Bengbu Airport is a military airport that was only built last year. From its completion to now, the total number of takeoffs and landings of all aircraft is less than this day. There are more than 30 large and small transport aircraft from the four aviation groups of the Southwest Air Force Command and Southwest Airlines.
Six cargo planes came and went. Usually one plane had just finished unloading its cargo and failed to take off, while the other two planes had already descended and entered the tarmac. The officers and soldiers stationed at the scene were amazed and secretly thankful for the nearby victims.
The next morning, the sun was still shining brightly, and the floods in the Huanghuai and Yangtze River basins had not receded. In front of the two-story terminal building of Bengbu Airport, more and more supplies were piled up. A battalion of troops and troops were stationed in the airport.
The arriving Anjia officers and soldiers worked together, sweating profusely, to load various supplies into more than a dozen vehicles of various types.
Anjiajun's 100-member medical team arrived yesterday evening. The doctors and nurses didn't even want to take a bite of food. They immediately boarded a waiting car and drove to Wanglou Village, eighteen kilometers east, and then transferred to a steamer to rush to the flooded village.
disaster area.
At ten o'clock in the morning, two heavily guarded convoys drove into Bengbu Airport within ten minutes. Jiangsu Provincial Chairman Chen Guofu and Anhui Provincial Chairman Liu Zhenhua led their entourages such as the Director of the Civil Affairs Department, the Director of the Transportation Department, the Director of the Finance Department, etc., and arrived in the dust.
After meeting, the two shook hands warmly, chatted for a while, and looked up to the sky frequently.
About a quarter of an hour later, three large new transport planes landed on the airport runway one after another. The first plane to land did not stop until it arrived in front of the terminal. Chen Guofu, Liu Zhenhua and others were stationed at the airport to direct the transfer of supplies to An Jiajun.
At the reminder of the depot supervisor, Major General Zhou Pingyuan, he quickly tidied up his appearance and then led his entourage toward the plane with great anticipation.
The cabin door slowly opened and the automatic spiral staircase was lowered. Several captains quickly got out and stood on both sides after descending the spiral staircase. An Yi's familiar figure appeared at the cabin door. With the support of two guards, he stepped off the plane step by step.
Followed closely by Anjia Army garrison commander Yang Bin, chief of staff Ye Cheng
, Jiang Defense Commander Cheng Guang, Yichang Joint Service Commander Wu Liheng, Deputy Superintendent of the Xufu Military Station Chang Baofang, Commander of the 26th Army Xia Jian, Chief Instructor of the Non-commissioned Officer School Li Fuqiang, Director of the Southern Sichuan Police Bureau Ding Zhicheng and more than ten well-known generals. So.
The powerful lineup shocked Chen Guofu and others.
Chen Guofu stepped forward to meet An Yi and held An Yi's extended hand. He could tell at a glance that something was wrong with An Yi: "Xiao Yi, what's wrong with you? You look so ugly. Are you sick?"
"Thank you, Mr. Lao. I'm fine. I just have a slight fever. I took several injections of penicillin yesterday and before I came here today. I also took special cold medicine. I believe I will get better soon. Sir, An Yi represents all our soldiers.
Thank you. Without your strong support, our disaster relief personnel would not know what they would do." An Yi expressed his sincere thanks.
Chen Guofu shook his head repeatedly: "Xiao Yi, don't say that. As the provincial chairman, I am very ashamed. Now the whole Jiangsu area is affected by a huge disaster. I am almost exhausted... Okay, let's not talk about this for now, come on, come on,
You know Brother Xue Ya, please say hello."
An Yi quickly saluted Liu Zhenhua, the governor of Anhui Province, who was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general: "Thank you, senior, for your help. If it weren't for the four steamboats that senior urgently allocated, more than 6,000 Wuhe villagers would have been besieged in the vast ocean.
Life or death! An Yi feels ashamed that he came here at this time. I can’t do anything to the people of Wuhe and the folks in the disaster area.”
"The general is serious, he is serious! The large-scale natural disasters that have spread across seven provinces across the country cannot be resisted by human power. If you really want to say it, I, the local parent and official, should be ashamed!"
Fifty-two-year-old Liu Zhenhua repeatedly comforted him. He joined the Tongmenghui in his early years and participated in the anti-Qing war during the Revolution of 1911. He later served as the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Zhensong Army, the observer envoy to western Henan, and the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression in western Henan. He supported Yuan in the second revolution.
He rebelled against Sun Yat-sen and defected to the Anhui clique during the Kuomintang War and became the governor of Shaanxi Province. Later, he lost power in the Zhi-Anhui War and joined Feng Yuxiang.
subordinate, and then resolutely chose to join Chiang Kai-shek’s camp before the Central Plains War. His legendary experience is enough to write a book. As one of the few generals in the Northwest Army, Liu Zhenhua did not have much contact with An Yi. Strictly speaking, Liu Zhenhua still belonged to the Department of Political Science.
Although he is a member of the family, he has a very good relationship with the Chen brothers and has always admired An Yi's character.
