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soldiers in a brigade stationed in Tibet encamping field to receive fresh vegetables. Blue Guohong newspaper photo

LHASA, August 15 (Xinhua) Yang Zhihong, Yan Liang special correspondent reports: clouds in the mountains around the car running in the cloud. August 12 morning, three cold storage vehicles entering Tibet more than 4,000 meters above sea level of a brigade encamping field, officers and men sent to the fresh meat and fruits, quartermaster, and cooks were excitedly rushed to queue up for food. Pleased to lead the brigade logistics department, said the new allotment of refrigerated trucks really good, to solve the field training officers and soldiers in the fresh vegetables stored and bite problems.

“brigade need fresh food all in there.” Refrigerator car door while driving the driver Chen Yu introduced. An clear and vegetable scent blowing cold air, looking ahead, vegetables, meat and fruits neatly placed, after the sudden, when heated, fruit drops. I pick up a cucumber taste, sweet and delicious, just picked as the general. Travel Wang Tao, director of production and living services that these foods have been stored five days still so fresh, which in the past do not expect the thing.

I learned in the interview, field training problems in the storage of fresh vegetables has been plagued by troops stationed in Tibet. In the past, highland soldiers are digging through storage cellar vegetables, fresh period of not more than three days. Each field training, supply of fresh vegetables has been difficult to meet the needs of officers and men. Encamping over time, men prone to get angry mouth blisters, mouth ulcers and other symptoms. PLA General Logistics Department attaches great importance to scientific research project, and finally developed to adapt to the snow-covered plateau of geography, climate and environment of cold storage vehicles, and they are being allotted to the various units stationed in Tibet.

held a variety of military vehicles, Chen Yu told the author that the new allotment of cold storage vehicles off-road performance is good, in areas above 4,000 meters above sea level continuous operation, the remote mobile units to meet the operational needs of the plateau; a constant temperature , preservation of function, a store 5 tons of food, preservation of at least 20 days … …

miles Connivance of His Army unit, cold storage truck ride Xuehai sky, like “mobile fridge” with always the same. The brigade leader said with emotion, refrigerated trucks are no longer bite the officers and men not only difficult, but all of a sudden “liberation” of over a hundred soldiers were sent to food.