Wang Ke and Uncle Dong Pianfang carried lanterns and sent Gu Maolin to the foot of the back hillside.
Looking at the turbid flood water, Wang Ke said: "Maolin, it's up to you now. Look for the right road and be careful."
"I understand!" Gu Maolin waded into the water and disappeared into the night.
The two people stood in the rain. Finally, the sound of water could no longer be heard, and then they walked back.
"Boy, can your soldier deliver the letter?" Uncle Dong Pianfang asked, he was more worried.
"It must be possible, it must be possible." Wang Ke said firmly, but he was not confident in his heart. Now I am not afraid of the dark, the cold, or the depth of the water, but I am afraid of exhaustion.
According to the current water level, you have to swim at least a few kilometers, then walk a few kilometers through the water, and then run, covering thirty kilometers in one breath. Is ten hours enough?
Gu Maolin, don’t let me or our class look down on you!
More than two months ago, I was almost trapped by snow in Nanshao Village. Today I was still in Nanshao Village and was trapped by floods again. Wang Ke wondered if he was in conflict with Nanshao Village.
"Boy, what should we do now?" Uncle Dong Pianfang asked again.
"Now we are counting the people in the village to see if there are still people who have not come out; at the same time, we need to send more people on duty to monitor the water conditions and prevent people from going back again; in addition, we must now pay attention to hoarding food and clean water. If it rains If you can’t go down within three days, then you have to prepare for more days.”
"Okay, I'll go find the village chief." Uncle Dong Pianfang said.
"Okay, I'll arrange the sentry." Wang Ke and Uncle Dong Pianfang broke up after returning to school. Everyone went about their own business. By midnight, the floodwaters had reached three meters away from the entrance of the primary school and were still rising. I couldn't see the situation in the dark village, but I could hear the wailing of small animals and livestock from time to time, and the sound of "thump" collapse.
Few of the people who escaped from the village were sleepy at all. They all stood at the door of the primary school, looking at the approaching flood in the rain, and listening to the sound of homes collapsing in the distance. They all looked solemn, but could do nothing.
The hill where the primary school is now located has become an isolated island and the last hope for the whole village. Although it was impossible for the water to come up, the food and drink for more than a thousand people instantly became a big problem. In the rush of evacuation, a few people brought more food. Except for the dozen black donkeys driven out of Dong Pianfang's house, almost all other people's animals, large and small, were not brought out in time, let alone some people who escaped carrying food.
It is a blessing among misfortunes that people can come out safely.
Wang Ke took out all the food for the "Perak Survey Team", but it was not even enough for one meal. What will you have for lunch tomorrow?
"If that doesn't work, kill the donkeys and protect people first." Uncle Dong Pianfang said. At this time, he couldn't care about anything. Except for the ones given to Wang Ke, the remaining dozen donkeys could last at least a day or two.
"Uncle, this is not possible." Wang Ke looked at the group of donkeys crowded behind him, but they had nothing to eat now, and the pile of grass in the primary school was not enough to eat.
Now let’s talk about it in two parts.
After Gu Maolin entered the water, he almost felt like having cramps. The water in early spring, the ice that hurts your heart, and the biting cold.
No matter how good the water properties are, it is still difficult to perform in floods.
In the dark night, he had not swam a few hundred meters, and the waves splashed by the raindrops in the water made it difficult for him to breathe. He felt that his body was sinking, his hands and feet were slowly stopping, his head began to feel dizzy, and his body was drifting to one side with the water. This is not a good sign. He jumped up with all his strength, took several sips of water, and felt a spicy taste in his nose rush to his forehead.
He suddenly woke up, and sinking would be the only way to death. He kept swimming forward desperately. There is an instinct to survive and there is a responsibility on the shoulders. While swimming, one foot suddenly touched the bottom. Although it was dark night, his clairvoyant eyes worked like infrared rays. He opened his eyes and took a closer look under the water. There was actually a road under the water. Looking at both sides of the road, half of the trees are exposed.
The water is still too deep, and there is no way to walk even if you stand up. But he suddenly discovered that when his feet touched the ground, he jumped forward, holding the rain on his head, and he could immediately jump several meters, faster than swimming. After finding this method, I immediately went much faster. I walked one arch after another for several kilometers, and the water was already only waist deep. The rain was still falling, and he began to stride forward into the water.
Finally, the water only reached his calves. Gu Maolin started running. He didn't know the cold at all. The rain poured on his body. Except for a slight feeling, his whole body was numb. He ran forward mechanically. At this time, nearly three hours had passed since he entered the water.
There is only one thought in my mind: defend the barracks, defend the village, defend the ammunition depot, defend the river clearing area...
The rain above my head continued to fall, and the rain under my feet fell to the ground, making a "crackling" sound. He shouted slogans to cheer himself up. One two one, one two one, one two three four five six seven, one two three four five six seven. One two one, one two one, one two three four five six seven...
On the way, the sound of running shoes blended with the sound of rain. At this speed, it can run at least eight kilometers per hour. But hunger and cold came in waves. My stomach also felt uncomfortable, cold sweat kept flowing on my head, my lips began to feel numb, and there was a feeling of suffocation in my chest from time to time.
