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On July 23, it rained heavily! The water of the tributaries of the Songhua River soared instantly, but the soldiers of the National Defense Force, who had already had the experience of the first flood peak, did not have the initial tension, and everyone methodically transported sandbags one by one onto the embankment to continuously strengthen and raise them!

In addition, the soldiers who came over were patrolling the pipes and springs, and the sacks and large cloth bags were transported to the back of the embankment, and the soldiers kept filling the soil and then transporting these sandbags to the dam!

In some of the cracked gaps, there was a large group of Wehrmacht soldiers holding hands and roaring with red eyes, resisting the waves again and again! Behind them, a large group of Wehrmacht soldiers were constantly driving piles and filling sandbags!

This scene is constantly happening on the embankments where the flood peaks pass. In addition to some soldiers wearing Wehrmacht uniforms, some men in ordinary coarse cloth clothes can also be seen helping to build the embankment!

In the heavy rain, Aban shivered with cold. Their lips were white as they looked at the Wehrmacht who were roaring in the rain and carrying sandbags to the embankment, and a slight respect rose in their hearts!

Aban traveled all the way to Hulan County, where he saw his first compatriot. If it weren't for the fact that this person greeted him in English, he would not have believed that he could have seen his fellow human beings in such a scene.

"Hello~Aban! My friend! Are you here looking for someone?! Aban's eyes almost fell off when he heard this emphasis on the familiar American English, and he looked at it! But it was a tall, muddy figure grinning not far in front of him.

"Oh ~ my friend! Forgive me for not being able to shake hands with you, my whole body is muddy now like those pigs running out of a mud pit~" The muddy man laughed at himself and said to Aban: "Can I help you with anything?!" It's rare to see a fellow American in such a place! ”

Aban looked at the man in disbelief and said in a loud voice, "God! You...... Are you Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower?! Oh, God! I can't recognize you anymore! How did you become like this?! ”

After Eisenhower became Tu Qianjun's instructor here, the U.S. Army promoted him to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Since 1920, Eisenhower's military rank has been major, and this time should also be mentioned.

"Haha...... My trainees came, so I came! Eisenhower laughed unmindingly! He and Aban did know each other, but they didn't have a deep relationship. But on such an occasion, it is rare to meet a compatriot, and Eisenhower naturally did not hesitate to express his kindness.

"I'm guessing you're looking for the tiger~" Eisenhower winked mischievously at Aban. He smiled and said to a strong man on the side who was carrying four sandbags in one breath and was covered in dirt: "No! That's our Commander-in-Chief, but he certainly doesn't have time for your interview right now. ”

At this moment, the man with four sandbags on his shoulders and his face could not see clearly shouted at Eisenhower: "Ike! If you don't come back, then I'll count you lost!" When you go back, you're going to have a big drink for the whole college! ”

"Oh~ I said slaughter! Don't do this! You know I don't get paid much. If I do this once, who will raise my wife and children?! Eisenhower, with a sad face, ran over and picked up a sandbag and ran towards the dam.

"Haha...... Ike! Don't think I didn't know the U.S. Army would give you an expatriate stipend! The man carrying four sandbags laughed and walked like a fly! He said to Eisenhower: "You are a gentleman! You can't be a scoundrel! Haha......"

Eisenhower could only cry and carry sandbags with his face and run up the embankment with this man. At this time, Aban couldn't believe that this was the tiger he knew!

Tu Qianjun, who Aban is familiar with, often wears well-fitting and majestic military uniforms! solemn and slightly indifferent, the requirements for military appearance and military posture are almost to the point of perversion! Because he once saw Tu Qianjun training the military appearance of the troops, every step was exactly the same! Even, there are bricks hanging from the leather shoes to practice!

This kind of harshness. It was something that Aban had never seen in other units. In fact, Aban didn't know that this was the sequelae of the military appearance and military posture that Tu Qianjun was used to in his previous life. He couldn't stand the shit-like military appearance and military posture he saw in this life, so since the time of the old fourth battalion, his requirements for military appearance and military posture have almost reached the point of perversion!

