Riverside police

At 2:21, the stone finally arrived.

These precious stones and fragments were donated by the Yangtze Three Gorges Corporation and were supposed to be transported to Jingzhou at noon yesterday.

As a result, a dangerous situation occurred upstream. The local leader who directed the rescue saw a fleet loaded with stones coming up the river, and immediately arranged for militiamen to find ships to intercept and requisition them.

The fleet did not install high-frequency radios, and the person in charge of the fleet did not have a mobile phone, so he could not report to Jingzhou Defense Index.

The local leaders only want to rescue and don't care who owns these stones. Even if the King of Heaven comes, he will still requisition them. The worst is to pay them!

Jingzhou Fangzhi arranged for special personnel to search all the way upstream. When they found it, only half of it was left, and they did not intend to let it go.

Vice Mayor Liu personally called the county leader, and the county leader spoke loudly on the phone. He said that they were in great need of stones and wanted to remove them. He would first remove him from his post and then see if the more than one million people in the county would agree.

There is a shortage of emergency supplies everywhere, especially rocks and fragments.

Vice Mayor Liu could understand the mood of the county leader and worked diligently. Only when the danger there was basically under control did the risk-taking county leader agree to let go...

At 2:28, the urgently needed woven bags were also delivered to the other side of the river.

The more than 15,000 woven bags just delivered came from several districts and counties on the other side of the river.

Gu Pengfei was immediately extremely busy. On the one hand, he had to organize people to throw stones to fill the deep groove in the river bottom, and on the other hand, he had to organize ships to transport the woven bags to the other side.

With "ammunition" in hand, Han Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He ran to the embankment again, held up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Director Gu, throw slowly, don't throw so fast!"

"receive."

"Geju Geju, please ask County Magistrate Huang to organize the masses to carry woven bags!"

"okay, got it."

"Jiao Yang, can you hear me?"

"Yes, Secretary Han, please speak!"

"You are responsible for checking the sandbags from now on. Many of the sandbags that were brought up just now are not tied tightly. What's the use of not being tied tightly? Those that are not up to standard will not be transported onto the embankment!"

"Understood, I'll go and watch right now."

The soil used to fill the sandbags was no longer dug by excavators. It was all dug manually, and it was all carried up bag by bag by the militiamen and nearby people who had previously rushed to protect the pipeline from danger.

The new embankment directed by Hao Qiusheng and Zou Xiangyu has been repaired to 15 meters, but it is not compacted by three loaders and a bulldozer. The weak new embankment cannot stop the flood.

Due to the construction at a higher point, the width of the top of the embankment becomes narrower, making it impossible for large dump trucks to get up.

Now the two earthwork construction teams have once again adjusted the rescue plan. Instead of repairing to high places, they will widen the new embankment and start repairing from bottom to top on the inside of the new embankment.

The "wall-building team" of the 132nd Regiment moved very quickly, with sandbags being sent in a steady stream. They had already built the sandbag wall to a height of more than eight meters, with one sandbag pressing against the other, making it very tight.

Just when Han Yu was thinking that in two hours, the sandbag wall would be built to the top of the new embankment and the new embankment would have a preliminary water-blocking effect, Sun Gong's urgent call suddenly came from the intercom.

"Secretary Han, Secretary Han!"

"Gong Sun, what's going on?"

"The dangerous embankment can no longer withstand it! The previous cracks are intensifying and cracking at a speed visible to the naked eye. The cracks are getting bigger and bigger, and hundreds of cracks have appeared!"

God is not kind and doesn't give time...

Han Yu ignored it and immediately shouted: "Notify 001, sound the alarm!"

"yes!"

"Company Commander Wu! Captain Wu! The embankment ahead is about to burst, your people come up immediately!"

"yes!"

As Han Yu rushed towards the new embankment, he held up the walkie-talkie and roared: "County Magistrate Huang, the situation is at stake. The dangerous embankment is about to breach. Send an early warning to the embankment immediately!"

County Magistrate Huang subconsciously looked back at the dangerous embankment. Lao Ge recovered and hurriedly reminded: "County Magistrate Huang, stop looking and call the headquarters quickly."

"Ah...oh..."

"Fight quickly, fight quickly!"

Lao Ge patted County Magistrate Huang on the shoulder, and then raised the intercom: "Batalion Commander Li, Battalion Commander Li, our Linghai Reserve Battalion expert team, Ge Weidong, the dangerous embankment is about to collapse! The dangerous embankment is about to collapse! Please inform all companies and departments immediately Platoons and squads, notify local cadres to take shelter in higher places immediately!"

