Chapter 357: The true nature of heroes (2)

Xu Shaojie was the first to rush to the embankment, and then all the soldiers followed Xu Shaojie to the embankment. Looking at the surging river water rushing out along the breach, Xu Shaojie tried hard to maintain a last bit of calmness, and asked the engineers beside him with red eyes.

"Now you say, what method should be used? All of us will obey your command and block each gap at all costs. Otherwise, all our efforts will be put into this rolling Yangtze River water and will not be able to protect Huai'an City. We are the sinners of history."

"Xu***, the water flow is too fast, and the gap will increase rapidly. This time is very short. There is a gap in one place, and the pressure on both sides of the gap will suddenly increase. You must slow down the water flow. At the same time, a cage fixed with steel bars is filled with stones and put them into the gap, and then throw stones continuously to block the gap. Other methods are not feasible. If the stones and sandbags are thrown in, they will be washed away, which is equivalent to useless work."

"But there is no such cage now. It's too late to weld it temporarily. This is a mistake in our work preparations. Let's talk about the method you can think of at present, blocking the gap, no matter what method, as long as it works, can be used."

The engineer's face also appeared blue-white. He looked carefully at the gradually enlarged gap and slowly opened his mouth.

"There is a way to block the gap with a vehicle, tow the construction vehicle that transports the stones, drive directly to the gap, push it down to block the gap, and then throw stones and sacks around to see if they can block the gap."

Xu Shaojie blushed his eyes and looked at the battalion commander beside him.

"Implement and requisition of Zhang's Construction Group's construction vehicles will immediately block this gap."

After a long rain, the soil around the embankment became a little soft. After the construction vehicle started, it slipped in the ground and could not drive. Xu Shaojie was anxious and bleeding. Time is too precious. If the gap increases, everything will be over. Seeing this situation, the battalion commander loudly gave the order. All the soldiers took off their vests and spread them on the ground. Seeing the construction vehicle slowly starting up, moving along the road paved with the vests, slowly approaching the embankment. Everyone was watching the construction vehicle. On one side, the rolling river water came out along the gap, and on the other side, the construction vehicle slowly moved towards the direction of the gap. Everyone understood what this vehicle was used for. The gap must be blocked, otherwise, the gap will become larger and larger, and in the end, it will crush more and more embankments, and the Huaian City behind it will be flooded by the rolling river water.

The news of a gap in Jiudaowan dike was quickly reported to Wu Shengjun and Lang Shifu. Wu Shengjun had already issued an order to block the gap at all costs. Now, the second peak of the flood peak is about to arrive in Huaiyang City. Before this, it is necessary to block the gap and protect Huaiyang City. For a time, Jiudaowan has become the target of everyone's attention. Of course, Wu Shengjun also issued an order to prepare to evacuate residents.

After Liu Juan, who was on duty in the municipal party committee, heard the news of a gap in the Jiudaowan embankment, she was so anxious that she didn't know what to do. Xu Shaojie was responsible for the safety of the Jiudaowan embankment. According to Xu Shaojie's personality, Liu Juan knew that if the embankment could not be blocked, Xu Shaojie would not evacuate, even if he encountered a great danger. At this time, Liu Juan was thinking of going up the embankment to see what was going on in Xu Shaojie and helping Xu Shaojie do something within his ability.

Huai'an City is already on high alert and is ready to issue an emergency notice at any time, requiring all residents to prepare to evacuate. The embankment in Huaiyang City, the embankment that directly affects Huai'an City is the Jiudaowan embankment. If the gap cannot be blocked, then the residents of Huai'an City must evacuate as soon as possible, or go to high-rise buildings.

Xu Shaojie's heart is bleeding. Huai'an City is carrying out urban construction. If the embankment cannot be maintained and the Yangtze River water enters Huai'an City, then the losses will be extremely heavy. Some projects under construction will suffer huge impacts. Such force majeure is impossible for enterprises to bear the responsibility. It can only be the municipal party committee and government to pay for the order, but the municipal party committee and government cannot afford such orders.

