Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 964 - 640: The Old Platoon Leader Is Rich

When Han Yu woke up, it was already three in the afternoon.

The breach from yesterday afternoon was gone, and a newly built levee appeared in front of him, wider and taller than before.

The Jingzhou Flood Control Command's rollers were compressing the levee back and forth, and the water-facing side of the levee slope was reinforced with bamboo and sandbags.

Excavator No. 1 had been fitted with an extended arm and was clearing silt from the semicircular large pond at the cofferdam.

The two dump trucks were busier than before, first transporting the soil dug by Excavator No. 2 to refill the cleared silt area, then transporting the silt cleared by Excavator No. 1 down the levee to backfill the deep pits left by previous soil extraction.

The soldiers of the 132nd regiment were still filling sandbags. Next, they planned to build a sandbag wall on the safer, non-water-facing side to prevent landslides.

The safety zone was about the size of a soccer field.

This meant they needed to construct a sandbag wall 120 meters long, 100 meters wide in total on both sides, and approximately 15 meters high from bottom to top.

Not only did they need to build, but they also needed to fill the bags first, which was a massive project!

Han Yu was calculating how many days it would take to build the safety zone when Old Ge unexpectedly accompanied Huang Yuanchang over.

Having not seen him for a few days, Boss Huang had lost quite a bit of weight, his beard was unshaven, and his eyes were bloodshot, clearly showing he hadn't slept much these past few days.

"Director Huang, why are you here?"

"Couldn't feel at ease, so I came to take a look."

"Just came by?"

"The upstream Port Supervision Bureau helped procure six ships of stones, which arrived this morning, so I came with the ships."

"Director Huang, you can't just focus on work, you need to rest as well."

"Thank you, I know."

Huang Yuanchang was not only exhausted but also had a splitting headache, clutching his temple, he said, "Salted Fish, the fleet has entered Xijiang. We bought ten thousand wooden piles from Zhangjia Port, planning to transport them all over, but Hanwu found out and contacted our bureau leaders, wanting to requisition five thousand of them."

Each port at the Yangtze River Tail had its own characteristics.

Zhangjia Port City had many wood processing enterprises, including furniture makers and various board manufacturers required for furniture, so Zhangjia Port had a dedicated timber wharf, importing large amounts of wood from Southeast Asia every year.

Although Shuzhou Port hadn't been operating for long, it quickly found its positioning, currently renovating the newly built wharf to establish Shuzhou Port as a distribution center for pulp and oil.

Having worked at the Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau, Boss Huang naturally went to Zhangjia Port to procure timber.

Han Yu already knew his Changhang transport fleet was loaded with ten thousand wooden piles, but he didn't expect Hanwu to want to requisition them. He feigned lightheartedness and said, "At least they left us with five thousand piles."

"Don't worry, I've already arranged for the comrades at Zhangjia Port to continue procuring. The current problem is transportation capacity; we have to wait for the first batch to be transported over before going back for more. Now, with flood-fighting operations all around, there aren't enough ships."

"There's nothing we can do, no need to rush."

"Then I'll head back first."

"Go back, and make sure to rest."

"I'm fine, Director Ge, I'm heading off now."

...

Huang Yuanchang was known as a "man of many affairs," with too many things to handle. He couldn't stay long and left immediately in the car Old Ge arranged.

Han Yu was equally unable to check the project progress, took the phone handed over by Old Ge, and asked while walking to the camp area, "Director Ge, did anyone call in the morning?"

"Yes, but they're all from your hometown." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"Did Ningning call me?"

"Not just Ningning, but also Station Chief Fang from Binjiang Border Inspection Station, Wang Wenhong from the Water Police Station, and Luo Wenjiang, the son of Ningning Development Zone Management Committee Director Luo Hongxin. Didn't Ming Yuan and the others escort several commanders yesterday to console the affected people? Unexpectedly, they appeared in the central news with the commanders. Hometown's quite lively now..."

Old Ge briefly mentioned the situation at home before jumping to the main topic.

"Captain Peng said that although we're a makeshift assault team, we've already made achievements, and commendations and awards are definitely the next step. According to superior instructions, he sent us a Political Work Officer. His surname is He, twenty-nine years old, quite young, and seems to be a decent person."

"He's responsible for organizing and reporting our achievements?"

"Yes, and he will also assist me in handling publicity."

"Where is he now?"

"Helping with the sandbags below, maybe feeling embarrassed to be idle."

With staff officers and officers under him, Old Ge felt like an "unofficial group leader." He thought for a moment and added, "This morning, Secretary Yuan from Angong County came by, brought us some comfort supplies, and gave us two thousand yuan as consolation money. We have our own logistical support and don't particularly need the supplies or the two thousand yuan, but they would be unhappy if we didn't accept them."

Han Yu sighed softly, "They're having the toughest time now. Yang Liu Village was spared from the disaster. When carrying out rescue tasks in the affected places later, distribute the comfort supplies and money to the affected people."

"The comfort supplies can be distributed, but how do we distribute the money? I've already arranged for Zhang Erxiao to buy more comfort supplies during procurement, so we can distribute them together later."

"Alright."

Just then, Li Shousong, who led the troops in assisting the local government's comprehensive check for any residents who had not been evacuated and later volunteered to patrol the evacuation area, returned with two companies of soldiers.

Upon returning, they were busy returning phones, walkie-talkies, and life jackets.

Understandably, phones and walkie-talkies were valuable, and if lost or damaged, they couldn't afford to replace them.

Han Yu instructed them to go eat first, collect toiletries from the logistics staff after eating, take advantage of the work time to take a shower at the water truck, and then get some rest.

However, Li Shousong awkwardly said, "Secretary Han, we're not very tired; you can assign us tasks. Otherwise, if the commander sees us being idle, who knows if he might transfer us."