Engineering for Life

Volume I

Chapter 9 Moved or Shocked?

We profess justice, we stand at the highest point of morality, we pick up the keyboard, we judge left and right.

Who gave us the confidence to sit at home and point out like this?

And who made our borders untouched?

No matter how flowery the rhetoric is, it can't build up the kind of feelings that the common people have for their soldiers, and they can't even describe it in words.

In many cases, only the most plain words can be used to affectionately portray the simple and true feelings of the common people for the soldiers, and any other language seems hypocritical and redundant at this time.

"Look, the soldiers are coming."

This is the answer in the hearts of the people.

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Out of the gate of the project department, three trailers were parked on the left side of the intersection, each with a large excavator.

Because Lin Yun and Zhang Ping were sitting on the left side of the first row of the bus, yes, in the previous position of the conductor, Zhang Ping leaned against the window and shouted to the trailer cab in turn to keep up.

Sometimes Lin Yun admires this woman, she has a loud voice, no stage fright, and is like a man, but this man is a thin and petite girl. Well, unmarried, it must be a girl, not the eldest sister and aunt Obasan. To paraphrase the best title, if she doesn't speak, she should be what you call a young lady.

After the convergence, all the cars were following the leading pickup truck and driving towards the destination with double flashes.

Lin Yun took the time to call the secretary of the supervision office in the car and said that the concrete pouring of the abutment foundation pit yesterday was not reported for inspection, full of apologies, sincere words, and a detailed analysis of the causes and consequences and pros and cons.

Qinggong didn't get angry on the phone, but just told him that before pouring the next time, he could only pour it after coming over to see the situation in person, otherwise he would report it directly to the owner. There's nothing wrong with that, because it's somebody's job.

About half an hour later, the convoy arrived at the destination, a town primary school, and entered the gate, where eight or nine military vehicles, including trucks and jeeps, were neatly parked on one side of the playground. On the other side, there were about four or five social vehicles like Lin Yun and them, and there was a special person at the door to direct the parking, and the trailer pulling the excavator was parked on the left side of the street outside the school and did not enter the campus. These old trailer drivers don't need your command, and they are familiar with the road.

Lin Yun was traveling overseas all the way, and the rain didn't know when it would get smaller, and the bus stopped on the side of the social vehicle under the command of a special person, and everyone got off with rain boots and raincoats. Directly in front of the parking lot is a tent with emergency rescue printed on it.

Because there are also a large number of relief materials piled up in the open space on one side of the tent, which is covered with a rainproof tarpaulin.

A person got off the pickup truck leading Lin Yun's convoy, this person Lin Yun knew, a representative of the owner surnamed Wang of the engineering command headquarters had come up to inspect the construction site many times, Lin Yun and Zhang Ping were responsible for the reception, and the specific position was not clear, but Lin Yun heard everyone call him Director Wang, so Lin Yun always followed.

"Director Wang."

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhang, all of you change into raincoats and rain boots, and wait here for a while. I'm going to check in with the logistics department to see what they need us to do. ”

After finishing speaking, he entered the tent that Lin Yun estimated to be the logistics department, and after a while, Director Wang and a middle-aged man came out and walked straight to Lin Yun's side, and the workers who came with Lin Yun were divided into several piles according to the work team and gathered together to smoke, but the equipment was changed, and everyone's changed shoes were thrown under their respective seats when the bus came.

Lin Yun looked at Lao Wang standing beside him and wondered, this Lao Wang is also a big smoking gun, why didn't he run and smoke, not only did he not smoke, but he didn't change his shoes, he was still wearing a pair of yellow rubber shoes, Lin Yun was a little puzzled.

"Xiaolin, this is Mayor Zhang in the town, you will take everyone to listen to Mayor Zhang's dispatch in a while. Xiao Zhang, you have a camera, follow me in a while, and when the rain stops, we will go to the dam. In addition, as for the machinery, someone will come to receive it in a while. ”

Mayor Zhang stretched out his hand and shook hands with Lin Yun very formally and forcefully, Lin Yun was a little unaccustomed to this handshake.

"Mayor Zhang, you command, see what we do."

"I have already heard Director Wang say the number of your people, in this way, you are divided into two groups, you take one group, and then you choose another team leader, and then set off with me after you are divided."

