Riverside police

At 11:46, five luxury buses transporting soldiers arrived.

Vice Minister Li of the Linghai Armed Forces Department and Reserve Battalion Instructor Yang Jianbo had been waiting for a long time. They used gestures to guide the convoy into a cotton field that local cadres organized forces to clear at night.

Growing cotton is different from growing rice and does not require as much water.

Although it rains all the time during this period, there are many drainage ditches in the fields that are not very deep, and drainage measures are relatively good. The ground is relatively dry, but a little soft, and can barely be used as a parking lot.

Han Yu jumped out of the car and summoned the cadres above the squad leader. Under the leadership of Yang Jianbo, he went up the embankment to join Hao Qiusheng, Xugong, Yao Gong and others. Seize the time to understand the situation, familiarize yourself with the terrain, brainstorm ideas, study the final rescue construction plan, and assign tasks.

Vice Mayor Shen, accompanied by Vice Minister Li, went to the headquarters on the embankment to meet with local leaders.

More than 600 soldiers and civilians who had been fighting for more than five hours cheered when they saw the reinforcements coming. As a result, they shouted and found that only about 200 people came and did not see the legendary large-scale construction machinery. Everyone felt like It was like riding a roller coaster and suddenly hit the bottom.

"Secretary Han, Secretary Han, this is 001. Please answer when you receive it."

"Copy that, Uncle Fan, please speak."

"Yang Chugang from the China Long Navigation Bureau said on the high frequency that the steam ferry and tugboat would be arriving soon. Two 200-horsepower tugboats arrived. They were towing six barges."

Han Yu turned around and looked at 001 anchored under the river embankment. He held up the walkie-talkie and asked, "What is being carried on the barge?"

The large force finally arrived. Captain Fan was extremely happy and said eagerly: "There are two shiploads of wood piles, which were allocated by the Jingzhou City Defense Command. There are also four shiploads of stones, which Huang Chu asked the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau to get from yesterday." Procured from upstream.”

"How many tons of stone are there?"

"The barges they have here are not big, they are all 500 tons. Even if they are loaded with more, the total of the four ships will not exceed 3,000 tons."

"I know, call me when the fleet is almost here."

"good."

Two to three thousand tons of stone are enough to do anything, but it is better than nothing.

Han Yu put down the walkie-talkie and looked again at the construction road that more than 600 soldiers and civilians had spent six hours building at both ends of the gate, and said solemnly: "Xugong, hurry up and communicate with Secretary Zheng, let the People's Liberation Army soldiers, armed police officers and soldiers under the embankment The militia reservists should seize the time to rest. The peak of the flood will come in thirteen hours. They have too much work to do and cannot waste their energy here."

For the Linghai Reserve Battalion, which is fully mechanized, the two construction roads can barely be considered as foundations. Even the loaders cannot drive up the embankment, let alone a large dump truck that would weigh nearly fifty tons when filled with soil.

But it was not easy to build these two roads. It was all built by more than 600 officers and soldiers digging with shovels, carrying loads, or using wheelbarrows to transport soil!

The local county armed forces chief took the lead!

The garrison school-level officers and armed police school-level police officers who led the team to fight the flood all took the lead!

After working continuously for six hours, you can imagine how much physical exertion it took. One of them was completely soaked. I don’t know how many people had blisters on their hands and swollen shoulders.

With the help of the light, you can clearly see that they are all relying on perseverance, and their working movements are somewhat numb and stiff.

Xugong had long wanted the officers and soldiers under the embankment to rest, but he did not dare to say so. Seeing what Han Yu said, he immediately said: "Okay, I'll go find Secretary Zheng right now."

"Wait a minute." Hao Qiusheng grabbed Xugong and turned around and asked, "Secretary Han, are you talking about clearing the place?"

"We don't need them now that we're here."

"Let's keep two hundred people."

"What are you keeping people for?"

"Do small jobs, start from scratch."

Hao Qiusheng had worked in the army for so many years, and felt that it was unfair to let him go at this time. He really wanted to let him stay and fight for protection together. When the rescue was successful, the officers and soldiers under the embankment could feel the joy of victory.

He was afraid that Han Yu would disagree, so he stressed: "We have few auxiliary construction personnel, and our people cannot do such tiring work. It is better to let several of their units deploy elite soldiers and generals, and each form a commando team to help us indoctrinate sandbag."

"It doesn't take two hundred people to fill sandbags."

"It's useful. They have been working for six hours and are very tired now. Let them divide into two shifts like us and take turns."

"Okay, Xugong, just tell Secretary Zheng this."

In terms of organizing construction, "Brother Hao" is professional.

