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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-08

Clasping a Comrade's Hand: That Grip Led Me to Encounter the Moving Steadfastness of the Border

握住战友的手,这一握让我撞见边关动人的坚守

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Source-stated publication date2026-05-08
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握住战友的手 ■蒋德红 因工作缘故,我经常穿行于长白山深处的座座哨所。每次和相熟的战友见面,我快步上前,不多言语,先伸出手。握住战友的手,能感受到钢铁般的韧劲,能读懂兵心深处的滚烫与柔软。 一线的战友,性格各有不同:老兵爽朗热忱,新兵腼腆内敛,还有一些年轻战友故作活泼或刻意沉静,其实藏着心事。 身为一名老兵,我常以不同的方式和他们打成一片:下厨为他们做几个拿手菜,周末围坐甩几把扑克,一路跟随拍下他们的巡逻身影,也会把我摔打磨炼的经历、戍边的感悟讲给他们听…… 相处久了,我俨然成了他们心中的大哥。再见面时,他们不再拘谨,会主动伸出手,和我用力相握。这一握,握碎了兵龄长短的隔阂,也让我撞见边关动人的坚守。 那一年,我在东马哨所见到班长谭燕中时,他正带队执勤归来。我们相视一笑,不约而同伸手相握。掌心相贴的瞬间,我触摸到风霜雨雪留下的痕迹。松开手细看,他的掌心、指节新茧叠老茧,黄澄澄的一片,那是长年与锹镐、风雪相伴留下的“勋章”。我当即按下快门,定格这双“金色手掌”。 循着这双手,一段长白山下的创业往事被打捞出来。 那年初秋,部队刚转隶,东马哨所官兵住在废弃的小学校舍,窗户蒙着塑料布,门板关不严实,夜里寒风钻缝,呜呜作响,屋里屋外一个温度。 每天训练结束,汗未干透,谭燕中就带着战友抄起锹镐,肩挑背扛、搬石运土,平整场地、修缮校舍。一名新兵抡大锤时,虎口震裂流血。谭燕中心疼地为他消毒包扎,劝他歇一天,新兵咬着嘴唇摇头:“班长,你能干,我也能干!” 近半个月的苦战,让破旧校舍焕然一新。屋顶补牢了,墙缝封严了,火炉烧得旺,屋里升腾起久违的热乎气。谭燕中的心底,还挂念着一件事——升国旗。 升旗那天,谭燕中和战友们早早起床,整理着装,仔细擦拭旗杆。当朝阳跃出山坳,金光洒满山岭,五星红旗在哨塔上冉冉升起。山风猎猎,红旗舒展,庄严与自豪在每个人心间奔涌。 谭燕中仰望许久。阳光洒在红旗上,也落在他那双粗糙的手上——血泡已磨成茧子。 后来,哨所新建的营房完工,谭燕中再次带头上阵,清理建筑垃圾与乱石瓦砾。袋子背、大锤砸、耙子平,掌心的老茧磨得邦邦硬。 当荒地上铺满平整的黑土,谭燕中提议,种下青松,纪念这段拼搏的时光。松树苗运来那天,全哨所的战士像迎接珍宝,小心翼翼地将其抱下车,挖坑、扶苗、培土、浇水。 再后来,谭燕中那双“金色手掌”的照片被扩印后,陈列在部队史馆。它是戍边人忠诚使命的见证,更是鲜活的教材。傲然挺立的青松下,成了新兵入哨的第一课堂。一茬茬新战士在松树下聆听创业故事,把热爱哨所、奉献边关的种子深深埋进心底。 我握过谭燕中创业筑防的手,也握过王洪利亮剑护民的手。 那年,西马哨所接到群众举报:3人潜入参场盗参,其中一人手持尖刀与村民对峙。班长王洪利带队火速出击。他曾参加侦察兵培训,精通近身格斗。危急时刻,他让战士们靠后,瞅准时机迅猛冲上前去,用有力的双手制伏不法分子。 次日,参场职工敲锣打鼓,将绣着“戍边卫士,百姓靠山”的锦旗送到哨所。 王洪利的手,厚茧坚硬,指节粗壮。可就是这双“铁手”,深夜为战士掖过蹬开的被子,为生病战友端过热乎的病号饭,过年时带大家一起包香喷喷的饺子。刚与柔,在这双手上完美相融。 2025年,在维东哨所,我陪小曾站完岗后问起近况,他淡淡地说“挺好”,可我看得明白,实战化考核在即,年轻战士“压力山大”。我轻轻握住他的手,说:“你莫骗我了。我也是从新兵走过来的,你们的心事,我都懂。” 一句话,敲开了小曾的心门。他坦言,对标素质优秀的战友,自己觉得力不从心,焦虑难安。我把自己的成长经历讲给他听,告诉他认真做好每一件事、尽力完成每一项任务,时间会见证成长。 今年春节再上维东哨所,小曾笑着跑出来,主动伸手相握。他兴奋地说,除夕那天,旅领导走进班里,握了他的手,祝他们“新年好”,他心里可热乎了。 小曾说这话时,眼睛亮晶晶的,闪着光。 一次真诚的握手,一句暖心的问候,代表着心头的牵挂。握住满是老茧的手,就读懂训练的艰辛;握住微微颤抖的手,就察觉隐秘的心事;握住年轻有力的手,就看见边关的未来。 离开维东哨所,小曾和我握别时,动情地说:“老班长,常回来看看!” 车驶出山坳,看着哨所渐渐隐没在林海间,我突然想起30年前,老班长第一次握住我的手说:“在边关,手焐得热,心也是。”

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A political work officer named Jiang Dehong recounts visits to Changbai Mountains border outposts — Dongma, Xima, and Weidong — spanning roughly three decades through 2025, documenting the lives of squad leaders Tan Yanzhong and Wang Hongli and a new soldier named Zeng as they build barracks, conduct patrols, and prepare for 实战化 (live-condition) assessments. This is standard political work content — a first-person narrative in the morale and cohesion genre — and its value is as a record of how the border defense force frames hardship, loyalty, and unit identity for junior soldiers, not as evidence of a new policy or posture. The mention of imminent 实战化 assessments at Weidong Outpost in 2025 documents that readiness evaluation pressure is being communicated down to the squad level, but the article provides no detail on assessment criteria, outcomes, or unit designation.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "握住战友的手,这一握让我撞见边关动人的坚守." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-08. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16459308.html.

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