Foreword: She is a gentle woman who cares for the physical and mental health of border guards with knowledge and love. She is a strong-willed woman who has traveled thousands of miles in border defense. In Ali, Xizang, the clear spring of Shiquan River and the clear holy lake, she spent eight years with her. Distant frontier defense, respectable soldiers. This issue of Military Documentary broadcasts Love on the Plateau.
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[Subtitle: Ali Plateau in Northern Tibet in May 2007]
Ali region in Tibet is located in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average elevation of more than 4,500 meters. It is known as the "roof of the world", and the hill border defense company stationed in Ali Plateau is one of the most remote border defense companies in the interior of the whole army. It can be called an "Xue Hai Island" with endless snow and ice all the year round.
This is the first patrol mission carried out by the border defense company after the mountain was cut in May this year. There is a seasonal checkpoint near the border in the hill border defense company. When you get there, you have to climb over Daban, which is more than 5,000 meters above sea level. On the way, the road is dangerous and glaciers are densely covered, and sometimes you can only climb up by dragging your horse’s tail. One woman in the team is particularly eye-catching. Her name is Wang Rui, and she is a female military doctor who has been conducting mental health education and counseling in extra-high altitude areas for many years. On this day, she will patrol with the team to ensure the safety of officers and men. For eight years, she has been running around the border line with the worst conditions and the most bitter environment in the whole army.
Wang Rui’s indissoluble bond with the plateau began when she married a border guard. At that time, her husband Tao Yu was a company commander of the border guard company. Careful Wang Rui learned from her husband that the extremely harsh natural environment on the plateau has a great influence on the mental health of the officers and men who are guarding the mountain. In some outposts, the mountain closure period is as long as eight months every year. The officers and men face those familiar faces every day, and they can’t see the green all the year round, which is easy to cause psychological problems such as anxiety and irritability. Some officers and men often fight over trivial matters.
In 1999, Wang Rui, who graduated from the Fourth Military Medical University majoring in psychology, was determined to change this situation. He volunteered to defend the Karakorum Plateau with harsh natural conditions, but the hard life made Wang Rui, who had just entered the plateau, sleepless all night.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
The wind was particularly ugly. The wind was so ghostly that it was particularly cold when sitting in a dark room. When I went up, it was not summer when we were relieved, but when I went up, the house was cold and cold, and I sat there in a coat. Oh, my tears fell.
Severe altitude sickness made Wang Rui’s fingernails blue and his lips purple. Being in the plateau, she personally experienced the hardships of working in the plateau.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
In the process of getting along with them in the past, they helped me, took care of me, cared about me like brothers, and seemed to have this feeling with them, which was better than the affection of comrades-in-arms, hoping to do something for them.
Since then, Wang Rui has used the opportunity of visiting doctors to conduct mental health research on the officers and men who are on the defensive. Wang Rui has been to Shenxianwan post, the highest altitude in the whole army, for 23 times, sometimes for several days. Shenxianwan post is 5,380 meters above sea level. Anyone who comes here will have a strong altitude sickness. Every time Wang Rui will have dizziness, leg weakness, vomiting and even bile. The more than 180 steps leading to the fairy bay sentry tower and the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind on the sentry tower witnessed the dozens of touching days and nights that Wang Rui spent there.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
Sometimes I feel that I can’t keep going, but I have survived with my teeth, and I have persisted.
Through joining the frontier defense company, Wang Rui collected tens of thousands of words of first-hand information about the mental health of frontier defense soldiers, but statistics is a headache. These questionnaires and data are all analyzed by hand.
Health worker in a certain unit of Ma Xiaohong Nanjiang Military Region.
Every night is basically until four or five o’clock, and then there may be thousands of groups of statistical data in a day, and then they are classified and summarized to get a result.
Shang Guoping, a health worker in a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region.
I said Dr. Wang should rest. Dr. Wang said, No, Xiao Shang, I can’t finish this work. I feel sleepy. Then continue to work until six o’clock until the data is sorted out.
Under the influence of altitude sickness, Wang Rui has a splitting headache because of excessive brain use.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
Experts from 18th Hospital and our teachers from Medical University told me that Xiao Wang is doing statistics on the mountain, so you should pay attention to it. It hurts your brain.
Although the work is very hard, the concern of the border guards and soldiers for her has filled Wang Rui with warmth and given her the courage to persevere.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
When I stayed up late, our soldiers stood guard and sent me a text message, saying that my sister saw you stay up so late and didn’t have a rest. We looked very distressed. You should rest early. This is the concern our soldiers gave me.
