Lu Zhan had just taken two steps when he stopped again after hearing what the man said.
He felt inexplicably uneasy, as if he sensed a hint of potential danger in the man's words. His keen sense of danger, trained on the battlefield for a long time, had helped him avoid danger countless times, and this time was no exception.
He turned around and asked seriously:
"You just said you don't have such big fish here?"
The man recovered and nodded affirmatively:
"I used to fish in this creek every day after work. I've been fishing for decades, but I've never seen fish this big in the river. These fish must have been washed down from upstream, but..."
Lu Zhan frowned and asked:
"Just what?"
The man also looked a little puzzled, as if he felt that there was something wrong with his statement:
"It's just that there's a large reservoir upstream of our Anfeng Town. It's usually filled with water, so the fish in the reservoir can grow to this size. But how did these fish jump out of such a high embankment?"
Reservoir...Dam...
Lu Zhan's heart suddenly beat faster, and the words that Shao Jingque had repeatedly reminded him before leaving rang in his ears again:
"If it's been more than three days, be sure to call the reservoir to confirm the situation!"
Two days ago, as soon as their troops arrived in Anfeng Town, they found that the local disaster situation was already quite serious. Almost all the roads in the low-lying areas had been completely submerged by floods. Only the roofs of the one-story houses were left exposed above the water, swaying in the increasingly turbulent water.
After learning that nearly half of the local residents had not yet moved to high ground, and seeing that the heavy rain showed no signs of abating, Lu Zhan had no time to think about it. He was afraid that the rain would get heavier and the water level would rise too quickly, and the trapped people would be in danger of their lives. He immediately seized the time and arranged for the soldiers to engage in the task of rescuing the trapped people.
He led the soldiers of the first battalion to fight for a day and a night, and finally moved most of the people to a safe area in the evening of the next day. Only a dozen employees of the slaughterhouse, which was located in the deepest and most turbulent water area, were waiting for rescue.
If nothing unexpected happens, if he goes back and reunites with Bi Guoan now, he will be able to rescue the dozen or so employees before dark.
At this point, their First Battalion’s mission in Anfeng Town was successfully completed, and he and the soldiers of the First Battalion could set out to provide support to the other two towns.
But at this moment, his heart became extremely uneasy. It felt like behind the overwhelming rain curtain, there was a pair of bloodthirsty beast's eyes staring at this place viciously, waiting for them to turn around at any time, and then it would open its bloody mouth and bite them down.
Lu Zhan walked to the shore with a serious expression, seemingly lost in thought as he stared at the turbulent water. After more than ten seconds, he turned around and asked the young soldier behind him:
"Do you feel that the water level today is higher than yesterday, and the water is rushing faster?"
The young soldier was a little uncertain. He was only thinking about going into the water to save people according to the squad leader's instructions. For him, going into the water in such a heavy rain, there was no dry place on his body, and he didn't feel much difference whether the water was deep or shallow.
The man on the ground nodded repeatedly:
"Isn't it high? Look, my house is the one with the green window across the street. Yesterday the water was up to my knees, but I could still wade across. That's why I thought I'd go back to get some things. But today it's already up to my waist, and the water is even faster, so I didn't dare go over."
Lu Zhan only felt his eardrums vibrating. If this person was not talking nonsense, the water level must have risen by at least 40 centimeters in that day. What an astonishing amount of rainfall!
He suddenly turned around and strode towards the town hall. After taking two steps, he broke into a run.
The young soldier didn't know what was going on, so he could only quickly help the person who was still sitting on the ground up, put one arm around his shoulder, and hurriedly dragged the person forward to chase.
Three minutes later, Lu Zhan returned to the town office. Seeing him coming back, the signalman looked puzzled and saluted quickly.
Lu Zhan's expression was extremely serious, and he asked directly without even taking a breath:
"Which reservoir is closest to Anfeng Town?"
The signalman quickly found a military map, spread it out on the table, and pointed at it, saying:
"Report to the battalion commander, it's the Banqiao Reservoir."
"Can you contact the staff at Banqiao Reservoir?"
Lu Zhan, who hadn't slept all night, had bloodshot eyes. His anxious tone made the signalman tremble in his heart, but he really couldn't do what Lu Zhan asked. He could only bite the bullet and shake his head:
"Reporting to the battalion commander, we don't have the contact information of the Banqiao Reservoir Management Office. We need to know their contact number to contact them."
The signalman was completely confused at this moment. He didn't know why his battalion commander wanted to contact the staff of Banqiao Reservoir at this time. Could there be a new task?
Lu Zhan did not waste any time and immediately turned around and walked out, asking as he walked:
"Where are the town office staff?"
A soldier replied:
"It's all in the Great Hall at the back."
Lu Zhan hurried to the assembly hall and asked everyone in the town office one by one. Finally, someone found the phone number of the Banqiao Reservoir Management Office in the address book they carried with them.
After getting the phone number, Lu Zhan didn't have time to explain to everyone. He ran straight back to the signalman and asked him to contact Banqiao Reservoir immediately.
“Beep—beep—beep—”
“Beep—beep—beep—”
“…”
No matter how many times the signalman dialed, the number was always unreachable.
Lu Zhan's usually calm heart began to feel a little flustered. He always thought that it was because Shao Jingque had a nightmare and was too disturbed that he remembered the plot of the dream so clearly. He didn't really take it too seriously.
But now he was at the disaster site, and he saw with his own eyes the plots in her nightmare come true one by one, and he felt his scalp tingling.
The continuous and increasingly heavy rainstorms, the rapid rise in water levels within a single day, the appearance of large fish in the turbulent waters that shouldn't be there, the unreachable reservoir phone number...
One thing after another weighed heavily on Lu Zhan's mind, and the coincidences were too great to ignore.
For the first time, he couldn't help but feel a little shaken in his heart - if Shao Jingque's nightmare came true, what kind of catastrophe would be waiting for the affected people!
The signalman put down the phone and reported to Lu Zhan with a sad face:
"Reporting to the battalion commander, we still can't get in touch."
Besides, he couldn't keep making calls like this endlessly. After all, there was only one military communication device in the entire Anfeng Town. If the call from the command center was delayed and the disaster relief work was affected, no one could bear the responsibility.
Lu Zhan's originally firm materialistic mentality was unconsciously shaken a little, and he began to search his mind hard for every word Shao Jingque said when they parted.
He remembered Shao Jingque had mentioned that in his dream, after the reservoir staff discovered that communications had been interrupted, they contacted the local garrison and borrowed military communications equipment to send an urgent report...
Thinking of this, Lu Zhan's frown suddenly relaxed, and he immediately said to the signalman:
"Contact the local garrison at Banqiao Reservoir immediately!"
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