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Chapter 14 Ideas for Repairing the Embankment

The second squad leader saw that Lin Yi was exhausted, and the other soldiers in the squad were also exhausted, so he greeted, "Take a break for 5 minutes and start working."

Then he walked to Lin Yi, took off the water bottle and handed it over, "Assistant Lin, this sandbag is not easy to hold."

Lin Yi waved his hands to show that he was not thirsty, and then said: "It's not easy to pack, the mouth of the sandbag is too small, and the soil is too wet, it's too troublesome to dry."

The second squad leader shrugged his shoulders, but there are sandbags that are easy to pack, the standardized sandbags have a big mouth, and they are still filled with sand.

It will not be like ours, with a shovel, the soil sticks to the shovel and cannot be pulled out.

But that kind of easy work can't be our second class, and it has been handed over to others.

I really don't know why the superior asked us to make so many sandbags, it feels really unnecessary.

Besides, non-standard sandbags like ours are filled with local materials, so they can only be used in emergencies. If there is no accident, after the rainy season is over, all these sandbags will be scrapped .

After listening to the complaints of the second squad leader, Lin Yi could understand his mood. This sandbag is really hard to pretend.

But I still explained, "After all, our embankment has leaked once, it means that there may be potential hidden dangers, and the superiors are well prepared, so they let us get these non-standard sandbags. They don't have high requirements for these sandbags. Thinking that they can be used as a long-term reserve, as long as they can survive this rainy season, the mission of these sandbags will be completed."

"Besides, this kind of clay, once the sun comes out, will solidify in a few days, and it will be harder than stone by then, so it won't work even if you want to use it."

The second squad leader took a piece of clay out of the ground and rubbed it, "You're right. The bricks we used to build our house when we were young are just this kind of clay. It's not even as sticky. As long as it's dried in the sun, it's really good." Harder than rock."

Lin Yi has only heard of adobe houses, but he has never seen them with his own eyes. This is not because the village where Lin Yi lived in his childhood was rich, but because most of the adobe houses are found in the dry places in the north. In the humid places in the south, there are almost no How can we see the adobe house.

So he asked curiously: "Then your adobe blocks are not just clay, right? After drying, they are hard but very brittle. They will break if you use force, and you can't build a house."

The second squad leader smiled and said: "How can it be just clay? When making adobe, you also need to add wheat straw to the clay, so that the dried adobe will be extremely strong. Don't mention the straw, the toughness is real." It's very strong, pull it hard and keep pulling."

Lin Yi also nodded, "The toughness of straw is indeed strong."

Suddenly, Lin realized that since the toughness of clay and straw is so strong, why can't we start in advance and reinforce the whole section of the embankment where there may be problems with a layer of clay and straw?Doesn't this greatly reduce the possibility of breaking the dike?

With an idea, Lin Yi immediately stood up. The second squad leader thought that Lin Yi had rested, and quickly greeted the soldiers, "Don't sit still, get up and work, this is only [-] bags, let's fight for two bags." Hours to end the fight."

Lin Yi looked at the second squad leader, "I'll help you later, I'll go to the battalion department first."

Lin Yi was originally there to help, and the second squad leader naturally couldn't ask Lin Yi to work, so he had to say, "Okay, then you can go and do it first."

Lin Yi quickly ran to the battalion headquarters, and was about to report to the battalion commander when he was stopped by the sentry, "Assistant Lin, what are you doing in such a hurry? The battalion commander and the others are in a meeting, so you can't go in."

Lin Yi didn't know whether his thoughts were good or bad, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and could only stand at the door and wait for the meeting to end.

At this time, Lieutenant Ding pulled open the curtain and came out. He probably felt bored and panicked. He came out to get some air. When he saw Lin Yi standing outside the tent, he was a little surprised, "Assistant Lin, what are you doing here? Your Thanks to Deputy Brigadier Commander Meng, who promised to get it for you, so don’t push yourself too hard. It’s enough to retreat once, and it won’t work any more.”

Lin Yi quickly explained, "It has nothing to do with credit. I was chatting with the second squad leader when I was filling the sandbags. I suddenly thought that clay and straw can increase the strength of the embankment. Instead of passive defense, we should take the initiative to attack. On suspicious points, Paving with earth and straw, this increases the strength of the embankment, which can greatly reduce the possibility of breaking the embankment."

Lieutenant Ding did not graduate from a military academy, but when he was a soldier, he made contributions with his extraordinary ability before he was promoted to lieutenant.

Because of his low education, he has quite a lot of life experience.

He is well aware of the powerful effect of mixing clay and straw, and he also knows that it is the harvest time of early rice, as long as he is willing to look for it, he can find a lot of rice straw without even walking two miles.

The purpose of deputy brigade commander Meng's coming here is to ensure that if the embankment breaks, how to solve it quickly. Now that there are active measures to deal with it, it is better than being passive all the time.

So he immediately said: "You wait here, I will go in and report, if it is feasible, I will ask you to come in."

When the battalion commander saw Lieutenant Ding casually going in and out of the tent, his expression was not very good. Now is the critical moment of flood control, and everyone is nervous, so don't create anxiety.

Lieutenant Dante is a member of Deputy Brigade Commander Meng, a cadre of the brigade's security platoon, and even a battalion commander can't say anything about him.

However, Deputy Brigade Commander Meng could see the battalion commander's complexion, "Xiao Ding, don't break the rules, sit down."

Lieutenant Ding didn't explain, and said directly: "I just met Assistant Lin outside, and he suggested mixing clay and wheat straw to lay the embankment where there is a possibility of breaking the embankment, because of the strength of the viscosity and toughness of the mixture. They are all very large, and if they are laid, it will definitely reduce the possibility of breaking the embankment.”

Hearing this, the battalion commander burst out laughing, "Little Lin, I really dare to think about it. We came here to defend, not take the initiative to attack. We also mixed clay and straw to spread on the embankment. One battalion guarded How long will it take to pave the 20-mile embankment? I guess it’s not finished yet, the rainy season is over.”

Besides, repairing the embankment is the business of the local government. We can move other people's embankment casually, and it's not a thankless effort. If there is any trouble, we can't explain it.

Deputy brigade commander Meng felt that Lin Yi's thinking was correct, and it was better to take the initiative to attack than to defend passively.

But he also quite agrees with the battalion commander that the embankment is too long, and it is unrealistic to lay all of them. If only a few points are found for laying, the problem is not big, but the key problem is how to find these points.

If you can’t find the key points, the shop will be in vain, and it is easy to be thankless.

However, Xiao Lin seemed to have a strong sense of responsibility, and he didn't know if he had already found a solution, so he looked at Lieutenant Ding, "Xiao Ding, call Assistant Lin in first, and ask about it."

(End of this chapter)