deformed fingernails are all the unique gifts of the years left by Ali Plateau for him!
Zheng Wei's military merit badge
These hardships are not the most bitter in Zheng Wei's view, the most bitter is the loneliness and worry in his heart. At night, the duty station was eerily quiet, accompanied only by the sound of the wind. Growing parents, worried wives, young daughters, sisters who do filial piety for themselves... It was like a marquee in his head.
At this time, Zheng Wei would whisper the folk song "Akdrobal" taught by tibetan villagers - "My heart is like a white snowy mountain, and my state of mind is like an endless grassland..."
"Where there are no borders, we are the boundary pillars." Zheng Wei said.
Among the layers of mountains, there is no mountain higher than a man.
"There can be no one on the border"
In 2019, the military establishment sequence was reorganized, zheng Wei was transferred to the border police on the spot, served as the director of the Japan-Turkey border police station, was awarded the rank of third-level police inspector, and the Tibetan people's title for him also changed from "battalion commander" to "police officer." ”
Zheng Wei said: "No matter how it changes, the purpose of revolutionary soldiers to listen to the party and serve the people wholeheartedly will never change. ”
Back at the duty point of the third group of hot corners, it was already 6:30 p.m. Beijing time. The sky inland has darkened, and the sun is still shining on the Spangur Passage. Ali and the mainland have a time difference of nearly 3 hours.
Zheng Wei reported peace to his family. Dialing WeChat, the daughter's bright smiling face jumped into view, her name is Zheng Shuhan, 9 years old this year.
"Dad, the song "The Moon Represents My Heart", I play it better and better, you listen..." Zheng Shuhan sat in front of the piano, like a beautiful little princess.
The melodious and soothing sound of the piano flew over thousands of mountains and rivers and reached the duty point of the three groups of hot corners, and the border police gathered together to listen attentively.
Zheng Shuhan is the daughter of Zheng Wei and his ex-Sichuan wife. For several years, the ex-wife traveled alone through Tibet, Sichuan, Henan and traveled tens of thousands of kilometers...
I couldn't stand it. When their daughter was still young, the two calmly broke up.
"I've dragged people down, I've dragged down my kids, I've dragged my whole family down." During that time, Zheng Wei lost a lot of weight. Whether to continue to hold out or retire to Henan, he must make a choice.
But there can't be no one on the border!
Zheng Wei's parents, sister's family, Zheng Shuhan
"No matter what, child, we support your choice!" Parents called.
"Brother, there is still me in the family, you can rest assured, my parents will take care of me, my niece will raise me, and the child will not fall to the ground!" Her sister Zheng Na made a military order to Zheng Wei.
Zheng Na, a zhongyuan oilfield worker, before getting married, she spent all her energy on her niece, after marriage, her meticulous care for her little niece, and got the full support of her husband, oilfield worker Chen Xibo.
In 2018, Zheng Wei met his current wife, Yu Fang, a staff member of the Zhongyuan Oilfield Medical Service Center.
Zheng Weishu has been at home for 20 years, visiting his family only 5 times, accompanying his daughter only 2 times, and all the time at home adds up to a total of 171 days...
"Border guards are heroes. You are my hero. I am willing to pay with you..." Yu Fang regarded Zheng Shuhan as if she were her own, and she gave Zheng Wei a "reassuring pill".
"Daddy, Mommy and I miss you!" When are you coming back? Don't forget to bring me a beautiful Kelsang flower, I put the flower into a glass bottle..." The daughter was calling through the screen of her phone.
Before the song was finished, Zheng Wei was already in tears.
Zheng Wei, Yu Fang, Zheng Shuhan, a happy family of three
Here, is the Ali Plateau, supported by the Himalayas, the Ganges, the Karakoram, the Kunlun Mountains...
Here, the wind is raging, the ultraviolet rays are strong, and there are many natural sources of epidemics, with an average of only 0.13 people on the ground per square kilometer...
Here, the "third pole of the world", known as the "forbidden area" of the limits of human existence, people say that this is the real Tibet.
In Ali, Zheng Wei dedicated the best youth in his life to the frontier, and the frontier also defined his 20 years of beauty.
He said: "I am just the most ordinary member of the thousands of border soldiers. However, the party and the state have never forgotten me, and the medals and honorary certificates awarded to me organizationally are filled with a suitcase. ”
When suffering becomes a habit, perseverance is a greatness.