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Lop Nur is located in the southeast of Xinjiang Province of the Republic of China and in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin. It is the lowest point of the Tarim Basin. In ancient language, Lop Nur means a lake where many water flows into. In ancient times, it was called Zize, Yanze, Puchang Sea, etc.

Before 330 AD, there was a lot of lake water, and on the northwest side of this huge basin was the famous Loulan City, which was once the throat of the famous "Silk Road".

"There is a girl named Fang in the village. She is good-looking and pretty..."

The dusk is getting thicker in Lop Nur. It is already nine o'clock in the evening. Unlike the mainland, the night falls very late here, and the temperature in the evening is as high as 40 degrees. The red sunset casts a layer of golden armor on Lop Nur in front of us.

Clothes-like, mysterious and attractive.

From the sentry post in the dusk, a very low and faint singing voice came out, but it was actually just a soft hum.[

Here is a sentry post with the back of Lop Nur Lake. In the stone house, two soldiers are taking turns on duty. One is named Wen Changan and the other is Yao Zili. There is also a military dog ​​lying on the ground.

It was evening and the comrades who had changed the guard had not arrived yet. Yao Zili replaced Wen Changan and continued to monitor the vast desert in the distance with a telescope in the sentry house.

Of course, there is also a military dog, which is also lying there with its tongue sticking out and letting out a long breath, while looking warily at the vast world in the distance.

This is a vast world, but it is not a world with no life. There is still a huge Lop Nur behind, and in front, you can also see tall poplar trees rippling slightly in the wind.

Wen Changan relaxed his somewhat stiff body and squatted next to the military dog ​​Dashan while humming a song he had learned in the mainland. He didn't know who wrote the lyrics and composed the music, but this song was sung far and wide.

"Is she okay in the distance?"

Unconsciously, Wen Changan reached into the inner pocket of his military uniform, took out a plastic bag, and opened it carefully. Inside, there were many opened and folded letters and a two-inch photo.

In the photo, a female student holding a book is standing by an artificial lake on campus, facing the camera a little shyly, showing the most natural innocence in her shyness. The female child is not particularly beautiful, but she is very beautiful.

Endurable.

"it's beautiful"

Although Wen Changan only joined the army after graduating from junior high school, it was difficult to describe the feeling in his heart with the adjectives he knew. Only three words, "so beautiful", could express the feeling in his heart.

"Chang'an, are you looking at your daughter-in-law again?"

Yao Zili looked into the distance with his binoculars and carefully searched for any suspicious targets. He said to Wen Chang'an next to him without looking back. He knew that once this boy sang a love song, he would definitely be facing him.

The photo of his daughter-in-law has been published. It’s no wonder that in this desolate Lop Nur, if there is a sow in the base, it will be a rare female, not to mention the shy photos of childhood sweethearts.

According to army regulations, in a place where you can see for kilometers at a glance and where even a bird cannot sneak in without a trace, soldiers on duty in groups of two do not need to fully abide by the duty regulations, but are more humane.

.After all, everyone will feel lonely if they stay here for several years.

"Think about it, how can I not think about it, after serving in the army for three years, a sow competed with Diao Chan, who said this? Oh, by the way, military writer Pan Yigu." Wen Changan rubbed the head of the mountain next to him, the nv in the photo

The children have been my childhood sweethearts since they were growing up, and they have fallen in love with each other. However, after graduating from junior high school, their grades have never been the same.

Seeing the improvement, he chose to join the army, while Wang Keke continued to study. She is already a freshman this year, studying mechanical manufacturing at Hunan Institute of Technology. She is a very unusual quiet girl. "She said, when I graduate from college, I don't want to

I will buy her a gold and silver ring, bring her a medal, and she will marry me."

"Okay, you've said this a hundred times. The biggest problem right now is that if you want to make meritorious deeds in such a sterile place, where can you go to make meritorious deeds? Moreover, according to the regulations, within three years, we may

We can go to the base city hundreds of miles away, of course, maybe we will still be here in three years."

