Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 901 - 607: "Hong Kong Garrison" (Part 2)

Now it’s the people who are guarding and patrolling the dikes, they are responsible for the rescue operations.

The most dangerous places are for them to take on, and they do the toughest and dirtiest tasks.

Digging sand to fill sandbags, carrying sandbags, stacking sandbags, or driving stakes under the dike to prevent it from moving, is both exhausting and extremely dangerous. Even if one is a good swimmer, if the dike collapses, there is no hope of escape.

They had just moved dirt all over themselves, covered in mud, soaked inside and out, looking like muddy monkeys at first glance. Their physical exhaustion is immense, with some warriors leaning against a tree not far away, already asleep.

Yao Lirong clearly sees that the Major before him is exhausted but surprisingly still has the energy and mood to joke; he is deeply impressed and half-jokingly says, "Major, we are the Hong Kong Garrison.

"What Hong Kong Garrison, don’t brag, you’re clearly the Reserve."

"I’m not bragging, we’re indeed the Reserve Forces. We are the Linghai Reserve Camp, stationed at Linghai Port in Jiangnan Province’s Linghai City; there’s even a road near us named Hong Kong Road. We are stationed in the Port District, right next to Hong Kong Road, isn’t that the Hong Kong Garrison?"

"Hahaha, interesting."

The Major was amused, accepted a cigarette from Yao Lirong, and laughed, "I thought your accent didn’t sound local, turns out you’re from Jiangnan, the Jiangnan Provincial Reserve Forces. Brother, what’s your surname? Are you here for flood defense as well?"

"My humble surname is Yao, I am Yao Lirong, and we’re not just here for flood defense, but also to assist you in flood defense."

"To assist us?"

"Yes, aren’t you the 404th Division? Our superior sent us to report to you."

The Major was too busy to light his cigarette, questioning with suspicion, "Brother, you came from Binjiang? You are the Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp as per the orders?"

This was the grudge between Linghai and Binjiang, Master Xi didn’t want to get involved and just stood aside, smiling without saying anything.

Yao Lirong smiled and asked, "You know us?"

"I heard our regiment leader mention it last night, but the order said Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp, not Linghai Reserve Camp. And the order was given last evening, even if you started immediately from Jiangnan Province, you couldn’t have arrived so fast."

"The Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp is indeed our Linghai Reserve Camp."

Director Ge had called last night to explain, and again this morning, calling repeatedly to remind them.

As a cadre at the Linghai Water Resources Bureau, Yao Lirong found Director Ge’s words very reasonable and patiently explained, "Comrade, it may sound a bit complicated, but it’s actually simple. Just like your troops, the formal designation is the 105th Army 404th Division, and also the 105th Airborne Army 404th New Soldiers Teaching Division."

The Major officer was in semi-understanding and asked, "Linghai Reserve Camp is the official designation, and Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp is just the nature of the unit?"

"More or less." Yao Lirong smiled, seizing the moment to say, "Brother, you’re an active officer; you’re regular troops; you know more about this than we do. Have you ever heard of any Reserve Camp called a Flood Control and Rescue Camp? Definitely not!"

"True, generally they are named after localities."

"So our official designation is the Jiangnan Army Reserve Division Linghai Reserve Camp."

"What about the regiment?"

"Adding the regiment makes it too complicated: Jiangnan Army Reserve Division Binjiang Reserve Regiment Linghai Reserve Camp, several reserves; if you say it like this, just introducing the unit name takes a long time." Yao Lirong took out the Reserve Officer Identification and handed it over with a smile, "Have a look, this is my ID."

The Major officer took the ID, opened it to see the photo and position inside, and upon seeing that Yao Lirong was actually a senior engineer, he instantly felt a sense of respect.

"How did the superior handle this, orders should use official designations."

"Maybe it was too urgent; actually using the Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp wasn’t wrong, because our Linghai Reserve Camp was originally formed at the request of the Jiangnan Provincial Committee, Provincial Government, and Provincial Military District as a Flood Control and Rescue Mobile Assault Battalion. All the prefecture-level cities along the Yangtze River in Jiangnan Province had to form one; each prefecture-level city formed one, and our Linghai Reserve Camp is one of them."

"Does Linghai belong to Binjiang?"

"Binjiang is a prefecture-level city; Linghai is a county-level city."

"Understood, it’s the Binjiang Military District and Binjiang Reserve Regiment that handed the flood control and rescue task to your camp, and thus you became the Binjiang Flood Control and Rescue Camp."

"That’s the idea, telling this to others, they may not understand, only an active officer like you would."

"Master Yao, my surname is Li, called Li Shousong, you came here to report in?"

"Yes, we’re the advance party; we’ve been assisting with the Yangtze Flood Control Command in reporting water levels nearby for a while now. You all just arrived a few days ago, yet we’ve been here for over a month. We received the superior’s orders yesterday to report to you first."

"I was wondering how you arrived so quickly. Master Yao, come with us; our ’regiment headquarters’ is not far from here."

"The superior ordered us to be under the leadership of the 404th Division."

"The division headquarters is not here; it’s far from here. The division has notified our regiment that you’re coming, asking you to coordinate with us."

"Which regiment are you?"

"The 132nd Regiment."

...

The crowd followed the liberation army officers and soldiers to the station of the 132nd Regiment, and with a shout from Camp Commander Li Shousong, there was an immediate commotion. The officers and soldiers resting in the old warehouses ran out to see the ’Hong Kong Garrison’ that was about to coordinate with them in flood defense.

The regiment leader’s surname was Peng, called Peng Jiandong, he was troubled by the arrival of a Reserve Camp to coordinate, unexpectedly the advance personnel of the Reserve Camp had found their way here.

Yao Lirong first introduced himself, then introduced Master Xi and Master Xu’s identities.