under fire

Chapter 1404

Handan is east of Guantao County.

In the east, it connects with Linqing County under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng in the west of Shandong Province.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal connects the northern and southern counties together.

Guantao is in the southwest and Linqing is in the northeast.

The Zhanghe River turns from the south of Weixian County to the northeast, and after more than 30 miles, it joins the Weihe section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hebei Province at Wang'anti Village.

After flowing through Guantao County, it continues to flow northeast to Tianjin and enters the sea.

To the northeast of Guantao County, Shelibao Village is located on the north bank of the canal.

The Weihe River Basin is similar to the Yellow River. After flowing through Guantao County, the embankment is nearly two meters above the plain ground.

The waterlogging caused by local heavy rains in the past few days did not affect the two counties downstream of the canal.

However, the torrential rain in the upper reaches still caused the water level of the Weihe section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the lower reaches to soar.

The people who have experienced more than a year of drought are extremely excited.

What followed was that the water in the canal continued to soar.

There is no need for water trucks to lift water at all, and a gap is directly opened on the river embankment, and the river water flows directly into the canal and into the fields on both banks.

Even though there are countless gaps in the embankment, with the chaotic and slowly flowing river, it is still shockingly wide.

A large number of people began to guard the embankment day and night.

When the river surface was about to overflow the embankment, the water level stopped rising.

There used to be dense reeds growing on both sides of the river, but at this time most of them were flooded so that even the top could not be seen.

An expert finally announces that the water level is finally starting to recede.

When the men, women and children guarding the embankment under the scorching sun heard the news, they immediately ran and cheered to tell each other.

The common people carried hoes, sacks and other tools to prevent embankment from breaking, slowly descended the embankment, and walked along the irrigation canal extending from the gap in the embankment to the vast plain.

From time to time, you can see children practicing dog planing in the canal, and you can see adults coming over.

Bare buttocks, trousers up and ran.

There were bursts of scolding.

Wearing a straw hat, Su Qing stood on the embankment, watched the water level drop continuously, and the superior reported that Hu Liela's poisoning did not appear, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

It must have been a false alarm
The head of Cheng next to him was full of smiles: "Captain Su, it's not a problem to bask in the sun, hurry back to the village."

A large number of villagers who left the embankment slowly headed west.

Su Qing continued to look at the river and asked Captain Cheng: "Are you sure there will be no problems?"

"Don't worry, there are experts watching, and the embankments on both sides of the canal have been reinforced for thousands of years. In addition, the river management offices of various dynasties have blocked part of the river upstream, and the downstream water level will never overflow. Nothing will happen if the embankment is not broken.”

Su Qing thought for a while and nodded: "That is to say, in order to prevent the downstream from being flooded, narrow the river somewhere upstream, and then maintain the flow of the canal, right?"

"Yes, that's the truth."

"I didn't expect to have so much knowledge, but this time I have learned a lot!"

"The river control project carried out by our ancestors actually borrowed from Li Bing's water diversion method."

"According to you, the river narrows, and the excess rainwater from the upper reaches must flow to other places? If I remember correctly, it doesn't seem to be able to drain away in time, right?"

Head Cheng smiled wryly: "It is indeed the case. If it rains too much, the upstream water cannot be drained in time, and it will cause waterlogging. There is no way around it."

"Wouldn't it be possible to avoid this by widening the downstream channel?"

"In theory, it is, but it is too difficult to widen the river, so people are usually mobilized to dredge the river during the dry season."

woo woo woo.
Suddenly there was the roar of an engine in the distance.

It sounded like it was coming from the ground, not like an airplane.

It should be a car!
An armed team member ran up the embankment: "Report to Commander Cheng, a large convoy of devils is coming from the east, uh Captain Su, Captain Pei told you to move immediately."

"Devil?" Su Qing froze for a moment, then raised her hand to set up the awning.

The eyes follow the direction of the sound of the enemy's car engine, and the distance is too far to see clearly.

The working team members who came over began to look nervous, and shouted loudly at the people on the river embankment who were looking east in a daze: "There must be no good if the devil is here, everyone hurry up!"

Staying on the side of the river to watch the lively people, they are looking in the direction of the sound coming from the east.

