Who taught you to be a recruit like this?

Chapter 898: We are all soldiers

In a county upstream, heavy rain poured down.

The water level of the lake continued to rise and was about to overflow the embankment.

At this time, sandbags had been piled up on the embankment to keep the water inside.

A large number of officers and soldiers in armed police uniforms were piling up sandbags along the edge of the embankment.

Not far away, there were two tents, one for storing tools and supplies, and the other a temporary command post.

At the entrance of the command post, a major-rank armed police captain was wiping the rain off his face and talking to his superiors.

"Yes, yes, leader, don't worry, we are working intensively to reinforce the embankment."

"Don't worry, we will never let the water overflow the sandbags."

"All officers and soldiers of our Third Battalion will fight on the dike."

"As long as the water level doesn't drop, we won't retreat!"

As soon as the phone was hung up, a soldier came running over in the rain.

"Report to the captain, another support team has arrived!"

"Let's go and welcome them!"

The captain immediately followed the soldier into the rain.

When we arrived at the bottom of the dam, we saw several troop carriers parked there in addition to vehicles transporting sandbags.

The captain took a quick glance and immediately locked onto the two colonels standing at the front of the team.

However, one of the young ones was a little too much.

The captain ran over and saluted the two men. "Hello, leaders. My name is Wang Yuansong, and I'm the captain of the Third Battalion of the local armed police. Thank you for coming to help."

Qiu Guohai and Qin Feng returned the greetings, shook hands with each other in turn, and introduced themselves.

Qin Feng didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "You are the commander here. We have brought our people here. Just tell them how to use them."

Wang Yuansong nodded gratefully and glanced back. He found that there were not one team, but two.

Because there is a very obvious dividing line between the two teams, and from their attire it can be seen that they are not a regular army.

In fact, just as he thought, at the same time Qiu Guohai received the order, Yuan Feng also received an order from his superiors.

Due to continuous rainfall, the water level of a lake in a certain city has risen, and manpower is urgently needed to reinforce the embankment.

Although it is raining heavily at the moment, the rainfall remains in a stable rising range, so the lake water is not rising very fast.

During this period of time, we only need to raise the embankment with sandbags to withstand the impact of rising water levels.

As for strengthening the embankment, there is currently no better solution except manually stacking sandbags.

The local Third Battalion of the Armed Police has been fully dispatched, and several other units stationed in nearby cities have also sent squadrons to help.

Qin Feng and his men were training in the middle and lower reaches, not too far from the county. So when the commander learned that the water level had risen due to heavy rain and might affect the lives of local people, he immediately asked Qin Feng and others to come and help.

The armed police and the People's Liberation Army are one family. They both serve the people wholeheartedly, without distinction between each other or you and me.

Soon, Chen Zilong, Li Jiasheng and others, led by Wang Yuansong, came to the embankment and piled sandbags with other armed police soldiers.

Stacking sandbags is a purely physical job that does not require any brainpower. The only thing you have to do is mechanically repeat the stacking action.

Everyone lined up in long lines, brought sandbags from the side, and then piled them up.

"Two leaders, please go to the tent and rest for a while. It's raining and windy here."

Qin Feng waved his hand and rejected Wang Yuansong's kindness, and Qiu Guohai did the same.

Although they are the highest-ranking people on the scene, high rank does not mean that they don't have to work.

Qin Feng has now rolled up his trouser sleeves and joined the team transporting sandbags.

Qiu Guohai is old and his physical strength has declined seriously. He can't handle physical work for a while.

So he simply ran to the logistics department and helped the kitchen staff to make ginger tea for everyone to ward off the cold.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the sandbags became longer and higher.

By evening, the rain had subsided and the water level had stopped rising.

The soldiers were finally able to take a breath, stop to drink some ginger tea and rest.

Chen Zilong wiped the mud off his face and looked at the sandbags piled up like a small mountain in front of him. "Damn it! When they designed this dam, couldn't they have made it a little higher? It's such a hassle!"

"Stop blabbering. Work won't stop you. Go over and have some ginger tea."

Xu Bei kicked him from behind, and Chen Zilong immediately ran towards the tent.

Qiu Guohai was maintaining order at the scene and distributing freshly brewed brown sugar ginger tea to everyone in disposable cups.

Everyone has been in the rain for so long, drinking some ginger tea to warm up the body will prevent you from catching a cold.

In addition, the kitchen staff also used a large amount of white sugar and ginger slices to make ginger candy.

Holding this thing in your mouth can warm your body for a while.

At this time, Wang Yuansong was accompanying Qin Feng to inspect the embankment.

Prevent sandbags from being stacked improperly or being loose or careless.

They are well aware that a thousand-mile dike can be breached by a single ant hole, so they must not make any mistakes at this critical juncture. Even a single hole will cause a lot of previous work to go to waste.

Behind the sandbags are the people of an entire county, and this kind of matter absolutely cannot be taken lightly.

At this moment, the rain has become lighter, and can basically be described as a drizzle.

This is a good thing for the stability of the dam.

Without heavy rainfall, the lake will not continue to rise.

However, the wind seemed to be a little stronger than before.

Back at the command post on the dam, Wang Yuansong once again expressed his gratitude to Qin Feng, Qiu Guohai and others for their help at the critical moment.

Qiu Guohai smiled and waved his hand. "That's not true. The armed police and the People's Liberation Army are one family. We just happened to be training nearby, so it was a coincidence that we ran into each other. You guys are still doing the main work, we're just helping out."

Wang Yuansong said gratefully, "No matter what, I'm still very grateful that you came."

Qin Feng asked: "Next, if there is anything else you need us to do, just let us know."

Wang Yuansong looked at the rammed sandbag wall in front of him and said with a smile, "Leave the rest to us. The water level is currently here, and it won't rise unless it rains heavily."

Now that the other party has spoken, the problem on the scene has been solved.

It was not convenient for Qin Feng to stay here, otherwise he would cause trouble for others.

But just as he was about to take everyone away, a figure rushed over and handed the phone to Wang Yuansong.

"Captain, urgent message, urgent message!"

Hearing this, Qin Feng and others stopped and frowned unconsciously, turning their heads to look over.

Wang Yuansong answered the phone a moment later, his expression turned very ugly: "Yes, yes, I understand, I get it!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Feng hurriedly asked what happened, but the answer he got was: "The meteorological department just received the latest news. Due to the impact of the typhoon landing in the coastal area, a cloud is gathering towards this side."

"A new round of heavy rain will arrive in the early hours of the morning, and the water level will rise again!"

"This county is likely undefendable. Our superiors have instructed us to evacuate the entire county as quickly as possible..."