The Yangtze River is full, like a soup pot that is about to overflow boiling water at any time. The Yangtze River is crazy, like a trapped beast desperately trying to break free. The murky water of the river is getting higher and higher, nearly five meters higher than the few houses under the embankment.

Nearly a thousand fighters, who do not know from which unit, were in full swing on the embankment. Carrying or carrying hundreds of pounds of sand and gravel, his clothes are soaked, his shoes run off, and his feet are scratched, completely disregarded.

Seeing that Tian Wenjian was stunned there, Officer Tao of the Huangzhou City Armed Forces Department said in a hoarse voice: "Many officers and soldiers have reached the limit of physical fitness, and they have not entered since they came here, and many of them have begun to become dehydrated. From one person carrying a sack, to two people carrying it, to four people carrying it, and finally to dragging a sack to crawl on the ground. ”

The officers and soldiers put sandbags on the embankment layer by layer, and it was only 20 meters from the embankment to the place where the sacks were filled. And the water level is still climbing rapidly, spewing out of the cracks in the sandbags, and in some places the sandbags are starting to collapse and fall into the floodwaters.

The embankment was already full of people, and even pulling the officers and soldiers of the hospital up would not be of much help. What's more, the officers and men of the hospital cannot be compared with the field troops in terms of physical fitness, and if everyone collapses after working for half a day, how can the tasks assigned by the superiors be accomplished?

Most of the people have evacuated, and it is nearly 40 kilometers away from the city, and the roads are so muddy. What he saw and heard along the way made Dean Tian realize that the food supplies he brought might be the only thing he could eat in the Huangzhou Embankment, so he raised the walkie-talkie without hesitation and ordered categorically:

The officers and soldiers have not entered the water for a long time, the personnel of the epidemic prevention team immediately looked for a clean water source, the personnel of the medical team went to the embankment to make rounds, and the rest of the personnel assisted the logistics team in burying the pot and cooking, so as to ensure that the officers and soldiers could drink water and eat before two o'clock!"

"Cave Tip received, Hole Tip received!"

Officer Tao couldn't help but shed tears, clasped Tian Wenjian's hand, and choked up: "Thank you, thank you Dean Tian, thank you comrades from the Air Force Hospital." ”

"This is what we should do, let's go, take me to the headquarters to report for duty."

The flood control headquarters is located on the embankment, made of a few pieces of wood and a few pieces of dilapidated asbestos tiles, and it looks like a simple toilet built by ordinary people on the side of the road.

There were quite a few personnel in the headquarters, but they all led the officers and soldiers and the militia to work. Only Qian Weiping, the chief flood control commander of the section, and the executive vice mayor of Huangzhou City, and three veteran engineers were guarding the shack.

After listening to Dean Tian's report, Vice Mayor Qian showed a disappointed expression on his face. He understands his feelings very well, because what he needs now is people, machinery and equipment, and disaster relief materials, not a group of doctors and nurses who can't lift their hands or shoulders.

Despite this, he still groaned in tears, nodded and said, "Dean Tian, our work has not been done well, so that thousands of officers and soldiers have not eaten until now. Your arrival has solved our urgent needs! Thank you, thank you very much. ”

"Vice Mayor Qian, it's out of sight when you say this. According to the instructions of the superiors, from now on the Longjiang Air Force Hospital will be under your command, please give the mission. Tian Wenjian took out the order of the division headquarters and handed it over, and stood up and saluted.

There are more women than men, and there are more than a dozen old people. There were a lot of cars coming, but apart from some food, there were a lot of useless things. For a while, Vice Mayor Qian really didn't know how to arrange it, so he simply waved his hand and said categorically: "Dean Tian, I, a layman, can't command you insiders, you can look at the medical security work yourself." ”

The entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were in an emergency, and even the main force that had gone up to the embankment two days ago had not eaten, and Dean Tian did not dare to raise any logistical supply problems. After saluting the bloodshot and haggard Vice Mayor Qian, he returned to the station under the embankment.

As soon as he walked down the embankment, Yang Xiaoguang walked up quickly, stomped on the mud on his legs, and said eagerly: "Xiao Tian, I have inquired clearly, on the embankment is the infantry regiment of the C Division of the R Group Army, they arrived two days ago, they have been working for more than 40 hours, do you think we have organized some manpower to go up and strengthen the embankment with them?" ”

Tian Wenjian pointed to the Yangtze River on the other side of the embankment and said solemnly: "Whether inside or outside the embankment, the water is now polluted by feces and animal carcasses. Preventing the pandemic after the catastrophe is just as important as our work. If it weren't for this, the regional and military district air forces would have been able to send us here? ”

"So what's next?" Yang Xiaoguang didn't pay attention for a while, maybe it was more important for him to carry a sack.

