Disease comes like a mountain falling, and disease goes away like a thread. This saying also applies to flood prevention.

The water level, which had taken a week to slowly drop, unexpectedly rose to the warning level overnight.

Faced with the flood that was about to overflow the Zidi, Commander Zheng of the 127th Regiment of the 403rd Division of the 105th Army suffered from severe rheumatism and unbearable knee pain. He still braved the pouring rain and took the lead as both a commander and a combatant.

Carrying sandbags, building sandbags.

"Commander, the west dike has collapsed!"

"What?"

"The dike on the west side has breached, and floodwaters are pouring in."

"Third Company, follow me to the west."

"yes!"

…

The tenth song, the first section of the lower Jingjiang River of the Yangtze River across the Jiuqu ileum, has a total length of 442.5 kilometers of embankments. Due to the continuous high water level of the Yangtze River, soaking and squeezing, the embankment soil is soft and dangerous.

Hekou Town, where the 127th Regiment is currently located, is located in the northeast of Shishou City on the north bank of the Yangtze River and in the middle section of Jingjiang River in the Jiuqu Ileum. The town is composed of three folk villages, Liuhe Village, Yonghe Village, and Zhangzhi Village, covering an area of ​​186 square meters.

km, population 48,000.

Due to its special geographical location, flood prevention and fighting is very difficult.

As early as June 30, the rising water level of the Jingjiang River exceeded the embankment. For a time, the entire Hekou Town was surrounded by water and dangers continued. Not only the party members and cadres in the town began to go to the embankment to fight the flood a month ago, but also all the village groups in the town

All the residents also went to the embankment to participate in the battle.

After learning about the emergency in Hekou Town, army officers and soldiers stationed one after another.

On July 5, the Armed Police Jingzhou Detachment stationed in Zhang Zhiyuan.

On July 15, the 127th Regiment of the 403rd Division rushed to the mouth of the river with ten assault boats.

On July 16, the Second Detachment of Jingzhou Armed Police rushed to Hekou.

Nearly 50,000 soldiers and civilians worked together to build a sub-embankment more than one meter high on the original embankment in the Hekou River section.

However, there had been heavy rains in the upper reaches for several days, and the water flow was heavy and fast. When the second flood peak came, the Tianxin embankment was indeed unable to withstand the impact of the flood and burst. All the soldiers and civilians could only retreat to Yonghe embankment in tears.

Hekou Town is now completely surrounded by floods. Because the flood level is too high, the entire town is like a big bowl, placed in the center of the flood. Any breach of the embankment will bring disaster to the entire town's residents!

There were floods all around, with more than 40,000 civilians behind them. The officers and soldiers had no choice but to fight the floods in a life-and-death contest of will and speed. Facing the raging floods, they desperately tried to transport sandbags and stones, regardless of fatigue and hunger.

Build embankments and strengthen dams.

The mayor came, as did nearby villagers and people from Yongheyuan who had evacuated here.

Faced with the continuous influx of floods, no one could care about anything else but to block it quickly.

When the sandbags are used up, go back and get the rice bags.

If there are no piles of wood, hurry up and chop down nearby trees.

In this way, the breach still cannot be blocked, and is continuing to extend to both sides.

"Party members and cadres take the lead, all follow me!" Captain Zheng became anxious, roared, and was the first to rush into the flood that was rushing into the embankment.

The officers and soldiers reacted and followed one after another, holding hands and blocking the water with their flesh and blood.

"Everyone is there, please stand firm for me!"

"Stop jumping this way, go over there quickly."

Captain Zheng stumbled and fell. He was caught off guard and took a sip of muddy water. After spitting it out, he didn't even bother to wipe his face. He looked to the right and shouted filial piety: "Gu Changcheng, don't jump. There are enough people here. Hurry up and lead them."

Go chop down a tree and be quick."

"yes!"

One after another, the soldiers jumped down the breach, got up after falling, rushed away and climbed back again.

The mayor burst into tears. He pointed to a house not far away and shouted with a choked voice: "Director Ding, it's too late. Stop looking for sandbags and go demolish the house!"

"Really?"

"When the floods come in and everything is gone, how can we just pretend it's fake?"

"yes!"

…

The section of embankment that had to be defended was too long. The armed police knew that the situation was urgent, but they really could not send troops to support them, so they could only secretly worry.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, it is no longer important to say no to command.

