The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 385

Chapter 385 "Xi Soil" fights the Flood Demon

Captain Huang was right. This kind of matter, which was related to the safety of dozens of millions of people, could not be decided by just the statement of his captain.

But even so, the determination he and other commanders and fighters involved in disaster relief showed had an impact.

At noon the next day, after a whole morning of discussions, the Flood Control Bureau finally officially issued the instruction “No flood diversion will be carried out until the water level rises to 45.3 meters.”

But just in case, the relocation work of people in the flood diversion area still cannot be stopped.

Following such an instruction, tens of thousands of People's Liberation Army commanders, militiamen, and cadres and masses involved in rescue operations on the entire Jiangling Embankment were all mobilized to prepare for the upcoming sixth wave of floods!

Also at a critical juncture, there is Xunyang further downstream.

Due to special terrain factors, this city located next to Poyang Lake has borne the brunt of previous Yangtze River floods.

Although the local rainfall is not heavy, when the upper and middle reaches of the main stream and tributaries flood one after another, and begin to interact and overlap with each other, the risk of flooding is actually more serious than in areas with heavy rainfall in the upper reaches.

After the decision not to divert floodwaters in Jiangling was made, the pressure of the entire Yangtze River Basin concentrated here in a short period of time.

There is no flood discharge area designed in advance, so there is no other choice but to resist.

At the same time, because there is no flood discharge area, there is no place to focus on in the entire Xunyang section of the Yangtze River embankment.

This is definitely not a good thing—

Anyone who has taken the exam knows that if there are no key points, it means it is all about the key points.

The Xunyang section of the embankment was not expected to withstand such a large flood. As the previous rounds of flood peaks came one after another, it was still unable to fully withstand the increasingly high water levels.

The rescue force of tens of thousands of people looks quite large, but if they are spread out evenly across hundreds of kilometers of embankments like beans, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on even if there is a problem.

Therefore, they can only concentrate on staying at the garrison not far away and wait for orders.

And because the stratosphere above Gan Province does not meet the required meteorological conditions, and Zhejiang University does not have a second set of relay communication equipment on hand, the information transmission situation here is much worse than in the Jiangling area of Hubei Province.

Fortunately, the local weather is okay, so helicopters from the Army Aviation Force continue to take off, firstly to monitor the situation, and secondly, to be ready to deal with possible communication interruptions at any time.

“Report, there is a collapse between gates 4 and 5 of the embankment!”

In the local defense frontline headquarters, an anxious voice suddenly sounded.

The most worrying thing has happened.

“The current breach width is 60 meters, but there is a tendency to expand to both sides.”

Liao Xinmin, the local head of the National Defense Bureau, is naturally far inferior to Niu Maosheng of the National Defense Bureau, but his determination at the critical moment is no worse:

"Explain the situation to the People's Liberation Army troops and request reinforcements. The remaining people, follow me up the embankment!"

The breach at the scene was like the gaping mouth of a dragon, with torrential water pouring down into Xunyang City.

There are 4.5 million people who have nowhere to move.

The 60-meter-wide breach itself would not cause the situation to get out of control, but as the saying goes, a thousand-mile **** was destroyed in an ant nest. If such a breach cannot be controlled in a short time, it may even trigger the collapse of the entire embankment.

This hole must be blocked.

The specific method of blocking will have to be decided by experts from the water conservancy department.

But no matter what method is used, the first step must be to reduce the flow rate and flow rate.

Otherwise, any building materials and construction equipment will not be able to operate normally in the surging river water.

“Have you deployed according to the emergency plan?”

Liao Xinmin asked the on-site staff next to him.

“We had already deployed it when the spring phenomenon was discovered, but the flood level in our plan was far from the current situation, and it was a drop in the bucket.”

The latter's body and face were almost completely covered with mud and water, and his tone was equally anxious:

"Just now, shipowners from near Poyang Lake rushed over spontaneously and scuttled eight inland river coal ships with a total of 10,000 tons near the breach. It had a slight effect, but the current was too fast, especially the bottom of the ship was still It can pass through a large amount of water, causing the location of the sunken ship to continue to change. If new blocking items cannot be filled in, it may not be long before it will be washed away! "

The cadres and masses participating in the rescue on the shore are throwing in all the gravel, rubble, and coal they can collect.

But even a sunken ship of tens of thousands of tons cannot guarantee complete stability, let alone these small things, which disappear without a trace almost as soon as they are thrown into the water.

Just when everyone was almost helpless, a shout came from not far behind.

“The People's Liberation Army is here, the People's Liberation Army is here!”

Liao Xinmin turned around suddenly and saw a convoy of hundreds of trucks on the distant road, like a long winding queue, heading towards the embankment.

With the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, there is hope.

“Hurry, prepare the relevant information and the current situation of the breach, and do your best to cooperate with the comrades in the army in disaster relief!”

The first person to lead the team was Wang Hong, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Jinling Military Region.

After hearing a brief report, he went to the breach to check the situation in person.

“We have tried using shipwrecks, gravel, and sandbags, but they all failed to hold and were quickly washed away.”

Liao Xinmin wiped the sweat or river water on his face and said to Wang Hong, who was looking around to observe.

“Normally, in this case, blockages alone are not enough. You need to drive wooden piles and steel bars into the river bed to form a cage-like structure, and then throw gravel bags and sandbags inside.”

Before setting off, he had already consulted with his senior superiors who had relevant experience, so he had already made preparations in this regard.

“But how can we push things into such a large amount of water?”

Liao Xinmin was dumbfounded when he heard this answer.

