Riverside Police.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the torrential rain that had lasted nearly a night finally stopped.

001 was anchored one kilometer downstream of a long-blocked gate along the river. Yao Lirong supported Mr. Xi and went ashore along the springboard that Captain Fan and Zhu Baogen had just set up.

On the river embankment is a sub-dike built with sandbags, and the inside of the sub-dike is extremely muddy.

As soon as Xi Gong and Yao Lirong stood firm, Xu Gong, Liu Wei, and Xiao Chen followed.

From the moment it received the order from the "headquarters" last night, Binjiang Police Boat 001 raised the red flags of "Linghai Reserve Battalion" and "Strike Heroes Battalion"!

Yao Lirong, Captain Fan, Liu Wei, Xiao Chen, and the elder Wang of the village group also changed into the camouflage uniforms sent by the regiment a few days ago, put on the reserve ranks, put on the camouflage helmets made by the camp, and put on the camouflage uniforms. Armed belt, carrying a green military water bottle.

Xi Gong is a member of the expert team of the Linghai Reserve Battalion. He also has a camouflage uniform and a pair of high-top military boots that don't even have salted fish. It's just that he didn't bring it on the boat when he came, and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to wear it.

After all, his current status is not only a senior flood control expert of the Linghai Reserve Battalion, but also a flood control expert of the Yangtze River Defense Command.

Zhu Baogen has the same, but he has to work in the cabin every day, and he doesn't want to stain his good camouflage uniform with oil, so he is reluctant to take it out and wear it.

Seeing that Xu Gong was very envious of Yao Lirong's military uniform, he simply lent his uniform to Xu Gong.

Yao Lirong joked that from the moment he put on the uniform of the Linghai Reserve Battalion, Xu Gong was a member of the senior expert group in the battalion.

XCMG was very honored and asked if there was any letter of appointment.

A letter of appointment cheats a letter, cheating one is one.

On behalf of Xianyu, Yao Lirong agreed without hesitation.

But the shore was too muddy, and as soon as he walked more than ten meters away, a lot of muddy water splashed on his body.Xu Gong was very distressed, and Liu Wei and Xiao Chen were even more distressed. They wiped while walking, and almost fell over.

There is a temporary shed in front, and a cadre is on duty in the shed.

The cadres saw several people from the People's Liberation Army walking over, who were in their 50s, wearing white shirts, black trousers, and rain boots. come up.

"Hi, may I ask who you are..."

"Comrade, I am an engineer of Changjiang Defense Finger, and my surname is Xi."

The engineers are also very good. During the flood control period, we have to listen to the water conservancy engineers. Besides, this is the engineer of the Yangtze River Defense Finger.

The cadre calmed down and said cautiously: "Mr. Xi, are you here to check? Our township chief Liu just went to patrol the embankment. He has no mobile phone or walkie-talkie. It may take a while before he comes back."

"We're not here to check. I want to inquire about something. You have troops here to support the flood fight. Where is that army stationed?"

"Mr. Xi, are you looking for the army?"

"Ah."

"They came here yesterday, and they helped build these sandbags. They left after they were finished. Our Township Chief Liu said that they seemed to have gone to Yanjiatai."

"Comrade, we are not familiar with the road here, can you find someone to take us there?"

"Master Xi, are you planning to walk over there?"

"The gate is closed, our ship can't go through, we can only go."

"Okay, I'll help you find someone to lead the way, but...but..."

"Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on it for you on the embankment."

……

As the cadres guarding the dike said, Yanjiatai is far away from the river.

They walked with the guide for about one kilometer, and happened to meet an old truck. They showed their IDs, talked a lot of good things to the driver, and finally gave him 100 yuan before he agreed to deliver.

Arriving at the Yanjiatai embankment section by truck, I saw hundreds of PLA soldiers assisting the local government by a grassy pond to deal with the piping crisis.

After asking a township cadre, I realized that a middle school student had discovered the dangerous situation.

When he saw a small trachoma leaking water by the grass pond, he ran to the sentry post on the river embankment to report. The masses took soil and built wells around the grass pond.

The local flood control command branch sent people to look at it, and thought that the danger was not serious, so they asked the personnel in charge of the embankment to observe carefully and left.

There is nothing to do here. If you want to build a three-stage guide filter enclosure, you can't find woven bags to fill the sand. You can only dig muddy soil nearby and simply surround it.

The officers and soldiers of the 404th division also planned to withdraw their troops when they saw that the flood control headquarters had left.

This kind of rescue is too sloppy, but there is no way without supplies...