Li Shousong, who was conducting a thorough investigation in a village, heard the call and hurriedly said: "Got it, I'll notify you right away!"

"Move quickly!"

"yes!"

At this time, the loudspeaker on 001 sounded a shrill alarm.

Hao Qiusheng and Zou Xiangyu did not dare to let their brothers continue the construction, and immediately ordered the personnel and equipment under the embankment to evacuate to higher ground.

Yang Jianbo, Qiu Xuequan, Zhao Jiang and others also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately followed Han Yu's previous instructions to organize the officers, soldiers and people who were filling sandbags to withdraw to the embankment.

"Everyone is here, follow my command!"

Han Yu ran up the new embankment in one breath, overlooking the evacuating machinery and people. He held up a portable speaker and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Don't panic, don't crowd. People on the west side run west. There is a rope on the west embankment. Follow the rope." Climb up. People on the east side go east. The embankment on the east side not only has ropes but also roads!

Attention, safety officers of each group. Attention, safety officers of each group, please organize the orderly evacuation of personnel! Don't crowd into the construction road, make sure the construction machinery is evacuated in time! Right, right, that's it, we have at least five minutes..."

When Deputy Mayor Shen heard the siren, he didn't bother to call the merchants anymore and ran along the embankment.

Han Yu arranged for the evacuation of personnel and equipment in the new embankment, turned around and raised the loudspeaker: "Company Commander Wu, report the situation. Have all your people come up?"

Company Commander Wu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked: "Each platoon reported the situation, have everyone come up?"

"Come up, all seven rows."

"Eight Platoons are coming up!"

"Report to the company commander, there are two more people in our platoon."

"hurry up."

"yes!"

Han Yu looked over and saw two soldiers climbing up with the help of their comrades on the embankment. Then he turned around and shouted: "Strict work, strict work, you are responsible for your people, seize the time to count the number of people, and report immediately after the count." "

"Okay, right away." Yan Gong put down the walkie-talkie and hurried to find the militiamen who had assisted him in protecting the pipe surge in the morning.

"Geju Geju, I am Han Yu, please help County Magistrate Huang count the number of people participating in the rescue to ensure that no one is left behind!"

"OK."

"Wait a minute, I just saw a group of children playing on the embankment. Hurry up and organize the crowd to find the children!"

"You have children, okay, okay, I'll go right away."

"Director Gu, Director Gu, I am Han Yu. The dangerous embankment is about to burst and the water flow will change greatly. Please pay attention to the safety of the boat."

"Understood, received!"

"Commander Dai, Staff Officer, please answer when you receive it."

"Copy that, Secretary Han, please speak."

"Immediately organize pickets to guard the junction of the east and west sides of the dangerous embankment, the new embankment and the main embankment. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to run up the dangerous embankment to watch the excitement."

"yes!"

A series of orders were issued, and the rescue scene became less chaotic than when the alarm first sounded. The officers, soldiers, people, and construction machinery under the embankment were all evacuating in an orderly manner.

The next thing to do is to rush to protect the new embankment, but Han Yu dare not give orders now because it can easily cause confusion. He simply puts down the loudspeaker and walkie-talkie and looks at the dangerous embankment directly ahead.

Maybe it's because the distance is a bit far and I can't see anything strange.

Until Vice Mayor Shen ran to him out of breath, he suddenly found a muffled roar from the dangerous embankment, and saw that a section of the embankment about five meters long fell down.

Immediately afterwards, the turbid river water poured in from the breach, and rushed to the front in the blink of an eye!

The water level in the large semicircular pond was originally more than four meters high. There was a completely different situation when there was water in the pond and when there was no water in the pond. The flood water rushed in and hit the new embankment without causing much high waves.

The water level is rising rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The breach that was only about five meters before is also expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye. The dry embankments on both sides of the breach continue to collapse as the floodwaters surge inward.

Xugong also came, staring closely at the expanding breach, and murmured: "Nine meters, ten meters, eleven meters, thirteen meters, fifteen meters, sixteen meters, eighteen meters..."

Han Yu was frightened when he saw it, and said to himself: "Steady, steady, it can't collapse again."

The total length of the new embankment is 60 meters, but these 60 meters are only the arc length of the large pond.

In other words, the new embankment only surrounds the main embankment for more than thirty meters.

