Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1042 - 684: A Matter of Extreme Urgency

The embankment being urgently protected is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and is part of the Jingjiang Embankment.

Xu Mingyuan, Ma Jintao, Chen Youren, and other soldiers from the Water Rescue Team are far away in Xiang'an County of Nanhu Province, which is on the opposite bank of the river. This means that the 402nd Military Vehicle Company will have to cross the river overnight to pick up the Water Rescue Team's soldiers and equipment.

If it were another unit, it wouldn't be easy to cross the river at night.

The Linghai Reserve Camp is a water mobile rescue camp with no problem crossing the river.

As soon as Vice Director Yu of the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau Traffic Control Center received the order, he urgently used the high-frequency radio on the barge to announce a ferry sailing notice for crossing the river and dispatched a supervision boat from the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau along with a small tugboat to guard the upstream and downstream areas.

Tonight's on-duty waterway chief commander, Wu Hai Li, organized two ferries to dock at the landing point. As soon as the decks were lowered, the ferry crew rushed ashore, waving small red flags and blowing whistles to direct twenty-two Liberation trucks from the 402nd Military Vehicle Company to board the ship in an orderly manner.

President Qian organized the logistics support personnel to load the rescue supplies, such as fuel, water, and dry food needed by the Water Rescue Team, onto a floating crane ship anchored next to the landing point, using cranes to load them into the trucks that had just driven onto the ferry.

Considering that the personnel from the 402nd Military Vehicle Company were not familiar with the route, Political Commissar Yang from the 132nd Regiment, who had been to Anzao Dam, personally guided the convoy.

With orders issued one after another, everything proceeded in an orderly manner.

In less than half an hour, more than twenty tons of logistics supplies were loaded onto the trucks, and the twenty-two trucks safely reached the opposite bank of the river by ferry.

The commander stood in the command and dispatch room on the second floor of the "Linghai Development Zone Barge," watching everything in front of him, and for a long time couldn't calm down. He said gravely, "The construction of the navy has a long way to go. Delivering combat troops and large combat equipment quickly to designated positions depends on the navy!"

If mobilizing on the mainland, transport by rail or road is possible. The "designated location" the commander mentioned was clearly not on the mainland.

Han Yu speculated a general idea and whispered, "If that day really comes, civilian ships can also play a role, but the precondition is that the navy and air force must have command of the sea and airspace."

"Unfortunately, all of you have river ships. If there were sea ships, when the time comes, I would draft you into the military, help me transport personnel and equipment, and ensure my logistics support!"

"Commander, we do have sea ships. The Linggang Tuo 001 is a tugboat capable of navigating both river and sea. As for cargo ships, we have many ports at the Yangtze River estuary. As soon as we receive an order from our superiors, assembling a material transport fleet of millions of tons is definitely not a problem."

"The problem is that you are a bit far away."

"That's true, we are a bit far away."

Not surprisingly, Xu Sanye's disciple, although wearing a police uniform, was always thinking about fighting battles.

Old Ge did not want to engage in this topic, so he pulled out a chair and called, "Captain Meng, hurry and eat; if we wait any longer, it will get cold."

"Oh, thank you."

The commander was hungry, walked over to wash his hands, sat in front of the desk, picked up the chopsticks, and asked, "Why aren't you eating?"

"I've eaten. Salted Fish, you haven't eaten. You accompany the commander to eat."

"At once."

Han Yu signaled to Vice Director Yu to turn on the high-frequency radio, then walked over to sit and eat.

The "guest room" that Old Wang had prepared before came in handy. The commander and a division commander directing the rescue will stay tonight on the "Linghai Development Zone Management Committee" barge.

Meteorology and hydrology are two closely related disciplines. The Yangtze River Commission Water Bureau even has a Hydrology and Meteorology Forecast Office.

The sudden change in the water situation caught Master Han's high attention. He called his colleagues at several weather stations along the Yangtze River, then walked into the command and dispatch room to wait for news.

The commander ate quickly, but after finishing, had no interest in chatting and couldn't even bother to watch the muted television news. Instead, he lit a cigarette and listened to the radio conversations with Han Yu, Master Han, Old Ge, Old Wang, and others.

The high-frequency radio was buzzing like a boiling pot.

The Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau Traffic Control Center was continuously calling out to the vessels on the river as per the superior's orders, asking if they encountered any sudden incidents like dike bursts.

The nearby navigation sections were already closed to navigation, and there were very few ships on the river.

Moreover, the situation in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River is different from that in the middle and lower reaches. Due to the waterway conditions, the tonnage of the ships navigating here is relatively small. A 500-ton cargo ship is considered large here.

Most of the small cargo and fishing boats anchored in the river didn't have radios installed, so all they heard was the traffic control personnel continuously calling out and not many boats responding.

After finishing his meal, Han Yu did not bother to clean up the lunch box and chopsticks. He walked over to the Beihu Yangtze River Water Area Map brought by Vice Director Yu, frowned deeply, and felt anxious.

This stretch of the Yangtze River is no exaggeration to describe as winding and turning, with countless embankment sections that could potentially pose problems…

Just then, the phone rang.

Without checking the caller ID, Han Yu pressed the call button, put the phone to his ear, and said, "This is Han Yu, who is this…"

"Salted Fish, it's me. The situation is clear. Half an hour ago, the dike section in Zhongbao Village, Hezhen Village of Yu Jia County broke! The Yangtze Flood Control Headquarters and Beihu Flood Control Command just received the report, and are mobilizing forces urgently to assist."

"Yu Jia County… Yu Jia County, Hezhen Village…" Han Yu found the location mentioned by Master Xi on the water area map and exclaimed, "The breach is at Pai Zhou Bay!"

"Yes, that's Pai Zhou Bay. Due to its distance from Shishou and the breach quickly expanding from initially two meters wide to over a hundred meters, by the time you arrive, it will be too late. The only action now is to provide rescue. The Flood Control Headquarters orders your Water Rescue Team to go over and conduct rescue operations."