The hardships, life, and heroic deeds of the Qinghai-Tibet troops are about the troops on the plateau, not the troops in the city

A ??The Spirit of the Pilgrim Army: A Record of the Deeds of the Qinghai-Tibet Military Station of the General Logistics Department

(Newsletter Report in 2004)

Like a brilliant rainbow, crossing The river crosses the snowy peaks and extends from Xining to the majestic Potala Palace; like a white hada, it carries care and expresses affection, connecting the inland and the magnificent snow-covered plateau.

It is the famous Qinghai-Tibet Line.

The officers and soldiers of the Qinghai-Tibet Military Station of the General Logistics Department, who have been running, fighting and persevering on this magical "Heavenly Road" for many years, have forged their loyalty to the motherland with their youthful blood and composed the poem with their selfless dedication. The glorious chapter of loving the people.

In July 1990, the Central Military Commission signed an order awarding this heroic unit the honorary title of "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Model Military Depot". Jiang wrote an inscription for them: "Promote the special ability to endure hardship, the special ability to endure, and the special ability to fight." revolutionary spirit".

The "Three Specials" are like a bright red flag flying high on the more than 2,000 kilometers of the Qinghai-Tibet Line, inspiring the officers and soldiers to work hard, keep pace with the times, and constantly create new brilliance.

　(1)

"Snow in June, ice in July, mountains closed in August and winter in September, strong winds blow all year round."

In the so-called " The plateau, "the roof of the world" and the "forbidden zone of life", is severely cold, hypoxic, full of wind and sand, and the harsh natural environment is the biggest enemy of the officers and soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet line.

However, in the past 50 years, it is on this thousand-year permafrost layer with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters that generations of officers and soldiers have built the first road transportation line connecting the mainland and Tibet. The world's highest oil pipeline and defense communications line. These three world-famous projects have been hailed as "lifelines", "energy lines" and "information lines" by the Qinghai and Tibetan people.

In August 1953, General Mu Shengzhong led his troops into no man's land. When they reached a river in the desert, someone asked: "Where is Golmud?" General Mu took out a shovel and went to He said to the ground: "This is Golmud." Therefore, this place became the forward position for building the Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

In 1956, Marshal Chen Yi inspected the Qinghai-Tibet Line and highly praised the officers and soldiers who opened the road: "You have brought the Yan'an style to the plateau, which is amazing!"

These legendary stories and glorious achievements are Behind the scenes are countless selfless contributions and silent sacrifices by officers and soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet line.

In the summer of 2003, a team of medical experts, led by the head of the General Logistics Department, launched online research services. The female doctors stared at the dark purple-black faces of the officers and soldiers, and clasped their big hands full of cracks and deep-cut nails, and they were all moved. When they measured that the blood pressure index of the officers and soldiers was only half of the normal value, they couldn't help but feel sore noses.

Experts once again confirmed the findings of relevant departments: due to high cold and hypoxia, the incidence of altitude sickness among officers and soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet line reached 99.7%, and the rate of change in body organ function was 100%.

It is said that a self-employed person who wanted to start a fur business in Tibet took a military vehicle up the mountain. Halfway there, he couldn't bear the torture of lack of oxygen and returned halfway. He said: Even if there are gold bricks there, I won’t go there.

The outside world is wonderful. "House, car, money, seat, children..." "Five Sons Enrolled in the Imperial College" is constantly being renovated. But the officers and soldiers here still "lose their bodies, their wives, their children, their fathers, and their money." However, they are "deprived of oxygen but not lacking in spirit" and "high altitude and higher standards". They have always adhered to their spiritual defense line and never wavered.

Over the past 60 years, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers have fought and dedicated their lives here. At present, there are still 312 "old plateau people" who have worked on the Qinghai-Tibet Line for more than 20 years; some have become "plateau people" for three generations; more than 1,500 college graduates are struggling on the arduous front line at the grassroots level... …

Yao Zhixiang, a 60-year-old senior engineer. In 1975, he said goodbye to his wife, children and children and went to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In 29 years, from the prime of his life to the frost on his temples, he wrote his "works" on this "energy line": he carried out more than 20 technological innovations, solved more than 340 technical problems, and won 3 scientific research achievements. The Military Science and Technology Progress Award has saved the military tens of millions of yuan in various expenses.

The oil transmission line section under the jurisdiction of the Kunlun Pass Pumping Station is known as the "tiger's mouth". During the maintenance, the soldiers found that the furnace channel was broken, and it was very difficult to troubleshoot the fault. Yao Zhixiang came all the way from Golmud and plunged into the deafening computer room. He picked up the welding gun and got into the small furnace. The sparks flying under the welding gun made Yao Zhixiang's throat and nostrils bleed. He endured the high temperature of more than 40 degrees Celsius until he cut off all the old flues in the chamber and replaced them with new ones.

