Riverside Police.

It was dark and raining non-stop.

When people describe heavy rain, they often say that it keeps falling like broken beads.

In fact, it is wrong. The real heavy rain is not broken beads, but a thread made of beads, which does not break or stop, and flows down from the sky.

Under one or two bolts of lightning that pierced the sky, the water swayed darkly, a large area, a large area, covering the sky and covering the earth, coming in a long way.

It is difficult for people who have not experienced floods to experience this fear.

Brother Zhao fled to the second floor with his younger sister, Sidi, and was safe for the time being.

But she was still flustered, because she didn't know whether the water would continue to rise, whether the house under her feet would collapse, or whether someone would come to rescue her.

If you want to run out, it's better to be earlier, but it's too late now!
It was raining heavily in the dark, there was no road outside, and there was no ditch in sight, it was all a piece of water.

If the flood during the day is better, at least you can see how high it has risen, and you can take your sister to climb to the roof, or take your sister to get into the big wooden barrel for bathing.

What I am most afraid of is that I dare not sleep at night. Once I fall asleep, I don’t know if the water has risen, let alone how high it has risen. Last night, I just fell asleep and the bed suddenly floated up...

"Sister, I miss my mother."

"I want, too."

"Sister, I'm afraid."

"With my sister here, don't be afraid."

The children of poor families are in charge early.

My father was working in Dongguang, and my mother took advantage of the summer vacation of the two sisters to go to Dongguang to visit my father. By the way, I worked part-time for two months. The six-year-old sister could only be looked after by the 12-year-old Zhao brother.

She said she wasn't afraid, but she was terribly afraid in her heart, but now she was trapped in the big water, and she couldn't help herself every day. The only thing she could do was hug her sister tightly, put the lantern in front of the window, and hope that People everywhere can see it.

There are people in the distance!
On the embankment about two miles away from her home, many people came when it was dark.

Standing at the window, you can see the lights on the embankment, and even hear the roaring machinery and nervous whistle.

Sidi looked at the lights in the direction of the embankment, put his arms around his sister's neck and asked, "Sister, is that the People's Liberation Army?"

"It's the People's Liberation Army, and the People's Liberation Army will definitely come to rescue us."

"When will the People's Liberation Army come?"

"Soon, the People's Liberation Army will give us delicious food."

I slept so hard yesterday that I didn't even know my house was flooded.

Rice, vegetables, and oil were all placed downstairs, either flooded or drifted away.

There are usually no people upstairs, and there is nothing, even if there is no stove for cooking.

Brother Zhao was as thirsty and hungry as his sister, staring at the lights in the distance, suddenly remembered "The Little Match Girl", and felt that he was writing in that text.

……

On the embankment, a team of the emergency rescue commando team is under intense construction.

The provisional name of "a team" was named by Huang Yuanchang in the afternoon. He said on the phone that the leaders of the long-distance navigation bureau will come to condolences to the officers and soldiers who participated in the war. It is difficult to introduce the name if it is not clear.

Although the emergency rescue commando is also a temporary unit, it is a temporary party committee, not a temporary party branch.

If "one team" and "two teams" are used to distinguish the two amphibious combat formations, the unit level will appear too low, and "one team" and "two teams" are just right.

If the two rescue teams performing rescue missions here and in Shashi are detachments, wouldn't the emergency rescue commando become the general team?

Han Yu thought it was a bit funny, but when he thought about the high administrative level of the CSC system, such as the Linghaigang Police Station of the Changhang Binjiang Branch, there were only a few people in total, and there were not many jobs, and it was actually a department-level unit. It's normal.

What is being rescued overnight is the dike section of the tributary of the Yangtze River that directly blocks the water.

A breach occurred yesterday morning, coupled with continuous days of heavy rain, the water level outside the dike was very high, and the inside of the dike was already flooded into a vast ocean.

The long embankment is isolated on the surface of the water, and the flood water is continuously pouring into the embankment through the breach.