The command didn't care about anything, didn't even send a guide, and simply treated the Air Force Hospital as a unit that came to cause chaos. Tian Wenjian sighed secretly and said with a wry smile: "Political commissar, you and Captain Jiang are staying here." Unload the truck to cook first, and then set up a field hospital to carry out inspection and epidemic prevention work as planned; I led the large army to move on, and there was something to call on the radio. ”

"Well, it seems that this is the only way to go." Yang Xiaoguang thought about it, and then said, "That's right...... Xiao Tian, you have to leave me more food, there are nearly 1,000 people on the embankment. ”

The whole line is in an emergency, and the situation ahead is not much better. Tian Wenjian pondered for a moment, looked at the busy officers and soldiers on the embankment, and said heavily: "Political commissar, I can only leave you two days' rice, hold on." ”

"That's okay, let's solve the urgent need first, and then I'll let people go to the city to purchase."

Leaving behind sixteen cars and more than seventy people, the convoy set off again. Before leaving, Dean Tian also instructed the logistics personnel to set up two tents for the flood control headquarters.

The road is getting harder and harder, and the rain is still falling. However, in order to ensure that a medical security network without blind spots is established before dark, the convoy will stop every four kilometers, and hundreds of people will set up tents in the rain and leave enough food and medicine for the remaining personnel before moving on.

At half past five in the afternoon, the Air Force Hospital completed all deployments, setting up eight medical sites and two field hospitals. Considering that the supply was even more difficult than expected, Dean Tian left twelve trucks behind.

After sending off the convoy of the transport unit and the two transport companies, Tian Wenjian was on the embankment of the Honghu section and finally met the political commissar of the Infantry Regiment of the C Division of the R Group Army. At this time, the torrential rain stopped, the water level began to drop, and the people on the embankment finally breathed a sigh of relief, and one by one they lay down on the spot, unable to even move their fingers.

According to the officers and men who came to the medical center to be bandaged, Political Commissar Liu is not young, and yesterday he fell to the ground and fainted while carrying a sack, and after being rescued, he continued to fight. Seeing that Dean Tian stretched out his right hand, he was a little embarrassed and wanted to pull back.

It looked like he was so dirty, his pants were worn out, and he tore them into shorts to make do. The weather is not too hot, but the work is very hot, and the jacket has long been thrown away, and there is an orange life jacket in the hollow. There are many mosquitoes on the embankment, and the bites on the body and face are red envelopes.

Dean Tian didn't know that these were not the most unbearable for him. Because he has been soaking in the water for a long time, his crotch hurts and itches at this time, and he doesn't dare to walk with his legs.

Political Commissar Liu still didn't shake hands after all, but pointed to the medical tent under the embankment, and asked weakly: "You're welcome, there are so many people." Just now there was a piling warrior whose foot pierced the nail through, and now what's going on? ”

"It's already wrapped, it's not okay to not let him go into the water, and he ran away as soon as he saw no one. The wound is so deep that if it is infected, the foot will be ruined. ”

"Got it, I'll send him back later."

Dean Tian handed over a cigarette, and when he saw that the officers and soldiers surrounding him were looking at this side, he simply threw the box at them. The officers and soldiers were very happy, nodded at him one by one and thanked him, and then sat down in the muddy water and sucked it beautifully.

Political Commissar Liu took a deep breath of cigarette, pointed to the rows of tents under the embankment, listened to the roar of generator sets and diesel stoves, and said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that your preparations would be so sufficient. After touching your bareness, I can finally eat a hot meal. ”

"External floods and internal waterlogging, the top really can't take care of it."

At this time, Helan, the head nurse, stumbled up with the medicine box on her back. A white coat has turned into a black coat, seeing the soldiers looking at her and laughing, she simply took it off generously, threw it to Dean Tian who was talking to Political Commissar Liu, and then checked the hands and feet of the soldiers one by one.

The palms and fingers of the warriors were worn out, blood and mud and sand, and their arms were broken. The female comrades were soft-hearted, looking at the wounds one after another, and while shedding tears, they helped them clean and bandage. The lieutenant officer beside Political Commissar Liu couldn't stretch out his fingers, Helan put the kettle aside and said to him, "Now you stretch your fingers hard until you can't stretch them out." ”

"I'm fine, you can give me an injection to close it." The lieutenant officer was shy, and his face turned red in the face of Helan.

Helan gave him a roll of the eyes, grabbed his hand, and said in an unquestioning tone: "Are you a doctor, or am I a doctor?" ”

He pushed hard, but his fingers were still curling, and she helped him break them out, and he could hear the joints click.

