■People’s Liberation Army Daily reporter Ding Zengyi, Zhang Junsheng, Gong Yucong, Zhu Hongbo
The Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Ganjiang River, Jialing River, Poyang Lake, Chaohu Lake, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake…
Since the beginning of the flood season this year, due to continuous heavy rainfall, 610 rivers across the country have experienced floods above the warning water level, of which 179 have exceeded the guaranteed water level and 52 have exceeded the historical record. Severe floods have occurred in many places, and the safety of people’s lives and property is seriously threatened.
The People’s Army, bravely shoulder heavy responsibilities. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and President Xi, the entire army fought against the epidemic and went to the disaster areas. Together with the people of the whole country, united as one, overcome difficulties together, and overcome difficulties together, and built a steel Great Wall for the people to prevent and fight floods with loyalty.
On August 20, President Xi delivered an important speech after listening to the report on the military’s participation in flood prevention and disaster relief, praising the People’s Army for obeying the Party’s command, acting upon orders, and moving towards danger, and playing the role of a commando at a critical moment.
The commander inspires and inspires the three armies. The troops that completed flood prevention and disaster relief tasks have been working tirelessly to support local post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work, and hot battle scenes have appeared in flood-hit areas.
Fight continuously
—Where there are flood peaks and waves, there are people’s soldiers
2020 is an extraordinary year, with many tests coming one after another—
At the beginning of the new year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic suddenly came, Wuhan pressed the “pause button”, and the nationwide battle to prevent and control the epidemic;
The epidemic improved, heavy rains and floods swept over again, the Yangtze River, Huaihe River and other rivers were at an over-warm water level, and severe floods occurred in many places across the country.
The flood was raging, and Jingchu was in a hurry. The people of the North, who have just come out of the battlefield against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, have to face the flood disaster again. At a critical moment, the people’s soldiers moved when they heard the order, as if they were in a breeze, and stood upright. The Hubei Provincial Military Region coordinated with a brigade of the Airborne Army, a brigade of the Central Theater Command Army, and the Hubei Corps of the Armed Police, a total of more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, and together with more than 2,300 militiamen, they jointly fought against the flood. The heroic troops who participated in the arduous battle to defend Hubei and Wuhan at the beginning of the year have now joined hands to fight against the flood dam to protect the lives and property of the people. “The army needs it, I must take it.” At the beginning of this year, Hu Yan, the head nurse of the 9th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force, rushed to the battlefield of the fight against the epidemic without hesitation; a few months later, she and her comrades rushed to the flood control embankment with her comrades, accompanying the front-line flood control officers and soldiers.
“The flood has receded, I will go home for a vacation.” Komiks corporal Xi Aoxiang, a corporal of the Mobile Detachment of the Hubei Corps of the Armed Police, wasAfter completing the duty mission of Huoshenshan Hospital, he always wanted to go home to visit relatives, but after the troops received the flood control and rescue mission, they resolutely submitted a “letter of request for battle” to the organization.
“We must carry forward the style of continuous fighting, effectively organize emergency rescue and disaster relief, support local post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and effectively complete the follow-up tasks of flood prevention and disaster relief.” President Xi’s earnest instructions have deeply inspired the officers and soldiers on the front line of flood fighting: continue to fight for the people.
From Poyang Lake to Chaohu, from Han River to Minjiang River… Whether it is “moving northward and moving eastward” or “moving southward and moving westward”, wherever the main rain belt moves, the position for flood prevention and disaster relief will turn; wherever the disaster situation is the most serious, where the people need it the most, there will be people’s soldiers. Cinema
The predecessor of a brigade of the Eastern Theater Command Army was awarded the honorary title of “Flood Control and Rescue Model Corps” during the 1998 Flood Control. During this year’s flood season, the brigade moved to Chaohu, Feidong, Lujiang and other places in Anhui, fighting in 15 dangerous areas to protect the safety of embankments for the people along the route.
