Why Have These People Been "Hiding" in the Mountains for Decades?

No matter how weaponry develops

In the question of winning wars, humans are the decisive factor

Miao Yazhou

Test operator for a certain type of strategic missile

Responsible for the assembly and testing of national key equipment

Without their confirmation of qualification

The missile cannot go to the battlefield

01

In a state of normalized alert

It is essential to ensure that every heavy piece of equipment

is in perfect condition and absolutely reliable

Miao Yazhou said, due to the prohibition of live operation

every screw must be manually tightened

with extremely strict requirements on torque

One less, and it may loosen and fall off during ascent

One more, and it may break on the spot

If one screw is not tightened properly, one plug is misaligned

or one data fluctuation is not detected

the missile may "sit idle"

To ensure "no room for error"

Miao Yazhou and his comrades

must eliminate all risks and faults

before it leaves the warehouse

Every time the hatch is opened

Miao Yazhou feels

he is conversing with tens of thousands of precision components

"It's not just about physical strength

but also bearing the psychological pressure

that comes with even the slightest mistake"

02

"The outside world does not know us

but this mountain knows"

Miao Yazhou's comrade Zhou Wuzhu

has just completed 30 years of service this year

"I spent 6 years on the plateau

and then stayed in the depths of the mountains for 24 years

The camp feels more like home than my own home"

Every brick and tile, every blade of grass and tree in the camp

was built and planted by Miao Yazhou and his comrades

"When this stone table and stone platform were still wet with cement

we thought about whether we should write something on it

In the end, we all agreed

to write 'Small World, Big Pattern'

This is not only a combat position

but also a home that we must defend"

Some people ask them, is it lonely guarding the mountain valley?

Miao Yazhou said, if you have personally touched the missile

and felt the heavy responsibility, you won't think that way

"Every missile we handle

is like our child

we take care of it to be healthy

send it out to fulfill its mission

the farther it flies, the more accurately it strikes

the more meaningful our concealment becomes

This is not loneliness, it is glory"