Fifty minutes passed in a hurry, and most of the firefighters had woken up. Those who were not awake were shaken awake by their companions. If they wanted to sleep, they had to sleep on the embankment.
Lin Jing saw that the firefighters were eager to go back and did not try to persuade them to stay. He looked at the fourth squad leader and said, "We will send them back in a rubber boat each and let the other soldiers stand by to conserve their strength."
The fourth squad leader knew how many people Lin Yi had saved just now, and now he was exhausted. He quickly said: "I will just follow the deputy squad leader to see them off. You are the chief officer, you have to sit here."
Lin Yi waved his hand, "Let's not discuss this matter. My physical strength is far better than that of the deputy squad leader, so I am more suitable."
After finding a rubber boat, Lin Yi stepped on it first and shouted: "Come up, four people."
The firefighters quickly got on the boat, but they were not willing to let Lin Yi row alone. However, a small vehicle like a rubber boat only had one rowing position, so they used their hands as oars and quickly started rowing.
After Lin saw the complaint, he felt warm in his heart, these people are really awesome.
Soon the fire fighters were sent to the embankment. Lin Yi did not stay and rowed back quickly. This was not because Lin Yi was in a hurry to go back to rest, but if another embankment breach occurred, the rubber boat would be overturned immediately.
The oar is really useless against the torrent of this magnitude.
Seeing this, the fourth squad leader put down the people and walked back. Panting, he hurried back and fished the rubber boat to the land. He looked at Lin Yi and said, "Captain Lin, I don't think there has been any embankment breach.
Don’t let some soldiers take a break first, because if they all endure like this, their energy will not be able to keep up at all.”
Lin Yi nodded in agreement, "Okay, you make the arrangements. After the arrangements are made, you can rest with the soldiers. I will keep an eye on you in the first half of the night, and you will keep an eye on them in the second half of the night."
The fourth squad leader knew that Lin Yi was taking care of himself, because the dike had just burst here, and after a large amount of water was discharged, it would have to wait for a while before the dike burst. It is likely that the dike breach would not occur throughout the first half of the night.
Naturally, he could sleep well in the first half of the night, but after the second half of the night, the probability of the embankment bursting increased. It was very likely that Lin Yi would get up to fight the flood as soon as he lay down. However, he stopped being nagging. He knew that Lin Yi was a dedicated person.
Even if I wanted to switch with him, I probably wouldn't be able to.
"Company Commander Lin, I'm going to take a rest first. I'll call you when I wake up."
Lin Yi nodded, "Go to sleep."
Then he led two soldiers and moved forward 200 meters. They were already very close to the embankment. The soldiers asked curiously: "Captain Lin, what are we doing here?"
Lin Yi pointed to the rocks under the water, "If we go to knock the rocks, we must ensure the safety of the fallen soldiers. I have observed that the point where the dam broke last time is not here, so the fire fighters were not rushed here, but
Did you see the point in front of us? If the dam broke here, it would be a huge hidden danger if firefighters were washed down."
The two soldiers looked at the very thick soil here and couldn't believe that the dam would break here. If the dam broke here, wouldn't other places be more likely to be in danger?
But Lin Yi was the company commander, and what he said was an order. We had no choice but to obey, so we didn’t want to think about anything else, so we jumped into the water and started swinging the sledgehammer directly.
But the resistance of the water was so great that the soldiers smashed it many times, but only one corner of the stone broke off.
"Captain Lin, no, it can't be smashed. Do you want me to get the explosive pack?"
Lin Yi quickly stopped, "Don't do it. If you explode here, the other side of the embankment will be in danger. Since it can't be smashed, let's get some soft branches to wrap around the rocks. It will have some effect."
The soldier immediately followed the instructions, and several hours passed after wrapping the stones.
The fourth squad leader came over at this time and was very surprised when he saw the young branches in the blisters, "Company Commander Lin, why are you doing this? This should not be considered a dangerous zone."
Lin Yi's eagle eye skill scanned the embankment. Although the embankment was red everywhere, the red spots here were even worse.
But the strange thing is that the soil here is obviously thicker, so Lin Yi is also wondering if this is his illusion, but no matter what, this is a dangerous zone after all. Since it is a dangerous zone, it must be repaired.
Okay, if the dikes here really burst, then these things I made can be regarded as worthy of my conscience.
"Okay, let's continue to find some twigs for reinforcement. By the way, what's going on with the two classes at the entrance of the village? Have you seen it?"
The fourth squad leader just looked at it with a telescope. Because the flood was so heavy, although the diversion canal played a great role, the waterlogging there was still very serious. Everyone was working hard to dig the diversion canal.
But fortunately, although the labor intensity there is high, there is plenty of time, so you can take it more leisurely and rest when you are tired. You will not be like a fire fighter who is so tired that you can't even stand up without any force.
Since everything was normal there, Lin Yi stopped looking around and patted the fourth squad leader on the shoulder, "I'm going to rest first. Keep an eye on me and blow the whistle immediately if anything happens."
The fourth squad leader nodded, "Okay, I will continue to add twigs here."
The night finally passed peacefully, and the embankment breach that the fourth squad leader had been worried about did not occur. This made him very happy. After almost stripping away all the twigs of the nearby trees, this stone area was finally cleared.
Filled up.
Although the fourth squad leader always felt that nothing could happen here.
But at this moment, shouts came out from the embankment, which shocked the fourth squad leader. He quickly looked towards the shouts, and found that this place was clearly above the rocky area.
This spot made the fourth squad leader break into a cold sweat, and then he secretly rejoiced that he had been filling in young branches here tonight, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Just when the fourth squad leader was stunned, Lin Yi came behind the fourth squad leader and said, "Don't stand here stupidly. There are cracks in the dam. This is a sign that the embankment is about to burst. Go to a spot to avoid the impact of the flood, and then quickly organize a rescue for those who fell into the water."
fire fighter."
Hearing Lin Yi's calm tone, the fourth squad leader became more confident and immediately shouted to the soldiers: "Everyone, go and reserve a spot immediately and wait."
Sure enough, just as Lin Yi had guessed, the cracks were getting bigger and bigger. With a roar, the huge mound of soil was lifted up by the flood, and the fire fighters jumped in desperately holding sandbags just like last time.
Perhaps because of some experience, the soldiers stood extraordinarily stable this time, but Lin Yi could see that most of the fire fighters had lost control of their bodies at this time. When the powerful flood hit them, they almost died.
I was stunned.
The reason why they could still stand so steadily was because there was a huge boulder under their feet. No wonder Lin Yi always felt that this place was abnormal, why it was so much thicker than usual and still a red spot.