Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 876 - 595: He Really Looks Like a Leader!

On the way back to Sanhe from Gaoru’s Yangtze Town, I was frequently making and receiving phone calls.

Captain Xia has been leading a team in Sanhe to repair flood control roads these days and has just received notification from Vice Mayor Qin. He is now anxiously heading back to the regiment, while Political Commissioner Jiao and Chief of Staff Cui have gone to the reserve camp’s headquarters, assisting Administrator Liu Degui and Instructor Yang Jianbo in the preparations for deployment.

A soldier is nourished for a thousand days to be used in a single moment!

One could imagine that, as a Lieutenant Colonel, he must be eager at the sound of battle.

There is so much to prepare, starting with moving... Water Police Third Team and Changhang Patrol Team must quickly relocate to the shore and transform the police barge and Old Gu into two floating dormitories as soon as possible.

Han Yu made calls for nearly half an hour, arranging the current preparations properly, before remembering "Weasel," or rather Director Huang—Director Huang also called him earlier.

He called back, and after about ten seconds, Huang Yuanchang’s familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar voice came through: "Secretary Han, why is your phone always unreachable?"

He actually called me Secretary Han; didn’t he always call me Salted Fish before?

Han Yu felt a bit uncomfortable and explained: "Director Huang, it must have been busy earlier. Aren’t you going to deploy us to the flood relief front line? The battle is imminent, and there’s so much to prepare."

"Secretary Han, I’m sorry for the trouble."

"Director Huang, just call me Salted Fish like before. I’m not used to ’Secretary Han.’"

"Alright, my good brother, I’ll call you as I used to."

Who said you were my good brother?

You were the Big Commander at Bailong Port for over a year, and from your appointment to your promotion, I’ve met you less than ten times.

At the time, you were the Big Commander, Ningning was the Deputy, you were Ningning’s superior, and we respected you, inviting you to the wedding without asking for a gift. Yet, you showed no respect by declining.

You’re a legitimate college graduate, educated and a leader, and Xiao Yu genuinely respected you. His first action upon transferring to the Shipping Police School was to eagerly seek you out. He even took pride in you, boasting in the police school about having an old leader working in the Changhang Bureau.

But you couldn’t care less about Xiao Yu, showing disdain.

As Han Yu contemplated this, he heard Huang Yuanchang urgently say over the phone: "Salted Fish, Mayor Qin probably told you, once the order comes down, I’ll be responsible for your logistics. I’m on my way to the Port Supervision Bureau, meeting with Director Tang and Director Qi before heading to Sanhe.

Whatever you need, just ask. I assure you, I’ll be your logistics manager. From now on, if the troops have no food, you take it up with me! When we’re at the perilous embankment, if there are no relief materials or if they’re insufficient, you can throw me over to fill the gap!"

Is this really the "Weasel" I know?

Han Yu thought he had misheard and, after a pause, softly asked: "Director Huang, you’re on your way to the Port Supervision Bureau?"

Huang Yuanchang, surprised at the question, laughed: "I’m from the Port Supervision Bureau; it’s my old unit. Technically, I’m returning there, not heading there."

"Mayor Qin said Mayor Wang wants to welcome you."

"Mayor Wang is so busy, how could I let him welcome me? Besides, with such urgency, who has the mind for feasting and drinking? Salted Fish, back to business; whatever you need, just say the word, and I’ll solve it!"

Apparently, Deputy Mayor Shen was right back in Hanwu, saying that "Weasel" wasn’t unwilling to work, just not fond of the Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau’s work.

Thinking of "Weasel’s" dramatic change, Han Yu was somewhat moved and decided to put aside his prejudice: "Director Huang, flood relief, like firefighting, relies on speed. Once the order is given, I plan to depart in three waves."

"Hold on, I need to jot this down." Huang Yuanchang quickly opened his briefcase, took out a notebook, and said, "Alright, go ahead."

"Without understanding the dangers, we can’t launch relief efforts promptly. I plan to, upon receiving the order, dispatch a battalion-level officer with flood control technicians, emergency construction technicians, and logistics personnel as an advance team to the disaster area."

"Good, that’s a sound arrangement! First, send some people to report to the Jingzhou Military District to familiarize with the hazardous sections quickly and prepare the arrival for the main force."

"Director Huang, are you saying once the order is given, we’ll be under the Jingzhou Military District’s command?"

"The reserve forces are still forces, wherever they go, there has to be a superior. ’Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River, the danger lies in Jingjiang!’ The flood control situation in Jingjiang is most severe, with the most hazardous sections. The higher-ups are clear — you guys, the good steel, must be used where it’s crucial! Moving you to Jingjiang under the Jingzhou Military District’s leadership ensures that you won’t be shifted around or split into smaller relief teams, preserving your full combat capacity for flood relief."

"So, not Hanwu?"

"Although Hanwu’s flood situation is severe, Hanwu being a provincial capital, can marshal resources incomparable to Jingjiang for flood control and relief."

"Understood."

"Salted Fish, I must clarify — the Jingzhou Military District’s leadership over you is nominal. You are to follow the Yangtze Flood Control Command. Once the order arrives, and once the main force reaches Jingjiang, you are the Yangtze Flood Control Command’s emergency mobile unit, fully supporting the county-level efforts in reinforcement and flood relief."

Huang Yuanchang took a deep breath and added, "Jingjiang is critically endangered now. Everyone in the Jingzhou Military District— from commanders, political commissioners, to all mobilizable Basic Civilian Soldiers — everyone’s on the embankment. They can’t lead you now, nor provide logistics support."

Yesterday, I called Master Yao, and the situation over there is indeed not optimistic.

"I understand."

Han Yu took several deep breaths in a row and then said, "The earthwork division responsible for the onshore construction, the earth transport division, the auxiliary construction division, and the three divisions responsible for executing water search and rescue missions will set off once enough transport vehicles are recruited.