In 2010, 2016 and 2020, a brigade of the 73rd Group Army went to Jiangxi for flood control and rescue three times. The brigade had 32 officers and soldiers going on the battles three times in a row, insisting on fighting on the front line and demonstrating loyalty at the top of the flood peaks.
The front line of exercises, flood control embankments, streets and alleys. Repair and reinforce dams, transfer furniture and items, clean up silt and debris… After the critical period of flood prevention in “seven down eight” and disaster relief work began to enter the “second half”. From the training ground, we went to the front line of flood control in Zhangjiawei, Sanhe Town, Feixi County, Hefei City, Anhui Province. Officers and soldiers of a brigade of the 72nd Group Army fought for more than 30 days and nights. After achieving a phased victory in the flood prevention and disaster relief struggle, they actively helped the local people transfer stranded materials and participated in the restoration and reconstruction.
From the people, serve the people. Anti-earthquake and disaster relief, epidemic prevention and control, flood control and rescue… In every crisis, there are always people who go against the flow, living up to their trust and fulfilling their mission.
“Standing closely with the Chinese people and serving the Chinese people wholeheartedly is the only purpose of this army.” Everything for the people is the red gene that continues to be passed down and lasts for a long time, and the revolutionary soldiers’ unchanged original mission. On the battlefield of flood prevention and disaster relief, the people’s soldiers always regard the people as relatives and always hold the interests of the people high above their heads!
Fight for one’s own sake
——The people’s soldiers transformed into dams and built iron walls that cannot be destroyed
19.05 meters, 21.87 meters, and 22.53 meters!
Level 4, Level 3, Level 2, Level 1!
At 0:00 on July 12, a red mark was overflowing in the water level well at Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake – “The 1998 flood level was 22.52m”. Poyang Lake has broken through the highest water level since hydrological records!
PreliminaryThe statistics are even more heartbreaking. Cinema: More than 5.21 million people were affected, more than 430,000 people needed to be evacuated urgently, and 455,000 hectares of crops were affected.
A brigade of the 71st Group Army, which was organizing drills in a certain area in eastern Anhui Province, quickly activated the emergency plan. More than 2,300 officers and soldiers rushed to Jiujiang in the early morning of the 12th. After more than 10 hours of maneuvering, the officers and soldiers did not rest after arriving in Jiujiang, and immediately went to 10 counties (districts) to carry out flood prevention and disaster relief.
“The troops are here to rescue us!” Seeing the troops coming quickly Babaylan, the people rushed to tell us.
This sound is sincere, this feeling is serene. “Please hand over the most dangerous, difficult and urgent tasks!” On August 20, in the township of Pingwu County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, thousands of people were trapped in the mountains after the heavy rain. Zhang Shangnian, a first-class pilot of a certain Army Aviation Brigade of the 77th Group Army, and his comrades resolutely took off and rescued quickly.
This scene is very similar to Zhang Shangnian’s experience of rushing to Lushan, Sichuan to fight the earthquake relief in 2013. That time, Zhang Shangnian drove a war eagle through the clouds and fog, connecting 7 “islands of life”.
Emergency rescue and show loyalty. A set of data is shocking: As of August 19, the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force dispatched more than 1.2 million troops, organized more than 300,000 militias, and participated in flood prevention and disaster relief operations in 17 provinces. More than 170,000 people were evacuated, more than 3,900 breaches and pipe bursts were blocked, more than 900 kilometers of embankments were reinforced, and more than 350 kilometers of passageways were seized.
A set of pictures is heartbreaking: tanned face, red and peeling arms, white feet, sleeping postures that fall on the ground…
“The army is first and for the sake of war.” The embankment is the battlefield, and you must draw your sword when you go to battle. In the face of the evil waves of the flood peaks, the people’s soldiers transformed into embankments and built an iron wall that could not be destroyed.
