The rain stopped and the flood peak roared in.

There is no obvious "peak" here, only the current is very fast, the water level continues to rise, and the waves continue to hit the embankment that has just been built by thousands of soldiers and civilians.

Once the flood overflows, it will not only threaten the lives and property of hundreds of thousands of people below the embankment, but also endanger the entire Jianghan Plain.

Because of this, the Jingjiang embankment is called Mingdi!

Facing the roaring and murky river water, no one is afraid, and no one cares about being afraid. What everyone wants now is to hold on to the embankment at all costs.

The safety of the dikes in Lingjiang has been "contracted" to the towns and villages along the line. Since most of the flood control and rescue supplies are raised by the towns and villages themselves, some dike sections have high sub-dikes, and some dike sections cannot find so many sandbags.

is relatively low.

The only thing that can be done now is to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall and urgently transport the sandbags that were built higher to a lower place.

The embankment is not wide enough and cannot withstand too much pressure, so two large dump trucks cannot help.

All three loaders went up the embankment to help transport sandbags, but there was no limit to how much the three loaders could transport, so they mainly relied on manpower.

In order to transport the sandbags, everyone was covered in mud and soaked inside and out.

The officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Squadron and the company of the "Binjiang Fellows" were completely at risk. They were divided into several sections on the long river embankment and transferred sandbags like running a relay race.

They picked up the sixty or seventy pound sandbag and ran away.

From 11:30 noon to around 4:00 p.m., the largest number of officers and soldiers actually made more than 600 trips back and forth!

Around five o'clock, the water level gradually dropped.

The second flood peak was resisted with the joint efforts of thousands of soldiers and civilians, but no one cheered and celebrated. Everyone was exhausted and sat slumped on the muddy embankment, without even the strength to speak.

Several nearby villages are responsible for the logistics support of the county militia reserve force, and meals are delivered.

The meal is very simple, with enough rice and only two dishes, one is fried shredded pork and the other is long pickled peppers. There is no soup. If you are thirsty, you can drink boiled water. The boiled water is brought by the masses with their own boiled water bottles.

The armed police squadron’s dinner was a box lunch, which was said to be two meat and two vegetarian dishes, but there were not a few pieces of meat in sight, and it was cold even when it was delivered to the river embankment.

They arrived in a hurry yesterday and did not have life jackets or labor protection supplies.

From squad leaders, instructors to young soldiers, everyone has blisters on their hands, which can easily become infected if not treated in time.

When Liang Xiaojun and Han Xiangmeng were treating their wounds, they were surprised to see an armed police soldier eating six box lunches in a row.

"Binjiang fellow" Xu Xiaoming's unit has the simplest food. Each person only has a bottle of mineral water, a bag of mustard and a few steamed buns!

Dongdong couldn't believe his eyes. He returned to the tent in the camp and looked at the sumptuous meals in the stainless steel lunch box. He couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Xiaoyu, Brother Xiaoming is a real People's Liberation Army. No matter how they eat, they are not as good as the armed police."

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"That soldier from Chonggang District?"

"Well, they only have steamed buns and pickled mustard at night."

What Xiaoyu was thinking about now was how to get his phone back. He had just fought off a flood, and even if he didn't make a few phone calls, he always felt that there was something wrong with him. He said listlessly and perfunctorily: "I've never been a soldier, how would I know."

Dong Maosheng, a cadre transferred from the customs to the military, hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile: "The army is a local, the navy is a foreign, and the air force is a big hooligan. There is a certain truth to this."

"Uncle Dong, is the Air Force playing rogue?"

"I'm not really trying to be a hooligan, I'm talking about their treatment and conditions in all aspects."

"The air force has the best treatment, and the army has the worst conditions?"

"That's it. This treatment condition is reflected in all aspects. What is directly related to the basic soldiers is the food standard. The army's food standard is the lowest, and the food is not as good as the navy or the air force. And with only such a small amount of food expenses, it will...

Will..."

"Uncle Dong, what else?"

This kid has grown up, there are some things you can tell him.

Dong Maosheng weighed it up and explained helplessly: "The grassroots company has no office funds, let alone any income. So the superiors came to check, and the company wanted to buy something or do something else, so

Most of the funds needed come from the food expenses of the soldiers."

"Ah! Isn't this drinking the blood of soldiers?" Dongdong asked in surprise.

Dong Maosheng didn't say yes or no. He took a bite of the food and continued: "Many armies have military service agencies, which are equivalent to department stores and grain and oil stores in the army. Military service agencies are mainly used to accommodate family members who are accompanying the army.

In other words, if the Military Service Cooperative wants to make money, the rice and vegetables it sells are more expensive than outside.

There are also some companies where the chief officers are not self-disciplined enough, and some division chiefs are unconscious. In some units, even the squad leader of the cooking class and even the cooks are trying to take advantage of the food expenses and take advantage of the soldiers. Think about it.

, how much of the total food expenses will be eaten by the soldiers in the end?"

Dongdong couldn't believe her ears and murmured: "It's too corrupt!"

Chen Youren, a cadre transferred from the military to the Changhang Branch, was not surprised by this. He suddenly said: "In this way, some units still advocate saving, and even use the amount of food saved as one of the criteria to evaluate whether the company is well built. Tell me,

You can save money on everything, but can you save money on food?"

