The reef is very small. The so‑called outpost is nothing more than a crude stilted tin shack, with boundless sea on all sides, far from the base, supplies very hard to come by—you can imagine how tough the conditions are. He managed to stick it out under such hardship and set a number of individual "firsts" in the Nansha Reef Guard.
Mayor Wang asked curiously, "What records did he set?"
"He served the longest time in the Nansha Reef Guard, carried out the most missions, held the reef for the most days in a single stint, logged the farthest and widest patrol mileage, and was praised as the 'South China Sea reef guardian' and the 'First Person of Nansha Reef'. If he hadn't come back to visit family a few days ago, he'd still be on reef duty in Nansha right now."
"He's an active‑duty officer?"