Yao Zili comforted that he was telling the truth. He and Wen Changan were both secret internal security forces in the army, responsible for guarding important targets and bases. What they were guarding now, in terms of alert level, was the highest level he knew.

Advanced level base.

He and Wen Chang'an were selected into this secret force back then, but they were both superior in terms of military quality and political beliefs. If they had been in the local army, they might have become squad platoon leaders.

However, soldiers who take obedience to orders as their bounden duty will not ask why they should obey this order. In their view, since the order is for them to guard this super base: Lop Nur Base 12, it should be carried out conditionally.

Not only that, but being able to shoulder such an important mission, they feel that it is a sacred duty. Yao Zili's words are just a joke. Who said it, soldiers all want to make meritorious deeds, just like those heroes.[

However, a few years have passed, and as they have a deeper understanding of this base, they have more and more questions. Without violating discipline, the soldiers will also talk about this mysterious Base 12.

Especially in this most boring situation, where you have been on duty for six full hours under the scorching sun, if you don't find a topic, you won't be able to bear it.

Because, many times, in the world of the sentry, there are only two people, a dog and the poplar tree in the distance that can move. Other than that, the sky and the earth are completely silent, even if there is a big lake behind.

Wen Changan shook his head. Regarding Base 12, although it is kept under the highest level of confidentiality externally, internally, as long as it does not violate discipline, there is still some discussion.

"I always feel that the base is not simple. Think about it, you have to go all the way to Lop Nur to build a base, surrounded by desert. It must be a secret military base." However, Wen Changan himself did not believe this.

, in addition to the guards of their regiment, there are more scientists and staff stationed in this base, and as time goes by, more and more people come.

There was nothing at the base at the beginning. The guards and two engineer battalions were the first to arrive. The engineers built a base mainly composed of stone houses. Later, some base leaders and guards moved into such stone houses.

, these stone houses have a simple structure and are very effective in preventing overheating during the day. Although people are also very hot in the house, it is much better than staying outside.

Later, the base changed day by day. First, electricity was supplied to the base, and the benefit brought by the railway extension was the delivery of diesel generators, diesel, enough drinking water, food, and supplies. The engineering troops will repair here today, and tomorrow

Repairs were being made there, and at the same time, the engineering team also started construction. Today they built an observation station here, and tomorrow they built an observation post there. Soon, a huge base took shape.

Witnessed by Wen Changan and other guards, the base built a real base station, which contained a variety of instruments that they had never heard of, and even things like televisions were placed in the room. And more

The arrival of experts and scholars in white robes made them more aware that Base 12, which seemed to have nothing, actually hid a huge secret.

However, because this is a top-level top-secret base, including the guards, the base has issued the highest sealing order. The base allows people in the base to maintain communication with relatives and friends, but every letter must be analyzed by at least five professional intelligence analysts from the Special Intelligence Department.

The mail will be analyzed and filtered by the personnel, and then the military special postal department will personally deliver the mail to the other party to confirm again that there is no problem.

"There may be new missions recently. I heard that some brother troops can also perform meritorious service after completing the security work here. I just don't know what kind of medal they can give us after we complete the security mission here. Finally,

The high-level China Medal is definitely not enough. What about the Medal of the Republic? The Medal of the People's Army?" Yao Zili couldn't help but guess. "Even the lowest level five-level Medal of the People's Army would be good."

He has heard that there are security forces, and the highest honor they have ever received is the third-class Medal of the Republic, which is one level higher than the People's Army Medal. In this era of the Republic when the war has not yet fully broken out, it is already a huge dream for soldiers.

.The most realistic thing is to go home with a People's Army Medal and honor your ancestors.

Moreover, according to the regulations of the Republic, officers and soldiers who have earned medals for meritorious service will receive lifetime additional allowances. Soldiers are very dedicated, but they still yearn for the honor and wealth they have gained with their own hard work.