Where has Lin Yun ever done this kind of thing, he has been in contact with the emergency rescue and risk removal project, but he has no experience in flood fighting. I still have to choose a team leader, but since Mayor Zhang has ordered this matter, it must be done, and who will do it well if the team leader asks him to do it.

Lin Yun swept around among the workers in twos and threes, not much was familiar, the only thing was that Lao Wang of the bridge team was more familiar, and Lao Wang's appearance now looked a little awkward, standing there alone and standing up to standard, and he didn't smoke, okay, count you unlucky, Lin Yun made up his mind.

"Master Wang, you will lead a group of people in a while, I will lead a group of people, and when Mayor Zhang arranges what to do, you will do whatever you want, you must obey the arrangement."

"Good"

Lao Wang replied simply and loudly, did this Lao Wang take the wrong medicine, why did he do it so loudly, Lin Yun also felt strange, but he didn't notice that Mayor Zhang's eyes showed appreciation for Lao Wang.

"A few of you masters are in a group with Master Wang, and a few of you will follow me later."

Lin Yun said while pulling people with both hands, and after a while, the 33 people, including himself, were divided into two groups, the old Wang of the bridge team led 17 people, and his own group of 16 people.

About 200 meters away from the school, a vacant land that was about leveled for building houses, with about a few hundred cubic meters of sand, gravel and soil piled up on the ground, Lin Yun led all the workers to this open space according to Mayor Zhang's instructions, and there were five or six people here who looked like local villagers were loading sandbags, including two women.

"Xiaolin, your group is responsible for loading sandbags and sealing them here, if the sandbags are not enough, go to the tent in the school playground just now, Master Wang, your group is responsible for transportation, and I will take you to send the sandbags to the embankment."

Because there were already people here who were loading and packing sandbags, dozens of sandbags that had been packed and tied were already densely piled on the ground, so Mayor Zhang directly picked up a bag of sandbags and left, and the old Wang of the bridge team also resisted a bag of sandbags and followed, and the workers assigned to Lao Wang's group saw Mayor Zhang and Lao Wang carrying sandbags and left, and they also followed the sandbags.

Lin Yun's group brought over seven or eight shovels and several bundles of bags just now, and everyone was also in groups of two, one holding the mouth of the bag, and the other filling it inside, and they did it in an orderly manner, but the sealing was not good. It's in a hurry, no, it's too inefficient.

"Eldest sister, can you two come over and help us seal the bag, we are only responsible for loading."

This kind of thing still needs to be done by skilled hands, this is Lin Yun's point of view. When the two eldest sisters saw Lin Yun speak, they put down the work in their hands and came over.

"No problem, young man, you're here to help, if you need anything, just ask. Second Chen, you and the third also come over to help. ”

As soon as the older sister greeted, two middle-aged men of about forty came over, and now it's okay, Lin Yun and the workers are only responsible for filling, and a few local people are responsible for sealing, and the efficiency comes up invisibly.

About five or six minutes later, seven or eight people trotted all the way from the direction where Mayor Zhang and the others left, not Lao Wang and Mayor Zhang, they should be locals, all men, strong laborers. Seeing that Lin Yun and the group were loading sandbags here, they didn't say anything, they each carried the sandbags that were packed and sealed, and left. No, it's not walking, it's trotting.

This group of people came down from the dam, and if they run, it should be more urgent now, Lin Yun judged it this way. While telling everyone to speed up and pretend, he was talking to the older sister who had just called someone over to help.

"Eldest sister, what's the situation on this embankment, is it urgent, I see that your people are trotting with their bags."

"The soldier came here last night, and he never came down on the embankment, and in the morning we sent food up, and I didn't see anyone resting, the water level came up too fast, and there were two or three places where the water level was about to overflow, and we just sent it up for lunch, no, just came down for a while, and you came over."

Probably this means, the eldest sister's Mandarin is not very standard, Lin Yun listened to it, and after asking a few questions repeatedly, Lin Yun sorted things out.

Under the leadership of the headquarters, the locals themselves are dealing with a few pipe surges that are not serious, and there are special personnel on duty, and the teams at the town and village levels are all checking and filling in the gaps on the embankment, because the soldiers are going to take turns to eat lunch, so they take advantage of this stall to hurry up to fill the sandbags and transport them to the embankment.

After discussion, the personnel of the command decided to let the soldiers eat first and then rest for an hour; after discussing with the cadres who were serving in the army, the soldiers agreed to eat first, but they were only willing to take turns to rest for half an hour.

