Pictured: The police of the Mengban Border Police Station in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, painted the Chinese boundary monument red.
China's network on January 20 (correspondent Song Yilong Zhou Shaofei) "The rain forest is windy and humid, and the No. 21 boundary monument of the Middle and Laos, which was just painted red last month, has been oxidized and faded this month. It's the New Year, and we're wearing new clothes and bright Chinese red for our boundary monuments! ”
Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is located on the southernmost side of Caiyun, at the junction of China, Laos and Myanmar, the mountain and basin terrain makes the valley here form a unique regional tropical rainforest climate, and the immigration management police walking on the inaccessible 740.8 km national border have added a beautiful touch of dark blue to this border county. On the eve of the New Year, the reporter followed the footsteps of the border patrol team of the Mengbian Border Police Station in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, and embarked on a border patrol of the rainforest together.
Pictured: Immigration police marching along the border.
Vampire Locust – a special "companion" on the road
"To successfully reach the No. 21 boundary monument between China and Laos and complete the patrol task, you must walk through thatched mountain, about 6 hours." The owner of this interview, Gongsun Yongping, is the director of the Mengban Border Police Station and the leader of the border normalization patrol team.
Locusts are everywhere in the dense forest of thatched mountains, on branches, in grass, in streams, in dead leaves, and as soon as they enter the dense forest, they enter the "total encirclement" of locusts. "Everyone must tie your pants legs tightly, tie your neckline, and protect your whole body." Sun Yongping checked the locust protection of border patrol members one by one.
"Look! This is the 'secret weapon' I brought with me. "Sun Yongping took out a bag of salt from his pocket and showed it to everyone." The locust is afraid of salt, and after being bitten, rub it with salt, and it falls off on its own. ”
Pictured: Patrolling police look for locusts on their bodies.
During the patrol break, the patrol team began to clean up the locusts on their bodies, and their shoes, insteps, calves, and abdomen were all the hardest hit areas of the locusts. A comrade-in-arms actually cleared 14 locusts from his body, and the legs of the patrol dog "WuXiao", who participated in the mission together, were already full of fat locusts due to lack of physical protection, and after removal, the legs were already covered with blood, but they were still at the forefront of the patrol.
"The most time, I crawled more than 20 locusts on my body, and when I took them all down, my calves were already blurred with blood and flesh." Mentioning the locust, Sun Yongping smiled and told everyone.
Pictured: The patrol dog "Black Horse" locust is injured.
The picture shows Director Sun Yongping pointing to the distance, explaining the border situation to the new comrade and teaching him how to observe weather changes during patrols.
Rainforest climate - deep mountains and valleys "change when you say change"
The local rainforest microclimate, created by the special terrain and latitude, is another challenge for the patrol members. "The weather in the rainforest is like the face of a child, and it changes when it says. Maybe it is sunny and hot, and walking will become heavy rain, and then it will cool down sharply. So we have to bring rain gear and clothes for our mountain tours. Sun Yongping opened his backpack and showed the warm clothes to the reporter.
Pictured: Patrol warriors wading through a muddy swamp.
"What we are most afraid of is that when it rains on the side of the patrol, we must protect our equipment from moisture, and we must pay attention not to attrition in non-combat due to injuries and illnesses."
Deep in the mountains and dense forests, the gorges are high and deep, and it is a luxury to go deep, don't say a sense of direction, and see the sky. Passing through the canyon, Sun Yongping slowed down, turned to everyone and said: "A while ago, it was raining, coupled with the low visibility of the trees, our two militia brothers fell from here, causing multiple fractures all over the body, everyone must pay attention to safety!" After speaking, Sun Yongping handed the homemade hiking pole in his hand to Xiao Zhu, a young policeman who came to support. Walking in the rainforest can get lost and need the guidance of a local guide. "Every time we patrol the border, the local party members and the vanguard of the group defense are our closest brothers, otherwise we would not be able to walk out in the face of the unpredictable deep mountains and dense forests." Referring to the local party members and group defense pioneers who patrolled the border together, Sun Yongping gave a thumbs up.