Han Yu followed the good example and watched Xugong leave, then said: "Comrades, let's make preparations separately. Work will start as soon as the equipment arrives."

"yes!"

Everyone responded and quickly ran back to the "parking lot".

Several squad leaders in a company either took the time to assign tasks, or ran to the intersection to wait for the convoy of transport equipment.

The tractor drivers of the first company's earthmoving transport team and all the officers and soldiers of the third company were not responsible for the emergency construction tasks at the gate, and were organized into four embankment inspection teams according to the previously formulated plan.

With the gate as the center of the circle and a radius of 500 meters, use a bright flashlight to inspect the Yangtze River embankments 500 meters east and west of the gate, as well as the river embankments within 500 meters east and west of the inland river to see if there are any dangers such as leakage or piping.

Vice Mayor Xu noticed the movement of reinforcements from Jiangnan and did not bother to greet Vice Mayor Shen anymore. He asked in confusion: "Mayor Shen, what are you comrades doing?"

Secretary Zheng also found that the Jiangnan reinforcements were not doing their job, and thought to himself that we asked you to come to the gate to rescue, why don't you quickly find a way to solve the imminent danger and organize so many people to patrol the embankment!

Although Deputy Mayor Shen was also the first secretary of the Linghai Reserve Battalion, he had never been involved in the affairs of the camp. He didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he simply looked at Xugong who had just entered the shed.

Xugong quickly said: "Mayor Xu, Secretary Zheng, the Linghai Reserve Battalion is a professional flood prevention and rescue force. Either it does not perform rescue tasks, but as long as it performs, it will be fully responsible for the section of work it is protecting. Especially when the rescue is like this now The dangerous situation of the culvert gate should not only focus on the gate, but also consider the joints of the gate and embankment and even the main embankment and river embankment within a radius of 500 meters of the gate."

It seems that XCMG is one of its own, otherwise there would not be one Linghai Reserve Battalion at a time.

Vice Mayor Shen was very happy and roughly understood Xianyu's intention. He smiled and explained: "Mayor Xu, Secretary Zheng, this is like doing surgery. Not only must the diseased part be removed, but the wound and incision must also be treated." Disinfect nearby areas, otherwise infection may occur no matter how successful the surgery is."

It sounds reasonable. It seems that the rescue team in Jiangnan is very professional.

Vice Mayor Xu and Secretary Zheng nodded and were about to ask about the specific rescue plan when another burst of cheers came from outside.

When everyone walked out of the shed and took a look, their mood immediately improved.

Large flatbed trucks slowly drove into the parking lot under the guidance of a police car!

Standing on the embankment, you can vaguely see the large construction machinery loaded on the large flatbed trucks.

"Mayor Xu, Secretary Zheng, all the large construction machinery that we in Linghai can handle are here. We only have two twenty-ton large excavators in the city, and they are all here. We also only have two large articulated dump trucks. Vehicles, we also brought them."

"Thank you, Mayor Shen. You have helped us a lot. I don't know how to thank you."

"When one side is in trouble, all sides support us. This is what we should do. Besides, you are in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and we are at the end of the Yangtze River. Drinking from the same river, we are almost like brothers."

"Yes, yes, we have nothing but water, but we still have to be grateful."

Linghai is a county-level city, so you and Secretary Zheng can be brothers.

Jingzhou is not a county-level city, but a prefecture-level city. Why do you, a deputy mayor at the deputy department level, be brothers with a deputy mayor at the deputy department level?

Thinking that Jingzhou's total industrial and agricultural output value was probably only equivalent to the county-level city of Linghai, Xugong felt that Vice Mayor Shen was qualified to be brothers with Vice Mayor Xu.

But now is not the time to think about that. Xugong quickly conveyed Han Yu's request to leave only two hundred people and let all other personnel leave except for the transfer of emergency supplies.

There was so much machinery and equipment coming and the place was so big that it needed to be cleared.

Vice Mayor Xu was convinced and immediately gave orders to the heads of the various units participating in the war.

At the same time, Hao Qiusheng held up a portable speaker and issued orders frequently.

"The earthmoving construction team seizes the time to unload the trucks and equipment and start construction as planned!"

"Where's the security officer?"

"arrive!"

"Bring a whistle and go to the construction site to direct. No matter how urgent the task is, safety must come first."

Han Yu was also not idle, holding up the walkie-talkie and shouting: "Instructor, please answer after receiving it?"

"Copy that, Secretary Han, please speak."

"Immediately go to the headquarters to find XCMG, and ask XCMG to contact local comrades and seize the time to calculate how much emergency supplies the local area can provide, which materials have been shipped, and when they are being shipped, so that President Hao can make arrangements."

"yes!"

