A torrential rain rained for three days and three nights, which just confirmed Zhang Huapu's speculation that the water level of the Yellow River had skyrocketed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because of his timely reminder, Leng Feng's response speed was also fast, and the Northern Henan Flood Control Headquarters was set up on the same day.

Zhang Huapu, a knowledgeable water conservancy meteorological expert, served as the commander-in-chief.

People are wondering why Leng Feng didn't concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief of flood control, and many local officials don't have many titles, and they have their own merits, and their subordinates are responsible for their mistakes.

However, Leng Feng chose a professional water conservancy meteorological expert to serve as the commander-in-chief, which can be regarded as a fresh breeze in officialdom.

Liang Dong, spokesman of the Northern Henan Agency, replied: Professional things are left to professional people to do, and laymen lead insiders, which is the biggest mistake.

The water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed, causing dangerous conditions in many embankments, cracks in some places, and pipe gushing in others.

Although the water level has not yet reached a historical peak, if the rain continues at this trend, it is likely to turn into a major flood that has not been seen in decades.

Rescue, disaster relief, property rescue, resettlement of victims in distress.

Although it is said that it is not perfect, at least when the people need it, you appeared, which is the greatest comfort and encouragement.

Because of the hasty preparation, there must be places that cannot be taken care of, but the disposal efficiency and effect on the north bank of the Yellow River are completely different from those on the south bank.

First of all, although there is an emergency mechanism for flood control on the south bank, the response is slow and the action is not timely, and it is not dispatched until there is a problem.

By the time we arrived at the scene of the disaster, what had been a small crack had expanded into a breach several meters wide.

In addition, the Nationalist Government had formulated a strategy of "replacing the army with water" to resist the Japanese invaders, and this year's flood prevention work was basically not carried out much.

It's time to dig the embankment to release water, and what to do with reinforcing the embankment?

The embankment on the south bank is already shorter than the embankment on the north bank, and the soil is softer, and the country has been fighting for a long time, so the annual funds that can be spent on strengthening the embankment of the Yellow River are pitiful.

This is still a pity from heaven, and if there is no great flood, the people on both sides of the strait can be regarded as having a good life, otherwise, if a great flood comes down, it must be starving all over the land.

The south bank of the Yellow River is in frequent danger, from the beginning of the cracks, pipe surges, gradually caused a huge gap, in some places tens of meters of embankment was washed away by the flood, dozens of surrounding villages were submerged, just planted seedlings all soaked in water.

As long as the river is opened, it will be difficult to block it, and if there is a large amount of water coming downstream, it will be even more catastrophic.

Nanjing, headquarters of the 11th Army of the Central China Dispatch Army.

"Blow up the embankment of the Yellow River and flood northern Henan!"

"Tu Fei Yuan-kun, do you think this method can work?"

"According to meteorological information, heavy rains have fallen in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River in the past few days, with rainfall exceeding 500 millimeters, almost the largest rainfall in the past few years, with my investigation and understanding of the Yellow River embankment, the Chinese are busy with domestic military struggles these years, and do not attach much importance to the reinforcement of the Yellow River embankment, if we take advantage of the sudden rise in the water level of the Yellow River and blow up a gap on the north bank, then we can use very few troops to drag Leng Feng's new army in the mud and cannot get out!" Kenji Tu Fei Yuan had been in northern Henan for several months, and naturally made a detailed investigation of the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The conclusions he came to were credible, and Okamura Ninji was convinced of this.

However, this is different from bombing any other target, this is the bombing of the Yellow River embankment, which has been formed by the continuous reinforcement of many generations of Chinese over thousands of years, and how much does it take to use planes and bombs to blow up such a dam?

This is by no means a small amount, and there is considerable risk associated with making such a decision.

"Okamura-kun, the Yellow River enters Henan, Shandong is already an above-ground river, if it is not for the continuous reinforcement of the embankments on both banks, the water potential is impermanent, thousands of miles of embankments, collapse in the anthill, we only need to open a hole in the embankment, under the river washing, the gap will become bigger and bigger, and finally form a trend of bursting the embankment!"

Okamura Ninji nodded, he was a little moved by what he said.

"Okamura-kun, now is the best opportunity, I know that Chiang in Wuhan once had a top-secret plan, they just wanted to use the digging of the Yellow River embankment, trying to replace the army with water, and prevent the imperial army from occupying the Pinghan line."

"Dohihara-kun, I have to communicate this matter with His Excellency Shunroku Hatata." Okamura Ninji was moved by the words and decided to move forward with this matter.

Shunroku Hata listened to Okamura Ninji's report, and naturally agreed, and took a telegram overnight to ask for instructions from the Tokyo base camp.

Seishiro Itagaki discussed with Hideki Tojo, this matter is not a big deal, once it is done, the results will be great.

Agree!

A top-secret plan to "blow up the embankment" was transferred to Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, commander of the Dispatch Army's air force.

As soon as the rain stopped and the sky cleared a little, two Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared over the Yellow River and flew along the Yellow River at a low altitude to the west.

Whether it was the First Theater Command or the Northern Henan Bureau, it was only a routine reconnaissance by the Japanese army, and it was normal for the Japanese army to reconnoiter the flow of the Yellow River from the air.

