The living conditions of the garrison in Nansha are not what they used to be. Nowadays, the third generation "high-legged house" with reinforced concrete foundation directly built on underwater rocks and building structure on the water surface has been built, which can resist any wind and waves at sea, and its area is also expanding day by day, and some of them have been expanded to be equivalent to a football field. Officers and men not only have the support of defense, but also the world of life. Their living security has achieved a leap from simple survival to a "well-off" level-although it is insignificant compared with the mainland.

All the reef castles have built vegetable greenhouses that are windproof, rainproof and sun-proof, and some have also introduced advanced hydroponics technology. These vegetable greenhouses, ranging in area from a dozen square meters to 1.5 mu, produced 23 varieties such as cucumber and water spinach. Pigs and meat pigeons also settled here. In some coral reefs, there are as many as 63 pigs. Each reef castle has a water cellar and rainwater collection device, and all of them use seawater desalination and air conditioning. The satellite antenna that can watch five or six TV channels has been laughing. Computers, DVD players, karaoke machines and so on. The recreation room, which integrates the library and gym, is full of cheerful laughter every day. Some coral reefs even dance with soldiers who play basketball and football.

At present, the self-sufficiency rate of agricultural and sideline products of Nansha Guardian has greatly increased, and the supply of canned food has decreased from 80% before 1998 to 50% now. The officers and men bid farewell to the history of eating canned food three times a day, and can eat fresh vegetables almost every day. Bathing by rain all the year round has also become a thing of the past, and the supply of fresh water is basically guaranteed. Arthritis caused by hot and humid climate is also significantly reduced. ...

Today's Nansha is crowded with people and everyone is full of energy, which is the result of the hard work of a group of Nansha defenders. It was they who carried thousands of tons of pig iron on a reef plate four or five meters deep and built the third generation of "high-legged houses". The officers and men are so tired that they can fall asleep in a few seconds at the command. It was they who unloaded several tons of building materials on the reef plate and built the cement wharf by themselves, which greatly improved the convenience of shift replenishment. All the small dishes and gardens on the reef plate were built from the mainland thousands of miles away, and the boxes and bags of soil on the reef plate were packed in shells and plastic boxes.

Many officers and men have made great sacrifices for this. Gong Yunchong, commander of the Garrison, is the "first needy household" among Nansha soldiers. There are several patients in the family who need special care, but he stayed on the reef for 25 months. Qi Yutai, an old political commissar, used to be a football striker in the army. He got arthritis in his first year on the reef and even changed his walking style. The heroic deeds of Zhu Jianguo martyrs are still displayed in the Party's "First Congress" Memorial Hall in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. He was killed at sea while building a tall house. He had been married for a month when he died. ...

The almost miraculous changes that take place in Nansha Reef Fort every day are enough to be recorded in the glorious history of the People's Navy. However, all the changes here, all the "homes" and "gardens" standing on the sea, are not as wonderful as the learning atmosphere here, because among all the changes in the world, the improvement of people's quality is the most important and far-reaching change.

Nowadays, the reef fort, which has been regarded as a "forbidden area for life" for many years, has become a "campus" for imparting knowledge and culture. When a group of officers and men walked into this campus, they were just ordinary people. After completion, when they leave here, they have grown into all-round people with high cultural quality and excellent psychological quality.

The unprecedented improvement of the quality of Nansha guards has also added a new atmosphere to Nansha guards. As high-quality people, officers and men have a good sense of environmental protection. Eat the remaining tin cans, empty bottles, and all non-perishable items, pack them neatly and transport them back to the mainland, and don't throw them into the sea at will. Resource awareness is rock-solid in the hearts of officers and men. Not only did they stop collecting corals themselves and avoid running on coral reefs, but they also refused the temptation and resolutely prohibited passing ships from fishing here. They said: "We should not only guard Nansha, but also protect Nansha; It is necessary to present Nansha, which has no pollution and a good ecological environment, to the people of the motherland. "

The footsteps of Nansha guards are still struggling to move forward. Commander Gong Yunchong told reporters that they will build the third generation of Nansha garrison ahead of schedule, so as to fully modernize the army building. During the voyage, the reporter saw that Hou Jian, the commander-in-chief in charge of completing this replenishment task and the political commissar of a naval base, Liu Changqing, the political commissar of the garrison area, and Gong Yunchong, the commander of the garrison area, had many discussions on how to further "dilute the difficulties" and speed up the modernization process of the troops.

We have reason to believe that there will be a modern garrison in the South China Sea of the motherland, and a strong Nansha garrison will build an unbreakable iron wall in the South China Sea of the motherland.