86_86695When people talk about drought, the first impression in their minds is often the scene of cracked land and yellow vegetation. However, this is not always the case in actual droughts.

For agricultural production, because the crops cannot be provided with sufficient water (including natural precipitation and artificial irrigation), the crop yield is reduced or the harvest is lost, which is a drought.

When Wang Shuhui was in Guangxi, he encountered a severe drought. Although he has not been directly observed in the field, he also knows from the news media that the main problem of drought is that there is little or no rainfall, followed by a drop or drying up of surface water levels, and finally a decrease in groundwater.

Judging from the situation at the time of the disaster, it seems that the flood is more severe than the drought. When the flood breaks out, it doesn't matter who you are, it's a dead end. From this point of view, the outbreak of floods has a strict force majeure.

But drought and flood are not the same. In terms of consequences, the consequences of drought are even more severe. The drought led to the failure of the harvest and the locust plague that followed, which often dealt a devastating blow to the common people. However, in times of drought, it is more resistant than floods.

Of course, whether it is a drought or a flood, their resistance is determined by the level of the government. The people's power, even if it is not at a high level of industrialization, is fully capable of shouldering the task of fighting disasters. But whether it is a feudal regime or a bourgeois regime, this regime of the exploiting classes. Regardless of whether they are agricultural or industrialized, when it comes to disaster relief issues, they often show that they are not only incompetent, but also ignorant.

There are many examples. From the perspective of modern society alone, the great hurricane of the Americans and the great drought of the Indians should not look like that in the eyes of the Chinese.

The drought in the Jingzhou section of the Yangtze River in 1622 was not particularly severe in Wang Shuhui's eyes. Although the cadres of the navigation department accompanying the ship told Wang Shuhui that the water level in the Yangtze River basin has dropped significantly this year. But in the grand scheme of things, it is not visible at all. Different from modern society, the Yangtze River in the last years of the Ming Dynasty was very "vast and endless".

Jiangbei Shipyard's current mature product, the 200-ton fully steam-powered iron-ribbed wood-hulled paddle steamer, only has two characteristics in Wang Shuhui's eyes. One is that the noise is particularly loud (the machining level is not good), and the other is that the speed is particularly slow (not enough horsepower).

But even so, three ships towing six large barges with the same iron ribbed wooden hulls, transporting more than 1,000 troops and a large amount of baggage, were still quickly sailing up the Yangtze River.

Before the advent of automatic ships that could steadily output power, there was no possibility of popularization in large rivers. However, with the Fuxingkai, the promotion of steam engines in the Zhijiang area, especially the appearance of steam ships. Before Wang Shuhui could think of this problem, the merchant who bought the steamship of the Jiangbei Shipyard took the lead in applying this method.

Jiangbei Shipyard saw that two Jiangnan merchants were the first to use this method, and immediately launched the iron-ribbed wood-hulled barge with moderate weight, higher safety, stronger stability and larger cargo capacity.

The fleet went up the river, all the way through Zhijiang County, Dongtankou, and soon arrived at Sujiadu. Starting from Sujiadu, the fleet began to slowly turn and sail towards the Mayu River on the south bank. After that, the fleet entered the tributary of the Yangtze River that flows into the territory of Songzi and began to flow down the water.

After entering the territory of Songzi County, Wang Shuhui obviously felt that the drought situation in the Songzi area might still be relatively severe. The most intuitive imagination is that the banks on both sides of the river are very obviously starting to rise. Most of the riverbanks are easily visible as fresh leaks. Occasionally, you can see some farmers laboriously carrying water from the high river bank with wooden barrels.

The more you advance towards Songzi County, the higher the river banks on both sides. The cadres of the shipping office standing next to Wang Shuhui also proved to Wang Shuhui that when the ship arrived in Songzi County last year, he could see the peasants working in the farmland on both sides of the strait when he stood on the boat. Now, the same is driving in the river, but the people on the boat can only see the river bank, and can no longer see the farmland on the bank.

The fleet soon arrived at the location of the county seat of Songzi County. Even on the boat, Wang Shuhui could vaguely see the city wall of Songzi County. However, instead of stopping at Songzi County, which has a small wharf, the fleet continued to sail downstream. In the end, the fleet stopped in a satellite map in Wang Shuhui's hand, which was called the Li family's mansion.

Although it was already at the wharf of the Jiangbei Industrial Base, a pre-landing drill was carried out. However, because it was the first time for everyone to practice and the environment was completely different, there were naturally a lot of troubles.

After a toss-up, the vanguard finally took the lead in completing the landing and established a defensive position on the shore. After that, the entire work of disembarking troops and supplies began to unfold steadily and chaotically.