Even though I was exhausted today, I had to deliver the letter, and a voice kept ringing in my ears. "Gu Maolin, are you a hero or a coward? I, Wang Ke, am watching you. Don't embarrass me."
Gu Maolin estimated that we were still more than ten kilometers away from the camp. At this speed, we should be able to reach the place by 2 o'clock at night. But at this moment, his throat felt sweet, and a mouthful of something spurted out of his mouth. Then he staggered, and he fell heavily to the ground with a bang. A mouthful of blood spat out in front of him, which was quickly washed away by the rain.
I was so tired that I lay on the ground, exhausted, and really wanted to sleep. My eyes gradually closed, and the cold rain on my head and body was like a shower. At that moment, he suddenly woke up. If he fell asleep, it would be very dangerous. He must stand up.
Gu Maolin got up shivering, his legs were a little unruly, but he still stood still, kept calm, continued to move forward, and slowly started running again, with only one belief in his heart, persist, persist!
Defend barracks, defend villages, defend ammunition depots, defend river clearing areas...
I don’t know how long it took, but a dark shadow appeared faintly in front of me. It was the ammunition depot, another kilometer away. Gu Maolin's nose felt sore and he really wanted to cry. He had never experienced such a life and death test since he was born. Not one of them came from the water, running for nearly eight hours and 40 kilometers in one breath. I don’t know when one of the shoes slipped away from my feet, and I didn’t even know my feet were scratched.
And he felt nothing, except for the "thumping" beating heart in his chest, including his mind, which was numb.
"Who? Password! Stop!"
Gu Maolin finally heard the sound of the sentry in the army barracks, but he fell into the rain.
When he woke up, he was already in the duty room of the headquarters. He was wrapped in a quilt. But his hands and feet were cold, and a doctor was squatting there to treat the wounds on his feet.
"Who are you? Where are you from, and why are you wearing a pair of underpants and a vest?" asked the staff officer on duty.
Gu Maolin struggled to stand up, but failed. "Report... report to the leader, I am a soldier from the artillery company in Xishan... Gu Maolin, who is on a business trip. I am here to report that there is a huge flood in Nanshao Village and is coming towards us." , ammunition depots, barracks... we must prepare to fight floods immediately."
When the staff officer on duty heard this, he immediately became nervous and said, "Speak slowly, drink some boiled water and speak clearly."
Gu Maolin took the water handed over by the staff on duty, with traces of blood still hanging on the corners of his mouth, and drank a few sips. The doctor on duty who arrived at this time gave Gu Maolin another bottle of glucose. Gu Maolin finally woke up, and he quickly drank the water from Nanshao Village. He quickly reported the flood and the flood conditions he encountered along the way, and relayed the three opinions of the squad leader. He quickly contacted the county government office to report the flood situation and asked the relevant villages to evacuate quickly, including quickly notifying the river cleanup department and evacuating the construction machinery; We must do a good job in protecting the barracks, especially the ammunition depot, munitions depot and armory; and quickly rescue the 381 households in Nanshao Village, with a total of more than 1,000 people, who were besieged on Gushan. There was no drinking water, food, clothing or tents to keep out the cold.
When the staff officer on duty heard this, he immediately broke into a cold sweat. Regardless of the fact that it was still early in the morning, he immediately rang Chief of Staff Bao's phone and quickly reported the letter sent by Gu Maolin.
According to the instructions of the chief, the county government was notified immediately and a report was made to the duty room of the division headquarters. At the same time, a company was urgently mobilized to build a one-meter-high dam around the ammunition depot. At the same time, full preparations were made for the camp's flood control. In addition, the whole regiment has entered a level 2 combat readiness state and is ready to support local flood control at any time.
As for how to rescue Nanshao Village, we need to wait for further clear instructions from the division chief, and we need assault boats and ships, otherwise we will not be able to get on.
Although Gu Maolin's letter was delivered, the army and Ding County were responding urgently. But Nanshao Village knew nothing, and more than 300 households in Nanshao Village gathered in the primary school began to become anxious. When it was almost dawn in the morning, everyone discovered that the floodwater had reached two to three meters into the primary school. Looking into the village in the light rain, I saw that some of the houses had disappeared, and most of the houses were submerged in water, only about one meter deep.
People's hearts went cold. Trapped on this lonely mountain, I don’t know when someone will come, and I don’t know how many days it will take for the flood to subside? What the family is like, God knows.
"Boy, what do you think we should do now?" Uncle Dong Pianfang was followed by the village chief, the League branch secretary and other village cadres, as well as Section Chief Chang Gaofeng. It was the flood that brought them together, and now they all come to Wang Ke.
Wang Ke walked from the gate of the primary school. As he walked, he thought, what should he do? More than a thousand people have no major problems except for housing, but they also have to eat, drink, keep warm and prevent diseases.
Hearing Uncle Dong Pianfang's question, Wang Ke replied: "Now we can only save ourselves. Uncle, can you solve the problem of water and disease prevention?"
"Yes, but I need to go back to get some alum and herbs."
"Village Chief, let's eat together and see if we can survive another day?"
The village chief shook his head in the drizzle.
"Kill the donkeys, kill my donkeys, don't let the whole village starve to death here." Uncle Dong Pianfang said categorically, and suddenly he discovered something.
"Hey, where is my donkey?"