In March 2005, with the support of the leaders of the Frontier Defense Corps, Wang Rui founded the first "plateau psychological consultation website" of the whole army-Karakorum psychological guardian network, where frontier defense officers and soldiers can communicate with her through the online "intimate sister chat room". Over the past two years, Wang Rui has answered more than 2,000 psychological counseling questions through the Internet.
Soldiers of a certain unit of Zhang Peng Nanjiang Military Region
Dr. Wang taught us many methods of self-adjustment to relieve stress, such as empathy, self-reflection and environmental transformation. These methods not only helped us release the pressure in our hearts, but also made communication between our comrades easier, promoted our unity and benefited us for life.
Soldiers of a certain unit of Chen Peng Nanjiang Military Region
I feel very warm, like chatting with my relatives, without any pressure. We are all willing to tell her what we feel, and she is also willing to help us.
Wang Rui is sincere and warm-hearted Xiaowan, a soldier, is an orphan. He was brought up by his uncle and had poor self-care ability. In May last year, my uncle died, leaving him in despair. At this time, he met Wang Rui.
Wan Zonghua, a soldier of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region
She poured me a cup of hot water, because I usually don’t pay attention to my image and my clothes are dirty, so she picked up a towel and wiped my clothes clean.
Wang Rui’s move made Xiaowan feel that in addition to his uncle, there are people who care about themselves as much as their relatives. Moreover, every word of Wang Rui came into his heart.
Wan Zonghua, a soldier of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region
Everything she said was true, practical and, above all, practical, so everything she said to me was branded in my heart.
When he left the army, Wang Rui heard that Gao Bin, a young soldier who had just joined the army, was crying and clamoring to go home. Wang Rui wants to talk to him.
Soldiers of a certain unit of Gao Bin Nanjiang Military Region
When I first arrived at the office, I saw a lieutenant colonel looking for me. Such a big leader looked for me and didn’t know me. At that time, I was particularly scared. Then Dr. Wang smiled kindly and asked me to sit down. I was a little afraid. She said, It doesn’t matter. You can call me Dr. Wang or my sister. I felt very kind when I heard this sister.
It turns out that Gao Bin is the only child in the family. Before he joined the army, he was a spoiled baby in the family. When he came to the army, the harsh conditions of cold and hypoxia and the intense training every day made him a little unbearable. He wanted to go home with all his heart, and it was of no help to talk to the leaders and persuade the villagers. In order to make Gao Bin overcome his homesickness, Wang Rui came to see him whenever he had the chance.
Soldiers of a certain unit of Gao Bin Nanjiang Military Region
I also gradually trusted her, and when I got bolder, I told her some of my ideological burdens and psychological problems at that time.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
I regard them as my own children. I said that they are not much different from my children in age. I also hope to help them more and give them some love.
In order to alleviate Gao Bin’s homesickness, Wang Rui invited him to his home.
Soldiers of a certain unit of Gao Bin Nanjiang Military Region
I did mumble at that time, and then I said I wanted noodles. She said she asked me what kind of meat I wanted. I said I wanted to eat an egg. She said that she would make you an egg persimmon noodle? I said yes. I felt very deeply at that time, and I have never forgotten it now.
Gao Bin is no longer clamoring to go home. Last year, he became the network administrator of thy company. When frontier officers and soldiers encounter difficulties, Wang Rui always helps them wholeheartedly and really solves problems. Ran Qiangsheng, deputy battalion commander of a frontier defense battalion, will never forget that it was Wang Rui who made him stand confidently on the plateau again. One day in 2004, when Ran Qiangsheng participated in the cadre training, his heart suddenly quickened and he was dizzy. He fell to his knees and could not stand up.
Ran Qiangsheng was the deputy battalion commander of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region.
Wherever I go, I am absolutely carried away, and I can’t bend that knee. If I bend it, my legs will kneel down. After kneeling down, he won’t be able to work hard all over his body, including any part of his hand, giving people the feeling that he is simply collapsed to the ground. That feeling was extremely painful at that time, very painful,
Since then, Ran Qiangsheng has been seeking medical treatment everywhere, and he has not been diagnosed in several big hospitals such as Zhengzhou and Chengdu. The strange disease with unknown cause made him very desperate. When Wang Rui was chatting with Ran Qiangsheng, he accidentally learned about his illness.
