At dawn, the river near the breach was full of boats!

There were more than 20 propeller ships, small tugs and small passenger ships urgently summoned by the Hanwu City Navigation Office, as well as five large tugs and ten 1,500-ton flat barges from the Yangtze River Steamship Company that arrived overnight.

There are eight passenger ferries with a capacity of 1,000 to 1,500 passengers led by leaders of the Hanwu Ferry Company, the Etuo 307 fleet of the Beihu Jiangxia Ferry Company, the fleet of the Changhang Shipping Group, and small hook-up ships urgently summoned by the county.

Even the nearby fishermen came in small fishing boats.

Looking at it, there were more boats than there were in the riverside waters during the "eel fishing war". Xu Mingyuan felt that more than half of the boats in the Han Dynasty were probably here.

However, the water flow at the breach was turbulent, and a sill formed between the breach and the embankment, making it impossible for ships to enter or exit.

There was a vast ocean inside the village, and at least thirty villages were flooded!

The river embankment was filled with darkness, and thousands of people who had fled to the embankment were eager to be evacuated.

More than two dozen motor barges from Hanwu took advantage of their good stability, shallow draft, and flexible operation to quickly dock on the river embankment. One boat after another, they transferred the shocked victims on the embankment to the river anchored three kilometers upstream of the breach.

On six deck barges and ferries, the victims were transferred to Panjiawan Town, more than 20 kilometers upstream of the breach, by the Changhang Shipping Group's fleet and ferries.

The fleet involved in relocating the victims tried every means to free up space, cabins, and any place where people could stand to transport the victims.

Compared with the victims on the levee, there are more victims trapped in the vast ocean inside the embankment!

Other ships cannot enter, but the assault boats, power boats and rescue boats of the Linghai Reserve Battalion and several other PLA pontoon units that came to the rescue can enter.

Small boats and small boats became the main force of rescue.

Xu Mingyuan used the newly vacated section of the embankment as a "transfer point" and organized various search and rescue teams to transport assault boats and fiberglass boats to the embankment, put them on the water in the embankment, and went straight to the nearby roofs at full speed.

, tree crown, searching and rescuing the people who had not had time to move to the embankment.

In fact, there is no need to search, only rescue.

There were so many people trapped that each group drove less than a kilometer out of the embankment. As long as there were visible roofs, tree canopies and higher ground, there were people there.

"Comrades, don't be anxious, don't be crowded, our assault boats and fiberglass boats can't carry too many people, the elderly and children come up first!"

"We will send the elderly and children to the embankment and come back to pick you up. Please don't be afraid or worry. We will definitely come back. Our superiors have mobilized all the forces they can to save everyone!"

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"No trouble, slow down."

"Kids, sit down and hold on to the rope."

Xu Mingyuan's group had so many people to save that they were overwhelmed.

Xiaoyu and Xiaogu did the same thing here. They picked up a few people on the fiberglass boat and said eagerly: "Comrade, there are more people ahead of us waiting for us to rescue. You people come up first, and the things will be transported later."

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, can I just bring a TV? I'll hold it!"

"No, there are too many people, and we are a small boat. It is not safe to carry too many things, and the boat can easily capsize."

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, please."

"You put it on the roof first. The water won't rise that fast, so it won't be flooded. I'll help you carry it back later."

…

The house was flooded, and valuable things could no longer be flooded. Everyone wanted to take more with them, but the assault boats and fiberglass boats were too small to carry so many things. Moreover, saving people was more important now, and we could only worry about the things outside us.

One rescue after another, in less than an hour, the water search and rescue company rescued more than 500 people from the "ocean".

The commander-in-chief and the two deputy commanders-in-chief responsible for the rescue divided the work.

The commander-in-chief is the secretary of Yujia County, who is responsible for directing the personnel and ships organized by the county to carry out rescue operations.

The leader of the Beihu Provincial Navigation Bureau is responsible for organizing and commanding the personnel and fleets convened by the province and Hanwu City. Deputy Director Yuan of the Hanwu Port Supervision Bureau is responsible for commanding the fleet of the long-distance navigation system.

The Linghai reserve battalion not only owns half of the shares of the long-distance navigation system, but is also the reserve battalion of the transportation system, so it naturally has to accept the command of Bureau Yuan.

Director Yuan did not stay on the supervision boat. Instead, he stood on the embankment and raised his intercom to direct the Changhang Shipping Group's fleet to transport away the victims rescued by the Linghai Reserve Battalion from the compound.

Political Commissar Yang stood beside Director Yuan and asked anxiously: "Comrade Mingyuan, have you seen any air force officers and soldiers who are supporting the rescue?"

"No, our search and rescue range is less than two kilometers!"

"Okay, let's go search and rescue them quickly."

Xu Mingyuan and the other last victims were pulled onto the embankment by the staff of the long-distance navigation system. They immediately adjusted the course using the joystick and continued to "pick up" people in the vast ocean.

The small fish group is also very efficient, filling up the tank and setting off quickly.

He and Xiao Gu had just driven less than 800 meters when a roar suddenly came from the sky.

I looked up and saw a dozen helicopters flying overhead.

Immediately afterwards, three more transport planes flew towards the compound.

Flying very low, you can clearly see the red August 1st military emblem!

