The gong clanged, and everyone who had finally rested for less than half an hour after a tiring night was woken up one by one. They stared at each other with bloodshot eyes and asked each other in horror.
Li Hui stood among them and loudly recounted the situation on the dam. Finally, Li Hui said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the biggest problem now is how to stop the big waves from hitting the shore. It is already too late to mobilize materials. Now
The only thing we can do is to use our bodies to block the huge waves. Now I order everyone to follow me to the wave prevention net, where there are ropes to climb on. We must use our bodies to block the huge waves and protect the embankment. This is
Last resort.”
Everyone looked at Li Hui blankly, feeling that this person had gone crazy.
Li Hui didn't have time to explain to them. He took off his muddy boots, took off his upper body clothes, walked quickly to the inside of the embankment, jumped into the water, and quickly moved towards the anti-wave rope not far away.
After arriving, he wrapped his hands around the rope net and his feet around the rope net. He stood in the water like a fish caught in a fishing net, with his arms spread wide and his back to the people on the embankment.
A huge wave came, and a huge splash of water splashed on his back. After the splash, Li Hui still stood there wet.
"Xiao Lang, we are here." Dachun Dazhuang roared, and the two of them staggered into the water and swam over awkwardly.
"Brother, I'm here." Zhou Che also swam into the water.
Seeing this, the county soldiers and volunteers affiliated with the county government also swam into the water one after another. The rest of the people were shocked and hesitant at first, but then they gritted their teeth and swam over one after another.
Soon, everyone relied on the anti-wave rope net, shoulder to shoulder and holding hands to form a human wall. Hundreds of people's bare backs formed a flesh and blood shield, locked together tightly.
A huge wave came, and the raging waves hit everyone's dark backs. The splashing waves hit their bodies like whips, and the pain made people grin. But everyone gritted their teeth and resisted the impact of the huge wave.
Firmly blocking the waves.
Rows of huge waves roared in, passing through the blockage of everyone's bodies and shattering into countless waves splashing. The black human wall undulated in the waves, like a row of black rocks lying in front, being hit by the huge impact.
The force ravaged the impact. Everyone gritted their teeth, endured the pain, and endured the pain.
This situation is truly extremely moving.
After being blocked by everyone's bodies, the huge waves were much less powerful when they reached the shore. Li Hui didn't know if this was effective, but he had no time to think too much.
An hour later, the person who stayed on the dike in charge of surveying loudly reported the good news. The cracks on the dike had stopped spreading and expanding. The exhausted Li Hui was extremely happy when he heard the news. This meant that his judgment was correct.
It is precisely because of the beating of wind and waves that the entire embankment is unstable. The human wall method of blocking wind and waves also works.
But the problem is that many people can't hold on. Not to mention the impact of the waves on their bodies. Just soaking in the water is already a kind of torture. The sun above the head is blazing, but the body in the water is cold.
It's bone-chilling. Don't think that the water temperature will be very high in the middle of summer. In fact, the water is already ice cold under one or two feet of water. Not to mention these, just being soaked in the water for a long time is already unbearable.
Already.
What's more, everyone who has been fighting for ten or twenty days is exhausted, has trouble eating and sleeping, is stressed every day, and does heavy physical work. Under this situation, many people are already exhausted and can't support themselves.
Some people on the rope net fainted, some vomited, some fell unconscious, and some couldn't hold on and fell into the water. Fortunately, timely rescue came ashore and no one was killed. However, more and more gaps appeared in the human wall on the rope net. The huge waves continued again.
A roaring impact on the dike.
Li Hui could hardly hold on any longer. He had worked the most hard. Although he was young and in good health, even an iron man could not bear such suffering. He was completely weak and could only be supported by Da Zhuang and Dachun on both sides.
Only by holding on to his arms could he carry it down.
But Dachun Dazhuang couldn't hold on much longer. Although the two of them were as strong as two mountains on the ground, they were unstable in the water. They had already drank several times of water, and they were both a little confused.
Li Hui lamented in his heart that even if he knew the crux of the problem, the human wall would not be able to block the huge waves, and the embankment might not be able to protect it. Once the embankment collapsed, everyone would be washed down and die. He was already thinking about it
Are you going to give up?
At this moment, a group of dark people came to the east side of the lake embankment. That was when the people who had evacuated to Gushan learned the news. Someone ran to Gushan to deliver a letter, informing everyone that Magistrate Li had gone into the water to build a human wall and berm.
, saying that they could no longer hold on, and asked the people for reinforcements.
When they heard this, all the people couldn't stay still. Mr. Zheng gave a greeting, and the people rushed to reinforce him. After they arrived at the lake embankment, they saw the row of human walls in the water and the people who were staggering around and had no human shape. Everyone had tears in their eyes.
.
"Folks, let's go into the water and protect the embankment together. Everyone, come on." Mr. Zheng shouted and rushed down the embankment.
The people didn't care anymore and rushed into the water one after another. It didn't matter that they were some young and strong men and women, but the important thing was that some old men and women with gray hair and walking sticks also started to go into the water, and some children in their teens also followed.
.This is extremely dangerous behavior.
Li Hui was extremely excited, but he knew that doing so was very dangerous. He shouted hoarsely for the old man and the young man to come ashore and let them leave quickly. But no one listened to him, and they were drowning in chest-deep water on the inside of the dam.
Hold hands to form a second human wall to resist the wind and waves.
Everyone gritted their teeth and stood in the water, refusing to go ashore despite the huge waves knocking them around.
Li Hui shouted so hard that his voice became hoarse and he could hardly shout anymore.
While he was anxious, he suddenly heard a soft, crying voice in his ear: "Sir, your voice is hoarse, please stop shouting, okay?"
Li Hui looked down and saw Ah Zhu, who was soaked all over, grabbing the rope and floating on the water in front of him.
"Why are you here too? What a nonsense." Li Hui shouted, surprised and delighted.
Ah Zhu didn't know whether it was tears or water drops on her face. She reached out and grabbed Li Hui's arm and drifted over. She leaned in front of Li Hui and whispered: "Ah Zhu and the young master will die together."
Two hours later, the water level in Jiao Lake began to drop, and the rate of decline was very fast. By nightfall, the water level in Jiao Lake had dropped four feet and had fallen below the warning level.
Although there were cracks in the dike in the south of Juchao County, the dike remained intact and successfully withstood this huge flood peak due to the desperate efforts of thousands of people in Juchao County.
When the lake water receded below the warning level, everyone climbed ashore exhausted. They didn't even have the energy to cheer.
Li Hui was carried back to the county government. After landing, his eyes turned black and he fell down and fainted. He was too tired and too weak, and he relied on the strength of his spirit to support him. When he was tense
As soon as his nerves relaxed, his body could no longer hold up and he fainted.