Chapter 775: The Story of Zhan Niangshe Post (Part 1)
Tibet Province, yd County.
On the cliffs at the southern foot of the Himalayas on the Sino-Indian border, there is an outpost: Zhanniangshe Post.
The name of Zhan Niangshe comes from Tibetan transliteration, which means "Snow Mountain Isolated Island". The Zhanniangshe Post, built in 1967, is also known as the "Cloud Post" because the four seasons are accompanied by wind and snow, and the clouds and mists are lingering all year round.
The senior soldier Wang He, who was standing guard, looked into the distance. This season, the snow has not blocked the mountains, and the visibility is okay, but he still couldn't find the target he was looking for.
He couldn't help whispering to his comrade-in-arms Huang Weixuan: "Old Huang, we just finished supplying supplies yesterday, why did the squad leader and the sentinel go down the mountain again today?"
In the eyes of many people, in this peaceful era, maintaining national territorial integrity and people's safety is the natural mission of PLA soldiers. However, what many people don't know is that behind our stable life, many soldiers of the People's Liberation Army paid their blood and even their lives in exchange.
China's territory is the third largest in the world. To ensure that such a vast territory will not be invaded, it is necessary to set up outposts at many border gates, and the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army will be stationed and defended. However, there are many places at the Chinese border where the environment is extremely harsh, such as the Zhanniangshe post.
Before 2010, the Zhanniangshe post was the only post in the army that had no road access. All supplies had to be transported to the Zelila post 8 kilometers away, at least 20 kilograms per person each time, including 5 kilometers of steep mountain roads. With a height difference of 500 meters, it takes 5 to 6 hours to go back and forth, and you have to go back and forth to the sheep intestines trail known as "Ghost Gate" and "Tiger Mouth".
Even the last section of the cliff has no steps. It is a climbing ropeway supported by two steel cables. The soldiers need to climb to the post.
This is not the most rare thing. The most difficult thing is that after the heavy snow closed the mountain in October, it basically depends on the food, vegetables, canned food, firewood and other living materials in Dongtun before October.
However, in order to obtain water, after the heavy snow closed the mountain, the soldiers could only live on their backs and turned into water. Three soldiers were killed by an avalanche while carrying the snow.
Fortunately, the road to the outpost was completed in 2010, and the cableway between the outpost and the mountain was built in 2018. It only takes two hours to deliver the living materials needed by the soldiers at the outpost for a week. Even if the mountains are covered by heavy snow, the car will transport the supplies to the ropeway. Previously, supplies could still be transported to the outpost via the ropeway.
The draft is backed, the supplies are carried by the back, and the guard is supported by the rope has become history.
Yesterday, the supplies were already obtained, so why not have them today?
What's more, you still need to go to the county to receive it, which is mysterious.
"How did I know..." Huang Weixuan rolled his eyes, and then reminded: "If you are still talking while standing on guard, if you are heard by the squad leader again, you should wait and write a self-criticism!"
Wang He pouted, did not speak any more, his eyes continued to roll.
This kind of plateau post, even eagles can't fly, let alone smugglers. The reason for the post's establishment is that it is located in a key strategic position on the Sino-Indian border, and it is to guard against the other side's Assam.
There is no need to say how disgusting Asan's virtue is. He likes to do small tricks. In the past, there were no permanent residents here at Zhan Niangshe, so Asan sneaked up and occupied the highest point nearby.
It's not a big problem to say a few words occasionally when standing guard on duty.
Twenty or thirty minutes passed.
Two figures in camouflage uniforms appeared under the cliff on one side of the outpost and were walking towards the outpost.
The Zhanniangshe post is surrounded by cliffs with a gradient of 85°. In the past, the last part of the journey was completely dependent on climbing. Fortunately, in 2008, the superiors installed steel pipe guardrails for Zhanniangshe, and deliberately made 666 steps to the post. , which is full of the beautiful meaning of hope that the frontier guards will travel "shunshunshun".
Wang He's eyes lit up with joy, he knew it was the sentinel and squad leader back.
Although the current conditions of Zhanniangshe Post are much better than before, but after all, the geographical environment is harsh, and if you are not careful, you will be killed.
"call--"
With a few heavy gasps, Li Yucheng, the sentinel commander, and Ma Guanjing, the squad leader, appeared in front of Wang He and Huang Weixuan.