Three people in a row, two in a row, walking in steps, walking in unison. Tu Qianjun is completely the military appearance and military posture requirements of later generations of troops to train the troops, coupled with the appreciation of the hammer Pershing with strict military appearance requirements, it is because Aban has always thought that Tu Qianjun is a serious military model.

But Tu Qianjun at this moment completely subverted his opinion! At this time, Tu Qianjun was covered in mud, but he didn't mind carrying sandbags and laughing loudly! And ran up the embankment with a brisk walk. Piled sandbags on the embankment!

The atmosphere here wasn't as tense as what Aban had seen on the other levees, but the movements were as fluid as they were! Everyone was doing their own thing in an orderly manner, except for the occasional few words of Tu Qianjun, who was the commander-in-chief. No one said anything more. Everyone is busy building the embankment!

At this time, Shang Dinan, who was also muddy, hurriedly ran to Tu Qianjun's side and said in a deep voice: "Commander-in-chief, a telegram has been sent from upstream!" A new flood has rushed down! Let's take precautions as soon as possible! ”

Tu Qianjun's pupils, who heard this, shrank sharply, and he shouted angrily at the soldiers: "Brothers! Keep it up! Hurry up and reinforce behind the embankment! The flood peak has come down! ”

"Yes!!" Everyone shouted loudly, and the movements in their hands kept accelerating! But the speed of the flood peak is too fast, and not long after I got the telegram, the sound of the flood rushing of "rumbling ~ rumbling ~ rumbling ......" has already come!

From a distance, everyone saw that the wave was even about to be on par with the entire newly built embankment! In other words, it only takes one wave to come down, and this crumbling temporary embankment is very willing to be directly washed away!

And behind this embankment, there is a good land for a while! By this time the flood was near. But everyone's reloading speed obviously can't keep up with the speed of the water! What to do?! For a while, everyone's hearts were half cold!

"Boom ......" rushed down with the flood, and everyone's faces immediately became solemn! But I saw that torrent coming with the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping!

"Everybody hold on to the dike! Ike, you take someone down to check the pipe surge! Chandinand, you call downstream immediately! The flood peak gathers and has exceeded the embankment of one meter and a half! Let them raise the embankment!! ”

"Yes!!" Eisenhower and Chandinand responded at the same time. Then he took the people and ran separately! Tu Qianjun ran towards the embankment at this time! With a grim face, he picked up a few steel pipes and rushed up the embankment. He shouted at the soldiers: "Reinforcement!" ”

"Yes!!" The soldiers who stayed on the embankment hurriedly unloaded these steel pipes and knocked them into the embankment one by one! Pieces of wood were filled in!

The sandbags were then filled, and that's when they were! The rumbling flood finally hit the levee!

"Kara ......" with a crisp sound! The plank behind the sandbag actually cracked! A trace of water began to seep slowly down the crack! That trickling stream is expanding in the ever-surging waters! The Wehrmacht soldiers standing on the embankment felt a chill in their hearts! The levee is going to break!

And at this time, a tank didn't know when it "clicked ......" on the dam! Everyone watched in amazement as the tank was driven to the gap, when a man stuck his head out of the car and shouted, "Give Lao Tzu a rope!" Fast!! ”

Listening to the man's words, the crowd didn't think much of it. Hurriedly threw a hemp rope into the hands of this man! And this man got the hemp rope and wrapped it around his waist a few times, and roared angrily! I drove the tank and rushed to the cracked gap!

"Boom ......" a thunderclap! The tank plunged headlong into the water, and the man who drove the tank jumped out of the tank at some point, grabbed the rope and shouted, "What a deflated calf!" Pull Lao Tzu up!! ”

At this time, the stunned crowd pulled the man up, and the man came up and gasped for breath, and looked at the water seepage gradually slowing down Zidi and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Tu Qianjun, who was carrying four bags of sandbags and rushed up the embankment, suddenly turned cold, and he put down the sandbags in his hand. shouted to the man covered in mud with a rope: "Zhu Zhong!! ”

The one who rushed into the torrent with a tank was Zhu Zhong, who was praised by Eisenhower himself on the battlefield! This man listened to the voice of his own commander-in-chief. Immediately, a solemn Lizheng replied loudly: "Here!!" ”

At this time, Zhu Zhong remembered that he had thrown the tank directly on the embankment! The situation was in crisis just now, and everyone didn't have time to think about it. But at this time, Zhu Zhong was distressed, the armored corps of the Wehrmacht did not have many tanks! If you lose one, you'll lose one!

