Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 867 - 588: You Can Transfer It If You Have a Stake! (Part 3)

A single tugboat is worth over ten million, who can afford that!

And even if we wanted to transfer them, there are only a few in the entire Beihu Province.

It’s said that ten-thousand-ton cargo ships can sail to Hanwu, but in fact, due to the water depth and the height of the Yangtze River Bridge, almost no such large ships come to Hanwu.

Yangtze River transportation can be said to be divided at Jiangcheng, below which ten-thousand-ton cargo ships can navigate, but in reality, their tonnage doesn’t exceed twenty thousand; larger ships usually unload at the Yangtze River estuary for transshipment.

On the stretch from Jiangcheng to Hanwu, only cargo ships under five thousand tons can navigate.

With no need for larger cargo ships, there’s naturally no need for such powerful tugboats.

Deputy Director Xu was secretly lamenting that it’s hard to compare; they don’t have the conditions here. Master Xi continued: "The machinery onshore is also very complete. There are two imported large twenty-ton excavators alone, reportedly worth several million. They also have loaders, bulldozers, and a fleet of dump trucks and tractors for earth transport."

"They have excavators!"

"Yes."

Master Xi nodded and continued, "They have a water transport fleet, and even a water logistics support fleet. There’s a refueling ship, a water factory ship, a galley ship, and two large dunships that can accommodate over a hundred people on the water. Even the Binjiang Police 001 I borrowed can be considered as part of their camp’s equipment."

Speaking of reserves, Beihu has them too.

The Beihu Province Military District Reserve Bridge Group is well-equipped and well-trained, and can be considered a rapid response force for flood control and emergency rescue. But compared to them, at least in terms of equipment, we’re lagging far behind.

To actually have excavators, and large twenty-ton ones at that, even in the whole of Hanwu, there are only a few, let alone the lower counties.

They’re the first batch of coastal open cities, they have money, and naturally, where there’s money there’s equipment, it’s really beyond comparison...

Deputy Director Xu didn’t want to ask anymore, the more he asked, the more upset he felt.

An expert from the Ministry of Water Resources curiously asked, "Master Xi, isn’t the flood situation in Jiangnan Province not very severe? They just invested a large amount of funds to renovate Jianghai flood defenses last year. Do you think it’s possible to mobilize that Reserve Camp to support us?"

Master Xi replied without hesitation, "The fact that the flood situation in Jiangnan isn’t severe doesn’t mean there’s no flooding. They’re also engaged in flood control. In such a critical moment, who can open their mouth to ask? Besides, the reserve forces are still the army, and moving the Linghai Reserve Camp involves not only cross-province but also cross-military region issues!"

The Beihu Province Military District definitely can’t move the Jiangnan Province Military District’s troops.

The Beihu Province Military District is under the Guangzhou Military Region, while the Jiangnan Province Military District belongs to the Nanjing Military Region, meaning Guangzhou Military Region also cannot move Linghai Reserve Camp.

In other words, although the Linghai Reserve Camp is just a battalion-level unit, moving it over requires approval from the Central Military Commission!

Realizing this, the expert from the Ministry knew that having them come over to help wasn’t realistic.

Master Xu suddenly recalled what Director Zou and Station Chief Hua had mentioned, and his eyes lit up: "Master Xi, the Linghai Reserve Camp is not only based in the Linghai Development Zone, but also supported by units like the Changhang Police Binjiang Branch, Yangtze River Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau, Yangtze River Waterway Bureau Binjiang Waterway Section, Yangtze River Navigation Engineering Bureau, Yangtze River Communication Bureau Binjiang Communication Office, and Binjiang Port Authority and other port and shipping enterprises. Even our Hydrological Bureau is a co-constructing unit of theirs, which means the Linghai Reserve Camp holds ’shares’ partly owned by us Yangtze River units!"

It’s raining again upstream, and soon there might be another flood peak.

The first flood peak passed without serious incidents; there’s no guarantee that luck will hold for the next one.

Deputy Director Xu believed that if there was hope, they should act, and asked Master Xi sternly, "Can we have the Yangtze Flood Control Command reach out to coordinate with the Jiangnan Province Flood Control Command?"

The expert from the Ministry of Water Resources strongly agreed, saying, "Master Xi, your Yangtze River Committee doesn’t just oversee the Yangtze North Lake Section but the entire Yangtze River. The Jiangnan Province Flood Command should be willing to give face to the Yangtze Flood Control Command."

"Master Xie, this matter isn’t as simple as you think. Their water and land-based mechanical equipment is extensive, collectively valued at around 50-60 million. Besides, they’re also engaged in flood control; even if they weren’t, they wouldn’t easily lend equipment worth 50-60 million to Deputy Director Xu!"

These leaders are really daydreaming.

Master Xi muttered under his breath and stressed, "Even if the Jiangnan Province Flood Command is willing to help us communicate with the Jiangnan Province Military District, it’s unlikely that the Jiangnan Province Military District will easily give this order. After all, most of that equipment belongs to the lower-level county’s enterprises and is not issued to the troops by higher-ups."

The expert from the Ministry mulled over it, saying, "So it seems we can only report it."

"This would alarm the Central Military Commission!"

"The General Staff is a member of the Flood Committee."

"It’s neither realistic nor appropriate."

The Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River, danger lies in Jingjiang!

The expert from the Ministry was genuinely worried about the Jingjiang levee, clenching his fists tightly, "It’s crucial now. Who cares about what’s appropriate or not? As for feasibility, you won’t know until you try!"

Deputy Director Xu grew more excited as he listened, instinctively pulling out his phone, "I’ll first check with the Yangtze Flood Control Command and the Yangtze Navigation Bureau. Since the camp involves the Port Supervision Bureau, Changhang Police Bureau, Waterway Bureau, Communication Bureau, and Yangtze Port and Shipping Enterprises, then the Yangtze Flood Control Command and Yangtze Navigation Bureau can confidently request their transfer from the superiors!"

Are you serious, you really dare to think like that.

I’ve felt bad borrowing the 001 from them for over a month; you want to borrow a camp worth 50-60 million...

Master Xi was overwhelmed, and thought if Deputy Director Xu really asked, the leaders of the various vertically-managed units along the Yangtze River would definitely help apply to the superiors.

Because Hanwu is not just the Hanwu of the Hanwu people, nor just the capital of Beihu Province, it’s also the headquarters of several major vertically-managed units on the Yangtze River! Now that the headquarters is in great danger, and since the Linghai Reserve Camp has half the ’shares’ of these units, they will definitely try their best to bring the Linghai Reserve Camp here.

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PS: Tomorrow morning, a leader will visit my studio, and in the afternoon, I have to accompany my wife to the hospital for a small procedure to remove a cyst, so the update might be late. Just giving a heads-up to all brothers and sisters.