Riverside police

Han Yu returned to the Yangtze River Police 110, which had a shallower draft than 001. He didn't bother to wipe the rain off his body and raised the walkie-talkie again: "Wu Chu, I'm Han Yu. Please answer after you receive it."

Even though there is a vast ocean around, it does not have the navigation conditions for the Linghai Reserve Battalion's water formation.

It was not easy to find the old river channel, but the river channel was too narrow. In several places, trees were planted on the embankments on both sides of the river channel, and there were even houses built on some embankment sections.

The crowns of the towering trees can now be barely seen, and even the roofs of the houses cannot be seen.

The rain was getting heavier, the sky was overcast, and the visibility was not good.

The water formation is in danger of stranding at any time. Once stranded, it will be difficult to return to the Yangtze River, and the entire water mobile rescue formation will lose its combat effectiveness.

As the navigation commander of the No. 1 water formation, Wu Haili was walking on thin ice and extremely busy.

He heard Han Yu's call and hurriedly picked up the intercom: "Secretary Han, I know the situation is urgent, but we can't get up quickly!"

"There is no need for the large troops to come. We will return immediately to carry out the reinforcement task of Section 3 of the Bayi Levee."

"No need to go?"

"The navigation conditions there are not good, but there are no navigation conditions at all."

"Do you want to protect yourself from the dangerous situation ahead?"

"The danger here is not very serious. It's just that the embankment breached, which means that a section of the sandbags on the embankment were washed away. The water pouring into the embankment may not be as heavy as the heavy rain that is falling. And the area of ​​​​this embankment is It’s not small, and the flood that’s coming in won’t have much impact on the inside of the compound.”

"Then let's return now?"

"The main force is returning. Three small boats from the grouting team and the transport team are staying behind. 001 is also coming." Han Yu thought for a moment and then asked, "Is Mr. Zou here?"

"exist!"

"Let the party member commando prepare the steel pipe fasteners and act quickly."

"Plan No. 4?"

"Um."

"clear."

…

The floodwaters are flowing faster and faster.

It was raining, and the whole body below the chest was soaked in the turbid flood water. It was so cold that the teeth of Captain Zheng and others were chattering, and their legs were numb from the cold, so that they could not feel the flood rushing into the embankment between their legs. I know that I have to hold on to the people around me and stand firm, otherwise I will be swept down again if I am not careful.

The man from the "Hong Kong Garrison" said he would hold on for another hour.

Time flies so slowly!

It's easier said than done to hold on for an hour.

Fortunately, the soldiers and civilians who came from the nearby embankment fought hard and used everything at their disposal to barely control the breach from extending to both sides.

Just when the officers and soldiers kept complaining about why the "Hong Kong Garrison" was so slow, a public security ship larger than before appeared in sight.

The perspective of soaking in the water and looking at the water is extremely unique.

Looking from a distance, the public security boat is so big, it really looks like a warship.

"Comrades, we are here! Commander Zheng, we are here!"

"Stop talking nonsense, can you do it faster?"

Captain Zheng cursed angrily, but it was a pity that the people on the police boat could not hear him due to the heavy wind and rain.

What made everyone want to scold them even more was that the public security boat did not come to the breach, but slowly approached the sub-dike in front where there was no breach.

Maybe the water was too shallow to anchor there, so I immediately set up a springboard on the embankment.

Immediately afterwards, seven or eight people came ashore along the gangplank. Someone could vaguely be seen on the boat, blocked by the bow of the boat. They must be busy at the stern of the boat.

Just a boat came, and only a few people came. What could they do?

"You guys hold still first, I'll go see what's going on!"

Captain Zheng was anxious. He endured the severe pain in his legs caused by rheumatism and moved along the wall to the side where the breach was not broken. He climbed up with the help of the soldiers on the embankment. As a result, his legs hurt too much. I felt a little numb after being in the water for a long time, and the mud on Zidi was so muddy that I fell down just after taking a few steps.

The soldier hurriedly picked him up and carefully drove him to the "landing point" of 001.

"Brother, please give way."

"Chen Jian, move faster!"

"Uncle Zhu, we are ready, let's hoist it."

