Year after year, in the blink of an eye, Yesong ushered in his third Spring Festival in the barracks.

The first Spring Festival in the barracks was at the military base, when the three of them drank alone and talked about preparation and war; The second year was to raise a glass with many comrades in the armored brigade; Now in its third year...... I never dreamed that I would spend the New Year on this Tibetan plateau.

However, border defense is border defense after all, and holidays here are more tense than usual. Vehicles and equipment are parked in combat readiness queues, individual combat readiness materials are distributed, the time between patrol detachments is shortened, the number of troops increased, the number of fixed reports in the combat readiness duty room is increased, and the network patrol officers are ......

When the entire camp was highly prepared, Ye Song and Dou Miao sent supplies along with the man-made posts in the camp.

Coming to this snow-capped mountain again after a month, although Yesong's body has fully recovered, he still feels a little struggling, which can't help but make him wonder if he has sequelae.

"Old Bean, how do you feel? Is breath and physical strength normal? ”

Dou Miao was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something, so he said: "It's strange that in this environment, it can be as normal as the mainland!" ”

Ye Song breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and even felt that his steps became more brisk.

The deputy company commander who led the team heard their conversation and said with a smile: "The average temperature here is -4 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature is -40 degrees Celsius, and there are more than 200 days of strong winds above level 8 every year. It's normal for you to feel unwell. ”

The deputy company commander looked at Ye Song and said, "Plateau sudden illness is very common here, you don't want to add psychological burden to yourself." Let me tell you the truth, according to the diagnostic statistics of the Tibetan Military Region Hospital, due to the lack of oxygen and vitamins, 80 percent of the officers and men of our independent battalion have serious hemoglobin exceeding the standard, and 100 percent of the officers and men have varying degrees of hypertension, heart displacement, and other high-altitude diseases. ”

The deputy company commander looked at the vast white snow and sighed lightly: "The year before last, there was a famous senior soldier named Ren Han, that kid often smiled, as if he had never been troubled, and even the people inside liked him very much. However, he had a heart attack on a duty and fell to the ground and never woke up...... He was only 19 years old. ”

In this icy and snowy place, the dull atmosphere is the most terrifying, so Ye Song and Dou Miao exchanged glances and began to change the topic.

Ye Song asked: "Deputy company commander, the border posts in the Tibetan areas we went to, they all stored vegetable materials a few months before the heavy snow closed the mountain, why don't they do that here?" ”

"Before we built our own roads, these supplies were brought from the county town 120 kilometers away, and by the time they arrived at the outpost, almost half of them were broken. Although the environment of the outpost has improved a lot, vegetables and other supplies are still rare, so it is very easy to suffer from vitamin deficiency at the outpost, and everyone has sunken nails and chapped lips. ”

The deputy company commander looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance and said: "It's hard enough to be stationed in this harsh environment, if you can't even eat fresh vegetables for the New Year...... Alas! ”

Yesong no longer shifts the subject, because no matter what he says, he can't get around this heavy topic. Although the officers and soldiers here have accepted the reality and have the courage to dedicate themselves to personal life and death, they "miss their relatives every festive season" and miss their families and deceased comrades-in-arms.

Ye Song suddenly remembered the "happiness theory" that Shen Lingfei said at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at the military base, and the last sentence he said.

"Tonight, some people have gone home, some people may go home, some people can only be homesick, and some people will never be able to go home again."

Ye Song recalled the scene at that time, Shen Lingfei's expression was solemn and sad, and although he himself felt something, he was "the wind wrinkled the surface of the lake, and the wind rippled flat", no matter how much he imagined, he couldn't understand Shen Lingfei's state of mind.

But now Ye Song seems to have some understanding, looking at the endless "snow road" in front of him, he seems to see a young life fall forever in this snow, but he still maintains a charging posture, his head in the direction of the border pass!

……

Finally approaching the outpost despite the wind and snow, Night Song squinted and saw a stone monument in the distance, which seemed to have stone pillars on either side of the stone monument, but when he approached it, he was shocked.

There is indeed a stele with the name of this main peak engraved on it, but instead of stone pillars, two people stand on either side of it.

At this time, they were completely wrapped in snow, and even the steel guns in their arms were covered in snow, and the most shocking thing was that a layer of ice had formed on their cold collars, and there were even ice ridges hanging from their chins.

In the cold wind and snow, they are like two pine trees made of steel, rooted on the top of the snow-capped mountain, guarding the border and guarding the gate of the country.

The two sentries saw that the corners of the deputy company commander's mouth were slightly upturned but did not speak, let alone leave the sentry post, and everyone saluted them and walked towards the outpost.

Inside the outpost, after Dou Miao reported the situation to the Western Army Headquarters, he looked around but did not see the figure of Ye Song.

"Veteran, have you seen the night pine?"

"Night pine? Just saw him as I closed the door and seemed to be outside the outpost. ”

Dou Miao was stunned for a moment, and as soon as she walked out of the gate of the outpost, she saw the stone tablet in the distance, and there were three "pines" looking at each other in the wind and snow. The two sentinels were still the same as before, while Yomatsu stood in front of them in a saluting posture.

Dou Miao suddenly felt that the three people in front of her were so tall that she even needed to look up at herself.

……

After a long time, Ye Song slowly lowered his arm and walked towards the outpost, and found that there was a "snowman" outside the outpost.

Ye Songle said: "Old Dou, what are you making trouble with?" I've been in the army for three years and still want to cosplay, but you 'snowman' really looks like you. ”

"Cos, your sister! Your kid's ideological realm is constantly improving, how can I continue to stand still? Dou Miao rolled her eyes and said.

Ye Song put away his smile and said seriously: "Dou Miao, I have gained a lot from coming to Tibet, and I want to put what I feel into practice and influence more people, so I want to take a military exam after completing this task and go back to participate in a military examination, and develop in the army for a long time as an officer." No, it should be said that you have embarked on a unique and glorious military path, would you like to join me? ”

"I don't want to!"

Hearing Dou Miao's refusal so simply, Ye Song was a little disappointed, he thought that Dou Miao would readily agree. After all, Dou Miao has also experienced these things after joining the army, and it stands to reason that he should agree with what he wants to express...... But why the refusal? Ye Song suddenly realized that he was unconsciously inseparable from this partner who got along day and night.

Ye Song smiled self-deprecatingly, yes, as a general, he can suffer with him, and it is already very interesting to be a comrade-in-arms, so why follow him to explore the unknown road?

However, at this moment, I heard Dou Miao say again: "Why are you in charge?" Let me join you? Why didn't you join me? ”

Ye Song was stunned for a moment, and then asked uncertainly while being overjoyed, "What do you mean......?"

"I will act with you, but I will not always follow in your footsteps, because I will also walk out of my own military road, no, it will be the road!" Dou Miao said proudly.

Ye Song laughed loudly, then raised his right fist and said to Dou Miao: "Okay, from today onwards, we are not only comrades-in-arms under the same military flag, but also comrades-in-arms on the road!" ”

Dou Miao stretched out his right fist and faced Ye Song's fist, and said with a smile: "New year, come on!" Please take care of the journey! ”

"Encouragement!"