Seeing the construction car slowly approaching the gap, Xu Shaojie's heart was hanging. This time the gap must be blocked successfully. When the gap was still more than two meters away, the construction car stopped and could not drive forward. This was what the engineer said, because the embankment could no longer bear such a great pressure after a long period of soaking. If the construction car crushed the embankment, the consequences would be disastrous. If such a situation occurs, it would really require the people in Huai'an to start relocating.

"Xu***, I suggest that you push the construction vehicle into the embankment. There is only one way to do it at present."

Xu Shaojie looked at the engineer with a pale face and knew that he had to take risks at the moment. If he could not succeed, then everything would be irreversible. But at present, there is only such a way. If the gap is not blocked, the dangers faced are the same, and it is also the result of the complete collapse of the embankment, especially when the flood peak arrives, it goes without saying that it will be what it is.

"Okay, just do what you said, everyone must pay attention to safety."

Seeing the construction vehicle approaching the embankment step by step, Xu Shaojie stared at his eyes and forgot everything around him. At this moment, he wanted to kneel down and pray that the gap would be smooth and that the embankment would not have any mistakes. Except for the 20 people following the construction vehicle, the remaining hundreds of people stopped their actions and looked at the construction vehicle carefully. It seemed that his actions would cause the embankment to have any opinions and collapse again.

A minute later, the construction vehicle was pushed into the embankment, just in the gap, the water flow was obviously smaller, and Xu Shaojie smiled and finally went smoothly. However, the face of the engineer who had been directing all the actions changed color again.

"Xu***, the embankment has been affected. The embankment has been loosened where the construction vehicle has just passed. Now, yellow bubbles appear around it. It must be reinforced immediately, otherwise our efforts will be in vain."

"What method do you think?"

"It is to fill stones around, and you must have large stones. After the stone stabilizes the bottom of the embankment, you will put sandbags on it and build a new embankment on the basis of the original embankment."

"What are you still hesitating about? Give orders."

"Yes, but not. The current water flow is too fast. We must slow down the water flow. Otherwise, if the stones thrown into change direction, our work will still not work."

Xu Shaojie stopped talking. At this time, everything he said was useless. He was on the embankment, looking at the turbulent river water, and he thought of the only way to slow down the water flow. This method was also the most dangerous and effective way.

Xu Shaojie spoke to the engineer.

"Now, I order you to command all actions, and everyone will obey your command. What should you do, you know, and the purpose is to protect the embankment."

After Xu Shaojie said these words, he shouted to the people standing beside him.

"The embankment is in danger now. We want to keep it. We need to slow down the water flow. There is no other way. We form a wall to block the water flow. The *** clerk follows me and goes into the water with me without fear of death. I don't believe it anymore. We can't block the water flow."

After Xu Shaojie finished speaking, he jumped into the river water. The water flow was very fast. Xu Shaojie tried his best to stabilize himself. The water by the river was not very deep, and it was far from his chest, but the water flow was too fast. Xu Shaojie couldn't stand steadily and rushed into the water. Suddenly, he drank several sips of river water. The battalion commander next to Xu Shaojie did not speak, and then jumped into the Yangtze River, tried hard to reach Xu Shaojie's side, and grabbed Xu Shaojie's hand tightly. Song Tao saw Xu Shaojie jumping into the river water, so anxious that he didn't know what was going on. He held Xu Shaojie's cell phone in his hand. There were many phone calls now, all of whom were asking for instructions, and so on. But Song Tao was unwilling to give up and was not relieved. If Xu Shaojie had any problems, he was still on the dam. Song Tao would not forgive him for his whole life. Song Tao didn't have time to think more and quickly stuffed the phone to the engineer.

"Please help me answer if you have any phone number or what the situation is."

Song Tao followed him into the Yangtze River. At that moment, he saw the engineer's lips trembling.

About 50 people jumped in, everyone held each other's arms, squeezed tightly between them, and waves hit one after another, but no one let go. They had formed a solid wall of people, and the water flow quickly eased down.

"Everyone follows my command and moves stones. If you have the strength, you need more big stones at first. If you throw them into it, everyone should be quicker and start immediately."

When the Wu Shengjun was sitting in a car and arrived at the embankment, he saw countless people moving stones and throwing them into the embankment. He did not see Xu Shaojie. However, at this time, the Wu Shengjun no longer cared about so much. The main task now is to protect the embankment. Keeping the embankment means protecting the Huaian City behind.

