Riverside Police.

Chapter 700

In the past eight days, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians piled sandbags non-stop to defend the Jingjiang embankment, so as to ensure that the rising flood would not wash away the crude embankment.

This is a positional battle that wears down the will. Days of hard work have left the participants with sunburns and lack of necessary rest.Many combatants suffered from heatstroke and overwork symptoms, and some people fainted on the embankment from time to time.

There are even soldiers who sacrificed, died of illness, and died of exhaustion!
There is a lot of pressure in the province. I don’t want the PLA and the masses to suffer any more casualties. At the same time, considering that the entire levee has been soaked in the flood for more than 40 days, it is difficult to resist the upcoming sixth flood peak. The time for flood diversion was set this morning. The form was sent to the Jingzhou Municipal Government.

Before 6 p.m., reconfirm that all people in the flood diversion area have evacuated.

At 9:[-] tonight, the silting embankment explosives must be loaded.

At 10:[-] tonight, the silt embankment exploded.

At midnight tonight, open the floodgates!
The timetable is out, and there is no longer any controversy about whether to divide the flood, it can be said that it is a certainty!
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Before returning to Linghai, Secretary Ye made a request for the first team and the second team to switch defenses.

How could Lao Ge not know Secretary Ye's good intentions to let Xianyu show his face in front of the big leaders, and immediately agreed.

Han Yu had no choice but to lead a team upstream after sending off the fifth flood peak, and rush to the waters where the second team was anchored before waiting for orders.

Dongdong was no longer in charge of delivering water, and sat beside Han Yu, looking in the direction of the North Gate, and said, "Second Uncle, the people on the other side have all moved, Director Huang said that there are more than 1000 People's Liberation Army members who are searching across the street for anyone Didn’t leave, can’t the flood be diverted after the search is over, why did Mr. Xi say that it can not divert the flood or not?”

If everything goes according to the timetable, the flood zone will be stuck on August 1998, 8 forever.After twelve o'clock tonight, half of Angong County will be turned into a vast ocean.

Han Yu looked at the other side, remained silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "If the flood is diverted, not counting the investment in flood fighting in the past month or so, but the reconstruction and production restoration after the flood, the direct economic loss may cost tens of billions.

If there is no flood diversion, if the Jiangbei levee breaks and the Jianghan Plain and the three towns of Hanwu are flooded, the loss will be even greater, and it will even affect the modernization process of the whole country.On the surface, this account is easy to calculate, sacrifice the few and save the many. "

"Then why can't the superior make up his mind?"

"Because this involves the fate of tens of thousands of people, if we only act according to the documents, the leaders from the vice president L down to Jingzhou City will not have to bear any responsibility. But for the hundreds of thousands of people in the flood diversion area, this is a It’s a disaster. Home is gone, everything is gone, how many years of hard work do you think it takes to get over it.”

"Didn't the government say it would help the victims rebuild their homes?"

"The power of the government is limited. You are busy delivering water these days, and you don't watch the TV news much. You can tell how many people have been affected by the disaster all over the country."

"how many people?"

"The news at noon said that the affected population was 2000 million."

"So many!" Dongdong was taken aback, thinking that his uncle had made a mistake.

Han Yu didn't know how to explain it to his nephew, so he simply pointed to the other side and gave an example: "Yesterday afternoon, all our trucks were dispatched by the superior to help transfer the people. But there are too many people to transfer, and more than 200 trucks are not enough.

Although Staff Officer Dai and the others worked very hard, they didn't actually help much. They only helped transfer more than a dozen households.Because people have to transfer all kinds of household appliances, clothes, luggage, and thousands of catties of rations to the safe area, otherwise how will they live in the future. "

Dongdong was stunned, and couldn't help asking: "What about the ordinary people who don't have military vehicles to help transfer them?"

"Hire a car, and if you can't hire a car, hire a tractor at a high price."

Han Yu took a deep breath and said solemnly: "On the way back from the mission, Staff Officer Dai met a couple from Yangliu Village, the couple who gave us pears."

Dongdong asked in surprise, "Is that the big pig farmer who planted a lot of pear trees and raised a lot of pigs at home?"

"Ah."

Han Yu rubbed his nose and said with mixed feelings: "They have been transferred three times this time, and they cried when they saw Staff Officer Dai. They said that when they were transferred last time, they drove more than 30 pigs at home to 'escape'. The safe zone is less than five kilometers away. Because the road is full of people and the traffic is blocked, it takes six hours to get there.

