Love is warm at the border, hot blood is hard to cool Since the beginning of this year, the snow duty conditions of a border brigade of the army in the northern theater have improved significantly. The picture shows officers and soldiers on mobile duty in snow patrol vehicles. Chi boshe What do you think of first when you talk about border crossing? Remote? Cold? Far away? Hard? At the end of the year, we went to the southeast and northwest to visit the border. Looking back on the past year, I was pleasantly surprised to find that—— Wind and snow border, warm current surging! The border is warm, because more and more patrol roads are no longer rugged and difficult, and even many roads directly lead to the gate of the border defense company, and officers and soldiers use patrol vehicles on duty; The border is warm, because more and more mountain outposts are no longer accompanied by bitter cold. Many points are equipped with fully intelligent, zero emission and high-efficiency heating equipment. Officers and soldiers return from training and enter the door like entering spring; The border is warm, because more and more isolated islands no longer "live by the day", and some have built "vegetable factories", so that officers and soldiers can eat fresh vegetables every day; The border is warm, because more and more remote posts are no longer isolated from the world and out of touch with the times. Some have opened 5g base stations, and some have realized express "next day" Love is warm at the border, hot blood is hard to cool. At the end of the year, from the Great Wall to the Gobi, from the plateau to the island, we are pleased to see that the Chinese border in the new era is moving towards informatization and intelligence, and the border guards in the new era are still building an indestructible steel great wall with youth and blood. (Yu Xinhao) Ships entering and leaving the island are available at any time ■ Chen Dehui, Chen Junming, PLA Daily Reporter Lai Wenyong "Today is your first birthday in the army. The company has prepared a birthday cake for you..." a few days ago, a coastal defense company of the army in the eastern theater stationed on an island in the East China Sea outpost carefully organized a collective birthday party to make several recruits who were on the island feel the warmth of home. "In the past, our soldiers could only let the cooking team steam a big dough and put a candle on it for their birthday. How can we buy a beautiful big cake like this now!" Monitor Yan Haiwen's words were full of envy. The island is far from the mainland. There are no residents, civil ships and civil infrastructure on the island. Sending and receiving Express has always been a worry for the officers and soldiers on the island. Sometimes, things purchased by mobile phone are trapped on the other side of the island and can only be delivered every few days; Sometimes, when you buy something inappropriate, you need to return it, but it can't be delivered to the courier in time. The trouble of officers and soldiers is the worry of the brigade Party committee. They actively communicated and coordinated with local governments and postal departments, worked together to build a modern security system, improved security measures in all links, supplemented the short board of transportation, and opened the "last kilometer" and "first kilometer" of materials entering and leaving the island. Today, the "Shuangyong" support ship specially used by island officers and soldiers can transport personnel and materials in and out at any time. At the end of the collective birthday party, private Yu Wenchao made a video connection with his mother: "Mom, thank you for the gift!" His mother said in surprise, "I just placed an order online yesterday. I didn't expect you to receive it today." The organization worked hard to solve the difficulties, and the officers and soldiers guarded the border at ease. They said one after another that they would turn the warm care of the brigade Party committee into an inexhaustible driving force for war preparation and strength, concentrate and stick to the front line of coastal defense of the motherland. "Watching the sky and eating vegetables" has become history ■ PLA Daily reporter Chen Dianhong and correspondent Zeng Zihuang Rows of green vegetables are full of vitality under the irradiation of purple lights; The ventilator at the rear of the container shelter is blowing slowly warm wind... At the end of the year, the cold wind is cold, but in the "vegetable factory" of a company of a coastal defense brigade of the army in the southern theater, a breath of spring comes to my face. "Since the 'vegetable factory', the officers and men of the company no longer 'look at the sky and sigh' when eating vegetables." Staff sergeant Wang Guobiao, who was busy in front of the operator's desk, was proud. "This year, the brigade authority allocated a photovoltaic power supply 'vegetable factory' for the company. Our history of 'watching the sky and eating vegetables' is gone forever!" The island where the company is stationed is an isolated island without residents, electricity and fresh water. The company's daily supplies are transported by troop ships. However, when you go to the island, you have to go through the "tiger mouth" of "no wind and three feet of waves and towering waves". Especially in the typhoon season, the supply of fresh water and vegetables has become a problem. Try your best to keep the vegetables alive! With this belief, a batch of officers and soldiers guarding the island set foot all over the island. Swallows took mud from the cracks of stones, transported it back to the company with washbasins and buckets, built a "pocket vegetable field" and built a stone wall... However, the barren soil and the typhoon and rainstorm make it even more difficult to grow vegetables. "Support is linked to combat effectiveness!" Liao Jiangshan, assistant of the Quartermaster barracks section of the brigade, introduced that many companies of the brigade guarded the front line of coastal defense, with difficult conditions and difficult support. In recent years, the brigade Party committee has continued to solve problems for the grass-roots level and tried every means to solve the problem of "vegetable basket" at the grass-roots level. Since the beginning