The Army blew up a bridge in actual combat for the third time this year! Hualien Mingli Bridge exploded and three piers will be blown up

The Hualien Mingli Bridge will undergo blasting and demolition operations on the morning of the 20th. (File photo)

[Reporter Tu Jumin/Taipei Report] The National Army continues to strengthen actual combat training. After carrying out bridge blasting in Yunlin and Yilan in March and September this year, the Army will conduct a live explosion on the Mingli Bridge in Fuli Township, Hualien County tomorrow (20th). It is expected to blow up 3 of the 7 old bridge piers to verify the ability to block enemy advances in wartime. According to military news, Lieutenant General Qiu Zhifeng, commander of the Army's Flower Defense Department, recently conducted guided blasting training and preparations, hoping to encourage officers and soldiers to improve the professional capabilities of engineers and verify the effectiveness of interdiction operations through actual soldiers, physical objects, and field operations.

Mingli Bridge connects Fuli Township and Zhuoxi Township in Hualien County. It was damaged by the Chishang Earthquake in September 2022, and was hit by Typhoon Haikui the following year, causing the bridge deck to sink and the bridge to be closed. The Hualien County government spent about 350 million yuan to promote the bridge reconstruction project, which must first dismantle the old bridge and cooperate with the military to conduct blasting training. According to the plan, the Flower Control Department will blast three of the bridge piers tomorrow morning and implement traffic and surrounding area control from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The river bed within 300 meters from the bridge is also listed as a control area.

Lieutenant General Qiu Zhifeng, commander of the Army's Flower Defense Department, recently guided the preparation of blasting training and encouraged officers and soldiers to improve their professional capabilities as engineers and verify their effectiveness in interdiction operations through actual troops, physical objects, and field operations. (Taken from Youth Daily)

According to the "Youth Daily" report, Qiu Zhifeng pointed out that the Mingli Bridge was previously affected by natural disasters and was assessed to have traffic safety concerns. The Ministry of Flower Defense cooperated with the local government to promote the bridge reconstruction, combined with local construction needs and actual combat training of the troops, and accumulated experience through implementation to enhance combat readiness and preparation energy. He emphasized that cadres at all levels should clarify the division of tasks, implement risk management and control, ensure complete protective measures, and take into account the safety and effectiveness of training.

In fact, the Army has carried out bridge blasting twice this year. The first training was conducted at Shanjin Bridge in Yunlin in March, but some results were not as expected; on September 22, the 53rd Engineer Group of the Sixth Army cooperated with the reconstruction project of Xizhou Bridge No. 3 in Yuanshan Township, Yilan County to carry out blasting and successfully achieved the expected results. The military has learned from previous experience and continued to improve projects such as bridge structure, explosive configuration and blasting procedures to verify the ability of engineers to perform battlefield interdiction tasks.

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