What is being flooded now is only a small embankment. If the breach is not blocked as soon as possible, more embankments will be flooded and the losses will be even greater.

Because the inside of the embankment was also flooded, the embankment was like a long isolated island, and people could not get through. Now it is all up to the "team" to rescue it by itself, without the assistance of local cadres and the masses.

The entire embankment is soaked in water, and it is very difficult to rescue and protect it.

The most direct impact is that it is impossible to fetch soil, and all the earth needed for rescue and protection needs to be transported by boat from the soil borrowing point more than ten kilometers away.

Persevere in the rain and fight day and night.

Using the pile frame temporarily installed on the floating crane, a row of piles was laid against the storm, and Han Yu immediately ordered the throwing of stones.

Pour, tap, roll...

Under the illumination of the high-power searchlight on the ship, Zhang Dapeng, the operator of the loader, cooperated closely with the security personnel to quickly complete a series of actions above the breach.

10 meters, 8 meters, 2 meters, the length of the breach is constantly shortening with the advancement of filling again and again, and finally at 4:11 in the morning, the embankment is completely closed, but the danger has not been ruled out.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water level in the tributaries of the Yangtze River was rising higher and higher.

If it rises further, the newly filled dam may be washed away by the flood again. We must race against time and heavy rain!
Zhang Dapeng didn't want to just hand over shifts like this, but he had to hand over when the shift time came.

This is not only because fatigue operation will cause safety accidents, but also because there are more dangerous situations that need to be rescued in the future.

After all, the emergency rescue commando team is different from the officers and soldiers of the 127th regiment waiting on the embankment for emergency rescue. They can rest for a while as long as they block the flood.Emergency Rescue Commando No, there is no break for Emergency Rescue Commando.

He jumped off the loader, walked to the edge of the embankment, pulled up his pants to pee, and suddenly found that there seemed to be lights in the distance.

"Secretary Han, Secretary Han!"

"Master Zhang, what's the matter?"

"Look over there, there seems to be a light!"

"No, Master Zhang, the place below has been flooded long ago, and the crowds have all evacuated. How could there be anyone there?" Han Yu looked in the direction of his finger, as long as he could see, it was a vast ocean, and it was pitch black in the distance, what? Can't see it.

"There is really a light, take a closer look."

"I can't see."

"It must be because I read too much, myopia."

I'm not nearsighted...

Han Yu didn't know how to refute the old master of Luqiao Company, so he simply shouted: "Big brother, big brother!"

"Here we are, what's the matter?" Xu Mingyuan didn't care about commanding safety, and rushed over with a small flag in his hand, splashing mud and water all over Sun Gong.

"Eldest brother, you have good eyesight, take a closer look over there."

"Look at what?"

"You look first."

"It's full of water, there are trees, there are houses, but they are all flooded."

Han Yu asked, "Can you see the lights?"

Xu Mingyuan rubbed his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I can't see it. It's raining so heavily, even if there is, I can't see clearly."

Sun Youyi came over and asked curiously, "Secretary Han, what are you looking at?"

"Master Zhang said that there are lights below."

"Let me see."

"I can't even see it. You are nearsighted, and you can't even see it."

"That's right." Sun Youyi's glasses were covered with rainwater, so he took them off subconsciously and shook them.

When Zhang Dapeng saw that they said they hadn't seen it, he suddenly found that the light that he had seen clearly just now could not be seen now, and wondered if he was dazzled just now?
001 and the Yangtze River Police Boat 110 were blowing their whistles to remind the shift-changing personnel to return to the "detachment base" to rest.

Zhang Dapeng didn't want his colleagues and comrades to wait, so he had to run over to get on the boat.

He boarded 001, shook off the mud on his feet, still worried after thinking about it, and shouted: "Old Zhu, don't you have binoculars? Lend me to use them!"

Zhu Baogen asked, "What do you use a telescope for?"

"There are lights under the embankment, someone may be trapped in the flood water!"