The water protection fleet needs to load and secure a large amount of protection equipment and emergency supplies and also needs to be organized into a large pusher fleet, which will take at least 24 hours, so the water protection fleet will depart last."

Huang Yuanchang, who has worked at the Port Supervision Bureau for many years, knew very well that cargo loading and fleet organization cannot be rushed, and he said thoughtfully, "Jingzhou is lacking everything. Even if some emergency materials can be procured locally, many roads and bridges have been washed away, and even if they haven’t been washed away, the road conditions aren’t good, making it difficult to deliver to the embankment. So I want to procure some from Jiangnan."

"Great, we’ll discuss it later and draft a list of materials to procure."

"Alright, go on."

"The support fleet is actually also a transport fleet. Although I can requisition a high-power tug, relying on just one tug to quickly reach Jingjiang is far from enough. Director Huang, can you find a way to requisition a high-speed tug from Zhangjia Port or Dacang? If we can get one, not only will it speed up our fleet’s voyage, but it will also play a significant role in executing emergency missions."

"No problem, I’ll handle the tug requisition and have it in position by noon tomorrow at the latest!"

The Linggang Tuo 001 is worth over 16 million.

A full rotary high-power tug is even more expensive, costing tens of millions.

Seeing how readily Huang Yuanchang agreed, Han Yu realized he truly is an "Imperial Commissioner."

But then again, they are the business supervision department for ports and docks along the Yanjiang, and who among the ports would dare to refuse a request to borrow a tug?

"Additionally, for the navigation safety of the support fleet, we need the Yangtze River Pilot Center to arrange for sectional piloting. Considering the fleet consists of barges, engineering ships, and dunships, and the navigation speed needs to be as fast as possible, it would be best to have the Port Supervision Bureau and Port Supervision Department along the route arrange escort boats."

"That’s easy, I’ll call the Pilot Center in a bit."

"Director Huang, emergency materials are like ammunition, and relying solely on what we bring is certainly not enough. Once the orders come down, can you immediately arrange for personnel and ships to procure block stone and sliced stone for emergency use in Jingzhou or the surrounding areas?"

Afraid that Huang Yuanchang might not understand, Han Yu gave an example: "In February of this year, a major emergency occurred on the Jiujiang River Embankment. Although it didn’t breach, it still used up 30,000 cubic meters of stone material. Since we will act as the main emergency force, we will face major emergencies, which means we need to reserve at least 50,000 cubic meters of stone material!"

The North Bank of Jingjiang is the Jianghan Plain, and the South Bank is the Dongting Lake Plain. Where can we find stones?

Moreover, there is a flood now, and Beihu is in a state of emergency everywhere, so it’s imaginable that sand from those gravel pits has been snapped up or even requisitioned entirely.

Huang Yuanchang weighed the situation, frowned deeply, and said, "I will immediately contact the Changhang System along the line and ask them to hurry up and help us procure as much as they can bring."

Han Yu asked, astonished, "Really bring it?"

"We must bring it, undoubtedly!"

Huang Yuanchang looked up at his familiar old unit, pushed the door open, got out of the car, and greeted Sister Zhu, Director Qi, Director Liu, and others waiting in front of the Port Supervision Bureau office building, while solemnly saying, "Both sides of Jingjiang are plains, making stone procurement difficult. Procuring from upstream is too far, and considering the high winds and rough waves upstream where the flood peaks form, we must take into account the navigation safety of the stone transport vessels.

Furthermore, if the water level rises again, cargo ships may not even pass through the Hanwu Yangtze River Bridge, making mid-lower procurement impossible then. Now that we have the conditions to procure from mid-lower reaches, we should certainly procure as much as possible from there."

No wonder Mayor Wang treats him like a distinguished guest; he seems quite capable, at least considering problems comprehensively.

Han Yu was previously just touched by him politely refusing Mayor Wang’s welcome for the sake of work; now, he even felt a bit of admiration, thinking he truly resembled a leader.

Reflecting that some preparatory work couldn’t be clearly explained over the phone, Han Yu remained silent for a moment, then smiled wryly: "Director Huang, before you came, didn’t you inquire about how many camps we actually have? Now we’ve become one camp, which makes Secretary Ye from Linghai unhappy. Before we leave, he will surely come to see us off, and then I won’t know how to explain!"

"I inquired, or rather, they reported it to me. Director Tang and others reported every detail very thoroughly."

"Then how did it become one camp?"

"You were originally one camp; the camp from the development zone is just a placeholder for inspections from higher up. Whether we dispatch one camp means the same in terms of manpower and equipment as with two; why dispatch two when one camp suffices?"

"Director Huang, are you worried that Secretary Lu and Mayor Wang wouldn’t agree?"

Huang Yuanchang didn’t say that borrowing one camp costs the price of one camp, and borrowing two camps costs the price of two, as he couldn’t speak these things aloud. Instead, he explained from another angle: "Salted Fish, as mentioned earlier, reserve forces are still forces. Dispatching two camps is certainly more complicated than one."

In a low voice, Han Yu said, "That’s true, requesting one camp might be approved by the superiors, requesting two camps would require them to study it further."

"More importantly, if two camps are called up, it equates to a regiment!"

While shaking hands with Director Qi, Sister Zhu, and others, Huang Yuanchang said meaningfully, "Director Tang, Director Qi, Director Zhu, they only recognize you; in fact, I also only trust you. If we request two camps from the higher-ups, the ones leading may be commanders and political commissioners we are entirely unfamiliar with.

This is for flood prevention and emergency response, not something else. How can we deal with people we know nothing about? How dare we entrust the emergency assault mission that the entire Changhang system supports to someone completely unfamiliar to us?"