From battlefield warrior to water guard, always maintain a charged posture

　Dong Ao (right) and Wang Fan (left) (CCTV reporter Sun Xiaoyuan, photo)

CCTV News:Mengxia grass long, flowers full slope. 180 square kilometers, storage capacity 4 billion cubic meters of Miyun Reservoir rippling blue, blue as the sea.

The Miyun Reservoir, located 13 kilometers north of the city in Miyun District, is the only source of drinking water in Beijing, the capital. Two of the three glasses of water that citizens drink come from here. It is also another "battlefield" for the joint law enforcement team composed of 20 retired soldiers, including Dong Ao and Wang Fan, whose average age is less than 23.

At the end of 2016, the Miyun District Party Committee and District Government increased the strength of the Reservoir Joint Law Enforcement Team and decided to recruit front-line auxiliary law enforcement personnel for retired soldiers in the district. More than 2,000 young people of the right age who have retired in recent years meet the conditions. After layers of selection, a 20-person joint law enforcement auxiliary team was born. Since then, protecting the safety of citizens’ drinking water and dealing with illegal incidents such as sewage discharge and illegal fishing have become their first duty.

Yangyang Bibo, they are clearer

Dong Ao, a water guard, had not been working since he retired from the Rocket Army in 2015. When he saw that Miyun Reservoir was recruiting water guards, he signed up. After passing the exam, he came to the reservoir, "Seeing that the water in the reservoir is clearer now, I feel that my efforts are worth it."

　

Retired soldiers water law enforcement (CCTV reporter, Sun Xiaoyuan, photo)

How to compete with cunning lawbreakers is a lesson that Dong Ao and the others must learn. "These people are smart, they don’t come during the day, and when it’s midnight, the electric fish and fishermen turn in from the upstream tributaries."

Not long ago, after receiving a call from "someone electric fish" late one night, the patrolling team members quickly rushed to the reporting location and squatted in the grass. Until the sky turned white, they didn’t wait for half a figure. "It’s normal, you can’t let them follow the rules, you have to compete for who has patience." Finally, after several days of continuous squatting, they caught two illegal boats sneaking into the reservoir on the spot.

Not long after he became a water guard, when he was on duty one day, Dong Ao found that there was a light on the water, and an experienced senior told him that someone might be electric fishing. With the momentum of the newborn calf not afraid of the tiger, he chased all the way. When the fishermen saw an assault boat coming from the water, they quickly threw everything on the boat, fled the boat, and fled to the shore. Unexpectedly, Dong Ao drove the assault boat directly to the shore and caught the fishermen.

On April 29, 2018, the water storage capacity of the reservoir exceeded 2.10 billion cubic meters, setting a new high this century. (Image source: Visual China)

On April 29, 2018, the water storage capacity of the reservoir exceeded 2.10 billion cubic meters, setting a new high in this century. At present, the water quality remains above the national surface water class II standard all year round, and the water in the center of the reservoir area can be directly drinkable.

Charge, military veterans will not fade

With the rumbling sound of the horse, the law enforcement boat quickly pulled a long line through the wide water. As the southern water entered the storage, the water surface continued to expand, and now it takes at least four hours to patrol the reservoir on a speedboat. "Once illegal acts are found, seven or eight hours is also common." Because the inspection delayed meals, they often ate instant noodles to satisfy their hunger. All year round, the members of the aquatic team have to watch the front line of the reservoir all day.

In the hottest summer, the water surface was open and unblocked, and many team members’ faces were sunburned. In winter, the water surface froze, and fishing boats could not get in, but there were more people fishing. The water guards could only patrol against the cold wind that hurt their faces, and they had to be on guard against falling into ice holes at all times.

Every time the reservoir is open for fishing, there are a total of 300 legally caught fishing boats in the region. For each fishing boat encountered, it is necessary to check whether the fishing license is consistent with the personnel on board, whether the mesh of the fishing net is larger than 14.5 cm, and whether the fishing boat is attached to the engine. Hundreds of boats have to be checked every day.

北京持续高温预警，护水员衣服被汗水打湿。（央视网记者 孙晓媛 摄）

“自从有了他们，咱水库边上偷偷来钓鱼的几乎看不到了。”一位一辈子住在密云水库边的老人感叹。密云水库联合执法大队张书记介绍，因为这支新生力量的加入，今年已经对违法捕鱼事件立案90多起。　

“有一次我们巡逻时发现岸边有人在电鱼，赶紧驾驶快艇过去处理。电鱼的人看到执法队赶来害怕被查处，扔下设备就跳入水中想要逃跑。这几个退役士兵二话没说，一个个跳下水游泳去追，没多远就把违法人员抓住了。”上岸后违法人员不停念叨：“设备你们没收不就得了，这阵势咋还把我当犯人一样追，这也不值当啊，年轻人咋这叫一个认真。”张书记自豪地说，这些孩子可都是当过兵的！违法人员一听就张大了嘴，再无话可说。

执法队员王帆的老家就在水库边，他的姥姥也是密云水库移民，一家人都对水库有很深的感情。王帆经常听姥姥说，几十年以前，水库周边生活着很多村民，成为孩子们嬉戏的天堂，那会儿村民们都注意保护水库。

后来大家生活好了，也来了好多游客突然涌向水库，开小餐馆、野炊、露营，垃圾扔得到处都是，当地的居民看在眼里痛在心上。听说王帆来执法队工作，姥姥高兴地赶紧让外孙拍照片发给她看。

董傲（左）和王帆（右），戎装褪去，永葆军人本色。（央视网记者 孙晓媛 摄）

“以前是保卫国家，现在是保护水库。”离开军营，脱掉戎装，但褪不掉雷厉风行的军人本色和永不服输的冲锋姿态。

在执法队，有队员把手机上的起床闹钟设为部队的起床号。每天清晨，那熟悉的号声准时响起，穿过库区辽阔的水面，穿过他们梦中的营帐，激荡起层层涟漪。