After greeting each other, Liu Zhenhua asked for An Yi's opinion and said that seven steamboats were once again recruited for flood relief work today. According to the report of the Wuhe County Magistrate, more than 50,000 disaster victims in more than 20 villages in the four towns of Gupei have all escaped.
Danger, the most severely affected
People from Gupei and Ziyang towns have been transported to Fushan Village on higher ground for temporary resettlement. Medical staff arrived there last night, and various disaster relief materials are being continuously transported there. Finally, I asked An Yi what are his requirements? How?
Arrange the itinerary for inspecting the disaster?
An Yi held Liu Zhenhua's hand tightly, thanked him loudly, then pointed to the sky and said, wait a moment, a few more people will arrive soon, all of them are Mr. *** who owed deep friendship to the people of Wuhe.
Brother, it is a pity that due to conditions, many old brothers who lived on the food of the villagers in Wuhe towns and experienced the Battle of Wuhe with the unconditional support of the villagers cannot come, such as Yin Jinan who is studying in Germany.
Liu Zhenhua and Chen Guofu looked at each other and sighed slightly. The officials behind them were also sighing. Everyone was very familiar with the Battle of Five Rivers that was famous throughout the country during the Northern Expedition. At the turn of the spring and summer of 2007, An Yi led the
The * division, outnumbered and outnumbered, fought and won consecutive battles, and finally created the miraculous Battle of Wuhe during the Northern Expedition and the subsequent Great Victory of Lingsi. It was in the Wuhe area that
Obtained from the strong support of thousands of people, Uncle Maogen, who led the villagers to give full support to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and after the war built a house to guard the tombs of more than 1,800 martyrs of the Anjia Army at the Martyrs Cemetery at Tonghekou,
After being reported by the Central Daily News and major newspapers across the country, it caused a sensation throughout the country. For several years, it has been a model of "military and civilian fish in water" vigorously promoted by the central government and the Communist Party of China.
Chen Guofu asked An Yi to go to the room first and take a rest. An Yi shook his head slightly and insisted on standing and waiting. Yang Bin and other generals also said they should be there soon.
While they were talking, a Junkers JU52 three-engine military transport aircraft painted in camouflage colors appeared on the horizon. Under the command of the navigator's flag, it landed slowly and stopped more than 20 meters in front of everyone.
Gu Changfeng, a tiger general in general uniform, jumped out of the plane first, followed by Hu Jialin, commander of the 17th Army, Huang Yingwu, director of the *** Department, Lu Xiong, deputy commander of the *** Division, and other six generals.
When Gu Changfeng saw An Yi, he called out from a distance: "Boss, why didn't you inform me earlier? You left in such a hurry, you didn't bring anything with you..."
An Yi sighed sadly and apologized to Gu Changfeng, Hu Jialin and other brothers who were crowding around him: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect it at first... It was my fault, heartless, that I didn't treat the Wuhe folks
Keep it in mind.”
"Hutou, what are you talking nonsense about? I heard that after the commander returned to Xu Mansion, he slept no more than five hours a day and was so busy that he never touched the floor... Do you remember it?"
Seeing An Yi's extremely guilty look, Huang Yingwu couldn't help but feel a sore nose. He yelled at Gu Changfeng, and then stepped forward to support the slightly shaking An Yi: "Hey, Commander, why are you so hot? Are you feeling unwell?"
Gu Changfeng hurriedly stepped forward and asked about An Yi's condition with concern. Hu Jialin, Lu Xiong and others also looked worried, but An Yi waved his hand: "I'm fine, don't worry about me. My minor illness is nothing compared to
The suffering that the villagers have suffered is insignificant! Go see General Guofu and Senior Liu, and we will set off immediately after that."
After hearing what An Yi said, the generals hurried forward to meet Chen Guofu, Liu Zhenhua and their entourage. After they finished, they waited aside and looked at An Yi, without any intention of stopping to take a rest.
An Yi stepped forward and said gratefully to Chen Guofu and Liu Zhenhua: "We want to go to Fushan Village to visit the villagers first. When we come back, An Yi will definitely visit the two of them to express his gratitude. By the way, he will talk about the disaster relief work in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.
I wonder what you two think?"
Chen Guofu and Liu Zhenhua were overjoyed and agreed unanimously. They immediately ordered the relevant officials behind them to prepare the fleet, contact the fleet ahead, and make every effort to ensure that the generals of the Anjia Army inspected the disaster area.
Seeing An Yi's trembling body, his handsome face flushed, and still insisting on going to the disaster area, Chen Guofu suddenly made a fuss and expressed that he wanted to go with An Yi. Liu Zhenhua thought for a while, and simply arranged the transfer and administrative arrangements
He took it over and stayed here to personally supervise the delivery of relief supplies.
At this moment, Chen Guofu, Liu Zhenhua and the officials behind them were very excited and grateful. What they were waiting for was An Yi's willingness to intervene in disaster relief. As long as An Yi's commitment was made, the huge difficulties in the two provinces would be solved and there would be no need to
They were jumping up and down begging grandpa and grandma.
