Chapter 385 Saving lives is like putting out a fire
Li Zhen and Huang Shihai left the Admiral's Mansion and ran directly to the military camp.
Arriving at the army, Li Zhen stood waiting at the gate of the military camp. After a while, Qi Zhenhai, Zhou Xiuying, Yang Banhou, Smith, Lu Shaochuan and other generals in the army, all wearing raincoats and bamboo hats, took the initiative to greet Li Zhen. .
Li Zhen glanced at everyone and ordered: "Qi Zhenhai, mobilize the soldiers of the next regiment under your command and assemble immediately to prepare for departure."
"yes."
Qi Zhenhai shouted and immediately went to carry out the order.
Smith didn't know the situation yet, so he hurriedly asked: "Commander, what happened? You have to mobilize the army."
Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "The continuous heavy rain in the past few days has caused floods. Some people's houses have collapsed and accidents have occurred. The government officials have no time to rescue them. They have to mobilize the army. Our army is to protect the people. The people If something goes wrong, of course we need to go to the rescue immediately.”
Smith said: "Rescuing people is like putting out fire, and I also mobilize soldiers."
Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Don't have too many people for the time being. Too many people will easily cause trouble. Let the soldiers in the army be ready. Once there is a crisis in other places, immediately mobilize the soldiers in the army to go to the rescue."
"The commander is right, I will ask the soldiers to prepare immediately."
Smith waved to the guard next to him and asked the guard to tell the soldiers to prepare.
Five minutes passed by in a flash.
Li Zhen looked at the pocket watch in his hand, with a look of displeasure on his face. There had been a flood in the city, and the situation was extremely dangerous, but Qi Zhenhai had wasted so much time in mobilizing the army. Immediately, Li Zhen looked at Huang Shihai and ordered in a deep voice He said: "Go and see Qi Zhenhai, why the soldiers haven't been gathered for such a long time."
Huang Shihai ran forward and ran back within a minute.
Li Zhen asked: "What's going on?"
Huang Shihai frowned and replied truthfully: "Commander, it is raining heavily now. The raincoats and bamboo hats prepared daily in the military camp are not enough, and the soldiers are not ready."
"asshole."
Li Zhen became angry at that time, pulled off the bamboo hat on his head and the raincoat on his body and threw them on the ground.
He stood in the heavy rain, letting the rain wash away, and roared loudly: "A group of soldiers, they will not save people without raincoats. Send an order to all gather within two minutes. If anyone is late, get out of here."
Huang Shihai immediately ordered the soldiers, secretly saying that Qi Zhenhai was really unlucky.
When Smith saw this, he was impressed.
Zhou Xiuying was worried in her heart and said: "Commander, your body is the most important thing. Put on your bamboo hat and your coir raincoat." She picked up the bamboo hat and coir raincoat on the ground, shook them gently twice, and prepared to give them to Li Zhen Bring it with you.
Li Zhen waved his hand and knocked the raincoat to the ground, and said coldly: "No, life is important."
Zhou Xiuying bit her lip, feeling aggrieved.
Li Zhen's mind was not on Zhou Xiuying. He listened to the sound of neat footsteps and looked at the soldiers running out one by one, but his face was gloomy. Some of these soldiers were wearing raincoats and some were carrying bamboo hats. Some people only wore military uniforms, and they were surprised when they saw Li Zhen still wet in the rain.
Qi Zhenhai knew that Li Zhen was angry, so he ran to Li Zhen and saluted: "Report, the soldiers of the second regiment have gathered."
Li Zhen did not get angry and said in a deep voice: "Huang Shihai, lead the way."
One thousand soldiers from a regiment quickly left the military camp and headed towards the place where the accident occurred. The only generals who went there were Qi Zhenhai and Huang Shihai. The rest of the generals stayed in the army and were on standby. If a more critical situation occurred, the remaining soldiers in the army would In order to save people, Li Zhen and others ran all the way and arrived at the place where the accident occurred twenty minutes later.
This place is located in the west of Guangdong City, backed by mountains and water, and the river that flows through it is the upper reaches of the river. Nowadays, heavy rains continue, the river water swells, and landslides cause suffering to the surrounding people.
Li Zhen rushed to the scene and found that the situation was not good, especially the continuous heavy rain in the past few days, which made the ground slippery and muddy, making it difficult to walk. As the heavy rain washed away, people in low-lying areas immediately suffered, and some places turned into ponds.
, walking on the road, the turbid water has flooded up to the knees of the calves, and in some places it can even flood the neck.
Li Zhen quickly checked the surrounding situation, pointed to the three collapsed places, and ordered: "Qi Zhenhai, mobilize a battalion of soldiers to disperse and search and rescue the people."
Qi Zhenhai did not dare to neglect and immediately dispatched a battalion of soldiers. The soldiers of this battalion went to the places where the houses had collapsed to search whether there were still people alive.
"boom,."
At this moment, a shocking loud noise was heard.
In a low-lying area about fifty meters away from Li Zhen's left hand side, a house collapsed.
"Help, help,."
Immediately after the house collapsed, another old cry for help came out.
Li Zhen looked out and found a pale-haired old man asking for help next to the collapsed house. Li Zhen did not dare to delay and immediately ordered the soldiers to rescue. However, Li Zhen frowned because it was difficult to remove the collapsed house.
There are many houses that appear to be intact on the surface, but due to erosion by running water, only empty frames remain.
Twenty soldiers stepped on the mud, waded through the river, and quickly ran towards the place where the old man asked for help. Fortunately, the house where the old man called for help was not big, just an ordinary residence, and the old man was still holding a beam, not too big.
In great danger, the soldiers went to the rescue and brought the old man back easily.
However, the soldiers who came back were soaked to the skin and their clothes were stained with mud. They were no longer as calm and relaxed as before.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master." The old man who was rescued thanked him repeatedly.
Li Zhen had a smile on his face, but there was uneasiness in his eyebrows, and asked: "Old man, this place is backed by mountains and rivers. The floods washed down and flooded the place. How many people like you are there who have not left?
ah."
The old man looked respectful and said: "Sir, as far as I know, except for those houses that have been washed away, most of the others are still at home."
Li Zhen frowned and said, "Old man, your house is flooded, why are you still living at home?"
The old man shook his head and said: "I'm just a little old man. There are a lot of things in the house that can't be moved. It's a pity that if we leave, we won't be able to take our things with us. If we stay, what will happen if the flood recedes?"
I can keep an eye on the things in my home to prevent them from being stolen. It's a pity, it's a pity that my home..."
As he spoke, the old man showed sadness on his face.
Li Zhen comforted him: "Old man, don't worry. If your home is gone, I will have it rebuilt."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
The old man thanked him repeatedly, his face full of excitement, but he was secretly muttering in his heart, could the words of the adult in front of him be trusted?
Li Zhen looked at Qi Zhenhai and ordered: "Zhenhai, immediately dispatch the soldiers of the second battalion, divide the soldiers into groups of ten, go to all the people's homes, persuade the people to leave, try to persuade them, if it doesn't work, force them to take them with them.