Pictured: The local party member guide leads the team members to patrol the border together.
Mass Defense Force - The "Decisive Magic Weapon" of Border Prevention and Control
"As the new year draws to a close, the pressure to prevent the import of epidemics from abroad is increasing, and it is also a period of high incidence of border smuggling incidents, and mass defense forces are an important reliance on our response to challenges."
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Xishuangbanna Prefecture has strictly implemented the overall prevention and control strategy of external prevention and internal prevention and rebound, fully implemented the "five-level section chief system", "five-level secretary grasping border defense" and "five-level guarantee responsibility system", taking the village committee as the network, taking the household as the grid, and taking the people as the point, and built a group prevention and group control model of "five households joint defense" and "ten household joint defense".
Sun Yongping said: "Once one of our comrades-in-arms was bitten by a poisonous snake, thanks to the Chinese herbs in the local village to prevent the spread of toxins, we picked up a life. "The dense forest canyon is a paradise for wild animals, and elephants and wild boars often destroy border physical barrier facilities, bringing certain risks to border front-line control." Local border residents will report to the local police station at the first time when they find loopholes, which is also a place where the police are moved.
Pictured: The border patrol team of the Mengban Border Police Station in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, arrived at the No. 21 boundary monument between China and Laos to complete the patrol task.
"The most touching thing about the patrol is that when passing by the border village, the children on the side of the road will stand up and salute us. At that moment, our greatest feeling was that we must live up to the expectations of the party and the people! "Border patrol work is inseparable from the support of the people. Faced with any danger that could arise at any time, such as poisonous snakes and locusts, jackals and beasts, and vicious smugglers, the patrol members really felt the power of the people.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic two years ago, in the face of complex domestic and foreign situations and border situations, the institute has been adhering to the normalization of border patrols, implementing mass prevention and mass management measures, with the help of local border residents, a total of 332 smugglers have been arrested, 120 cases of obstructing the border of the country have been investigated, 45 organizations and transporters have been arrested, 8 transport gangs have been cut off for a long time on the front line of the border, 21 smuggling cases have been seized, and 26.05 kg of drugs have been seized.
Border Boundary Monument - The "Chinese Red" in the Hearts of Immigration Police
"It's almost the New Year, so put new clothes on our boundary monuments and paint them in Chinese red!" When we arrived at the No. 21 boundary monument between China and Laos, it was already close to sunset. Sun Yongping took out food from his backpack and distributed it to everyone, and at the same time took out a brush and painted the boundary marker a bright red.
Pictured: Director Sun Yongping put on the New Year's "new clothes" for the boundary monument.
"I've been in the police for 16 years, and every year I change the boundary markers into 'new clothes' during the New Year." The institute is basically the comrades left behind after the reform of the border troops in 2019. Whenever there is a holiday, because it is relatively close to home, Sun Yongping will always give the opportunity to go home to his comrades-in-arms and brothers who are far away from home, and stick to his job.
"Since I joined the work, I have basically spent the Spring Festival in the border patrol post. This year's Spring Festival is the same, and the brothers who are far away from home have changed shifts, and continue to do a good job in border control to prevent the import of the epidemic from abroad. Only when the borders are secure can our country be secure. ”
Pictured: Patrol members facing the distant view of the motherland.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and in the face of the 94.35-kilometer-long border line in the jurisdiction, Sun Yongping will continue to lead the team to patrol the border on a regular basis. Referring to the expectations of 2022, Sun Yongping said that his biggest expectation is to "fight away" the epidemic.
At the end of the border tour, Sun Yongping sent a circle of friends: Mi Lin Xia Ying, defending the family and defending the country, 2022, we will cheer for the fight against the epidemic together!
Pictured: Border Patrol members pose with boundary markers.