Xi Gong and Xu Gongzai looked carefully, found a major officer, and asked: "Comrade major, are you from the 404th division?"

"Yes, how do you know?" The major looked at Yao Lirong and the others, and couldn't help laughing: "Brothers, you are a reserve force, and your reserves also issue camouflage uniforms?"

"Shouldn't the reserve troops be issued uniforms?"

"It is reasonable to say that it should be issued, and reserve officers are legally required to do so, but I have never seen superiors issue military uniforms to reserve troops, at least the reserve troops near our troops station did not."

They don't just have camouflage uniforms, they also have armbands and ranks.

The upper part of the armband is the word "August [-]" and the lower part is a "Y".

There is also a "Y" on the rank of the officer, and the rank of the soldier is directly "Y", and there is no distinction between privates, privates, corporals, and sergeants. It looks weird...

The major had never seen reserve officers and soldiers like Yao Lirong and Xiao Chen before. He thought about it and smiled: "Comrade, your helmets are interesting. At first glance, they look a bit like the Hong Kong Garrison. I really thought the Hong Kong Garrison was here to fight the flood just now. "

Yao Lirong knew that they had been here for three or four days, and he threw himself into battle as soon as they arrived.

Now it is the masses who guard the dikes and patrol the dikes, and they are responsible for emergency rescue.

Let them go to the most dangerous places, and let them do the most tiring and dirtiest jobs.

Digging sand to pack sandbags, carrying sandbags, building sandbags, or nailing wooden piles under the embankment to prevent the embankment from moving backwards is both tiring and very dangerous.Even if the water quality is very good, once the levee collapses, there is no hope of escape.

They were just carrying soil, and they were covered in mud and soaked inside and out. At first glance, they looked like mud monkeys.Their physical exertion was also very high, and several soldiers fell asleep leaning against a tree not far away.

Yao Lirong knew very well that the major in front of him was extremely tired, and he couldn't believe that he had the energy and mood to make jokes. He was deeply infected and said half-jokingly, "Comrade major, we are the Hong Kong Garrison."

"What kind of troops stationed in Hong Kong, don't brag, you are obviously a reserve."

"I'm not bragging. We are indeed a reserve force. We are the Linghai Reserve Battalion. Our camp is located in Linghai Port, Linghai City, Jiangnan Province. There is a road not far from our camp called Hong Kong Road. We are stationed in the port area. , next to Hong Kong Road, isn’t it the Hong Kong Garrison?”

"Hahahaha, interesting."

The major was amused, took the cigarette handed by Yao Lirong, and said with a smile: "I said that you don't look like locals in your accent. It turns out that you are from Jiangnan, and you are a reserve force in Jiangnan Province. Brothers and surnames, you are also here to fight the flood. ?”

"Miangui's surname is Yao, and my name is Yao Lirong. We are not only here to fight the flood, but also to assist you in fighting the flood."

"Assist us?"

"Well, aren't you Division 404? The superior asked us to report to you."

The major didn't bother to light a cigarette anymore, and asked suspiciously: "Brothers, are you from Binjiang? Are you the Binjiang flood control and rescue camp mentioned in the order?"

This is the grievance between Linghai and Binjiang, and Xi Gong is not good at participating, so he stands by the side and laughs without saying a word.

Yao Lirong asked with a smile, "You know us?"

"I heard from our regiment leader last night, but the order mentioned the Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp, not your Linghai Reserve Battalion. And the order was issued yesterday evening. Even if you received the order and set off from Jiangnan Province, it would not be so fast. .”

"The Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp is our Linghai reserve camp."

Director Ge called last night to explain, and this morning he called again to give instructions.

As a cadre of the Linghai Conservancy Bureau, Yao Lirong thought that Director Ge's words were very reasonable, and patiently explained: "Comrade, it may sound a bit convoluted, but it is actually very simple. Just like your army, the official designation is the 105th Division of the 404th Army. He is also the instructor of the 105 recruits of the 404th Airborne Army."

The major officer asked half-understanding: "The Linghai Reserve Battalion is the official designation, and the Binjiang Flood Prevention and Rescue Battalion is just a force?"

"Almost." Yao Lirong smiled and said while the iron was hot: "Brother, you are an active military officer, and you are a regular army. You know more about this than us. Have you ever heard of a reserve battalion called a flood prevention and rescue battalion? There must not be one!"

"It's true, they are usually named after places."

"So our official designation is the Linghai Reserve Battalion of the Jiangnan Army Reserve Division."

