【389】Heavy rain

When Xiaoqiang returned to 1950, it was mid-July, and the Huai River flood that occurred in history this year had already begun.

As in history, from June 26, the rain over the Huai River basin washed the land like a torrent.

The climate did not seem to be disturbed by the butterfly wings of the traverser at all, and the flood finally arrived as scheduled.

Historically, the torrential rain and flood in the entire Huai River basin were divided into three stages.

The first phase began on June 26 and ended on June 30, with a maximum rainfall of 124mm.

After two days of overcast, the heavy rain that had accumulated enough momentum returned, and the second phase lasted from July 2 to July 5, with a maximum rainfall of 251mm.

But I never expected that there was a third stage, from July 7th to July 19th, for 12 days, and the torrential rain seemed to be no longer stopping, with a maximum rainfall of 356mm.

On July 3 all tributary dikes were overflowed,

On July 5, the main embankment of the Huai River burst in Funan County.

On July 6, the Huoqiu Gandi burst,

On the 7th, the Huaiyuan dry embankment burst,

On the 8th, the Fengtai dry embankment burst,

On the 9th, the dry embankment of Shou County burst,

On the 10th, the chain of dry embankments from Bengbu to Fengyang burst,

…… 82 main and tributary banks have burst their banks......

Then there are Shouxi, Heizhang, Yushan......

…… The big water from Bengbu below to the five rivers, regardless of the river channel, connected into a piece, more than 100 kilometers of the east and west water surface, more than 40 kilometers of the north and south water surface connected into a terrifying ocean, the villages along the river only see the treetops.

According to the data, the water and gas in the eastern and northern parts of Henan and Anhui are dense, and they are connected into hundreds of miles of oceans...... The Huaihe Plain is almost a big lake, and the broad masses of people have nowhere to hide, climbing trees and houses, and howling all over the wilderness, and its condition is extremely miserable......

In the evening, Xiaoqiang stayed in the Central Flood Control General Headquarters, accompanied by the prime minister, who had stayed up all night, waiting for telegrams and calls from various places. The comrades of the secretariat are also on duty 24 hours a day.

Xiaoqiang whispered in the prime minister's ear: "Prime minister, it turns out that in history, since July 3, the tributaries of the Huai River, Gu River, Run River, Li River, Ni River, Hong River, Xiang River, and Ci River have all been overflowed, and now they are all No. 10, and the raised embankments in various places have not been flooded, and none of them have collapsed, which shows that the danger of the first stage has passed." You might as well go get some sleep. ”

The prime minister glanced at Xiaoqiang and said: "Wait a while, wait for the telegram from the Haihe River to come over, Huaihe Haihe, the palm of the hand." ”

After speaking, just as a phone call came in, the prime minister got up and walked to the telephone, took the phone from the secretary Yang Chao, and said hurriedly after listening to two sentences: "...... In a word! People are on the embankment, and they must be guarded strictly! The local government and party branch must eat and live on the dam! You must not take a step back! ……”

The voice of Commander-in-Chief Zhu on the phone in the next room also came at this time: "...... You're old troops! We must carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and death...... The whole army could not stop for a moment, and continued to raise the embankment......"

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At this moment, on the Bengbu section of the Huaihe River embankment, the army and the migrant workers are as black as the tide, and the crowds are surging, there are as many as tens of thousands of people, and in every dangerous section, cadres, soldiers, women, and migrant workers are carrying sandbags and running barefoot in the mud.

Qian Zhengying, deputy director of the Engineering Department of the Huai Control Committee, stood drenched in the heavy black rain, looking at the black waves, rising to 900 meters wide, and roaring like a big river, his heart couldn't help but tremble. Every engineering department personnel who have studied the reinforcement of the embankment and the treatment of pipe surges now have a contracted section of the embankment, and Qian Zhengying is no exception.