"Maybe, there has to be some changes." Wen Changan also expected that being a special guard force was actually very boring. However, while they were eager to know the secrets, they also knew that they were not allowed to know the secrets unless ordered by their superiors.

Let them witness this secret.

"The changing of the guard is here, let's go."

Yao Zili put down the telescope and said to Wen Changan who was lying on the cotton-padded coat. The temperature here at night is frighteningly low. The cotton-padded coats and bedding are prepared for the comrades on the night shift. This is the only way to the base. Two

Guards, a military dog, a stone house, and a telephone are everything here.

After taking over the sentry post, when Wen Changan and Yao Zili walked out of the sentry post, the sky was gradually getting dark.

"Tomorrow will be a new day."

This is a sentence that every soldier on duty in the deserted Lop Nur often says.

"Emergency collection"

Early the next morning, the muster whistle was blown in the guard barracks of Base 12, and the soldiers who had long been used to it rushed out of the barracks quickly and formed a team.

"Everyone is here, take a rest and stand at attention." Song Guanzu, the leader of the guard regiment at Base No. 12, personally lectured the soldiers of the regiment: "From today on, your mission will enter a new period. The alert level of the base will be immediately raised to

Level 1 combat status. The first battalion is engaged in daily vigilance operations, the second battalion cooperates with base work, and the third battalion is responsible for a new job..."

The new job is very simple, which is to cooperate with the engineering troops, enter a desert area 200 kilometers away from the base, and cooperate with the B engineers to complete the task.

Yao Zili and Wen Chang'an were from the Third Guard Battalion. They couldn't help but secretly rejoice when they heard this. Although they both work at the base, it's nice to have a change of guard occasionally. You know, it's been nearly four years since they've been here.

Come, have a 'new job' for the first time.[

When the officers and soldiers of the third battalion took trucks through the desert highway and arrived at the center of the desert belt 200 kilometers away, there were already many things waiting for them here.

"Why does this posture look like you are building a house here?"

When a whole battalion of soldiers jumped out of the truck, they found that the area was full of things. There were cut stones, bricks, bags of cement, and jugs filled with tons of water. What was even more bizarre was that

, there are actually pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, ducks and other animals.

In addition, there were dilapidated cannons and machine guns placed farther away. What surprised the soldiers was that there was actually the oldest Tiger-1 tank placed in the open space in the distance. It was 500 meters tall.

Meters away, there was a heavily armed fighter and a bomber with auxiliary fuel tanks attached.

No one knows when these things were dragged here by the engineering troops, but they are actually placed there, which makes people feel very strange. Could it be that this place has become a garbage recycling station?

"Starting today, you will cooperate with the engineering troops to build this experimental base. During this period, you will sleep in tents. You will not be able to return to the base until I announce that the task is completed. Do you understand?"

"yes"

The battalion commander gave the order with an expression on his face, and the soldiers roared in unison to take the order.

Three months passed in a flash, and Yao Zili and Wen Changan still found no answer to the strange things.

"It's really strange."

Taking a rare break in the evening, Yao Zili and Wen Changan sat on the hill. After being tired all day, they were finally able to take a rest.

"Yes, it's so curious." As a secret force, the most painful thing is waiting for the secret to be solved. Many times, they are only one meter away from the top secret, but more often

At that time, they did not know until their death what they were guarding during their military career.

During a break, a very courageous soldier asked the battalion commander what this was. The battalion commander was stunned, looked at the tired soldier whose hands were peeling off, patted him on the shoulder, and handed him a

Holding a cigarette, he said: "Man, I don't know what this place does, but when we left the base, the group

After a long discussion, his superiors told him that as long as they are from the base, they will one day understand the secrets of the base, and, like us, they will be proud of their desert career over the years. In the words of the group leader,

We may be ordinary, but often we are doing extraordinary things.”
To be continued...