The boom on the rear deck of 001 comes into play again.

Zhu Baogen and Xiao Chen yanked the pulley and hoisted up the bundle of steel pipes that had been tied up.

Xu Mingyuan quickly pulled the rope, and as the boom turned, the steel pipe hanging in mid-air was pulled to the sub-embankment.

Li Jun and other commandos quickly went up to untie the hook and wire rope, then opened the sack that had been hoisted just now, took out the fasteners that had been prepared, and used a wrench to assemble the "steel pipe fence" on the spot.

This is preparation for setting up scaffolding...

As soon as Captain Zheng got some clues, he heard a familiar voice coming from the ship.

"Old Zheng, Xianyu and you agreed on an hour, but we arrived half an hour early. How about this speed? You can't stop scolding me, can you?"

"Old Yang!"

"Just stand there and don't move. I'll go up right now."

The springboard was slippery, and Commissar Yang didn't want to fall into the flood water and take a bath, so he carefully walked ashore with the help of a bamboo pennant.

After not seeing each other for more than ten days, the old comrade-in-arms also behaved strangely. He even tied his walkie-talkie and mobile phone to his chest. There were rain-proof plastic covers on the outside of the walkie-talkie and mobile phone.

Seeing his old comrade who was afraid of falling, Captain Zheng was furious and asked angrily: "Where are your soldiers?"

"Here it is." Political Commissar Yang turned around and pointed behind 001 and said with a smile: "There are three boats behind."

Captain Zheng looked around and found that there were indeed three boats, and several figures were busy on the boats. He asked, "Are these people here?"

"Um."

"Where are your aircraft carrier formations, where are your excavators and bulldozers?"

"not coming."

"not coming!"

"Going back, to be exact."

"Why go back?"

Political Commissar Yang knew that he had rheumatism, so he supported his arm and motioned to the two young soldiers to go ahead and then leaned into his ear: "Our mission is different from yours. You only need to defend this village, and we will protect the entire village." There is a major danger in the embankments on both sides of the Jingjiang River."

Commander Zheng gritted his teeth and asked: "Isn't it important here? The lives of the more than 40,000 people here are not as valuable as others?"

"You can't say that. If it really wasn't important, we wouldn't have come!" Political Commissar Yang glared at him and explained, "Do you know how much risk we took and how much effort we put into coming to support you?"

"What's the effort on your part?"

"We came in through the gap that you didn't defend before. The gap seemed wide but was very shallow, and the boat couldn't pass it at all. We first need to replace the main arm of the excavator with an extension arm, just like dredging a channel on the water. We came in after digging out the underwater dam at the breach."

"Troublesome?"

"What do you think?"

"But you have brought so many people together, can you help?"

"Definitely."

Just as he said that, Xu Mingyuan was ready.

He picked up the sledgehammer and headed straight for the breach.

Li Jun, Chen Jian and other commandos worked in pairs, carrying the newly assembled "steel pipe fence" and followed closely. The remaining commandos followed either carrying sledgehammers or carrying steel pipes.

"Comrades, you have worked hard, please hold on for ten more minutes!"

Xu Mingyuan glanced at the officers and soldiers who had blocked their mouths with their flesh and blood bodies, and then pointed at the junction of the broken and unbroken Zidi: "Li Jun, put it here and hold it steady."

"We will definitely hold on, but you have to keep an eye on it!"

"Don't worry, I won't hit your hand."

Xu Mingyuan picked up the sledgehammer, aimed it at the steel pipe, and smashed it down.

Once, twice, three times...

After more than twenty hammer blows, a steel pipe fence more than three meters long was erected behind the human wall of the 127th Regiment.

Just because it was smashed, it doesn't mean it can withstand the force.

Gao Jichun and other commandos braved the incoming flood and hurried up to use steel pipes to support it diagonally.

This end of the connecting fence must be fixed with fasteners. There is a slope in the embankment, and the other end cannot be inserted into the embankment body. Steel pipes must be used to continue driving piles. After the piles are driven, they must squat in the flood water rolling down like a waterfall and fix it with fasteners again.

Not only is he very professional, but he also dares to fight hard.

