Standing Tall at the Summit, Writing Loyalty — A Report on the Patrol of Officers and Soldiers at the Chaguola Outpost of a Unit Under the Tibet Military District

Source-stated date: 4 October 2026 · MOD China (国防部)

挺立山巅写忠诚——西藏军区某部查果拉哨所官兵巡逻见闻

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Published4 October 2026, by Ministry of National Defense
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Officers and soldiers from the Chaguola Outpost, a unit under the Tibet Military District, conducted a border patrol to a designated point at nearly 6,000 meters elevation along the northern Himalayan foothills, with PLA Daily embedded reporter Zheng Zhicheng accompanying the detachment. The article documents the outpost's physical infrastructure improvements since its founding — border roads, new-type assault vehicles, heated vests, portable oxygen canisters, fiber-optic and oxygen pipelines — framing material modernization as reinforcing rather than replacing the ideological commitment the PLA calls 'taking root at the post.' This is standard political-work feature content; its value is as a record of how the Tibet Military District frames hardship service and voluntary retention to junior enlisted personnel, not as evidence of changed border posture or new capability.

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——西藏军区某部查果拉哨所官兵巡逻见闻 ■李国涛解放军报记者郑志成特约记者左南星雪域金秋，喜马拉雅山脉北麓寒风凛冽。西藏军区某部查果拉哨所内，巡逻分队官兵整装待发，即将奔赴海拔近6000米的某点位。记者跟随巡逻官兵，踏上这条通往冰川的巡边路。查果拉，藏语意为“鲜花盛开的地方”。可这座海拔5300多米、含氧量不足内地一半的冰峰雪岭，历来是艰险与奉献的代名词。官兵自创打油诗：“查果拉，查果拉，伸手把天抓；氧气吸不饱，风雪常当家。” “查果拉的鲜花，其实是一代代坚守于斯、奉献于斯的官兵。”哨长李存冬说。60多年前，先辈听从党的号令，带着一面红旗、两口铁锅、三顶帐篷扎根建哨，把五星红旗牢牢插在山巅。几十年来，一茬茬官兵坚守在这里，像山巅岩石，风吹不动，雪压不垮。哨所所在连队指导员李耿走在最前列。这条巡边路，他已带队走了百余次。滚石区每块巨石、塌方段每处隐患、冰川裂缝每个危险点，他都熟记于心。出发不久，一道冰缝横在面前。李耿蹲下身，用匕首拨开积雪，指尖敲了敲冰面，侧耳听了听。“右边冰层厚，走右边。”他起身，率先踏上冰面，一步步试探前行。身后战友踩着他的脚印，一个接一个侧身通过。休息时，李耿递来一本巡逻笔记。记者翻开笔记发现，超过八成巡逻天数标注着雨、雪、冰雹、大雾等天气，泥石流、雪崩等字眼时常出现。“老虎嘴”是紧贴崖壁的窄路，只能侧身通过；“一线天”是两壁夹峙的冰谷，抬头只剩一道天光……一个地名，对应一处险关。 “每次巡逻都是一次挑战，每走一趟，本领就会长一些。”李耿说，在“生命禁区”卫国戍边，不仅要有艰苦奋斗、牺牲奉献的决心，更要有敢打必胜、坚决完成任务的信心。 2011年，李耿入伍来到哨所所在营，后来他提干入学，军校毕业后又主动申请回西藏，来到查果拉哨所。挺立山巅写忠诚，李耿不是个例。在哨所官兵心中，留队留哨是一种考验，更是一种荣誉。只有体能最好、边防情况最熟悉的战士才能留在哨所。每年轮岗换哨，申请书递交率一直在90%以上。 “比起当年，现在戍边条件好多了。”李耿告诉记者，边防公路修通了，新型突击车、加热背心、便携式氧气罐陆续配发；光纤、电缆、氧气管道翻越雪山接入哨所，保温板房建成投入使用，阳光房里种出花草，“鲜花盛开的地方”终于名副其实……随着戍边条件持续改善，官兵扎根哨位、矢志强军的劲头更足了。狂风暴雪中，巡逻官兵再次出发。队伍中，上哨刚半个月的列兵刘潇引人注目。“国庆期间参加边防巡逻，是边防军人的荣耀。”第一次踏上巡逻路，刘潇明明胸闷气短，却从容淡定。海拔不断升高，风雪愈发猛烈。缺氧加上超负荷运动，刘潇两腿像灌了铅，动作越来越缓慢，呼哧呼哧喘出的粗气在空气中凝成白雾。李存冬接过他的装具，递上便携式氧气瓶。刘潇猛吸几口氧气，咬牙继续向前。 “目标就在前方，大家加把劲！”一处近乎垂直的冰坡挡住去路。李存冬匍匐在冰坡上，一手紧握匕首抵住冰面，一手举起锤子重重砸下。沿着他开辟的路线，巡逻官兵一个接一个往上攀爬。一路风雪，一路跋涉。经过近5个小时行进，巡逻官兵抵达目标点位。李耿难掩激动，带领大家展开鲜艳的五星红旗，齐声高喊：“边防有我在，祖国请放心！”声震雪谷，久久回荡…… 踏上归途，风雪未歇。官兵身后的脚印，很快被新雪覆盖。记者不禁感叹：在查果拉，在祖国每一个边防哨所，总有一面五星红旗迎风飘扬，总有一群戍边官兵忠诚守望。

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