The husband and wife drove more than 30 pigs, ten of them got separated, and two of them died of heat.After returning home, I found that the pear orchard contracted by my family had been stolen, and all the pears on the pear tree had been picked, and I lost more than 8 yuan in transfer.If the house is flooded due to flooding and the pear trees are drowned, how will I repay the money I borrowed from others to grow pears and raise pigs? "

Dongdong was silent.

After resisting so many floods, Dongdong has also grown up, hugging her knees and keeping silent.

Han Yu looked at the turbid river rushing to the east, and continued: "So we can not divert the flood without diverting the flood, but there was another round of heavy rain upstream, and the water level here seems to exceed the 45-meter safety line. You know what is happening in front of us?" How fast is the current?"

"How urgent is it?" Dongdong asked curiously.

"The flow rate is 6.3 cubic meters per second, which is equivalent to releasing one West Lake every 3 minutes and 42 seconds." Han Yu took a few deep breaths and added: "And the tributaries are also flooding. It can be said that the Yangtze River, Han River, and You Qingjiang and Lishui attacked us together, and now we are really besieged on all sides."

"Isn't the place where the Han River meets the Yangtze River downstream?"

"Although the confluence of the two rivers is not on our side, the flood of the Han River will not flood us, but it will support the water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. While bringing unprecedented pressure to Hanwu, it will also push up the water on our side. water level."

"Then why didn't the worker suggest flood diversion?"

"Xi Gong is not just worried about the hundreds of thousands of people on the other side."

Han Yu picked up the mobile phone strapped to his chest to check the time, and explained: "He and his colleagues have calculated a set of data after repeated calculations. Although the flood peak is raging this time, it will cause the water level of the Jingjiang River to rise very high. But it should not exceed the fourth flood peak. Furthermore, the water level is high and the current is very fast, but the flow is not very large.

If we blow up the embankment to divert the flood now, it is equivalent to using a big foot basin to catch a glass of water. Not only will hundreds of thousands of people in the flood diversion area lose their homes, but it will not be of great help to the subsequent flood control. All in all, it is not worthwhile to divert the flood now. "

Dongdong asked: "Who decides whether to divide the flood or not?"

"Zhong Y has the final say, but the final decision rests with Vice President L, after all, he knows the situation best."

"Is Vice President L here?"

"coming."

"Second Uncle, have you met Vice President L?"

"No, Mr. Xi saw it, and he went to report to work."

Just as he was talking, Secretary Wang's call came from the intercom.

"Got it, I'm on the floating crane, what's the matter?"

"Salted fish, some experts from the City Defense Command are here. They are going to Beizha to check what's going on. They are in a hurry. You should quickly arrange for 001 to send them across the river."

001 was supposed to be transferred to carry out the security mission of blasting the embankment, but in fact almost all the law enforcement boats that could be dispatched were gone.

Han Yu considered that the engineering fleet would have to carry out major emergency rescue missions at any time, so he had to lead and escort the law enforcement boats. Boss Huang asked his superiors to let 001 stay, but he didn't expect that 001's stay would come in handy.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment, got up and held up the walkie-talkie and said, "Got it, I'll go to 001 right away, and I'll send the experts across the river."

"Second uncle, I'll go too."

"Okay, hurry up."

……

Han Yu climbed onto 001, took the helm and drove 001 to the side of the pontoon, picked up several experts from the Jingjiang Water Conservancy Bureau, and found out that the city leaders suddenly remembered the elevation of the North Gate and wanted to confirm the height of the flood gate.

This data is very important.

Because once the silt dike outside the flood gate is blasted, the flood gate will face the flood directly.

If the water level is higher than the flood gate, the floodwater that explodes the silt barrier will overflow the flood gate and pour into the flood diversion area without opening the gate.

The flood gate is an important flood control facility, which cannot be damaged by the flood, let alone collapsed, because the mission of the flood gate is not only to open the gate to divert the flood, but also to close the gate to block the flood, and to regulate the water level. In 1954, the flood diversion turned on three times.

If the flood is just allowed to pour into the flood diversion area, what if the dams outside the flood diversion project area cannot stop it?
Let’s not talk about it far away, let’s talk about the Mengxi embankment that collapsed some time ago.