After analyzing the information, Lin Yun decided to go up to the embankment to have a look, but Lin Yun didn't know the way, so he could only follow after the workers who were transporting sandbags here returned.

Strictly speaking, Lin Yun's idea of leaving his job here and going to the embankment should be regarded as leaving his post without permission, but Lin Yun really wants to go up and have a look, and it won't be too long, and the leaders who want to come to the town will agree.

After making up his mind, Lin Yun beckoned everyone to step up the loading.

About ten minutes after Mayor Zhang and the old Wang of the bridge team set off from this side, a group of people came back at a trot, and when they got closer, they saw that it was Mayor Zhang and his party.

"Xiaolin, now that Master Wang knows the way up, your engineering headquarters has arranged for support personnel from other sections to come over. I'll go and receive them, and arrange for them to go up to another section of the embankment, and you can just continue to work as I just said, and you can't stop until you receive a notice, and there will be a special person to deliver a boxed lunch here for dinner, and you can eat as much as you want, but you can't waste it. ”

Lin Yun was thinking about how to tell Mayor Zhang that he wanted to go up to the embankment to see, but looking at this situation, he said bluntly that it would definitely not work, so he could only respond, anyway, what he thought in his heart was that I would follow the transportation team, and the round-trip was estimated to be ten minutes, and there would be no problem.

"Mayor Zhang, you go and get busy, just according to your arrangement, we won't stop our work until we are notified."

After Mayor Zhang left, Lin Yun carried a bag of filled sandbags and followed the footsteps of Lao Wang of the bridge team, and after trotting along the road for a few minutes, Lin Yun was already out of breath because of lack of physical labor, and he always watched Lao Wang run in front alone, followed by the workers, Lin Yun hung far behind, but he couldn't catch up.

You can see the dam, because of irrigation, the location of the embankment with the discharge gate is in a relatively low-lying area, Lao Wang is trotting in front with the workers, don't you say, the body is a lot of use, every day's strength will recover the next day, and long-term work will increase a little strength, just like the upgrade of fighting monsters in fantasy novels, but it is not so exaggerated, the body that is often active is definitely stronger than Lin Yun's small body from any angle.

Lin Yun panted like a cow, and almost fell down a few times after following the tails of the workers, no, MD, now I know why the bridge team Lao Wang only wears a raincoat and does not change rain boots, I go, the slope of the earth and stone dam is slippery and soft because of the rain, and people who do not often walk on mud roads walk up and sway left and right, staggering, at this time, the rain boots that do not fit are definitely not as good as yellow rubber shoes, I go, this veteran, obviously has experience and hides his secrets.

Maybe it's because it's hard to speak, maybe it's because I'm afraid of everyone's ridicule, the old man of the bridge team, this former soldier didn't tell everyone that it was not too convenient to wear rain boots, the workers were fine, and Lin Yun suffered.

Lin Yun walked cautiously, because it was uphill and carrying sandbags, the worst one was if he hadn't supported it with his hands, it was estimated that even people with sandbags would have smashed into the muddy dam body. Because of the top-heavy reason of carrying a sandbag, Lin Yun estimated that the first person to come into contact with the mud must be the face, and the nose was the first to come into contact with the mud on the face.

Lin Yun followed the workers from the back of the earth-rock dam to the top of the earth-rock dam. You see, this walk also has the embodiment of the wisdom of the working people, and most people know that Zhan Tianyou's Qinling Railway was built in a zigzag shape. But who would pay attention to the fact that all the uphill and downhill mountain roads that people have traveled from ancient times to the present day are all like this.

It can be seen that there is learning everywhere in life, Han Xin, the general of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, sat under the tree and watched the ants fight when he was poor before his career, and he could still learn the art of war from the ants fighting without eating for a few days.

Above the dam, there are two tents on this section, one ordinary and one camouflage.

Hundreds of camouflage shirts in orange life jackets were dangling around, no raincoats, and standard hats. This group of people is carrying piles of sandbags on the dam, and some are standing in the muddy water mixed with the waves, stacking sandbags one after another, layer after layer, all the camouflage clothes are barefoot, and the trouser legs stained with a lot of mud are pulled high, and some people fall down because they are running fast, but they get up in a blink of an eye, and they don't care if there are any bumps and bumps.

