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This "Heart-Shaped Smiling Faces Wall" on the Gobi Desert Has Become a "Warm Harbor" in This Desolate Land

Source-stated date: · PLA Daily (解放军报)

戈壁滩上的这面“心形笑脸墙”,成为这片荒凉之地的“温馨港湾”

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  1. Published31 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-10-31 04:47:45 UTC, run 191
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The Xinjiang Military Region's Hongshishan Border Defense Company, stationed on the Gobi Desert, has built a collective morale display — a wall of individual soldier portraits arranged into a heart shape — anchored by vignettes of unit cohesion involving Political Instructor Yuan Feifei, Company Commander Wang Xiaojiao, and soldiers including Private Yerzati Berkbay and Sergeant Wang Dingyao. This is standard political work content from a remote border unit; its value is as a record of how the PLA frames ethnic integration, unit cohesion, and retention of morale in isolated postings — Berkbay's Kazakh identity and Yerzati's assimilation into the unit are foregrounded in a way that documents the institution's current messaging on minority soldier incorporation, not a change in policy or posture.

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戈壁滩上“心”相印 ■延振宇 朱蒙娜 新疆军区红石山边防连的“心形笑脸墙”。齐海贤摄 终年不息的风席卷着一眼望不到尽头的戈壁滩,把漫长的寂寥撒在新疆军区红石山边防连的巡逻路上。走进连队营房,映入眼帘的一面“心形笑脸墙”,成为这片荒凉之地的“温馨港湾”。 远远望去,一张张单人照片拼成一颗饱满的心;走近细看,每张脸上漾开的笑意,仿佛都在诉说着独属于自己的故事。指导员袁飞飞说:“我们来自天南海北,岗位不一样,性格不一样。每个人把心底最暖的瞬间贴出来,大家的身影往一处凑,拼起来就是一张特殊的全家福。” 照片里,列兵叶尔扎提·别尔克巴依抱着吉他,指尖拨动琴弦,笑容像戈壁上的灿烂日光。初到红石山时,漫天黄沙常常让他感到精神压抑。一次长途巡逻,狂风裹着碎石迎面扑来,体力不支的他渐渐落在了队尾。中士邓波一把接过他的装具,一路默默陪他前行。 不久后的生日,叶尔扎提自己都忘了。入夜,邓波悄悄给他煮了一碗卧着鸡蛋的“长寿面”,战友们围过来为他唱生日歌。吃着热乎乎的面条,听着战友们的祝福,叶尔扎提心里别提多感动了,他鼓起勇气向战友们说:“我也给大伙唱首歌吧。”随着琴弦拨动,一曲哈萨克族民歌回荡在宿舍的每个角落。“唱得真好听!”掌声随之响起。身旁的战友趁机按下快门,把叶尔扎提的笑脸定格下来。 从那以后,巡线归来、训练间隙,常有战友喊一句“扎提,来一首”,叶尔扎提总会笑着应一声,亮开歌喉。悠扬的歌声里,大家一身的疲惫渐渐散去,叶尔扎提也深深融进了这个大家庭。 紧挨着叶尔扎提照片的,是上等兵刘俊辉的笑脸。刚到连队时,刘俊辉一到考核就容易紧张慌乱,射击成绩一直不理想。连长王小蛟了解到这一情况,每天训练结束后留下来陪他加练。戈壁落日把两道身影拉得很长,据枪、屏息、击发,王小蛟帮刘俊辉一遍遍抠动作、稳心态。 靠着日复一日苦练,刘俊辉的成绩稳步提升,如愿站上赛场。那场比武,刘俊辉参加轻武器射击比拼,拿下第3名;王小蛟参加手榴弹投掷课目,摘得桂冠。走下赛场,卸下装具的刘俊辉长长舒了一口气,望着连长情不自禁地笑了,一旁的战友顺势拍下他的笑脸。 炊事员、中士王定尧的笑脸朴实又憨厚,照片里的他肩上还搭着围裙,脸上沾了点面粉。 一次站哨间隙,身旁战友随口念叨,想念小时候妈妈做的虎皮鸡爪。悄悄记在心里的王定尧开始反复琢磨制作步骤,焯水、炸制、卤煮,一次次调整香料配比和火候,终于卤出可口的味道。出锅那天,卤香顺着窗口飘出了炊事班,战友们品尝过后,连连称赞。“站哨辛苦,给大伙添一道家乡菜,值得!”王定尧开心地说。 墙上还有不少动人的笑脸:巡线归来后开怀大笑的战士、界碑旁迎着落日微笑的老兵……寻常的全家福是同框相聚,红石山的全家福是众人同心。一张张笑脸相互映照,汇聚起抵御孤寂、聚力守防的力量,拼出一颗滚烫的“心”,也凝成一个温暖的家。

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Source-stated publication date2026-10-31
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Collection run191
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "戈壁滩上的这面“心形笑脸墙”,成为这片荒凉之地的“温馨港湾”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-31. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16497297.html.

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