Riverside police

At 00:24, Han Yu was woken up by Yang Jianbo.

Although I was still very sleepy and my sleepy eyes hurt, I couldn't sleep anymore when the order came.

"Secretary Han, wash your face. Here are pickled pepper chicken feet. Mr. Zhang bought them specially for you and Mr. Hao. They will refresh you."

"Oh, thank you."

Han Yu ignored eating chicken feet, washed his face and walked out of the tent. He was surprised to find that the camp was empty. Only the tent he slept in just now was left, and the other tents were gone.

The main shift driver drove the Luqiao Company's excavator back and, with the assistance of the deputy shift driver, replaced the excavator with an extension arm brought from his hometown.

The main arm is used during normal operations and is replaced with a 22-meter extension arm only when demolishing buildings, digging river channels, pit foundations, deep wells or dredging.

This extension arm is not from the original factory, but is produced by a small company in Japan that specializes in modifying excavators. In order to customize this extension arm the year before last, Brother Hao asked the manager of Linghai Foreign Economic and Technical Cooperation Company to make a special trip to Japan.

The arm is longer and the bucket is smaller, so it is naturally impossible to dig as much soil as with the main arm.

Han Yu raised the walkie-talkie and asked: "Mr. Hao, Mr. Hao, for what task do I, Han Yu, need a longer arm?"

"I'll go over right away and tell you."

"OK."

Han Yu put down the walkie-talkie, thought about it and asked again: "Instructor, where is Mayor Shen?"

Yang Jianbo hurriedly said: "Mayor Shen went to Jingzhou City for finger defense, and Vice Mayor Xu invited him there. The leader of Jingzhou's finger defense may have considered that although we are the emergency rescue force in Jingzhou Section, we are a reserve force and want to provide help." We gave an order to pass through the 404th Division of the 105th Army. Going in a big circle will easily delay the fighter planes, but we can’t always trouble the military region chief like yesterday, so we invited Mayor Shen to join the defense command with the consent of our superiors."

"Mayor Shen has joined Jingzhou City's defense team?"

"Well, I left with Deputy Minister Li two hours ago. I came to see you before I left. I saw that you were sleeping soundly and I didn't wake you up."

"What about the rest?"

"All the personnel and small equipment that can be loaded onto the ship have been loaded onto the ship. The first batch of personnel and equipment has crossed the river and is being transferred to the shore. We are the last batch."

Yang Jianbo turned around and pointed to the empty parking lot not far away, and added: "The leaders of Jingzhou City may have realized that it is inconvenient to transfer large equipment on the shore, and decided not to trouble the eight large flatbed trucks of the Port Authority. Three hours ago, Shen City The car from the Changrang Port Authority went back first, and Director Liu from the Changhang Branch also went back. The main reason was that he was worried that the eight large cars did not have license plates. If they did not go together, they would easily be stopped and checked by the traffic police along the way."

How many pontoon troops are there in Beihu?

The Jingzhou City Defense Force can ask the Zhouqiao Troops for support once, but it is impossible to ask the Zhouqiao Troops to build roads and bridges for the Linghai Reserve Camp without doing other things. Moreover, it takes time to build roads and bridges, which is far from using various types of ships on the water. The maneuverability is convenient and fast.

Thinking of so many people and equipment being loaded onto ships to cross the river, Han Yu felt very uneasy and asked nervously: "Who commanded the fleet?"

"Director Gu of the Port Authority, he arrived just as you fell asleep. Director Ge and I wanted you to sleep a little longer, so we didn't tell you."

"I feel relieved when Director Gu is here."

"Secretary Zheng and County Magistrate Li from Lingjiang also came here to give us banners and help us sign and seal the project documents. Logically, we should take a group photo, but the light was not good in the middle of the night, and the comrades in charge were Now they are all outside assisting in the rescue, so the comrades in the deputy shift should hurry up and take a nap, so Mayor Shen didn’t let us call."

The Linghai Reserve Battalion's emergency rescue operations are divided into two shifts: main and deputy. Each shift works for five hours and then rotates.

Han Yu was about to ask Dongdong if he had boarded the boat, when Hao Qiusheng ran over from the embankment.

"Secretary Han, the Jingzhou Defense Command asked us to go to Angong County. There is a section of dry embankment that has been emptied by the flood, and there are multiple piping surges on the inside of the embankment. The section of embankment that is in danger is about 25 meters long and can be removed at any time. They may all collapse and burst.”

"Have you found the leak point of the piping surge?"

"No, there are no blisters on the river. Fang Zhi has requested assistance from the Naval Diving Academy. The Navy divers will arrive by tomorrow at the latest, no, it should be before eight o'clock this morning."

"Have emergency protection measures been taken for the seepage points on the inside of the embankment?"

"Running for protection."

Piping refers to the pores formed by fine soil particles along the skeleton particles under the action of seepage. The increase in the flow rate of water in the soil pores causes the fine soil particles to be washed away. It is also called sand plowing.

