Jingjiang embankment, section of Xiejiawan River.

Hundreds of officers and men of a certain Red Army battalion had been guarding this place for five days and nights, and none of them could remember how many hours they had slept in total, and it seemed that every time they had just closed their eyes, they were awakened by a sudden danger, and then they struggled for hours in the mud and water, until the embankment was once again relieved.

After another huge flood peak, the soldiers who were extremely tired lay down on the embankment and seized the precious time to rest. The sky was covered with lead clouds, and the drizzle did not stop at all, and the soldiers' clothes were already soaked, so they didn't care about the rain, and they slept like thunder in the mud one by one.

Battalion commander Feng Tianlei rolled up his trousers and carried his liberation shoes in his hand, stepped through the mud one foot at a time, and came to a company to inspect the situation of the officers and men. Looking at the faces full of muddy water, he only felt distressed, but helpless.

Chen Yongchao, the commander of the third company, followed closely behind Feng Tianlei and stumbled to report the situation to Feng Tianlei: "All the sandbags used to plug the gap on our side have been used up. Battalion commander, while the next flood peak has not come, hurry up and replenish a batch of bags for us. ”

"I also want to add, where to make up!" Feng Tianlei said with a dark face, "The sandbags of the other companies have also run out, it's really not good, so I'm going to let everyone take out the quilt for later use." You tell the soldiers that after the flood fight is over, I will personally report to the logistics department and ask them to patch up everyone's quilts and uniforms. ”

"That's all it can be." Chen Yongchao rolled his eyes, "Anyway, the quilt is wet, and you can't cover it if you keep it." ”

"How are the fighters doing?" Feng Tianlei asked.

"There are already more than a dozen people who have diarrhea, and the hygienist prescribed berberine, and that's it. You can't drink clean water. No one's stomach can stand it. Chen Yongchao muttered.

Feng Tianlei raised his eyes and looked into the distance, sighed, and said, "I have already contacted my superiors, the road leading to us has been washed away by the rain, and the trucks transporting supplies cannot pass. I heard that the local government is organizing people to repair the road, but this kind of weather. How to build the road. ”

"Battalion commander, how long do we have to stay here?" Chen Yongchao asked timidly.

Feng Tianlei said: "Who knows, when I first received the task, the meteorological observatory said that the torrential rain upstream would stop in three days." But then he said that the meteorological conditions had changed, and the heavy rain would continue, and it was likely to intensify. The regiment has already sent a notice that there will be a bigger flood peak tonight. ”

"Bigger than the flood peak just past?" Chen Yongchao asked.

"It should be, experts say this is the biggest flood peak of this year's flood season." Feng Tianlei said.

Chen Yongchao smiled bitterly: "I have heard this at least three times, and each time it is said to be the biggest flood peak. And then there was an even bigger peak. What time will Flood Peak arrive tonight? ”

"It's about eleven o'clock." Feng Tianlei said.

Chen Yongchao scratched his head: "What the hell, what a Hongfeng, if you don't come during the day, you have to come at night." How can you keep this black light! What's more, we're really out of ammunition now. ”

"If you can't keep it, you have to defend it, our section is the most dangerous in the entire Jingjiang section, once it breaks. Hundreds of thousands of people in more than a dozen surrounding towns and villages have been affected, so no matter how difficult it is...... I'd rather throw us all in. The embankment must also be kept intact. Feng Tianlei said, with a look of determination in his eyes.

"Battalion commander, look, there's a car coming." Correspondent Li Chunnian stumbled over from behind and shouted at Feng Tianlei in a fuss.

"Car?" Feng Tianlei and Chen Yongchao's eyes lit up, could it be that they were looking forward to the arrival of the truck transporting supplies?

The two of them ran back a few steps with Li Chunnian. He looked up at the bottom of the embankment, and then sighed softly at the same time, "This car...... There's a fart. ”

I saw that under the embankment, there was a dirt truck splashed with muddy water, Feng Tianlei had some insight and knew that this was a high-end off-road vehicle from Toyota in Japan. The price of one car is enough for half a year's food expenses for the whole camp. There are several sections of the road leading from the nearest county town to Xiejiawan that have been damaged and cannot be passed by trucks, this kind of off-road vehicle can be driven, but what Feng Tianlei needs is the sacks and drinking water and other materials transported by the truck, and an off-road vehicle cannot solve their practical difficulties.

"It can't be some kind of leader who is coming to inspect it, right?" Chen Yongchao looked at the off-road vehicle and guessed in a low voice.

