Huang Chengzhuo and Guo Tie didn't sleep all night. It wasn't that they didn't feel sleepy, but that there was lightning and thunder that night, and it rained heavily all night. The hotel they booked was located on the edge of the collapsed area in the east of the city, and the conditions were originally very ordinary, and the pouring rain kept washing their glass windows, making the two of them uneasy.

I turned on my phone and checked the weather forecast, and it rained heavily for the next few days. Looking at the weather news again, it is said that this year's No. 14 typhoon "Capricorn" did not continue to move westward according to the established route, but went around in a circle and stayed over the Huaihai Plain.

Huang Chengzhuo couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart, and hurriedly sent a message to Guo Tie: "Potstickers, we won't be so unlucky, right?" ”

Guo Tie replied: "What's the matter, if you don't sleep at night, what kind of nerves do you have?" ”

Huang Chengzhuo said: "Speaking of me, why didn't you sleep?" ”

Guo Tie replied: "I'm old, I can't sleep alone, and I can't sleep at night." ”

Huang Chengzhuo said: "I'm going to call the editor-in-chief, you harass me." ”

Guo Tie: "Wronged, you see, it's snowing in August." ”

Huang Chengzhuo said: "Don't talk nonsense, you listen to the sound of the rain, and then check the weather forecast, how do I feel a little wrong?" During the Chinese New Year last year, didn't there be a flood in Licheng, do you remember? ”

Guo Tie didn't reply, and it took a few minutes before he typed: "You go back to the capital tomorrow morning." ”

Huang Chengzhuo said: "If you don't come, I won't leave." ”

I stayed up with my eyes open until the second half of the night, and the sound of noisy and chaotic footsteps began to be heard in the hotel. Huang Chengzhuo leaned over to the window and took a look, the street lights on the street had been extinguished, and there was a dark scene everywhere. knocked on Guo Tie's door opposite, but there was no response, and then called him, Guo Tie said I was in the hall on the first floor, and there was water outside, don't come down.

Huang Chengzhuo is a tough temper, the more she doesn't let her come down, she keeps the camera and drags a pair of flip-flops and runs down. Turning the stairs on the second floor, I saw more than twenty people standing in the hall on the first floor, and the current had already submerged their feet and necks. Several hotel waiters are holding plastic basins in their hands, and they are trying to splash the water in the lobby outside.

Seeing Huang Chengzhuo coming down, Guo Tie walked up with a straight face, and said angrily: "You dead child, why are you disobedient?" ”

Huang Chengzhuo didn't say anything, and took a set of photos cracklingly, before pouting and saying, "My crow's mouth has worked again." ”

Guo Tie smiled: "What's the matter, the level in the east of the city is relatively low, so it entered the water." You see, it's only to the feet and neck. ”

Huang Chengzhuo ignored him, because no one's hotel would deliberately open in a low-lying place, unless there was too much money and there was no place to throw it. This is not the case with hotels, let alone low-lying areas. What's more, the heavy rain has not stopped for a moment, and the devil knows what the situation is like outside. Huang Chengzhuo took a breath, took an umbrella and walked outside the hall. Guo Tie stretched out his hand to stop him, but was pushed away by Huang Chengzhuo.

Out of the hotel gate, Huang Chengzhuo saw that only half of the car in the parking lot was still exposed, and the rest was immersed in water. As a rough estimate, the water has accumulated for more than a meter. Guo Tie chased him out with an umbrella, helped Huang Chengzhuo connect to the night duty department of the newspaper, and got in touch with the host of CCTV. CCTV replied that the live broadcast program was determined by the leadership and could not be changed for the time being, and if Huang Chengzhuo wanted to broadcast the flood in Licheng live, he could go to the network TV hosted by CCTV to broadcast it live.

Guo Tie got in touch with the person in charge of CCTV Network TV again, and after some communication, the time had come to 4:15 in the morning. Huang Chengzhuo walked out along the corridor of the hotel lobby, and the camera was lit up at the water outside. Dense raindrops hit the water, splashing yellowing water one after another.

Huang Chengzhuo is just a newspaper reporter and has never had live broadcast experience before, but she has seen a lot of work scenes of her peers, and she also knows what she should do. Guo Tie handed the microphone to Huang Chengzhuo, and then patted Huang Chengzhuo's frightened and calm face with his mobile phone.

Huang Chengzhuo's voice trembled a little, I don't know if it was because of fear or cold: "We are in the eastern subsidence area of Licheng City, which is subordinate to Suxu City, and since nine o'clock last night, it has been pouring heavy rain here, and it has not stopped. The hotel is located on Huanghuai Road, and we can see that the water level has submerged the tires of the cars. Conservative estimates suggest that the depth of water in the low-lying areas is already more than one and a half meters. According to the weather forecast, Typhoon No. 14 'Capricorn' is still staying in the Huanghuai region. Licheng, located on the Yellow Sea Plain, will surely become the hardest hit area...... My colleague has already contacted the Licheng District Government, and they are carrying out rescue operations overnight, but the heavy rain came too suddenly, and the east of the city is the largest reservoir in the district, and if the levee bursts, the consequences will be unimaginable......"

A wire was overwhelmed and suddenly snapped in the middle. A spark grazed the surface of the water, almost clinging to Huang Chengzhuo's body and falling into the water. Huang Chengzhuo walked over against the inner wall of the hotel, and the umbrella in Guo Tie's hand was crooked in the heavy rain. On the road outside the hotel, the rushing water swept the broken branches and leaves of the trees, pushing several lighter Japanese sedans downward.

