Visiting the 20th Company of an Army Border Defense Brigade: Reading the Stories of Officers and Soldiers and Six Boundary Markers

Source-stated date: 21 September 2026 · MOD China (国防部)

探访陆军某边防旅二十连，品读官兵与六座界桩的故事

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Published21 September 2026, by Ministry of National Defense
Collected2026-09-21 18:30:58 UTC, run 145
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The 20th Company of an unidentified Army border defense brigade, stationed in Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan Drung and Nu Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, marked its fourth anniversary at post with a ceremony in which soldiers recounted patrols to six boundary markers along a 100-plus-kilometer border line, including Boundary Marker No. 43 at 4,160 meters elevation — the company's most demanding objective. This is a PLA Daily human-interest feature; its value is as a record of how the institution frames hardship, retention, and individual achievement to junior enlisted soldiers in a remote, geographically isolated garrison where weekend leave is structurally impossible. The detail that conscript retention in this company leads the battalion despite those conditions is the one operationally relevant data point the article provides, though the brigade's designation and precise order of battle remain unspecified.

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记者探访陆军某边防旅二十连，品读官兵与六座界桩的故事—— 独龙江畔，年轻的连队在成长 ■解放军报记者郭澍东近日，记者来到陆军某边防旅二十连采访，恰逢连队进驻纪念日——4年前，年轻的官兵背起行囊，挺进独龙江，在此扎根守边防。简朴的纪念仪式上，官兵代表逐一上台，讲述他们与6座界桩的故事。 “在我们连，巡遍6座界桩是大家共同的追求，更是最高的荣誉。”连队闻指导员介绍，连队巡逻的边防线位于祖国西南边陲——云南省怒江傈僳族自治州贡山独龙族怒族自治县独龙江乡，这里曾是与世隔绝的“太古秘境”。连队负责巡逻的上百公里边防线上，处处是高山峡谷、悬崖峭壁，部分区段常年积雪。由于地理环境恶劣，巡逻难度较大，官兵只有分段巡逻，才能把全部边防线完整巡逻一遍。一级上士何涛上台后，台下掌声格外热烈。原来，他是连队唯一一名巡遍6座界桩的战士。 “这条边防线上，有4座界桩位于高山峡谷中，只有经验丰富、素质过硬的官兵才有资格执行这4座界桩的巡逻任务。”何涛告诉记者，4年前随连队挺进独龙江时，他就梦想着执行最难最远最险的43号界桩巡逻任务。 2023年秋天，何涛终于登上了海拔4160米的山口，为43号界桩描红。“当鲜红色填满界桩上的‘中国’二字，自豪感油然而生。”何涛说。擦拭尘土、描红填色、庄严敬礼……大屏幕里，播放着何涛为43号界桩描红的影像，台下响起经久不息的掌声。一旁的下士吴浩挽起迷彩服袖子和裤腿，指着手臂、小腿上的许多暗红色斑告诉记者：“这是蚂蟥叮咬的印记，也是巡逻留下的勋章。” 2023年秋天，吴浩跟随何涛跋山涉水五天四夜，成为连队进驻以来抵达43号界桩最年轻的战士。 “这次巡逻不仅要翻越5座大山，还要蹚过4条河流，深山密林天气多变，前一秒艳阳高照，下一秒就可能大雨倾盆。”吴浩说，新兵下连来到连队时，艰苦的驻防环境、枯燥的巡逻执勤，让他对未来一度感到迷茫。随着巡逻次数增加，吴浩的心态也在悄然发生变化。 “跟着老兵巡逻，每次都要徒步几昼夜，天蒙蒙亮就出发，一直到太阳落山。”吴浩说，虽然条件艰苦，但总有一种自豪感在心中流淌。 “蚂蟥谷”是通往39号界桩的必经之地。吴浩介绍，这里原本叫“野牛谷”，因老乡放养的独龙牛吸引蚂蟥聚集，后来被称作“蚂蟥谷”。第一次巡逻到这里时，吴浩刚站了一会儿，蚂蟥就不断沿着作战靴往身上爬。这几年，吴浩在这条巡逻路上见证了许多感人瞬间：一次巡逻，巡逻小队夜宿深山，没想到半夜突降大雨，连队兵龄最长的一级上士朱学松主动执行警戒任务，每隔一会儿就给年轻战士检查一次帐篷，一夜没有合眼；战士小王第一次巡逻时，由于经验不足，返回途中不慎脚踝受伤，战友们轮流背着他翻山越岭，最终顺利返回营区…… 记者在采访中了解到，因地理原因，连队驻地周边没有城镇。“在我们连，没有周末请假外出一说，因为出了连队也没啥地方可去。”闻指导员说，即使这样，4年来，连队义务兵留队率仍是全营最高的。聆听这些故事时，金色的阳光穿过云层，洒在崭新的营盘里，照在年轻官兵的脸庞上。看着窗外被镀上金色的群山，记者突然意识到，年轻官兵坚守独龙江，又何尝不是给自己的军旅人生镀上了“金色”。高黎贡山巍峨屹立，独龙江水日夜奔流。深山峡谷没有轰轰烈烈的壮举，绵延群山见证着这个年轻连队的默默成长……

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Source-stated publication date	2026-09-21
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