Moreover, that tank would have belonged to him! I don't know what will happen if I lose it now......

"You bastard! Who told you to drive a tank to the dike?! You're *** not going to drive to the side and tell everyone to push it down?! Tu Qianjun's roar made Zhu Zhong stunned! Aren't you scolding yourself for driving the tank down the embankment?!

"Commander...... I lost the tank ......" Zhu Zhongleng paused for a while, and said in a trembling voice to Tu Qianjun with a little choked up. This tank. But he trained all the way with Zhu Zhong and fought on the battlefield!

Tu Qianjun couldn't help but sigh when he saw that his eyes were red when he saw this seven-foot-tall man. patted him on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "The tank is gone, let's buy it again!" You are the cornerstone of our Defence Force. If you don't have the people of our three eastern provinces, who will protect you?! I let you not be afraid of death, not let you die! When you fight, you have to talk about strategy and use your brains more!! ”

"Yes!!" Zhu Zhong stood up to Tu Qianjun's fierce face, and then replied loudly!

"Now you go with the brethren of the tank battalion and drive the tank up!" Tu Qianjun patted Zhu Zhong on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Be careful, don't crush the dam!" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Zhong shouted loudly, yelled a few names, and then rushed down the embankment with them, and with a "woo~" sound, the tank stranded under the dam was launched! After a while, Zhu Zhong had already driven the tank onto the embankment!

Zhu Zhong is not a fool, they naturally know what Tu Qianjun is going to do! So they all drove their tanks to the dam, and then the Wehrmacht soldiers understood! Shouting the trumpet, all these tanks were pushed off the dam that was about to collapse!

This time these tanks came over. Mostly to transport some supplies. But they didn't expect that their cars had also become flood fighting materials. Several tankmen wiped their tears and pushed the tank down the torrent as soon as they gritted their teeth!

With the seven-ton tank pressing, the seepage finally slowed down. And the tankmen who pushed their tanks down the torrent didn't have time to mourn for their tanks, so they gritted their teeth and picked up sandbags and piled up various seepage outlets!

"Oh my God!! My tank!! Slaughter!! You goddamn bastard!! Eisenhower, who had just rushed back from the inspection pipe from below, watched his beloved tank sink into the river like this, and couldn't help but roar at Tu Qianjun with red eyes!

"Damn it! Who drove the tank ?! Who did this? It's a bastard! An illegitimate son of a son of a bitch! I'm going to kill him! Eisenhower, whose eyes were red with excitement, looked at the sinking tank, and tears of distress were about to fall! These are the tanks he taught! He has followed him to the battlefield!

Even in excitement, Eisenhower was yelling and scolding in English. The tankmen were scolded by their own commanders. I can't hold back the tears anymore! It fell off with a click.

Tu Qianjun walked up to Eisenhower and said in a deep voice: "Ike, look at the river!" Look at the farmland and towns in the back! Do you think we have a choice?! ”

Eisenhower was slaughtered by the Thousand Army. Suddenly there was a dumb fire. After a while, he said to Tu Qianjun in a muffled voice: "Tu, I apologize to you!" I was so excited, indeed! These farmlands and villages are even more important! ”

As he spoke, Eisenhower's voice trembled a little: "But." That's my brainstorm...... My students and I have driven them to battle! We kill the enemy side by side! We ......"

Eisenhower covered his eyes and couldn't go on, following the three guns to the battlefield was the first time in his life to fight on the battlefield! And his weapon is the tank that has been pushed into the torrent one by one!

"When the flood waters recedes, we'll salvage these tanks!" Tu Qianjun looked at Eisenhower and said solemnly: "I promise you!" You and your trainees will have newer tanks! I swear! ”

Eisenhower could only smile wryly and nodded. It's already like this, what can you do if you don't believe in yourself?! By this time, the greatest flood peak had passed, and the soldiers of the Wehrmacht could finally take a breath. They sat down on the ground, looking at the rolling flood and a wave of pride rose in their hearts! We resisted it again!

