Chapter Eighty-Eight: Trapped
The main embankment of the Yangtze River broke at the Jiujiang embankment. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On June 12, most areas in the south of the Yangtze River were raining frequently, the Haihe River basin was cloudy and rainy, the heavy rain was pouring all day long, the flood season was rising at the same time, and the torrential rain fell for four or five days, and the flood came rapidly this time, and the river was big and small, and the outlet of the sea was not smooth, and the flood finally began to erupt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Although the higher authorities may have made some preparations for flood control, they still did not expect such a serious situation.
In the face of powerful natural disasters, human power sometimes seems very small.
The sky was cloudy, the wind was fierce, and thunder, lightning and torrential rain woke up the residents of Wuhan and the Jiujiang neighborhood. It was a typical tropical storm that flattened the ground and flooded many towns and fields.
Torrential rains have caused many rudimentary homes to collapse, leaving tens of thousands of residents homeless.
By the evening of the next day, many of the buildings had been flooded over their roofs. Floodwaters have broken dozens of protective levees in succession, inundating hundreds of towns and villages.
When the flood came, helpless residents rushed upstairs, first to the second floor and then to the top floor. They heard the furniture in the room crash against the ceiling in a swirl of water.
A man stood on the second floor, while his wife and children were not so lucky and ended up being swept away by the flood. The man was unable to rescue his wife and children, so he watched them disappear from his eyes.
By daybreak, there was a sea everywhere, with only rooftops and treetops visible in some places. Residents tossed by storms and floods have nowhere to go, the poor people are hiding like birds on crumbling rooftops and trees.
In order to avoid being swept away by high winds and floods, many people tied themselves to trees with ropes, and the situation was very critical.
In the vicinity of densely populated Hankow, there is not even a decent hill. People and rising floodwaters fought for height, only desperate to climb to the roof. Structurally poor houses collapse from time to time under the impact of the flood and the weight of the crowd, throwing the victims into the rolling floodwaters.
The torrential rain was rare in a century, and the whole country entered a state of emergency, and the supreme leader ordered the mobilization of troops and other personnel to rescue them.
The supreme leader delivered an important speech and made a general mobilization for the flood fighting and rescue work on the Yangtze River in the decisive stage. The supreme leader said: At present, the Yangtze River has reached a critical juncture in flood fighting and rescue work, and is at the critical moment of a decisive battle.
As long as we strengthen our confidence and persist in persevering, we will be able to achieve the final victory in fighting floods and rescuing people. However, this is also the period when problems are most likely to occur, and the slightest carelessness can lead to a loss that cannot be made up. Therefore, we must redouble our efforts to do a better job in mobilization, organization and implementation.
On the same day, the supreme leader issued an order that all troops along the line should go up to the embankment, and the army and the people should unite to defend the decisive battle and win a complete victory. At the same time, local party and government cadres at all levels are required to lead the masses and work together with the officers and men of the army to strictly guard against the Yangtze River and ensure the safety of the main embankment of the Yangtze River.
Lin Ziqing pressed the remote control, watched the broadcast on the TV news, turned off the TV, and an extremely complicated look appeared on her face.
Memories, confusion, and even firmness, and in the end, everything melts into a long sigh.
A few days earlier, when the flood in Rongcheng had not yet started, she prepared food for herself that was not easy to spoil, as well as some disinfectant.
She bought a large amount of dry food and clothes and stored them in the large warehouse of "Hesheng Supermarket".
She also put a lot of dry food in the Sunshine Restaurant, and she thought maybe she could use it.
The Rongcheng City Government has also issued a notice on flood prevention in the past few days, and also asked the citizens to make preparations.
The college entrance examination has been completed, although Lin Ziqing knows that the flood will break out, but she doesn't know exactly when and when, she only remembers that it was almost the time before the high school entrance examination.
When the high school entrance examination and final examination have not yet been examined, the school is still in class normally.
The sky of Banyan City is like an open water door, and the torrential rain is relentlessly falling without bounds.
At 7 p.m., the flood suddenly erupted, catching some unprepared residents in many low-lying urban areas of Banyan City off guard, and many were washed out into the streets.
The water also quickly spread to Sunshine Middle School, because the terrain here is relatively high, but the water depth is nearly half a meter.
Sunshine Middle School is a boarding school, so all the students have just started evening self-study.
When the flood came, the students on the first floor had packed up their textbooks and had been taken above the second floor by the teacher, and the first floor was empty in the blink of an eye.
"Teacher Zhang, have all the people in your class come up?" asked Teacher Huang.
"It's all up!"
"Nothing missing?"
"No, we've checked it all. ”
"That's good!"
Students were trapped in their classrooms, agitated, when the school suddenly lost power.
