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Since August 8, Yuan Xia and his convoy have participated in the flood fighting and emergency rescue of dams and embankments.

Every day, under the arrangement of the flood control headquarters, they excavated soil, sand and gravel, loaded them under the river embankment, and then bagged them by the flood fighting and rescue people and people's soldiers, and piled them on the river embankment that needed reinforcement and heightening.

Sometimes you have to drive an excavator to clear the sewer.

From this day on, they have never returned home, and they are working day and night on the front line of flood fighting and emergency rescue.

Sometimes I live in a temporary residence provided by the government, sometimes I spend the night at a villager's house, and most of the time I just sleep on the ground in the open air.

They ate meals provided by the local government, sometimes free food from nearby villagers, and sometimes they purchased convenience food out of their own pockets.

Days passed, but the disaster did not ease. Yuan Xia remembered that the flood lasted for a month or so, with huge losses and many casualties.

On August 8, Yuan Xia received an order from his superiors and was transferred to Xinyang, where the disaster was more serious, to support the disaster relief.

Yuan Xia organized five excavators and thirty dump trucks to rush to Xinyang day and night.

On the way, Yuanxia heard the news that some places in Xinyang had been flooded, and the villagers had all been moved to resettlement sites, and they might face the problem of water and food shortages.

Yuan Xia hurriedly called Liang Hongchang and asked him to purchase 100 million disaster relief supplies and send them to Xinyang.

After driving for more than ten hours, they arrived at Xinyang.Xinyang is located in the lower reaches of Yuecheng, where many tributaries converge. The situation here is much more serious than that of Yuecheng.

Many places have turned into swampy lands. Now the people of Xinyang are guarding the flood control embankment. Once the embankment breaks, millions of people will be submerged.

The water level has reached an unprecedented height, which has surpassed the height of Xinyang City.

What is even more frightening is that Xinyang's flood control embankment has not been fully completed. Many river sections are not concrete embankments, but earth and stone embankments. It is easy to collapse, and once collapsed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Rescuers are working day and night to reinforce the earth embankment, pile earthwork behind the original embankment, and increase the thickness and height of the embankment.

There are already many excavators, bulldozers, loaders and dump trucks busy loading earthwork on the construction site, which are requisitioned local vehicles.

After Yuan Xia arrived, he quickly cooperated with the arrangement and started to get busy.

Busy until noon, someone came to deliver food on a tricycle, and a man knocked on the wall of the bucket with a spoon: "Everyone, come and eat! People are iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry. Everyone will eat again when they are full." Go ahead!"

Yuan Xia, who was working on the excavator, was stopped by the dump truck driver: "Yuan Gong, let's eat first."

"Okay." Yuan Xia stopped the car, got out of the cab, and went to the tricycle to get a lunch box.

I heard a local excavator driver say: "Old Xie, you are here to deliver food again. Will this empty your rice tank?"

The person who delivered the meal was a middle-aged man in his 40s. His teeth were blackened by smoke, but his smile was sincere: "Whatever it is, the family just harvested a warehouse of grain. After eating, continue to grind the rice. The key is to clean the embankment. Keep it well, if you don’t keep it well, my family’s grain will be soaked in water, and that’s the end. If you don’t have any food, everyone will just eat it.”

The cooks were a middle-aged woman and a young girl. The girl was wearing a straw hat, and her face was tanned and rosy. She should be Lao Xie's wife and daughter. They made a bowl full of rice for Yuan Xia. Meat and water spinach, and a salted duck egg.

Yuan Xia took it over and sincerely thanked: "Thank you!"

The young girl noticed Yuan Xia and found that he was different from others, young and handsome, she couldn't help but blush slightly.

Lao Xie handed Yuan Xia a cigarette: "Little master, thank you for your hard work."

Yuan Xia waved his hand: "Thank you, I don't smoke."

Yuan Xia found a place with grass and sat down to eat. Lao Xie came over and sat next to him: "Are you the support team from Yuecheng?"

Yuan Xia said, "Yes. How long have you been working here?"

Lao Xie said: "It's been about ten days. I have an excavator. Did you see it? The one parked over there is mine. It broke down after a few days of digging. I can't find the master who repaired the car. I will help you." I’m not busy, so I came to deliver meals to the big guys. Those are my wife and daughter, and my daughter is admitted to university this year. I’m waiting for the school to issue the admission notice. There are floods everywhere, so I don’t know if the notice will be affected.”

Yuan Xia glanced at the direction he pointed, it was a Komatsu excavator, and asked: "This car is yours? Did you buy a second-hand car?"

Lao Xie said: "It's second-hand. I bought it in partnership with a few relatives, and it cost more than 30 yuan. After two or three years of operation, the capital has been earned back, but it broke down at this juncture. You say it's annoying." Angry!"

Yuan Xia said, "I'll help you see if it can be repaired in a while."

Old Xie was overjoyed: "Do you know how to repair cars?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Yes, but it hasn't been repaired for a long time. I don't know if the craftsmanship is still there. You can help me drive that car in the afternoon. That Xingyuan is mine. You do my work first, and I will help you look at it." watch cars."

"Yes, yes!" Lao Xie smiled until the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes were full, "Does your car travel far? Is it easy to use?"

Yuan Xia said with a smile: "I think it's okay. Whether it's good or not, you'll have to try it yourself and compare it."

