Communication at Xingzi Station had not yet been restored. When Master Zhou ran to Xingzi Station, he found that there was no one there. He panicked. If he wanted to run from Xingzi Station to the outside to ask for help, it would take at least an hour.
The expansion of a piping breach can often sweep across the entire dam within minutes; time is running out!
Master Zhou ran out of the hydrological station, caught up with someone by the roadside, pointed in the direction behind him and said, "The dike is about to breach. Send someone with tools to reinforce it!"
In a panic, he ran to the tents where the military district was stationed and rested: "There's a piping failure!"
"Save people! Save the dam!"
At this time, more than a thousand militiamen from the military sub-district had already climbed onto the five most dangerous dikes of Poyang Lake to carry out dike reinforcement work, leaving only a dozen or so militiamen at the rest area.
"Where has the piping occurred?" one of the militiamen shouted.
"Xingzi Station!"
"Comrades, grab your weapons!"
In an instant, the militiamen who were holding instant noodles put them down and hurriedly and orderly picked up shovels, cloth bags, hoes and any other tools they could use.
They had been moving sand all night and the team leader had forced them to come down and rest, but with such an emergency, they couldn't care less about resting. Their fighting spirit overcame their physical exhaustion, and the group followed Master Si Zhou to the site of the piping failure.
Generally speaking, if piping occurs under a dam, two huge whirlpools will appear on the water surface.
Strangely, when they arrived at the location, the surrounding water remained completely still, with only the wind creating waves that crashed against the dam.
"Didn't they say there was piping?"
Master Zhou was panicked and at a loss. "Our Secretary Liu was just standing here a moment ago. He said he'd stay and watch over things, and told me to go find backup..."
"He might have gone into the water! He can swim, he might have gone into the water to plug the gap!"
The militia captain sighed, called over a few militiamen who were good swimmers, tied sturdy hemp ropes around their waists, tugged at them to make sure they wouldn't come loose, and then said:
"Hurry down and find someone, and double-check if there really is piping down there."
Several militiamen took a deep breath on the shore and then plunged into the water with a splash.
Underwater currents surged, and everywhere was mud and sand washed up by the flood. They couldn't open their eyes at all in the water and could only reach out their hands to feel the direction of the water's impact.
The wind propelled the lake water against the shore, repeatedly slamming the militiamen who had gone into the water against the embankment. The militiamen could no longer hold on, so they exhaled and tried to surface. They tried to swim upwards, but their legs just wouldn't move.
While pulling on the rope around his waist, he bent down and felt around his feet, only to find that a pair of hands were hooked around his feet.
"ah!"
The militiamen were startled and swallowed a mouthful of river water.
He quickly remembered that Master Zhou had said that Secretary Liu was standing on the shore watching the piping breach, and that Secretary Liu could swim. Now the piping breach had been plugged, but Secretary Liu had disappeared.
The person underwater is very likely Secretary Liu!
He grabbed the hand, exhaled again, and tugged at the rope with all his might. The people on the shore felt the rope move and knew that the person underwater was about to give up, so they quickly joined forces to pull him up.
"Help!"
First, a head popped up on the surface of the lake, and then Master Zhou saw the militiaman in the Liberation Army uniform pull a head out of the water.
"Secretary Liu! It's our Secretary Liu!"
"Help! Someone's in danger!"
A dozen militiamen hurriedly lifted the two people out of the water. Without hesitation, Master Zhou pulled them apart, dug the mud out of Secretary Liu's mouth, and began artificial respiration while pressing on Secretary Liu's chest.
After two or three minutes of no response, the militia captain said with a heavy heart, "I'm afraid it's beyond saving."
"It's taking too long."
Mr. Zhou didn't believe it, "I've only been walking for a few minutes, I've only been walking for a few minutes..."
As he pressed on the wound, he muttered, "I've only been gone a few minutes, there's still hope for him."
"Please help me save him!"
"Can someone help me... bring my car over? I need to take him to the hospital."
The dozen or so militiamen looked at each other, none of them daring to utter another word.
Seeing that Master Zhou was exhausted from performing CPR on Secretary Liu, the militia captain knew that there was probably no hope for him. However, he still waved to the others to pull Master Zhou away and took over the CPR himself.
"Secretary Liu! Wake up!"
"The Poyang Lake dike is about to collapse!"
"4,000 people in the disaster area are going to be swept away."
Master Zhou knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and shouted in a threatening tone, "The Poyang Lake dike has breached! If you don't come back to life, we'll all be swept away by the flood!"
"Secretary Liu!"
With a "crack," one of Secretary Liu's ribs broke in his chest.
The team leader was completely unaffected and continued performing CPR.
"Liu..." Master Zhou felt hopeless and called out in despair.
At this moment, Secretary Liu's eyelids trembled slightly.
"Stop shouting, there's a noise!"
At this moment, the master quickly stopped talking, crawled to Secretary Liu's side, and checked his breathing with his hand.
The captain leaned on his chest, listening intently to his heartbeat. Everyone present covered their mouths tightly and held their breath, afraid of disturbing the two of them as they made their decision.
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