The troops set off from the Jiangbei industrial base at six o'clock in the morning. When I arrived at the Li family's house, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon. However, the disembarkation of personnel and supplies continued until six o'clock in the evening.

After such a toss, the establishment of the camp will not be able to continue. Fortunately, it's July, which is the hottest time. Therefore, after everyone went ashore, they carried out a simple formation and arrangement, and began to eat and rest.

With the current conditions, the fleet does not yet dare to sail at night on the Yangtze River. Therefore, the fleet also temporarily stopped in the local area.

Of course, although there was no time to level the land and set up tents, the defense of the garrison continued as usual. Two layers of barbed wire, wolf-dog patrols, gaslight watchtowers, everything you should have.

Just as everyone gritted their teeth and filled their mouths with the "delicious" "delicious" cooked by mixing canned luncheon meat, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, a sharp whistle broke the silence of the barracks.

Hearing this warning signal, all the soldiers immediately threw away what they were holding, picked up their rifles and ran towards the assembly place of their respective units. In less than ten minutes, the rectangular formations of the company were assembled at their respective predetermined locations.

When Wang Shuhui heard the whistle, he was talking with the cadres of the drought relief command center and arranging tomorrow's work. The cadres of the so-called drought relief command center refer to the more than 100 staff officers at all levels of the ninth and tenth battalions.

The lowest platoon-level staff officers are rarely able to get the job of drawing up battle plans. This is because the grassroots units do not need to make any battle plans at all. Therefore, in addition to conveying and explaining to the officers the operational plans drawn up by the staff departments at higher levels, the work of the staff officers at the grassroots level is more to be responsible for the work of mapping, intelligence analysis, and military training.

However, these platoon-level staff officers are also very important in the troops.

Under normal circumstances, except for military operations, when the platoon commander is responsible for command, the day-to-day management work is the responsibility of the chief instructor. In addition to being responsible for the ideological and cultural education of the soldiers, the instructor chief is also responsible for assessing the results of the political and cultural classes of the cadres and soldiers of the whole platoon. In addition, the chief of education is also responsible for various administrative tasks such as ratings, promotions, and salaries of soldiers and cadres.

As the most basic level of staff officers, in addition to conveying and explaining combat missions, intelligence analysis, and mapping to cadres at the same level, they are also responsible for the daily training of soldiers and presiding over the work of military law adjudication in their units (the military law adjudication committee is established from the platoon level and is jointly composed of the chief of instruction, the staff officer, and the director of the soldiers' committee).

Generally speaking, military commanders and staff officers are very idle, except when there is a combat mission. The military governor will not say anything. Staff officers, in general, are also very indifferent. There is hardly much else to do other than organize daily training.

It was precisely for this reason that Wang Shuhui transferred all the staff officers of the two battalions to form his own temporary office.

After Wang Shuhui heard the sound of the companies using their horns to complete the assembly, he ordered the heralds to issue an order to defend on the spot. After that, he took a group of staff officers and the soldiers of the guard company to the gate of the camp.

When he passed through several phalanxes and arrived at the gate of the camp, he found that, as he thought, there was no military attack. Because the investigators have long determined that there are no people within ten miles of the surrounding area.

Those who wanted to sneak into the barracks in the dark were just a group of children who looked to be only seven or eight years old, with gray faces and dirty bodies. They were sitting on the ground, weeping in fear from the wolfdogs led by the sentries who surrounded them.

Wang Shuhui looked at the vigilant sentry team (squad) leader who was facing the enemy, and ordered: "Report the situation!" ”

The sentry team (squad) leader, still a little unresponsive. However, when he heard Wang Shuhui's order, he immediately saluted and replied: "Report to the commander-in-chief, a total of twelve enemies have invaded, and all of them have been captured, please instruct!" ”

Wang Shuhui replied casually, and then said, "Take a break." I know. Leave it to us here. You continue on your mission. ”

The sentry squad leader immediately returned the salute, and then led the soldiers of his team to continue patrolling.

Wang Shuhui told the company commander of the guard company to give the children some food, and then took them to the headquarters for questioning. Then he was ready to leave.

Wang Shuhui, who had just taken two steps, was about to leave, suddenly remembered something. He turned back to the commander of the guard company and said to him, "Let the hygienist watch them eat." Be careful, don't give them too much to eat, it's easy to get problems. ”

The company commander of the guard company only remembered after receiving the order. But isn't it, there have been such problems in the Huai Barracks in the past. Many of the displaced people who had just been dragged to Fuxing Town suddenly filled their stomachs with a lot of dry food and were strangled to death