What is the army company at the southernmost tip of the motherland like when you go to the military camp during the Spring Festival?

During the Spring Festival, Sanya, Hainan, is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and tourists are everywhere. However, in the South China Sea across from Sanya Bay, there is an island called Zhou Dongyu, which is almost unknown. During the festival, reporter Yang Guang went out to sea by boat and took you to feel the East Island on the other side of the bustling city.

The southernmost army company of the motherland-a coastal defense company in Dongzhouzhou Island.

The reporter and his party left the dock and headed for Dongzhou Island. It is the first time to see the panoramic view of Sanya Bay from this angle. On the artificially filled Phoenix Island, tall buildings stand tall, which makes people lament the development of Sanya in recent years.

As the ship sailed farther and farther, Sanya Bay gradually blurred in the thin sea fog. Above the blue waves, two small islands, East Island and West Island, appeared in front of the ship, and the two islands were only three kilometers apart. Company commander Ni said that the two islands are about 6 kilometers away from Sanya Bay. Because it is eroded by the wind and waves in the South China Sea all the year round, it looks like two turtles facing the South China Sea, hence the name. Guo Moruo once wrote a poem.

This poem is about young trees with flowers everywhere and stone walls around coral reefs. Outside Yulin Port, national defense should keep its eyes open. I think what I mean is that the natural conditions of our East Island are relatively difficult, and that the geographical location of our East Island and West Island is very important. There were garrisons on both islands before.

The island's fresh water purification system.

Today, Xizhouzhou Island has been developed into a tourist island, while Dongzhouzhou Island is still guarded by soldiers. Zhang Sujiang, the monitor who has lived on the island for nine years, took our party up the stairs along the narrow cement mountain road.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, landing ships came to supply vegetables to officers and men.

Zhang Sujiang said that this road was built bit by bit after the training of company soldiers. "It took all the soldiers in our company more than two weeks to complete. One is here, one is in front and the other is behind the mountain. "

The host officers and soldiers are conducting combat readiness drills.

It is difficult to climb the steep mountain road. This slope has 108 steps, and there is a sign on the roadside that says "Hero Slope". Walking through the vast slope and boarding the first whistle at the end of the world, the fresh sea breeze blows head-on, and the ups and downs of the South China Sea and the shuttling ships are like a chessboard.

The landing ship is here to deliver supplies.

Zhang Sujiang said that Dongpuzhou Island was originally a stone island, which was extremely short of water and had harsh climatic conditions. In the past, fishermen called it "fire island", "wind island" and "desert island".

Zhang Sujiang told us: "In the past, I made pickup trucks to pull vegetables. It's only been three or four years since it came up, and the bottom of that car has rusted. "

It's getting late, and Sanya across the sea is brightly lit, illuminating half the sky. Zhang Sujiang recalled that when he first went to the island, there was only one diesel generator in the company.

Zhang Sujiang said: "Power is generated by points. Generate electricity at 7 o'clock every night on time. Just watch "News Network" and there is no electricity at other times. "

At that time, soldiers would look at the lights across the strait, and it was inevitable that they would be lonely.

Perhaps the squad leader Zhang himself doesn't understand why he can work on the island for nine years, but the conditions of the company have changed dramatically this year.

Camp environment.

Company dormitory.

Today, the superior installed solar panels on the roof of the company, which brought light to the officers and men. In recent years, water purification systems and 4G networks have also landed on Zhou Dongyu Island. Generations of officers and men guarding the island used their brains and used their hands to build infrastructure. Nowadays, the coconut trees on the island have become forests, and the planted carambola and mango are covered with branches. The former Shidao has now become a paradise in the South China Sea.

At the New Year's Garden Party, the small camp was decorated with lanterns, and the soldiers picked coconuts growing on the island. The toys were coconut bowling with island characteristics.

The cookhouse squad carefully cooked special foods such as chicken wrapped in coconut.

Zhang Sujiang, the squad leader, told reporters that although the natural conditions are still difficult, the soldiers are happy to stay at the ends of the earth and stay on the island for a long time. Faced with the prosperity of Sanya Bay and the speedboats cruising around Xizhou Island, there was no initial envy.

Cooking class

Officers and soldiers play coconut bowling with their families.

Officers and soldiers play coconut bowling with their families.

"Because the island is closed, people become more stupid, because language or anything is not so open in society."

Company commander Ni said that there was a giant chess game on the island, but it has been suspended for a long time since last year.

The officers and men of a coastal defense company in Dongzhouzhou Island, the southernmost army company of the motherland, paid a New Year greeting to the people of the whole country.

"Before, we played a game of chess here. Each piece weighs 40 kilograms. Two people carried it together and played a game of chess together. First, it has improved everyone's enthusiasm for training, and second, it is also very helpful for strength training. Last year, the typhoon was relatively strong, and the waves rushed up. This year's training task is relatively heavy, and I plan to use my spare time to sort it out. "