“When I walked onto the embankment, I was ready to sacrifice everything.” The embankment broke and the floods raged. Mao Xiaochi, a brigade leader of the Komiks 72nd Group Army, formed a party member commando with his comrades, pulled up a rope and built a wall to escort the villagers through the water.
“Komiks People are on the dam,No step back! “The officers and soldiers of a “Combat Model Battalion” of a brigade of the Eastern Theater Command Army fought day and night, firmly holding on the embankment like steel nails. In just 10 days, 996 people were dispatched, 29 large and small seepage ditches were excavated, and more than 180 cubic meters of sand and stone were filled. “The hero’s army back then was back. “Twenty-two years ago, the Yangtze River main dike in Ma’anshan City, Anhui Province encountered 8 rounds of flood peaks, and danger continued. The officers and soldiers of the “Linfen Brigade” fought for more than 30 days and nights and guarded the dike. Today, 22 years later, thousands of officers and soldiers of the brigade moved to the order. They rushed to Ma’anshan from the training ground to help Ma’anshan at night and devoted themselves to flood fighting and rescue battles, and always inspiring the fighting spirit of unity, fighting tenaciously, and daring to win.
The return not only included heroic troops, but also veterans who unloaded their armor and young people.
Wearing a conquest for a day, he will spend his life on the battlefield. The veterans of the 1998 flood fighting are on the front line again, href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan Veterans returned to the team for flood control 20 hours in a car to fight against the flood control, and 10 Shanxi veterans drove 1,300 kilometers to help Jiangxi fight against the flood control… They built a dike on the front line of flood control, and netizens left a message shocking: “Serving the people has become the background of their lives, and defending the country has become their muscle memory…”
“I have also done what my predecessors have done today. “In the 1998 flood, flood fighters used their flesh and blood to block the flood and rescued the 6-year-old Roger and his family. Today, 22 years later, Roger, who served as the squad leader of the Fuzhou Detachment of the Jiangxi Corps of the Armed Police, fought with his comrades on the flood control embankment and guarded the people’s homeland.
The young officers and soldiers who fully demonstrated their courage, confidence and perseverance were like a strong “new wave”. In the journey of a strong army, the “new wave” is following the “new wave” and rushing forward in the torrent of the times.
Scientific use of troops
——On the front line of flood prevention and disaster relief, we will hone the elite troops who can fight well
Water surface, three sets of belt-type door bridges operate alternately, and quickly deliver sand, gravel and clay; on the shore, the militia team operates sonar to track and monitor the situation of the underwater gate; in the air, the drone flew to the key areas of the Komiks embankment and continues to conduct remote control monitoring; on the side of the backslope, 153 large machinery and equipment such as excavators and bulldozers quickly excavate and pile up stones, and rush to build a temporary cofferdam… On July 26, the Daijia Lake Grid Gate in Yingshang County, Fuyang, Anhui Province was flooded.Breaking away, the situation is extremely critical. Officers and soldiers of a brigade of the Eastern Theater Command Army were ordered to go out to fight, carry professional rescue equipment, and launch a gate blocking battle with brother troops.
Unlike the scene where thousands of troops join forces and hold hands and block the breaking point, this year, in the fight against the flood, from meteorological and hydrological forecasting to flood prevention monitoring and early warning, from drone infrared reconnaissance to command and dispatch of various information platforms… a series of new equipment unveiled on the front line of flood prevention and disaster relief, becoming the “vanguard weapon” for flood fighting warriors to subdue flood demons.
It is not only equipment, but also personnel that change.
In mid-July, severe floods occurred in Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province. Under the coordination of the Eastern Theater Command to support the flood control and rescue forward command post in Jiangxi, a comprehensive brigade of the Army, a local guide brigade of the Air Force, a certain aviation division of the Air Force, a certain unit of the Rocket Force, a Jiangxi Provincial Military Region, a Jiujiang Detachment of the Armed Police, and the Eastern Theater Command General Hospital quickly assembled and rushed to rescue. The military units wearing different armbands divided their labor in an orderly manner for the same goal and fought against Jiujiang.
