Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, announced that in response to the request of the Kingdom of Tonga for relief from the volcanic disaster, the Chinese army sent naval ships from Guangzhou on January 31 to deliver the second batch of Chinese aid materials to Tonga.
At about 8 a.m. today (January 31), a chinese naval vessel formation set off from a port terminal in Guangzhou to deliver Chinese relief materials for Tonga.
The maritime transport formation for the mission of transporting disaster relief materials to Tonga is composed of the Wuzhishan warship of the amphibious dock landing ship of the Southern Theater Navy and the chaganhu ship of comprehensive supply, which has the ability to carry out diversified tasks and can effectively meet the needs of the task of transporting disaster relief materials.
The batch of relief materials transported totaled more than 1,400 tons, mainly including mobile board houses, tractors, generators, water pumps, water purifiers, emergency food, medical and epidemic prevention equipment and other materials. All supplies have been processed and sampled and quarantined several times before loading.
As a formation command ship, the Wuzhishan warship is also equipped with professional medical and health personnel and equipment, and has the ability to prevent and control the epidemic and medical treatment. The formation will also provide assistance within its capacity according to the subsequent requests of the Soup Side.
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On the morning of the 31st, The spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Tan Kefei, announced that at the request of the Kingdom of Tonga for rescue from the volcanic disaster, the Chinese army sent naval ships from Guangzhou on January 31 to launch the second batch of Chinese aid materials for Tonga.
According to CCTV reports, at about 8 a.m., a maritime transport formation composed of the Landing Ship Wuzhishan of the Amphibious Dock of the Southern Theater Navy and the Chaganhu Ship, a comprehensive supply ship, set off from Guangzhou on a mission to transport disaster relief materials. According to the report, the naval vessels carrying out this mission have the ability to carry out diversified tasks and can effectively meet the needs of the mission of transporting disaster relief materials.
Previously, after nearly 30 hours of round-trip and a long-distance flight of more than 20,000 kilometers, the two military Y-20s to Tonga successfully completed the task of transporting emergency relief materials to Tonga and arrived safely in China at 17:00 on the 29th. Wu Jian, commander of the transport formation, said on the way back to The construction: "Although the mission to transport relief materials to Tonga is a long way away, and we also encountered adverse conditions such as strong convective weather and volcanic ash on the way, we have carefully responded to ensure that this transport task is safe and secure, which shows the ability and responsibility of the Chinese army to carry out its mission." ”
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that a Chinese Navy vessel has gone to Tonga to carry out humanitarian relief operations, on August 13, 2018, the Chinese Navy peace ark hospital ship arrived at the port of TonganuKu'alofa to begin an 8-day friendly visit and humanitarian medical services. Peace Ark made its first visit to Tonga on 13 August 2014 for a seven-day goodwill visit and humanitarian medical services.
Chagan Lake ship profile photo
The Wuzhishan is currently the most advanced amphibious landing combat ship, while the Chaganhu is a new large-scale integrated supply ship of the Chinese Navy, which is China's first supply ship with a displacement of more than 40,000 tons specially built for the aircraft carrier formation, and its speed has been greatly improved.
Source: CCTV News
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