In northern Xinjiang, on an unknown stone mountain, strange rocks stand here, and officers and men of a certain radar station of the air force in the northern theater are stationed here. Walking up the 249 stone steps, you can see stone carvings, stone carvings, and stone forests all the way, and the officers and soldiers "adapt measures to the conditions of the stone", enrich their lives and enrich their spirit with "stone art", and they are also riveted on the top of the mountain like a mountain stone.
Instructor Zhou was a soldier at this radar station, and he returned here after graduating from the military academy. In his eyes, the words engraved on the mountain stone are the oath of the radar soldiers to watch the sky, and they are also the spiritual code of the company.
The mountain is not high, and the position is located at the commanding height, which is the place where the radar soldiers hold on to their memories, which is called the 'Inspirational Cliff'. Standing in front of the cliff, Instructor Zhou told reporters about the history of the radar station.
In the 60s of the 20th century, the radar station was built, and the "Lixin Cliff" was the location of the early observation post. The wind and snow danced on the top of the mountain, and the officers and men were on duty all night, and when they opened the gate in the early morning, there was a "snow wall" outside, and they needed the help of their comrades to "tear down the wall" in order to get out. When the wind and snow came, the officers and men went to the battlefield and brought dry rations into the station, and then walked out of the position ...... after the snow was clearOfficers and men held on to the top of the mountain, fought against the wind and snow, ensured war preparedness, and watched the sky with their eyes wide open.
That year, the temperature dropped sharply, the water pump in the position failed, and the officers and men carried the water uphill from the bottom of the mountain until the higher authorities brought in new equipment. The temperature on the mountain is low, and the radar motor often encounters failures, so the officers and men formed several emergency detachments and took turns to go to the position to make emergency repairs.
During a support mission, the radar stopped at night in the snow. In a hurry, radar technician Yu Junhui took off his gloves and went into battle. The fault was quickly resolved, but his hand was frostbitten ......Like Yu Junhui, in everyone's hearts, nothing is more important than tasks and positions.
Stone statues, people like mountains. Radar officers and men like to engrave words on the rocks, look up at the rocks, and have no complaints or regrets.
Once, a veteran who had been guarding the mountain for more than 20 years carved the word "look up" on the stone and placed it in front of the front of the position. The word "looking up" has gradually become a key word that embodies the combat culture of radar stations. Under the encouragement and leadership of the station commander at the time, the officers and men voted for slogans such as "clairvoyance", "people are like mountains", and "station is like home", and engraved them on mountain cliffs and stone walls to motivate themselves at all times.
After each important air situation, we will organize officers and soldiers to review next to the stone carvings to remind everyone to be vigilant at all timesEvery year, when new recruits enter the station, we organize them to carry out traditional education next to the stone carvings, so that everyone can understand the spirit of perseverance and strengthen the awareness of war readiness. The head of the radar station, Geng, said.
In the barracks, several fruit trees grow and tangle branches, and this is the "Inspirational Garden" of the radar station. "The mountain is barren and the soil is full of gravel. Instructor Zhou introduced that a veteran wrote in his "border logs": The comrades-in-arms tried every means to plant trees on the mountain but failed, and later the radar station invited garden experts to go up the mountain to investigate, and they shook their heads helplessly after analyzing ......the soil quality
People can take root, why can't trees?"The veteran led everyone to try to plant saplings again and again. They found that in order to survive, trees had to dig deep into the rock and extend deeper into the ground in search of nutrients. With their unremitting efforts and silent care, the first sapling finally survived a few years later, its root system firmly "hugging" the mountain rocks, and the gravel was also tightly surrounded by the tree. The stone and the tree go hand in hand, creating another form of life on this mountain.
Trees hugging rocks, stones hugging trees, this spirit is like a radar soldier guarding the mountain. Instructor Zhou said. Not long ago, when the new recruits left the company, the station organized officers and men to plant trees in the "Inspirational Garden" and educate and guide them to inherit the fine work style.
Liang Yuan, a college student soldier and radar operator, once had the idea of retiring because he was not adapted to the mountain environment. Second Sergeant Major Shao Dengxing was particularly concerned about him, took him to the battlefield on duty many times, and tried his best to unload his ideological baggage.
Liang Yuan wrote the inspirational stories told by the squad leader into a book of "Essays on the Side". Later, this essays were circulated throughout the brigade, and his name became known to more comrades-in-arms. A few years later, Liang Yuan was selected as a sergeant, and he placed a self-carved "inspirational stone" in the dormitory, and the word "inspirational" on it was his understanding of growth and value.
Today at this radar station, there are many radar soldiers like Liang Yuan. They took over the baton of the mission, watched the sky on the top of the stone mountain, inspired like the mountain and rock, guarded the mountain and guarded the sky, and thrived. (Special correspondent of the People's Liberation Army Daily, Wang Xuefeng, Liu Hanbao).
*:China**Net-People's Liberation Army Daily.