The diameter of the water gushing can range from a few centimeters to several meters, and a raised sand ring will form around the pores.

If correct measures are not taken to protect the dam in time, the danger will continue to worsen. A large amount of water will turn over the sand, which will lead to the destruction of the soil skeleton of the embankment foundation, the expansion of the tunnel, the hollowing out of the foundation soil, causing collapse, and causing the embankment to burst!

And now it is not only the piping that needs to be protected, but the levee feet on the water side of the levee have also been emptied by the flood. This means that even if there is no danger of piping, the levee may collapse and burst at any time!

It may seem less dangerous than the Laomiao Gate with cracked gate walls and gate plates and irregular "fountains" all over the inside of the gate, but in fact it is far more dangerous than the Laomiao Gate that has become part of the main embankment of the Yangtze River.

After all, the Laomiao gate is made of reinforced concrete. Although the gate walls and gate plates are cracked, not all the steel bars inside are broken. The overall structure is relatively stable and has a certain strength.

Looking at the No. 1 excavator that was being replaced with a longer arm, Han Yu realized how "Brother Hao" planned to protect him, and asked: "First find the leak, then find a way to plug the leak, and then throw it on the river." Stones, use an excavator to push the stones into the excavated embankment feet to see if you can hold on to the embankment first?"

"Equipment cannot go up the embankment and can only be operated on the water."

"Is there enough stone?"

"The command said there is, but it will take time."

"What time will it arrive?"

"have no idea."

"Where's the woven bag?"

"We have woven bags and are delivering them there. The county promises to send 10,000 bags before dawn, and the city defense department has allocated 5,000 bags."

The biggest problem in the rescue here is the serious lack of rescue supplies!

Hao Qiusheng took a deep breath and continued: "They really didn't have any piles of wood. Fortunately, there were more than 500 of them left when they were rushing to protect the gate. Otherwise, they would have to cut down trees and pull out telephone poles."

Just as he was talking, the extension arm of the No. 1 excavator was replaced.

The main arm cannot be left here. Excavator No. 1 uses the extension arm that has just been replaced. With the assistance of excavator No. 2, it lifts the main arm that has just been replaced and slowly moves it to the river embankment under the command of the safety officer. move.

At 2:27 in the middle of the night, the steam ferry transporting personnel and equipment came back under the escort of 001 and the supervision boat of the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau, and slowly approached the embankment and lowered the deck.

As soon as the deck was placed on the river embankment, several crew members ran up to bring the cables.

The two small tugs following behind were also under the command of Gu Pengfei, director of the floating crane terminal of the Port Authority and captain of the water navigation and anchoring safety team of the Linghai Reserve Battalion, tightening the tow ropes and constantly adjusting their posture to ensure that the steam ferry remained as stable as possible .

The arm is a key component of the excavator, and it must be hoisted onto the ship carefully, carefully, and carefully.

The No. 2 loader that came back with the steam ferry came over to assist. More than thirty people worked for nearly 20 minutes before safely transporting the main arm of the No. 1 excavator onto the steam ferry.

The danger in the Laomiao gate embankment section has been eliminated long ago. This is no longer the command branch of Lingjiang County’s defense command on the main embankment of the Yangtze River. Deputy County Magistrate Wang has long since left, leaving only a few cadres and a dozen basic cadres. Militiamen patrolled the embankments in this area to eliminate danger.

Seeing that the last batch of personnel and equipment of the Linghai reinforcements were leaving, they rushed over from the east and west to see them off.

"Battle Commander Han, thank you. I didn't bring anything with me. I only had two packs of cigarettes with me. It's just a little thought. Don't feel bad about it."

"Captain Han, Camp Commander Hao, I am Wang Shuwen, deputy mayor of Laomiao Township. Once we finish fighting the flood and you are no longer busy, you are welcome to visit our old temple!"

The basic militiamen guarding the embankment are all nearby villagers, and they have to bring their own meals from home.

One of the militiamen brought some boiled eggs from home before going to the embankment. Seeing that Han Yu and others were about to leave, he quickly took them out and stuffed them into Han Yu's hands.

The deputy mayor smokes Hongmei, which is not a very good cigarette.

He didn't know how long he would have to stay on the embankment, so he gave Hao Qiusheng the only two packages of red plums he had left.

Han Yu and Hao Qiusheng knew very well that others would be unhappy if they didn't accept them, so they could only accept them with tears and wave goodbye to them.

…

At the same time, the river embankment at the Yangliu Village section of the Yangtze River Embankment in Angong County suddenly became brightly lit.

The power generation room of the Communications and Power Support Team has been transferred from the shore to a cargo ship that transported stone to Laomiao Gate last night.

In order to hoist the container-modified power house onto the ship, the Linghai Reserve Battalion expended great efforts.

It took more than an hour of night sailing to get here. With the help of party members and cadres and militiamen from Angong County, everyone transported the equipment that could be transported ashore.