And all that. It all fell into the eyes of Aban. He walked into Zhu Zhong, who was looking at the river in a daze, and said to him in a deep voice: "Zhu, that's your car!" You drove it to the battlefield, didn't you hesitate when you drove it down the torrent?! ”

Zhu Zhong glanced blankly at this guy who asked himself, he knew this guy! It seems to be called Aban, what kind of reporter is it. Then he looked at Eisenhower, who nodded at him.

Only then did he say in a deep voice to Aban: "I didn't have time to think about it at that time, the embankment was about to break, and the villagers behind it would all suffer!" It's a good place for thousands of days...... What can I think about more?! ”

said. Zhu Zhong stood up! Looking at the sunken tank, he whispered to Aban: "When they were bought, it was to protect the villagers!" Now, in order to protect the villagers in our three eastern provinces, blocking the dam can be regarded as fulfilling their duty......"

Listen to Zhu Zhong's words. Aban thoughtfully recorded this passage. Then, with reverence, he looked at the slightly tired, muddy man......

In fact, this happens in other places! Between the collapse of the embankment and the military vehicles, these Wehrmacht soldiers did not hesitate to choose to push their chariots into the torrent!

You know, at this time, the vehicles of the Wehrmacht are not comparable to later generations! The production of the three eastern provinces can only be a limited number of trucks, and the tanks are even less than one!

But no one hesitated, and when the embankment was about to be breached, the Wehrmacht men who drove cars and tanks roared and pushed their chariots into the gap! Subsequently, the crisis was resolved. But they watched with tears in their eyes as their companions sank into the dam......

One flood has passed, but the battle against the flood has not stopped. As the rain gets heavier, a new flood is brewing. What awaits these soldiers is challenge after challenge!

In the aftermath of the catastrophe. The Fengtian Daily urgently dispatched reporters to the disaster area to cover the news. A large number of stories about the disaster area were published in newspapers, and countless people burst into tears in these stories......

"The story of the egg: It happened on July 23, four days after the flood, our army had already arrived in my hometown, and without resting, they went directly to Jianshan Village, which is less than 4 kilometers away from my village, to save people.

When the soldiers were ready to leave after the rescue, a small incident occurred in the flood - my fellow villagers pulled the soldiers to a house that had not completely collapsed. The soldier saw more than a dozen bowls of steaming eggs, and the grandmother said, "Let's eat the eggs." You haven't eaten anything hot in a day," the soldiers responded with an order to flee.

The villagers all slept at the door and said, "If you don't eat, step on me," the escape of the soldiers was unsuccessful. Semi-forced to eat the eggs.

A bowl of eggs, you may not know the preciousness of this egg if you look at the newspaper. Is there any end of eggs under the dangerous nest? These eggs were the only food left over from the villagers, who gave it to our Wehrmacht......"

"A piece of bread: the day the army arrived at my father's village. After the rescue was finished, he said to the villagers: "Fellow villagers, overcome it first, the supplies will come tomorrow" After saying that, he left dry food and was about to leave.

Dad asked a soldier, what do you eat? The soldier wouldn't lie and say we still had it, but Dad didn't believe he touched his bag and there was nothing left.

It took at least a day for the soldiers to wade from the high ground of my father's commitment to the town. If they give everything to the villagers, it means that they will be starved for a whole day!

After the eldest father quietly told a few villagers around him, the whole village knew about it, and took these dry food to the soldiers. Soldiers shirk, prevaricate, prevaricate. The last sentence "run and walk" slipped away and ran away.

The villagers stood at the entrance of the village and whimpered and shouted: Don't run, walk slowly.

When I found my father, he made it clear which unit they were - the Wehrmacht's Second Army and Fifth Army. 20 soldiers who were starved for a day. It's the soldiers of the Fifth Army......"

In the New York Times, Aban's report touched the hearts of Chinese people everywhere and even Americans in the disaster. They looked at the newspaper in disbelief, not even believing what it said was true! But one by one the photos tell them. What the Aban journalist said was true.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that there would be an army that would risk their own lives for the sake of disaster relief. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I don't believe anyone would have gone crazy and rushed into the torrent with a tank to stop the dam that was about to collapse! ”

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a commander-in-chief with hundreds of thousands of troops and a territory of nearly two million square kilometers would rescue on the embankment regardless of life and death!"

