作者：黄继跃

近日，休闲之时翻阅一本老影集，一张张开始泛黄的老照片穿越时空映入眼帘，顿时一股热流涌上心头，一股情感油然生起，忍不住潸然泪下，情不自禁地回想起30年前关于一张地图的往事……
    当时，我作为一名中国人民解放军战士，接到命令赴边境战场执行通信保障任务，我所在的通信小组3人都是新兵，接到任务后心情既激动又不安。因为谁也没有上过战场，谁也没有经历过战争，我们都怕呀！可是作为解放军战士，军令如山倒！大家深感责任重大，更知任务艰巨，还是斗志昂扬地奔赴前线！
    按照上级指示，我们必须要在指定的时间内完成铺设线路的任务，确保通信指挥畅通。枪林弹雨中，我们一会儿小跑前进，一会儿匍匐前行，圆满完成了一段线路铺设任务。可是还有一大段线路，由于地形不熟悉，加上炮火纷飞，硝烟弥漫，弹坑遍地，尘土飞扬，致使铺设工作受阻，我们只好爬进了一个弹坑临时隐蔽一下，等待时机。这时，我发现一名战友就在旁边的一个弹坑里，他用手势向我们打招呼。我们感觉他负伤了，于是急忙翻了几个滚，爬到了他的旁边，这才发现他浑身是血。我们赶紧用随身携带的止血带帮他处理了一下伤口，进行了必要的紧急救护。
    通过简单的交谈，我们知道了他的任务。据他所说，部队首长知道架设小组由于没有详细的地图，加之对地形不熟悉，已经影响到作战计划。为了不影响整体部署，上级及时派出人员进行现场绘图，与我们通信兵协同作战，确保架设任务按时完成。听他这么一讲，大家都兴奋不已！这时，他吃力地从内衣口袋里掏出一张带血的草图，交给我说：“后面的任务就交给你了，战友！”可我又怎么能把负伤的战友扔下，坚持要把他背回医疗所。他生气地说：“不要管我，完成任务要紧！”随后一把将我推开。我斩钉截铁地说：“保证完成任务！”此时此刻，什么困难险阻甚至生命危险，我统统抛在了脑后，怀揣着这张带血的“地图”，带着战友的一份嘱托，冒着炮火去完成肩负的重任。就是这张在战争中洗礼的“血地图”，使我们按时完成了架设线路，确保了战场的通信畅通。
    任务完成后，我双手捧着这张来之不易的“地图”，交给了部队首长，并得到了首长的口头嘉奖。
    30年过去了，随着时代的进步，科技的发达，测绘手段发生了巨大的变化，各类地图也随着技术的进步而更加便捷实用，形式多样，品种繁多。互联网上地图覆盖全球，比例尺随意变化；出行前打开GPS，无论哪里电子地图为你导航……这些进步，作为一名测绘工作者，我感到无尚光荣和自豪。尽管如此，在我心中依然难解地图情结，对纸质地图依然情有独钟，不仅因为它承载了太多测绘人的智慧和汗水，它甚至还带着战友的体温和鲜血！每当回想起这张地图，“甜酸苦辣”各种滋味就会一起涌上心头，这是烙印在我心底的、永远无法抹去的深刻记忆！
    没有华丽的词藻，只有责任的感召；没有刻意的描述，只有真情的流露。战友情、地图情、测绘情，这就是我终生难忘的地图情结！

      作者（右三）与友人在西藏
 

Recently, at the time of leisure reading an old photo album, the beginning of yellowing sheets of old photos come into view through the space-time, immediately took a heat in my heart, an emotion welled up in his Health, the tears could not help, can not help but recall 30 years ago on a map of the past ... ...
     At that time, I as a Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers, were ordered to the border battlefield communications to protect the implementation of tasks, my communications group 3 are new recruits, after receiving the mandate of both excited and uneasy feelings. Because no one went to the battlefield, no one has experienced war, we are afraid of you! But as the People's Liberation Army soldiers, reversing an order! Heavy responsibility we also know the task is arduous, or high morale and went to the front line!
     In accordance with the instructions of their superiors, we have to within the specified time to complete the task of laying lines to ensure smooth communication command. Hail of bullets, we trotted forward a moment, a moment before crawling, the successful completion of the laying of a line tasks. But there is a long line, as a result of unfamiliarity with the terrain, coupled with falling fire, smoke filled the air, and craters everywhere, a cloud of dust, which has delayed the work of laying, we had no choice but to crawl into a crater about temporary hidden, waiting for an opportunity. At this time, I found a comrade-in-arms on the side of a crater, he greeted us with gestures. We feel he has been injured, so hurry over a number of rolling, next to his climb, he is found covered with blood. We quickly used to carry the tourniquet, then helped him to deal with wounds, carry out the necessary emergency ambulance.
     Through a simple conversation, we know that his task. According to what he said, forces the head to know to set up group the absence of detailed maps, plus are not familiar with the terrain has affected the operations plan. In order not to affect the overall deployment of higher-level personnel at the scene in time to send drawings, Signal Corps in coordination with us to ensure that assignments are completed on time to set up. Listen to him so I said, we all excited! At this time, struggling to his underwear in your pocket from the blood out of a draft to me said: "The task of the back to you, comrades!" How can I also dropped wounded comrades insisted back back to his medical. He said angrily: "Do not control me, to complete important tasks!" Then will I open a. I categorically said: "The completion of the task!" At this moment, what difficulties and obstacles and even life-threatening, and I all left the minds of this blood take the "map", with a trust of his comrades, to take a fire mission to complete the task. This is the baptism in the war of "blood map", so that we completed on time and set up lines of communication to ensure smooth flow of the battlefield.
     The task is completed, holding my hands on this hard-won "map", to the heads of the armed forces, and has been awarded the head of the oral.
     30 years have passed, along with the progress of the times, technology, surveying and mapping tool has undergone tremendous changes in various types of maps with technological advances and more convenient and practical, takes many forms, a wide variety. Internet coverage of the world map, random changes in scale; travel before the turn GPS, no matter where the navigation electronic map for you ... ... these advances, as a surveying and mapping work, I feel honor and pride. Nevertheless, in my mind is still difficult to map complex, is still a soft spot for paper maps, not only because it carries a lot of surveying and mapping of human wisdom and sweat, it is even with the temperature and the blood of comrades-in-arms! Whenever the map back, "Sweet,Acid,Hard,Spicy " with a variety of flavors will to ours heart, which is imprinted in my mind, can never be erased from memory!
     No flowery words, only the responsibility of the appeal; no description deliberately, only to reveal the truth. War friendship, love map, mapping the situation, and this is the map I will never forget feeling!