The rain continued to wash down from the forehead of Qian Zhengying's raincoat, she looked at the Huai River in front of her with great effort, only to see that the flow speed of the river had completely changed, and the usual slow flowing rhythm of death was gone, and the body of the Huai River at this time had skyrocketed tenfold, like a mad beast, blindly roaring, any floating object falling into it, it would be swallowed by the angry black waves in an instant, and it would be swept away a hundred meters away in an instant, and there would be no trace again.

"Minister Qian, the drainage of the Runhe flood collection and discharge outlet is normal, there are no potential safety hazards, and the water volume in the flood storage area is rising steadily."

"Minister Qian, the drainage of the Wangjiaba flood outlet is normal, the dam is very strong, and the water volume in the flood storage area is rising steadily."

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Oral reports were reported by the soldiers in charge of the order.

As another rumbling thunder exploded overhead, I saw a soldier rushing over, and the young man didn't care about the muddy water on his face, and roared and reported:

"Minister Qian! There is a pipe surge in the 103rd section! Our head of the regiment told you to come and have a look. ”

It just so happened that a lightning bolt in the sky illuminated the earth, and Qian Zhengying almost slipped and fell.

"Let's go!"

Qian Zhengying turned around, without being wordy, quickly pulled out his leg from the mud, and followed the soldier to the 103rd section of the shallow foot and stumbled, and fell a few heels along the way, smashing Qian Zhengying, who had not eaten more than ten grains of rice.

The two ran to the embankment where the pipe surge appeared, and saw a waist-thick hole at the bottom of the embankment spraying water like a dragon's mouth, and dozens of soldiers gathered on the side, frantically pressing stones and sandbags into the pipe gushing.

"The bottom is fine and the top is thick! First bury it with sand, then press it with stones! Qian Zhengying stood in the rain and shouted with all his strength.

As soon as the pipe was plugged here, someone on the embankment next to it shouted: "It's broken!" ”

Qian Zhengying was almost frightened, using his hands and feet together, and crawled towards the embankment as if flying. Hundreds of warriors on all sides who were carrying earth and rocks heard this shout and ran towards it as if they were charging there.

"Minister Qian, you're here! We're blocking the water, but we still can't stop it! The sandbag stone was washed away as soon as it was pressed up! Commander Cheng Sanshan was standing by the breach, only to see that all the buttons of his clothes had fallen off, and his body was covered with mud, and his eyes were anxious as if he was about to burst into flames.

Qian Zhengying looked at the gap on the dam that had just collapsed more than seven meters wide, more than one meter deep, and had extended nearly four meters into the embankment, and the river was rapidly overflowing, frantically gnawing more earthworks. If it is not blocked, the dam behind it may collapse into the river as a whole, causing a major collapse.

She suddenly remembered a method that the young Secretary Cao had said.

I only heard Qian Zhengying roaring angrily: "I can't take care of it, people jump in with sandbags to block it!" ”

Head Cheng was taken aback, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" ”

He turned his head and shouted, "The Communist Youth League members come with me." ”

After that, he didn't say a word, picked up a sandbag and jumped down. The soldiers behind followed suit, some holding sandbags, some hugging boulders, and blocked them together with their bodies. Qian Zhengying took a straw sandbag that had just been sent to the embankment and threw it desperately into the human wall standing at the breach.

As the warriors joined hands and formed a wall of people, they stood silently in the torrential rain and floods, allowing stones and sandbags to fall on them. As sandbags and rocks filled the hole, the embankment, which had just been gnawed by the river, was finally thickened and fixed.

From 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. the next morning, the collapsed gap in the 103rd section was finally firmly sealed.

Qian Zhengying wiped a cold sweat and said in his heart, "Because this place was first reinforced, there were many stones at the beginning, so there were no cement piles, and the embankment was built by earthwork and stones, and there was still a problem." Secretary Cao is right, in the future, cement reinforcement piles and curtain grouting must be implemented in every section of the river, but this will cost a lot of money! ”

Just as he was thinking about it, a soldier ran to report:

"Minister Qian, a soldier of our regiment slipped into the water in section 102 and was washed away!"

The rain was a little lighter at the moment, and Qian Zhengying brushed the muddy water on his face and exclaimed:

"What!?"

