By Meng Fanyang, Zhao Wenhuan and Zhang Boyu
孟凡洋、赵文环、张博禹
BEIJING, Sept. 22 -- Members of the Chinese task force, which was participating in the "Pure Homeland-2023" multinational joint demining operation in Cambodia, disposed of seven unexploded bombs on September 19. This was a record high for the Chinese task force in this joint operation.
北京9月22日电：当地时间9月19日，在柬埔寨执行“纯净家园-2023”多国联合扫雷行动的我方任务分队官兵，成功处置了7枚未爆弹。这是我方在柬埔寨发现并处置未爆弹数量最多的一次。
The minefield is located on the hill in the backyard of the Training School for Multinational Peacekeeping Forces of Royal Cambodian Armed Force, which is covered by dense vegetation and sprawling bushes. It is learnt that the minefield is a legacy of the Cambodian civil war dating back several decades. Lack of reference material, the Cambodian side hasn't cleared it since the war terminated. Later it was used as a live-firing range, further making it an extremely dangerous place. So far, three people died in the minefield, with another ten injured.
雷场位于柬埔寨王家军多国维和部队培训学校的后山，上面植被茂密、灌木丛生。柬方相关负责人介绍，该雷区是柬埔寨内战时期遗留下来的，已有几十年的历史。由于缺乏相关的雷场资料，，后又被用作实弹射击场，导致这里危险程度极高。曾有3人在这片雷场失去生命，10余人受伤。
Apart from unexploded bombs, there are large quantities of shell cases, shrapnel and other metal objects, resulting in more than 50 metal signal sources per square meter on average. Additionally, due to Cambodia's tropical monsoon climate, the minefield features hot weather and numerous snakes, insects and rats, requiring the demining operators to not only overcome the impact of high temperature, but also watch out for poisonous snakes and ants.
这片雷场里，不仅有未爆弹，还有数量繁多的弹壳、弹片等金属物，探测作业难度大，平均每平方米有50多个金属信号源。此外，由于柬埔寨属于热带季风气候，天气炎热，雷场内还有不少蛇虫鼠蚁。官兵们不仅要克服高温影响，还要随时防备毒蛇、红火蚁等咬伤。
After manual search and confirmation, seven unexploded bombs including rocket, 75 mm recoilless gun shell and 81 mm mortar shell were found. Then the Chinese demining team neutralized all those unexploded bombs immediately.
经过人工搜排确认，最终发现火箭弹、75毫米无后坐力炮炮弹、81毫米迫击炮炮弹等未爆弹共7枚，我排爆组随即对发现的所有未爆弹进行销毁处置。
Since the start of the demining operation there, the Chinese demining team has swept a minefield area of over 50 square meters, cleared a total of over 2,400 shell fragments, rocket fins and other metal objects, and successfully disposed of 10 unexploded bombers of all types.
自展开扫雷作业以来，我扫雷官兵共清扫雷场面积50余平方米，累计清排出炮弹碎片、火箭弹尾翼等金属物2400余枚，成功处置各类未爆弹10枚。