No camouflage shirt even said a word, no camouflage shirt even a moment of rest, just like ants moving, quietly and quickly and orderly each doing the work in hand, the camouflage shirt of the sandbag did not lift its head, the camouflage shirt of the transfer sandbag fell, and quickly got up with the muddy water and continued to move forward.

Embarrassed, really embarrassed, this kind of embarrassment brought Lin Yun the biggest shock.

There is no order to prohibit, there is no such thing as Yue Linyuan, there is no thrilling, and there is no arrogance that people are in the embankment, only embarrassed.

All the lofty words can't decorate this group of embarrassed camouflage clothes at this moment, embarrassment? Embarrassed! It's so cute! He was so embarrassed that he couldn't even make people awe-inspired, but tears hung in the corners of his eyes, dripping from his clothes. Embarrassed! But the embarrassment of this scene made everyone feel at ease.

It's right in front of you, young lads in your early eighteen, nineteen, and twenties, what were we all doing when we were so old. We read, we exercise, we watch TV, we play on the computer, but we are not like them.

How can we be at peace? Why should we enjoy this peaceful and prosperous world? Why should we? We rely on someone here to embarrass us for us. This is the answer, but it is ashamed, and we should be ashamed! Only our shame can barely deserve their embarrassment.

Lin Yun silently put down the sandbag, trotted down from behind the earth-rock dam, trotted back to the open space where the sandbags were loaded, silently took a shovel, and silently filled the mouth of the bag that someone was leading. Because only silence can allow Lin Yun to digest the shock he saw at that moment in his heart, either excitement, no excitement, or shock, a shock that can never be experienced unless he sees it with his own eyes.

Time passed quickly, the rain stopped, Mayor Zhang called to inform that the experts of the county flood control headquarters had studied a plan for the sectional time-sharing flood discharge, and most of the people outside the dam where Lin Yun was located had been transferred, although the sectional time-sharing flood discharge had been verified to be absolutely safe, for the sake of insurance, the old, weak, sick and disabled were transferred, and those who were not transferred were all strong laborers, and they had to cooperate with the patrol on duty at night.

Mayor Zhang also said that the machinery will not be used for the time being, and may not be used all the time, but now it can only wait for the latest notice here, and cannot be evacuated. Lin Yun's side of loading and transporting sandbags only needs to be filled until 8 o'clock in the evening, and the filled ones are left for backup, and then you can go to the school to eat and rest, and the school will arrange a place to rest, and the next day to see the water level and then notify you to arrange the follow-up work.

At 8:00 p.m., Lin Yun and the workers came to the cafeteria, ate first, and then went to sleep.

There are no quilts, no beds, and no complaints, and the workers all have a fine style of hard-working and hard-working.

There were a lot of mosquitoes, and there were no mosquito coils, but in a short time, everyone fell asleep with raincoat pads, and everyone did not sleep on the desk, but lay next to each other on the ground.

Before going to bed, Lin Yun made a phone call to Zhang Ping, knowing that Zhang Ping and the two female comrades were sleeping in the teacher's dormitory, lying on the ground, Lin Yun felt a burst of soreness in his hands and shoulders.

I don't know how to sleep, and when I woke up, MD, I slept on the ground and my whole body hurt. A few workers who got up early sat on the ground smoking cigarettes and chatted softly.

Lin Yun looked at his mobile phone, there was not much power, the time was only 6:30, I went, the probability of getting up early in a year is infinitely close to zero.

Lin Yun got up and came to the corridor to look at the playground, what was the situation, although the rain stopped last night, but the playground was not completely dry, and there were several rows of people sleeping on the playground on the higher side of the playground neatly foot to foot.

"Look, the soldiers are coming."

This is the most direct and simple description that ordinary people see this group of people, but behind this lies the power to calm everyone.

Someone on the upper floor of the dormitory opposite was holding a camera and taking pictures, one after another, it was not who Zhang Ping was.

The soldiers don't know what time the embankment was down last night, but it is estimated that the water level has dropped a lot through the sectional time-sharing flood, and it is expected that there will be nothing wrong.

Lin Yun didn't make a sound, beckoned to Zhang Ping, made a downward gesture and went downstairs, and came to the edge of the playground downstairs under Zhang Ping, Zhang Ping also came down, holding the camera and walking towards the playground, wanting to take a few photos at close range.

Lin Yun grabbed her, estimated that the strength was a little big, and then gave Zhang Ping a boo gesture.

