Riverside police

In the blink of an eye, 001 has been out for a month.

It goes upstream from Shuzhou City in Jiangnan Province, passes through Hui'an and Xijiang River, and reaches Beihu Lake.

Yao Lirong and others, together with Xi Gong and Xugong, walked against the flood and slept on the Yangtze River, surveying and surveying all the way to provide decision-making basis for the Yangtze River Prevention Index, the Yangtze River Committee and the flood control command departments of the provinces and cities along the river.

The working life on board can be described as "dire straits".

When the weather is bad, there will be storms, thunder and lightning all the way.

The Kent window in the cab rotated rapidly, but Captain Fan and Liu Wei still couldn't see clearly the river in front of them. It was pitch black outside at night, and during the day the windows were covered with rain and gray. They could only rely on radar to know whether there was an incoming ship in the water ahead.

Sometimes the wind is high and the waves are rough, 001 is like a leaf rising and falling in the storm.

Yao Lirong and village cadre Yang Dawei, who had never been on a boat before, vomited until they could no longer spit out their words. Xi Gong, Xugong, Zhu Baogen and "landlord" Xiao Chen were so nervous that they could not speak. Even Captain Fan and Liu Wei, who were experienced sailors, had their hands on the steering wheel shaking when they were sailing the boat, but they still moved forward with all their might.

When the weather is nice, 001 is baked like a hot iron plate by the scorching sun.

The deck was so hot that you could fry an egg, and you couldn't even touch the bulkheads and guardrails.

Although the wheelhouse and command cabin are air-conditioned, most of the survey projects have to be carried out on the side of the ship, such as measuring water speed and sand content in floods. After a few hours, I feel dizzy and almost too hot in the sun. To collapse.

Compared with the deck, the cabin is stuffier and hotter.

Zhu Baogen and Xiao Chen's clothes are always wet. They don't know how much they sweat in a day, but they drink a lot of water every day.

After finally arriving in Hanwu, we only spent five hours berthing at a small dock where the water level had soared. We successfully completed the supply. When Xi Gong and Xugong went to the shore to report their work and returned, they had to embark on the journey again.

According to the instructions from superiors, 001 will be responsible for the survey and survey from the Hanwu section to Changyi section of the Yangtze River from now on.

Along the way from the Xijiang River, the embankments on both sides of the river were filled with soldiers and civilians participating in flood control. Red flags were planted everywhere, and the same was true for Hanwu.

When we sailed to the Longwangmiao embankment section, the river surface was wide and the water was fast. The torrent carried the sediment, tree roots and various garbage washed down from the upper reaches, roared, washed away the river embankment, and rolled downstream.

It is said that dangers have arisen on the shore. There are many leaks in the Hanwu embankment. Houses near the point where the pipes in the city are gushing water are being demolished and everyone has been evacuated. It’s just that I was busy with supplies at the small pier and didn’t go ashore. I didn’t know how tense it was on the shore. Now I finally feel the tense atmosphere of flood prevention and rescue.

I saw two cargo ships transporting stones from upstream docked outside the Longwangmiao embankment section, and people on the ships were throwing large stones at the leaking site. The thrown stone hit a huge water column and made a banging sound, and was immediately washed away by the rolling river.

On the nearby river, more rock-carrying ships are waiting to dock.

Through his telescope, Yao Lirong could clearly see that people on the shore were connecting rocks and concrete blocks together to increase the weight of the rocks entering the river. There are also many people building cofferdams and throwing sand and gravel on the shore...

Xugong was a native of Han Dynasty. Faced with this situation, he said worriedly: "Xiao Yao, this is the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River, the largest tributary of the Yangtze River, and it is also the most dangerous embankment section. The two Yangtze River floods in 1931 and 1954 The big flood and the flooding of three towns in Hanwu were all caused by the breach of the Longwangmiao embankment section."

The first flood peak of the Yangtze River has formed, just upstream.

If the mission 001 has been completed according to the original plan, we can return after replenishing fuel, drinking water and dry food.

It is precisely because the flood peak is coming that the flood control command department needs to keep abreast of the situation at the peak of the flood. The superiors considered that 001 not only has underwater surveying and mapping equipment, but is also a tugboat with good stability and high horsepower that has experienced strong winds and waves at the end of the Yangtze River. The driver and The crew has rich experience in dealing with strong winds and waves, and is more suitable for carrying out flood peak survey tasks than the first flood control command ship "Guo Flood No. 1", which was just built and launched by the flood control department this year, so it was decided to extend the loan period by one month!