If it collapses outside the protection range of the new embankment, all the work done before will be in vain.

Han Yu looked at the collapse that continued to extend to both sides and regretted it. He kept complaining about why he didn't build an extra fifty or sixty meters on both sides of the dangerous embankment. Xugong shouted happily: "Twenty meters, the collapse is not as bad as before." It’s so fast. Secretary Han, Mayor Shen, look, the water is full, it’s stopped, and it won’t collapse anymore!”

Vice Mayor Shen was also frightened and asked nervously: "Xianyu, what should we do now?"

Han Yu didn't answer or bothered to answer his question. He turned around to look at the evacuation situation, and then raised his walkie-talkie: "Attention, each group, attention, each group. After getting on the embankment, we will separate into groups according to the plan made an hour ago for rescue!" "

"One group received."

"Group 2 received it!"

"Three groups understand!"

…

One group is responsible for driving piles on the water, and the second group is responsible for throwing rocks and sandbags to protect the slope to ensure that the remaining ten meters of embankment will not collapse.

The third group is responsible for using geotextile to protect the upper part of the new embankment that has not had time to build the sandbag wall. They need to drag the geotextile into the water to cover and fix it, and then throw sandbags on top to suppress it.

Just like the dangerous situation at the gate of Hu Lao Temple, this job can only be done by party member commandos.

In short, although the dry embankment in front collapsed, the Linghai Reserve Battalion was not in chaos.

The work of protecting the new embankment is proceeding in an orderly manner as the personnel and equipment have been withdrawn to safe areas.

At 2:56, the No. 1 excavator and the No. 1 loader drove onto the steam ferry, and the steam ferry then slowly sailed toward the breach. To ensure that the steam ferry would not hit the dry embankment, two tugs were behind it at the same time.

A 500-ton cargo ship followed closely carrying the remaining 400 piles.

Han Yu's little heart was beating nervously. He stood on the embankment and held up a walkie-talkie and kept telling him: "Director Gu, the two short sections of the embankment stretching out in the water are almost like paper. You must hold still. , come up slowly, don’t drive so fast, go slower, go slower! Yes, yes, that’s it.”

"It's time to anchor, Master Zhou. Be gentle and gentle when driving the pile!"

"Yes, yes, that's it, continue."

"Director Gu, could you be gentler when you throw the stone? It really can't withstand the impact. If it collapses, we will be finished."

The people working on the ship were annoyed, but they could understand his mood at this moment.

Gu Pengfei raised the walkie-talkie and asked, dumbfounded: "Secretary Han, the biggest stone weighs tons, how can you ask me to be gentle?"

"Then throw the smaller ones first."

"Okay, let's throw the small ones first."

Han Yu also realized that he could no longer nag others, so he turned around with a walkie-talkie and asked: "Mr. Hao, Mr. Hao, how are you doing there?"

Hao Qiusheng replied: "The geotextiles are all pressed down. I'm going to let the No. 2 excavator and dump truck go down to continue to reinforce the new embankment."

"Don't worry, wait until Xugong, Sungong and Yaogong confirm whether the new embankment can withstand it before going down."

"I can definitely withstand it. I am confident in the quality of my project."

"It's no use having your confidence."

“We can’t leave excavators and loaders idle.”

"Wait a minute, be careful and careful now. Just let the comrades take a break. Many people haven't even eaten breakfast yet. Those who should eat should take the time to eat, and those who should use the toilet should take the time to use the toilet."

…

The loudspeakers of villages in the evacuation area blared loudly.

Li Shousong immediately led his subordinates and the local cadres who led the investigation to a higher embankment. After counting the number of people, he looked towards the direction of the flood.

As a result, I waited and waited, but no flood was seen.

News of the levee breach in Yangliu Village quickly spread throughout the county and spread to all directions.

People in the county rushed to the nearest market carrying vegetable baskets, rice bags, and oil cans to stock up on grain and other food.

As a result, there were rare hot scenes in front of grain stores, shops, vegetable stalls and meat counters. Prices skyrocketed. Water spinach and Chinese cabbage, which cost a few cents per catty, soared to more than two yuan per catty. Meat prices also nearly doubled. .

In sharp contrast, live pig prices have plummeted.

A pig weighing more than 300 kilograms can be bought for 300 yuan.

Villagers near the county seat worked hard to transport their pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks to the city, causing the farmers' market to be full and creating a strong contrast between pigs and pork. They ran out of time to kill the pig, and the safety of life and other property took precedence at this point.

