3:20 a.m. on July 3

Wang Qiang's Ninth Company got off the plane and was pulled by military vehicles towards Xunyang City.

As soon as the car entered the old city, all the soldiers of the Ninth Company were asked to get out of the car and run to the mission site.

Wu Hao ran covered in sweat, followed closely by Wang Qiang's side, and complained while wiping his sweat: "Run like this, when we get to the task site, we don't have the strength to work, isn't this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge." ”

Wang Qiang scolded: "Didn't you hear just now? There is a car of an engineer company in the First Army that was swept away by the flood, who knows when it will encounter a flood? Besides, so many comrades-in-arms come from all directions, and there are so many cars, and you still expect people to send you restaurants?"

Wu Hao snorted twice and stopped talking.

More than 100 people in the Ninth Company ran for more than ten minutes, and saw the crowd in front of them, and then Wu Hao saw the most unforgettable scene in his life.

At first, the water only did not reach the surface of the feet, but after running for another three minutes, it was already below the calves, and after another three minutes of trekking in the water, the water had reached the base of the thighs, and in front of them, there were a series of levees built on the road.

This is already the second flood peak, and when the first flood peak came, Xunyang temporarily built a secondary flood control levee with sandbags and stones in the urban area to prevent the flood from coming again, flooding the dam and flowing to the urban area.

Unexpectedly, before the second flood peak exceeded the embankment, the embankment had already collapsed. Fortunately, these secondary levees have prevented the flood water from surging into the urban area so quickly.

The sound of the roar in the sky continued, and one or two helicopters kept dropping supplies on the road more than 20 meters down.

"Wang Qiang, commander of the 9th Company of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the XX Army, reports! There are 118 people in the 9th Company! Ready to fight at any time! Please instruct the task!" When he arrived at the predetermined meeting place, Wang Qiang stood upright at the major officer in front of him and made a splash.

The major returned a military salute and was not polite: "The vanguard has already gone up to the dam! Now, listen to my orders, and each person will receive a set of life jackets! Be ready to go up to the embankment at any time to rescue the danger!"

"Guarantee the completion of the task!" Wang Qiang said in a loud voice, taking more than 100 soldiers from the Ninth Company to receive his supplies one by one.

"Eh, company commander, that helicopter in the sky doesn't seem to be ours, right? We don't seem to have this model?" Wu Hao stabbed Wang Qiang and said curiously.

Wang Qiang looked up, he used to want to go to the helicopter test flight team, but he was brushed off, but he was no stranger to the helicopter models in the army.

"The Soviet Mi-8, an old plane, is really not ours. Wang Qiang said casually, "Hurry up, take your class to receive supplies!

Helicopters are still dropping supplies, bundles of life jackets, and rubber boats. After the throw, the helicopter turned around and flew to the east.

Not long after, another helicopter flew in with a bang, and it also began to airdrop all kinds of supplies, and none of these materials were military products.

"Five compressed biscuits each, and you're going to stay on the embankment until there's a team to replace, understand?" said the major's officer.

Wang Qiang stood up again: "Understood!"

A few minutes later, each of the nine companies received a life jacket and a life rope, put on the life jacket as required, tied the life rope around their waists, and each person carried five compressed biscuits and ran up the embankment!

"Good guy! What a big dam, such a big water!" Before he reached the embankment, Wu Hao was already dumbfounded.

A stands majestically in front of Wu Hao, and inside the embankment is the wide Yangtze River. Shuzhou is also close to the Yangtze River, Wu Hao is no stranger to the Yangtze River, but now where is the Yangtze River a few hundred meters wide in front of him?

And in the middle of this embankment, a flood with a breach of twenty or thirty meters long is as fierce as the inflow of the heavenly river. Rows of liberation trucks on the embankment were full of waste and stones, or something they didn't know, and rushed into the river without hesitation. Many car soldiers opened the car door and jumped out to escape for their lives after pressing the accelerator pedal to the end, but some soldier brothers, due to reaction problems or other problems, could not escape in time, so they sank into the breach with the car and disappeared.

The corners of Wu Hao's eyes moistened.

It was only at this moment that he understood what the title of military man meant.

Wu Hao and the others were assigned the task of carrying sandbags to block the breach from left to right, and the ten soldiers under his command each carried at least two sandbags on their shoulders, climbed the embankment, and threw the sandbags into the river.

Once, twice, three, four, five。。。。。。 I don't know how many times, Wu Hao felt that his physical strength was close to the limit, but he still gritted his teeth, carried sandbags again and again, and climbed towards the embankment!

When the whistle for rest sounded, Wu Hao sat in the muddy water with his buttocks, feeling blood foam coming out of his lungs.

Damn, quit smoking when you go back!

The flood was still pouring in, and Wu Hao's work seemed to be useless, no matter how many sandbags they threw in, they were nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, Wu Hao found several big boats floating on the river, drifting closer and closer.

"Shipwreck!" Wu Hao heard the loudspeaker on the conning tower shout, and then looked at the big ship, first let out a bang, followed by two swings, rolled up a huge whirlpool on the surface of the river, and sank to the bottom of the river.

Immediately after, the second large ship also leaned towards the embankment, and with another order to sink the ship, and with another roar, the second large ship also sank.

After the sinking of the first large ship, the flow of flood water at the breach was significantly smaller. After the second big ship sank, the speed of the flood water was visibly reduced to only four or five times the original rate!

The wreck was at the bottom of the river, and it squeaked under the pressure of the current, and it was transmitted through the embankment, and everyone was worried that the wreck would not be able to withstand such a great pressure, and after waiting for a few more minutes, the squeaking sound was gone, and the current was getting smaller and smaller.

"Success, success!"

Wu Hao also felt a burst of ecstasy.

"Ninth Company! Continue to fight sandbags, from left to right, block the No. 1 to No. 8 pipe surge!" Wu Hao's joy has not passed, and he has received a new task, and his task is to block the No. 3 pipe surge.

After the two wrecks sank, the third ship also sank to the bottom of the river precautionarily, and the water potential was smaller, but a large amount of flood water still gushed out from the gaps where the wrecks were stacked, forming pipe surges, if these pipe surges were not blocked, they would also flood Xunyang City!

Other embankments that have not collapsed have also appeared in varying degrees of pipe surges and dangers, and these soldiers also need to use their flesh and blood to block them!

All of them know that they are guarding not only this embankment, but also the 400,000 residents behind the embankment, and tens of millions of ordinary people in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River!

"Brothers of the third class, rush with me!" Wu Hao tightened the safety rope around his waist, pulled his comrades-in-arms beside him, and jumped into the flood hand in arm!

The third watch is over! Go to bed! I have to get up at seven o'clock tomorrow to go to work.

(End of chapter)