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At 1:40 noon, Fushan Village, Tonghekou.
On the high ground around the village, more than two hundred military tents have been neatly set up. In the open space, meat porridge is boiling in a row of military pots on large stoves. Groups of people are wearing white coats and soft military caps.
Medical staff kept wandering among the victims. Due to hygiene and epidemic prevention requirements, all the victims' clothes were burned and replaced with comfortable military round-neck shirts and trousers brought by Anjiajun.
Under the big tree at the edge of the resettlement area, a dozen children sat on small square stools and allowed the Anjia soldiers and nurses to cut off all their hair. The victims, who were originally haggard, had smiles on their faces and eyes full of joy.
With hope and satisfaction, more than 6,000 disaster victims have been properly resettled.
The soldiers of the special detachment standing on the high ground saw three medium-sized steamships approaching from the south. They quickly observed carefully with binoculars and soon shouted excitedly to the brothers who were resting below:
"The commander is here! Almost all the headquarters officers are here -"
The special forces and medical staff below immediately rushed to the high ground and looked at the three steamships approaching quickly after breaking away from the filthy water. They waved excitedly. The villagers below heard the names of Commander An and Commander Hu being shouted from the top of the slope, and they immediately jumped up.
Knowing that it was a general from the Anjia Army who came to see everyone, he shouted excitedly, and soon the news spread throughout the resettlement area, and the whole village became excited.
The steamboat slowed down and slowly approached the simple dock temporarily built with logs and door panels. Ouyang Jian led more than ten brothers to line up in order and saluted respectfully. General Hospital Director Li Meisheng led more than a dozen medical team leaders to quickly catch up with Qi Qi.
Salute and report loudly to An Yi on the situation of the victims and the rescue work.
Before Li Meisheng finished speaking, thousands of fellow villagers gathered behind him. Seeing the familiar generals An Yi, Hu Jialin, Huang Yingwu, Chang Baofang and other generals, the villagers couldn't help but burst into tears and shouted "General An" and "Mr. Hu".
"," Battalion Commander Wu" called An Yi and the brothers to run over and help the man up.
One hugged the other, and they were so excited that they could not speak. The whole dock suddenly burst into sobs and shouts, which made Chen Guofu and a group of officials around him feel sad and wiped away tears frequently. They finally understood that An Jiajun and the people of Wuhe were as close as one family.
Deep emotions, truly understand what is the love between fish and water.
After a long time, An Yi, who had walked half a circle, supported a middle-aged man and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Maolin, where is my uncle Maogen? How is he?"
Uncle Maolin, whose face was full of snot and tears, took An Yi's hand and came to the water's edge to the martyrs' cemetery at Wangyangze Junior High School in the east: "He is there. More than a hundred seniors in our town are there. General, that is a piece of land."
What a blessed land! The floods can't break it down or flood it. You see, the trees are still so dense. No matter how hungry I am, I can't even peel off a piece of bark to fill my stomach. Every tombstone stands firmly."
An Yi's throat couldn't stop crawling. He looked at the cemetery for a long time, turned around and told Wu Liheng: "Old Wu, my brothers and I will go there first. You can bring some wine and cans and come back later."
"yes."
A group of more than thirty generals quickly jumped on the steamboat, and the boatman carefully drove the boat to the cemetery.
Uncle Maogen and a group of old people in the thatched cottage of the cemetery were talking to the doctors of the medical team. When they heard the sound of the motor, they quickly turned their heads and looked over. The young nurse had good eyesight and saw An Yi, Hu Jialin and others standing on the bow of the boat at a glance.
Yang Bin, Gu Changfeng and other officers were so excited that they shouted:
"Commander An is here, Chief Hu, Chief Yang, and Chief Gu are all here..."
Uncle Maogen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly got up from the mat, looked at the boat getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but walk to the waterside. Before the boat docked, he saw clearly the excited An Yi and others, and he was so excited that he was so excited
*, I burst into tears, opened my mouth again and again, and finally cried:
"General An! I knew you wouldn't forget us. When everyone was in despair, I always said that you, An Yi, would definitely come, and An's army would definitely come. I was right!"
The steamboat could not cross the shallow muddy water and reach the shore. The grief-stricken An Yi suddenly jumped off the bow of the ship, continued walking in the sewage, climbed ashore using his hands and feet, rushed up and hugged Uncle Maogen, and cried miserably:
"Uncle Maogen, I can't help you! An Jiajun can't help you and the fellow villagers... I have been angry with the central government. Before I woke up yesterday morning, the more than a thousand brothers you guard every day gave me dreams,
He said that Uncle Bian climbed up the tree... He always sighed and said why I, An Yi, haven't come yet..."
Uncle Maogen hugged An Yi tightly and cried bitterly: "Uncle Bian died last year. He never let us find you. He said that you have a big official position and there are many people eating there. It's difficult for you there..."