"Salute to the Legend of Frontier Defense 185"

Today we are going to the first frontier outpost, that is, the most northwestern border post of our country. This means that we who stay overnight in Jadenwang will travel more than 600 kilometers. This is also the fourth day of our arrival in XJ, and we have adapted to this kind of rush to get up early and be greedy for darkness across northern Xinjiang. In the words of the tour guide, we are turning the route of the first three days in half today, which also means that you are going to take the northern Xinjiang in a "8" shape and take the car twice. Fortunately, there is only one section of the road that overlaps, and that is the part of the mountain road that came from.

In the early morning in the Altay pastoral area, I saw herds of cattle, sheep and camels, blooming like flowers on the grassland. Soon after leaving the Jadenwang garrison and descending from the top of the mountain, he saw a large flock of sheep surrounded by a meadow on the hillside. After inquiry, I learned that it was the nomadic sheepfold of the herdsmen at night, which was a simple barbed wire fence less than one meter high, and it was enough to gather the sheep in a circle, and next to it was the small tent of the herdsmen. There were many of these circles in the grassland before nine o'clock, and it was obviously the sheep who didn't get up earlier than we did, so that we could see this landscape. I feel that grazing here seems to be very simple, the cattle and sheep exposed at night do not need any protection, and the villages and meadows and hillsides of Kanas scenic area are full of herds of cattle, as if they are managed by themselves.

This reminds me of a scene I saw at Jadenwang's station, when I was preparing to leave on the side of the road in the morning, I saw a lot of cows grazing on the slope of the road at the head of the village, and none of the villagers saw it. On the grass next to our car were several large and small cows. Among them, there are two cute calves, probably the youngest cows I have ever seen, probably not long ago, and my companion Ah Hua and I liked it so much that we took pictures of them.

At this time, the calf suddenly raised his head and cried "moo, moo, moo" in the direction of the village not far away, and his immature voice was very much like shouting "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy", and it looked even cuter when it called, and we laughed loudly. However, just as the calf first "mooed", we heard a deep "moo" and saw a huge cow scurrying out of the village and hurrying towards us from the road. The calf barked a few times, the big cow replied a few times, and the calf saw that the big cow had come down, so he lowered his head and graze.

This scene made my heart warm and very touched. I told my companion that it must be the calf's mother. The calf felt that it was not safe for us to be near and called it Mommy, and she hurried down to protect the child. The mother cow ran to the car in a hurry, staring at the big bull's eyes and looking up, the expression was: Who was bullying my child just now?

Seeing the anxious look of the cow mother protecting the calf, I was still a little scared. Because, seeing her rush down, we would have left the calf and returned to the cart. Mother Niu should have seen it, why is it so powerful? It's really frightening to the baby.

Fortunately, when she saw that we were scared, she stopped being scared and went to comfort her children. Sitting in the car, watching the calf breastfeeding, I deeply realized that no matter how high or low the animal, the deep love between mother and child is the same, which also proves the origin of the word "calf protection".

Continuing on, we came to the small town of HBH County, where a local Han villager rode a rickshaw to sell food while stopping for a break. I, who have always loved food, was the first to walk over and saw bowls of dry-fried small fish, which were in good condition, saying that they were cold-water fish that were caught from the river in the morning, and they had just been fried.

The fellow persuaded me to taste it with a smile on his face. I couldn't resist the temptation to taste one. Ouch, too fresh, not fishy at all, and very cleanly handled. It's so delicious, crispy and sweet, it's the best dry-fried fish I've ever tasted. I've been here for four days and haven't eaten a single meal of fish. Ten yuan a bowl, and quickly served two bowls. While buying, I shouted loudly to my companions to come and eat, it was so delicious. My appearance made the group members in the same car come over one after another, and soon the bowls and fish on the car were swept away. Then standing on the side of the street, Ah Hua and I ate two bowls of fish after a while. As far as eating is concerned, we are highly consistent.

The tour guide saw that we were eating happily and said, "You can just eat like this, all the group meals are good at noon today, there are local cold-water fish." At that time, I listened to him say this, and I regretted eating too much. As a result, after a big fish was brought up at noon, I didn't need to taste it, and at a glance, I felt that the first two bowls of small fish were worth eating. Because this fish is not made of fresh fish, it is far less delicious than small fried fish. For foodies like me, gluttony doesn't eat everything. Well, just eat it! Therefore, such fish will not be eaten at all.

