He put down the phone and turned his head. A thin, dark face was facing the reporter, with modesty in his shining eyes. The veteran in front of him is Gao Yuhua, Chief of First Class Sergeant of a brigade of the Information Support Force.

Beside the red telephone was a folded-up notebook with a densely written note. At the end of the bed, there was a bookmarked copy of "Informational Technology and Applications of Machinery and Equipment." "I'm really sorry. I still have a patrol job today. I can't talk to you long." As he spoke, the veteran adjusted his clothes and tightened his belt, speaking crisply and acting gracefully.

He served 36 years, changed to five mountains, applied for seven deferred service, achieved "special level" in military sports training at the age of 54, mastered the operation and maintenance of more than 50 equipment, cultivated more than 500 professional technical cadres, and many inventions have been exhibited in the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum. Before coming to the group for an interview, the reporter had heard some stories about the "king of mountain soldiers."

When hearing that the veteran was going to lead a line patrol, the reporter applied to join the team. After being approved, he set off with the line patrol team.

It had rained all night, and the sky had not cleared, and from time to time thick clouds had gathered overhead. Behind them, a small camp was surrounded by a huge mountain; Ahead, a curved mountain road stretches upward, circling the mountain bag and disappearing into a dark green.

"We organize patrols every week, and the main tasks are to maintain equipment, examine lines, remove obstacles to passage, etc." First Class Sgt. Tian Qiu told reporters that patrols are a basic job and the tasks are trivial, but the senior commander would apply to participate every once in a while. At first, he didn't understand, "Why would such a 'big tech' come to do such a fundamental job?"

The experience of dealing with a sudden situation changed Mr. Tian's perception.

"That's where it happened. I can still see it now." Field Marsh pointed to the slope not far ahead and said. At that time, a major mission to be undertaken by the unit was about to begin. Tian Qian took a military officer on a routine road patrol. Gao Yuhua heard that he had joined on an ad hoc basis - it was his custom to take part in road patrols before major missions.

As they passed the slope, Tian Qiang and his comrades followed the usual close observation and then released a drone to patrol. They found no anomalies and were ready to continue their journey. Just then, the scattered bark and branches on the slope caught Gao Yuhua's attention, and he suggested going around the slant to see what was going on.

Up the slope, Tianqi shivered with cold sweat: a trunk about 10 centimeters in diameter, not yet fully broken, stretched across the fluffy branches. "If it completely breaks or falls in high winds and hits the road, there will inevitably be serious consequences." Tian Qiao said that from the bottom, the tree trunk was no different from a normally grown tree, but the high-level supervisor could find abnormalities in the signs, which was admirable.

"It's all about gut feeling!" Facing the reporters' surprised eyes, Gao Yuhua said. In his view, the most important thing to develop this intuition is to be mindful, keeping an eye out for changes in the rubble of mountains, vegetation cover, and even birds and animals, because "every detail may contain information and passwords relevant to the task."

Focusing on detail stems from the alert that Gao Yuhua felt repeatedly during major missions: cross-district maneuvering drills, where mission soldiers had camouflage backpacks on their beds and picked them up at the sound of a horn. Multiple military units conducted joint training, and the pilots stayed on the aircraft 24 hours a day and received instructions to lift off immediately. The command post conducted an emergency drill, where personnel from various seats gathered information and gave instructions, using both hands and eyes, and must fight in seconds.

"In participating in major tasks, although most of the tasks we undertake are safeguarding, we are always surrounded by an atmosphere of 'encountering the great enemy and really fighting'." "The more experience and the deeper the depth of experience, the stronger the sense of urgency that we cannot afford to let go," Gao Yuhua said.

While talking, Gao Yuhua took a step forward with his left foot on a bare tree root, kicked his right foot hard, and crossed a steep slope. After turning sharply, he reached for his fellow soldier behind him.

"People's emotions are contagious." Gao Yuhua said that each time he carries out a major task, he becomes particularly cautious about breathing, not for fear of danger, but for fear that he is breaking his pace and affecting young fellow soldiers around him. "A high standard for accomplishing tasks requires not only skill but also psychological strength."

When they reached a relatively flat area, the exhausted reporter took a rock and sat down to take a break. Gao Yuhua turned his head, and Tian Qiang understood, quickly turned on the carrying equipment and began the operation. Soon, he handed Gao Yuhua a small black book. Power supply technical parameters, power consumption, analysis of potential hazard points... Looking at the lines of information recorded in the book, Gao Yuhua nodded satisfied.

As a professional cadre brought by Gao Yuhua, Tian Qiu, like Gao Yuhua at times, has a strong sense of urgency in his heart.

"Today, there is more and more new equipment and a higher technological content, troop security needs are becoming more complex, and the professional cross-cutting of positions is becoming more and more evident." Tian Qiu said that on several occasions, he had encountered difficult problems, and he asked the senior supervisor remotely for solutions by phone. Later, the authorities specially installed a military line telephone for Gao Yuhua's dormitory, which was known as the "old Gao hotline" to facilitate his provision of technical advice to soldiers carrying out missions abroad.

"High shift leaders who have served seven consecutive deferred tours have worked so hard that we are in no position to stop and rest." Second-class Staff Sgt. Zhong Hui said that it is the norm for high-level crew members to work overtime on weekends, sometimes staying in the training room for several days to tackle major topics.

After the patrol, they groped down the mountain. On the downward slope lay seven broken branches. The fighters said that if they couldn't find a way, they would be better off walking on thick branches to be less likely to fall.

"Shall I find somewhere to rest?" When we reached a corner, someone offered. Gao Yuhua, however, quickly turned on the communication device - the signal in the mountain was not good, and he checked it every time he went in the open. Two "unanswered reminders" came into view, and Gao Yuhua called back to learn that the brother's unit had encountered a difficult problem and urgently sought help, and he was rushing to return to the training room to research a solution.

In the mountains, the water is swirling with greenery. The distant peaks rushed into the sky, the sun penetrated the clouds, and the skies laid pieces of golden silk. The beauty is drunk, and I can't get a crush on the green bodies. The mountains were so heavy that the soldiers' hurried steps could not be held back. (Looking ahead to a new era)