Riverside police

The local party and government leaders were all on the embankment, and the county armed forces minister came with more than 300 basic militiamen and reserve officers and soldiers under the red flag of "militia commando team" and reserve battalion.

Armed police officers and soldiers came, more than sixty of them.

The garrison also came. I don’t know which unit it belonged to. More than a hundred people came.

In an instant, red flags were fluttering on the embankment, and there were people everywhere.

But facing the danger of the gate collapsing, they only had the most primitive tools such as shovels, and there wasn't much they could do.

It wasn't until XCMG called Xi to report, and Xi to report to the leaders of the Jingzhou Municipal Defense Command, who confirmed that the rescue team from Binjiang was capable of rescue, and issued the order to the headquarters on the embankment, that the scene was closed. It was so chaotic before.

The convoy transporting emergency construction machinery was accelerating. The deputy mayor who had just arrived at the scene took over the command and asked the county leaders to arrange for several township leaders to organize village cadres to mobilize nearby people to assist the Zhouqiao troops in repairing bridges and paving roads. There was not enough material to demolish the houses. , the flood prevention road must be built before 11:50!

No one knows whether the gate will collapse. It is too dangerous here. Special personnel are arranged to organize party members and cadres to evacuate the old, weak, women and children who are watching.

The garrison, armed police officers and soldiers, and basic militiamen all stayed behind to seize the time to build access roads for the mechanized rescue team.

We need to seize the time to get the supplies needed for the rescue!

There is no way to think of a solution. As for what you think, it is your business. Even if the county committee and county government office building is demolished, it must be transported to the gate before 11:50...

Hao Qiusheng, Sun Youyi, Lu Wei and other engineering and technical personnel, after surveying the site, went to 001, which was docked not far away, to formulate a construction plan.

With XCMG from the Yangtze River Committee system communicating and coordinating, Vice Minister Li of the Linghai Armed Forces Department who came with Hao Qiusheng had no need to go over and report to the local party and government leaders.

It would be inappropriate to greet colleagues from the local armed forces. They are all working under the embankment, and you cannot stand on the sidelines and watch them do it.

In short, there is food, drink and air conditioning on board 001, so there is no need to crowd into the shed on the embankment.

As soon as they boarded the boat, the county leader panicked and asked, "Mayor Xu, they... they won't leave, right?"

Vice Mayor Xu did not bother to look down at the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers, militia reservists, and armed police officers who were busy collecting soil to build roads. He turned around and asked: "Which one of them?"

"Those people from Binjiang."

"They are here to support us in the rescue, so how can they leave?"

"I don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, I am... I am..."

Vice Mayor Xu could understand his mood, because several water conservancy engineers had just estimated that once the gate collapsed, the four surrounding towns would be flooded in up to two hours, and hundreds of thousands of people would be displaced.

When the flood peak comes, the flooded area will be even larger, and the damage caused will be unimaginable!

But in the face of such a dangerous situation, it is useless to be anxious, and it is useless to have people.

If there is a danger on the river embankment, if you jump down holding hands, you will at least have a place to stand, and you can use your flesh and blood to block some of the flood.

However, this is not a river embankment, but a sluice gate. The water is very deep. If you really jump in, you will be dead!

Vice Mayor Xu didn't know what to say when his vision went dark and the light turned off.

The electricity was connected from the drainage room on the right side of the gate. Seeing the darkness under the embankment, I could clearly hear the officers and soldiers who were taking soil to build the construction road exclaimed. Vice Mayor Xu and Secretary Zheng of the county Realized there was a power outage.

How can there be a power outage at this time?

Secretary Zheng rushed out of the shed in a hurry and asked where the electrician was.

Hao Qiusheng also noticed what was happening on the shore. He asked about the situation through the intercom and immediately asked Captain Fan to drive 001 over and asked the electrician on the shore to drag the cable over and connect the power from 001.

Where is the electrician going to find cables for a while?

The leaders at the city and county levels could only mobilize the masses again and ask the party members and cadres living nearby to quickly find wires. Any kind of wires would do. It took nearly half an hour to pull over the wires with an unknown number of ends. .

Lighting was restored on the shore.

001 played a huge role.

Zhu Baogen stood guard at the cabin door, looking at the roaring auxiliary engines, and muttered: "It turns out that we can not only provide offshore water supply, but also offshore power supply."

The leaders were all in the command cabin. Xiao Chen did not dare to squeeze in there. He squatted next to Zhu Baogen and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu, why don't you help me talk to Secretary Han and let me work on 001."

"Aren't you on 001?"

"I mean, from now on, driving traffic boats and cable boats will be boring, but driving 001 will be more exciting."

"Drivers of traffic boats and cable boats are regular employees of Linghai Port, and drivers of 001 are temporary workers of the Development Zone Branch. Are you stupid if you don't do regular jobs when you have them and insist on being a temporary worker?"

"That's right. The wages at the port are higher than those at the development zone."

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Waiting is a kind of torture, and XCMG has never felt that time passes so slowly.

Hao Qiusheng was calmer than Xugong, and took everyone back to the shore after eating and drinking.

He didn't want to or had any need to get close to Vice Mayor Xu, Secretary Zheng and other leaders. After all, he had to leave after finishing his work. He raised his hand from a distance as a greeting, and then used a strong flashlight to observe the leakage at the gate. .

To be exact, it's not leaking, but water spraying!

The water jets were thicker and thicker than when they first came in the evening, and they sprayed higher and farther than in the evening.

The sandbags that had been blocked between the wooden piles and the gates had long been emptied by the flood. All the sandbags that could be seen now were filled by officers and soldiers under the embankment at night.