She didn't care about being tired, and immediately turned around and ran towards the 102nd section, probably because the movement was too big, Qian Zhengying suddenly felt that it was dark in front of her, so she fainted and fell on the embankment.

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When Qian Zhengying woke up, she was already lying in the hospital. White walls, white sheets, white cups, white tea jars, everywhere is clean.

"Little money! You finally woke up, and you had been in a coma for a day and a night. The logistics comrade of the ministry who was guarding next to him replied.

"How's the embankment? And what about the 102-paragraph water warrior? Saved? The first thing Qian Zhengying did when he woke up was to inquire about his work.

"The embankment is now in charge of Director Zeng, you can recuperate with peace of mind, the soldier swam back to the shore desperately after rushing downstream, and reported back to the army. To say that the central authorities are really taking precautions, and the troops transferred are all soldiers who have selected good water in advance. ”

Qian Zhengying quickly got up from the bed, feeling a little hungry, picked up the tea jar on the bedside table, and poured half a jar of rice soup.

"I have to go back, I'm in charge of the embankment, I can't leave."

Saying that, Qian Zhengying ignored the dissuasion, put on his coat and rushed out of the ward. When the colleague saw that he couldn't stop him, he hurriedly grabbed a tung oil umbrella and followed.

On July 19, the thick black clouds over the Huaihe River basin finally dissipated, and the 25-day torrential rain that swept the Huaihe Haihe River basin for nearly a month finally came to an end.

After a whole flood season by the Ministry of Water Resources, all the main embankments in the Huaihe River and Haihe River basins were unharmed, and even the embankments of all tributaries were not washed away.

Due to adequate preparations, all the people in the coastal villages were evacuated to a safe area on high ground, except for the migrant workers who participated in the berm, and only three people went missing due to falling into the water during the entire flood season.

"This is a great victory!" The chairman happily sat beside him Xiao Qiangdao.

"Xiaoqiang, this flood can survive safely, there is no tragedy in history where 13 million people were affected, 890,000 houses collapsed, and 489 people died, you are the first credit." The chairman sat on the sofa and pointed to Xiao Qiangdao.

Xiaoqiang also felt very relieved, feeling that he had finally fulfilled his duties as a traverser.

"Chairman, although the river embankment has not breached, due to a month of heavy rains, there are still thousands of houses that have collapsed in addition to the flood storage area. I read the statistical reports from various places, mainly focusing on the yellow mud houses in the countryside. After the flood, the construction of safety piles in the flood storage area is about to begin, which requires a lot of labor. To prevent the epidemic after the flood, it is necessary to organize people to clean the flood storage area and sprinkle it with disinfectant. ”

The chairman waved his hand: "The central government has decided to allocate cement to help the people who have collapsed to rebuild their houses, and to build them more spacious and solid, and all the money will be paid by the state." The work of system control has just started today, and the central government has decided to preliminarily complete the first phase of the national water conservancy system project within 10 years. ”

Xiao Qiang said happily: "Ten years! The central government is willing to invest so much money! ”

In the northern capital where the clouds opened and sunrise cleared in the past two days, the sun shone brightly through the glass windows into the Juxiang Library. The chairman's face was shining golden.

"Comrade Xiaoqiang, are you laughing at our stinginess? Hehe, of course I will! Water conservancy is to seek the welfare of the people for all generations and benefit future generations. For this kind of thing, our supply party is willing to cut off the waist of our pants. ”

Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Chairman, I have a request, please approve it, and give some benefits to all the personnel who participated in the flood fight this time." ”

The chairman feigned surprise and said, "Oh? Are you starting to get an inch? "After that, he got up with the old man.

"This suggestion can be adopted, and I agree. I think it's best to send some new fabrics and let everyone make some new clothes to wear, after all, after soaking in the rain for more than a month, everyone's clothes must not be soaked. ”

"Yes!"

Chairman "Haha......" laughed happily again, since the war on the Korean Peninsula began, he had not laughed so heartily for a long time.

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