As the protagonists of the Qinghai-Tibet Line, the automobile soldiers are not afraid of dangers and difficulties. They have to travel online for at least more than nine months every year, continuously delivering various materials to the Tibetan border defense. On the way up the mountain, we were hungry and full, cold and hot, and sometimes we even ran out of food and food. But everyone would rather tighten their belts than transport food to the border defense. On the vast windy and snowy road, it is "commonplace" for officers and soldiers to use their coats as quilts and carriages as beds.

Generations of officers and soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet line have paid a huge price for the prosperity of the plateau and the important task of guarding the country. More than 740 of them stayed on the plateau forever: some fell on the steering wheel, Some sacrificed their lives on the ice and snow, some slept in the trunk of the car guarding the goods, and some slept forever in the guest room of the military station...

The sacrifices of the widows of the victims are no less than dedication to life. More than 100 of them still live on the Qinghai-Tibet Line, and most of them have not remarried. With their weak shoulders, they shouldered the burden of life, raising the elderly and nurturing children.

Li Wudao, the wife of Wang Dengzhu, the former deputy commander of the Third Automobile Regiment, was 28 years old when her husband died. She worked hard to raise three children and sent two of her sons to the army. When her son left, she took out her husband's military medal that she had treasured for many years: "My son, walk the road your father has not finished..."

　(2)

Army Station Department 12 The longest member of the Standing Committee has been working on the Qinghai-Tibet Line for more than 30 years, and the shortest member has been working on the Qinghai-Tibet Line for more than 20 years. Having withstood various harsh environments and arduous tasks, their bodies were damaged to varying degrees, and some even suffered from chronic diseases. But none of them proposed to leave the plateau, and they have been working diligently and persisting in obscurity: each person is online for an average of more than 120 days a year, and the most are more than 200 days.

Li Haiqian, political commissar of the Military Station Department, has fought on the plateau for 31 years. He often said: "One of the basic requirements for leading cadres is to ask their subordinates to do what they want, and they must do it first." He said many times in Celebrating the Spring Festival at the "three stations" with the highest altitude on the Qinghai-Tibet line, we made dumplings and had New Year's Eve dinner with the officers and soldiers.

One year, Li Haiqian and his comrades from the agency went online to conduct research. While eating at the Wudaoliang Military Station, they found that the deputy commander of the military station had swollen eyes and a pale complexion. After questioning, it was found that the deputy webmaster's transaminase index was high and he originally wanted to be treated in Xi'an, but the holiday was coming soon and he managed to return to the team on time.

Li Haiqian was in a very heavy mood. After returning to Golmud, he suggested that the party committee transfer the deputy station director to Golmud, where the altitude was lower and the conditions were better, and he personally found a doctor to cure his illness.

The "squad members" of the party committee deeply understand that in the face of urgent, difficult and dangerous tasks, their actual actions are more effective than shouting slogans a hundred times.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1998, Nagqu, Ngari, Shigatse and other places in Tibet suffered a severe snowstorm. After receiving the order from their superiors, the officers and soldiers who were preparing to celebrate the New Year immediately took action and loaded the vehicles overnight.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ji Chenglu, the director of the military depot, led 105 large-tonnage transport vehicles, loaded with more than 1,000 tons of disaster relief materials, and rushed to the disaster area. Ji Chenglu knew in his heart that if he crossed the mountains and reached Tibet at this time, he would inevitably encounter a fierce battle. Ji Chenglu led the team car at the front. He opened the window glass and put his head out the window, letting the wind and snow hit his face. He is helping the driver find the road - the ravines are filled with snow, and the roads are covered with snow. Where is the ditch and where is the road? You can only judge by the location of the mountain.

Ahead was Tanggula Mountain. The car was breathing heavily, and the vehicles behind it were deeply stuck in the snow pit. Ji Chenglu and the soldiers jumped out of the car and shoveled the snow with washbasins and shovels to clear the way. The severe cold turned the snow flakes into ice cubes, which hit the iron sheet of the car and made a "chirping" sound. When they are hungry, they take a bite of compressed biscuits or instant noodles; when they are thirsty, they eat a handful of snow; when they are sleepy, they wrap themselves in fur coats and take a nap...

After 5 days and 5 nights, 105 The trolley finally delivered the supplies to the disaster area.

