我国新疆北湾地区位于额尔齐斯河北岸，与哈萨克斯坦接壤，是世界四大“蚊虫王国”之一。每年6月至8月，额尔齐斯河方圆百里蚊蠓成灾。据防疫部门检测，蚊虫高峰期，每立方米的蚊子可达到1700只，蠓虫3500只，一巴掌能拍死100多只蚊虫。
The Beiwan area in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located on the north bank of the Irtysh River and bordered by Kazakhstan, is one of the world’s four areas mostly troubled with swarms of mosquitoes. From June to August every year, mosquitoes and midges are infesting the Irtysh River in a radius of a hundred miles. According to the tests of the epidemic prevention department, there are up to 1,700 mosquitoes and 3,500 midges per cubic meter during the peak period, and you can kill more than 100 mosquitoes in one slap.
“蚊帐里面开班会，夏穿棉袄去巡逻”是驻守在这里的新疆军区北湾边防连连队北湾边防连官兵的日常。今年，他们配发了第七代新式防蚊服。
“Holding meetings in mosquito nets, and patrolling in cotton-padded jackets in summer” is the daily routine of the border defense company assigned to the PLA Xinjiang Military Command stationed in Beiwan area. This year, they have received new-style anti-mosquito suits of the seventh generation.
