Although my father-in-law is also a mber of the Senior Expert Group, he is not as successful as the other two, only staying on the dunship watching the radar to see if it will rain tomorrow or helping to answer the phone, as well as washing clothes for his son-in-law.
Han Yu was just thinking that his father-in-law's social skills needed improvent when Old Wang said passionately, "Whether the levees on both sides can be defended depends not on our ergency rescue assault teams, but on the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians fighting floods on the levees.
The situation has improved a lot in the past few days. Previously, there was a shortage of ergency supplies everywhere. The materials collected by the Jingzhou Flood Control Command were limited, and how to allocate them was also a problem. Considering that we are mobilized on the river every day, our superiors delegated part of the allocation authority of ergency supplies to us.
For example, if a sub-dam is about to be subrged and there aren't enough sandbags, and the soldiers and civilians fighting the flood can't find woven bags, we have to deliver them nearby as soon as possible. Our earthwork filling team is working 24 hours a day to fill sandbags. Despite this, they're still not enough.
We can only provide sandbags when we have them. If we don't, we have to provide woven bags instead. There is a touching story during the process of providing sandbags. I was moved to tears when I heard it."
Although Deputy Mayor Shen was the Deputy Political Commissioner of the Binjiang Reserve Group, and also the first Secretary of the Linghai Reserve Camp, he never truly considered Deputy Division Commander Tao as a superior, and he didn't even like Deputy Division Commander Tao very much.
Seeing that Old Wang was talking so entrancingly and even brought up the commander of the 402nd Army to give weight to his words, Deputy Mayor Shen secretly chuckled and asked curiously, "What touching story?"
"While facing the third flood peak, a unit was engaged in ergency rescue at a section of the levee nearby. Since it was close, we did our best to provide the brother unit with pre-filled sandbags, delivering them for three consecutive days, totaling about sixty-six thousand."
Old Wang took a sip of tea and continued: "Since our ergency rescue assault team needed to be efficient, every ti we provided the brother unit with sandbags, we would sail the ship over and let the brother unit arrange their soldiers to co aboard and help move the sandbags onto the conveyor belt. After being transported to the shore, the soldiers on the shore had to carry them to the nearby sections that needed sandbags.
A young soldier from the brother unit was moving the sandbags for three days, beca familiar with our mbers of the water transport team, and on the last day, he held onto our teammates and said: 'Old platoon leader, thank you for bringing us the sandbags. Without your sandbags, the section our regint is responsible for would be hard to hold.'"
Is this really touching?
Deputy Division Commander Tao was puzzled and instinctively turned to look at Vice Mayor Qin and Deputy Mayor Shen.
Vice Mayor Qin and Deputy Mayor Shen also found it odd and signaled Old Wang to continue.
"Our comrade said there was no need to thank, as everyone was fighting against the flood."
Old Wang cleared his throat and abruptly changed his tone: "The young soldier looked back at the bank, then held onto our comrade again and said: 'Old platoon leader, could you help us with one more thing? Our comrade said, sure, what do you need help with? The young soldier, with tears in his eyes, said: 'Could you not fill the sandbags so full? They're too heavy, we can't carry them.'"
Deputy Division Commander Tao froze for a mont, suddenly realizing.
Recalling the sandbags he had seen in the First Team, Vice Mayor Qin also understood what was going on.
The sandbags filled by the Linghai Reserve Camp were all standard and overly filled, each weighing about eighty pounds. Moreover, the bag opening was sewn with a sewing machine, unlike those closed with strings, making them harder to carry.
The Linghai Reserve Camp operated efficiently, aiming to deliver sandbags as quickly as possible so they could co back to load and deliver the next batch to another place.
Although they had the necessary sandbags for levee stacking, the soldiers had to carry them to places where the sub-dam needed to be elevated.
A bag weighing eighty pounds is not heavy, those with more strength can easily carry it.
But carrying isn't just one or two eighty-pound sandbags but over sixty-six thousand of them!
If they got rained on, each bag would surely weigh more than eighty pounds, who could carry that many, and who could endure it?