Zhang Ping, this woman, also seems to be thick and leafy, but she is as careful as a hair, and she understands it in an instant, and the unhappiness of being pulled by Lin Yun has also disappeared from the face that Lin Yun looks better and better.

Lin Yun pulled Zhang Ping around the playground and cautiously walked out of the school gate, the street was quiet, there was no rooster crowing, no dog barking, and the unknown little insects that were noisy on weekdays were silent.

It was estimated that fifty meters away from the gate, Lin Yun asked Zhang Ping softly about the situation yesterday.

During the conversation, I learned that Zhang Ping followed Director Wang to the town administration yesterday. house, and then went to the dam from the other side to take a few photos from afar, and then was sent down by Director Wang, and after coming down, he stayed in the logistics department to help sort out and distribute materials.

Lin Yun wanted to call Mayor Zhang or Director Wang and ask about the specific arrangements, but he didn't know who to call first, so he took out his mobile phone, but found that there was an unread text message, which was sent at four o'clock in the morning, and the sender was Mayor Zhang.

"The flood has receded, the dam is stable, please come back tomorrow morning, thank you for your support. Signed: Veteran"

This mayor Zhang is also crepe, but in a few words, he has expressed his gratitude and gratitude, and there are veterans who have paid off, this mayor has also been a soldier, no wonder.

I don't need to make a phone call, and Director Wang doesn't have to call either, I don't know when people will go to sleep.

After showing the information to Zhang Ping, the two walked back. As soon as he walked to the school gate, a string of whistles sounded, Lin Yunzheng wondered, MD, who is so blind.

A man in his early thirties in camouflage uniform, with a whistle in his mouth, stood vertically facing the heads and feet of the sleeping group. As the whistle fell, it was estimated that it would only be about thirty seconds, no more than a minute at most, because Lin Yun and Zhang Ping had not walked far into the school gate.

Rows and rows of camouflage uniforms were already standing in line with the sound of rhythmic footsteps.

"Take a break."

Another neat footsteps.

"Now let's start counting it."

“1,2,3,4……”

As the count was finished, the hoarse voice in the camouflage uniform in front of him sounded again.

"In two words, the water has receded, the lives and property of the people are safe, and our task has been accomplished......

"Everyone turns right and runs in platoons to get on the bus."

After another rhythmic footsteps, the only thing left in the playground was the whistle-hung camouflage uniform, and when he saw that everyone was in the car, he walked quickly towards a jeep.

There was a sound of engines starting, and several military trucks with a few military trucks between the two jeeps in front of the front and one behind disappeared around the corner of the school gate.

It's all gone, we should also go, and after discussing with Zhang Ping, I didn't eat in the canteen, this woman saw the opportunity quickly, and after saying okay, she asked Lin Yun to go upstairs to greet the workers.

Lin Yun came upstairs, all the workers got up, and the old Wang of the bridge team stood in the corridor, looking in the direction of the school gate, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Yun beckoned everyone downstairs to go home, and said that he would go outside to find a place to eat.

In a few minutes, everyone packed up their raincoats and went downstairs.

There were a few boxes in front of the bus, Zhang Ping pointed to the boxes and said to Lin Yun, bread and milk, given by the logistics department, you asked the workers to receive two bread and one milk each, and I took a few for the trailer driver and the manipulator.

This woman, Lin Yun shook her head and smiled bitterly. After Lin Yun finished distributing, Zhang Ping also came back.

"Let's get in the car and eat, and we'll leave right away."

With Zhang Ping's voice, all the people who took bread and milk and didn't get on the bus got on the bus, and Zhang Ping and Lin Yun walked last.

Lin Yun thought that there were still a few breads and two cartons of milk left, and he was about to send them back to the logistics department, but Zhang Ping hurriedly stopped him.

"The bus driver is still sleeping on the bus, you can bring two to them."

Such a big living person, I almost forgot.

Eating and eating, changing shoes, everyone sat in their original seats, including Lin Yun and Zhang Ping, as well as the bus driver.

"Master, you slept well last night, are you okay?"

Lin Yun saw that the bus driver returned to the driver's platform from the last seat after eating bread, and asked such a mouthful.

The bus driver muttered a vague dialect in his mouth, Lin Yun definitely didn't understand, and he would definitely not talk if he understood, add money? I went, without any dedication.

All vehicles converge at the door, but there is no pickup truck that leads the way when it comes, and it returns the same way.