The officers and soldiers of a combined brigade of the Army that arrived first divided their troops to guard 11 dangerous points, fought for 15 consecutive days, and blocked 255 pipe surges; a flood control team of a certain division of the aviation corps rushed to Jiangzhou Town surrounded by water, and held the embankment day and night to ensure safety; the medical epidemic prevention and rescue team of the Eastern Theater Command General Hospital visited 149 batches, with a journey of tens of thousands of kilometers…
organized rescue and disaster relief like commanding war, reflecting the new atmosphere brought to the troops by deepening national defense and military reforms.
Prepare all plans and prepare for strength. Since the beginning of the flood season, the Hubei Provincial Military Region has scientifically analyzed the flood prevention situation, and took the lead in organizing 19 task forces to convene flood control and rescue meetings of the troops stationed in Hubei, and coordinated 29,000 people from three types of troops to prepare for the three types of troops, professional and mobile, to form a heavy army to stick to the “two rivers, five lakes, ten reservoirs, and fifteen rivers”. Militia and reserve personnel are guarding the troops of small and medium rivers and small reservoirs, and to win the initiative to effectively respond to flood disasters.
Use recent strength, first professional strength, and make good use of new qualities. Faced with the urgent disaster relief situation in many places such as Sichuan, Chongqing and Gansu, the Western Theater Command Center’s elements and seats performed their duties, coordinated professional forces in a timely manner to conduct reconnaissance of the affected areas, accurately dispatched professional forces such as land aeronautics, engineers, and medical care to reinforce the most severely affected areas, organize and dispatch communication support, meteorological and hydrology and other troops, and ensure smooth command at all times.
Coordinate the use of troops, scientific use of troops, and rational use of troops. The joint commands of all military and local governments in flood control and rescue, the Eastern Theater Command and the Central Theater Command connect with the National Flood Control and Local RelevantDepartments, scientifically coordinate the use of troops, command tasks from the front, and invest in flood control and disaster relief in the area of the People’s Liberation Army, Armed Police Force, and militia forces, fully utilize the advantages of the joint combat command system, connect the command link to the end of the front line of rivers, lakes and dams, and distribute dangerous information to all levels of the military and local governments as soon as possible to share and use.
With the surging floods, the witness of the military flag, the people’s army has undergone reform and reshaping, and the phoenix is reborn and the nirvana of the phoenix. In order to complete the new era mission and tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, the people’s soldiers always keep in mind the sacred responsibility of carrying guns for the people and fighting for the people, comprehensively improve their ability to perform missions and tasks, and always make it possible to come when called, fight when coming, and win when fighting.
She sailed together through storms and storms——Soldiers built embankments on the front line of flood control, and the people built backers behind the soldiers. “You can’t let the soldiers leave quietly!” 22 years ago, the people’s soldiers vowed to defend Jiujiang City to the death. Jiujiang citizens wanted to give their soldiers a grand farewell, but Babaylan was worried that the troops would leave at night, so they spontaneously organized themselves to take turns to “on duty” near the military camp.
Twenty-two years later, it was still Jiujiang and sent out soldiers again. This time, the troops retreated quietly.
At 6:00 on July 27, when the people who saw off came to a camp of a flood control force, there was no one here. In the drizzling little rain, many people burst into tears: “They guarded the embankment for us and protected us. When we left, we didn’t have time to send them away. It’s a pity.” “The roots of the people’s army are deeply rooted in the deep land of the people; the great power of people’s war comes from the great power of the people.” The army takes the people in their hearts, and the people keep the army in their hearts. During flood fighting and rescue, the soldiers built embankments on the front line, and the people built backers behind the soldiers.
This backing is full of true feelings—
The army wins a battle, and the people are the backing! Party committees and governments at all levels in many provinces and cities, including Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Gansu, Chongqing, etc., give full play to the advantages of the military-supporting and supporting the front and local coordination mechanism, and provide logistical support for the flood control and rescue troops.