Because it was filled in later, the angle of the water outlets of those "fountains" has changed dramatically.

He was about to call and ask where the large troops were when Secretary Zheng chased after him and said calmly: "Mr. Hao, I called a few comrades who organized the masses to assist the People's Liberation Army in building bridges and roads. They said No need to wait until eleven fifty."

"What time will it be ready?"

"At half past eleven!"

"Where are the emergency supplies?"

"On the way here, the telegraph poles have actually been transported, but two bridges have not been erected and are blocked at the bridge ends."

"How many?"

"One hundred and eighty-four, all new."

"Where's the pile wood?"

"We can't find that much wood at the moment, but the city has transferred 200 wood logs to us and is shipping them here."

Secretary Zheng took a deep breath and continued: "As for sand and gravel, not only do we not have it in the county, but the city can't solve it for a while. Mr. Hao, a comrade just reported that there are two thousand tons of coal. If necessary, I can Bring over the coal.”

The second flood peak is about to come, and stone berms are being thrown everywhere. It is normal to find no stones.

Hao Qiusheng could understand Secretary Zheng's difficulties and said: "There is no need for coal. We need to prepare more woven bags. Xugong just went down to ask, and the comrades under the dike said that they are almost used up."

"We tried to raise money, but we couldn't get up in the middle of the night."

"If you really can't find it, forget it. We just happened to bring some."

"How many did you bring?"

"More than 10,000 pieces should be enough."

They came to support the rescue and brought their own emergency supplies, and there were more than 10,000 woven bags in the area.

Secretary Zheng felt sour and didn't know what to say.

Because almost all the woven bags used on the levee to withstand the first flood peak were taken from ordinary people's homes. Nowadays, woven bags are needed everywhere, and the county has no money to purchase them. Even if it had money, it would not be able to purchase them.

In order to resist the second flood peak, all towns and villages can only mobilize people to donate straw and organize people to weave straw bags. Among the emergency supplies being transported here, there are more than 8,000 straw bags.

Hao Qiusheng didn't know what Secretary Zheng was thinking, so he picked up the mobile phone strapped to his chest and dialed Han Yu's number again.

"Secretary Han, where have you been?"

"We are about to get off the expressway. The comrade who is waiting to pick us up at the expressway exit just called me and said that we should be able to arrive at the rescue scene in another hour and a half, provided that the bridge can be erected."

Hao Qiusheng put down his mobile phone and looked at the time displayed on it, then raised his mobile phone again: "The county leader said it can be set up before eleven-thirty, you can hurry up."

Han Yu looked at the rearview mirror and said, "Okay, let's go faster."

Reporter Wang was also in the No. 2 car. He heard clearly and thought that the danger must be serious, otherwise Beihu would never ask the public security and traffic police along the way to ensure the smooth flow of the convoy.

Han Yu was actually more anxious than Hao Qiusheng. He said to go faster, but the convoy really couldn't go any faster. All eight large flat cars were heavily loaded or even overloaded, so it was unsafe to go faster.

"Car No. 2 is calling Car No. 4. Please answer when you receive it."

"Car No. 4 has been received. Secretary Han, please speak."

"Give the walkie-talkie to Mayor Shen. I want to talk to Mayor Shen."

"yes!"

Following a burst of electric noise, Deputy Mayor Shen's voice came from the intercom: "Xianyu, what's wrong?"

"Mayor Shen, Mr. Hao is in a hurry. It seems that the danger is more serious than we thought. I plan to have a few buses drive faster and take the construction workers there to familiarize themselves with the site and arrange construction tasks. Transfer of equipment and supplies The eight carts are traveling at the current speed, and we can go into battle when the equipment and supplies arrive."

"You are the battalion commander, you don't need to ask me these things."

"Okay, that's how I'll arrange it."

Han Yu adjusted the frequency, communicated with the Beihu police who were clearing the road ahead, and then gave orders to each vehicle.

The large army was then divided into two, and the convoy transporting personnel immediately accelerated, and the convoy transporting equipment and supplies was soon pulled behind.

At 10:16, the motorcade slowly exited the highway under the guidance of the highway traffic police.

Police cars from Changhang Jingzhou Branch and the Traffic Police Detachment of Jingzhou Public Security Bureau turned on their lights and took over from Hanwu's traffic police to clear the way for the convoy.

Just like when passing through Hanwu, the journey was smooth.

When the convoy drove onto the muddy country road, under the illumination of the headlights, one could clearly see the PLA officers and soldiers standing at both ends of the temporary iron bridge, lining up to salute the convoy.

It could even be clearly seen that several local officials were waving to the convoy with tears streaming down their faces.

These bridges were erected for the Linghai Reserve Battalion!

You can imagine how difficult it is to build seven or eight bridges in less than ten hours. And they not only build bridges, but also build roads, at least to ensure that large vehicles can pass.

Han Yu was very excited and moved, and hurriedly raised his walkie-talkie: "Every car, pay attention, every car, pay attention, all personnel listen to my order and salute the officers and soldiers of Zhouqiao and the people of Jingzhou who are building bridges and roads!"

The major of the Arkbridge Army who had dealt with Hao Qiusheng in the evening raised his hands and murmured: "Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Case Bauer... my dear, they are all good cars!"

"Battal Commander, why are there only big customers but no big goods? Where is their equipment?"

"It should be in the back."

"Going out in a luxury bus, this is not a reserve force. Compared with them, we are a reserve force, and they are the regular army."

"They are Jiangnan's reserve force, and Jiangnan is rich!"