Riverside police

While Deputy Mayor Qin and Deputy Commander Tao were waiting to board the plane at the airport, Xu Mingyuan, Ma Jintao, Chen Youren, Xiaoyu and others had already carried out search and rescue equipment such as assault boats and fiberglass boats and corresponding supplies according to instructions from their superiors. After receiving supplies, we took two 500-ton engine ships and rushed to Xinzhouyuan in Jianli County.

The embankment was crowded with people, and more than 40 police officers brought by Deputy Magistrate Yang of Jianli County were working hard to maintain order.

The fourth flood peak is coming, and the water level in Jingjiang River exceeds the previous three flood peaks.

In order to ensure the safety of millions of people in the Jingjiang levee, the main levee of the Yangtze River, Hanwu, and the Jianghan Plain, the Jianli flood-fighting army, which had been on the levee for more than 40 days, received an order from the Provincial Defense Director to voluntarily abandon the defense. Xinzhou, Xizhou, Xuefang and other civilian embankments must open their mouths to prevent floods!

These villages cover an area of ​​nearly 200 square kilometers and have nearly 100,000 residents.

Across the river to the south of the Min'an is Dongting Lake in Nanhu Province, and to the north is the main embankment of the Yangtze River. Within the embankment is the largest freshwater pomfret and catfish breeding area in the country and even Asia.

Once the flood is released from Pakou, one billion cubic meters of floodwater will flow in, which will submerge all the farmland, houses and fish ponds in the camp. Not only will the economic loss exceed 500 million yuan, but tens of thousands of people in the camp will be homeless. Returnable.

In order to ensure the safety of embankment digging, the county deployed more than a dozen police officers on the east and west sides of the Pakou flood diversion area to maintain order. Another 20 police officers were holding shovels, waiting for Deputy County Magistrate Yang to give orders.

Two hours passed, but Deputy County Magistrate Yang was still unable to issue an order.

First, the nearby villagers rushed over after hearing the news, holding the hands of the policemen on guard duty, and tearfully begged them not to talk. If you don't persuade them to leave and move them to a safe place quickly, it will be dangerous to stay here.

Second, although the county organized and organized the evacuation of the people in the compound and the soldiers and civilians guarding the embankment, and even did a lot of work for this, the throats of the cadres at the township and village levels were almost broken, but there were still nearly 10,000 people unwilling to leave.

Some of them live on the embankments in the compound, some live upstairs or on roofs, and some even live in trees!

In their words, moving to the embankment is not as convenient as moving to the embankment or the roof of their own home. It is better to trouble the government than to trouble themselves. But it is conceivable that they are reluctant to leave their homes.

The task of the water search and rescue company is to wait for the flood to pass through the mouth, and then enter the compound that is about to become a vast ocean to search and rescue the people who have not had time to move.

But there were too many people in the compound who were unwilling to leave, and it was impossible to search and rescue them.

"County Magistrate Yang, in order to protect Xinzhou Embankment, we have been working on the embankment since the end of June. We have worked hard day and night. We withstood the first three flood peaks, but the embankment that cannot be washed away by floods has to be breached. I feel in my heart It’s uncomfortable!”

"County Magistrate Yang, what did you say when you came the day before yesterday?"

A villager who was wearing glasses and looked literate clenched the hand of the county leader and said with tears in his face: "You asked us to go all out, unite as one, defend to the death, and people are on the embankment. We didn't say anything, we took care of you." Done!"

"Principal Zhang, I know..." Deputy County Magistrate Yang also didn't want to talk. He was also bursting with tears and heartbroken. He held the old principal's hand and was choked up and speechless.

The old principal let go of his hand and pointed behind him: "My son, my daughter-in-law, my grandson, and my students are all fighting the flood on the embankment. I am too old to do it, so I can only deliver food to them every day.

They worked day and night for more than 40 days. As you said, we went all out and took strict precautions. We faced flood peaks one after another and won the victory in the county without breaking a single embankment or collapsing a single embankment. Damage a gate! Are you worthy of tens of thousands of cadres and the masses if you want to speak out to stop floods at this time? "

To cope with the previous three flood peaks, the county invested nearly 500 million yuan, and most of that 500 million yuan was flood control fees collected from ordinary people.