Plans never change.

Although Yao Lirong missed home, he still agreed to continue the task of assisting in the survey. After all, this was surveying flood peak data, which was similar to the "storm chaser" of the Meteorological Bureau. There are so many people engaged in water conservancy in China, how many of them have the opportunity to perform such a task?

Besides, you can really learn a lot from Teacher Xi and Teacher Xu.

Yao Lirong calmed down, put down the telescope and asked: "Teacher Xu, is this year's flood really greater than that of 1954? Is the magnitude of the flood peak we are going to survey really higher than that of 1954?"

Dayu controlled the floods and passed through his house three times without entering.

Xugong did not expect that this day would come to him. He had already arrived in Hanwu but could not afford to go home to visit his old father.

He took several deep breaths to calm down, frowned and said, "Based on the data provided by the upstream hydrological station, the peak magnitude of this flood should be smaller than that of 1954."

"Less than 1954?"

"The amount of water is less than that of 1954, but the pressure on the Yangtze River embankments is greater than that of 1954."

Xugong suddenly wanted to smoke, took out a cigarette and explained: "Due to the fortification of beach settlements in the Yangtze River Basin these years, large and small lakes such as Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake in the middle and lower reaches have been reclaimed, and the storage capacity has been reduced sharply. The water and soil in the upper reaches have The loss is very serious and rivers and lakes are blocked, causing the water level of the Yangtze River to continue to rise even though the water volume of the Yangtze River is not very large."

Xi Gong said a few days ago that the average annual sediment transfer volume of the Yangtze River in recent years is about 520 million tons.

What is the concept of losing 520 million tons of sediment a year, and how much of it can be washed into the sea from the upper reaches of the river? It is conceivable that lakes that were able to store floods before may now be able to store only a fraction of their previous capacity.

Yao Lirong was secretly frightened when he heard this. He was worried about whether the embankment along the river could withstand the test of the flood peak. Get some more sleep.”

"Oh well."

"Actually, the leader planned to arrange for another colleague to get on the boat with me. He wanted him to have a good rest, and then asked him to stay with Liu Gong from the Yangtze River Commission Design Institute. Mr. Xi said that he got 001 from Xianyu. We all borrowed it and he brought it back, but he insisted on getting on the boat and staying with us."

"It's true that the mat workers are not necessary."

"Measuring flood peaks is dangerous, and he is worried about it." Xugong took a few puffs of cigarette, thought about it and laughed again: "His personality is relatively... relatively straightforward. He likes to do research and doesn't like to deal with leaders. Maybe I feel it’s quieter on the boat than on the shore.”

Yao Lirong subconsciously asked: "Do you have a straight personality?"

"Otherwise, how could a professor-level senior engineer like him go to the end of the Yangtze River?"

Xugong asked back and said with emotion: "I was assigned. He is different from me. He has many choices. It was good to stay in the design institute, but I heard that the Yangtze Estuary Hydrography Bureau was short of people, and the topic he was studying at the time was just right. If I need to go downstream for field research, I take the initiative to ask for a transfer."

The economy of the Yangtze River Delta is more developed than that of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, but Hanwu is the provincial capital.

Moreover, the Yangtze River Estuary Hydrology Bureau is not in a big city, not even in the urban area of ​​Shuzhou, but in a small town on the banks of the Shuzhou River. The conditions in all aspects are not as good as those of Hanwu.

People who do research are all like this, with a bit of a weird personality.

Chen Gong, the chief engineer of the Linghai Conservancy Bureau, also has a bad temper. The leaders don't like him but they can't live without him.

Just when Yao Lirong was filled with emotion, "landlord" Xiao Chen was standing in the shade at the stern of the ship, looking at the three towns of Hanwu and Zhu Baogen that were getting further and further away, chatting with Zhu Baogen.

"Uncle Zhu, Xiaoyu's house may be in the tallest building we saw this morning."

"It can't be such a coincidence."

"He told me that his community is the tallest residential building in Hanwu, and he has to take the elevator to get home! Because it is too high, if he doesn't take the elevator, he will break his legs if he climbs the stairs with his legs! Uncle Zhu, Have you ever taken an elevator?"

"Who has never ridden in an elevator? The Hong Kong Supervisory Office installed an elevator. I have ridden in it several times. But I didn't really sit in it, I stood in it." Zhu Baogen smiled, thought about it and said: "I have not only ridden in it. I’ve also taken the elevator that goes straight down, and the elevator that goes down diagonally.”

