Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 944 - 631: Old Ge Did Better Than Me!

Usually, it seems like the ranks of cadres are bloated, with more people than work, even adding to the burden of the masses. Now, faced with a severe disaster, it's suddenly clear that there aren't enough cadres.

The superior demands the evacuation of over a hundred thousand people to safe zones within five hours. Now, seven hours have passed, and there are still tens of thousands blocked on the evacuation route.

Evacuation needs to be organized, and so does the reinforcement and heightening of the dikes and damaged culverts in the safe zone, as well as organizing forces for a thorough inspection of the evacuated areas to ensure no one is left behind!

The county's cadres are completely insufficient, so we can only request the assistance of the liberation army.

Including the 132nd Regiment, there are now more than two thousand soldiers and armed police officers from various troops assisting in the inspections.

Director Hu has to accompany the commander for an inspection, leaving only County Governor Huang on the dike.

Watching the water level in the semicircular pond continuously rise, thinking of the tens of thousands of people who have not yet been evacuated to the safe zone behind, and thinking of Vice President L and other big leaders all in the flood control area, County Governor Huang resolved to live or die with the dangerous dike!

As long as I'm here, the dike stands!

If we can't hold it, I wouldn't be able to account to the superiors or face all the common people below. Besides dying, he couldn't think of a better option.

Director Ge returned to the command center tent after seeing off the commander and saw County Governor Huang no longer frequently making phone calls to give orders, standing there looking at the dike and silently weeping, realizing the pressure on him had nearly driven him to a mental breakdown.

As County Governor, he must pull himself together!

Old Ge hurriedly said, "County Governor Huang, County Governor Huang."

"Oh, Director Ge, what's the matter?"

"Your phone is ringing; hurry and answer it!"

"Really? I didn't notice."

"Don't worry, with us here, we can definitely hold it."

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me; if you want to thank anyone, thank our Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the Linghai people. Answer your phone first; I'll talk to you more after you're done."

County Governor Huang glanced at the caller ID on his phone and directly hung up.

Director Ge asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you answer?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"My spouse, not important." County Governor Huang put down the phone and said, "Director Ge, go on."

Although he was the County Governor, there was not much he could do right now.

There are no resources, and even if there were, they couldn't be transported in a short time.

No people either; all the county's Party cadres have tasks and are terribly busy, or he wouldn't be left alone with no one else on the dangerous dike.

Recognizing that talking about work now was futile, Old Ge decided to play the role of a psychological counselor, took a stack of engineering materials to address the crisis at Old Temple Gate in Lingjiang County from his bag, and said with a feigned casualness, "County Governor Huang, we aren't just here for the crisis; we're also here for the project. Once we've dealt with the immediate danger, we'll need you to sign and stamp the engineering materials."

"Really? Let me see."

"These are from the opposite shore; the emergency engineering materials for the dangerous section of Yang Liu Village haven't been prepared yet, but you can take a look first."

County Governor Huang took and flipped through them for a while. When he saw the detailed information on the construction volume, he thought the same as Deputy County Magistrate Wang of Lingjiang County and asked with a wry smile, "Director Ge, are you saying our county has to pay for the construction costs?"

"The police firefighting team doesn't charge for putting out fires. We are the Linghai Reserve Camp; reserve forces are like the army, and there are no charges for crisis management!"

"Then why are these materials prepared?"

"Since it's a project, engineering materials are necessary. These materials are very important..."

Old Ge animatedly explained the importance of the engineering materials, and also talked about how Lingjiang appreciated the Linghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and the Linghai people.

County Governor Huang quickly said, "No problem, whatever needs signing, I'll sign; whatever needs stamping, we'll stamp! Gratitude is essential too; once the people have evacuated to the safe zones, I'll have Director Hu make banners and the government office write thank-you letters."

"How can I be deserving of that?"

"It's necessary. You've done us a big favor. We, the Angong County Party Committee and County Government and the Angong People, are grateful and we will remember it!"

...

After Old Ge's elaborate counseling, County Governor Huang was invigorated again, personally mobilizing the villagers from several nearby villages who were reluctant to evacuate to the safe zone and preferred to come to the dike to participate in the emergency operations.

At the same time, Gu Pengfei organized the seamen summoned by the Jingzhou Port Supervision Bureau to successfully plug the leakage points underwater detected by the Navy divers who risked their lives!

Without stone materials, they used iron sheets and sandbag cages, wrapped them in a few quilts, and threw them into the riverbed.

Rather than throwing, it was more like lowering them down with ropes.

The Navy divers assisted underwater, dragging the sandbag cages to the leak point area. Through the communication system in their diving equipment, they instructed the people on the boats to lower the sandbags to accurately seal the leak point.

A sandbag cage weighs less than a ton and may not hold down the pressure, possibly even being washed away by the current.

Once the divers came back up, Gu Pengfei immediately ordered the seamen to continue lowering, continuously lowering over a thousand sandbags at the leak point.

The effectiveness of the leak plugging was apparent as well.

Two of the seven "Bottling Spring" spills in the semicircular large pond quickly disappeared, and the water level's rising speed visibly slowed, winning precious time for the Linghai Reserve Camp to repair barriers and for the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Company of the 132nd Regiment to rapidly build sandbag walls.

The Navy Major requested to go underwater for another inspection.

Han Yu, holding the walkie-talkie, said, "Major, though I don't fully understand diving operations, I'm very aware that they consume a lot of physical strength, and your men cannot go underwater again."

"Chief Commander, water is still gushing into the dike; there must be other leak points at the bottom of the river!"

"I know. You helped us seal one leak point and secured two piping outlets for us, successfully completing the mission. Now I order you all to rest on the shore."