"This is an incredible army, and they have done the first army-style rescue on this planet! There was no China in the past, and there was no in the West in the past. Whether it is ancient Rome or the pre-Qin era, we do not see that there will be an army as the main force to resist disasters! ”

"But here! In Manchuria I saw it! Here, they are struggling to call out for overwork! Just to save the populace behind them, in their words: as soldiers. All those who try to harm the people are their enemies! And as soldiers, all they have to do is keep all the storm out of the people's doors! ”

"Here, I see the brightest side of human nature! These lovely soldiers, they roared and blocked the dam with their chests that was about to collapse! But he tenderly placed his last biscuit in front of the victims, deceiving them that they had something to eat - in fact, they could only drink some clean drinking water. ”

"They gave up all their military tents to live in the victims. And they themselves endure mosquitoes on the open dam. It's all there. I was blown away! ”

"What I will never forget is that on the dangerous section of the Qiqihar embankment, in order to block the breach and protect the railway of the lifeline from being flooded, more than 200 soldiers have been fighting hard for more than ten days, and their clothes are blistered! When they set off, due to the urgency of the situation, they rushed to the flood embankment without almost any change of clothes! ”

At this time, more than 200 Wehrmacht soldiers could no longer take care of it, so they simply took off their obstructive clothes and rushed to the embankment to transport sandbags. I was deeply shocked to see such a scene! It was the most tragic scene I have ever seen in the flood relief, and I will never forget it. ”

"Here, the soul of man is purified, there is no evil thoughts, no pornography, no greed, only the noble and the sublime. Unfortunately, my camera was broken and I couldn't take pictures. But this is indeed the most magnificent picture in the history of human flood fighting! At least, that's what I think! ”

"Another time I went to the front line of the flood fight, because I knew their commander-in-chief. So the commander of this unit asked me to speak to the soldiers below, and I saw hundreds of soldiers soaked in water, and I thought what could I say? I didn't speak. Instead, he jumped into the water and joined the fighters in fighting the sandbags. I think it was my best speech and the most powerful mobilization on the ground. ”

"By the time I recorded this, I was in tears. It dawned on me. Why was this army able to defeat the Soviets, to defeat the Japanese! This kind of spiritual monument is incomparable to other troops. Even, dare I say! This army is the best army I have ever known in all my historical outlooks! Not one of them! ”

"By the time you read this report, I was already on my way to the relief site. This time it's not for reporting, it's all because I want to be one of them! I want to be like them, roaring on the embankment and fighting for the people behind them. Aban. Recorded in Harbin in the water. ”

And after Aban's report was issued, more international aid came in a stream! Overseas Chinese from all over the country organized donations to disaster-stricken Manchuria, and the Zhi Gong Tang of Situ Meitang in North America alone donated more than 2,000 tons of grain and 3 million US dollars! And by freighter to Manchuria!

These stories continue to bring people to tears. At this time, the students in the class couldn't sit still! After consulting with the school, they walked out of the classroom with the teachers! I went to the disaster area and prepared to participate in the disaster relief!

That's when worse news came back! The flood has washed away some of the railways and roads, and most of the affected areas have become isolated islands! Relief supplies could not be delivered. After hearing this, the students did not hesitate to devote themselves to the work of repairing the road.

It is recorded in history: more than 100,000 victims of disasters in and outside the Daoli and Dao in Hashi came to the highlands of Majiagou and Xiangfang in Nangang. About 50,000 people are sleeping in Kek Lok Temple, Confucian Temple, Dazhi Street, Mountain Street and other places. Whether there is a seat to shelter from the wind and rain, its condition is unbearable. During this period, infectious diseases such as scarlet fever and measles were prevalent. It's rampant.

But at this time, with the Wehrmacht, the situation is completely different! The soldiers silently set up temporary tents and prefabricated houses for these victims. When the food could not be delivered for a while, they took out their own small amount of food and asked the cooking team to cook porridge for the victims to eat.

For themselves, they drink as much water as possible and eat less.