Another excavator master asked Yuan Xia: "Is your car a new car? I think the license plate is a temporary one."

Yuan Xia said: "Yes. We drove it directly from the factory, brand new."

"Your new car is here to fight the flood? Awesome! Did you buy the car yourself?" The master gave a thumbs up.

The driver of the dump truck on the side said: "This is not the car we bought. We are from Xingyuan Machinery, and this is our boss. When our boss heard about the flood, he specially transferred [-] dump trucks and trucks from the factory. Thirty excavators are used to support flood fighting and rescue.”

The masters who ate were very surprised when they heard this: "So many new cars! How much money will the province give you?"

Yuan Xia said: "We are supporting flood fighting and emergency rescue, free of charge."

"It's free?" This time everyone was shocked. They were recruited to fight the flood and they were all paid. The boss of Xingyuan pulled more than 100 brand new cars to support the flood. How can it not be shocking.

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Yes, the flood was too great and the damage caused was too great. I just want to do my little bit for everyone."

Everyone praised it again and again, and some people couldn't help asking: "The flood has receded, what will you do with these cars? Will the government buy them for you?"

Yuan Xia said: "No, we will dispose of it as a second-hand car."

Lao Xie gave a thumbs up and sighed: "It's amazing, it's amazing. In the future, when we change cars, we will definitely buy Xingyuan cars and support you."

Everyone said: "Yes, I will definitely support Xingyuan cars in the future."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Thank you for your support."

After dinner, Lao Xie led Yuan Xia to his car, Yuan Xia called another excavator driver over, and the two men repaired the car together, this is a research and development personnel of their company: "Yuan Gong, you plan to repair this car ?”

"Well, let's help Master Xie to see if it can be repaired. Master Xie, can you find a master who can drive an excavator? Help us drive, and Xu Gong and I will help you repair the car." Yuan Xia said.

Lao Xie said: "Yes, my brother-in-law will drive it, and I will call him when I go back."

"I have a phone here. If he has a phone or a pager, it would be great to call him directly." Yuan Xia knew that these excavator masters must have a phone or a BP machine in order to attract business.

"Yes, yes! I'll call him and tell him to come quickly." Old Xie answered the phone and hurriedly called for helpers.

Yuan Xia first taught Lao Xie to drive his own excavator. Lao Xie is an old driver. The structure of Xingyuan's excavator is slightly different from that of Komatsu. You can get started as long as you are familiar with it.

About half an hour later, Lao Xie's brother-in-law arrived, and Yuan Xia and Xu Gong started to repair the car.

In the midsummer afternoon of August, the weather was extremely hot. Yuan Xia and Xu Gong spent an afternoon in the sun before finally repairing this 1980 Komatsu.

This car is said to be second-hand, but I don't know how many times it has been sold.Fortunately, the spare parts on the car are sufficient, and there is no need to purchase additional parts.

The two of them were also exposed to the sun, Yuan Xia's arms were blistered, and his face was flushed.

Their skills have been praised by all the drivers and masters.

Lao Xie and his brother-in-law Xiao Wang were very grateful to Yuan Xia and Xu Gong, and insisted on inviting them back to their home for the night.

Under such circumstances, it is very happy to have a place to take a bath and sleep, so Yuan Xia took his staff to Lao Xie and Xiao Wang's house to spend the night.

Yuan Xia worked here for four days, and was transferred to another tributary of Xinyang to strengthen the dam.As a result, before arriving at the destination, I received news that the dam had burst. Fortunately, the side of the levee that broke was far away from the town, and the population was relatively sparse.

When Yuan Xia heard this, his scalp went numb, and he asked, "Have the people in the lower reaches been evacuated?"

The person who spread the news said: "People close to the embankment have already evacuated to the embankment, and they are now organizing evacuations further downstream."

"Then what should we do now? Where are we going to support?" Yuan Xia asked.

"There is no mission for you for the time being, you need to evacuate as soon as possible, because the area you are in may also be flooded."

When Yuan Xia heard the words, he organized the convoy to quickly turn around and retreat. He was going to contact the local government to see if there was anything that needed help. They had cars, so they might be able to help transport people and animals.

When Yuan Xia's convoy returned to the village they had passed through before, they found that they were blocked in the village. The terrain here is relatively low-lying, and the road when they came here was flooded. Fortunately, the water level is not too high, but the current is relatively fast. , Pedestrians wading on foot are in danger of being washed away.

Looking at the terrain, the village will soon become an isolated island surrounded by floods. Those who have not evacuated are a little panicked. They originally thought that the village would not be flooded.

Yuan Xia made a decisive decision, she wanted to leave here, she couldn't be trapped to death here.When they left, they brought all the villagers who hadn't had time to evacuate with them.

The chassis of dump trucks and flatbed trucks is relatively high and the weight is sufficient, so they will not be easily washed away by water. As long as they are driven carefully, they can still leave safely.

Yuan Xia led the convoy, ran at full speed on the flooded road.The flood was getting bigger and bigger. They didn't dare to relax. They ran for six or seven miles in one breath, and finally escaped from the flood area and arrived at a safe area.

The place they arrived was a resettlement site for victims of the disaster. As soon as the convoy arrived, they heard someone in the crowd exclaim: "Mom, mom, my mother is in the car. It's those people from our village. They have all come out! They have all been saved." No more! There is no need to use the lifeboat to save her."