Anhui Provincial Double Support Office issued the “Notice on Doing a Good Job in Supporting the Military during Flood Fighting and Rescue”, mobilizing and organizing social forces to go to the front line of flood fighting to carry out military support and condolences. When visiting and condolences to the front-line officers and soldiers of the flood fighting, the leaders of the Henan Provincial Party Committee said emotionally: “With their children and soldiers, the people are very at ease.”
The troops were fighting on the front-line for flood fighting, and the local government actively organized the Komiks provides daily necessities and accommodation guarantees for flood fighting officers and soldiers. The Party Committee and Government of Banan District, Chongqing City set up emergency rescue and disaster relief materials guarantee points on the front line of flood fighting to facilitate flood fighting officers and militias to receive disaster relief materials and eat; the Gannan Prefecture Government and Zhouqu County Government of Gansu Province actively provide many convenient conditions for the accommodation, food and large-scale machinery transportation of troops; Xinyang City, Henan Province arranges factories and schools as camps for flood fighting officers and soldiers, and delivers convenience food, medical supplies and other condolence materials to the flood fighting dam as soon as possible; the Jiujiang City and County levels of Jiangxi Province send liaison officers to the stations of each flood fighting force to provide precise daily necessities for flood fighting officers and soldiers in a timely manner; the leaders of Huainan City, Anhui Province condolences to the officers and soldiers who successfully completed the flood fighting rescue task, and gave them “deep rain in the military and civilians’ love in the rain” to them. Fighting floods and storms together” pennant.
“Care about us like we treat our loved ones. “The heartwarming scenes of local party committees and governments supporting the troops to fight against the flood are engraved in the hearts of flood fighters.
This backer radiates light and heat—
The officers and soldiers fighting on the front line of flood fights in the Yangtze River received 22 tons of “military support vegetables” sent by veteran volunteers from Wei County, Hebei Province; officers and soldiers fighting in Feixi, Anhui received 80 messages from teachers and students from Shaanxi Police College thousands of miles away. More than 0 pairs of socks, each pair of socks was carefully embroidered with the words “August 1st” and “Peaceful”; officers and soldiers of a brigade of the Rocket Force who fought against the flood in Poyang Lake received a cross-provincial fruit takeaway. The brigade officers and soldiers found the Shandong Linyi girl who placed the order through the order and returned the money to her, but the persistent girl ordered mineral water and sent it over.
This backer hidden its great power—
“Wearing in a new military uniformKomiks feels very considerate and warm! “In late July, the Eastern Theater Command Army Support Department through China Post, mailed 96,400 pieces (sets) of flood-fighting officers and soldiers, including camouflage uniforms, physical fitness uniforms, combat boots, and training shoes to the front line of flood control and rescue operations in Jiangxi, Anhui and other places. Postal mailing vehicles with slogans such as “Military and civilians work together to build homes” quickly drove to the various flood-fighting troops stationed at points, and distributed materials to point-to-point, to solve the urgent need for officers and soldiers who were holding on to the embankment and fighting continuously.
On the embankment, scenes of military and civilians standing together through storms, and stories of military and civilians watching and helping each other, let this army go from the affection and affection of the people. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema feels warmth and draws strength to overcome difficulties from the full support of the people.
This warmth, this power, also once again shows an irrefutable truth: “The military and civilians are united as one, let’s see who can compete in the world. “No matter how the times develop and the situation changes, the People’s Army has always been a soldier trusted, supported and loved by the people.
The People’s Army is in the battlefield of flood prevention and disaster reliefThe practice of playing the role of the commando tells us that only by always adhering to the people’s standpoint and winning the heartfelt support of the vast majority of the people, with the people’s will, the people’s opinions and the gathering of their strengths, can the people’s army be invincible and build a wall to resist any risks and challenges!
This article was published in the People’s Liberation Army Daily on September 6th. Pages 01 and 02