赵国涛、赵婉姝
By Zhao Guotao, Zhao Wanshu
郑州7月22日电按照习主席重要指示，在中央军委部署安排下，截至21日，中部战区已相继派出驻豫解放军和武警部队、民兵应急力量8800余人，舟车装备485台（艘），在郑州、洛阳、新乡等30余个险情地段投入救援，全力保障人民群众生命财产安全。
中部战区官微：自河南遭遇极端强降雨以来，截至7月22日12时，中部战区共计派出44批次救援梯队，解放军指战员 5135人、武警部队官兵3691人，运输车、抢险车、工程车410辆，搜救艇75艘。
ZHENGZHOU, July 22 -- Following the important instructions by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the overall deployments of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), the PLA Central Theater Command had dispatched more than 8,800 troops, including troops from the PLA and the PAP units stationed in Henan Province, along with 485 vehicles and vessels, to engage in disaster relief in over 30 places of Henan in parallel as of 12:00 a.m. on July 22, making utmost efforts to protect local people’s life and property safety.
战区陆军某工程防化旅75名官兵顺利完成伊川县伊河滩拦水坝爆破分洪任务，投入后续救援行动。
Seventy-five service members assigned to an engineering chemical defense brigade under the PLA Central Theater Command had successfully exploded the dam and shunted the flood at Yichuan County and then promptly joined other relief operations.
战区空军某旅80余名官兵连夜挺近郑州市区，开展营救受困群众、封堵堤坝等救援行动。
More than 80 soldiers of a PLA Air Force brigade rushed to Zhengzhou overnight to save the trapped residents and block the dams.
空降兵军某旅出动650余名官兵，赶赴贾鲁河险段，紧急封堵漫堤、加固堤防。
A brigade of the airborne troops dispatched about 650 members to the breach section of Jialu River to reinforce the dam and block the overflow.
郑州联勤保障中心170余名官兵分批次投入郑州市管城区、郭家咀水库等险段，抢修溃坝危坝、紧急疏散群众，并派出医疗队伍开展巡诊。
The PLA Zhengzhou Joint Logistic Support Center sent more than 170 service members in batches to repair dams and evacuate residents in dangerous areas such as Guancheng District and Guojiaju Reservoir, and sent a medical team to provide itinerant health care.
炮兵防空兵学院、信息工程大学430余名官兵会同武警河南总队280余名官兵，坚守常庄水库、封堵管涌。
More than 430 service members from the PLA Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense and the PLA Information Engineering University, along with more than 280 peers from the People’s Armed Police (PAP) Henan Contingent, stayed at Changzhuang Reservoir to block the piping.
河南省军区出动2000余民兵，在郑州、开封、洛阳、许昌、焦作等地10余个险情地段执行疏通河道、疏散群众和巡查、加固河堤等任务。
The PLA Henan Provincial Military Command mobilized over 2,000 militiamen to dredge waterways, evacuate residents, take patrols and reinforce dams at around 10 dangerous areas in cities of Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Xuchang and Jiaozuo.
中部战区还采取卫星和飞机侦察手段，对灾区实施空中监测。另据记者了解，战区武警部队目前已开通视频指挥系统。下一步，战区联指将根据汛情发展，继续派出力量投入抗洪抢险。洪水不退，官兵不退。
The PLA Central Theater Command has also used reconnaissance satellites and planes to monitor the situation in flood-hit areas. It is learned that the PAP forces have set up a video commanding system, and the joint operations command of the PLA Central Theater Command will continue to dispatch disaster relief forces according to the situation.