"What kind of elevator is the slanted elevator?" Xiao Chen was confused.

"It's the kind of elevator with stairs. Come to think of it, it's called an escalator."

“I’ve seen escalators before, there’s one in Wenfeng Mall.”

"I went to Wenfeng Shopping Mall on the day it opened. I didn't want to go because I had to spend money to go, so Xiao Bin forced me to go. There were so many people and it was so crowded. There were elevators on every floor, but there were no elevators next to them. There was something blocking it, and I didn’t dare to look down even when I was sitting on the sixth floor.”

Compared to Wenfeng Shopping Mall, which opened in Linghai last year, Xiao Chen was more interested in Xiaoyu's home in Hanwu. He muttered: "Actually, we can go ashore and walk around after filling up the gas and water. It's my fault if you say that. Why didn't you ask Yao Gong to call Xiaoyu on his mobile phone and ask him where he lived? If we knew the place, we might be able to go to his house and see his parents and the little crocodile. .”

When Xiao Chen mentioned the couple Lao Liang and Little Crocodile, Zhu Baogen was also a little regretful and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiao Yu and Yu Zhen had two banquets at their wedding. They went back to their hometown to hold the banquet first, and then went back to Han Wu to do it. He When I returned to Hanwu with Yuzhen, I invited many people, including me, and wanted to take me to Hanwu for a few days."

"Uncle Zhu, you have been to Hanwu!"

"I came here once, but I didn't come to drink Xiaoyu and Yuzhen's wedding banquet. I came to receive Yangtze River Police 110, Yangtze Police 111 and Binjiang Police 002."

"That time when we escorted the submarine?"

"Um."

"Then why don't you come and drink Xiaoyu and Yuzhen's wedding wine? It's not like they didn't invite you, and besides, they don't want you to spend any money!"

"It's not about money or not."

Zhu Baogen was silent for a moment and looked down at his hands: "You don't know what I did before. What would it be like for me to go to someone else's wedding? Besides, when Xiaoyu and Yuzhen were having drinks at Linghai Hotel, it's not like I didn't go Had a wedding drink.”

He used to be very restrained, so it would be inappropriate to drink someone else's wedding wine.

Xiao Chen came to his senses, thought about it and asked: "The last time I came to receive a new ship, you guys waited in Hanwu for several days. Xiaoyu hadn't been transferred back to his hometown yet. Did he ask you to go to his house to play? ?”

"I called you, but I didn't go."

"why are you not going?"

"We came here with 001. No one can be left on the boat. I want to watch the boat."

"If it were me, I would definitely go."

"There's always a chance."

While the two were chatting, Xu Gong and Yao Lirong came over and curiously asked them what they were talking about.

Xiao Chen pointed to the three towns of Hanwu that were getting farther and farther away, and mentioned that Xiaoyu's parents and son were both in Hanwu. They wanted to see something when they docked in Hanwu today but couldn't.

What surprised Xiao Chen and Zhu Baogen was that Xugong pointed in the direction of Hanwu and said solemnly: "It's not that I won't let you go ashore. The main reason is that the management on the river embankment is strict. It will be very troublesome for you to go back to the ship after you go ashore." .”

"Is the management on the river embankment strict?"

"Except for flood control and rescue personnel, no one is allowed to go up the river embankment without permission."

"Isn't it possible for people to go up the embankment and see how high the river is?"

"no."

"Why?"

"for safety."

"Are you worried that someone will fall into the river?"

"This is one aspect, but the main reason is that I am worried that criminals will cause damage."

Xiao Chen asked in surprise: "Who would destroy the river embankment? Besides, is the river embankment so easy to destroy?"

Xugong took out cigarettes again, took out one and handed it to Lao Zhu, and whispered: "It seems that you don't watch the news very much. There are many bad people in this world, some of them are even bad to the core! On February 14 this year, two people A bastard planted a bomb on a bus and detonated it when the bus was traveling on the Yangtze River Bridge, killing a dozen passengers and injuring more than twenty."

Zhu Baogen suddenly remembered this and exclaimed: "I remember, Xianyu and Han Ning told me. After the explosion, even our Binjiang Changhang Branch was very nervous. During that time, as long as I went to the dock Everyone who takes a boat must have their bags opened and inspected to see if there are any dangerous goods or explosives!”

Xiao Chen turned around again and looked at Hanwu who was getting farther and farther away, and said in horror: "So we should be stricter. What if there are still bad guys? What if the bad guys blow up the river embankment?"