Special Years

In the evening, outside the town of H, the directly affiliated team temporarily assembled.

After getting off the train station, the convoy stopped three times, and finally turned around and drove three times.

It has been tossing until dusk to finally reach this H town.

There were rumors in the army that the superiors moved the 1st Division three times because they wanted to deploy the 1st Division in the most difficult and dangerous places.

Zhuang Yan and his comrades had just put down their backpacks at the temporary station, and they didn't even have a chance to kick, and were immediately taken to an open space outside the town to stand by.

Today was the August 1st Army Day. According to the army's traditions in previous years, August 1st is bigger than every year, so in the evening, we must add vegetables and drink beer.

But it seems impossible to have another normal August 1st Army Day this year.

On August 1st, just in time for the deployment to the front line of the flood fight, Zhuang Yan felt that there seemed to be a subtle coincidence.

Now, the entire division is entering the designated area one after another. It is said that division commander Zhang and the political commissar took some of the division chiefs to the front-line embankment to meet with local leaders to discuss how to deploy troops.

Everyone's heart is in the air at the moment.

In the darkness, a team of soldiers and local people passed by. Zhuang Yan also saw a lot of people carrying their own TV sets, some even chasing a few pigs, heading in the opposite direction to the earth. hurry.

A soldier covered in mud stopped in front of the solemn.

"Brother, which unit is it from?" he asked.

After solemnly looking at the other party for a few seconds, he realized that this was an officer of the Armed Police Force with the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulders.

However, the camouflage uniform on his body has been completely wrapped in Huang Chengcheng's mud. If you don't look carefully at the collar and military rank on the camouflage uniform, you really can't tell which army it is.

"We are from the 1st Army Division, teaching the brigade."

"Ah, it's the army's brother." The second lieutenant of the armed police asked, "You just arrived?"

"Yes, just arrived." said solemnly.

The second lieutenant suddenly asked embarrassedly, "Is there any cigarettes, give me one..."

After that, he explained: "My cigarettes are all wet with water..."

As he spoke, he took out a pack of tattered cigarettes from his pocket, pinched it, and threw it on the ground.

Zhuang Yan quickly said: "Yes!"

Take out the cigarette and give it to the second lieutenant.

He bit his lip less, stretched out a pair of dirty hands, and said a little embarrassedly: "Brother, please light a fire for me."

Zhuang Yan saw that there were small wounds all over the arm of the second lieutenant of the armed police.

"Okay...Okay..." He quickly took out the lighter and lit it for the second lieutenant.

The second lieutenant took two puffs of cigarettes contentedly, and laughed at himself: "I'm really stupid. I knew I would wrap it in a plastic bag, but I didn't expect that I couldn't go back for several days after I came up, and I didn't have time to buy cigarettes..."

He asked solemnly, "Which army do you belong to? How long have you been here?"

The second lieutenant was smoking a cigarette, and a cigarette was already half-burned in a few seconds.

He said: "We are from the North Hubei Armed Police Corps, and we arrived here on July 3."

July 3rd?

It's been over twenty days.

He carefully looked at the armed police officer in front of him again.

thin!

The first impression is thin.

His cheeks had sunk long ago, his chin was full of sparse beards, his eyes were full of exhaustion, and the mud on the east and west of his face was drenched by the rain and slid down his cheeks into his neck.

The solemn heart was inexplicably moved, and the corners of his eyes were a little hot.

"Second lieutenant, I'll give you all my cigarettes, you can take them." He turned around and asked loudly, "Who brought the plastic bag!?"

"I have!" Wang Dazui stepped forward first and handed a plastic bag.

This is before boarding the train. The troops distributed bread to each soldier to satisfy their hunger, and they were all packed in plastic bags.

He solemnly took the plastic bag, swiftly wrapped the cigarette and lighter in it, and handed it to the second lieutenant.

"Take it!"

"Thank you!" The lieutenant hesitated for a while, but took it anyway.

"You came at the right time. The situation here is very serious. Our armed police and local military regions, as well as militia and local government staff are all on board. At present, all the dykes in the entire Jingjiang section have exceeded the historical warning water level, and the fourth flood peak It’s coming, and there is a flood diversion area not far above. If the water level in Shashi exceeds 45 meters, it is estimated that flood diversion will happen...Once the flood diversion...the place is all over, there are more than 300,000 people in the flood diversion area..."

He put the cigarette in the pocket of his camouflage uniform and patted the solemn arm.

"Brother, let's work together! Resist Hong Feng! Fuck!"

Solemn nodded vigorously.

The second lieutenant said, "I'm leaving, it's been too long, and I'm still trying my best!"

After speaking, he turned around and chased after his own troops.

Looking solemnly at the figure of the second lieutenant disappearing in the distance of the path, his heart was extremely heavy.

A huge responsibility rests on his shoulders like a mountain.

Once upon a time, Zhuang Yan felt that he was a soldier.

Small soldiers have their way of life. In peaceful times, there are no battles, just training and competitions. There are no earth-shattering feats to do, and there is not so much energy.

But this time, he felt unprecedented pressure.

If the second lieutenant of the armed police said, there are more than 300,000 people in this flood distribution area.

More than 300,000...

How many families are that?

And the properties behind these families, their fields, their houses, their chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle...

That is their lifeblood.

Once the flood breaks through the levee, once the breach occurs, the monstrous flood will swept through everything, destroying all the little belongings that these people have accumulated over the years.