The herdsmen cheered and kowtowed in thanks: "Golden Pearl Mami! Life-saving Bodhisattva!" "Golden Pearl Mami! Life-saving Bodhisattva!"

Successive party committees of the Military Station Department all have this knowledge: people go to the line Run up, focus on the line, and do things online. Wherever the most difficult tasks are, there are their footprints; wherever the tasks are the most arduous, there are their presence. Today, when we take stock of our achievements and achievements, perhaps we should not forget their names: former ministers Wang Jin, Zhang Hongsheng, Wang Manzhou, Wang Gencheng, Wei Guangkun, and Sun Chuanzhang; former political commissars Zheng Mingbo, Li Lanchang, Ma Guolian, Du An, Fan Yinrui, and Wen Yimin ...

It is they, as the benchmark for the army, who use their good self-image to inspire the officers and soldiers to successfully complete various tasks assigned by the motherland and the people. Over the past 50 years, it has transported a total of 7.1 million tons of materials, employed more than one million people, sent and received more than 11 million tons of various materials, transported 3.6 million tons of oil, and created an output value of more than 1 billion yuan. A 1,680-kilometer defense communication line has been erected and kept open at all times. The army has been rated as "Advanced Unit in Administrative Management of the Whole Army", "Advanced Unit in Equipment Management of the Whole Army" and "Advanced Unit in Training of the Whole Army" by the four headquarters. 6 grassroots units and 6 individuals have been awarded honorary titles by the Central Military Commission and the headquarters. In 2001, the Party Committee of the Depot Department was commended as the Advanced Party Committee of the Army.

　(3)

The military stations along the Qinghai-Tibet Road are both tough fortresses and warm homes.

At the Tanggula Mountain Pumping Station at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, the "rooftop greenhouse" is warm and cozy. More than 10 kinds of vegetables, such as leeks, celery, peppers, and eggplants, are lush and green...

This was originally a barren land where no grass grew. It was the officers and soldiers who dug up the frozen soil, moved away the sand and gravel, and made it from Loess and cattle and sheep dung were transported hundreds of miles away to build this "green landscape" on the permafrost, becoming a unique landscape that the officers and soldiers are proud of.

One hard work, one harvest. Today, more than 200 greenhouses like this have been built along the entire Qinghai-Tibet line. They also brought back "hot soil" from hundreds of kilometers away and built five non-staple food bases on the Gobi Desert for the production of rapeseed, eggs, and fresh fish.

The dream of generations has magically become a reality. Plateau officers and soldiers bid farewell to the history of being unable to eat fresh vegetables and vitamins. They are more than self-sufficient in vegetables in summer and 60% in winter. The dining style of grassroots companies has changed from "big pot rice" to "buffet", and the meal structure has gradually changed from "subsistence-based" to "nutritional".

After the initial success of the "vegetable basket" project, the "greening project" of camp management was launched one after another. The officers and soldiers brought grass seeds and saplings from their hometowns, and persistently spread their ideals and hopes on the snow-covered plateau. They have planted 222.2 hectares of forest in the Gobi desert and planted more than 12,000 square meters of lawn, bringing the green coverage rate of the camp to 25%. More than 60 camps are like more than 60 beautiful gardens, injecting youthful vitality into the desert plateau.

“Patience does not lead to hardship, and achievements are achieved through hardship.” Today, the military stations along the line have realized hotel-style accommodation, heating and heating, diversified cultural life, dining restaurants, and mechanized cooking operations.

In 2000, they invested more than 3 million yuan to build a local area network covering the troops stationed in Xining, Dunhuang, Golmud, and Lhasa. Nowadays, with a click of the mouse, you can browse the websites of the headquarters and neighboring units; through the email system, department leaders can quickly issue orders to their troops on the thousands-mile Qinghai-Tibet line and understand the various situations of the troops; the opening of the video conferencing system, This enables "face-to-face" communication between the Xining Network Center and the grassroots network terminals on the Qinghai-Tibet Line, ushering in a new era of information revolution in the information-blocked plateau.

After 50 years of hard work, the officers and soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet Line have brought a breath of modern civilization to the ancient and wild Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. People here will always remember the immortal achievements of "Jinzhu Mami" on their journey to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

Why do we stay poor and talk about being rich

Why do we stay away from joy and not talk about sorrow

Why do we throw away our youth without being stingy

Why do we Drinking heavily and being lonely as fine wine

This is because the heavy steel gun is on the shoulder..."

The plateau officers and soldiers sang the essence and heritage of the "Three Specials". It is not only Qinghai-Tibet It is a powerful spiritual pillar for frontline officers and soldiers, and will be passed down from generation to generation forever as the unique spiritual wealth of the people's army.