An electricity rush repair group of an engineering and technological contingent of the Second Artillery Force (SAF) transporting power equipment in Chengqianling of Chenzhou City.Photo by Han Zhang

　　Of all the large contingents involved in rush-repairing the power grids in Chenzhou City of Hunan Province, the 300 officers and men from an engineering and technological contingent of the Second Artillery Force (SAF) stood out most conspicuously. Both military and civilian leaders praised them for playing a key role at the critical time and at the key point.

　　It is a professional force indeed as all the 300 officers and men are competent people in electrical engineering profession, and more than that, among them 45 are specialists renowned in the PLA and the Second Artillery Force.

　　It is likewise a quick reaction force. All of them from 24 companies reached the designated place, got grouped and got their equipment of over 40 tons in less than six hours.

　　At 00:30 of the Spring Festival Eve, they arrived at the destination in three groups, and then pressed on with their journey at night to reach Chengqianling and Suxianling sections where suffered the most serious damage of power grids in Chenzhou City, making a good start in repairing the badly damaged power grid. By 17:00, they had succeeded in repairing three double-base pylons and one double-row towers. At 18:32, the power supply in the urban district of Chenzhou City was restored and switched on one hour in advance, and the city was basked in light again.

　　It was a day of science and technology, and the army of high competency rendered outstanding services. The contingent brought 420 new-type engineering equipment and professional tool sets for repair to the site, raising efficiency of repair by a big margin. Over ten days after they threw themselves into disaster relief and rebuilding, it has repaired and rebuilt transmission lines and laid out cables for over 30km, checked up circuit of 235km, thus restoring power supply for the 150,000 households and 3,000-odd factories in Chenzhou City.

　　(Feb 20, PLA Daily)                                                                Editor: Dong Zhaohui