Ran Qiangsheng was the deputy battalion commander of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region.
At that time, I didn’t expect her to find out this matter at all, because I thought that I had passed the examination in such a big hospital, and there was no good result for me. I just wanted to chat casually, but I didn’t expect that she attached great importance to it.
Wang Rui had no idea about this strange disease that Ran Qiangsheng suffered. She consulted medical materials according to the symptoms of Ran Qiangsheng, and then compared them one by one. Everything comes to him who waits. After nearly two months of examination and treatment, she finally found out that Ran Qiangsheng’s disease may be hypokalemia. In the treatment, Wang Rui insisted on accompanying Ran Qiangsheng every day and caring for him like his own relatives.
Ran Qiangsheng was the deputy battalion commander of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region.
I’ve been drinking the potassium chloride liquid in front of me, and I think our drug store is almost finished by me. Later, she began to look for it again, and the relatively granular one, and then began to look for it. I found out that there was a traditional Chinese medicine, potassium chloride release tablets, but it was not available in Shiquanhe at that time, and she looked for this medicine in various hospitals.
Under the treatment of Wang Rui, Ran Qiangsheng’s body gradually recovered and miraculously stood up. Every time I go down the mountain, careful Wang Rui remembers to bring him medicine.
Ran Qiangsheng was the deputy battalion commander of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region.
She can figure out how many pills I have in front of me and how many boxes I have to take for how long. I told you she was so careful//that she got me back on my feet.
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Wang Rui’s love for border guards and soldiers is like a trickle. On the training ground, the soldier didn’t have time to get the medicine, so she sent the health care medicine and skin cream to the soldier. When the company went out for training, she went out early and returned late with the soldiers on her back.
Every time she left the company, Wang Rui never forgot to bring a sewing kit to help the soldiers sew clothes. When she saw that the collars of the soldiers were leaking, she used her allowance to buy wool and hook the collars for the soldiers. On the holidays, she did not forget to send greeting cards to the soldiers.
In order to bring more joy to the border guards, Wang Rui, who is in his early forties, also took the initiative to learn to dance and sing, and used the opportunity of visiting doctors to perform for officers and men. On the eve of "August 1st" last year, the troops went to the Reqiong checkpoint at an altitude of more than 4,500 meters to express their condolences. The living conditions there are very difficult, and the officers and men can’t eat fresh vegetables for many years, so they have to use horses to carry the draft. Wang Rui offered to take part in the performance.
Political Department Officer, Ali Military Division, Nanjiang Military Region, Luo Le
At that time, the leader of our whole performance team made it a rule that only actors could go up, but actresses could not go up. But she urged to get on the checkpoint.
The nine officers and men at the checkpoint seldom see outsiders at ordinary times. After the performance, they are still reluctant to go back. At high altitude, you have to slow down when you walk, not to mention a dance with great movements. You can see the eager eyes of the soldiers. Wang Rui resisted the symptoms of dizziness and nausea and danced a Tibetan dance.
Political Department Officer, Ali Military Division, Nanjiang Military Region, Luo Le
At that time, after she danced a Tibetan dance with a soldier, Dr. Wang fainted because of the high altitude and lack of oxygen.
After eight years of plateau life, more than 2,900 days and nights, Wang Rui’s footprints have traveled all over the Karakorum Mountain and the hot land of more than 500,000 square kilometers in the northern Tibet Plateau.
Platoon leader of a certain unit of Yang Min Nanjiang Military Region.
Dr. Wang once told me that although Ali is far away, the sky in Ali is blue and the mountains in Ali are high, but the soldiers in Ali are the cutest. I will never forget this sentence.
Wang Rui used his knowledge and love to solve the psychological "knot in one’s heart" and relieve the ideological "burden" for the officers and soldiers, so that everyone’s ability to adapt to the harsh natural environment, self-control of irritable personality and release psychological pressure were significantly enhanced. The incidence of psychological problems of frontier officers and soldiers at high altitude decreased significantly. Wang Rui’s army has not had an accident caused by psychological problems for five consecutive years.
However, Wang Rui, who has been guarding the plateau for a long time, has little time to take care of his family.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
My child told me that he didn’t eat again, or he usually encountered some contradictions in his interaction with his classmates. I was also very anxious and sad. But sometimes there is nothing I can do, and I really can’t take care of it. After all, you said that when you come out like this, it will be thousands of miles away, and a separation will be several months.
