The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 384

Chapter 384: People are here, the embankment is here!

In the end, Chang Haonan felt that it was a bit too middle-class, so he proposed to cancel the first two words and name it "Xi soil" modular flood control reinforcement kit.

It seems much more normal this way.

And it also retains the original Chinese characteristics.

Ding Gaoheng and Huai Guomo are both almost 120 years old together, so naturally they cannot compete with Chang Haonan in such trivial matters.

Therefore, it took three people just one minute to determine the name of this equipment that will leave a huge mark in the field of flood prevention and disaster relief around the world in the future.

Although Chang Haonan felt a little tired from the almost non-stop work for the previous two days, it was ultimately a gratifying thing to see his research results successfully implemented and applied in emergency rescue and disaster relief.

“The next step is to put it into production and then transport it to where it is needed.”

The latter breathed a long sigh of relief, and the worry and tension in his heart finally eased a little.

"Don't worry, we allocate production tasks based on the principle of proximity. Under the premise of safe location, we try our best to ensure that factories close to several high-risk river sections give priority to production. The only problem is that kind of highly water-absorbent resin. The process is special, and currently the manufacturers that can supply in large quantities are in Zhejiang and Shandong provinces, but the military has dispatched special transportation troops to ensure the smooth supply of raw materials. "

In terms of disaster relief organizational capabilities, Huaxia says it is second, and no one dares to claim first.

“You have done everything you can, and leave the remaining tasks to us.”

Ding Gaoheng stretched out his hand, patted Chang Haonan's shoulder, and said with emotion:

“Furthermore, it seems that our Comrade Xiao Chang, in addition to being a good hand at researching military equipment, is also good at developing civilian technology.”

The latter shook his head slightly:

“Whether we are researching weapons and equipment or anything else, our ultimate goal is to protect the security of the country and its people. We reach the same goal through different paths.”

As a researcher with a background in the military industry, it is great to develop new weapons and equipment, but the sense of accomplishment brought by rescuing people is definitely a brand new experience -

Since you have such ability, why not do it?

Ding Gaoheng was stunned when he heard this.

Some fragments from the corners of my memory came back into my mind.

　That was an old friend, a senior, who said something similar before his death - "I don't love weapons, I love peace, but for peace, we need weapons."

“Well said, well said…”

His voice was not loud, almost muttering to himself.

In a daze, Ding Gaoheng seemed to have returned to the Gobi Desert more than ten years ago.

The earth trembled, the sky roared, and the smoke and flash of nuclear weapons explosion appeared before our eyes...

It took a few minutes for him to come back to his senses, and secretly told himself that time was urgent now, not the time to dwell on the past.

So, after quickly adjusting his mood, Ding Gaoheng raised his head again;

“By the way, from the look of you, you probably haven't had a good rest for a few days. I've asked someone to prepare breakfast and a room in the guest house for you. You can just go there and have a rest.”

This is indeed the physical sense of handing over a pillow when drowsiness comes.

Before, I had been in a state of nervous tension and didn't feel it. Now that I suddenly relaxed, I felt waves of sleepiness rising.

“Also good.”

He knew that Ding Gaoheng was right, there was only so much he could do, and the subsequent tasks belonged to others.

In the next few days, it rained continuously.

One evening a week later, the Flood Control and Drought Relief Command Center near the Yangtze River Embankment in Gangneung.

A figure wearing a poncho was pacing back and forth anxiously inside.

The command center is actually a place temporarily built with several tents on a slightly higher ground. A set of special antennas are set up next to it to communicate with various monitoring points in front, as well as Jiangcheng and Jingcheng behind.

“Report to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief!”

The call team leader put down the radio and took three steps at a time to come to the figure:

“The Shashi Monitoring Station reported that the water level has reached 44.68 meters!”

Thanks to the new stratospheric communication relay technology, even if the ground communication station is interfered with or destroyed, the normal uploading and distributing of information can still be maintained.

This may be the only good news at hand.

However, this "good news" brought him bad news like a bolt from the blue.

According to the "Severe Flood Prevention Plan" previously issued by the country, when the water level in Shashi exceeds 44.67 meters, flood diversion work should be prepared immediately.

But the words "flood diversion" are easy to say, but when it comes to making a decision, it is extremely difficult.