"Comrade from the power security department, can you hear me? If you hear me, please answer!"

"Copy that, Secretary Han, please speak!"

"This gate cannot be saved. The only way to eliminate the danger is to block it. You should go to the local electricians immediately and ask them to notify the power dispatching department to open the gate. Under the premise of ensuring safety, seize the time to remove the transformers and transformers on the roof of the drainage station. The motors, water pumps, and power distribution cabinets in the drainage station were removed to reduce local economic losses as much as possible."

"Secretary Han, we can move out the power distribution cabinet, but the transformer is too heavy and is placed on the roof, so we can't lift it down."

"First cut off the wires on top, unscrew the screws that fix the transformer below, and then use the excavator to lift it when it comes up."

"yes!"

"Make it clear to the local electrician that safety comes first, and don't get another call suddenly while you're working."

"Don't worry, Secretary Han, we will pay attention."

"As soon as the salvageable equipment is rescued, let the forklift help you unload the diesel generator set and fork it into the container. I'll give you one hour and try to solve the on-site power supply before half past twelve!"

…

Two excavators drove off the large flatbed truck. Excavator No. 1 slowly drove to the place where soil was collected, and loader No. 1 followed closely.

The No. 2 excavator transformed into a crane, and under the command of the hoisting safety officer, other rescue equipment and materials were hoisted down from the large flat plate.

Loader No. 2 went straight to the foot of the embankment leading to the gate and began to clean up the construction road that more than 600 officers and soldiers worked hard for six hours to build.

As soon as the No. 3 loader and bulldozer got off the truck, they began to level and compact the road from the soil borrowing point to the foot of the embankment.

Excavator No. 1 has already excavated, and loader No. 1 is transporting the excavated soil here. Sharpening the knife does not waste the woodcutter. As long as there are potholes, all the potholes must be filled with soil and compacted.

In the evening, Hao Qiusheng asked the county to provide gravel. The county couldn't find any stones or flakes, so they found several trucks to haul gravel here one after another from several gravel yards in the county.

It is useless to use gravel to seal the gate, but it can be used to pave the road.

If the large dump truck still cannot pass after paving the gravel, then lift the steel plates brought from your hometown from the large flatbed truck to pave it...

In short, these are the simplest things for experienced road and bridge company project managers and foremen.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Vice Mayor Xu and Secretary Zheng saw it in their eyes and sighed in their hearts, secretly sighing that it is good to have money.

At this time, the ships recruited by the long-distance logistics support team and the fleet transporting emergency supplies arrived.

Han Yu ran to the headquarters shed in one breath, looked at the fleet on the river, and shouted eagerly with a walkie-talkie: "I am Han Yu, the commander of the Linghai Reserve Battalion, who is in charge of the fleet, please answer me!" "

"Secretary Han, Secretary Han, I am Zhang Wu, deputy director of the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau. I am in charge of the fleet for the time being. Chu Yang asked me to report to you."

"Drive slower, don't drive so fast!"

"Drive slower?"

"Yes, you must drive slowly, especially on ferries. Don't use so much power, and stay away from the embankment!"

"But……"

"Not that much, but obey orders and follow instructions."

"yes!"

"Liu Wei Liu Wei, this is Han Yu, please answer when you receive it."

"Copy that, Secretary Han, please speak."

"From now on, you serve as the commander-in-chief of water navigation and water operations, with full authority to command the berthing operations of water vessels. You must ensure the safety of navigation and the safety of embankments and gates!"

"receive."

"I'm sorry for the chaos. Please inform the captains and crews of ferries, tugs and transport fleets, and ask them to accept the command of Captain Liu Wei of Binjiang Public Security Boat 001 from now on."

"Okay, I'll notify you right away."

After Han Yu gave the order, he didn't even bother to greet the local leaders and ran to the gate again.

Vice Mayor Xu was confused and couldn't help asking: "Wouldn't it be better to drive faster?"

Vice Mayor Shen didn't understand this and looked at Xugong again.

Xugong quickly explained: "The ship sails too fast and is too close to the river embankment, which will threaten the safety of the river embankment and the gate. Because the ship will generate wake waves when it travels, the faster it sails and the greater its horsepower, the more waves it generates. The bigger they get, the more these waves pose a threat to river banks."

"Will the waves caused by the boat threaten the river embankment?"

"It sounds a bit unbelievable at first, but it does threaten the river embankment and has a great impact. Especially at this juncture, a little negligence may cause major dangers to the river embankment.

The reason why superiors require passenger and cargo ships to stop sailing in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River is not only to consider the safety of navigation during floods, but also to consider the impact that wake waves generated by sailing ships may have on river embankments on both sides. "