If Leng Feng was the commander of the Japanese army, he would have ordered him to do the same.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane flew to the Yellow River at a low altitude after the rain to reconnoitre, and Leng Feng also got the relevant report, and he didn't think much about it, but because he had been told that the Japanese army had planned a "short-lived" military operation against the New First Army in northern Henan, he had an extra mind, but whenever the Japanese army had any abnormal moves, he must report it as soon as possible.

Therefore, Leng Feng was almost the first to learn of the information that the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew at a low altitude over the Yellow River and flew westward along the river to reconnoitre.

If it is a routine collection of intelligence, it is enough to have it once, there is no need to fly twice, if it is to fly twice, it means that this may not be a routine reconnaissance, it is with a purpose.

"Old Leng, there's something wrong with the devil's aerial reconnaissance." In the war room, Leng Feng put his hands behind his back and stared at the command map of the Yellow River flood control work on the wall.

There are more than a dozen dangerous locations on the north bank of the northern Henan region, and there are even more on the south bank, and there are dozens of known places.

"Old cold?"

"Oh, Lao Xie is here, I was thinking about the problem just now, what did you say?" Leng Feng suddenly turned around.

"I said something was wrong with the devil's aerial reconnaissance."

"What's wrong?"

"I can't say it, it just doesn't feel right, I always feel a little impatient, what do you say?" Xie Jiyuan said.

"Can't wait?" Leng Feng condensed slightly, and the word Xie Jiyuan used touched something in his heart.

"Junzuo, I just got the news from the flood control headquarters, and I ...... at Liuyuankou"

A staff officer stepped forward and marked on the map the place where the danger had just occurred, and although the rain had stopped, the water level of the Yellow River had not stopped rising, and the water from the upper reaches and tributaries had converged, and the water level was constantly rising.

The flood prevention work is very serious, and if there is a major breach, the consequences will be catastrophic.

"Order the engineer regiment and the Zhouqiao unit directly under the military department to be on standby, urgently call Liu Xinyu, and transfer the water transportation brigade back to participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief work." Leng Feng ordered.

"Yes."

"There should be a peak in the Yellow River today and tomorrow, what is the meteorological forecast?" Leng Feng asked.

"The Meteorological Observatory said that there may be showers today and tomorrow, and the rainfall should not be heavier than yesterday, and then the rainfall will gradually decrease."

"An urgent notice was issued to let the people near the banks of the Yellow River embankment evacuate temporarily, wait for this wave of flood peaks to pass, and then go back, so as to ensure their safety first."

"Military seat, the flood control headquarters called and said that there were not enough people to rescue the emergency, and asked for reinforcements." A staff officer answered a phone call and hurriedly turned back to report.

"Who's calling?"

"It was a call from Commander-in-Chief Zhang himself, there was a hurry, a gap was opened by the flood, and the sand and gravel and sacks prepared were not enough, and reinforcements were urgently needed......

"How many sacks do we have in our warehouse?"

"About 8,000."

"Ship it all to him." Leng Feng ordered without hesitation, "Order the Tiexi battalion, all the personnel waiting for reorganization to go up the embankment, and ensure the safety of the Yellow River embankment, this is a battle that we can't afford to lose, we must win it!" ”

"Junzao, the Eighth Army sent an urgent telegram and found that a large number of Japanese planes had taken off from Xuzhou Airport, in the direction of the west, and their whereabouts were unknown."

"Japanese planes, how many?"

"At least thirty-four!"

"Notify the airport and key military and political organs, pay attention to air defense, and immediately call Cong Hu over." Leng Feng's face changed.

At this time, a large number of planes suddenly appeared heading west, obviously not towards Kaifeng or Zhengzhou.

It is very likely that it is aimed at Xinxiang and the New First Army, and the Japanese army will really find a loophole, and launch an air attack on Xinxiang at this time, which is intended to take advantage of the weakness.

Not long after the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew away, the Japanese fighter plane took off from Xuzhou Airport and flew all the way west.

Just when Leng Feng was preparing to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of Xinxiang by Japanese planes, he received an urgent telegram from the flood control headquarters.

The Japanese army carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of a section of the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the breach, which was originally only seven or eight meters, was blown out dozens of meters at once.

As soon as the raging flood water poured down, it instantly flooded the low-lying village near the embankment on the riverbank.

Fortunately, when there was a breach, the local flood control patrol had already mobilized the people in the villages to retreat to higher places, otherwise, not a single one of the hundreds of people in these villages would have escaped from the pouring river water.

In the war room, hearing the news, everyone's expressions froze, except for the sound of heavy breathing.

Once the Yellow River bursts, the consequences will be terrible, and if the embankment of several tens of meters bursts all at once, it will be impossible to stop the flood with the current manpower.

Leng Feng's face was as gloomy as water, and at this time, how could he not understand why the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew back and forth twice along the north bank of the Yellow River to the west in order to confirm the bombing site.

The Japanese want to blow up the embankment of the Yellow River, and the target is northern Henan!

Their purpose was to make the New First Army fall into the quagmire of northern Henan, unable to be distracted by others, and their methods were too shameless and despicable.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes......

Ten minutes passed, Leng Feng didn't say a word, and everyone felt as if a huge stone was pressed in their hearts.

"Report to the military seat, the headquarters of the theater commander called, and the embankment at the mouth of the garden broke ......"

When Leng Feng heard the news, his body couldn't help but shake, and there was an indescribable feeling in his eyes.