Feng Tianlei sneered: "It doesn't matter what kind of leader he is, I haven't been notified." At this time, how can I have the leisure time to accompany these leaders to enjoy the mountains and rivers. ”

Chen Yongchao said: "People are not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, at least they should be here to comfort us, right?" By the way, maybe they brought some condolences with them. ”

"That's right." Feng Tianlei nodded, and then instructed Li Chunnian: "Xiao Li, you go down and ask them what they do, if it is a leader who comes to condole, you will take them to the instructor." If there are condolences for you, let the instructor not be polite, stay all, it is best to have something to eat, you can leave it for the sick to eat. ”

"Yes!" Li Chunnian knew that his battalion commander had always been a maverick and did not like to stick to local officials. In the past few days in Xiejiawan to fight the flood, there have been several groups of condolences like this, and the intentions of these people cannot be said to be bad, but on this occasion, all kinds of entertainment are really a bit out of place.

As he spoke, the door of the SUV had opened, and a young driver and a man who looked younger than the driver jumped out of the car. The two of them looked up at the embankment, and at a glance they saw Li Chunnian jumping and running down.

"Comrade, where are you and what are you doing here?" Li Chunnian ran up to the two of them and asked in an unkind tone.

"My name is Qin Hai, and I belong to Daqin Industrial Group in Anhe Province." The young man replied, "This is my colleague Xiaofu." It was the commander of your unit who called us here to help you. ”

"The head of our troops?" Li Chunnian tilted his head and asked, "Is it our regimental headquarters, or our division headquarters?" ”

"I just came from your group, and your head of the regiment said that Xiejiawan is the most difficult, so we came to Xiejiawan first." Qin Hai replied with a smile. He was ordered by Ji Mingchu, but this could not be explained to Li Chunnian, if he really said this, he would only be considered a liar by Li Chunnian.

After receiving the instructions of Ji Ming Dynasty, Qin Hai quickly contacted the group headquarters, and coordinated by the headquarters, and transferred hundreds of experienced and healthy cadres and technicians from subsidiaries and subordinate factories across the country to form a special service team, which went to the front line of flood control non-stop. After contacting the flood control headquarters in various places, the service personnel of Daqin Group were split into several teams and sent to various key locations to assist the front-line soldiers and migrant workers in flood fighting and rescue work.

Qin Hai didn't have to come to the scene in person, but since he had taken on this task, he naturally wouldn't stay out of it. He led a team to the Jingjiang River section, and after arranging everyone else, he himself drove an off-road vehicle with Heizi to Xiejiawan, which was inaccessible. Before arriving at Xie Jiawan, he did go to the regiment headquarters and learned about the current situation of Feng Tianlei's battalion, so what he said to Li Chunnian was not a nonsense.

"To help, just the two of you?" Li Chunnian looked at Qin Hai from one at a time, and he couldn't see anything special about the person in front of him. There is a whole battalion, and more than 400 young men are on the embankment, what can Qin Hai and this little fu do to help?

Qin Hai smiled, pointed at Feng Tianlei and Chen Yongchao on the top of the dam, and asked, "Is that your chief?" You'd better take me to them. ”

"That's our battalion commander." Li Chunnian said, "Our battalion commander said, if you are here to condole, let me take you to meet the instructor, the battalion commander and the third company commander still have important work to discuss." ”

Qin Haidao: "I said it, I'm not here to condole, I'm here to help you plug the gap." You, lead the way. ”

Qin Hai has been the chairman of the board of directors for so many years, and his words and demeanor inadvertently carry some commanding meaning. Li Chunnian is just a small correspondent, how have he ever seen such a momentum. He subconsciously turned around, and sure enough, he walked towards Feng Tianlei and them with Qin Hai and Heizi.

"What's going on with this Xiao Li, how did he bring people here?" Feng Tianlei stood on the top of the dam and saw this scene clearly. He didn't know what kind of ecstasy Qin Hai had poured into Li Chunnian, and he could actually let Li Chunnian lead them up to the dam in a hurry.

"Third Company Commander, you can greet them, I'll go to the Second Company." Feng Tianlei explained, turned around and wanted to walk away.

"Battalion Commander Feng, it's not appropriate to turn around and leave like this, right?" Qin Hai had already walked a few steps away, and when he saw that Feng Tianlei had the intention of leaving, he greeted him with a smile. When he was at the regiment headquarters, he listened to the introduction of the regiment commander and said that Feng Tianlei was quite arrogant, but he was indeed a good hand who could lead troops and fight tough battles. Now as soon as he looked at Feng Tianlei's posture, he knew that this person didn't want to see them, but how could he let Feng Tianlei walk away like this.

Hearing Qin Hai shout out his name and position, Feng Tianlei couldn't erase his face. If the other person doesn't know him, that's it. The other party called his name directly, and if he still walked away, it would be a little rude. Although Feng Tianlei has a strong personality, he is not an unsympathetic person.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't see you." Feng Tianlei casually came up with an obviously unreliable excuse, and then asked: "Where did the two of you come from, and how do you call them?" Why do you come to the embankment we are guarding? (To be continued......)