"Fish team, look, the air force is coming, the air force is coming..." Xiao Gu's eyes filled with excitement.

Xiaoyu was also shocked, but now he didn't care about watching the excitement. He gripped the joystick tightly and said: "The Air Force is coming, aren't you the Air Force?"

"I mean the plane is coming!"

"What's the use of a plane? It can't land on the water to save people."

"Fish Team, the plane is airdropping!"

Xiaoyu looked in the direction of Xiao Gu's finger, and was surprised to find that the three transport planes were actually airdropping emergency and disaster relief supplies. However, they were far away from their current search and rescue range, so it was impossible to go over to see what they were airdropping.

In the blink of an eye, we were above the village we had visited before.

Hundreds of people were waiting to be rescued. Xiaoyu couldn't care less and hurriedly "picked up" the people.

Inflatable boats are easy to capsize, and fiberglass boats are not very stable.

Xiao Gu carefully picked up a few people on the boat and asked eagerly: "Comrade, we have a troop here to rescue you. Have you seen them?"

"I've seen it. Their epaulettes are the same blue as yours. Are you in the Air Force?"

"Yes, we are all in the air force. Comrade, do you know where they have gone?"

A member of the public subconsciously touched the life jacket on his body and said with tears: "I only know that they went to rescue people. The last time I saw them was when they collapsed last night. They took off this life jacket and gave it to me."

"Do you know which direction they went?"

"It seems that I went to the Zhongbao."

The breach was at the embankment section of Zhongbao Village!

Xiao Gu burst into tears when he thought that the officers and soldiers of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment went to the most dangerous place at the most dangerous time and gave away their life jackets to the masses.

The superior wanted to know the news about the Air Force Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, and Political Commissar Yang also told Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu was equally worried, but he really couldn't care about that much now. The only thing he could do was to save people one after another.

At 10:45, the twelve people who had just been rescued from the flood were sent to the embankment. Xiaoyu and Xiaogu finally received some somewhat relieving news.

Five minutes ago, several leaders responsible for organizing and directing the rescue took a ferry to check the water conditions at the breach. Seeing that the water level was getting smaller and the flow rate was slowing down, they decided to organize a machine barge of less than 100 tons to rush into the breach to rescue people!

As the "Hannan No. 1" and other eight mechanized barges rushed into the breached settlement, the search and rescue efficiency increased rapidly. After all, one large ship can carry dozens of assault boats and glass boats.

As of 11 a.m., more than 30 mechanical barges of 80 to 100 tons, including the first batch of 21 mechanical barges from the Hanwu Municipal Transportation Commission and the subsequent 9 reinforcements from Hanwu, had entered the civil compound.

Go to each village and conduct individual combat.

Due to the depth of the water, there are still many places where barges cannot pass.

The water search and rescue company was divided into parts according to the requirements of the superiors, and separately cooperated with aircraft and barge operations to search with nets on roofs, platforms, and tree branches in Hezhen Town, Paizhou Town, Zhongbao Village and other places.

These more than 30 barges are the well-deserved main force in search and rescue. While searching and rescuing victims one after another, they also pick up victims one by one from all directions rescued by officers and soldiers from several pontoon bridge units in assault boats and local fishermen in fishing boats.

Get on the boat, and then one boat after another rush out of the breach, and transfer to the ferry and deck barge moored on the river.

The mouth collapsed around eight o'clock last night, and the people in the fort had no time to escape. They couldn't even afford to eat. They were very hungry after boarding the boat.

The crew gave all dry food and water to the victims.

The "Supervision 47" boat where the commander-in-chief was located gave the only three boxes of instant noodles to the hungry old people and children, and the crew of "Yangtze River 2516" kept cooking porridge to supply them.

The fleet led by Liu Wei arrived at noon. Like Chen Zikun, Xiao Gong and others who arrived before, they were under the command of the leaders of the Hanwu Port Supervision Bureau. Together with more than 300 crew members and port supervision staff from the long-distance voyage system,

Assist in evacuating victims and distributing supplies brought by Han Yurang.

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Just when Xu Mingyuan, Ma Jintao and Liu Wei were extremely busy, the emergency protection project for the dangerous section of the Jingjiang Embankment was coming to an end.

Han Yu drove the excavator all morning, and as soon as he returned to the command and control room on the second floor of the barge, Deputy Director Yu held the phone record and solemnly said: "Secretary Han, the Yangtze River Defense Director called XCMG to report that the Embankment Section of Yuanzhongbao Village, Hezhen

The breach was caused by piping."

Before Han Yu could speak, the chief walked in and said: "The breach in Anzao Embankment was caused by piping, and so was the breach in Paizhou Bay. It was all caused by piping!"

"The notice stated that it was discovered on the morning of July 31st. The water outlet was about 40 meters away from the foot of the embankment. After the discovery, the town organized rescue forces and the rescue operation continued until 3 a.m. on August 1st. The danger was basically under control.

, but there is still a small amount of sand produced.”

"Then what?" Han Yu asked in a low voice.

Deputy Director Yu took a deep breath, looked at the phone record and said: "Then he continued to rush for protection, and continued to rush for protection for more than ten hours, until around 8:30 last night, a gap of more than one meter appeared in the embankment.
To be continued...