urban bible

Chapter 504 Guard
Yangtze River, Jingzhou section.

Here, it is located in the lower reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Although the flood has been intercepted by the Three Gorges, it is relatively small, but the tributaries joining from time to time on both sides of the river still make the defense line here tense.

Near a village named Sansanlipu, officers and soldiers of a certain military machine infantry regiment were stationed on the embankment here.

A one-meter-high sub-dike has been erected on the embankment, and officers and soldiers are still carrying sandbags back and forth to reinforce the sub-dike.

The water under the embankment was abnormally turbid and frothy, and the water mixed with garbage slapped the embankment in waves, as if the entire embankment would shake with the beating.Standing on the embankment is like being in a flood, and it will be extremely unstable.

However, the soldiers have long been used to it, adjusting their rhythm at any time, even shouting slogans, running back and forth, as if there is endless energy in their bodies.

However, if you take a closer look, you will find that most of these fighters have immature faces. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, their hands and legs trembled slightly due to long-term labor, but none of them complained of suffering or tiredness—even though they were mechanically group, but those machines can't be used to fight floods at all, and almost all of them have to be piled up by people.

Hu Jianfeng, the commander of the Red Ninth Company, wiped off the rain or sweat on his face, looked up at the gray sky that was still raining, muttered a curse of "thief god" or something, and then yelled at the soldiers Said: "Comrades, work harder! Everyone will carry another ten sandbags, and we will rest!"

"it is good!"

"come on!"

Although there was not much physical strength left, the soldiers did not slow down because of this, but went faster. However, in 10 minutes, everyone completed the task—the fast ones even finished carrying [-] or [-] sandbags before resting .

The sky became more and more gloomy, the clouds were so low that they could almost be touched, the waterline in the river rose slowly, and soon reached the position of Zidi. Hu Jianfeng saw that the situation was serious, so he immediately asked for a radio from the correspondent , contacted the front command post, and reported the situation, but the superior just asked them to stay here and wait for instructions.

It didn't take long for the superiors to issue instructions, requiring that the embankment must be held for twelve hours - hundreds of households in the rear were being evacuated, but at a relatively slow pace, and troops were needed to buy time.

No choice.Hu Jianfeng reported the information to the instructor Hao Yunpeng.

"Twelve hours...it's hard!" Hao Yunpeng is a native of Hubei. He pointed to the river, stepped on the dam, and said: "Accordingly, the dam is so wide and thick, so it won't happen like this. The situation, but now, it is obvious that the dam is shaking-I guess the material of the dam body is not very good, and the firmness is not good. Although we have reinforced the dike, if the dam body does not Not only will the dike fail to protect it, but it will actually cause the dam to collapse even faster!"

Hu Jianfeng didn't answer the instructor's words. He just looked at the dam, at the river, and at the soldiers who were resting in the mud. Some soldiers even fell asleep during the rest of less than 10 minutes. He gritted his teeth , said: "Then what should I do? Don't the hundreds of households in the back ignore it? How about this, Lao Hao, if you have experience, take someone to check the dam body again to see if there is any risk of piping or water leakage. It's better to strengthen people than to just look at it—the more we work hard, the more protection we will have!"

Hao Yunpeng nodded, that was all he could do.The two immediately split up and acted.

The soldiers who had just rested for less than 10 minutes were quickly called up, and a small part followed the instructor Hao Yunpeng to check the dam.

In a village not far from the embankment, the voice of the village party secretary played repeatedly on the loudspeaker: "Listen up, everyone in the village, pack up your things quickly, and evacuate to the town. There is a resettlement site there. Our village is not safe. It’s going to rain, this dam is not easy to defend, everyone, hurry up! I’ll say it again, hurry up and pack your things..."

The village group leaders stepped up to mobilize the people in the village to transfer to the town, and by the way helped those families with elderly people pack their things.

On the road leading to the town, vehicles of all sizes are moving forward, but the speed is not fast-although the village-to-village project has been carried out, the quality of the road is really not very good. Now it has become potholed, and it is raining , there is no way to go fast.

"What a hurry!" A man's rude voice rang out in a small courtyard on the second floor, "What's there to worry about? Aren't the soldiers still guarding the embankment? They haven't left yet. , what's the point of us being in a hurry?"

"Old Chen, you can't say that!" The village leader persuaded: "You still have an old mother at home, so the transfer must be slow. Let's go first. There are tents in the town, and all the food and supplies are prepared. .Now go, stay a few nights, and come back when the water recedes. Otherwise, if the dam breaks, it will be too late to run again!"

"Why is your mouth so cheap?" Old Chen is obviously not optimistic about the words of the village leader, and he is used to talking like this on weekdays, and his family is rich and powerful, so naturally he will not have any taboos: "That big The dam is so good, you have to curse him to collapse, right? I just built this building, and I bought the furniture and appliances inside for tens of thousands of dollars. If it’s really going to blow up, will you pay me? You go first, I Wait and see! If the water doesn't come, I won't leave! How comfortable it is to live in the building, who wants to squeeze into that shabby tent! Besides, even if the water comes, my second floor is high, so there will be no problem!"

The village leader wanted to persuade him again, but that old Chen had already pushed him out: "You don't want to meddle in my family's affairs! Go and see another house! Talk too much, and I'll beat you!" After speaking, he turned around With a "snap", the door was closed.

The village leader looked at the closed gate, shook his head, and left.

After a while, some of Lao Chen's family brothers came and took his old mother away.When the village leader came to remind him again, Lao Chen was still so arrogant: "If you talk too much, I will beat you! Get out!"

The village leader had no choice but to report the matter to the town.

Soon, there was still one family in the village who hadn't moved out, and they reported to the former finger and headquarters level by level.Then it was fed back layer by layer, and finally, it reached the Red Jiulian.

"What? Let's send someone to persuade that family to leave?" Hu Jianfeng almost jumped up when he heard the news from the radio, "Can't we ask for help from the local area? Our people have already been divided into two." Dial, now I can't take care of the embankment anymore, and I still have to go to persuade people? What are those people in the local area doing?..."

Just when Hu Jianfeng got angry about this, Lin Dong drove over in the direction of Jingzhou in a car with a strange shape...

(End of this chapter)