Chapter 200: The Ruthless Water Cloud Soul Returns

According to the meteorological department, the maximum speed of this gale has reached a rare level of eight to nine per hour, and Hezhou City is a rare flat area in Heshuo Province, and the strong wind will collide at will without any hindrance, and even the big trees hugged by one person have been uprooted, and some backward rural areas have been blown down by the strong wind. Fortunately, the high winds did not cause casualties.

Just when everyone expressed their happiness, followed by a once-in-a-century heavy rainstorm followed, the heavy rain fell for two hours, there was no sign of stopping, all the 11 counties and cities in Hezhou were waterlogged, almost none of them were spared, especially the two places of Tiaoshan and Linhe, because the urban area itself was built in the low-lying area, and the underground drainage system was silted up for a long time, not only lost the role of drainage, but also appeared a large area of backfilling. The entire city is almost in the middle of a sea of water. Fortunately, the terrain of these two counties is a slow slope to the east, and although drainage is difficult, the water is not particularly deep.

The telephones in the duty rooms of the city party committee and the city government were almost blown up, and all the members of the standing committee of the city party committee and cadres at and above the deputy department level went down to the counties and districts to give on-the-spot command. Pi Guocheng also took the initiative to ask for his life, and drove to Tiaoshan City, which was the most severely affected by the disaster, in the rain. On the one hand, Liu Yunqi dispatched forces from all quarters to rush to the hard-hit areas, and on the other hand, he ordered all bureaus to prepare materials needed after the disaster. The officers and men of the Municipal Garrison Headquarters and the armed forces under its jurisdiction were all dispatched to the various disaster sites.

The provincial party committee and the provincial government even called once an hour to inquire about the disaster. Executive Vice Governor He Changling also rushed to Hezhou overnight, sat in Liu Yunqi's office, and dispatched forces from nearby brother cities to come to the rescue.

Just when everyone was nervous to fight the disaster, an unexpected thing happened, the Niangniang River suddenly burst its embankment less than half an hour after exceeding the highest water mark in history, the Municipal Water Affairs Bureau, the flood control and disaster relief team almost did not have time to react, the flood was devastating and decaying, and instantly rushed into the urban area, and the houses and buildings along the coast were almost vulnerable in the face of the waves, and they collapsed countless times in just half an hour. Residents and shops on both sides of the river did not know what had happened, and they were swept up in the floods.

The moment the swift flood head rushed into the city, He Changling was dumbfounded. He never imagined that such a thing would happen, standing in Liu Yunqi's office in the municipal party committee building, watching the flood that rushed into the city and sweeping away all the items on the ground, it took him a long time to react, slammed the water cup in his hand on the floor, turned around and looked at Liu Yunqi with blood-like eyes and asked sharply:

"Comrade Liu Yunqi, what's going on? Tell me, what the hell is going on? You speak! ”

When He Changling asked, his two eyes were still blankly looking at the various daily necessities floating in the flood outside the window, and he muttered for a long time:

"The Niangniang River has burst!"

The historical lessons of 300 years ago were repeated again in front of Liu Yunqi. He couldn't believe that something like this could really happen. The archaeological discovery five years ago, the advice of several crane scholars, is confirmed by his own body today. The embankment, which had been strengthened and raised five years ago, did not play a role in the floods. What's going on here, what's going on?

He Changling didn't seem to hear Liu Yunqi's words clearly, and asked loudly, "What did you say?" ”

"The Niangniang River has burst!" Liu Yunqi repeated, his already very thin hair drooped on his head, and his eyes looked at the street infatuatedly, and he aged a lot in an instant.

The underground drainage system in Rivers State has been repaired over the years, and although it cannot be said to be very complete, it is quite perfect, and heavy rains like today's will never cause flooding, although it may cause small areas of urban waterlogging. There is no other explanation for the unstoppable flood than the angry Niangniang River.

This time, He Changling understood. He is quite familiar with Hezhou, a few years ago, when Lan Xintian reported that he was going to build the Niangniang River embankment, he also felt that the Hezhou Municipal Government had a lot of money and had nowhere to spend, how could the Niangniang River, which flows quietly all year round, flood. Now everything is confirmed in front of us, the Niangniang River has really flooded, and it has broken the embankment, rushed into the urban area, and drowned the entire river state in the flood. Niangnianghe, he couldn't believe that he would have such a temper after decades of gentle consultation with Niangnianghe.

"Call immediately to report the situation to the provincial party committee!" Liu Yunqi held the windowsill with both hands and said helplessly to the secretary beside him.

"Secretary Liu, all the telecommunications base stations in the urban area were washed away by the flood, and the phone and mobile phone were no longer available." The secretary said with a crying voice.

"Is there no other way to get the call out?" He Changling asked.

"It's gone, Governor He." After the secretary finished speaking, he immediately continued to request: "Governor He, Secretary Liu, you better retreat quickly." The city garrison command has already sent an armored car to wait outside, and if it is too late, I am afraid it will ......"