of this year, the government has increased its investment in funds, and made it easy for officers and soldiers to "eat vegetables" by promoting and applying new measures such as "vegetable factories" and constant temperature vegetable greenhouses. "Now, don't worry about not enough food!" Instructor Peng Xiao said excitedly, "once the 'vegetable factory' is put into use, the average monthly output is about 60 kg of vegetables, which really realizes that there are fresh vegetables every day!" At dinner time, on the dining table of a company, there was a rolling red oil hot pot and green fresh vegetables. The officers and soldiers had a big appetite and their eyes were shining with happiness: "we don't feel far away from love in the mountains and seas. Our hearts are not cold on the island. It's more reassuring to guard the border." Intelligent heating warms the heart of soldiers ■ Zhang Yike, Chi Bo, PLA Daily reporter song Zixun "Stoker counter attack!" Not long ago, a border brigade of the army in the northern theater organized a general physical examination. Unexpectedly, the comprehensive scores of stokers were greatly improved. Sun Hongliang, the stoker of a company and the fourth sergeant of the battalion, happily told reporters: "thanks to the intelligent heating equipment!" It turned out that the sunset time of the brigade's residence was early and the temperature was low in winter. In the past, in the heating season, the stoker would transfer from the training ground to the boiler room, and the training results would inevitably decline. "To improve support is to improve combat effectiveness!" According to the leaders of the brigade, they transformed the boilers at more than 40 points along the line, and more than 100 stokers walked out of the boiler room and returned to the training ground. Speaking of this transformation project, company commander Fang Liwei of company 21 is very excited. Following his footsteps, the reporter came to the boiler room and saw the snow-white walls, thermostatic water tank and intelligent temperature control signs. Fang Liwei told reporters that the upgraded boiler uses electric heating water heating to replace coal-fired heating. Company cadres no longer have to worry about coal ordering and transportation, and the stoker can remotely monitor its operation. While introducing, he took out his mobile phone and clicked to enter the boiler remote monitoring page. With his fingers moving on the screen, the parameters such as water supply temperature, return water temperature, voltage and current are clearly visible. Zhang Hui, commander of company 19, was also full of praise for the new boiler: in the past, the way of manually burning the boiler could not ensure the accurate indoor constant temperature, "irritable heat" and "sudden cold" often occurred. The daily life of officers and soldiers could not be well guaranteed, and the quality and efficiency of training and duty would be greatly reduced. Since the new boiler was settled in the company, the officers and soldiers have been sleeping warm every day. Everyone on the training ground is full of energy and fire. The goal set by the Party committee of the brigade at the beginning of this year is to implement the boiler transformation of the whole line. This year, they not only completed the task as scheduled, but also optimized and upgraded the supporting equipment for many times. The all intelligent, zero emission and high-efficiency heating project warmed the border and the hearts of the soldiers. In recent days, all officers and soldiers of the brigade have been engaged in hot and cold resistant training, and a series of practical training courses have appeared on the front line of border defense. The patrol road is no longer long ■ Li Decheng, PLA Daily reporter Guo Fengkuan "It used to take seven or eight days to patrol, but now it only takes two days!" On the afternoon of December 19, Sergeant Chang Qing Chaoyun of the fourth level of a border guard regiment in the Shannan army sub district of Tibet completed the patrol task and began to write the patrol report. Looking out of the window at the sunset gradually emerging on the mountain side and enjoying the warm environment in the room, Qing Chaoyun can't help feeling that the days of people carrying horses and carrying supplies and accommodation materials for patrol are finally gone. He told reporters: "all this is because there is a road!" Compared with the bad weather, what once bothered the border guards was the road. Because there is no road, the transported fresh vegetables become dried vegetables, and the daily newspaper becomes a weekly. Because there is no road, it is difficult for officers and soldiers to meet their wives and children. What makes the officers and soldiers more anxious is that because there is no road, they can't rush to the scene for disposal in case of emergencies Finally, this year, with the connection of a patrol Road, the mountain here is no longer high and the road is no longer long. Qing Chaoyun and his comrades in arms who have been stationed on the plateau for many years can also get on the patrol car. The reporter learned that in recent years, in order to solve the problem of difficult road travel in border defense, organs at all levels have made many investigations and field investigations, overcome a series of construction technical difficulties, and repaired the patrol road to the door of the border defense company. The construction of patrol roads is an epitome of the changes in military barracks on the snowy plateau. In recent years, with the concern of the higher authorities, the "warm soldier project" for grass-roots relief has continued to be promoted. The barracks are becoming more and more warm and clean. The dining table is "evergreen all the year round". Oxygen enters the bedside of the platoon officers and soldiers. Various hardware facilities are no different from those of the troops stationed in the plain. The reporter's visit found that the garrison conditions of the border defense company have changed, but the "old Tibetan spirit" has not changed. Qing Chaoyun solemnly said, "now that we have good conditions, we should practice our skills and never keep the territory of the motherland small and lose our sovereignty!" Drawing: Jia Guoliang (outlook new era)