Mayor Shen wiped his face, and he didn't know whether it was tears or rainwater that he wiped away. He followed the soldiers and jumped down the gap, and moved along the human wall to Captain Zheng.

Captain Zheng became anxious and asked through gritted teeth: "Comrade Shen Jiasheng, you are the mayor of the town and the director of the Hekou Town Defense Office. You should be in the command position. Why did you jump down?"

"People are here at the dike."

"You are so nonsense, hurry up and take command, hurry up and find a solution for me!"

"No wood, no stones, no sandbags, nothing! Commander Zheng, what do you want me to think of?"

"Even if you can't defend it, you still have to find a way to ensure the safety of the people. That's more than 40,000 people, more than 40,000 lives!"

"I know."

"Knowing that you still dance?"

The flood has already reached my chest!

Mayor Shen tightly held the arm of a soldier, trying his best to ensure that it would not be washed away. Looking at the pile of garbage floating over with the torrential flood, he almost despaired. He choked and said: "I also want to organize the people to evacuate, but

There is water in all directions, how do you ask me to organize the people to evacuate?"

"Aren't there several boats? We also have ten assault boats!"

"How many people can be transferred by how many boats and ten assault boats? We cannot withdraw now. Withdrawing now will shake the morale of the military."

I have to admit that there are more than 40,000 people in the camp, and it is unrealistic to organize an evacuation with just a few boats.

If we were to organize an evacuation at this time, who would be allowed to board the ship and who would not be allowed to board the ship?

Captain Zheng has always believed that as long as we work together, man can defeat nature, but when faced with this situation, he suddenly discovered that man cannot defeat nature in the face of natural disasters, and that human power is so insignificant.

At this point, it seems that we can only live or die with the levee.

Just when Commander Zheng was almost desperate, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Captain, there is a boat!"

"What ship?"

"A boat is coming!"

"Where?"

"To the south is the police boat with police lights!"

Looking in the direction mentioned by the soldier, he was surprised to find that a boat was really coming, but it was moving very slowly.

Commander Zheng became more and more angry as he watched, and said filial piety: "Third Company, arrange for someone to run along the Zidi to ask which unit they are from?"

"yes!"

A soldier had just climbed up the embankment with the help of his comrades. Suddenly, everyone noticed that the public security boat had lowered an iron boat. Two people could vaguely jump onto the iron boat and come straight towards this side.

With the roar of the diesel engine, the iron boat quickly drove to the breach. A young man wearing a raincoat, with a walkie-talkie and a mobile phone strapped to his chest, squatted on the bow of the iron boat, and motioned to the driver to slowly move towards the people.

He leaned against the wall and asked, "Comrade, are you from the 127th Regiment?"

"Yes, which unit are you from?"

"Is your captain here?"

We were still wearing raincoats, making it look like we were touring the mountains and rivers. Isn’t it fun to watch us jump down and use our bodies to block the flood?

The more Captain Zheng thought about it, the angrier he became, and he scolded: "I am the captain, answer my question first, which unit are you from?"

Unexpectedly, they jumped down from the breach and used their flesh and blood to block the water. Unexpectedly, they actually held on and Yongheyuan was not flooded.

Han Yu was excited and moved. He smiled with tears in his eyes and said, "Captain Zheng, we are here to save you."

"You fucking come down here!"

"I would like to go down and accompany you, but walkie-talkies and mobile phones cannot be soaked in water, so let's just say that."

"If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you fart, hurry up. After you fart, get away from me as far as you can! Otherwise, I will get angry. Believe it or not, I will kill you with one shot!"

Han Yu could understand his mood at this moment and said hurriedly: "Comrade leader, I am Han Yu, the captain of the Yangtze River Defense Headquarters and Jingzhou Defense Command Emergency Rescue Team. We have been ordered by our superiors to assist you in the rescue. Sorry, we are late.

Yes, but there is a reason why I came late."

Commander Zheng was stunned and subconsciously asked: "The troops stationed in Hong Kong?"

"yes!"

"Where is Yang Shiguo?"

"Political Commissar Yang is behind." Han Yu raised the walkie-talkie and called: "Political Commissar, this is Han Yu, can you receive it?"
To be continued...