The dam was swaying in the wind and rain, and was on the verge of collapse. Less than ten minutes after the command center reported their determination and intentions to the provincial party committee, the deputy mayor of Shuangyang City ran in with a look of horror on his face.
"Mr. Zhang, the Shuangyang Bridge has collapsed." He spoke with tears in his voice.
"What?" Zhang Guangsheng was stunned.
"Shuangyang Bridge collapsed." The deputy mayor couldn't help but repeat it again.
"Wasn't your Shuangyang Bridge completed just two years ago? How could it be..." Zhang Guangsheng still remembers clearly that at that time, as a senior official, he attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Shuangyang Bridge. Whether it was the builder, the construction party or the design party, they all said with confidence that the Shuangyang Bridge could effectively withstand the once-in-a-century flood.
Unexpectedly, this bridge collapsed less than two years after its completion.
"The flood was so severe that a lot of water was diverted there." The deputy mayor couldn't help wiping the sweat off his face.
"You mean those transport trucks can't get through?" Zhang Guangsheng asked with a frown.
The deputy mayor nodded with great difficulty, "Yes, it can't come in."
In fact, Zhang Guangsheng had a vague guess in his heart before, but his stubborn and unyielding character made him unwilling to believe it. However, after knowing this fact, he couldn't help but come to the huge map.
"Is it possible to pass through this area on the upper left?" Zhang Guangsheng pointed.
The deputy mayor shook his head. "Chief, this area is all rice paddies. Although it hasn't been flooded yet, it's no different from a swamp. Not to mention cars, even people can't get out."
"Where is the nearest bridge to this super-large bridge? Can we take a detour?" Zhang Guangsheng couldn't help but ask.
"Commander, if we want to take a detour, we will have to walk at least another 170 to 180 kilometers. At the current speed, we probably won't arrive until after dark. There are also several bridges along the way, so we may not be sure..." The deputy mayor was a little hesitant to continue.
After hearing this, Zhang Guangsheng's face turned pale and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Just when Zhang Guangsheng felt that the dam could not be defended at all, suddenly a mayor ran over in a panic.
"Commander, there is a convoy at the troops' tents."
"What?" Zhang Guangsheng and the deputy mayor were stunned, their faces full of disbelief.
The mayor repeated it again.
"Take me to see it quickly." Zhang Guangsheng said excitedly.
Zhang Guangsheng was so excited that he rushed out without even taking an umbrella.
The deputy mayor on his back quickly jogged and finally caught up.
Yuan Fangguo had originally planned to leave after the heavy rain stopped, but before the rain stopped, he learned the news that the super-large bridge behind him was destroyed by the flood.
He was a little dumbfounded.
But he immediately calmed down. In his memory, the dam in his previous life had collapsed...
Now perhaps only his fleet of vehicles can save the dam.
The soldiers were still filling and tying sandbags, and they had no idea that the super-large bridge had been washed away.
After Zhang Guangsheng led everyone to arrive, in the pouring rain, Zhang Guangsheng immediately recognized Yuan Fangguo.
"Xiao Yuan." He couldn't help but frowned.
When Yuan Fangguo saw that it was the high-ranking official Zhang Guangsheng, he immediately walked over quickly.
"Hello, Chief."
"Is this your fleet?" Zhang Guangsheng asked, pointing at the transport vehicles.
Yuan Fangguo nodded, "Yes, my team."
"The 'government' has requisitioned it, is that okay?"
"Chief, just take it if you need it. There is no question of requisition or not. We are all serving the people, just in a different way." Yuan Fangguo said firmly.
Zhang Guangsheng nodded with a look of satisfaction, and then said to the commander of the provincial military region: "Organize people to load the trucks now and stop the pipe burst immediately."
"Okay..." The provincial military district commander nodded quickly.
The local militia also joined in. They braved the heavy rain, endured fatigue and hunger, and fought in the rain for more than an hour. Finally, they filled more than 20 large trucks with sandbags.
This time it is the turn of Li Fuping, Yuan Fangtai and other suicide squads.
Zhang Guangsheng looked at the twenty or so faces in front of him and loudly encouraged them, "Comrades, the dam is in dire straits now. At this time, we need our soldiers to protect our homeland. As long as the dam is there, you are heroes. Without the dam, hundreds of thousands of people downstream will face homelessness. We are all human beings. We cannot watch the dam burst and let our brothers and sisters suffer from this natural disaster. At this moment, as a former veteran, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, I thank you all. Waiting for our victory, I toast to everyone. Do you have confidence?"
"have……"
"have……"
"have……"
Although there were only about twenty people in the suicide squad, their will was even harder than steel at this moment, and their earth-shaking roars echoed on the dam.
"I wish you a triumphant return." Zhang Guangsheng said loudly, then he raised his right hand, which was a little white from being soaked in the rain, and saluted everyone with a respectful look on his face.
All the vehicles turned on their hazard lights in the rain, each person had a safety rope tied to their body, and twenty large trucks moved forward slowly one after another.
Under the guidance of the guide, the first car arrived at the dam, and then the car body was quickly adjusted. In less than two minutes, the car plunged into the location of the pipe burst. The ambulance on the side saw the driver jumped into the river, and seven or eight strong men quickly pulled the safety rope. In less than two minutes, the first hero was pulled up.
Immediately afterwards, the rest of the large trucks followed the guide's gestures and drove the transport trucks loaded with mud and sand into the turbulent river.
Yuan Fangtai and Li Fuping were the last two cars. The pipe burst they were trying to block was really scary. It was like a bottomless pit below. The flood formed a whirlpool with a diameter of about three meters on the water surface.
Obviously, this is the most dangerous place, but for a veteran like Li Fuping who has more than 20 years of military service, he has to keep the most dangerous tasks for himself at the critical moment.
At first, he did not agree to let a new platoon leader like Yuan Fangtai come with him to the pipe burst location, but he had no choice but to agree because of Yuan Fangtai's insistence.
The guide gestured to Yuan Fangtai, and Yuan Fangtai quickly adjusted the direction of the truck. After the adjustment was almost complete, he handed his safety rope to his comrades.
The safety rope is more than ten meters long, which is more than enough.
"Come on, platoon leader."
"Platoon leader, well done." Comrades used various encouraging words to encourage Yuan Fangtai.
Yuan Fangtai nodded, then stepped on the accelerator and the truck rushed out like an arrow.
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