The "landing site" is about one kilometer away from the embankment section where the piping occurred. The reason why we chose to land here is firstly to consider safety. If the dangerous embankment section collapses and breaches, people and equipment will not be washed away by the flood.

Second, the embankment here is relatively wide and strong, allowing ships to berth and construction machinery such as excavators and loaders to land here.

Han Yu and Hao Qiusheng were behind, and it would take an hour and a half at the fastest to arrive.

Zou Xiangyu, the project manager of the Road and Bridge Company, became the frontline commander without hesitation. XCMG continued to serve as the flood control expert of the Yangtze River Flood Control Bureau to communicate with the leaders of Angong County who were directing rescue operations on the river embankment.

Sun Youyi, chief engineer of the Road and Bridge Company, led several team leaders to investigate the danger on the spot and seize the time to study and formulate a more specific rescue construction plan.

Yao Lirong couldn't think of any more work on the project documents. According to the plan, he temporarily organized the people who were not responsible for emergency rescue work into six embankment inspection teams, and carried out carpet-like inspections within one kilometer of the "landing site" to see if there were any leaks here. and even the danger of pipe surge to ensure the safety of the "landing site" and the new camp area to be built.

"XCMG, XCMG, I, Zou Xiangyu, where is the soil collection point? I have to seize the time to level the site, and when the excavator arrives, I will collect soil and fill it with sandbags. Without sandbags, how can we protect it!"

"Received, received, County Magistrate Huang will arrange for someone to take you there."

"Xugong, please ask the county leaders to arrange three more guides for us. Mr. Zhang and Secretary Qiu are not familiar with this place and need two guides to take them to purchase logistics supplies. Ge Ju will go to the regiment headquarters with Staff Officer Dai after dawn, and they also need guides .”

"Received, arranged immediately."

"Wait a minute, doesn't the county have woven bags? Tell them to send the woven bags to the soil collection point quickly!"

"Manager Zou, the danger here was just discovered in the middle of the night. In order to resist the flood peak, we used up all the woven bags we could use."

"Didn't the city defense commander say yes when he gave us the order?"

"Yes, they are thinking of ways to raise it. It takes time to raise it, and it also takes time to transport it here!"

"Tell them to hurry up."

"I know."

The Jingjiang embankment on the other side of the river is more important than the main embankment here, because behind the embankment is the Jianghan Plain.

Although the dry embankment here is not as "important" as the other side, the severity of the damage here is much greater than that of the other side.

Several embankments and embankments have been abandoned here!

Thousands of people's homes were flooded, and those with relatives sought refuge with relatives. Those who could not find relatives were placed in schools or warehouses in nearby towns, but more victims could only live in tents or sheds propped up on the embankment. .

In the face of natural disasters, the power of individuals is limited, and the power of local governments is also limited.

The county leaders had done everything they could. XCMG couldn't bear to press the county leaders anymore. After telling the county leaders about the soil extraction points and guides, they went to the embankment with a flashlight to check on the leakage of the pipes.

For emergency protection in case of piping surge, the best way is to cut off the back conductor immediately and conduct both pressure and pressure to reduce the seepage pressure and prevent seepage from bringing out sediment. Directly blocking the seepage is not only useless but also very dangerous.

Under the leadership of an engineer from the County Water Conservancy Bureau, he ran to a rice field about 30 meters away from the embankment and found that the county's emergency protection measures were quite appropriate.

The cadres at the two levels of the village organized nearby villagers to carry sandbags from the Leizi Embankment down the embankment, and placed them in a circle around the six water vents, forming six large and small wells. The bottom of the well wall was pressed tightly against the ground.

The well was also laid with straw as filter material in accordance with the requirements of three-layer reverse filtration, and several drainage pipes were installed at the wellhead to divert the seeping water away to prevent overflow from collapsing the well wall.

"XCMG, there's only so much we can do. We also want to plug the leak as soon as possible, but now we don't know where the leak is! There was no electricity on the river embankment before you came, and you could only use a few flashlights to illuminate the river. I can’t even see the situation clearly.”

The veteran engineer from the County Water Conservancy Bureau has been "putting out fires" since the end of June. He has not returned home, taken a shower, changed clothes, or even brushed his teeth for more than ten days.

With messy hair and dirty body, he doesn't look like an engineer at first glance, more like a beggar.

He knew that he had bad breath and was afraid that it would offend Xugong. He covered his unshaven mouth and said solemnly: "The flood peak has gone, but the water level is still very high. The river is so deep and the flow is so fast. If we just arrange for people to go down and touch it, who can guarantee it?" Can those who go down come up?"

If you don't arrange for someone to touch it, how will you know where the leak is?

There is an underwater mapping system on board 001, but it can only map the river bed and the embankment below the water surface, and cannot detect leaks.

When XCMG was about to say that the city defense director had asked his superiors to arrange for navy divers to come over to assist, the old engineer choked up and said, "Our security forces have suffered too much, and we security guards cannot afford to kill any more people."

Xugong was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.