Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1016 - 667: Firefighting Rescue!

The third flood peak came with great force, and Master Xi personally called to report that the flood peak water level in Shashi had reached 43.85 meters, surpassing both previous flood peaks in terms of water level and flow.

The entire line of Jingjiang exceeded the warning water level, and Jianli's water level surpassed the historic highest by 0.49 meters!

The standards of the Jingjiang Embankment on the north bank were already high, and with the military and civilians along the line guarding closely, no major incidents occurred.

The most difficult is undoubtedly Angong County.

In a desperate battle with Jingnan's flood, also confronting the Yangtze River's third flood peak, with the Hu Du River on the west side exceeding the warning water level entirely.

Fighting on three fronts, not a single line can be lost, and the main task of the Second Team now is to assist Angong County in holding the 96-kilometer Yangtze River embankment!

Han Yu's side is equally not easy, the "winding river" route decided that two banks' embankments faced constant dangers. Starting yesterday morning at ten thirty, the mode of putting out fires everywhere began.

The First Team's "water task force" split into three groups, defending separately.

The route personally commanded by Han Yu was currently defending against a bank collapse emergency.

"Colleagues on the bank, please pay attention, colleagues on the bank, please pay attention, we are the Jingzhou Flood Control Command's emergency rescue assault team, please leave the collapse danger zone immediately, we will take over, the assault team is responsible for the rescue!"

"..."

"Move quickly, your presence here affects our operations!"

The hundreds of military and civilian personnel throwing sandbags at the collapsed place were stunned, watching the Linggang Tuo 001 and Linggang Tuo 001 towing a floating crane ship and two large barges, not knowing where to go for a moment.

Han Yu was anxious, shouting again: "Colleagues on the embankment, please pay attention, please evacuate to the sides immediately, this is an order!"

A township leader in charge of the rescue reacted, quickly said a few words to the liberation army officer who came to support, and immediately led the cadres and masses to evacuate to both sides.

Meanwhile, Wu Hai Li was also frequently issuing orders.

"Barge 7, barge 8, untie and anchor, act quickly!"

"Floating crane boat, drop stern anchor, pile driving group, prepare for construction!"

...

The army and civilians who had been rescuing earlier didn't go far, all standing on both sides of the embankment where the danger appeared watching.

They had gone all out for more than four hours, turning into mud people, each exhausted, taking the opportunity to catch their breath.

Just as they were wondering how the city flood control command's assault team would rescue, Han Yu and three assisting construction soldiers from the 132 regiment switched to the iron dinghy to reach the embankment, ignoring the sub-dam about to be overflowed by flood, ran along the "white Great Wall" to the collapse place.

To be precise, it wasn't a collapse, but a breach!

A large section of the water-side collapsed, leading to the breach of the sub-dam, turbid floodwater rushing inside the embankment with water plants, branches, and other debris.

"Bamboo pole!"

"Here!"

The soldier from the 132 regiment quickly handed over the bamboo pole.

Han Yu took it and poked at the breach, poked numerous times in a row, handed the bamboo pole to the assisting rescue soldier, raised the walkie-talkie strapped to his chest: "Master Sun, Master Sun, report to the command, the breach isn't deep, collapse isn't serious, the embankment body is generally stable, we approximately need forty-five minutes to block it."

"Received!"

"Captain Wu, Captain Wu."

"Received, Secretary Han, please speak."

"Driving four piles inside the breach should be enough, after driving the piles, basket sand, seal the mouth first. Then drive four more piles outside, throw sandbags and stone materials for embankment protection."

Han Yu turned around to look at the flood almost level with the sub-dam, adding: "The water level is rising, not much time left for us to reinforce, must finish quickly and hand it over for others to stack sandbags."

"Understood."

Han Yu just put down the walkie-talkie when a township leader and a major officer ran over.

Han Yu didn't have time for an introduction, left two assisting construction soldiers here to command piling and throwing operations after piling, then ran to the side with the township leader.

"Comrades..."

"Gentlemen, time is tight, please listen to me."

Han Yu stopped, turned to point to the area about to operate, explained: "Next, we'll conduct water piling and hoisting operations there, objects will be hoisted overhead, no people can stand below in the operation area, so need to clear the site, please evacuate."

The township leader realized, was about to speak, Han Yu continued: "Please rest assured, we'll surely block this breach, takes about forty-five minutes. But we can only assist you in blocking, the water level is rising, water goes high, upcoming rescue still depends on you."

"Okay."

"A large-scale piping danger happened at the drainage station across the river, the law enforcement boat guarding on the river is coming to pick me up, I must cross the river to see the site. After I leave, please follow the command of Linggang Tuo 001, that's the big tugboat's comrades."

"Then what?"

"Then, if your embankment section needs woven bags, we have them on the boat, can provide. But woven bags are needed everywhere now, based on actual needs tell me, because our woven bags are limited."

"We need."

"How many?"

"Two thousand, not enough, we need four thousand."

"Okay, I'll give you five thousand, later will lift them ashore for you, remember to give a receipt to the comrades on the boat. Also, after we block the breach, the engineering technician on the boat'll give you an explanation on observation and maintenance, not only need your signature but also need you to follow the explanation for observing, maintaining the danger zone."

"Okay."

"Alright, I'll go first."

Han Yu raised his hand to salute the two, then ran to the embankment section where the iron dinghy was berthed, climbed over the sub-dam, boarded the iron dinghy with a crewmember's help, headed straight for the Supervisory 48 cruising on the river.

Until seeing Han Yu board the port supervision law enforcement boat, the major reacted, muttering: "Mayor Yang, this person is very young."

"Is he from your troops?"