You asked people to contribute money and effort, but now you have to flood their homes, causing huge economic losses to them and leaving them homeless. This is unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.

Deputy County Magistrate Yang faced the villagers shamelessly and wept silently, covering his mouth for fear of crying.

"I don't care about the overall situation. I also know that I have to give up my small family to protect everyone, but how can the masses give up this family? I am a teacher and have a retirement salary. My son, daughter-in-law and grandson all have jobs, and the house is flooded. It is still the same. What do you want these people to do if they can survive?"

The more the old principal thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became. He pointed at the county leaders and asked, as if lecturing students: "Guan Er responded to the government's call to raise fish, and borrowed from here and there. He borrowed 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and the bank loan alone was more than 40,000 yuan." , if the fish pond floods and the fish run away, how will he repay the loan?

The mid-season rice harvest is about to begin. How will the people who make a living by farming live their lives? Do I need to pay back the pesticides and fertilizers I borrowed on credit? Does the child want to go to school? "

…

The old principal asked a dozen questions in a row.

Deputy County Magistrate Yang was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

When a common man saw the old principal speaking for them, he couldn't help but said: "County Chief Yang, we can hold it here, why can't we hold the Jingjiang levee? If they really can't hold it, we can help them! Please, don't Pakou, okay? We really can’t flood here, we really can’t afford it!”

The phone rang again, and you didn't even need to look at the caller ID to know that it was the superior who wanted to ask if you had sex.

Deputy County Magistrate Yang did not dare to hesitate anymore. He wiped away his tears and clasped his fists and said: "Folks and comrades, the water level this time is too high. The Jingjiang embankment cannot be defended by just guarding it. The county has never thought of doing so. When it comes to flood control, the city and the province don't want to take advantage of the situation.

But if we don't block the flood, the entire Jianghan Plain will be flooded, and the flood will flood all of Han and Wu! We have tens of thousands of people here, and there are tens of millions of people over there! What do you want the county to do, what do you want the superiors to do? Now I can only sacrifice my family and protect everyone. Please, I beg you. "

The old principal was silent, looking at the Jingjiang embankment in the distance with tears streaming down his face.

Deputy County Magistrate Yang took several deep breaths and said with sobs: "I guarantee that the party and the government will not forget everyone's contribution, and I guarantee that the party and the government will help everyone rebuild their homes. If you can't do it, you will come to me when the time comes. Even if this deputy county magistrate quits, I will still help you fight with your superiors!"

What are you striving for, and what can you strive for?

There are so many places affected by the disaster and tens of thousands of homeless people. Can the government take care of it?

The old principal realized that it was useless to tell Deputy County Magistrate Yang, and also realized that his superiors would not issue the order to flood the river unless it was absolutely necessary. He turned around and said: "Comrades and fellow villagers, let's go. As of now, we We can only sacrifice our small family to protect everyone."

"Principal Zhang..."

"Go, go, go, hurry up, flood our new island, save the Jingjiang embankment, save the Jianghan Plain, save Hanwu, it's worth it!"

The old principal wiped away his tears and took the lead back along the embankment.

His son, daughter-in-law and several former students hesitated for a moment, then turned around and followed him.

It is difficult to leave a poor family, and it is difficult to leave one's homeland.

Although they were reluctant to leave, the people on the embankment followed the old principal and left in tears.

"Thank you, thank you all, thank you comrades..."

Deputy County Magistrate Yang looked at the people's leaving figures, burst into tears, and kept saying thank you.

Starting today, the people in several nearby villages, including Xinzhou Village, will either go to live with relatives or live in shacks, and they don't know how long they will live there.

Xu Mingyuan, Ma Jintao, Chen Youren and Xiaoyu and other officers and soldiers of the water search and rescue company were shocked by what they saw and felt extremely uncomfortable. Many people cried when they saw it.

"Gripping your mouth!"

"yes!"

Deputy County Magistrate Yang gave an order, and more than 20 police officers started digging together, weeping while digging. After a while, the hole was dug, and the flood rushed into the compound along the newly dug hole.

