Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 714 714 is also a person

Seeing that the last peak of the flood is coming, seeing that the sky is clearing up little by little, seeing that the most difficult moment seems to have passed.

But the dam still burst—not because of a natural disaster, but because of a man-made disaster. Everyone nearby could hear the explosion clearly.

"Why! Why do people still do this? Does he still have humanity? Does he have humanity?" An old man looked at the water that rose instantly under his feet and cried in the rain.

The rushing river overflowed in the farmland, flooding all the places it passed in an instant and destroying all the houses it encountered.

In a nearby small village, only the roofs were left in an instant. The farmers who had no time to escape sat on the tiles and looked at the vast ocean in front of them at a loss.

Things happened so suddenly that people who had returned because the situation was stable had no time to evacuate again, and hundreds of people were lost in the floods.

"Everyone get on the dike! No matter what, the breach must be blocked!" The commander, who had been eating just now, rushed to the scene wearing only a pair of underpants. Looking at the floodwater spurting out from the breach, his eyes widened: "No matter what, no matter what, the breach must be blocked!" cost!"

"Yes!" All the officers present stood at attention and saluted. Their troops were fighting desperately on both sides of the breach, trying to seal the gap.

 But the water flow was so fast that the sandbags disappeared after being thrown in. Soldiers are forming a human wall, hoping to reduce the force of the current and stabilize the sandbags and rocks that have been thrown into the water.

A truck loaded with rubble stopped at the breach. The soldiers on the truck shoveled the rocks under the truck one by one.

The soldiers surrounding the truck began to rush to transport the stones regardless of the danger. One by one, they threw the stones into the breach.

"The water flow is too fast! There is no way to stop it!" Standing in the water that was already up to his knees, the commander of the commanding troops cursed with red eyes: "Those bastards! They just don't see us living well!"

“Wait a minute when we get to the front line, we won’t be merciless in killing them!” A company commander who passed by carrying a sack on his back couldn’t agree more with his regimental commander’s words.

They are trying hard to live in this world and build their own homes. Why don't those people give them a way to survive?

"Yes! No mercy!" The regiment leader gritted his teeth, watching his troops struggling in the flood, watching the nearby civilians who were coming for reinforcements one after another, and the nearby troops rushing towards the breach one by one.

There are more and more people, but the gap has not narrowed at all. The power of nature is still unstoppable. Fighting against the sky and the earth is like a joke in the face of a real disaster.

 Between heaven and earth, small lives have to admit one thing: manpower is sometimes poor! The water level behind them is getting higher and higher, and only the crowns of the trees are still above the water. Many nearby villages have also turned into a swamp.

“Hiss…” In the cab of a truck loaded with stones, a noncommissioned officer violated the ban and lit a cigarette. He watched the rain hitting the windshield, making everything blurry.

 He has a son, who is 9 years old this year. He is studying in the third grade of a primary school in Tongcheng and is the one with the best academic performance in the class.

But he only had one son, and his wife starved to death on the way north from the Chu State. In order to leave something to eat for the child, and to allow her husband to conserve his strength and take care of the child, she ate almost nothing.

Later she couldn't bear the hunger anymore, so she ate a lot of dirt from the ground...she died when she saw the border of Tang State and the refugees gathering here.

She has never seen the beauty of the Tang Dynasty, what neon lights look like, the prosperity of Chang'an, or the majesty of Tongcheng.

 But he has seen it all.

 He lived in Tongcheng for three years, or his son lived in Tongcheng for three years. Because he is the son of a soldier, his son received a lot of care from his teachers at school.

As his father, he learned to drive and became an automobile soldier. At this time, driving was still a rare skill. It was not easy to be able to drive a truck well and understand simple maintenance.

 Every time I go back to see my son during vacation, there are many changes. He has become taller and his clothes are decent. He learned to make egg fried rice, wash his own socks, and even take good care of himself.

There are several social workers in the school who specialize in washing clothes and cooking for the children. These women are very young but very experienced and take good care of these "left-behind children".

The children visited Tongcheng Airport this year, and under the guidance of the teacher, they saw many things that none of Cyric's senior engineers had seen.

When he went home this year, his son showed him a drawing of an airplane and told him about the happy experience of reaching out and touching the propeller of the airplane.

Now all he could think about was his son's smile at that time, and all he could think about was his wife's faint voice before she closed her eyes.

