Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 936 - 627: Plans Can’t Keep Up With Changing Emergencies

From the moment they entered the Beihu Province border, the Binjiang Flood Control Rescue Camp became a unit under the temporary management of the 404th Division's 132nd Regiment.

The advance team of the 132nd Regiment arrived, and the propaganda officers from the Jiangnan Army Reserve Division and Binjiang Reserve Group felt awkward staying at the Linghai Reserve Camp.

Now, regardless of what they write or film, nothing can be published without the review and approval of the 132nd Regiment.

The two propaganda officers felt it was meaningless to stay here, so before dawn, they called their superiors to report the situation and left with Zhang Erxiao, who was going on a supply run, after getting approval from their superiors.

Although Director Ge provided the best conditions for the publicity team, the conditions by the river remained extremely difficult; meals were not a problem, but rest was poor.

Several reporters from Binjiang TV Station and Binjiang Daily felt that staying here was meaningless and they couldn't endure it anymore. Seeing that the army's propaganda officers were heading back, they too left with Zhang Erxiao on a supply run.

Old Ge gave a warm farewell to those who were leaving.

For those who decided to stay, Old Ge still welcomed them.

To Old Ge's surprise, the propaganda cadres from Binjiang City Police Department, Changhang Binjiang Branch, and Binjiang Port Authority were not discouraged by temporarily being unable to publish articles; instead, they actively requested to join the logistics support team.

While assisting Yang Jianbo, Zhao Jiang, and Qiu Xuequan with logistics, they used cameras and camcorders they brought from home to film the officers in the camp.

In their words, even if it couldn't be published, it could still serve as material. Once the photos were developed and videotapes were turned into DVDs, they could be given to the officers as souvenirs.

As for the reporters from Linghai TV Station and Linghai Daily, they became Old Ge's subordinates from the moment they set out, having to obey orders and follow commands. Not to mention that they didn't propose to return, even if they had, Old Ge wouldn't agree.

Although Reporter Wang was also from local media, he was never limited to reporting news from Binjiang; his focus was never solely on the Linghai Reserve Camp.

When he and his assistant learned that the county was organizing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, they left before dawn with a township cadre organizing the evacuation, carrying only some water and dry food, not needing Old Ge to arrange transportation.

In fact, it proved that their decision to leave was correct.

From 4:50 a.m., they witnessed township cadres organizing village cadres and civilian soldiers to go door-to-door, urging the locals to evacuate quickly.

They watched as the villagers reluctantly packed their belongings, loading whatever they could onto tricycles, carts, or bicycles, and driving their cattle, sheep, pigs, etc.

Chickens and ducks, which couldn't be caught in time or taken along, couldn't be locked in the coop, as they would starve to death; in tears, the villagers opened the coop doors for free-range.

Before leaving, they went back to see if there was anything they could take but hadn't, and only hurriedly opened all the doors and windows of their homes as village cadres urged them, hoping this would prevent the house from being washed away by the flood.

It's hard to leave one's homeland, hard to abandon a humble home.

They set out with flashlights or kerosene lamps, carrying everything they could, looking back with every few steps, converging from all directions onto a few main roads.

If viewed on a map, the county's rural roads seemed quite good.

There were several main lines running through the flood control area, from the county to Hebu, from the county through Zhuyuan to Pingnan, from the county through Yang Family Factory, Hao Ma, and Ouchi extending to Shishou, with countless migration routes connecting these main roads from each village and small town, forming an interconnected immigration transportation network.

However, once the real action began, these roads alone were far from enough.

Wherever they went, all roads were jammed.

About 90% of the people hit the road during the peak evacuation time between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m., with people from over a dozen nearby villages crowding onto this main road, not walking forward but inching forward, with a speed of less than one kilometer per hour.

A rough estimate earlier showed that each kilometer of road had at least a thousand people, a hundred vehicles, and two hundred pigs, and that was just a conservative estimate.

People were shoulder to shoulder, like at a marketplace.

The police squeezed in to maintain order, speeding up the progress slightly, but it was only temporary.

After following the crowd for about two kilometers, it became congested again, with people and various transporting vehicles mixed together, moving step by step.

Seeing a few children cut through the rice fields to take a shortcut, Reporter Wang, unlike the evacuees with lots of luggage, simply called his assistant to follow the carefree children around to the front.

It turned out that a motorcycle had suddenly stalled; no matter how the owner tried, it wouldn't start, blocking the middle of the road.

The motorcycle carried two people, with a long rack on the back hanging with suitcases, a TV, and other items. Once it stalled, the motorcycle and rack immediately became a roadblock. As trucks and carts surged forward, they immediately blocked both sides airtight.

This blockade immediately formed a long queue; the front couldn't move, and those in the back kept pushing forward. Gradually, people lost patience, starting to shove and shout. Fortunately, public security police arrived in time to guide the situation, preventing a possible riot.

Binjiang also frequently floods, but it's mostly due to internal flooding.

In Binjiang, one wouldn't see such a shocking scene; in fact, not just in Binjiang, but it's estimated that such an event wouldn't be seen elsewhere nationwide.

Moreover, the present crowds were just undergoing "internal transfer," heading to a safe area within the county. In addition to these, there were tens of thousands who needed "external transfer," heading to two adjacent counties.