In the past few days, an expert group has calculated that flood diversion will cause 921.34 square kilometers of land to be flooded, with a conservatively estimated direct economic loss of nearly 20 billion yuan.

But if there is no flood diversion, the flood peak in the upper reaches will encounter the floods that have also formed in the middle and lower reaches, transferring all the pressure to the lower parts, especially Xunyang near the Poyang Lake system.

Furthermore, once the Jiangling Yangtze River levee breaks, the entire downstream area, including the three towns of Jiangcheng and most of Gan Province, will become a swamp, and the losses will be even more incalculable.

The choice was placed in front of Niu Maosheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the General Defense Department.

“flood diversion…”

He hesitated for a moment:

"I need to report and request final instructions on whether to divert the flood. But without further delay, we will immediately mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized. We will first notify the people in the flood diversion area, and they must all move to a safe area before 12 noon tomorrow. No one can be left out!”

Be prepared for the best and prepare for the worst.

"yes!"

The call team leader quickly turned back to the equipment and began to deploy specific transfer work.

Soon, the shrill air raid sirens sounded, and TVs, radios, loudspeakers, and staff knocking on doors all began to announce the same content—

"Flood Diversion Preparation and Relocation and Resettlement Headquarters Transfer Order"

"Where there is life, there is hope."

“As long as there are people around, a home can be rebuilt if it is destroyed...”

Huge slogans passed through the streets and alleys, echoing in the sky above Jiangling.

Niu Maosheng clenched his fists and looked tense.

With a background in farmland water conservancy, he has been working on the front line of the water conservancy system since graduation. He has participated in and directed flood control and rescue work in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and along the Yellow River many times, which can be said to be experienced in many battles.

But the current situation is far more serious than ever before.

Perhaps only the catastrophic flood in 1954, which he had not directly experienced, could be compared with it.

Thinking of the descriptions of the flood in the files he had read, Niu Maosheng felt chills all over his body—

The number of people killed directly due to floods alone exceeds 30,000. If various secondary disasters are also included, the final number may be an order of magnitude higher.

Even though reason tells him that the water conservancy facilities in the entire Yangtze River basin today are by no means comparable to those 40 years ago, and the disaster prevention and secondary disaster control capabilities are far superior to those of the past, but emotionally, it is impossible not to worry.

“Let's go and have a look on the embankment.” Niu Maosheng, who was restless, finally turned around and said to the entourage who were following him.

“But deputy commander, here…”

"There are other staff responsible here. Besides, the communication is still open. If there is anything important, just contact me directly."

He said and pointed to the portable radio equipment carried behind the back of the person next to him.

A few hours later, Niu Maosheng first took a passenger car, then transferred to a truck, and finally changed to walking, and finally arrived at Jiangling Embankment.

Several people trotted forward, snapped to attention, and saluted Niu Maosheng.

Due to the obstruction of the life jacket, he could not clearly see the military ranks of these people.

Fortunately, the leader quickly spoke:

“Huang Linqun, commander of the 361st Regiment of the 121st Infantry Division of the 41st Group Army of the Guangzhou Military Region, reports to Comrade Deputy Commander-in-Chief!”

This number is somewhat familiar to Niu Maosheng.

Subsequently, with the help of the searchlight that swept across the scene, he saw a fluttering red flag not far away.

There is a row of large golden characters written on it.

“Tashan Defense Hero Group”

Tashan has no pagoda and no mountain. The four vertical columns are both pagodas and mountains.

This unit was the former 28th Regiment of the Fourth Column of Dongye.

Seeing the PLA soldiers on standby on both sides of the embankment, Niu Maosheng finally felt relieved.

“Let's briefly talk about the overall situation of the embankment.”

"yes!"

Huang Linqun nodded, and then led Niu Maosheng and his party onto the embankment:

“The designed flood diversion area covers about half of the area of Gongan County, and is mainly composed of the North Gate (flood gate), South Gate (control gate) and 208 kilometers of embankments. We are now on the embankments..."

"The North Gate is located near Taipingkou where the Hudu River and the Yangtze River meet in the northern part of the Public Security Bureau. It consists of a 54-hole steel arc gate about 1 kilometer long. There is also a layer of siltation embankment outside, which is fixed. If you want to discharge floods, you need By blasting the siltation embankment, the floodwaters from the Yangtze River are released, and then the north gate is opened to allow the floodwaters to enter the flood diversion area.”