Commander Zheng probably figured out how the "Hong Kong Garrison" planned to protect them, and muttered: "These dozen soldiers are okay."

Political Commissar Yang whispered: "This is the party member commando team of the Linghai Reserve Battalion. What does it mean to be okay?"

"All party members?"

"Not only are they all party members, but most of them are cadres."

Political Commissar Yang pointed to the officers and soldiers who were busy in the flood and introduced: "The man's name is Xu Mingyuan. He used to be the captain of the criminal police brigade. Now he is a cadre of the customs and the deputy instructor of the Linghai Reserve Battalion. The man next to Xu Mingyuan is called Li Jun. He is an active duty cadre at the Binjiang Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, working in the camp."

"The border police are here too."

"Um."

"The young man next to Li Jun also has a background. He is not only a veteran, but also the driver of Secretary W of Linghai City!"

…

Before Political Commissar Yang finished his introduction, a row of scaffolding had been installed and fixed, and a broadcast sound suddenly came from the loudspeaker of the public security ship.

"Comrades who are blocking the breach, please pay attention. Comrades who are blocking the breach, please be careful. Please evacuate along the scaffolding immediately. Please evacuate along the scaffolding immediately. Pay attention to safety when evacuating. Pay attention to safety when evacuating!"

"Brothers, we've left this place to you. Go down and have a rest."

Xu Mingyuan and others shouted while helping the officers and soldiers of the 127th Regiment who were shivering from the cold to evacuate.

Immediately afterwards, 001, who did not know when to lift anchor, slowly drove to the breach, but did not get close to the breach. Instead, he slowly turned around, drove to about 20 meters directly in front of the breach, dropped an anchor, and then Adjust the course to align the stern of the ship with the breach.

Captain Zheng was confused: "Old Yang, what are you doing?"

"Prepare to block the mouth. The public security boat must take the boat blocking the mouth. Otherwise, the boat coming to block the mouth will be washed towards the embankment by the flood."

"Are you planning to sink the ship?"

"Sinking a ship won't solve the problem, and besides, a small breach like this doesn't require a shipwreck."

As soon as Political Commissar Yang finished speaking, a cargo ship drove "dong dong dong" to the breach. You could vaguely see that there was really a cable tied to the cargo ship on the public security ship.

"Du Yuan, set up the belt conveyor immediately and prepare to throw sandbags!"

"Teacher Xu, prepare to pick up the sandbags. Look at the location and pay attention to safety."

As Han Yu issued the order, the officers and soldiers of the 132nd Regiment on the ship and the officers and soldiers of the Linghai Reserve Battalion Party Commando who were soaked in the breach raised their hands to express receipt.

What happened next left everyone on Zidi stunned.

The people on the cargo ship set up a long belt conveyor, and the sandbags were transported to the breach by the conveyor.

Xu Mingyuan and others who were soaked in the breach stood on both sides of the end of the conveyor. When a sandbag fell, they immediately squatted in the flood and placed the sandbag on the scaffolding.

After repeating this process, it only took less than twenty minutes to successfully seal half of the breach!

The first boat ran out of sandbags and the second boat followed.

After the belt conveyor was transported to the second boat, sandbags were continuously sent to the breach.

Just like loading and unloading goods at the dock, people on the ship only need to lift up the sandbags prepared in advance and throw them onto the conveyor. People at the breach only need to stack the transported sandbags where they are needed...

"Political Commissar, I, Han Yu, are you with Commander Zheng?"

"exist."

"Commander Zheng, please speak."

"Old Zheng, I'm looking for you."

I thought it was going to be over just now, but the leak was blocked by three strokes, five divisions and two. No wonder they said it was not a big problem!

Captain Zheng calmed down, took the walkie-talkie and asked: "Captain Han, what are your instructions?"

"Captain Zheng, you are really good at joking. No one dares to instruct you."

"What's up?"

"We have about 7,500 sandbags left on the ship. Since we have brought them all, it is impossible to take them back. Wherever you need to speak, we will help you send them there."

"Needed, needed everywhere!"

"Give me a specific location. We have other rescue missions and we can't stay here for too long."