"You tell them, let them go, I won't go." Liu Yunqi didn't have any expression on his face, and his eyes never left the raging flood outside.

Fall back? Where to retreat, Hezhou is finished, and there is no way to retreat, "Comrade Yunqi, let's go." Natural disasters are merciless, and this is not something that is within the reach of man. What's the use of staying here. He Changling persuaded.

"You don't have to worry about me, immediately take Governor He and the comrades from the province to evacuate." Liu Yunqi and Ben ignored He Changling's words, with tears in their eyes, and ordered directly to the secretary.

"But......" The secretary was almost crying, looking at Liu Yunqi's back and wanting to speak.

"Hurry up and take Governor He away!" Liu Yunqi roared.

"Comrade Yunqi, let's hurry up. Don't worry, I can explain to Secretary Datong. Natural disasters are ruthless, and you can't be blamed for such a thing. Why do you bother? He Changling seemed to understand Liu Yunqi's thoughts.

"No need, it's all at this time, what's the use of explaining. No amount of explanation can undo the devastation caused by the flood. Let's go. Liu Yunqi said resolutely.

After a short stalemate, He Changling didn't force Liu Yunqi anymore, signaled to the secretary, turned around and left the office.

This is the first unprecedented natural disaster suffered by the people of Hezhou since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the surging flood quickly spread in the urban area of Hezhou, panicked people in the water town of Zeguo rushed to flee for their lives, but people who have never experienced such a disaster, do not know how to deal with it, boldly go into the water, but immediately were frightened back by the waist-high rushing flood, the sound of crying one after another, from time to time someone drove the car out of the garage, was quickly swept into the flood. In front of the windows of the buildings, desperate eyes watched the turbulent floodwaters, looking up at the sky from time to time, hoping that the rain would stop as soon as possible.

The unsturdy houses in the urban villages were quickly collapsed by the floodwaters, and then they were pushed into the floodwaters, and in an instant nothing was visible. No one cared about whether there was anyone in the house anymore, so they could only silently pray that the next one to fall would not be the house they were in.

Not all of the tall buildings stand tall, and the first to collapse are the unit buildings built in the 90s of the last century. The small four-storey buildings, which were precarious under the slapping of the flood several times, soon showed signs of tilting and collapsing, and the people in the buildings quickly withdrew from the buildings, but did not know where to go, the adults held the children, the men supported the women, and the old people simply sat in the places where the flood had not yet invaded and resigned themselves to their fate.

Desperate people took to the streets and fell into uncovered manholes, and without even a chance to call for help, they were swallowed up by the flood.

Death, like a terrible haze, hangs over River State, and no one knows what will happen in the next second.

Lightning swung in the sky like sharp swords, and rolling thunder exploded overhead from time to time, as if the hammer of the gods was about to destroy this human world in an instant.

Hezhou, once the most prosperous city in the south of Heshuo Province, has become a hell on earth filled with the smell of death in less than half a day.

The normally busy compound of the municipal party committee was empty and lonely, and there was not even a single figure to be found except for the car that could only see the roof. The people who work here have been transferred by all the officers and soldiers of the armed police, including the family members in the family courtyard behind.

The torrential rain continued to pour down, falling in the flood water, connecting the sky and the earth, and the raging flood crashed against the 20-storey high-rise building, and continued to spread. The water on the entire floor is waist-deep.

This municipal party committee building was built when Tian Maoshan was secretary of the Hezhou Municipal Party Committee. At that time, it took a lot of effort to choose the site, and there were several plans, which were overturned by Tian Maoshan one by one, and finally settled in this relatively low-lying place. In fact, in any way, this place is not the most suitable choice right now. The reason why Tian Maoshan chose the new address of the municipal party committee here was because of feng shui problems. Now it seems that Tian Maoshan's choice at that time was so stupid.

"Heaven can do evil, but it is still self-inflicted, and it cannot live." Standing at the head of the stairs, looking at the flood water pouring in, Liu Yunqi said this to himself.

Liu Yunqi slowly walked towards the cold water step by step, and the flood pushed him back half a step with each step, but he didn't have any intention of retreating, and tried to hold on to the wall and walk out of the hall, and he couldn't walk anymore.

Standing in the water, looking at the already barren Hezhou, this old man who was over sixty years old had frozen lips and turned blue. Holding on to the pillar at the entrance of the hall, I tried to keep my balance and avoid being swept away by the flood right away. But he was in despair, and the exploits of his life were thus destroyed by a flood. He looked up to the heavens and let out the last heart-rending roar of this life:

"Fathers and fellow villagers in Hezhou, I, Liu Yunqi, am sorry for you!"

A strong lightning bolt pierced the sky, illuminating the sky with rolling black clouds, and the thunder of the landslide and the earth cracking sounded in the air.