刘建伟、吴敏、孙兴维
By Liu Jianwei, Wu Min, Sun Xingwei
郑州7月21日电 -- 河南省多地出现强降雨天气并引发城市内涝、泥石流和山体滑坡等灾害后，中部战区迅速指挥战区驻豫部队、武警部队官兵和民兵3000余人、车（舟）装备80余台（艘），在10个地域同步投入抢险救灾。
ZHENGZHOU, July 21 -- As of press time, the Chinese PLA Central Theater Command has mobilized more than 5,700 troops, including armed police forces and militia, along with more than 148 vehicles and vessels in central China’s Henan Province, to engage in disaster relief in 30 places in parallel, after downpours dramatically hit many places across this central China province and caused serious waterlogging, mudslides and landslides.
20日凌晨，洛阳市伊川县伊河滩拦水坝出现决口，河堤受损严重。第83集团军某工程防化旅紧急出动驰援，计划执行爆破分洪任务。
On the early morning of July 20, the dam of Yihetan in Yichuan County, Luoyang City was breached and the dike was seriously damaged. An engineer chemical defense brigade under the PLA 83rd Group Army was quickly dispatched to explode dam to shunt the flood.
20日16时许，郑州市中原区常庄水库开闸泄洪。武警河南总队郑州支队出动150余名官兵，紧急参与抢险救援任务。
At about 16:00 on July 20, Changzhuang reservoir in Zhengzhou’s Zhongyuan District was opened to discharge flood. The Zhengzhou detachment under the People’s Armed Police (PAP) Henan Contingent dispatched more than 150 soldiers to join the disaster relief.
21日凌晨，空降兵某旅紧急出动650人，车辆38台，赶赴贾鲁河祥符区段决口处进行堤坝加固等救援任务。
In the wee hours of July 21, a brigade of airborne troops sent 650 members and 38 vehicles to the breach section of Jialu River in Xiangfu District to reinforce the dam.
21日上午，驻豫火箭军某部近200人携带皮划艇、救生衣等必要救生器材奔赴郑州抢险救灾，后续大型救灾设备根据要求，做好救灾准备随时出动。
By this morning, nearly 200 service members from the PLA Rocket Force in Henan rushed to flood-stricken Zhengzhou City, bringing with canoes, life vests and other necessary life-saving devices, and large-piece equipment will follow as needed.
民兵也在第一时间投入了抗洪抢险。
Militia members were also mobilized to resist the flood and save people in the shortest time.
郑州警备区出动民兵1000余人奔赴汛情严重地区，疏散群众、开渠引流、堵塞漏点。
The PLA Zhengzhou Garrison mobilized more than 1,000 militiamen to evacuate the residents, divert flood and block leaks.
20日18时，郑州地铁5号线海滩寺站到沙口路站隧道内积水，由于停电，地铁车厢无法打开，乘客被困。100余名民兵骨干接力抢险，将被困群众安全转移。
At 18:00 on July 20, many passengers were trapped inside a subway in Zhengzhou due to flooded tunnel and power failure. Over 100 militia members rushed and successfully rescued them.
焦作军分区所属人武部紧急出动民兵冒雨奔赴一线，安全转移群众2500人。同时，开封军分区、洛阳军分区出动民兵就地参加救援。
The People’s Armed Forces Department affiliated to Jiaozuo Military Sub-command mobilized militia forces in heavy rain to relocate 2,500 residents safely, while militia members assigned to Kaifeng and Luoyang Military Sub-command joined local disaster relief.
此外，郑州联勤保障中心紧急出动近200名官兵、数十台装备，投入抢险救灾。第988医院派出医护人员和救护车辆转送受伤群众。信息工程大学也组织300余名官兵第一时间投入抢险救灾中。
Furthermore, the PLA Zhengzhou Joint Logistic Support Center also emergently dispatched nearly 200 service members with equipment. The No. 988 Military Hospital sent medics and ambulances to transport the injured. The PLA Information Engineering University also organized over 300 service members to join the battle against the flood in the first place.
据悉，中部战区联指中心昼夜运行，实时指挥一线救援行动。
It is learnt that the Joint Commanding Center of the PLA Central Theater Command is now running around the clock to command rescue operations on the frontline.