"According to the design, the maximum inflow flow of the North Gate is 8,000 cubic meters per second. If the water level in Shashi cannot be reduced by opening the North Gate, we need to blast the Lalinzhou embankment about 4 kilometers east of us and cooperate with the North Gate to divert the flood into the Jingjiang River. Flood diversion area…”

“Captain Huang!”

Just as the two people looked towards the flood gate with the help of searchlights, another soldier also wearing camouflage uniform suddenly ran over from behind.

Because of the darkness, I couldn't see my face clearly, but my voice sounded much younger.

“Captain Huang, do we really want to blow up the embankment tomorrow?”

This question was obviously not something Huang Linqun could answer, so he had no choice but to raise his head and look at Niu Maosheng.

“Little comrade, I am Niu Maosheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the General Defense Force. May I ask who you are…”

The latter walked closer to the opponent. Although he still couldn't see the military rank clearly, he could at least tell that he was a lieutenant.

The other party called Huang Linqun Captain Huang instead of directly the leader, which seemed to indicate that he was not from the 361st Regiment.

“Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I am Liu Zibei, commander of the Ground Explosion Company of the 41st Group Army Engineer Regiment, which is currently under the command of the 361st Regiment!”

Sure enough, it seems that if it is decided to release the flood, the related blasting work will be completed by him.

“How are the preparations for flood relief going?”

Niu Maosheng did not answer the other party's question directly, but asked first.

“A total of 50 tons of explosives have been laid on the Beizha Barrage and Lalinzhou River Embankments, and blasting can be carried out at any time as long as orders are received.”

Company Commander Liu's first answer was entirely a professional question, so it was very straightforward.

But then his tone changed:

“But Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I...I have learned blasting for more than ten years, but I can't just carry out the first real mission...that is, to flood people's homes..."

“My hometown is in Hunan Province, and I know what it's like after being flooded...”

Liu Zibei's words hit Niu Maosheng's heart like a heavy hammer.

But he also knows that the most important thing to consider whether to release floods is to comprehensively consider various risks.

It was raining heavily in the dark night, and the tension before the war made people breathless.

Niu Maosheng did not go back, but stayed with Huang Linqun. In the meantime, he and the latter met the commander of the 121st Division and listened to the other party's report, but in the end he returned to the location where the flood was planned to be discharged.

　It was late that night.

Another group of people came to the embankment of Jiangling.

Niu Maosheng was the first to recognize the identity of the leader.

“Commander-in-Chief!”

The other party nodded, and then said in a unique, slow but rhythmic tone:

“I have received the authorization to issue a flood diversion order, but before making a final decision on whether to divert the flood, I still hope to listen to the opinions of water conservancy experts and frontline PLA commanders.”

Several engineers and meteorological experts from the Hydropower Research Institute next to him looked at each other.

Finally, one person stood up as a representative and reported:

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the sixth wave of flood peak will reach Jiangling tomorrow, but this wave of flood peak is of a pointed and thin type. Although it is very high, the total water volume is limited. If combined with the ultrelevation flood storage of Geheyan Reservoir and the Gezhouba Power Plant to reduce the flow, If all the reservoirs in Sichuan and Chongqing are locked, the ultimate water level should be around 45.25 meters, which is still below the theoretical limit of the levee. Therefore, if we want to survive the crisis safely, we must use enough manpower to guard it! "

This judgment undoubtedly brings a glimmer of hope to the flood diversion area.

However, the commander-in-chief also has an engineering background and knows that the theoretical limit has actually far exceeded the target limit during design. The middle part is just a safety margin due to the inability to guarantee 100% accuracy during the engineering calculation process.

Since it is a margin, it must not be completely reliable.

If we really choose to resist, the pressure will be on the cadres, masses and military commanders responsible for guarding the embankment.

His eyes swept across the Huang Linqun standing in front of him.

“Captain Huang, now is not the time to show off, how confident do you think you can be?”

Huang Linqun did not answer directly, but took a step forward.

He is just a group leader, and no matter what answer he gives, it has no decision-making significance.

“Commander-in-Chief, our 361st Regiment is the best at defense. Since we were able to defend Tashan back then, we can also defend Jiangling today.”

“People are here at the embankment!”

(End of this chapter)

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