【758】   Slag-to-scratch project

The great flood in 1998 was a test for China.

Although Han Dong had tried his best to do some work before, the results were minimal.

Even the provinces that the State Council inspection team has inspected have not made much improvements in flood control measures.

Only Minnan Province and Heishan Province have to pay close attention to it, so all aspects must be prepared. Even so, no one would have thought that the flood was so huge, so these two provinces also suffered considerable losses.

Compared with these two provinces, the situation in the other provinces is much more serious.

At this time, the whole country was focused on fighting floods.

On June 29, the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Command issued the "Urgent Notice on Flood Control and Flood Resistance Work of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River", requiring leaders at all levels to take up their posts immediately and take on the heavy responsibility of flood control command, face the flood peaks, and overcome floods.

At the same time, the central and various provinces have also dealt with the situation where the main leaders are not in place in some affected areas, and some officials have been removed from office on the spot.

From July 3 to 8, Premier Yang Minsheng and Vice Premier Yan Jiayun visited the flood control and flood control work in Jiangbei, Xiangxi, Ganyang and other provinces.

Yang Minsheng was very dissatisfied with the flood control work in these provinces and cities, especially some flood control facilities and projects, which had great problems.

Among them, the flood control work in Ganyang Province has the greatest problems. There are great problems with the quality of the embankments along the river, and various rescue materials and disaster relief materials are not fully prepared.

Yang Minsheng stood by the river embankment and ruthlessly criticized the leaders accompanying Ganyang Province, pointing out that flood fighting is a matter of life, and that these people's inaction is dereliction of duty and crime. At the same time, he demanded that the General Office strengthen supervision and inspection and supervise flood fighting work.

Heavy rain continues, and heavy rain continues to occur in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The water levels of the Yangtze River and Pearl River continue to rise, and great pressure is felt along the river.

The People's Liberation Army of China was also ordered to travel to important sections of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and began to actively prepare for war.

Various flood control materials have also gathered from all over the country to stressed provinces.

Han Dong also organized several inspection teams and personally led the team to the front line.

Han Dong's main goal is Ganyang Province.

Because in Han Dong's memory, the Yangtze River section in Jiuyang City, Ganyang Province, broke the dike at the gate of the Yangtze River, causing huge losses.

Although the embankment has been built long ago and cannot be replaced for a while, Han Dong wants to make Joyoung City more vigilant and prepare for all aspects through his own efforts. Once the dam breaks, at least fewer casualties can be found.

The results of the inspection are very unhappy.

The leadership team of Joyoung City seems to have not paid enough attention to this flood. They just set up a simple flood control command center, and the main leaders still did not focus on flood control. In addition, the city's traffic problems have caused some flood control materials to not be in place in time.

Regarding this situation, Han Dong promptly informed the Ganyang Provincial Government, proposed various measures to rectify immediately, and personally took charge and supervised the implementation.

The leaders of Ganyang Province have just been criticized by Prime Minister Yang Minsheng. Now that the State Council Inspection Office has discovered a relatively serious problem, they are also extremely annoyed and naturally strictly punish the leadership team of Joyoung City.

At the same time, Wei Haoming, executive vice governor of Ganyang Province, personally went to Jiuyang City to meet with Han Dong, exchanged relevant opinions, and took charge with Han Dong to supervise the flood control preparations for Jiuyang City.

Han Dong and Wei Haoming have been in Jiuyang City for a week, running by the river almost every day. The leaders of Jiuyang City naturally have to follow each other. The secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor follow each other in shifts. Wei Haoming is a member of the Standing Committee of the Ganyang Provincial Party Committee, and Han Dong is the director of the Inspection Office of the General Office of the State Council. To them, these two are both big bosses and dare not offend them.

If it were normal times, as the director of the State Council Inspection Office, Han Dong would not have been able to inspect the city party committee, the secretary of the municipal party committee might not have been welcomed back. But now it is an extraordinary period, and the secretary of the municipal party committee in Joyoung is also in a hurry and has to be careful in all aspects.

Now that the flood has begun, Han Dong cannot do everything. While asking each inspection team to work carefully and meticulously, Han Dong's own main focus is on Joyoung City.

Because in Han Dong's memory, the Yangtze River section of Jiuyang City was destroyed by the flood in 1998.

In a blink of an eye, August was August 3. Han Dong arrived in southern Fujian Province to inspect the flood control work in southern Fujian Province.

On August 5th, the 38th Chenkou broke the dike at the No. 38th Chenkou in Jiuyang City. The surging river rushed towards Jiuyang City like a wild beast. The breach was not very big at the beginning. The officers and soldiers guarding the dike and the common people jumped down bravely.

