Chapter 3: Stormy Waves
With food in his stomach, Ding Hongxing felt that his whole body suddenly had strength, and he ran three kilometers in a row, he didn't feel tired at all, he looked up at the embankment, only to see that the embankment was full of people, I don't know how many people were running on the embankment with sandbags on their backs, Ding Hongxing could see the anxious expressions on their faces, it seemed that the situation was already more critical.
Ding Hongxing didn't stop at all, he rushed to the top of the embankment in one breath, and he saw at a glance the place where his father was killed, which was already full of people, and several people who were obviously cadres were loudly instructing those who carried sandbags to throw sandbags down.
Ding Hongxing ran over, only to see that in the river near the river embankment, more than a dozen people were holding hands, forming a semicircle around the river embankment, using their flesh and blood to form a barrier to resist the invasion of the river, so that the sandbags thrown down by everyone would not be washed away by the river.
In the storm, the Yangtze River is no longer the usual tame, it has become very violent, the river is wider than usual, I don't know how much, the river is more and more turbulent, roaring like an angry dragon, one wave after another to the heads of the people in the river, so that they are unstable, shaky, precarious, and look like they may be washed away by the river at any time, they all gritted their teeth and tightened each other's hands, so they barely stood still.
Ding Hongxing saw his father's figure at a glance, he stood in the outermost part of the semicircle, and it was also the most dangerous place, Ding Hongxing's eyes blurred all of a sudden, his father was always like this, keeping the danger to himself.
After more than 20 years, Ding Hongxing finally saw his father again, and this glance seemed to have passed through more than 20 years, which made Ding Hongxing feel a lot of emotion.
Ding Hongxing's emotion only lasted for a few seconds, he calmed down and shouted loudly: "Dad, I'm here!" ”
Ding Hongxing's voice was very loud, although in the storm, Ding Yuejin still heard it, his eyes were in the direction of his son, seeing his son, his face was both relieved and anxious, he opened his mouth wide and shouted to this side, but at this time, he had been persisting in the river for two hours, his physical strength had reached the limit, he really couldn't shout loudly, Ding Hongxing could only see his mouth open and close.
At this time, an old man in his fifties walked towards Ding Hongxing, and he said to Ding Hongxing: "Hongxing, why are you here?" ”
This old man is Gong Jingtian, the party secretary of the Red Star Machinery Factory where Ding Yuejin works.
Ding Hongxing said: "Uncle Gong, I'll come to see my dad." ”
After Ding Yuejin's sacrifice, Gong Jingtian still took great care of the orphans and widows of the Ding family, so Ding Hongxing has always respected him.
Gong Jingtian said: "This is not where you came, there is a pipe gushing there, your father and they are eliminating the danger, and now the danger has not been eliminated, the embankment may break at any time, you hurry up and go home." ”
Ding Hongxing didn't have time to answer, only to hear a sudden exclamation from the crowd on the embankment, he turned his head to look, it turned out that there was a human body in the river that was not supported, staggered, lost his balance, and was about to be washed away by the river, Ding Yuejin, who was standing near him, stretched out his hand and grabbed his hand, but his own body was not very good, seeing that both of them were about to fall into the river, the shape was very critical, and the people on the embankment screamed.
Seeing that the shape was in danger, Ding Hongxing couldn't talk to Gong Jingtian, he rushed to the riverside, took off his shoes, took off his shirt, and rushed into the surging river.
Ding Hongxing's actions stunned everyone, and Gong Jingtian shouted: "Hongxing, what are you doing?" Come back! ”
But at this time, it was too late to say anything, Ding Hongxing's figure had already submerged into the vast river, and at the same time, Ding Yuejin and the person he pulled also fell into the river, and the bodies of other people around them had also reached the limit, and it was not easy to stabilize their steps, it was really helpless, and in a blink of an eye, the figures of the two of them also disappeared into the river.
Seeing this tragic scene, tears rolled down Gong Jingtian's face, but the tears were washed away by the rain.
Everything happened so fast that Gong Jingtian didn't even have a chance to say a few more words to Ding Hongxing, he didn't expect that Ding Hongxing, who was usually so naughty, would be able to jump into the rolling river without hesitation in order to save his father.
However, Gong Jingtian didn't think that Ding Hongxing could save Ding Yuejin at all, the biggest possibility was that both father and son died in the Yangtze River, Gong Jingtian's heart was like a knife, he didn't know how to face Shen Shuzhen's grief-stricken face!