"What about the group?"

"Adding the regiment would be too complicated. There are several reserves in the Linghai Reserve Battalion of the Binjiang Reserve Division of the Jiangnan Army Reserve Division. If you say that, it will take a long time to introduce the name of the unit." Yao Lirong took out his reserve officer certificate and handed it over to laugh. Said: "Look, this is my certificate."

The major officer took the certificate, opened it and looked at the photos and job title inside. Seeing that Yao Lirong was actually a senior engineer, he was immediately in awe.

"What's wrong with the superior, give an order to apply the official number."

"It may be too urgent, but it is not wrong to use the Binjiang flood control and emergency camp, because our Linghai reserve camp was originally a flood control and emergency mobile assault battalion established at the request of the Jiangnan Provincial Party Committee, the provincial government and the provincial military region. Several places along the river in Jiangnan Province Every prefecture-level city should form one, and our Linghai Reserve Battalion is one of them.”

"Linghai belongs to Binjiang?"

"Binjiang is a prefecture-level city, and our Linghai is a county-level city."

"Understood, it turned out that the Binjiang Military Division and the Binjiang Reserve Regiment handed over the task of flood control and rescue to your battalion, so you became the Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Battalion."

"That's what it means. If you tell others these things, others may not understand them, and only an active military officer like you understands them."

"Yao Gong, my surname is Li, and my name is Li Shousong. Are you here to report?"

"Yes, we are the vanguard. During this period of time, we happened to be assisting the Yangtze River in anti-finger monitoring and reporting. You have only been here for a few days, and we have been here for more than a month. We received an order from our superiors yesterday, and the superiors asked us to come first. Report to you."

"I said, why did you come here so fast, Mr. Yao, come with us, our 'regiment headquarters' is not far from here."

"The superior ordered us to accept the leadership of the 404th Division."

"The division headquarters is not here. The division headquarters is far away from here. The division informed our regiment that you are coming and asked you to cooperate with us."

"How many groups are you in?"

"132 regiments."

……

The crowd followed the officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army to the station of the 132nd Regiment, and following the shout of Battalion Commander Li Shousong, it immediately caused a commotion.Officers and soldiers who were resting in several old warehouses ran out one after another to see the "Hong Kong Garrison" who were about to cooperate with them in fighting the flood.

The regiment leader's surname is Peng, and his name is Peng Jiandong. He was worrying that there would be a reserve battalion to cooperate with him, but he didn't expect the vanguard of the reserve battalion to find him.

Yao Lirong first reported his family name, and then introduced the identities of Xi Gong and Xu Gong.

Captain Peng was taken aback, and hurriedly stood up to salute Mr. Xi.

"Captain Peng, you don't need to be so polite. I know you are busy, so let's talk first."

"Okay, let's get down to business first."

Commander Peng sat down again, stared at Yao Lirong and asked, "Yao Gong, how many people do you want from your battalion?"

Yao Gong has never been a soldier, and he is engaged in technology. The concept of superiors and subordinates is not as strong as those who have been a soldier. Naturally, he will not be nervous when facing Commander Peng. He smiled and said: "The big troops set off as soon as they received the order. On the way here, there are a total of 160 people. The follow-up troops will come by water, and they may have to wait six days to arrive. There are not many follow-up troops, only a few fifty people."

Shouldn't flood fighting and rescue be rushed over as quickly as possible? They actually took a boat.

Captain Peng thought it was absurd, but he didn't take it seriously when he thought they were not regular troops, and even secretly rejoiced.Because the superiors made it very clear that this reserve battalion who didn't stay in Jiangnan to fight the flood was to cooperate with the division to fight the flood.

I don't know if they can help, but one thing is certain, logistical supplies will definitely be a problem.If someone comes to cooperate with you, you can't just watch him go hungry, right?

But there is no such fund in the division, let alone in the regiment.

Even if the officers and soldiers of the regiment save some food for them from between their teeth, it will not be easy to deliver the supplies in the current traffic situation, otherwise the officers and soldiers of the regiment would not have worked on the river embankment when they first arrived Day and night, I almost fainted from hunger before eating.

The political commissar is in charge of logistics. It's not that the political commissar is not doing his best, but it is really helpless.

The road leading to the river embankment was washed away, and the car could not drive through. The political commissar led the comrades in charge of logistics, carrying bags of lunch and carrying mineral water, and braved the heavy rain to wade through the water for six kilometers. sent up.

One less person will reduce the logistical supply pressure.

Captain Peng took a deep breath and asked, "So there are about 200 of you in total?"