It was dark, and the whole school could hear the screams, complaints, and the sound of desks and chairs, and the teacher could not calm the excited students at all.
"I know that it has been raining heavily and there are heavy floods in many places, why doesn't the school give us a holiday?"
"A few days ago, I heard that the citizens should be prepared, and my family is ready, why didn't the school let us prepare, it's so irresponsible!"
"Don't mess up, everyone, don't mess up, be quiet!" the teacher continued to reassure the students on the podium, and no one listened to him.
"It's so dark, I'm scared!" said a timid girl with tears in her voice.
A flashlight lit up, and everyone's eyes looked there.
Lin Ziqing, who was holding a flashlight, walked up to the podium and stood next to the teacher in her class. She glanced down, her mood very complicated.
The eyes of everyone in the classroom were looking at Lin Ziqing.
She took a deep breath and said loudly: "Everyone calm down, it's useless to be anxious in this situation, we can only wait for the water to recede a little and return to the dormitory." If the water doesn't go down tonight, then we'll stay in the classroom all night and go back tomorrow morning when the water level goes down. ”
"What if the water level doesn't go down?"
"Lin Ziqing is not a teacher, what did she say, she is not even a class leader!"
"Lin Ziqing is really courageous, ordinary people really can't compare, you have to have the courage to go up and say, no one will stop you and say anything sour. ”
"You don't know, do you? We've got a lot of water all over the city, and it's more than two meters deep in many places. I just called home, what should I do now, I can't walk the road!" a girl with a mobile phone said urgently.
"Ah, really?"
"No, I just called home, and the power went out at my house. ”
"When do you think the water level will recede?"
"I don't know, I'm scared, I can't go back home now, and I don't have a phone at home, I don't know what's going on at home, woo!"
Seeing that the students below were still in chaos, Lin Ziqing suddenly raised her voice, "I don't know when the water level will recede, but you have to believe that the facilities in our school are very reliable and safe! ”
It's quieting down there.
Lin Ziqing said in a condensed voice: "I hope you can all calm down, and the students who have mobile phones will lend their mobile phones to the classmates around them, so that they can make a call home." ”
After a pause, Lin Ziqing said: "I know that some students are afraid, when everyone finishes the call, I will tell you some humorous stories, I have seen them in books." I hope you can relax a little, the flood will always recede, the government has done a lot of publicity work a few days ago, I believe that our citizens of Rongcheng have made some preparations in the past few days, and everyone will be fine. ”
Lin Ziqing walked off the podium after speaking, and she gave the flashlight to her teacher.
"Ziqing, you call home, and call me another one on your phone later!" Huang Feng walked up to her and said.
"Hmm. ”
Just as she was about to call home.
Dididi, the phone rang.
"It's me. Ling Feng's voice.
"Hmm." Lin Ziqing smiled and hummed
"You...... It's a big flood, you're okay at school, right?"
"Hehe, I'm fine, where are you now?"
"Uncle is directing the mobilization on the spot, and I am responsible for keeping him safe. ”
"Then you're busy, I'm fine here. ”
"Okay, if you have something, remember to call me!"
"Hmm!" Lin Ziqing hung up the phone, and then called his father, his family was already in the ancient town, and the ancient town really did not have a big flood, but he had just heard that the city was seriously affected.
Lin Ziqing handed the phone to Huang Feng, and just a minute after Huang Feng finished calling, Lin Ziqing's mobile phone rang again.
"Hehe, Brother Fang?"
"Ziqing, how are you there?"
"I'm okay, do you believe me now?" Lin Ziqing asked with a smile.
“…… What do you believe?" Fang Renjie hesitated.
"It's a lot of water. ”
I only heard Fang Renjie smile and said: "To tell you the truth, in fact, after I thought about it later, I still believe you! Okay, it's okay for you to stay in touch." ”
"Good!"
There were also a lot of phone calls in the classroom, and after making sure that none of the classmates' family members had any accidents, the classroom finally fell silent for the time being.
"Students, I want to tell you a good news, the rain has become lighter, the school leaders have organized people to expand the drainage area, if there is no heavy rain in the future, the water level in the school will soon drop, it is expected to take two hours. ”
This is really exciting good news, as soon as the students' hearts hit the ground, some students smiled and said, "Lin Ziqing, didn't you just say that you want to tell jokes and stories? ”
"yes, now I can talk about it, I want to hear it!"
"Otherwise, let's take turns to speak, let's talk one by one! Let Lin Ziqing say alone, isn't she very dry? Now I don't have any water to drink. ”
"Well, everyone squeeze in, sit down, let Lin Ziqing tell one first, and then in order, there are students who are willing to tell jokes and stories to continue. Teacher Zhang said from the podium.
"Okay, then I'll talk about one first!" Lin Ziqing walked to the podium generously. (To be continued.) )