Officers and men of a certain regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region have been stationed on the Karakoram Plateau at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters for almost a year, and the oxygen content here is less than half that of the plains. They fought the cold, resisted hypoxia, tempered the plateau soldiers, and became the strongest boundary monument of the motherland.
When thousands of homes are reunited, the reporter of "Walking to the Grassroots in the New Year" will take you to get close to them to understand the bravery and dedication of the border guards.
Entering the Karakoram Plateau and crossing five Dabans, we came to a training point of a certain regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region at an altitude of 5,300 meters. Like the soldiers who went to the plateau for the first time, how to adapt the body to the plateau climate became the first lesson we learned after coming here.
Tang Tianxiao, a military doctor of a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: One is to absorb oxygen well at night. The second is heating, and the indoor temperature should be kept more appropriate. Thirdly, we can't take a shower or wash our hair, so as not to catch a cold. It is still dangerous if you have a cold.
Coming to the plateau for training is not a simple change of venue for officers and men, but a matter of enabling personnel and equipment to display their due combat effectiveness in a harsh training environment. In Karakoram in February, temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius are common, and sometimes the temperature can be even lower.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: On the plateau, our vehicles will be greatly affected, and every time we send out our vehicles, we need to heat them up.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: All vehicles should pay attention to the fierce enemy fire, quickly form a rear triangle formation, and carry it out.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: Affected by air pressure, our artillery may encounter some guns that do not have high shooting accuracy in the process of firing, and then the flight direction of the trajectory will be deviated, and it may be difficult to achieve accurate accuracy. If we don't come to the plateau, we don't know anything about these things.
The officers and men did not know how many times they had completed the continuous training at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, minus 30 degrees Celsius, and several hours of continuous training in the past year. At this time, the thick armor of the infantry chariot can resist the attack of **, but cannot cut off the biting bones of the cold wind. The reporters wore two down jackets, still stiff from the cold and lack of oxygen, but the fighters did not wear overcoats in order not to affect combat operations.
Reporter: Now that the wind is so strong, are they warmer in the car?
Bi Pengyu, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: It is actually colder for the personnel to stay in the car than outside, and we have been like this all year round when they are stationed on the plateau for training, and the soldiers have basically adapted to the current conditions.
The female comrade who is training and reviewing with Chen Cejun is called Shi Xiuli and is Chen Cejun's wife. Chen Cejun is an armored car gunner, and Shi Xiuli is a tank commander. Last year, when she learned that her husband was going to go to the plateau again for training, Shi Xiuli resolutely signed up, and for this reason, the young couple had a dispute for the first time since they got married.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: I said that you can't adapt to the environment here as a girl, and you will get sick or something when the time comes, and I am far away from you. If you have to come, it is useless to persuade me, I just want to come, I just want to feel how hard I have suffered before.
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: The leader advised us not to go up the mountain, after all, we are both married, considering that we want to have children or something. But if I'm the backbone, I can't say let them go up, I'll keep it like this below, so we decided to go up the mountain, and that's it.
The couple set off with their respective companies, thinking that they could meet often after going up to the mountain for training.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: The result was beyond our expectations, and we did not see it at all. Because of this training camp, she went directly to another point, which is more than 20 kilometers away from us, and we didn't see it for two or three months at that time.
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: Pay attention to the whole vehicle, armor-piercing bullets, right front, enemy infantry combat vehicles, annihilation.
In the case of high cold and lack of oxygen, it is difficult to complete high-intensity military training. When she first joined the training camp on the plateau, Shi Xiuli wanted to prove herself through the perfect performance of the car group.
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: When I am a soldier, I want to do my task well, he wants to lead their shooting team well, and I am also the commander of the vehicle, so I want to lead the people under my command well. Because we are female soldiers, and then we just want to be stronger, don't just rely on others for everything, that's all.
The couple said that although they could not see each other often here, they were very happy to be able to feel the same environment and work hard for the same thing.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: Sometimes we can take a ride in our oxygen-pulling car and the car we use to go out for training, and then we can stop for a short time when we get to her point, and then we can meet for half an hour and chat.
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: We are all working hard for the construction of this unit and doing our part, and everyone may think that it may be difficult for us and our husbands and wives to be on the plateau. But I feel that compared to everyone, the two of us are still relatively lucky, in the same place, there is no such psychological worry, but a little more security.
On his wife's birthday, Chen Cejun also gave a special birthday gift based on local materials.
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: My dear, I have prepared a little surprise for you today, you see.
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: What?
Chen Cejun, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: 2024, thank you for being with me and accompanying me to the plateau, thank you. Take a look, this is a gift I have carefully prepared for you, see?
Shi Xiuli, a regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region: This is what you have been busy preparing for the past two days.
After receiving the certificate for two years, the couple has not yet held a wedding, and plans to take a vacation together to return to their hometown to make up for the wedding after the task is completed this year. Only when there is a country can there be a home, because they jointly guard the beautiful border defense, for the two of them, this Spring Festival has a special significance. At the end of our interview, the officers and men of a certain regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region were still holding on to the Karakoram Plateau at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.