Xu Mingyuan clearly saw that the police officers who were digging the embankment did not dig very deep, and the opening was not very big. Several police officers were digging and even stopped, holding their shovels and looking into the embankment.

No need to ask, you know that they want to buy more time for the people in the compound who are unwilling to leave.

However, the flood is like a wild horse running wild, not only surging faster and faster, but also scouring the sub-dykes on both sides of the breach, and the breach is extending to both sides at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The sub-dikes that have not been washed away are also very dangerous.

Xu Mingyuan didn't dare to look any further, and immediately raised his portable speaker and shouted: "County Magistrate Yang, Bureau Xu, get on the boat quickly!"

"Oh, thank you."

Deputy County Magistrate Yang reacted and hurriedly walked along the springboard according to the plan. With the help of Xiaoyu and others, he boarded the emergency rescue commando team's hook-up boat.

Deputy Director Xu of the County Public Security Bureau, who came with Deputy County Magistrate Yang to carry out the task of extracting money, reminded him as soon as he got on the boat: "County Magistrate Yang, please call and report to the city's defense director."

"Okay." Deputy County Magistrate Yang calmed down and took out his mobile phone. Instead of rushing to make a call, he turned around and said, "Jiao Xu, Captain Ma, I'll leave it to you for the rest."

"It's not about asking, this is our mission."

"When will you go in?"

Xu Mingyuan looked inside the embankment and said solemnly: "The water level in the embankment is not deep enough now. We may have to wait another half hour."

…

They have been guarding it for more than a month, but they still can't hold it. Today, there are more than a dozen civilian embankments that have to pass through the floodwaters. Among them, three civilian embankments from the Linghai Reserve Battalion went to rush to protect the embankment.

Although Han Yu was not at the scene of digging the embankment, he felt just as uncomfortable.

He looked at Deputy Director Yu's phone record on the floor with mixed emotions: "I had known earlier that we were going to steal the news, why did we wait until today? Even if we had to steal the news, why didn't we make up our minds earlier.

If we make the decision early, we can give the people in the camp more time to prepare and reduce economic losses as much as possible. The hundreds of millions of flood control funds previously spent can even be spent on resettling people who have been displaced from their homes. "

Xugong could understand Han Yu's mood. Looking at the flood that was almost overflowing the embankment, he said helplessly: "As early as a month ago, Xugong suggested abandoning some beach villages and using flood control forces and emergency supplies to ensure safety." On the embankment of the Yangtze River.

In fact, the local government leaders knew it in their hearts, but they were taking chances. They always thought that it would not rain like this every day, and that there would be no more flood peaks. And knowing it is one thing, being able to do it is another. If I were a leader, I wouldn't be able to make this determination either. "

Decision making is problematic.

To be precise, it is a legacy of history.

Han Yu knew very well that saying anything else would not help. He turned around and walked to the water area map, frowning and said, "Xugong, please help me."

"What's up?"

"Didn't a lot of people move to the embankment? You can call the police later to find out which sections of the embankment the people mainly gather at, and then mark them on the water map."

"Secretary Han, are you worried that those sections of the embankment are unsafe?"

"This flood peak is more severe than the previous three times. Who can guarantee that the levee will not collapse? Mark it first. If something happens, we can rescue it in time."

Han Yu took a deep breath and continued: "Then tens of thousands of people gathered on the embankment, so drinking water will definitely be a problem. We can't help much, but at least we can provide clean drinking water."

Every time there is a major disaster, we must prevent a major epidemic.

Unclean water is one of the sources of the epidemic.

XCMG reacted and said, "Okay, I'll call the city and ask for guidance."

Han Yu raised the walkie-talkie strapped to his chest and shouted: "Geju, Secretary Wang, please answer after receiving it."

"Copy that, what's the matter?"

"Xianyu, I'm here."

"Notify each team when the meal starts to save water from today. At the same time, notify the water supply team to use water supply boats to provide clean drinking water to the people who have moved to the nearby dry embankment starting tonight."

Lao Ge subconsciously asked: "Do we produce enough water?"

Han Yu said without hesitation: "I will let Wu Heng and Bai Li no longer undergo secondary processing by ultrafiltration. As long as they meet drinking water standards, 24-hour production should be enough."