"Okay, I'll get it for you."

Human life is at stake, Zhu Baogen didn't dare to delay for a moment, hurriedly went to the command cabin to get the binoculars, thought about it and then raised the walkie-talkie: "Captain Liu, let's set sail later, Master Zhang from Luqiao Company has something to do."

"Roger that!"

"Master Zhang, hurry up and see what's going on."

"Okay, thank you."

Zhang Dapeng took the binoculars, went back to the embankment along the springboard, ran to the spot where he peed just now, and raised the binoculars to observe carefully.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I shouted excitedly when I saw it.

"Secretary Han! Gong Sun! There are really lights and there are real people!"

"Where?"

Han Yu hurried to his side.

Zhang Dapeng handed over the binoculars, pointed to the direction he was looking at, and said eagerly, "It's there, not far from us."

Han Yu held up the binoculars and searched the water surface bit by bit. After watching carefully for nearly 3 minutes, he finally saw the light!

Didn't the superior say that the people under the embankment had all evacuated before coming here? Why are there still people...

Han Yu realized that he couldn't just wait for his superiors to arrange a boat to rescue him, so he immediately raised the walkie-talkie: "Uncle Zhu, someone may be trapped in the flood under the embankment, please quickly find some people to help carry the iron boat over, we have to hurry there Rescue."

"Got it, right away!"

"I go!"

Xu Mingyuan came to his senses and hurried to the "landing point" to help lift the iron boat.

Han Yu put down the binoculars, turned around and said, "Master Zhang, saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. If there are really people there, you have accumulated a lot of virtue this time!"

It turns out that although I am older than you, my eyesight is better than yours...

Not to mention how fulfilling he was, Zhang Dapeng asked with a grin, "Secretary Han, aren't we saving lives when we go everywhere to rescue people?"

"Although emergency rescue is saving people, it's not the same as saving people with your own hands. Let's go and see together later."

"Row."

Many people are powerful.

The iron boat was quickly lifted, and everyone took the cable together and slowly lowered it to the water below the embankment.

When it was lowered and stopped, Han Yu was the first to slide onto the iron boat along the cable, took the crank handle from Zhu Baogen, inserted it into the crank hole of the diesel engine, and shook it vigorously a few times, the diesel engine gave a thumping sound. roar.

Xu Mingyuan and Zhang Dapeng followed closely.

Han Yu reminded, "Sit still", and then held the steering lever and drove the iron boat towards the direction of the light.

Xu Mingyuan looked back at Han Yu who was sailing, and couldn't help but think of the scene when Han Yu sailed to pick up his relatives.

Zhang Dapeng sat on the bow of the boat with a bright flashlight to illuminate Han Yu.

The diesel engine is powerful, the iron boat is small, and the speed is very fast.

In a blink of an eye, the three of them came to a building that was flooded on the first floor and partially flooded on the second floor. It looked very simple and had almost no decoration at all.

There was a horse lantern on the window sill, and it was impossible to see if there was anyone inside.

In the middle of the night, there is a flooded building in a vast ocean. There are lights on the window sills in the building, and it is raining outside...

This situation made Han Yu and Zhang Dapeng feel a little nervous, and they couldn't help but think of Liaozhai on TV.

Xu Mingyuan was a former criminal police captain. He was more courageous than the two of them. He took the flashlight from Zhang Dapeng and shouted through the window, "Is anyone there? We are the People's Liberation Army, and we are here to rescue you."

Han Yu settled down and shouted, "Is there anyone inside? We're going in!"

An even more hair-raising scene appeared, a small head suddenly appeared behind the window sill, followed by the face of a little girl.

Zhang Dapeng was startled, and asked nervously, "Are you human?"

"Uncle PLA!"

Brother Zhao just woke up from his sleep. He couldn't believe it was true. He rubbed his eyes and dared not speak.

Xu Mingyuan came to his senses, immediately patted Zhang Dapeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile in his native dialect: "Of course he is a human being. There are no ghosts in this world. He is obviously a child."

