Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

2 16, Xinzheng City, Henan Province, a woman head over the water to irrigate wheat. Xinhua News Agency reporters Gao Xue and Yu She data for: Yun-7 Air Force transport aircraft to take off preparations for the implementation of artificial rainfall operations

artificial rainfall –

Air Force has been flying 38 sorties job

the past few days, the Air Force science and technology play advantage, full support local drought relief. As of February 16, the Air Force in Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu Province, and northwest parts of the implementation of artificial rain (snow) job flying 38 sorties, 192 hours, operating area of ??276 million square kilometers.

persistent drought in parts of the country, drinking water, irrigation varying degrees of difficulty. Should request the relevant departments of Henan Province, has deployed a wide air force transport aircraft transport -7 implementation of seven vehicles in the Henan Province of artificial rainfall operations, operating area of ??27 square kilometers, the average rainfall in Henan province of 5.5 mm. The actual increase for the drought in Shandong, economic space in time to send a crew of shipping groups, familiar with the flight route in advance to develop several sets of artificial rain program. They overcome the complexity of weather conditions, cold weather, ice and other aircraft, easy to difficult, has shipped out 5 -7 transport vehicles, Jinan, Xuzhou, Weifang, Yanzhou, Juxian affected areas to implement more than 20 artificial precipitation, total operating an area of ??104,000 square kilometers. Economic adjustment of civil aviation air force also coordinated 18 flights to 14 cities and counties in Shandong Province 358 rounds of artificial rainfall to provide protection.

Technology help –

multiplier to improve efficiency

2 16 afternoon, in Jinan Military a motorized infantry brigade under the guidance of a variety of disaster relief teams, located in a remote mountain temple, Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, the town villagers successful use of “watershed distillation method”, extracted from the water production and living water, greatly easing the town more than 3,000 people in temporary drinking water. In recent days, this province has a variety of disaster relief teams to Zichuan Xihe five towns to send 122 villages irrigated fields, use of technology to guide 49 million science and drought.

last year, Shandong Province, Jinan Military Region, and rely on the brigade set up a multi-hazard, Shandong Province, the only one rescue team. After a year of preparation and training the initial formation of combat, with the earthquake relief, flood and other six emergency response capabilities. Technology drought, with less. In the sprinkler out, decontamination vehicles, more than 10 specialized vehicles for the masses to send drinking water at the same time, to ensure security of food production drought year, farmers insurance income, the brigade rescue team organized a variety of scientific and technological disasters, drought seminars to help master farmers drought water-saving technologies, strengthen the consciousness of the season, to accelerate the progress of spring, try to recover losses.

in Jiangsu, face 60 years to the most serious drought, Jiangsu Province, pumping group 54 military teams play talent-intensive technology, the advantages of advanced equipment and apparatus, the unified deployment to arid line, to ensure 167 group pumping stations, more than 400 eye electromechanical, more than 2,000 pieces (sets) the normal operation of mobile facilities drought.

a long-term –

drought to leave “secondary issue”

pumped well near the close by, is to help people Fengqiu County, Henan Province, Jinan Military Region army drought, but the organization more than a thousand officers and men to carry one hundred sets of engineering equipment for the local merits and drainage repair, opened the Yellow River for irrigation of the big screen. Why spend enormous human and material resources, to keep the way of people looting break machine dug 14 km irrigation channel? The Army commander Ronggui Qing, told reporters on February 16, a large number of short-term exploitation of groundwater will cause a sharp decline in water level, water in some areas likely to lead to ecological imbalance and other series, “secondary problems”, so the Army decided to party, “far away” long-term perspective, to help the masses of scientific drought.

the same time, to address the heavy machinery rolling easily lead to soil compaction, the problems affecting crop growth, they loosen the soil of farmland devoted to maintenance of personnel; to prevent the sudden drop in temperature at night lead to ice frozen to death after irrigation of wheat Barley, they adopted a “small water slowly poured, block rate water” irrigation, to ensure that the date of infiltration, wheat-free water in the surface … … the Army to help people adhere to drought to leave “secondary issue” approach to win people blown away .

people’s livelihood as the most important –

solve the urgent needs of the people

2 月 15 morning, 75-year-old Chaiguang You see an armored division organization Jinan Military Region, the drought relief officers and soldiers came to their own garden watering, starts laughing happily.

Chaiguang You Xinyang City, Henan Province, Dong Xiang set the cloud village farmers. Three consecutive months of drought, so that his family 40 acres of tea land dry cracking. Several children were at home working outside, seeing the yellow expanse of withered tea, Chai Guangyou elderly anxious straight stamping.

fact, and Chaiguang You have the same old situation of farmers as well. Tea is the pillar industry of local economy, it is an important source of income for people. Prolonged drought, have devastated the local tea tree yellow shoot blight. According to local government statistics, more than 95 percent of the city’s tea plantations are varying degrees of drought, severe drought in an area of ??more than 5600 acres. During this time, it is tea tree transplanting, turning green tea a critical period, this crop is not irrigated, the local tea industry will face the danger of cuts.

drought, so farmers anxious, but always affects the army’s heart. Received help from the local phone, Jinan Military Region, an armored division deployed more than 2,000 consecutive times, moving water tankers, construction vehicles, etc. more than 100 times, and to open up channels drainage, pull water moisture, transplanting Xinmiao and other measures to help farmers drought Seedlings and overcome difficulties.

as reporters filed, the division has organized more than 8,000 officers and men to clean up dead trees tea, more than 10,000 trees transplanted Xinmiao, clear drains more than 5000 meters, 1100 acres of garden watering, effectively alleviate some of the tea drought.

(integrated the reporter Zhang Tiannan, special correspondent Wei, Zhang Li, Wang Shaoyun, Li Xing, Liang Shenhu, Fu Xiaohui, correspondent Xu Shiqiang, Sun Mingjiang, Moses, Tianya Wei et al reported)