It was the most memorable 80 hours of a solemn life.

During these 80 hours, the rescue troops of the 1st Division were rotated in two batches.

During these 80 hours, a report afterwards summed up that from the embankment to the soil extraction point, a total of 326 meters, on average, each officer and soldier who participated in the rescue ran more than 300 times, which is equivalent to running more than 90 kilometers in the muddy ground.

During these 80 hours, each soldier carried more than 13,000 kilograms of filler.

After that, the 1st Division continued to garrison the flood control section of S City, facing four flood peaks successively, and dispatching more than 10 large and small dangers on average every day.

The longest continuous operation lasted for five days and nights, and the officers and men worked for 32 hours without stopping. In these five days and nights, 1,300 tons of sand and gravel were transported, 45,300 cubic meters of soil and stone were transported, and 8,500 meters of cofferdam were transported.

The highest record of a single soldier carrying sandbags in a construction is more than 900 bags, weighing more than 36 tons!

According to the statistics of the health team of the division hospital, 60 percent of the officers and men were forced to rest by the health team due to days of running and rushing to rescue people, as well as exposure to the sun and rain, and many of them were forcibly evacuated to rest by the health team.

This is the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

This is the Chinese soldier in the new era.

Perhaps, standing on the flood embankment in 98, you will understand why the Chinese soldiers who wore single cotton clothes and ate fried noodles and snow were able to drive the modern American army, which was dozens of times stronger than themselves, back to the side of the 38th parallel.

This kind of spirit cannot be understood if it is not a return to the army, and it is impossible to understand it by relying only on literary works and film and television dramas.

A reporter picked up a suicide note written on a plastic bag of instant noodles with a ballpoint pen on the embankment and was not finished.

The handwriting of the suicide note was crooked, and even some places were not clear, but after careful identification, it could be seen that it was written like this.

Second father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, elder brother, younger brother:

Hello family!

When you read this letter, you have already died heroically in the flood fighting. Please do not be sad or sad.

Second father, I made you worry a lot until before, I was not very obedient, and I made you angry, because you always wanted to be a productive person, and I was willful again and again, taking one detour after another, going to school, repairing cars, all halfway, and I refused to admit my mistake.

How difficult it is for you to raise your children to adulthood, and your children will leave you forever before they have a little filial piety. I can't bear to leave, I want to be with you again, and our family will be together again. But it can only be an unattainable dream.

In the face of the flood, I don't want to be a coward, I want to be a hero who stands up to the sky, I don't want to embarrass you, although I have only gone through a short period of twenty springs and autumns, and I have no regrets about what I said to my second father, but I have no regrets.

I want to eat the rice wine made by grandma, and I have beaten you since I was a child......

This unfinished suicide note was seen from a book on the bookshelf in the reading room of the army one day after the solemn flood fight, and it was a record of the flood fight published by the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House.

According to his description, the little soldier ran into danger before he finished writing, and his troops set out to rescue and never returned......

The reporter said that the suicide note was real, because people who had not experienced it could not write a suicide note with this emotion, and the ellipsis at the end of the suicide note was added by himself, so it was specially marked.

At that time, two years had passed since the 98 flood, and it was already 2000.

However, the solemnity of that day still couldn't be held back, and he found a corner to sit down, and let the man's tears flow freely down his cheeks, for those sacrificed comrades.

The Yangtze River flood formed a total of eight flood peaks, starting from the first flood peak on July 2 at the earliest, and ending with the eighth flood peak on August 31.

He solemnly followed the troops and held the embankment for more than a month.

On 31 August, after the eighth flood peak was successfully passed, the entire flood-fighting army and people along the Yangtze River breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for the officers and men who were sent to inspect the embankment with the local patrol team on a daily basis, most of the officers and men rested in the garrison the rest of the time.

On the night of the eighth flood peak, he solemnly changed into a brand new camouflage uniform.

It's one of the many things the team has done, and now it's finally coming in handy.

When I took a bath, my whole body hurt.

Rotten crotch, rotten shoulders, peeling back, and rotten feet......

Every day, I have to go to the medical team to get the potion, comrades-in-arms, you help me wipe it, I help you wipe it, although it hurts, but compared to the victory against the flood, everyone is full of joy.

Although no one knows when the troops will be withdrawn, everyone knows that the day will soon come.

This morning, Lao Qi came over and ordered the names of Zhuang Yan, Wang Datong and Xu Xingguo, saying that they asked the three of them to help the cook, and accompanied their boss to the town to buy vegetables.

The three of them got into the truck, and the boss got into the car not long after.

"Huh? Boss, how do you wear casual clothes? You're breaking the rules! Zheng Zheng saw that his boss was wearing a sportswear and a pair of pull-back shoes on his feet, so he quipped: "You shouldn't have met the girl here, right?" Be careful to be handled! ”

Not only the boss, but also the soldiers of the other cooking class are wearing sportswear, and looking at these sportswear, they are all new.