Xu Dongcheng, secretary of the Guicheng Municipal Party Committee, who was commanding at the scene, shouted: "Save people!" ”
The subordinates said with a sad face: "Secretary Xu, the weather is too bad, and the water situation on this section of the river is also very complicated. ”
Xu Dongcheng said sharply: "Then watch them being swept away by the river?" Be sure to get them back! ”
At this moment, there was a huge cheer in the crowd, Xu Dongcheng looked at the river, only to see that between the rolling waves, a figure appeared and disappeared like a dragon in the water, his right hand had already hugged a person, he was paddling the water with his left hand, swimming to the shore, and the person he was hugging, his right hand tightly held the hand of another person.
Xu Dongcheng couldn't believe his eyes, his hometown was also by the Yangtze River, of course he understood how difficult it was to save a person from the Yangtze River in such weather, it could be said that it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, he shouted to save people just now, but subconsciously, he couldn't watch three lives pass away like this, but after the excitement passed, he knew that it was impossible to do anything.
At such a time, things suddenly took a turn for the better, Xu Dongcheng's heart suddenly hung up, he couldn't take his eyes off the person in the river, and his right hand subconsciously clenched into a fist, as if he was cheering for the person in the river.
I saw that the person was paddling with one hand, and he was already close to the river bank, and several people on the shore were already ready to meet them, but at this time, a wave hit and pushed them to the heart of the river again, which made everyone's hearts, including Xu Dongcheng, hang in their throats again.
Everyone on the embankment, except for those who ran with sandbags on their backs, subconsciously walked in the direction of the person in the river.
The person on the river, of course, was Ding Hongxing, after he jumped into the water, with his master-level open water swimming skills and familiarity with the terrain and water conditions of this section of the Yangtze River, he quickly swam to his father's side.
At this time, Ding Yuejin was not out of proportion, he still held the other person's hand tightly, but he didn't see that his son had jumped into the water.
When Ding Yuejin was hugged by Ding Hongxing's right hand and heard his son call "Dad", he was not happy, Ding Yuejin was also very good at water, he knew very well how dangerous the Yangtze River was at this time.
Ding Yuejin is Ding Hongxing's only son, when he and Shen Shuzhen wanted a second child, the country had already begun to implement family planning, Ding Yuejin, who has always been an advanced activist in the unit, of course had to respond to the call, and did not have a second child, after he heard his son's voice, his first reaction was, "It's over, our old Ding family is going to die."
Ding Yuejin shouted with all his strength: "Red Star, what are you doing when you come down, you don't care about me, go up quickly." ”
Ding Hongxing said: "Dad, don't worry about it, don't move, I'll take you up." ”
Ding Yuejin knew that the most important thing to save people in the water was that the rescued person must not move, he was completely out of body now, since his son had already gone into the water, then he could only resign himself to fate, he said to Ding Hongxing: "Hongxing, then you do your best, if you are running out of strength, then leave me alone, you go ashore by yourself, Dad can float down the water, and you can find a chance to go ashore." ”
Ding Hongxing didn't say anything, hugged his father's waist, and swam to the shore along the water, his open water swimming skills were practiced in the simulated section of the Yangtze River in the virtual space, he was already familiar with the water conditions of the Yangtze River to the extreme, and knew how to swim with the most effort, and he could feel the flow direction of every subtle flow in the water, and soon, he approached the shore.
Ding Hongxing is familiar with the water situation, there are still accidents, just when he is about to reach the shore, a gust of wind blows, setting off a wave, pushing Ding Hongxing and the three of them to the heart of the river, no matter how strong Ding Hongxing's swimming skills are, he can't resist such a heavenly might, if he is alone, he can still use the water to meet the waves, but he is still holding his father in his hand, and he can't help being pushed away by the waves.
There was an exclamation from the shore, but Ding Hongxing was distracted at this time and couldn't hear anything.
At this time, Ding Hongxing's water nature that he had worked hard in the virtual space played a role, he stepped on the water with both feet, quickly stabilized his body, and then carefully felt the current, and began to move forward again along a stream of water that flowed to the shore.
Seeing that the figures of Ding Hongxing and the three of them were revealed from the wind and waves again, a burst of cheers broke out in the crowd on the embankment.
When approaching the shore for the second time, a huge wave that was much bigger than the wave just now smashed head-on to the top of Ding Hongxing's head, Ding Hongxing took two people, unable to avoid this wave, this wave smashed Ding Hongxing into the river, the figures of the three disappeared at once, the people on the shore all stared at the place where they disappeared, one by one clenched their fists, their hearts were full of sorrow, but they did not lose hope, can those three people still emerge from the river?
At this time, Ding Hongxing also felt that there was darkness in front of him, and he was also choked on a mouthful of water, and he took two people to swim, no matter how good the water was, he could also feel the power flowing quickly from his body, at this moment, he felt that there was a whirlpool in Jiang Xin, sucking his feet to the bottom of the water, no matter how he struggled, he couldn't struggle, although his strength had been strengthened a lot, but compared with nature, it was still not enough.
A thought flashed through Ding Hongxing's mind, am I going to die here?