The national flag escort of Zhengzhou universities welcomes the military parade and trains for 12 hours a day

　　Going to Tiananmen to watch the flag-raising ceremony is a lifelong dream for many people. They walk across the Jinshui Bridge every day to raise the "First Flag of the Republic". Perhaps no other unit in China receives as much attention as the National Flag Guard. In the eyes of many, they are the representatives of China’s national image and the image of the military. This team is the Tiananmen National Flag Guard, but their real life is very mysterious. Yesterday, Hao Dongdong, who returned from the army to his hometown to lead his villagers to become rich, revealed to reporters the little-known lives of the "National Flag Guard".

　　Hao Dongdong, 29, is 1.8 meters tall, handsome and dark-skinned. Because he has been carrying a gun on his right shoulder for a long time, his right shoulder blade has a thick callus, and his right arm is obviously thicker than his left arm. Hao Dongdong was selected into the National Flag Guard in 2004, when he was only 17 years old.

　　70% elimination rate: 3 hours of sleep per night

　　He had just been in the army for a month and had to run 5 kilometers every day. Later, he realized that running 5 kilometers every morning was just an "appetizer". From Jinshui Bridge to the base of the national flag pole, he took 138 steps. For this 103.5-meter crossing, every new recruit had to cross a threshold before they could stand under the national flag pole.

　　The soldiers of the Tiananmen National Flag Guard are carefully selected from among the tens of thousands of recruits every year after three months of military training. At each pass, a group of people must be eliminated. That year, more than 100 people entered the same batch as Hao Dongdong, but later, after three months of training, only about 30 people were left, and the elimination rate was 70%.

　　而前3个月的训练还只是“入门级”，有幸被选中的战士，还要进行4个月的强化训练，堪称“魔鬼训练”。每天早上8时准时开始训练，11时半收操，下午3时半继续训练。

　　国旗护卫队每天都要从天文台抄录天亮时间，从而制定出精确的升、降旗时间，分秒不差。夏天训练时起床很早，7时起床，7时20分开始吃早饭，7时50分准时训练，到11时30分。11时50分吃饭。午休两小时。下午进行学习教育。周二、周五是全天训练。晚上看完新闻联播后自由活动，到了8时半就洗漱，9时睡觉。

　　夏天最早两点多就要起床，因为夏天升国旗早，升国旗回来还要补上一个小时觉。尤其是有升旗任务时，只能睡3个小时。“晚上9时睡下，9时30分起床，10时到广场，站岗站两个小时。回来就12时了，但第二天凌晨3时30分，又得起床去升旗，升完旗回来6时多，最多睡一个小时，又要开始一上午的高强度训练。下午又要去站两个小时的岗。”尤其是每年新兵、老兵交接时，国旗护卫队的战士既要站岗，又要升降国旗，还要训练。

　　除了睡眠少，高强度的训练让战士们经常体力透支。刚到的那一个月，郝东东晚上一到家，往床上一靠，就睡着了。“很多人因为受不了，退出了。”

　　脸上放蚂蚁练耐力

　　国旗从基座升到杆顶的时间为2分零7秒，在外人看来，国旗护卫队的战士们无比威武雄壮，他们代表了中国和中国军队的形象。而这短短的两分钟，却需要国旗护卫队战士们两年的心血。国旗护卫队训练究竟有多苦？

　　首先要练的就是站功。国旗护卫队的士兵，必须做到在烈日下站4小时。为达到正步走百米不差分毫，郝东东的领子上别大头针，练摆臂时拉起绳子，练踢腿时绑着沙袋，走路时背上插上T型架子。睡觉时也不用枕头，平躺在硬板床上，就是为了练就良好的体形。

　　每天升旗前1小时要提前训练，主要是巩固动作、防止出错。护卫队员还担负着国旗哨位的执勤任务，冬不穿棉、夏不穿单是对国旗哨兵的特殊要求。夏天最热时，天安门广场地表温度高达60多摄氏度。一班哨下来，郝东东衣服上都是白色盐渍，衣服可以竖立起来。冬天，广场上地表温度为零下20摄氏度。两小时纹丝不动，郝东东每次下哨后，手脚麻木僵硬，就连嘴唇也被冻僵了，话都说不出来。

　　并且，在执勤站岗时，身上除了眼珠子，哪里都不能动，就算虫子跑到身上也不能动。而夏天，广场上虫子特别多，就算虫子趴在脸上，也只能一动不动。他在平时训练时，甚至专门抓来几只蚂蚁放在脸上爬来爬去，练习自己的耐力。

　　其次是走功。32人组成的护旗方队要横成行，纵成列，步幅一致，摆臂一致，目光一致。齐步要求每一步走75厘米，整齐划一。从金水桥到国旗杆下138步，每步都要走得威武雄壮。脚压砖块，是练习走功的“秘籍”，在脚上放上一块3斤重的板砖，坚持两分钟，随着训练量的加大，逐渐提高到两块板砖、三块板砖。为了提高踢腿的幅度和力量，他每天还要在腿上绑上5斤重的沙袋练习踢腿，一踢就是上千次。

　　每天训练大量出汗，郝东东的脚上也长出脚气和鸡眼，走路都疼。这是国旗护卫队战士们的“职业病”，因为训练要穿特制的方口皮靴，鞋底是牛筋底制成的，一双鞋差不多有4斤重。每天训练完，鞋子里面能湿得能挤出水来。因为练正步走时频繁踢腿，摩擦大腿内侧，一个月训练下来，战士们都尿血。但几个月后，战士们对尿血早就习惯了。

　　第三就是眼功。由于长期在天安门值守，代表的是国家形象，郝东东在升旗过程中还不能眨眼，对着太阳练不眨眼、迎着风沙练不眯眼。如今，他可以做到在迎风、迎光的情况下一分钟不眨眼。

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