At that time, his wife told him to raise his children, and even if it was more difficult, he should swallow his anger, not cause trouble in the Tang Dynasty, be honest, not break the law, and not lose his life.

 The woman has never read a book in her life, but the kindness in her heart cannot be erased. He never married and left his salary to his son. Datang Bank is trustworthy, especially for soldiers. Even if they die in battle and have no descendants, they will never make mistakes in their accounts.

The wages and pensions of those soldiers who died were remitted on time, and something called a fund was established to provide relief to other military orphans. He has a son, a son who is very good at studies. He is from the Tang Dynasty, and his son is also from the Tang Dynasty, so his son will definitely live a carefree and happy life in this world as the descendant of a soldier.

His son touched the propeller of an airplane! His son has ridden trains and buses! There are radios, lights and telephones in the school...

 He will grow up and become a useful person!

 Isn’t it just that you don’t want your life? If you don’t risk your life, I can risk my life too! Wife, I may have to break my promise. I have done it not to cause trouble, but this life... we owe it to this country.

For the first time, he flicked the cigarette ashes carelessly in the cab. He had driven this car for two years and had never damaged it even after taking good care of it.

Every time he gets in the car, he has to look at the soles of his shoes. Every time he washes the car, he has to carefully dig out the dust in the gaps with his hands. The gear lever was polished by his touch, and the wooden steering wheel was patinated by him.

He always wipes the car windows brightly. He even wipes them carefully after his son sits in the passenger seat.

 But this time, he flicked the cigarette ashes recklessly, and then blew out a mouthful of white smoke. Everything is so natural, and there is a sense of determination in the chicness.

“It turns out it feels good to smoke while driving.” He muttered, stepped on the clutch and started the car. The engine made a smooth and pleasant wheezing sound, then started to rotate twice, and the body of the car began to shake slightly.

"The idle speed is too high...Old man...you don't blame me, do you?" He caressed the steering wheel, gently flipped the gear lever, slightly lifted the clutch, and smoothly applied the accelerator.

  Don’t blame me for this last sentence. Even he himself didn’t know whether he was asking about this truck, his dead wife, or his son who was far away in Copper City.

He smiled because he knew that his gentle wife had no chance to blame him, and his truck could not blame him. His son far away in Copper City might blame him, but when his son grows up, he will definitely Understand yourself.

 The heavy car slowly moved forward, he lit the headlights and sounded the horn. The soldiers who came over to unload the goods were startled for a moment, then subconsciously stepped aside.

Then they watched helplessly as the truck staggered toward the breach.

“Beep! Beep!” The horn kept ringing. The soldiers who were transporting sandbags turned around and saw a truck rushing towards them.

 The front of the car split the river water like the bow of a battleship, and the headlights on the front of the car were so bright that it was difficult to see the person sitting in the cab.

In panic, people instinctively avoided it. The group leader in the distance stared at all this with wide eyes, and then subconsciously shouted: "You stop! Stop! Bastard!"

 As people watched, the car did not stop. Instead, it began to accelerate after there were no obstacles in front of it.

It rushed into the raging river, and the wild waves instantly flooded the front of the car and rushed into the cab.

It only took a second for the river water to reach the driver's chest, but he still stepped on the accelerator without hesitation.

I don’t know what it hit. The truck jolted. Then the front of the truck was slightly tilted by the current, and then the car sank into the water.

With such a truck lying across the gap, the water flow was immediately blocked. The surrounding soldiers reacted and quickly took this opportunity to throw more sandbags into the gap.

There were also a few soldiers wearing orange vests with good water resistance who rushed into the river with ropes tied around their waists, as if they wanted to save people.

 But as soon as they got off, they were swept away by the current for a long distance, and there was no way to get close to the truck whose roof was not even visible.

The water flow slowed down, and the sandbags were finally able to stay in place by relying on the body of the truck. As more sandbags were dropped, the gap was being blocked bit by bit.

Another truck also rushed into the water, but this time because the water flow was much smaller, the driver was rescued.

 More people began to jump into the water. A human wall was built on two trucks. The water flow became smaller and people could stand more steadily.

The water level nearby is dropping significantly, and the river water that is below the knees is gradually returning to the level of the calves. Although there is still a vast ocean as far as the eye can see in the distance, everything seems to be under control again.

The river is still rolling and rushing eastward.

 The rain seems to be getting lighter.

 (End of this chapter)