The police rescuers also arrived, and the officer who led the team was named Du Deyong, with whom Huang Chengzhuo had dealt with. Du Deyong observed the situation around the hotel and shouted loudly in the wind and rain: "Reporter Huang, the hotel is still safe for the time being, you can stay there and wait for rescue." We're going to go down there first, there are a few villages that have been badly damaged. ”

Huang Chengzhuo's face remained unchanged, and he nodded heavily. Guo Tie adjusted the camera to let Du Deyong and others appear on the screen of CCTV network TV, and the audience couldn't help but burst into tears when they saw the more than 20 police officers walking in the water with ropes wrapped around their waists.

Huang Chengzhuo shuddered suddenly, and shouted at Guo Tie: "The village, it's the villages that are going to be demolished. ”

Guo Tie was also suddenly startled, and the whole person was stupid. In order to resist the demolition, the villagers dug many ditches to block the excavators and bulldozers of the First Construction Group. Now the water is rolling down, just as the canals are rushing towards their house. Huang Chengzhuo thought more anxiously, threw away the umbrella, took the microphone and walked towards the boundless water. Guo Tie held the camera with one hand, found a wooden stick casually, and then followed behind Huang Chengzhuo on a crutche. Both of them were only one meter and six meters tall, and the further down they went, the deeper the water level became, and they could walk to the road when Du Deyong came, and the water like a vast sea had reached their chests.

The police officer who walked at the back reminded Du Deyong, who turned around and walked back with difficult steps, shouting at the top of his voice: "Reporter Huang, Mr. Guo, you wait here, the assault boat will arrive in a while." It's dangerous ahead, don't go any further. ”

Huang Chengzhuo said sharply: "Team Du, this is our duty. ”

The rain was so loud that Du Deyong had to shout angrily: "It's our duty to protect you, don't make trouble for us." ”

Huang Chengzhuo was excited and aggrieved in his heart, his nose was sore, and two lines of hot tears flowed down. Guo Tie comforted softly: "Okay, bracelet, what Team Du said is right." I think we'd better go up first, the assault boat is to save the people, we can't go and add to the chaos. ”

Huang Chengzhuo responded, and let the camera keep pointing at Du Deyong and the others who were slowly moving away, until their figures completely disappeared at the end of the road, and then gritted their teeth and returned to the hotel. When he returned to the room, Guo Tie immediately turned on the computer and sent the news of the major flood in Licheng in the form of a press release. The newspaper did not change a word, and it was directly posted on the official website. At this time, on Weibo and other social platforms, various pictures and text reports have exceeded 100,000.

Although Licheng belongs to the plain area, and north of Mangdang Mountain is the old course of the Yellow River, but in the history of more than 1,000 years, there has never been a large-scale water quality disaster. After the snowstorm last year, the Licheng District government approved a special fund to purchase some assault boats to prevent this kind of situation from happening. No one expected that these assault boats would come in handy so quickly.

The water was so deep and the road conditions were so complicated that Du Deyong and his family could not get close to the villages on foot. Finally, when the assault boat arrived, news came from Bao Huiyan's side, saying that the local villagers had called the police to report that the nearby embankment had been dug up, and the water near the village was more than two meters deep, and most of the villagers had already gone to the roof.

Du Deyong got on the assault boat and commanded the team members to divide into several teams and go to different villages to rescue. The thin raincoats on the police officers had long been useless, and at this moment their bodies had been soaked by the rain, but Du Deyong gave an order, and they continued to move forward with the assault boat without saying a word.

A gray light began to appear in the east, and the heavy rain finally lightened. When Du Deyong came to Huanglong Village near the embankment, he saw several village cadres on the roof of the village committee office building along the street directing the villagers to save themselves through loudspeakers. Dozens of young men pushed improvised rafts made of bed boards and worked hard to move the village's old and weak women and children to higher ground. But the water was too deep and fast to be able to compete with it with their bodies, so they had to hold on to the corners of the houses.

Du Deyong commanded the assault boat to come to them, and he jumped down to the roof first. As soon as the village leaders wanted to say hello, Du Deyong immediately waved his hand and asked them to organize the villagers to line up to board the assault boat. The two assault boats were quickly filled, but only about twenty people could be carried away. Du Deyong took the tweeter and said loudly with relief: "Fellow villagers, please rest assured, I am Du Deyong from the Public Security Bureau, and I promise that I will send you out safely." ”

The villagers were frightened all night and immediately began to sob. Du Deyong briefly reported the situation here to Du Dezhong and Bao Huiyan, and then observed the situation in the village, and saw that some houses were about to collapse, so he hurriedly led the village cadres to swim over and transferred the families to the office building of the village committee.

At the same time, colleagues who went to other villages also reported the situation on their side on the intercom. The news from all parties was summarized to the district bureau, and Du Dezhong and Bao Huiyan commanded all the cadres and police in the city to fully participate in the rescue and disaster relief. On the district government's side, Tan Jialin also reported the current situation in Licheng to Su Xu's side, while Zhu Jiaying patiently communicated with the surrounding brothers and neighboring counties, reminding them to strictly guard and defend the embankments in their respective territories to prevent the Tuo River from bursting upstream and downstream.