Further to the south is Xiang'an County in Nanhu Province. Although Xiang'an County was also flooded, due to a north embankment that borders Angong County, the flood level difference between the north and the south is nearly ten meters.

It is said that some Nanhu people who did not understand the situation mistakenly thought that the North Lake was deliberately flooded, and almost fought with the cadres and masses of Angong County.In fact, Nanhu Province opposed the construction of the flood diversion project in Angong County, and strongly opposed it.

In short, even if you decide to divert the flood, you must be sure that nothing will go wrong.

The river near the silt embankment was full of law enforcement boats on guard missions. Han Yu turned on the police lights, picked up the walkie-talkie, and tuned to the public security wireless frequency to announce the mission of the trip.

The leader of the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau, who was in charge of the security task, immediately contacted Fangzhi to confirm that 001 of the "Hong Kong Garrison" was not here to sabotage, and then let a small patrol boat that stopped 001 go.

Since the flood gate was blocked by the silt embankment, Han Yu could only send three water conservancy experts to the silt embankment.

Considering that the experts could not go ashore, they asked Lao Zhu and Xiao Chen to put down the iron boat, and together with Dongdong they drove the iron boat to send the three experts ashore.

Han Yu found a place to fasten the iron boat, and supported three experts to climb ashore to see them startled. On the shore, there was a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps. There were not only police officers, but also many militiamen sent by the Jingzhou Military Division. All loaded.

The silt embankment is about [-] kilometers away from the flood gate, and no one can pass it.

Han Yu called Lao Wang again and asked Comrade Lao Wang to contact the city defense commander. After waiting on the embankment for about 5 minutes, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Jingzhou Military Division drove to pick him up in person.

Because they arrived earlier, and performed various rescue tasks on the river like firefighters every day, the "Hong Kong Garrison" had a good reputation among the troops participating in the flood fight on both sides of the Jingjiang River.

There are at least a dozen reasons why the reputation is so loud.

For example, the "Hong Kong Garrison" came with a gas station and a waterworks. For example, the "Hong Kong Garrison" has several large excavators. For example, the "Hong Kong Garrison" has good food. soldiers and so on.

Deputy Chief of Staff Xiang met the legendary commander of the "Hong Kong Garrison". The little guard who saw the commander was very curious, opened the car door and said, "Secretary Han, let's go and have a look together. You should be able to sit down if you squeeze."

"To the Deputy Chief of Staff, I will not go there, I will wait here."

"Row."

While beckoning the three experts to the car, the deputy chief of staff explained: "The reason why the security is so strict is mainly for safety. There are 119 explosive chambers in this silt embankment, and a total of [-] tons of explosives are pre-buried. No one knows if there will be an accident, so we must be careful and careful."

"Understood," Han Yu said after thinking about it, "Reassure the deputy chief of staff, we don't smoke, and we don't use open flames."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

"Go ahead, Yang Gong, don't worry, we won't leave, we will wait for you here."

As soon as the three experts were seen off, a captain officer wearing a "commander" red sleeve greeted him and reminded: "Secretary Han, right? Not only are you not allowed to smoke here, you are also not allowed to make phone calls. It is best not to use the walkie-talkie." .”

"Sorry, we didn't know just now."

"Just know now."

"What's your surname, which unit are you in?"

"Miangui's surname is Liu." The captain looked around and said with a bit of embarrassment: "I am the company commander of the ground explosion responsible for blasting the embankment. The explosives under our feet were buried by our company."

Han Yu was stunned, and asked in a low voice, "Where are the militiamen around?"

"They are mainly responsible for assistance. We have less than [-] people connected, and we need to move the pre-buried explosives not two tons but twenty tons, so we need the help of the militia brothers."

Liu Lianchang scratched his neck, thought about it and said: "Their next task is to be responsible for warning. Starting from where we stand as the center of the circle, a 79-kilometer radius will be stationed at intervals. Each person is equipped with a 50-type submachine gun and a 30-mm submachine gun. They would knock out [-] rounds and fire warning shots before blowing up the dam."

Blasting is very dangerous, and it is even more dangerous to detonate twenty tons of explosives at once.

Han Yu admired the captain in front of him very much, and asked, "Liu Lianchang, when did your company come?"

"We've come here even earlier, and we've been here for 13 years."

"Lien-chang Liu, are you kidding me?"

"Secretary Han, I'm really not joking with you."