When the Wu Shengjun walked up to the embankment, Xing Maohua next to him was thinking of speaking to see if anyone introduced the situation to the Wu Shengjun, but everyone was too busy and no one noticed the Wu Shengjun. The Wu Shengjun raised his hand to stop Xing Maohua and walked to the top of the embankment. The next scene that he saw made the Wu Shengjun stunned.

In the river, a group of people built a wall of humans to block the surging river with their bodies. Xu Shaojie's face was pale and stood in the middle. From time to time, waves came to flood everyone, but no one retreated. The wall of humans remained in shape and blocked the surging water. The reporter behind Wu Shengjun had raised the camera and photographed these pictures, these scenes that were not usually seen.

The engineer saw the Martial Saint Army and hurried over.

"Wu***, Xu*** and the others have been in the river for almost 30 minutes. They have to change people. Otherwise, their bodies will not be able to bear it. You can give the order and I will change Xu***."

Wu Shengjun took the loudspeaker from the engineer's hand.

"Now, I order the people who carry stones to form a new round of human walls to replace the people in the river and go down immediately."

When the Wu Sheng Army was preparing to go down, they were held back by Sie Maohua, and the people around them also stopped the Wu Sheng Army from entering the river. The Wu Sheng Army was not young anymore, and compared with these warriors who carried stones, their bodies could not bear it in all aspects.

Sit Maohua and the engineer both jumped into the water, and a new round of human walls was quickly formed.

When Xu Shaojie got ashore, he could no longer speak and was trembling all over. He looked at the Wu Shengjun.

"Wu, Wu***, big, big dike can be kept."

"I know that there must be no problem with the dam. With your fighting spirit, you won't be afraid of great difficulties. Go and take a break quickly. I'll command here and pay attention to your health."

While saying that, the Wu Shengjun commanded the soldiers to support Xu Shaojie to the nearby temporary medical center. He did not expect that Xu Shaojie would jump into the river and form a human wall. Xu Shaojie was the commander-in-chief. These things did not need to be done in person. At this moment, the Wu Shengjun thought of a lot.

The embankment was finally saved, before the arrival of the flood peak. In order to ensure the insurance, the Wu Shengjun asked the flood control command to transport a cage made of steel bars, which was filled with large stones, sank it into the river, and stabilized the embankment.

Xu Shaojie fell ill. Strictly speaking, he was not ill. After arriving at the medical point, Xu Shaojie fainted, but Xu Shaojie woke up quickly and refused to leave the embankment. He wanted to watch the second Hongfeng pass through the Jiudaowan embankment. The Martial Saint Army did not say anything, and he agreed to Xu Shaojie's request.

The second time the Hongfeng safely passed through the Jiudaowan embankment, Xu Shaojie fainted again.

When Xu Shaojie woke up again, he saw the white room full of white quilts. Xu Shaojie knew that he was in the hospital and he tried hard to get up, but his body was very heavy and dizzy. Soon, a familiar scream sounded in his ears.

"Husband, you're awake, woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Shaojie finally woke up a lot. He turned his head and saw Tang Wanrou with red eyes.

"Xiao Rou, why are you here? Where am I?"

"Husband, you are in the Provincial People's Hospital, I almost scared to death. You have been in a coma for two days and two nights."

Xu Shaojie smiled.

"Don't worry, I'm in good health, this little bit of illness is nothing."

Tang Wanrou's tears fell again.

"Husband, don't work so hard. I know everything about you. When you were in a coma, Jiang ***, Governor Zhao, and Lu *** have all come to see you. Wu *** has reported on your affairs specifically, and there are also videos taken by the TV station."

Xu Shaojie had a bitter face, he didn't want to become famous.

"Xiao Rou, the situation was special at that time. I didn't expect so much. Look, if the embankment could not be protected, Huai'an City would suffer too much and could not afford it. On the one hand, all the things in urban construction should be repeated. On the other hand, the residents of Huai'an City would have to relocate collectively. I don't know how much damage it would cause. I am the Municipal Party Committee and bear an unshirkable responsibility, so I must keep the embankment, no matter what the price I pay."

"Husband, I know, don't say it."
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