To construct in water, you need to use blocking materials to reduce the flow speed. And to reduce the flow speed, you need to drive wooden piles and steel bars into the water first?

“Leave it to us.”

After Wang Hong finished speaking, he asked for a wrist-thick rope from the staff behind him, tied it around his waist, and then took the loudspeaker used for shouting from Liao Xinmin.

“All cadres at company level and above, get out!”

Soon, the several hundred selected commandos tied themselves into several strings with ropes, and the people who stayed on the shore held on to the other end of the ropes.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Hong took off the hat on his head and jumped into the river first.

Hindered by several human walls, the raging water finally slowed down slightly.

Other people who came up with reinforcements from behind began to throw sandbags into the middle of the human wall.

Although most of it will still be washed away, at least it has begun to have some effect.

It is impossible for trucks transporting supplies to drive directly onto the embankment, so the last section of the road can only be completed entirely by manpower.

Half an hour later, the first wooden pile was successfully driven into the bottom of the river bed, finally giving the nearby crumbling human wall a new support point...Although the situation has made progress, the efficiency is still not high.

Moreover, the risk is high.

At the beginning, it was fine when everyone had plenty of energy, but as time passed, everyone's energy was rapidly drained from being immersed in the flood for a long time.

Some soldiers with weaker physical strength were almost washed away.

Of course, people on the shore and in the water are also rotating, but due to the tight manpower, they have to be responsible for carrying disaster relief materials even on the shore, which cannot guarantee adequate rest...

Two days passed like this.

The breach has been initially controlled, but the flood is still pouring outward at a flow rate of more than 130 cubic meters/second and a flow rate of 5 meters/second.

According to the plugging plan, after the breach is initially controlled, a half-moon-shaped cofferdam should be formed in the area to prepare for the subsequent filling and embankment work.

But because Wang Hong and others used ropes to secure themselves when they first went down, it was really difficult to make the cofferdam into a half-moon shape.

It can only expand outward little by little on the basis of a straight line.

However, after two days of continuous high-intensity work, the commanders and fighters of the three regiments participating in the flood fight themselves have almost reached their limit.

Many people have fallen into coma or even gone into shock due to overexertion, and have been sent to makeshift field hospitals nearby.

The on-site commander was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do.

In fact, he has already sent his own sons who are currently serving as company commanders.

One division has no reserves.

“Deputy Commander Dong, the head of the 2nd Regiment just reported that a new batch of strange relief supplies have been sent to us.”

The deputy chief of staff of the Jinling Military Region came over and whispered a report in his ear.

"strangeness?"

The long-term lack of sleep caused the commander-in-chief to be stunned for a moment before he reacted:

“Let's go and have a look.”

When he came to the disaster relief material distribution center near the embankment, he saw Wang Hong communicating with a man in casual clothes opposite.

Next to it are two large bags unloaded from the car.

tarpaulin material.

One of them has been opened, and inside is...

Something that looks like a sack.

"what's the situation?"

“Reporting to the commander-in-chief, this is a new batch of disaster relief materials. Comrades from the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Science and Industry are introducing us to the precautions for use.”

Wang Hong came up, saluted, and replied.

"that's it?"

The commander-in-chief picked up a corner of a bag from the side and weighed it.

It's flat, takes up almost no space, and seems to weigh less than one-tenth of a sandbag.

The casually dressed staff member next to him nodded:

“Yes, this is a flood-proof expansion bag that we rushed to produce. The first batch now totals 10,000, and more are being produced and transported in the future.”

“Although it looks very small now, as long as it is thrown into the water, it will become slightly larger than a standard sandbag within ten seconds and weigh about the same, which can greatly reduce the physical burden of the soldiers.”

“In addition, there are prefabricated steel plate beams on the vehicle, which can be assembled on site with bolts. Their ability to resist water flow impact is much stronger than ordinary steel cages..."

Hearing these last words, the commander-in-chief thought of the young faces that had fallen in front of him in the past two days, his eyes turned red, and he quickly turned his head slightly.

“Commander Wang, let your troops try it!”

"yes!"

Actually, after hearing the other party's introduction, Wang Hong was still a little doubtful.

Mainly because this description is so amazing.

When people encounter particularly big good news, their first reaction is often to doubt its authenticity.

But anyway, this kind of expansion bag is very easy to carry. He can carry a dozen of them by himself, so it doesn't hurt to give it a try.

In case it is useful.

He called a few people and took out a total of 100 expansion bags from the first waterproof bag.

The sharp-eyed warrior noticed that the word "Xi soil" was printed on the surface of the bag.

Wang Hong has read some books and knows that this seems to have something to do with the legendary Dayu.

The jackpot is pretty good.

But if we look deeper, Dayu and his elders used dredging methods to control water, and now this thing is obviously used to block...

The group quickly returned to the vicinity of the breach.

Wang Hong personally threw the first expansion bag into the water flow.

Then, amid the stunned expressions of several people, this thin bag, which was expected to be washed away in an instant, actually expanded rapidly as the person from the Science and Industry Bureau just said.

Finally, it was blocked by two wooden stakes at the back, which perfectly played the role of sandbags.

“TMD…is it really useful?”

Wang Hong's shock instantly turned into ecstasy.

Even if we do not consider the steel plate beams whose effects have not been tested, this expansion bag alone is enough to increase the rescue efficiency by 10 times!

“Hurry, send someone to move some more, and we'll speed up the progress!”

After reacting, he directly threw the remaining ten expansion bags into the water, then turned around and shouted an order to the staff officer behind him.

“In addition, according to this efficiency, we can block the opening before nightfall today and tell the engineers to prepare to fill the pond and consolidate the embankment!”

(End of this chapter)

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