In the face of the monstrous flood, Yan Zhengqing and they were not idle! At the beginning of the disaster, Yan Zhengqing went to Harbin City to prepare for the establishment of the "Harbin Waterproof Committee".

Subsequently, the International Relief Committee for the North Manchurian Flood was established at the Nangangyuan Daosheng Bank. At the request of Yan Zhengqing, the Flood Disaster Emergency Committee set up in the Eastern Provincial Special Region was merged with the Waterproof Committee set up by the Municipal Preparatory Office, and the Harbin Flood Emergency Committee was established within the Municipal Preparatory Office. 80 wagons were mobilized every day. There were 40 boats carrying various supplies to the disaster area.

After the flood, the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuan Jinkai hurried over! With all kinds of prepared vaccines, medicines and summoned medical personnel, the "Flood Emergency Committee and Epidemic Prevention Department" were set up in Harbin.

The three provincial governments in the east were busy, and Ge Yuetan, who had been silent in the Taoist temple, suddenly summoned believers! announced that he would organize a charity donation, and then sold his paintings and calligraphy for charity! And organized the traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Doumu Palace and Fengtian City to go to the disaster area for disaster relief!

At about 11 o'clock on 3 August, there was another thunderstorm, and the water level continued to rise, and the measured depth of the Songhua River reached 15 feet 8 inches. By the Wehrmacht officers and men. The flood waters finally receded. However, the losses were extremely heavy! The road that had just been repaired and hundreds of metres of railway had been washed away.

On August 4, the flood waters began to recede in the afternoon.

On 5 August, the water level dropped sharply, and at the peak of the flood, it had exceeded the crest of the dam by more than three feet, and today it was level with the top of the embankment, but there was still a vast ocean between the east and west mountains when viewed from the boat.

On August 6, the water dropped by more than four feet.

On August 7, the weather was cold and slightly sunny in the afternoon, and the water dropped by five feet, but the depth of the water in the county was still four feet.

On August 8, it rained last night, and this morning it cleared, and the water dropped another seven or eight feet, and the streets were already on the main roads.

The flood waters receded, but the damage caused was terrifying! In particular, the North Manchurian Railway was severely damaged. According to incomplete statistics, the last huge flood peak washed away nearly 100 railways, with a length of more than 10 kilometers, washed away more than 20 bridges, and all railway traffic was interrupted. Later, it was restored to traffic after a week of hard work by the Manchurian Railway and the National Defense Army Engineer Department.

Heilongjiang Province is seriously affected by Harbin, Hulan, Bayan, Nehe, Tailai、...... and other 10 cities and counties, Fufu, Gannan, Keshan, Baiquan, Suibin, Mulan...... and other 26 counties followed. The affected area is about 800,000 hectares, accounting for 30% of the cultivated land.

The cities and counties affected by the disaster in Jilin Province mainly include six counties, including Yilan, Huachuan, Tongjiang, Fujin, Binxian and Fangzheng, with a population of nearly 100,000.

The former Hung Yen province was the hardest hit, with a total of Nawen Banner, Bayan Banner, Molidawa Banner, Arong Banner, Butha's Left Banner, Butha's Right Banner, and Hi Zagar Banner、...... In 18 banners and 919 villages, 99,333 people were affected, accounting for 17.9% of the total population, and only 34 people died due to timely rescue.

The four counties of Fengtian Province, including Taonan, Tao'an, Zhendong and Kaikai, which are located in the Nenjiang River basin, were also affected by floods. The number of people affected by the disaster reached 65,900, and nearly 100,000 hectares of arable land were inundated. There were 878 collapsed houses and 7,255 flooded houses.

Harbin City, bordering the Songhua River, was the hardest hit. When the flood peak arrived, the embankments of the Songhua River burst in nearly ten places one after another. Fortunately, the Wehrmacht was able to rescue the city and did not allow the flood to reach the city. However, more than 38,000 people were still affected in the suburbs, more than 500 were killed, and 120,000 people were sheltered in tents provided by the National Defence Forces.

Due to the flooding, the city's transportation was cut off, and all the main railway lines to the east, west, south and north were also suspended. It was finally restored after emergency repairs.