Continue towards the location of the 185 border. The scenery along the way outside the city is no longer the Gobi and Yadan, but the fertile fields, with water canals in the fields, Dagua and oil sunflower fields as far as the eye can see, as well as rice and corn fields. Although I didn't see a single farmer, I felt that this was a land of abundance. Continuing onwards, there is a wide river next to the national highway. The tour guide said that this is the Irtysh River, and the water of the river flows from Russia. The little fish we just ate is in this river.

After parking, everyone rushed to the river. It's still exciting to see such a big river in XJ. Walking across the beach to the river, I saw that the water was clear and clean, but there were no aquatic plants. From afar, I saw people pulling nets downstream, and I felt very happy when I thought that the fish we had just eaten came from this river, and maybe it was made by the villager's family.

Standing by the river, watching this river from afar and flowing to distant, flowing quietly through the beach like a jade belt. XJ, who has seen the desert Gobi all the way, feels that this river is so beautiful and kind. I was fortunate enough to come to the river, look at myself in the clean water, and sit quietly by the river, facing the sunshine and watching the water in front of me sparkling, and watching the busyness of the people in the river downstream. It's a beautiful picture and I love it here. Because the Irtysh River is a quiet river in the true sense of the word. There are no trees by the river, no grass in the water, and there are few people on the shore.

It's a pity that we have to hurry, so we have to come in a hurry and leave in a hurry.

At about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, we came to a clean, tidy and quiet new city, which is where the 185 border is located. The beauty of the city surprised us, I didn't expect that there is such a beautiful greenery in the desert, the whole street is tall landscape trees and green spaces, flowers bloom in flower beds, it is completely the appearance of a mainland city, the only difference is that there are few pedestrians on the road, this is a quiet city. I am glad that the soldiers on the border can live in such a beautiful city.

After the meal, we first went to the Baisha Lake Scenic Area on the border of China and Tu, this small lake in the desert is very beautiful. Then I arrived at Border Legend 185, the first company exhibition room of the Northwest Frontier.

I saw the song on the display board, "Half a bowl of yellow sand and half a bowl of wind, half a common man and half a soldier, how many soldiers are homesick and dreamy, all in the eternal wasteland." And "the constant cutting of the national situation, the invincible border guards, the unbreakable border defense line, and the invincible military reclamation spirit", made my blood boil. Listening to the narrator tell the history and major events of this outpost, I was moved to tears, and sincerely paid tribute to the officers and soldiers of this hot land!

Coming out of the exhibition room, we went to visit the "husband and wife whistle" opposite. The heroic old man in the couple's sentry recently went to WLMQ, and only saw from afar the sentry post he had guarded all his life and the national flag flying high. The old man's sentence "I only do one thing in my life, I guard the border for the country" made my blood boil, and I sincerely sent my respect.

It is also here that I see scenes that I can't see in other places in XJ, because the locals here are basically Han Chinese, and they speak their own native dialects, and they have taken root here. When communicating with them, in addition to being cordial, I always want to cry for some reason, and at the same time I tell myself to cherish my current life more.

For this reason, I am honored to have the opportunity to visit and pay tribute to the legendary 185 frontier after driving 600 kilometers here today.

So, I'm very happy. On the way to Beitun City, where I live today, after passing by the village and parking. I happily walked into the roadside melon field that I had seen in the car for a few days, learned the appearance of the melon planters, and looked at the melon field.

In Beitun City, we visited the night market. This tourist city is beautiful and there are many big hotels on the street. The hotel we stayed in tonight was very luxurious, and the street in front of the door was full of street lamps with ethnic characteristics, which was spacious and foreign. However, Xu is the reason for the large amount of land and resources, the streets and roads of the tourist cities I have seen these days are so wide that in my opinion, some of the roads are too forward-looking, and some of the wide roads are more prominent than the buildings. This may be to keep pace with the times, "to get rich first, build roads first", indicating that XJ's tomorrow will be more prosperous and Beitun City will be more beautiful!

This is also our expectation, here, I would like to send my best wishes to the officers and soldiers of the military reclamation, and to Beitun City, which left me with a sense of beauty.

August 23, 2016