Lien Commander Liu had heard of the "Hong Kong Garrison" more than once. Facing the person in charge of the "Hong Kong Garrison" who had been robbed like a firefighter for more than a month, he felt very uncomfortable. After a long silence, he smiled wryly: " Our company was established to blow up this silt embankment.

I have been a soldier for 13 years, from a soldier to a company commander. I have only one purpose of training in these years, which is to successfully blast this three-kilometer-long silt dike as quickly as possible. "

The waiting time is always tormented. Han Yu was panicked, and just wanted to talk to someone, so he couldn't help asking: "In a few hours, there will be an explosion, and there will be an explosion. How do you feel at the moment?" ?”

Lien-chang Liu thought for a while and asked, "Secretary Han, do you want to hear the truth or lies."

"Of course it's true."

"Tell the truth... I want to explode, but I don't want to explode."

Liu Lianchang took a few deep breaths, looked back at the flood gate in the distance and said, "We want to blow up because our company has undertaken this task since 1986, and we come here every year for training when the flood season comes. Loading explosives, inserting detonators 1.7. Wiring, [-] meters of wires must be pulled within two hours. The blasting plan is carried out every year, and the troops run five kilometers every day.

It's been 13 years, and nothing has been done for real.The iron-clad battalion was full of soldiers, and the officers and soldiers of the company went and changed. After changing, I changed from a soldier to the fourth company commander.I want to blow up, maybe I just want to prove that I and hundreds of comrades before and after have not been this soldier in vain! "

Lien-chang Liu couldn't continue, and Han Yu clearly saw that he was crying.

Dongdong was deeply shocked, and couldn't help but ask, "Then don't want to blow it up?"

The ancients said that it takes ten years to sharpen a sword, but people have prepared for it for 13 years.

Han Yu could understand Lien-chang Liu's mood at this moment, and before Lian-chang Liu could speak, he said in a low voice, "I understand this. I, like you and the 800 million people in Jingzhou, don't want to be bombed."

"Secretary Han, but your understanding is definitely not as deep as mine, and the pain in your heart is definitely not as deep as mine!"

Company Commander Liu wiped away his tears and said with a bit of self-mockery: "You know what? Our company may be the only unit in the entire army that is not popular with the common people."

"What about it?" Han Yu patted his arm and said comfortingly, "You are just following the orders of your superiors."

"As for!"

Liu Lianchang interrupted Han Yu's consolation, and said with a bitter face: "There is an old man who survived the flood diversion in 54 nearby. Whenever he sees people from our company, he picks up his crutches and tries to beat us, pointing his nose and scolding us." We hurt nature and reason, and specialize in the immoral thing of picking up mouths and bursting embankments.

The soldiers would hide away when they saw him, just like what we have done to our hearts.That was 54 years, none of us were born, none of our business!But it is not 54 years now, and now it is really going to explode, and it will be detonated by us. "

Han Yu fell silent, not knowing how to comfort her.

Lien-chang Liu took a few deep breaths, and then said: "Other People's Liberation Army risked their lives to protect the embankment, what about us? We trained our lives to blow up the embankment. When we buried the explosives, we were honored in our hearts. The motherland entrusted us with such a sacred task. But we buried our hearts It was uncomfortable, and I even hated myself a little bit. But my identity is a soldier, whether to bomb or not is not up to me, I only obey the orders from above.”

"So don't blame yourself. After the task is completed, I will treat you to dinner. Our camp has a good meal."

"I know, I've heard people say that you are Linghai Hotel."

Han Yu pretended to be relaxed and said, "We still have Linghai Hotel."

It's going to explode in a few hours!
Liu Lianchang didn't care about making jokes, and stared at Han Yu very seriously and said sincerely: "A lot of reporters came in front, some domestic, some foreign, and even CCTV. A reporter told me at noon that the air defense system was bombed. Silt embankment, I am famous as a small company commander.

I'd rather not be famous, I'd rather these 13 years of training go to waste than blow up!Once the flood is diverted, the impact on the common people is too great, and a family may not be able to recover in five or ten years.

Secretary Han, you are the main force in flood fighting and emergency rescue. You will definitely see Vice President L. If you see him after you go back, please tell Vice President L for me. up.But I think, even if there is a [-]% hope, can it not be bombed?Can you give the flood diversion a way out?This is the wish of the common people, and it is also the wish of our land explosion company! "

(End of this chapter)