Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1024 - 672: Not Easy!

The third flood peak of the Yangtze River reached Hanwu today and will arrive at Binjiang in three days.

According to the flood situation report from the Provincial Defense Command, this flood peak is more ferocious than the previous two.

Despite having confidence in the Yangtze River levee at Binjiang, Secretary Lu still rushed to the City Flood Control Command set up at the Water Resources Bureau to listen to reports and guide all districts, counties, and units in the city to confront the impending flood peak.

Flood fighting is now the top priority, and several Vice Mayors each need to take responsibility for one district or county.

Vice Mayor Qin is responsible for Chonggang District, and after reporting the flood control work in the development zone, he follows the schedule formulated by the City Committee Office, goes downstairs, and accompanies Secretary Lu for a field inspection.

The first stop is Chonggang District.

Chonggang District is the main downtown area of Binjiang, and the flood control work in the downtown area must be done well.

As it turned out, when the convoy arrived near the Port Authority, they saw a fleet of vehicles covered with banners and flags, beating gongs and drums, coming out of the Port Authority and heading straight towards the Water Police Division.

Secretary Lu found it very strange and instinctively asked, "What's going on?"

"Let me make a call and find out." Secretary Xiao, sitting in the co-driver's seat, quickly took out his phone.

"Xiao Xiao, no need to call, I know."

Vice Mayor Qin, looking at the convoy passing by outside the window, smiled and explained, "The Linghai Reserve Camp not only collectively achieved a First-level Merit, but over twenty reserve soldiers like Salted Fish were awarded First-level Merit, Second-class Merit, and third-level merit by the Guangzhou Military Region, the 105th Army, and the 404th Division respectively.

The news spread to Linghai, and those few in Linghai naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. Ye Yongguang and People's Congress Director Yang Changyu personally came to the urban area to deliver good news to Customs, Port Supervision Bureau, border inspection station, Water Police Station, Changhang Bureau, and Agriculture Bureau Fishery Station where officers and workers were awarded merits.

The development zone has several 'Boss Officers' who went to Beihu for flood fighting and mostly achieved merits. Qian Zhiyong went even further, beating gongs and drums early this morning to the development zone to deliver good news. They say it's to deliver good news, but it's actually to poach Luo Hongxin's wall, so angry that Luo Hongxin called me to complain."

Linghai Reserve Camp achieving a collective First-level Merit and reserve soldiers like Salted Fish being awarded merits, Secretary Lu knew about it last night but never expected Linghai would grandly deliver good news.

"Why don't they go to the City Committee and Municipal Government to beat gongs and drums?"

"At the city-level units, no one serves in the reserve forces, let alone goes to Beihu for flood fighting. Otherwise, they might really go, and you and Mayor Wang would have to warmly welcome them then."

Ye Yongguang and Qian Zhiyong now represent the local Party and government!

Thinking carefully, if city-level units really had officers and workers in Beihu for flood fighting and received merits, they would beat gongs and drums to the City Committee and Municipal Government to deliver news, and as the heads of the units where merit-awarded officers and workers are from, indeed, as Vice Mayor Qin said, they would warmly welcome them.

Secretary Lu was amused and teased, "Always making a fuss without doing proper business, just knowing how to bring attention and fight internally!"

"Getting a collective First-level Merit, probably the first among reserve forces in the entire Jiangnan Province, and probably not many nationwide."

Vice Mayor Qin smiled and pondered, then sighed, "Moreover, this collective First-level Merit was noted by the Guangzhou Military Region! Let's not talk about other things, just mentioning Si Gang's Jiao Xie Red Flag Civilian Military Group, which was noted for Third-class Merit by the Nanjing Military Region decades ago, and is still propagandizing it till today."

This kind of honor is indeed not easy to achieve and quite admirable.

Secretary Lu was equally pleased, but thinking of those in Linghai coming to the urban area like a demonstration beating gongs and drums, he couldn't help but humorously scold: "Recently we've been too conservative, always worried about this and that, resulting in neglecting Jingzhou, allowing them to seize the opportunity."

"Secretary Lu, Linghai's achievement is also Binjiang's achievement, and we didn't really lose anything. The most aggrieved should be the development zone, which contributed people, effort, and money, achieved the results but had nothing to do with the development zone."

"This is like a joint business venture, if you want to do it, be the major shareholder; you absolutely can't be the minor shareholder, otherwise there's no voice."

"Not only having no voice, but not even knowing anything."

"What do you mean not knowing anything?" Secretary Lu asked curiously.

Vice Mayor Qin sympathized with Luo Hongxin and explained with a smile: "Linghai is like an iron rooster, unwilling to share achievements with him. Upset, he wants to retrieve some achievements, planning to visit Beihu personally to console the officers. But Beihu is so big, Jingjiang is hundreds of kilometers long, he doesn't know where Salted Fish is stationed, he can't find them even if he wants to console." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Secretary Lu joked, "Can't give away the money?"

"The central government demands provinces and cities along the Yangtze River to strictly defend; Linghai is now strictly defending against the development zone too, officers in Beihu for flood fighting have unreachable phones."

"Did he ask Ye Yongguang and Qian Zhiyong?"

"He did."

"Ye Yongguang and Qian Zhiyong didn't tell him?"

"Those two from Linghai copped out saying it's a military secret where the troops are stationed, can't disclose without the Linghai Reserve Camp's managing unit's consent."

"Has he tried contacting the paratrooper regiment managing Salted Fish Camp?"

"He wants to but doesn't know how to contact."

"He can directly call Salted Fish."

"Salted Fish is either organizing and commanding flood relief or busy resting, so none of us can contact Salted Fish, and Salted Fish's phone should not be occupied."

Secretary Lu was puzzled for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Haven't you tried calling?"

Vice Mayor Qin confirmed, "No, I haven't after Salted Fish headed out."

Once Salted Fish arrived at Beihu, he organized and commanded the officers for flood relief, too busy to even report to Deputy General L, causing trouble by calling Salted Fish at this time.