Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-15

Repair Technician Ai Shajiang of a Brigade Under the 76th Group Army: A 'Hand-Built' Unmanned Vehicle Proves Its Worth

第76集团军某旅修理技师艾沙江：“手搓”无人车派上大用场

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夏日，戈壁滩的训练场上，风沙漫天，一辆外形奇特的无人车在坑洼不平的土坡上行驶，轮胎碾过碎石子簌簌作响。现场，战友连连赞叹：“真是一只骁勇的‘山地小野猫’。”而它的“主人”，正是第76集团军某旅修理技师艾沙江。说起与无人车的“缘分”，艾沙江打趣道：“是被物资搬运‘累’出来的。” 每次野外驻训，他们准备物资时，需要把几十箱饮用水和给养物资从连队转运至车场。战友们来回跑几趟累得气喘吁吁、满头大汗。一次搬运物资，一名战士随口念叨：“要是有一辆无人车，扛着物资跑，咱们就不用这么累了。” 说者无意，听者有心。制造一辆小型无人车的想法在艾沙江心底萌发。那段时间，训练一结束，艾沙江便一头扎进专修室。无人车的专业图纸如同“天书”，面对密密麻麻的线路，他从基础知识学起，遇到问题打电话向厂家工程师请教，手指被电烙铁烫出的水泡消了又起，却从未想过放弃；深夜学习室里总有他的身影，平板电脑的微光映着他专注的脸庞。动力系统攻关是一块难啃的“硬骨头”。驻训地坡陡碎石多，普通电机难以应对。对此，艾沙江不仅翻遍库房旧装备手册，还网购多本机械书籍钻研，利用休息时间与战友一起交流经验。历经2个多月的攻关，一台“手搓”无人样车组装完成。然而，首次实地测试遭遇失利——车辆驶出200米，突然“罢工”停在原地，无论艾沙江怎么操作，依然纹丝不动。艾沙江看着眼前一切，心里五味杂陈。这台样车，凝聚着他的心血，单是线路接头，就亲手焊接了上千个。短暂失落后，艾沙江坐在车旁开始检查故障。他沿着一条条线路仔细检查，不放过任何一处细节。 “找到了！”经过数小时的排查，艾沙江终于在一个不起眼的接口处发现故障原因——原来是车辆行驶中一枚零件松动了。当他小心翼翼地将零件重新焊接加固后，无人车“满血复活”。后来经过多轮优化改进，这台样车的性能越来越好——承载能力强劲，可以在复杂地形上运送百余斤重的物资；车顶镜头功能完备，能实时拍照录像；加装多种功能模块，可以执行多样化运输任务。一次实战化训练，该无人车凭借出色表现完成指定课目。现场，旅领导连连称赞：“这台无人车真好用！” “以后我还想给它加个‘伙伴模式’。”艾沙江走到无人车前，边比划边说，“让多辆车协同作业，帮助部队执行复杂多样的任务。” 现在，越来越多的战友加入艾沙江的创客团队。休息时间，大家就围在一起琢磨无人车升级方案，一股潜心攻关的“技术革新热”，悄然在营区蔓延开来。

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A repair technician named Ai Shajiang, assigned to a brigade under the 76th Group Army, hand-built a functional unmanned ground vehicle from scratch at a Gobi Desert training site to solve a logistics burden — manual supply hauling during field exercises — and the vehicle subsequently performed well enough in combat-realistic training to draw praise from brigade leadership. The article documents a persistent last-mile logistics gap at the company and brigade level that soldiers are solving through individual initiative rather than issued equipment, a pattern the PLA has actively promoted but that also reveals the limits of formal procurement in reaching small units. The aspiration Ai describes — multi-vehicle 'buddy mode' coordination — extends the article's value beyond a human-interest piece, confirming that even informal maker projects at this level are now oriented toward autonomous swarming concepts.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "第76集团军某旅修理技师艾沙江：“手搓”无人车派上大用场." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-07-15. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16473760.html.

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