"Oh, I was taken aback."

"Little girl, we are the People's Liberation Army, you stand there and don't move, uncle will go in right away."

Zhaodi realized that this was not a dream, and quickly called his sister: "Sidi, Sidi, wake up, the PLA uncle is here to save us!"

Han Yu wanted to control the iron boat and couldn't get in.

With the help of Zhang Dapeng, Xu Mingyuan climbed in from the window sill, and suddenly found that the room was full of water, and the two little girls were so smart that they slept in a long wooden bucket for bathing.

But I can only sleep in a wooden barrel, the room is empty, there is no bed, no other furniture.

Xu Mingyuan picked up the five or six-year-old girl in his arms, turned around and asked, "Little friends, what are your names?"

Brother Zhao couldn't control it anymore, and put his arms around Uncle Liberation Army's leg, crying loudly.

"Don't cry, you are safe with uncle here. Tell uncle, what are your names?"

"I...my name is Zhang Zhaodi. I will be in fifth grade in the second half of the year. This is my sister Zhang Sidi. My sister will be in first grade soon."

"Recruiting younger brother, what about your adults?"

"My father and mother went to Dongguang to work."

"Just the two of you at home?"

"Ah."

This is really reassuring for the parents of the children. The couple went out to work and left the two children at home!

Xu Mingyuan really didn't know what to say, so he quickly raised his head and shouted, "There are only two children, no one else."

"Okay, I'll lean over." Han Yu hurriedly operated the iron boat to lean against the wall.

Zhang Dapeng supported the wall and stood up, stretching out his hands: "Xu Da, put the child down, I will pick it up."

"Okay, be careful."

Xu Mingyuan was afraid of knocking the children, so he carefully transferred the two children to the iron boat. After thinking about it, he was still not at ease, so he waded into the water and went to the two adjacent rooms to check.

Except for the different types of houses, the farmers here build buildings similar to those in Linghai.

No matter what happens inside, the building must be built first!
The next two rooms were also empty, except for some clothes and garbage floating up the stairwell, there was nothing else.

Thinking that after taking the two little girls back, he would have to change without clothes, Xu Mingyuan quickly fished out a few clothes from the water, squeezed the water dry, turned over from the window sill and returned to the iron boat.

Zhang Dapeng took off his raincoat and put it on for the two children.

Fearing that the two children would be frozen, he hugged the two children in his arms again.

Looking at the shivering child nestled in Lao Zhang's arms, Han Yu couldn't help thinking of his daughter who was far away in his hometown. He felt very uncomfortable. He held the steering rod with one hand to adjust the direction and returned, and raised the walkie-talkie hanging on his chest with the other:
"Uncle Zhu, I'm Han Yu. We rescued two little girls. Is there any food on 001? If there is, warm it up, we'll be right there!"

"Yes, I'm going to heat it up."

"Let Liu Wei contact my father-in-law and Mengmeng on the high-frequency radio, and tell them that we are going to take the two little girls home soon, and ask them to get ready."

What preparations should Han Gong and Dr. Han make? Does Xianyu want his father-in-law and sister-in-law to take care of their children?

Zhu Baogen was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll tell Liu Wei."

Han Yu raised his head and looked around, still worried after thinking about it, and raised the intercom again: "Xugong Xugong, I'm Han Yu, can I receive it?"

"Received, Secretary Han, please tell me!"

"Immediately report to the Municipal Defense Office. We searched and rescued two little girls in the flooded village near the rescue area. One is Zhang Zhaodi and the other is Zhang Sidi. They are a pair of sisters. Please contact the relevant township and inform the two children. parents or relatives."

"Immediately, I will report immediately."

"and many more."

Han Yu took a deep breath and emphasized: "The flooded area here is not small, and the possibility of people being trapped cannot be ruled out. It is recommended that relevant departments organize personnel and boats to conduct a dragnet-style investigation of the flooded area!"