Create a historical record of 77 days of continuous operations and dare to fight hard! This fire brigade is too hot.

　　　　　　 CCTV News:With 950,000 hectares of virgin forest, 56 years of uninterrupted relay protection and more than 380 forest fire fighting missions, a young forest fire fighting team has been stationed all the year round in the hinterland of Daxinganling virgin forest region, the northernmost part of the motherland. Since its establishment in the 1960s, Qigan Squadron of Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade in Inner Mongolia has been standing silently for more than half a century in the deserted island of Linhai.

　　　　　　 This is the best preserved, the only centralized contiguous area and the largest undeveloped virgin forest area in China. Fiona Fang is rarely traveled by people, with an average annual temperature of minus 3 degrees and a frost-free period of only 70 days. After a long winter of nine months, it was not until late May that Qigan Squadron, which was stationed deep in the jungle, just waited for spring. There is still snow in the forest that has not melted, but the most dangerous period of the year in Daxinganling has arrived.

　　　　　　 Captain Wang Depeng led everyone to distinguish the anchor points and get familiar with the environment, so as to have a good idea of the terrain and landforms and enter the key fire prevention period. Now Qigan Squadron has to go to the mountains to patrol and guard in full gear several times a week, and it is ready for war 24 hours a day. In order to cope with the fire that may happen at any time, from the end of May every year, in addition to the resident Qigan squadron, the Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade will send troops to temporarily station.

　　　　　　 In May, the drought in Daxing ‘anling is strong, and the dense vegetation that has existed for hundreds of years can easily cause sudden and destructive natural fires, especially in the northern forest area, when it enters summer, lightning strikes often break out one after another.

　　　　　　 The Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade is responsible for the protection of 10.67 million hectares of forest and the interception of more than 400 kilometers of Sino-Russian border fires. The entire theater spans six latitudes, with 627 kilometers from north to south and 368 kilometers from east to west. In special times, everyone should be ready.

　　　　　　 The virgin forest area in the northern Daxinganling Mountains of Inner Mongolia is the strategic reserve forest of the country. It is like a "green Great Wall" standing in the northern part of the motherland, resisting the cold current from Siberia and the dust in the Mongolian Plateau, and guarding China’s "big granary" — — Food production safety in Songnen Plain. The task area of fire prevention and extinguishing that Qigan Squadron stationed all the year round covers 950,000 hectares of undeveloped area of northern virgin forest, and the per capita fire prevention area reaches 16,000 hectares. From the moment the team was built, there were odd cadres wherever there was danger in Daxinganling.

　　　　　　 Wang Yonggang, instructor of Qigan Squadron, Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade, Inner Mongolia: There are many times of fire fighting. For example, last year and the year before last, there may be more than 100 small fire spots after satellite discovery, so this place is actually a fire nest like summer.

　　　　　　 Accompanied by "Huowozi", generation after generation of Qigan team members fought to protect the forest. On May 6th, 1987, the most serious fire broke out in Daxinganling area since the founding of New China. At that time, Qigan Squadron fought more than 20 times on the fire line, putting out more than 400 kilometers of fire line, creating a historical record of 77 days of continuous fighting.

　　　　　　 On July 28, 2002, the extraordinary forest fire broke out, and Qigan Squadron fired the "first shot" of thousands of firefighters in the fire fighting. While struggling to put out the fire, they dug a fire isolation belt with a width of nearly 1 meter and a length of 70 kilometers by shoulder, hand and pedal, which successfully intercepted the raging mountain fire. Since the establishment of Qigan Squadron 56 years ago, it has participated in fighting forest fires for more than 380 times.

　　　　　　 Kang Jianyou, political commissar of the Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade in Inner Mongolia: When it was first formed, one man, one horse and one gun were used. At that time, it was riding a horse or riding a horse sledge at the earliest, and then it developed into a four-wheeled vehicle. Up to now, we have helicopters in the air, personnel carriers, armored vehicles on the ground, and motorboats on the waterway, which is the way of three-dimensional integration into the overall situation.

　　　　　　 Modern equipment continues to be updated, but the tradition of daring to fight hard has never changed. On April 30, 2017, a border fire hit Yimuhe Forest Farm in Daxing ‘anling. Qigan Squadron was the first to put out the fire, and the last one was evacuated from the fire, and put out the fire for 7 days and 8 nights. In order to prevent the resurgence, it still persisted until the fire was completely lifted after the supplies were cut off for two days. Crossing the line of fire year after year, this group of young forces with an average age of less than 24 years old is growing rapidly. In the face of every dangerous task, they all choose to downplay it.

　　　　　　 Wang Yonggang, instructor of Qigan Squadron of Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade, Inner Mongolia: I have gone out on a mission. You tell my parents that they are worried, and they are also very uncomfortable and can’t sleep well at night, so I just don’t say anything, just come back safely anyway.

　　　　　　 Wang Yonggang, instructor of Qigan Squadron of Daxinganling Forest Fire Brigade, Inner Mongolia: The reason why the squadron has persisted for so many years is to protect the ecological security of the northern part of the motherland, to protect this green barrier, to use their youth to defend the safety of the forest, to live up to the expectations of our predecessors, and to live up to the high hopes of our motherland and people. I think I am very proud of our players.

　　　　　　 From one man, one horse and one gun to 2018, it has officially become the main force and national team of emergency rescue. In order to protect the ecological barrier in the north of the motherland, for more than half a century, generations of Qigan people have regarded hard dedication as the background of their youth, and silently adhered to their loyalty vows.