Brother Haoran also served as company commander for several years.

Has Brother Haoran ever done anything that harmed the interests of soldiers?

The more Xiaoyu thought about it, the more his heart beat, and he simply changed the subject: "Dong Ke, Lao Chen, what do you mean by that Staff Officer Dai? Does he have the right to confiscate our mobile phones and BP machines?"

"He is the military staff officer sent by the 132nd Regiment, and the military staff officer is in charge of these things. Besides, he is not confiscating it, he is just collecting it and giving it to Secretary Qiu for safekeeping."

"He is the military staff officer of the 132nd Regiment, not our battalion!"

"But we are now managed by the 132nd Regiment."

"Must you listen to him?"

"You have to listen, you can't do it if you don't listen."

"He's so lenient!"

"Xiaoyu, you haven't been a soldier, so it's normal for you to not understand and get used to it. If you have been a soldier, you will know how powerful the military staff of the regiment's military affairs section and the military staff of the division's military affairs section are. We are now under the care of others, okay?

It’s said that since people are under the roof, it’s better to listen to them honestly.”

Xiaoyu asked unconvinced: "What if I don't listen?"

Dong Maosheng smiled and said: "If you dare not listen, you are violating military orders. They have the right to lock you up, just like detention for a few days."

Chen Youren even laughed and said: "Xiaoyu, I'm not trying to scare you. The military's detention of criminals is harsher than that of your police. It is said that in the detention center, there are about ten people in a cell in the detention center. At least they have someone to keep them company and they can talk to each other.

.The military confinement means locking you into a small dark room, where you can’t see your fingers, eat, drink, poop, and sleep in there, and there’s no one to talk to.”

Xiaoyu didn't want to be imprisoned, nor did he want to give in like this, so he muttered: "If he has the ability, don't change his job. If he changes his job to Binjiang, let's see how I deal with him!"

…

The raging river has calmed down, and the water level in the Lingjiang section has stopped at 42.22 meters.

The water level is still very high, and the dry embankment is still soaked in water. Dangerous situations such as collapse, collapse, piping, and water seepage can still happen at any time. In fact, many dangerous situations have occurred in other embankment sections.

Lingjiang County not only has the 48-kilometer-long Jingjiang Dike, but also the 14-kilometer-long Yaoxing Min Dike.

The current Lingjiang River is flooded both externally and internally, especially in Yaoxing Mindi. The torrential floods seriously threaten the safety of the main embankments of the Yangtze River.

Dangerous situations have occurred in dangerous sections of the Yangtze River such as the electric sluice gate, Wanxing Village Gate, Wenxin Village Weir Pond, and Daxingchang Ferry. Vice Mayor Xu and Secretary Zheng went to other places to direct rescue operations as early as two hours ago.

Deputy County Magistrate Wang is in charge of this side of the embankment.

The shed on the embankment was demolished when it was in the way of the flood peak. Deputy Mayor Shen invited Deputy County Magistrate Wang to come to 001 to take command.

Their means of communication basically relies on their feet.

At noon today, a patrol team discovered water seepage at the foot of the embankment, and sent people to run nearly two kilometers to report to the flood control contact point in the village. The contact point had a landline phone and called Deputy County Magistrate Wang.

At the request of Deputy County Magistrate Wang, the Linghai Reserve Battalion arranged for 12 rescue team members and an excavator to rush over with a deputy mayor to assist in the rescue.

In short, considering that they did not have high-frequency radio stations, as many mobile phones, and the most advanced Motorola walkie-talkies as the Linghai Reserve Camp, Deputy Mayor Shen ordered 001 to set sail and sent Deputy County Magistrate Wang to inspect various embankment sections from the river.

Condition.

Han Yu also followed him so that he could quickly formulate a rescue plan after discovering the danger and mobilize rescue equipment and personnel to provide support in a timely manner.

Everywhere we go, party members and cadres take the lead. Bureau chiefs and township chiefs can be said to be very important officials in rural areas, but now they are taking the lead, covered in mud and sweat just like the militiamen and ordinary people.

There are several bureau chiefs and township leaders who are over 50 years old and are still fighting alongside young men.

When we returned to the gate and embankment section, it was already dark.

As soon as 001 anchored, Yang Jianbo and Zhao Jiang brought the food up.

Han Yu was preparing to invite Deputy Mayor Shen and Deputy County Magistrate Wang to dinner when the banquet manager suddenly called.

"Father, what are your instructions?"

"Two things, one is a public matter and the other is a private matter."

"Let's talk business first."

"You have done a great job in the rescue mission at Laomiao Gate. The leaders of Jingzhou Defense Command entrusted me to express my gratitude to you."

"We are here to rescue people. This is what we should do." Compared with the soldiers and civilians in Lingjiang who are struggling to fight the flood, Han Yu feels that the Linghai Reserve Battalion has not done much. If he wants to defend the dry embankments and river embankments, he mainly relies on Linghai.

Jiang Junmin.

Xi Gong didn't know what he was thinking, and continued: "You have maneuvered thousands of miles and entered the battle as soon as you got off the car. You have been working continuously for seventeen hours and successfully completed the rescue mission. The leader of Jingzhou Defense Command asked me to ask, give it to you
To be continued...