It's because fighting floods and ergency rescues require great physical effort and it's a long battle, so in TV news, you often see soldiers carrying sandbags that aren't fully filled, with many woven bags possibly only half-filled with sand. It's not that they don't want to load more and carry more, but they truly can't manage to do so...
Deputy Division Commander Tao fell silent.
Vice Mayor Qin sighed lightly, his heart particularly heavy.
"Deputy Division Commander Tao, you ntioned water supply guarantee earlier, but our water supply team not only ensures the safe drinking water for the entire camp but also for the soldiers and civilians engaged in flood control and ergency rescue at neighboring sections of the levee. For instance, the 402nd Army and the Shajia Bang Group, which is confird for disbandnt but still ca to fight floods, all drink the water we provide. As several civil dikes nearby have been abandoned, we also supply drinking water to the people taking refuge on the nearby main levee."
"The water supply team plays a significant role."
"Soday we will have to return, but the people living on the levee have to wait until the flood recedes completely before they can go back to their hos. Our Linghai City Secretary Ye and Vice Director Huang from the Policy and Regulations Office of the Changhang Bureau have decided, after completing the flood-fighting mission, to donate the Water Factory Ship to the Jingzhou Flood Control Command because they need it more than we do."
"Why should it involve a discussion with the Changhang Bureau?"
Han Yu looked up and answered: "Because the Water Factory Ship was modified from a 'three-noes barge' detained by the Yangtze Port Supervision Bureau."
Deputy Division Commander Tao noted it down and murmured: "Secretary Wang, don't you have caras? Take a lot of photos of the Water Factory Ship afterward. Comrade Han Yu, you should have the blueprints for the Water Factory Ship's modifications, right? Make sure to keep them, better yet, make a copy. Later, have Comrade Xia Jianqiang arrange for soone to send it to the Division."
Han Yu asked confusedly: "Why does the Division need photos and blueprints?"
"The ultrafiltration technology on the Water Factory Ship, available abroad, hasn't been applied dostically, and certainly not in the military, filling a gap dostically and having passed the practical test of flood control and ergency water supply. With photos and blueprints, and soldiers involved in the design and construction writing a paper, later the Division can help you apply for the All-Military Science and Technology Progress Award!"
"This isn't that technologically advanced..."
"Who says it isn't technologically advanced? In my view, it's already very advanced."
Deputy Division Commander Tao tapped the table, speaking earnestly and seriously: "The practice of technology in military training, everything for victory, isn't just a slogan. Over the past two years, the entire military has been practicing technology training, with every unit required to produce results from technology training.
When other units modify a retractable stretcher and submit it for the award, why shouldn't we submit such an advanced and practically tested technical achievent? Winning the first prize isn't easy, but I think the third prize isn't a problem."
Could this also be eligible for the All-Military Science Award...
Han Yu couldn't believe his ears, but thinking about how many units have outdated equipnt, he felt the Water Factory Ship had the right to "compete."
The most unbelievable part was Deputy Division Commander Tao looking at his notebook and saying: "Besides the Water Factory Ship, the automated sandbag-filling production line and the equipnt for protecting and repairing dike cracks and piping ergencies are all technological training achievents actively responding to the superior's call.
The Military District is going to hold a Technology Training Achievent Exhibition at the end of the year. Since the Water Factory Ship is to be donated to the disaster area, it can only participate through pictures and textual introductions, while the automated sandbag-filling production line and equipnt for ergency dike protection and repairs will be brought back and can then participate as physical exhibits."
"..."
"What's wrong with you all, I'm not joking."
"Nothing, we're just a bit surprised. We hadn't heard of such a selection before and didn't know about this kind of achievent exhibition."
"Military equipnt exhibitions generally aren't publicly reported, involving military secrets."
This year, neither the Jiangnan Army Reserve Division nor the Provincial Military District need to worry about lacking science and technology training achievents anymore.
Experiencing the delight of good news, Deputy Division Commander Tao again laughed and looked at everyone: "I can't guarantee these three technological achievents will win awards, but an advanced collective of all-military technology training is definitely achievable. It's a nationwide military honor our Provincial Military District and Division have never had. Comrade Han Yu, it's up to you this ti!"
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