And these people are their compatriots, they are the common people, and they are soldiers who eat the imperial grain. Protecting the common people is their duty and duty!

He suddenly remembered the sentence "Brothers, it's time for us to work hard" that Lao Qi said in the car before, and the meaning of it may be here.

What is defending the homeland?

Now this is called defending the country!

What is the value of a soldier?

Here you can reflect the value of soldiers!

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while!

This is the meaning of military existence!

What is a child soldier?

Coming from the masses, returning to the masses, putting on a military uniform and carrying a gun, you are a soldier, taking off your military uniform and going into society, you are the common people, this is a child soldier!

Without the people to protect, the soldiers have no meaning to exist!

If you don't even have the courage and courage to work hard for the people, then you should take off this military uniform, because you are not worthy!

Not worthy!

...

The division commander Zhang Yongjun stood on the embankment, the soil under his feet was as soft as cotton, and when he stepped on his camouflage shoes, the yellow mud mixed with rotten withered grass gushed out.

He raised his eyes and looked towards the river, and the rushing river rushed downstream like wild beasts. On the river, the corpses of animals and livestock occasionally floated by, and even some floating furniture...

What surprised Zhang Yongjun most was the height of the river surface. The water level was more than ten meters higher than the height of the land behind the embankment.

This is simply a river hanging on the ground!

The power of nature made this colonel feel a little creepy standing in front of him!

As long as there is a breach in this levee, hundreds of millions of cubic meters of river water will tear apart every inch of the river levee line, and then sweep all the farmland, crops and houses behind the levee like a crazy monster, and everything will be submerged in the surging flood. among!

At this time, on the side of the long embankment, countless sandbags were piled up.

Countless people, including soldiers, militiamen, and local government workers, were desperately placing sandbags on the embankment.

The Yangtze River, at this time, is already an angry dragon, and people are as small as ants.

Time is racing against time, and in two days, the fourth flood peak will pass here.

People walk on water, boats go up on houses, thousands of miles of Yangtze River are in danger in Jingzhou.

At present, the embankment that he is stepping on is the most dangerous position in the entire Jingjiang section!

Just a few days ago, there were heavy rains and floods in the upper reaches of the Minjiang, Tuojiang, Jialing and Wujiang river basins, forming the third flood peak in the Yangtze River Basin this year. After converging with the Wujiang flood peak, it stopped diarrhea at a flow rate of 51,700 cubic meters per second in Yichang. !

The six hydrological points downstream of Shashi, Shishou, Jianli, Chenglingji, Luoshan and Honghu formed the highest water level in history!

On the way to his arrival, Zhang Yongjun directly asked the commander of the group army many times, requesting that his troops be deployed to the most dangerous position.

This time, he brought thousands of elite soldiers under his command. He has confidence in his troops. These young men have received the most rigorous and hard training, the best steel, and must be used on the blade!

"Master Zhang!"

Just as Zhang Yongjun looked at Jiang Mian in a trance, a greeting came from not far behind.

Turning around, Zhang Yongjun saw several local cadres who were covered in mud walking towards this side with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"Is it Secretary Deng?" Zhang Yongjun was waiting for him, and the two agreed to meet here.

"I'm so sorry, I want you to meet on the embankment." Secretary Deng Guihai explained apologetically, "I haven't been back to my office for a long time. I've been soaking here for half a month, and I don't even dare to fall asleep."

The two shook hands.

Zhang Yongjun asked, "How is the situation now?"

"The situation is not good. The local militia, the masses, the provincial military region, the provincial armed police corps, and the municipal armed police detachment have all arrived. On the Jianli side, even the airborne troops have already arrived. The first three flood peaks, we are considered the top. It has passed, but now the fourth flood peak is coming again. It is said that the flow rate is larger than that of the previous flood peaks. Now, the water levels recorded by various hydrological points along the Jingjiang River for more than 180 kilometers have exceeded those recorded since 1954. The highest record, if you don't come, we really can't stand it anymore..."

After saying that, the corners of his eyes turned red.

"look--"

He pointed to a piece of yellow soup in the distance behind him.

"This year is the abnormal weather of 'Second Plum'. From the beginning of June to the present, there have been 12 torrential rains, which have never stopped. In the middle and late July alone, the rainfall reached 347 milliliters. Five times the rainfall in the same period of previous years, more than 20,000 hectares of fertile fields...all flooded..."

His heart hurt so much that his brows knit together.

"You can rest assured~www.novelmt.com~ Now that we are here, I promise, my troops will be able to help you defend the embankment!" Zhang Yongjun said: "The superior asked me to bring the troops here, just to see where you most need reinforcements. Where is the place, I plan to put my best troops on top!"

"The embankment under your feet is the most dangerous place in the Jingjiang section. It is said that the thousands of miles of the Yangtze River are dangerous in Jingjiang, and the most dangerous Jingjiang is here." Secretary Deng said.

Zhang Yongjun said, "Okay, then, I'll put my best troops on this embankment for you! The embankment is there when people are there!"

Just as he was talking, a cadre behind Deng Guihai's cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up, listened to it, and then his face changed.

Taking two steps forward, he had to interrupt the conversation between Deng Guihai and Zhang Yongjun.

"Secretary Deng, Paizhou is broken..."

"What!?" Deng Guihai's face suddenly turned pale.