"almost."

"How do you think about logistics?"

"We solve it by ourselves, and we won't cause trouble to the teacher."

"You solve it yourself?"

"Ah."

Captain Peng was happy, and said with a smile: "That's good. I'll find comrades from the Armed Forces Department of Angong County later, and ask them to help me find a place to live nearby. It's best to ask them to arrange A military cadre who is responsible for communicating and coordinating with you."

Yao Lirong hurriedly said: "Commander Peng, we are here to report to you, not to the Armed Forces Department. We don't need them to arrange special military cadres (full-time military cadres) to communicate with us."

This area is not only the embankment, but also the area of ​​the Jingjiang flood diversion project.

The embankment where the piping danger occurred just now is not the main embankment of the Yangtze River, but the embankment of the Hudu River, a channel leading to the river, which is some distance away from the Yangtze River.

On the issue of where to focus on prevention, Xi Gong and other flood control experts from the Yangtze River Committee and the local government have different opinions.Xi Gong believes that now the main force should be put on the main dike of the Yangtze River, and the local government wants to protect both the main dike of the Yangtze River and the embankment of the people.

Mr. Xi realized that his superior might not have explained clearly to the regiment leader in front of him, so he raised his head and said, "Commander Peng, the Linghai Reserve Battalion will not only cooperate with you in flood control, but also implement the Jingjiang embankment and the south bank including Angong County. Emergency rescue tasks for the main embankment of the Yangtze River.

Today Yao Gong is only entrusted by Comrade Shen Fan, Deputy Political Commissar of Binjiang Reserve Regiment and First Secretary of Linghai Reserve Battalion, and Comrade Han Yu, Commander of Linghai Reserve Battalion, to report to you.Considering the soaring water level of the Jingjiang River and the suspension of ferries, large troops will not cross the river, even if they want to cross the river. "

Yao Lirong added without losing the opportunity: "Deputy Political Commissar Shen is not only the political commissar of the Binjiang Reserve Regiment, but also the deputy mayor of our Linghai City Standing Committee, and Battalion Commander Han is not only the battalion commander of our Linghai Reserve Battalion, he is our Linghai Economic and Technological Leader. He is a member of the Party Committee G of the Development Zone, Secretary of Political Affairs and Law W, Minister of Human Resources and Armed Forces, and also a member of the Party Committee of the Binjiang City Public Security Bureau’s Water Public Security Branch.”

What is the concept of a deputy mayor of a county-level city standing committee in a developed coastal area!
The political and legal secretary W in the development zone of the developed coastal area is also very powerful, and the battalion commander is not only the political and legal secretary W, but also a member of the party committee of the public security bureau...

What did the "garrison in Hong Kong" do? Commander Peng was stunned for a moment.

The second flood peak has appeared and is about to enter Jingjiang.

Mr. Xi didn't dare to stay here for long, and said very seriously: "Commander Peng, please help the Linghai Reserve Battalion to report to your division leader. According to the needs of flood control, they will be stationed on the Jingjiang embankment next. If you If there is a major danger that neither your regiment nor the local government can deal with, you can contact us in time, and we will try our best to cross the river to cooperate with you in emergency rescue."

We can't take the risk, you can take it?

Captain Peng thought he had heard it wrong, and just didn't know what to say. Yao Lirong smiled and added: "Our large troops should be able to arrive before twelve o'clock tonight. Considering that the large troops cannot cross the river for the time being, we I have to accept the leadership of your division again, please help us to ask the division head for instructions and report, can you arrange for a cadre to go there, after all, it involves troop management."

You say that if you don't pass the river, you don't pass the river?

Do you know what military orders are like mountains?

Without organization and discipline, such troops are not worth mentioning!

Commander Peng didn't want to ask for trouble, so he simply smiled and said, "There is no need to ask the division, the division gave us an order last night, and let our regiment take care of your large troops when they arrive. After all, you are a battalion-level unit."

It turned out that he was not qualified to be managed by a teacher.

Yao Gong came to his senses and asked with a smile: "What about the regiment, do you want to arrange for a comrade to cross the river with us? We have a boat."

Although I don't want to care about it, I can't really care about it.

If something happens to these guerrillas, the superiors will definitely be responsible for the regiment.

Commander Peng weighed it up and said, "I'll arrange for a military staff officer to come over, Mr. Yao, what do you think?"

"Okay, thank you, Commander Peng."

"You're welcome, I'm going to the county flood control headquarters for a meeting, so I won't accompany you."