It's just that the two still hold some supplies on their backs.
Wang He didn't know why, didn't the supplies come yesterday? Why are you going to the county to collect it in person this time?
"Pause and stand guard, and continue after changing clothes in the house." Sentinel Li Yucheng smiled, as if he had encountered something happy.
"Yes, sergeant!"
Wang He and Huang Weixuan responded and walked into the dormitory of the sentry building.
"Little Wang, Wei Xuan, I've brought you some good things this time!" Ma Guangjing, the squad leader, raised the bag he took off his back and pretended to show off, "Do you know what's inside?"
"What good stuff? Squad leader, please tell me!" Wang He said curiously, and his small eyes looked into the backpack for a long time, but he couldn't see anything.
Huang Weixuan scratched his head and guessed, "Squad leader, is it food?"
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, Xiao Huang, if you came to the post a few years earlier, you would have suffered!" Li Yucheng, the commander of the post, glared at Huang Weixuan.
Wang He is the kind of person who is clever but not very honest, and needs to be beaten.
On the other hand, Huang Weixuan is the opposite. Although he is honest, he is a real foodie, and everything can be associated with eating.
As a sentry officer who has been at the Zhanniangshe post for several years, no one knows the remarkable changes here better than him.
In the past, it was difficult to eat, supply, and water here, let alone provide electricity. The former post was a high-stilt house supported by reinforced concrete in mid-air, a small iron house on the first floor, with a total of two rooms.
A dormitory of 10 square meters, a storage room and kitchen less than 10 square meters, the iron house is surrounded by a protective iron fence.
Conditions are much better now!
Since it received attention from the outside world a few years ago, the Zhanniangshe post has not only solved the traffic problem, but was also powered on in 2018, and the post has almost been rebuilt.
The current post is a comprehensive hotel-style post with an area of more than 100 square meters, which integrates accommodation, living, entertainment and duty. It has three floors, an internal post, a canteen, a library, an Internet cafe (actually a computer room), and a toilet. There are all of them, and lightning protection facilities, environmentally friendly wind energy generators and solar batteries are installed around the roof.
What embodies the most humanistic care is that in order to relieve the boredom of the soldiers, the superiors also specially authorized Zhan Niangshe Post to be equipped with a kitten and a puppy, so that they can play cats and dogs when they are bored.
It is worth mentioning that behind the electrification of Zhanniangshe is a major project of the Tibet Military Region - the first batch of frontier defense forces in Tibet province to connect electricity and electricity projects with an investment of 520 million yuan and involving 129 border defense posts.
Our country's investment in border defense is not only generous, on the contrary, it can be said to be the largest investment in the world!
Because there is no other way, the border demarcation work of New China is too difficult.
So, where the soldiers are, where are the borders!
After Li Yucheng opened the backpack, he took out the contents and spread them on the bed in the dormitory. Wang He, who had been paying attention, was greatly disappointed.
"This, is this a new costume?" I thought it was something good, but that's all my feelings are?
Li Yucheng and Ma Guangjing looked at each other and laughed.
Then he divided the two new sets of clothes, trousers, gloves, and boots, and urged them:
"You'll find out later, quickly take off your coat and put on this."
"No... Sentinel, wearing this will freeze to death!" Wang He was dumbfounded. Although it was the end of August, it was freezing cold in the foothills of the Himalayas, which is more than 4,000 meters above sea level!
This jacket and trousers look very thin. It's fine in the plains, but it can't be carried on the plateau.~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Li Yucheng glared at Wang He.
"Oh." Wang He had to do it reluctantly.
The moment he took off the heavy coat and trousers, the chill invaded his body, causing Wang He to shudder and goosebumps on his body. Regardless of the quality of this new style of clothing, he quickly put it on.
"Pull the zipper up!" came the voice of the squad leader Ma Guangjing.
Wang He obediently zipped up his jacket, and then a miraculous scene appeared!
ps: When I write a book, I will not write blindly when I encounter a blind spot of knowledge. I need to check the information. Today, it took 2-3 hours to check the information of the Zhan Niangshe outpost and the sentinel information and documentaries. It takes too much time to collect the information, organize the information, and cite the information. , sorry for the delay.
There is another chapter, it will be late, around 1-2 o'clock.
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