"When you rest, just like you just did, make a fist with your left hand, hold it for a minute, then stretch it out and hold it for another minute, and that's a set. At first, the left hand is weak, but the right hand can help. If you have time, you can do it, it is good for recovery, and closure is not reluctant to give you a beating, but it is not good for you. ”

After saying that, Helan patted him on the shoulder, packed up the medicine box, and got up to look at the other soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers were still looking at her back, Tian Wenjian couldn't help but quip: "Don't look at it, other people's sons will call uncle." Nearly 100 officers and soldiers on the embankment burst into laughter, and Political Commissar Liu also showed a knowing smile.

"Dean Tian, have you seen our head of the regiment?" Political Commissar Liu threw away the cigarette butt and asked lightly.

Tian Wenjian turned his head, pointed to the walkie-talkie in his hand, and said with a smile: "I stayed at the headquarters for a while, and I saw Vice Mayor Qian, but I didn't see your regiment leader." If you want to talk to him, just use this. ”

"What are you kidding?" Political Commissar Liu glanced at the walkie-talkie and said with a smile: "It's more than thirty kilometers away, this thing can't reach." ”

"We have a relay station, thirty kilometers is no problem."

Political Commissar Liu was happy, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Dean Tian, what else do you haven't brought?" ”

After thinking about it, Dean Tian said with self-deprecation: "Except for the materials that will help strengthen the raised embankment, we basically bring them all. ”

"It's good to be here, but the people in our division hospital don't know where they are." After a pause, Political Commissar Liu pointed to the rows of tents under the dam and continued: "Even if they come, they don't have your equipment. ”

Dean Tian still believes this, after all, there are not many units that can take out so many tents at once, you must know that the more than 800 tents brought cost more than one million to the Longjiang Air Force Hospital. Most of the troops are busy building barracks, who has nothing to do with these things?

Thinking that the officers and soldiers were eating, drinking, and sleeping on the embankment, Tian Wenjian said with a sincere face: "Political Commissar Liu, let everyone go into the tent to rest after dark." If you get drenched like last night, you won't be able to last a few days. ”

"If that's the case, then it's disrespectful." Political Commissar Liu patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You kid, no wonder the military newspaper praised you like a flower." ”

Only then did Dean Tian remember that he was still a positive example of college students' dedication to national defense. Seeing that Political Commissar Liu was seated in the same place as the newspaper, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Do you also believe the things in the newspaper?" ”

"I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it."

Political Commissar Liu struggled to get up, and said with a hearty smile as he walked down the embankment: "Dean Tian, when the task is completed, I will invite you to drink." But from now on, you have to take care of our food and our shelter. ”

When the sky darkened, Tian Wenjian pondered that the food of the logistics team should be almost done, so he simply turned around and shouted at the top of his voice: "Comrades, it's time to eat!" There are no big fish and meat, and there are enough porridge and pickles, so let's go down! ”

The first batch of troops to go up the embankment brought nothing but shovels and sacks, not even compressed biscuits and water, and the officers and men, who had long been hungry, cheered and walked down the embankment one by one.

Chairman Wu exchanged a few words with Political Commissar Liu, then ran over and said with a wry smile: "The situation on the side of Political Commissar Yang and Vice President Jiang is similar to ours, Xiao Tian, we are about to become a logistics department." ”

Tian Wenjian found a branch, sat on the medicine box outside the tent, and asked with a smile while picking the mud from his feet, "Is there any good news over there?" ”

"There is news, but I don't know if it's good news." Chairman Wu sighed lightly and continued: "Vice Mayor Qian said that he would send us three truckloads of rice early tomorrow morning, and it seems that they are treating us as cooks. ”

70% of the people on the embankment were injured, and the medical staff were simply too busy. Besides, there are only a few diesel stoves, and they can't be used without the generator set, and they can do it for a day or two, but it can't go on like this.

Dean Tian pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Make it clear to them that we also have our tasks. Let them find a way to get some compressed biscuits, and preferably a few more truckloads of mineral water. ”

"Okay, I'll go and inform Political Commissar Yang."

After dinner, the Jibu Regiment rested for half an hour, and ordered from above that there was a dangerous situation on another embankment and that it should quickly switch to battle. Those who could not get up again were ordered to regroup, and many of them almost climbed onto the carriages of liberation.

Dean Tian hurriedly dispatched personnel and personally led a medical team of 20 people to follow with medicines. After driving for a while, the road ahead could not be driven, and everyone got out of the car and walked to the embankment. At this time, it was already late at night, and the beams of countless flashlights intersected, carrying sandbags along the bright light, rolling and crawling in the dark night of heavy rain...... It wasn't until the east turned white and the embankment was built to a safe height that it was finally time to rest. Following Dean Tian, who had worked all night, dragged his tired body and returned to the starting place with everyone.

(To be continued)