When the dozen or so expansion bags thrown down by Wang Hong turned into the size of sandbags in a short period of time and finally sank to the bottom of the river, everyone around who was paying attention to all this was shocked.

Then he quickly threw the expansion bag in his hand into the water.

100 in total.

Piled up in the river, it has even become a defense line that has begun to take shape.

Of course, in terms of the area of the entire breach, the effect produced by these 100 expansion bags is not worth mentioning.

But that's just what less than ten of them achieved in a matter of minutes.

It didn't even consume much stamina because of it.

This is the power of technology.

"Commander, this thing...... It's amazing! ”

The regimental chief of staff who followed behind Wang Hong slapped his thigh, smiled from ear to ear, and showed two rows of white teeth on his face that was already covered with mud and sand:

"I'll take people and put all this batch of 10,000 expansion bags into it!"

"Wait a minute!"

Wang Hong stopped the chief of staff from behind:

"Remember to arrange for each company to start taking turns to rest, I think some soldiers are already reaching the limit, and if they continue to hold on, I am afraid that there will be problems."

As soldiers, they can not be afraid of hardship or tiredness.

But flesh and blood have a limit after all.

Each person can carry a 20-25 kilogram sandbag at a time, and even a fighter with excellent physical fitness will be weak and weak after several consecutive trips, not to mention that almost everyone has not closed their eyes for two days and two nights.

Minor injuries do not get out of the line of fire, so that many people are so tired that they vomit blood and faint.

As for the worn hands and nails, there are countless of them.

And this thing in front of them can undoubtedly greatly reduce their work intensity.

It's not just that everyone can make a difference that can be easily adjusted.

What's more, after an order of magnitude increase in efficiency, it is no longer necessary to tie everyone to the embankment.

It also means that after two days of continuous rotation, the commanders and fighters of the three regiments responsible for the plugging of the Xunyang embankment can finally take turns to rest.

At such a time, abundant physical strength is combat effectiveness.

Many of the martyrs who died in the flood fighting and rescue fell or were swept away by the flood because of physical exhaustion.

"Yes!"

The chief of staff saluted Wang Hong.

"In addition, let the comrades in the cooking class take advantage of the existing conditions to try to get some hot food, even hot water, so that the comrades can recover."

After assigning tasks to his staff board, Wang Hong himself did not rest, but once again led people to the material distribution center next to the dam.

He still remembered that along with those flood control expansion bags, there were also a bunch of "mediocre" steel plate beams.

Before, he didn't pay attention to it because it was too heavy, but now......

Since the expansion bag is so easy to use, the steel plate girder used with it may not be a surprise.

Wang Hong only felt that the exhaustion accumulated in his body for two days had been swept away.

They brought in the first set of bulk steel plate girder assemblies as quickly as possible.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the comrade of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Science and Industry, it took about fifteen minutes to assemble them together.

The originally ordinary steel structure parts were spliced together to form a slightly strange cage-like structure.

According to the user guide, the next step is to put a dozen expansion bags into different positions of the steel plate beam, and then throw them into the water according to a specific orientation.

The weight of the entire assembled structure is not light, and it takes four or five people to lift it with all their might.

But fortunately, only the last step needs to be moved as a whole, and it was all separated before.

"One, two, three!"

Several people worked together to throw this strange thing into the water as required.

According to their past experience, even a metal product of this weight will tumble or displace under the impact of the current after being thrown into it.

It had to be fixed to the riverbed below.

This is also why, although the length of the breach has been controlled, a considerable part of the fighters must be kept in the water-

Otherwise, the previously fixed steel bars and stakes can easily be washed out again.

This time, however, the situation is a little different.

The roaring flood seemed to have been stripped of its strength, only shaking the steel plate girders a few times at first.

But as the expansion bag inside absorbs water and fills the gaps, the whole structure becomes as stable as Mount Tai.

"Like...... Can it be played better than stakes, rebar and gravel packs? ”

At this time, Wang Hong and others almost discovered a completely new world.

"There is still such a good equipment......"

Almost everyone can see that the combination of flood control expansion bags and detachable steel plate girders can directly reduce the risk and difficulty of flood relief by several orders of magnitude.

Even local flood control departments, which are less organized and professional, are able to bear a considerable amount of the dangers that had to be handled by the PLA in the past.

After all, the first priority of the army is to fight a war, and it is impossible to be prepared for disaster relief at all times, so most of the time it is impossible to be the first to arrive at the scene.

Just like in the case of the Xunyang embankment this time, if the Xunyang Defense Headquarters, which was the first to react, had these things on hand when he discovered the hidden danger of the dam failure, then at least it could be delayed for a considerable period of time, or it could be prevented from continuing to expand when the breach first appeared.

With the help of two new equipment, the second step of the Xunyang Embankment Plugging Mission was successfully completed in the evening.

Engineers who had been on standby for a long time quickly used bagged clay, impermeable cloth and quick-drying cement to reinforce the temporary embankment structure that had taken tens of thousands of soldiers two days to erect.

At this point, the breach plugging project has been fully completed!

The on-site commander stood next to the newly repaired breach, watching it all with tears in his eyes.

As long as he turned his head slightly, he could see the lights in Xunyang City in the distance.

Although there was some impact there, it did not cause too serious damage because the breach was repaired in time.

At the same time, the soldiers he brought from the Jinling Military Region were all safe and sound!

Take back as much as you bring out.

This is the goal that the commander-in-chief set for himself before leading the team to set off.

However, he also knew how difficult it was to face a natural disaster of this magnitude without any losses.

So he had never mentioned it to anyone before.

But now it's really done.

"Well done...... You're all good...... You can't find such a good warrior anywhere, who can fight and endure hardships! ”

Standing in front of the commanders of the three main regiments, the commander-in-chief's tone was a little choked.

"Deputy Commander Dong, this time we were able to successfully complete the task of sealing the breach within 60 hours, in addition to the hard work of the soldiers, it is also inseparable from the two batches of materials sent by the comrades of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Science and Industry at the most critical moment."

Of course, Wang Hong was also very excited to be praised by the other party, but after thinking about it, he felt that he still couldn't be greedy for merit, and he had to tell the effect of those two key equipment:

"I think we should spread our experience here, and it is best to let other comrades who are also involved in disaster relief use it."

The commander-in-chief, who calmed down his emotions, nodded, but in a clear tone:

"I know, in the afternoon, I have noticed that the efficiency of your gags has increased nearly ten times, which is definitely not something that can be done by working harder, so I specially consulted the comrade of the Science and Industry Bureau."

"He said that this is a production task directly issued to them from the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and it is available all over the country, and after it is built, it will be transported to the disaster-stricken areas in need, so I think other places should be the same as us, and the two types of equipment you mentioned have been used."

With that, the commander-in-chief pulled out an expansion bag from the side that had not yet been thrown into the water, unfolded it and examined it carefully in front of him.

"It's really incredible, it's hard to imagine that such a thin bag can become about the same size and weight as a sandbag as long as it is stained with water......"

"Our China has always been a country with serious floods, and the people who invented these two things have made great achievements!"

Thanks to the book friend [Fragrant Rice] for the 10,000 starting coins!!

(End of chapter)