My son Tao Ye has been in the third grade, but Wang Rui spent very little time with his children. As soon as Tao Ye turned one year old, he was sent back to his hometown in Henan. The child missed his mother, so he showed the video taken by Wang Rui to the children. When the children saw his mother on TV, they went straight into the TV and sat on the ground crying loudly.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
I think if it was before I stepped onto the plateau, I knew that I had worked so hard and sacrificed so much after I stepped onto the plateau, maybe I didn’t have the courage to step down like this.
This unique emotional connection between Wang Rui and her mother lasted for ten years, and then she returned to her parents’ side to cultivate. Every time she saw her mother packing the red suitcase, she was particularly sensitive, because the children knew that her mother was going up the mountain again.
Tao Yu Wang Rui’s husband
Once, his mother left home and went up the mountain. At the scene, I saw that the little guy didn’t shed tears when he saw him off. As a result, he went back to the house and cried. I said that the child had grown up. It turned out that when he was a child, he began to cry when he saw his mother packing, and it made his mother feel bad in front of him. Now, when he grew up, he knew that this might have a negative impact on his mother, so he consciously stopped crying in front of his mother.
Now, what makes Wang Rui proud is that his son Tao Ye, who is in the third grade in Kashgar, never lets his mother worry too much. He is already a self-reliant child who can wash clothes and cook.
Cultivate Wang Rui’s son
I don’t need her to turn on the water. I carry four pots by myself and don’t let her carry them. When cooking, I’ll help her pick vegetables, serve rice and serve bowls, so that she can do less work and have more rest.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
From the bottom of my heart, I feel that as a wife, a mother is incompetent. I didn’t take good care of my husband and I didn’t give him more maternal love for my children.
It is common for vehicles to have accidents because of high mountains and high roads in snowy plateau. Since having a son, Tao Yu and Wang Rui have taken different cars every time they go up and down the plateau. They want to leave a relative for their children in case of any accident.
Tao Yu Wang Rui’s husband
During the mission on the mountain, she got on another car, and I got on this car. It was a psychological cooperation and a tacit understanding.
Married for twelve years and separated for twelve years, as a wife, Wang Rui has many regrets. Last year, her husband, who worked in the Southern Xinjiang Military Region, was seriously injured in a car accident on his way back from frontier investigation, but Wang Rui had just received the task of going up the mountain to defend. Hearing this news, her heart was like a knife, but when she thought of hundreds of recruits on the mountain, Wang Rui still gritted his teeth and went down the mountain.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
I followed my husband’s route down the mountain and went to the scene of the car accident to see the broken glass stubble on the ground. Don’t mention how uncomfortable I was at that time.
During her husband’s hospitalization, Wang Rui couldn’t accompany her for a day. She told her husband on the phone that we are all old guards, so you should understand me.
Tao Yu Wang Rui’s husband
As border guards, it is our duty to do this kind of work. It is right for her to go up the mountain to perform tasks, and we will not blame her.
The towering Karakorum Mountain and the Ali Plateau, with an average elevation of more than 4,500 meters, have only half the oxygen content in the air. Heavy mental work in the plateau hypoxia environment has done serious damage to brain tissue. Wang Rui, who has just entered his forties, has been dyeing his hair for several years. And every time she washes her hair, her hair falls off in large quantities.
Wang Rui Head Nurse of Shiquanhe Medical Station in Nanjiang Military Region
After washing my hair for half a basin, black hair is floating. Our colleagues all say that it looks scary when you wash your hair. Now I have very little hair, and now my hair seems to be less than one-third of what it used to be.
Tao Ye Wang Rui’s son
My hair used to be dark when I went up the mountain, but it was sparse when I went down the mountain, so the change was particularly great, so I also felt sorry for her.
But on the one hand, it is the worry and concern of family members, and on the other hand, it is the expectation of brothers and comrades. As an old frontier guard, Wang Rui’s heart cannot be separated from the snowy plateau.
Wan Zonghua, a soldier of a certain unit of the South Xinjiang Military Region
Sister Wang moistens our hearts like the clear spring of Shiquan River, and purifies our hearts like the holy water of the holy lake.
Pan Wujun, political commissar of a certain unit of Nanjiang Military Region
She cared for the physical and mental health of our officers and men with sincerity, love and wisdom, and brought joy to the plateau and officers and men.
Editor: Cao Jin