"A bit like it, yet not quite. In the military, someone of his age at most is a company commander."

The rain stopped, the sun came out, blazing hot, making both the shore and the boats sweltering.

Today, Han Yu wore only a short sleeve on his upper body and camouflage pants below, without the Reserve Major insignia. He was too busy earlier to introduce himself, causing both Mayor Yang and the Army Major to be unsure of his identity.

Once he left on Supervision 48, the floating crane slowly approached the breach with the help of Linggang Tuo 001 towing and a previously dropped stern anchor, extending its long boom.

Beneath the boom hung a simple pile frame welded by Jiang Kun and the others using steel, with a pile already placed in the pile slot of the frame.

A soldier from the 132nd Regiment held a walkie-talkie and gestured, directing the driver on the floating crane to hoist the pile frame toward the inside of the breach.

On this side, another soldier and a soldier on the iron dinghy on the opposite side of the breach each held a rope thrown by the old platoon leader from the floating crane, slowly dragging and constantly adjusting the pile frame's posture and position entering the water.

With a series of rapid whistles, the pile frame stood stable on the inside of the breach.

Following that, the pile hammer installed on top of the pile frame started, with a muffled thud-thud-thud, driving the pile into place.

This was repeated three consecutive times.

It took about fifteen minutes overall, and four long and thick piles were driven.

After driving the piles inside the breach, they moved on to the outside piles, also driving four consecutively.

Mayor Yang and the Army Major stood on the embankment, able to clearly see the people on the floating crane nervously dismantling the pile frame, while an iron barge was slowly approaching the floating crane under the cable pulling machine's power.

"What's on the boat?"

"Probably stones."

The two speculated as the crane started again.

The pile frame was dismantled. Now there were only steel cables and hooks.

They watched as tightly bound sandbags were hoisted over the breach by the crane, under the command of the soldier on the shore, dumped into the breach one after another. In less than ten minutes, the breach was successfully blocked!

The two watched, stunned, as a hundred people who thought the breach couldn't be held just half an hour ago suddenly cheered.

The operation on the ship was not over; dozens of bundles of woven bags were hoisted, followed by the intense dismantling of the hooks, wondering what tool would be changed.

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers in camouflage uniforms unexpectedly installed a long conveyor belt above the newly sealed breach from the floating crane, delivering filled and tied sandbags to the shore, one after another.

Several soldiers on shore continuously threw the sandbags onto both sides of the breach with incredible proficiency, quickly tossing at least over a thousand bags.

As soon as this side finished throwing the bags, the crane had switched to a large grab to start dumping rocks from another boat into the water outside the breach...

When a Reserve Captain wearing a camouflage hat brought a folder to the shore asking Mayor Yang to sign, the Army Major subconsciously raised his arm to check his watch, realizing that from rallying in response to tossing stones to completing protecting the slope, it took only forty-two minutes!

"Comrade, your equipment is excellent, highly efficient."

"Gentlemen, now is not the time for this discussion, we need to rush to the next location, please sign here."

"Alright."

"This is my business card. My surname is Sun, my name is Sun Youyi. My contact information is on this card. Today was just temporary emergency defense. Once we address other crises, we will return to reinforce the collapsed breach location."

Mayor Yang took the business card and discovered the other party was an engineer from the Linghai Reserve Camp of Jiangnan Province Military District's emergency response construction technical team, hurriedly responding, "Thank you, Master Sun, sorry to trouble you."

"No trouble, it's our job. May I know your surname and if you can leave your contact information."

"My surname is Yang..."

Sun Youyi quickly noted Mayor Yang's title and contact info, turned to look at the recently sealed breach, then continued, "Mayor Yang, while undertaking emergency response, we also conducted construction. According to regulations, we need to compile documentation on the emergency engineering operation. After the third flood peak, our technical personnel will contact you. By then, we might need trouble you to help complete the documentation."

"No problem, my phone is powered on 24 hours."

"Good, that's all, goodbye to both of you."

Sun Youyi saluted and left on the boat.

Only then did Mayor Yang and the Army Major notice that two large signboards and two red-and-white bamboo barriers had been placed on both sides of the sealed breach by the Reserve Forces!

One large signboard resembled a project profile board at a factory or enterprise, displaying the project name, location, and emergency response construction unit, among others.

The other signboard focused on flood prevention:

Fearless in flood emergencies, only afraid of hasty inspection that misses detail.

Both two hundred meters of embankment body and foot, are all prone to crisis traps.

Old dangerous sections hide new threats, floodgate crises spell great disaster.

Timely detection is key, decisive handling ensures greater safety.

The signboards were not from the legendary Linghai Reserve Camp but by the "Linghai Port Project Command Center" and "China Linghai Road and Bridge Engineering Company"!

Only the small sign hanging beneath the barricade prohibiting vehicle passage stated "Linghai Reserve Camp of Jiangnan Province Military District."

The more Mayor Yang looked, the more he wondered, quietly asking, "Political Commissioner Jing, are they the army or an engineering company?"

The Army Major thought for a moment, smiling, "Both a reserve unit and an engineering company, because reserve units assemble only during missions, typically, reserve soldiers have their regular jobs."

"Somewhat like the militia here?"

"Yes."

"No wonder their efficiency is so high, turns out they are engineers."

"Mayor Yang, let's stop talking about them and start filling sandbags, the water level seems to have risen a bit."

"Yes, yes, let's get to work first."

Mayor Yang realized now wasn't the time for gossip, quickly shouted, "Village Chief Liu, the breach is blocked, quickly lead people to dig drainage ditches! Drain the incoming water, the embankment can't stay submerged."