However, due to the high water level and the quality of the flood control project in that embankment section was too poor, in a blink of an eye, the embankment was torn apart, like a huge monster spreading its bloody mouth, and the flood rushed towards the city.

People in Joyoung City were all confused. The area around Binjiang Road in Joyoung City was flooded instantly, and the city area would not be flooded much time.

The officers and soldiers pushed the car full of stones into the breach. The car just burst out in the water a few times and then disappeared. After a few seconds, it appeared a few hundred meters away and pushed forward like a piece of duckweed. Several more cars filled it up and were washed away as usual.

The whole batch of train wands were pushed down, but it was useless. People could only watch the breach being swept bigger and bigger, and the city of Joyoung was slowly flooded.

Since the breach was already very big, cars and trains were useless at all.

In desperation, people drove the barges on the river, let them sink at the breach, reduce the water flow, and make other plans. This method is indeed effective.

Because the water speed was too fast, the first ship drove over and was sucked into the breach before it was placed.

Three ships sank in a row, but the breach was getting bigger and bigger.

Joyoung City is already in danger!

At this time, a large transport ship was coming from the river. The people guarding the dike called for them to come, but the owner might have seen the love just now and drove the ship in another direction.

At that time, a commander of the People's Liberation Army who protected the berth rushed over with a assault boat. After boarding the ship, he pressed his gun against the owner's head, forcing him to drive the ship over and sink. Because the ship was huge, and there were several ships in front of him, the breach was blocked and the water flow suddenly decreased.

At this time, time seemed very precious. The People's Liberation Army, militia, and ordinary people who were guarding the dike desperately threw stones and steel frames into their breach.

At around 11 o'clock in the evening, the Ankou on No. 38 was finally blocked.

Jiuyang City was finally barely saved.

However, because the quality of the project of the section of the embankment in Joyoung City is too poor, there are constant rushing, the army and the people who protect the embankment can only keep checking, patrolling, and rushing up when there is any danger, filling it with cars, blocking it with ships, and even using human bodies to form the embankment. The officers and soldiers and the people who protect the embankment are fighting against the floods.

On August 5, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission sent a call to express condolences to the military and civilians across the country to fight floods and rescue disasters. The Jiangbei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China announced that the province had entered an emergency flood prevention period. On August 6, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held an enlarged meeting and made a decision on the Yangtze River flood control and rescue work.

On August 8, Yang Minsheng went to the front line of the Yangtze River to fight against floods in northern Jiangbei to inspect the Yangtze River embankment.

Then Yang Minsheng and his party arrived in Jiuyang City, Ganyang Province. Standing on the dike that Jiuyang City was barely guarded, Yang Minsheng was furious and scolded the leaders of Ganyang Province and Jiuyang City, calling the embankment project here a "scramble project"!

"All of them are shoddy projects that cannot withstand the soaking and impact of floods. Have your conscience been eaten by dogs?"

Yang Minsheng was furious.

You should know that not long ago, Yang Minsheng visited Ganyang Province for inspection and criticized Ganyang Province's flood control work and made criticisms.

However, in the end, there was still a dam breaking in Joyoung City.

Although the military and civilians' full rescue efforts finally blocked the gap, the breaking of the dam still brought huge losses.

Thousands of people died in Joyoung City, causing billions of direct economic losses.

Han Dong also came to Joyoung City with Yang Minsheng.

In fact, Han Dong's work has really been done enough.

However, because Joyoung City has done a very poor job in flood control projects, even if rectifications have been carried out in many aspects, the overall project is still not optimistic. Therefore, the incident of a dam breaking is basically inevitable.

This is also the reason why Han Dong left Jiuyang City in early August for inspection in Minnan Province.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. In Han Dong's memory, the dam broke out in Joyoung City, so in terms of seeking profit and avoiding harm, Han Dong chose to leave.

Because Han Dong has done what he should do, it is naturally impossible to be so stupid that he keeps stuck there in the face of inevitable problems.

Standing behind Yang Minsheng, Han Dong felt very moved, because in Han Dong's impression, the word "scrap project" was spoken from Yang Minsheng.

From Han Dong's perspective, Yang Minsheng seemed very angry. He was doing his best to clean up while speaking, and that way, it was like he wanted to eat people.

But in Han Dong's eyes, Yang Minsheng is now worthy of respect.

As long as an official keeps his work in his heart at any time, even if he loses his temper and curses, it is a manifestation of his sense of responsibility.

Some people always look gentle but not at work. Han Dong would not respect such people very much.

Just as Han Dong was feeling emotion, Yang Minsheng suddenly turned his head and said to Han Dong: "The inspection office must strengthen supervision and inspection work. For cadres who do not act, they must inform them, criticize them, and even dismiss them on the spot..."
Chapter completed!