Hearing the voice of the staff members, the common people panicked instantly.

After finding their own tools, calling for their sons and daughters, they dragged their half-children who came to help, and left the embankment desperately.

The fields under the embankment are open.

The common people scattered around avoiding the road location.

Su Qing didn't leave immediately, looked at the approaching convoy and frowned and asked the armed workers: "Hey, what do you think the enemy is going to do when they come here at this time?"

"This. You can't guess it without definite information." The team member scratched his head: "Look at the direction the enemy is coming from, it happens to be our place, we have to leave quickly!"

The sound of the engine is getting louder.

The machine gun on the roof of the leading car suddenly opened fire, and opened fire on the people who left the river bank a mile away in the field.

Several civilians were shot and fell to the ground immediately.

The Devil convoy did not stop, followed by another machine gun shooting at the people in the sun.

Clouds of blood sprayed from the bodies of the people who were shot.

The car is getting closer and closer to the embankment.

The sound of the engine is getting clearer...

On this ancient land, the people who left the embankment have gone through years of war, and from time to time some people jumped into the canal where hope was flowing to avoid the raging bullets.

The Devil's cars strafing both sides of the road were still far from the river embankment.

Commander Cheng's face was dark, his actual strength was only one battalion.

After hearing the sound of the devil's machine gun firing, those who were close to the leader Cheng hurriedly grabbed their guns and moved closer to the leader.

The soldiers spread out to guard the long embankment before, and it was impossible to gather more people for a while.

Seeing that the devil was getting closer, he immediately ordered: "Correspondent, send an order immediately, and leave the north side of the highway to the east!"

After finishing speaking, he greeted Su Qing and yelled at his subordinates to run south along the embankment.

Occasionally, I turned my head and saw that the people on the road facing the embankment had run away, so they couldn't help but slow down.

Seeing that Su Qing was falling behind, Captain Cheng hurriedly told the soldiers to slow down.

Then stood on the side of the road and waited for Su Qing to come over: "Hey, we have to get out of here immediately"

Su Qing shook her head: "I always feel that these devils seem to have some kind of purpose"

Leader Cheng thought for a while: "What do you think?"

"According to the report from the superior, the devil used the river water to release Huliella bacteria, but in such a large river, he could not have any effect at all."

"Wait, you mean, there's tiger lilac bacteria in these rivers?"

Su Qing began to analyze every detail: "We already know the devil's conspiracy, even if his bacteria are thrown into the Grand Canal, it will not have much effect!"

Leader Cheng didn't quite understand what Su Qing said. "Uh, that is to say, the devil's actions won't do much harm to the common people?"

There are too many possibilities.

"According to normal circumstances, devils generally don't shoot at ordinary people in the fields from a long distance."

"That's right, the four light machine guns fired one after another, and every time they fired, they would consume a lot of ammunition. The devils are not that rich."

The team members suddenly muttered: "The enemy seems to be driving away the people on both sides of the road!"

Su Qing's face changed, and he immediately stopped and squatted on the ground.

Pick up a section of reed root on the side of the road.

Then list the possibility of the devil appearing here one by one on the ground.

It is impossible to guard the embankment.
Knowing that there are eight roads on the river bank, they came to encircle and suppress?

There were only a dozen or so cars that came. If a group of people were assembled and everyone had the same strength, it seems that it would not make sense to say that the devils must have the temper of a puppet army when they sweep up!
The devils have important supplies transported from the river?It wouldn't be possible without a pier here!
Come fishing?
Traveling in the sun?
Time seemed to stand still, and Captain Cheng watched as the devil's car got closer and closer to the embankment.

Su Qing was still writing and drawing on the ground and hurriedly persuaded: "Captain Su, I think we should leave here first and make plans later!"

Su Qing suddenly stood up and looked at Captain Cheng and the armed workers next to him: "The devils put bacteria in the waterlogged area upstream, causing serious infections. We have taken strict precautions here, so the casualties of ordinary people are not serious."

Head Cheng was startled: "What do you mean? With the devil's temper, they might drop bacteria in this area again!"

Su Qing nodded: "Although I'm just guessing, I still suggest that we have to find a way to kill these devils!"

(End of this chapter)