The boss took a solemn sip and said, "You think I want to wear civilian clothes?" ! I told you, when we get to the town later, the car will stop near the vegetable market, Xiao Chen and I will get out of the car first, and you will stay in the car, and when I pay and move the vegetables to the door of the vegetable market, you will come and move them to the car. ”

Wang Datong said strangely: "Buying vegetables is not buying a space shuttle, how can your cooking class be like an agent behind enemy lines?" ”

The boss said, "Huh! If I don't wear civilian clothes, I won't be able to buy food. ”

"Huh?" The solemn three looked at each other.

"You know! Every day on the embankment, I don't know what happened in the world, right? The boss said.

Zhuang Zhuang couldn't help it, and said: "Boss, it's not right for you to say that, we are working the front line, you are in charge of logistics, you are more comfortable than us, right?" Don't be nervous, what's the matter, tell me quickly. ”

Wang Datong's gossip heart was already ready to move, and he echoed: "Yes, yes, say it quickly, say it quickly." ”

The boss sat in the carriage, took out a box of cigarettes, distributed them to a few people, then lit a fire, took a puff of cigarette and said: "Around here, don't talk about this town, even if you go to Jingzhou City or S City, if you wear a military uniform, you won't be able to buy vegetables." ”

"Why?" The solemn eyes were round, "The people should welcome us very much." ”

The boss rolled his eyes and said, "Did I say that the people don't welcome us?" Didn't you? It's just so welcome, don't you understand. Since we came here to rescue the emergency, we went to buy groceries, and people saw you wearing a military uniform, and they refused to ask for your money! ”

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

I didn't expect this to be the case.

"I'm not kidding." The boss said seriously: "Not only do you not charge money, but you also stuff a stuffed one, what kind of eggs, fruits, mineral water...... I Di Niang, the first time I encountered that scene, I really frightened Lao Tzu, and I almost ran away. ”

At this, he took a cigarette in his mouth and suddenly sneered, his expression slightly proud.

"Speaking of which, it is the first time I have felt this kind of enthusiasm of the common people, this person, you are for me, I am for you, you love me, I love you. You said that before you became a soldier, I didn't think it was a drop to wear a military uniform, and after it was a soldier, it was not unusual. But this time, to be honest, ......"

Speaking of this, the boss stretched out his hand and pointed to Yan Yan and a few others.

"I really feel that wearing this military uniform really has a sense of sacredness and mission."

Zhuang Yan and the others were stunned for a while, laughed loudly, and said, "Boss, you are a cook!" Walk around the stove all day long, don't blow yourself into the sky! ”

The boss rolled his eyes again: "What are you talking about!?" Without our cooking class, can you fight the flood and rescue when you are hungry? You'll have to lie down in less than half a day! You don't want to think about it, these days, in addition to ensuring the main meal, we also have to protect your mung bean soup, you fight the flood overnight, we cook noodles and supper overnight, without us, you can't do anything! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhuang Zhuang hurriedly apologized: "Boss, let's just joke with you, aren't we?" Don't be angry, I'll point to you and give me a few more pieces of meat later. ”

The boss grinned, sighed and said: "Alas, our division commander has ordered, all cooking classes are not allowed to wear military uniforms to go out to buy vegetables, they must wear civilian clothes, and when I pay the money later, the vegetables will be moved out of the market gate, and the people will probably have no way." ”

"You've been buying it for so many days, and people still don't recognize you?" Wang Dazui said.

The boss said, "I go to a different town every day to buy it, and the car is parked far away, and they won't find out." ”

A few people talked nonsense all the way, and soon arrived in town.

The boss and the cooks went down to buy groceries, and the three of them were in a panic in the car, so they got out of the car to breathe.

Standing next to the car, after a while, Wang Datong said: "Solemn, have you noticed that something is wrong?" ”

Solemnly looked around, and indeed found that the people passing by were looking at the three of them, and the look was not over, when the solemn gaze met them, the other party must have stopped and smiled at them.

In this way, Majest had to smile back.

Soon, the students passing by saw them and began to salute the Young Pioneers to them.

The solemn few had to return the military salute.

I never thought that there would be such a solemn treatment, and I felt uncomfortable.

Although the flood fighting and rescue were tiring, hard, and dangerous, he never thought that the people would be so enthusiastic about him at the beginning.

"Let's go back to the car."

The three of them had to climb into the car and hide in the carriage, like thieves.

The three soldiers sat in the innermost part of the carriage like fools, you looked at me, I looked at you, and watched for a long time.

Wang Datong, who has always been frequent, suddenly smiled and said: "Solemn, Xu Xingguo, I think I can brag to others for a lifetime about this experience!" ”

"Boasting for a lifetime?" Xu Xingguo said: "You will blow." ”

Wang Datong said: "Why can't I blow it? From now on, when I go home from the army, even if I am richer than me, I dare to tell him, you are rich and a fart, in your life, have you ever lived for others? But I have! I've worked hard for others, I'm better than you! ”

Zhuang Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

yes, how many times in your life do you have the opportunity to fight for strangers? And how many people can do it for others?

Well, this cowhide can indeed be blown for a lifetime.

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