Reporter Wang saw a villager transporting four pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms to the city and selling them for a total of one thousand yuan. He couldn't help but ask: "Comrade, how much did you spend on piglets?"

"Two hundred and three heads."

"Isn't this compensation?"

"It's a big loss, it's a huge loss."

The villager took the cigarette handed by reporter Wang and said with a sad face: "Piglets are more expensive than pork. When I bought them, they were big piglets, which were more expensive than small piglets. After working hard for more than three months, I ate them." More than a thousand kilograms of grain, but in the end we didn’t even get back the cost of catching the piglets, and we had to pay dozens of dollars in compensation.”

Reporter Wang felt sad when he heard that, so he lit a cigarette for him and asked, "Can you think of a way to keep it for a few more days and sell it?"

"What can I do!"

The villager sighed and said helplessly: "Thousands of kilograms of grain, furniture and televisions at home have to be transported to a safe area, and a cow and two children have to be taken care of. I can't take care of these. I will sell them at a low price. Money is better than drowning.”

All kinds of news are flying all over the city now.

Some people said that there was a breach at Yangliu Village, but some said that it was not a breach, but that the People's Liberation Army was asked to blow it up and let in the floodwater to divert it to the other side, which made everyone panic.

Reporter Wang was anxious and worried about the safety of Xianyu and the others. He walked to an alley and took out his mobile phone to call Han Yu again.

It's okay if I don't call, but I'm even more anxious and worried when I call because I can't get through no matter how I call, and it always says the line is busy.

Han Yu was answering the call from the receptionist.

Rather than saying that it was Xi Gong asking about the situation, it was better to say that it was Vice President L who was condolences to the masses.

"Mr. Xi, what do you want me to say? The cofferdam is newly built, and it was built in such a hurry. The nearly 10,000 square meters of soil piled up were not compacted layer by layer. I really don't know how long the cofferdam will last. .”

"Are you reinforcing the cofferdam?"

"Um."

"The chief wants to know when it will be reinforced."

"Mr. Xi, we not only need to strengthen the cofferdam now, but also protect the two short sections of the dry embankment that have not collapsed. Otherwise, it will be useless no matter how strong the cofferdam is."

"I know that the two short sections of the embankment that did not collapse are more important than anything else, but now the chief is asking!"

Han Yu was busy directing the rescue, and he really couldn't care about the leader, so he asked impatiently: "What are you asking?"

Xi Gong could imagine how busy Xianyu was at the moment, so he bit the bullet and said, "The chief wants to know when the evacuated people can return home."

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, and agricultural production, industrial production, and commercial operations have all been greatly affected.

If you can return home earlier, you can recover more losses. And so many people gathering in safe areas will also affect social stability.

Han Yu knew very well what his superiors were thinking, so he weighed it and said: "In another twenty-four hours, Xi Gong will just barely hold on now. It is not 100% safe, and the safety factor is not even 50%. Since the superiors Let me be the on-site rescue commander, and I will be responsible for the safety of hundreds of thousands of people!"

"Okay, I'll report it to the chief."

The mat worker was still worried after thinking about it, and warned: "Xianyu, at this time, you must be more cautious. You must not only protect the two short sections of the dry embankment that have not collapsed, but also pay attention to the joint between the cofferdam and the main embankment." , these are the places where problems are most likely to occur.”

Han Yu took a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "I know, Mr. Xi, you may not believe me. Now I don't even dare to speak loudly, and I have to tiptoe when walking on the embankment!"

The young man made a great contribution this time, but he was not done yet.

Only by filling in the large gap that has changed from a large pond to a small harbor as he said in the morning, and putting a "patch" on the joint between the new embankment and the main embankment, can everything be considered complete.

Still, the mat worker was happy.

After all, the "barely holding on" that the young man said has saved tens of thousands of people, or even more!

The bench worker turned around and looked at Vice President L, who was sympathizing with the crowd in the distance, and said with a smile: "Xianyu, Vice President L was really shocked when he received the warning. Later it was confirmed that it was just a breach of the dangerous embankment, and the cofferdam you repaired successfully blocked it. After seeing the water pouring in, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He praised you in front of the head of the military region and said that you have made great contributions! "

"What's the use of praise? It's true to send more emergency supplies."

"You kid, why don't you know good from evil? Do you know how high the reputation of taking credit for the greatest achievement is? I won't tell you anymore. I will report to the chief."