bullyxtreme Chapter 263 Rushing to the disaster area, unexpected events occurred!
Chapter 263 Rushing to the disaster area, unexpected events occurred!
Half an hour later, at the school office building.
Although it was the weekend, none of the school leaders left their posts.
After dealing with matters at the recruit camp, Hong Haijiang came to the school's teaching department with a large stack of letters of request to join the war that had just been delivered to him and were not even warm yet.
"Director, I received a lot of letters today. They were all applications and requests to go to the disaster area with the main force for disaster relief."
Looking at the thick stack of letters on the table, the director of the training department, a senior colonel, put down his pen, looked up at Hong Haijiang and asked in confusion: "Shouldn't you be leading new recruits now?"
"Director, today is the weekend. After those bastards got the phone and knew what was going on outside, they became restless. I just came back from a meeting this morning..."
However, before Hong Haijiang could finish his words, the dean slapped the table hard.
"Nonsense!"
Just like when Hong Haijiang scolded the company commander who came to ask for a fight in the recruit camp office, he was now scolded by the dean of studies.
After scolding, the Dean of Studies opened the drawer and took out a large stack of letters of request to fight and threw them on the table, and continued: "The school does have plans to organize students to go to the disaster relief. We are just waiting for the approval of the superiors, and we will set off to the disaster area immediately!
However, there is a basic requirement for joining the disaster relief team. You must be a veteran who has been training for more than one year. You new recruits, forget it!"
As I said, although a military academy is a school, it is also a military. Although they are students, they are also soldiers.
The country is in trouble, the people are in trouble, if they don’t go, who will?
As long as they have been training for more than a year and voluntarily sign up to go to the disaster area, the school will not stop them. It will approve their application and let them go and make their own preparations, waiting for orders from their superiors to go to the disaster area for disaster relief at any time.
"Go back and tell the freshmen that it's enough to show their patriotism. The school and the country know their patriotism, but their most important task right now is to grow up as quickly as possible!"
Hong Haijiang, who was scolded, smiled bitterly, but did not show any intention of backing down, and continued: "Director, I know what you said, and I told them the same thing at the time, but most of these letters of request are from soldiers and non-commissioned officer cadets from the army.
They said they were all veterans and felt obliged to help in such situations. Some even said they had participated in flood relief operations when they were in the army, and they couldn’t shrink back and be protected by others now that they were in military school and became officers.
Hong Haijiang spoke with such passion and emotion that the dean of studies opposite him seemed to be shaken by his words for a moment.
"This……"
The dean frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "How about this, put down the letter of request first, and I will ask the principal for instructions later. The departure time has not been decided yet, and the school is also discussing where we should go to provide disaster relief."
"Yes!"
Hearing the director's agreement, Hong Haijiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he turned around and was about to run away, he heard the director of teaching behind him suddenly call out to him, "Wait a minute!
What did you just say? Most of them? Could it be that there are local students among them? ! "
When he was suddenly called, Hong Haijiang knew that he was in trouble.
Helplessly, he could only laugh dryly, turned around, and answered with a stiff upper lip: "Yes, there are many students who also want to participate in disaster relief. I have no choice but to give them a place in the class."
Before Hong Haijiang finished speaking, the dean's face suddenly turned gloomy.
slap~
"Hong Haijiang, if you don't want to be the new recruit battalion commander, just say so!"
The dean of studies was really angry this time. If Hong Haijiang didn't give him a reasonable explanation today, he wouldn't be the only one to be the battalion commander of new recruits!
Facing the angry dean, Hong Haijiang smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't dare to hide anything anymore and spoke out all his thoughts.
"The new recruits are also very loyal and want to serve the country. Others wrote letters of application and went, but they didn't. When the time comes...
Moreover, many students' homes are located in the disaster area. If they are all rejected at once, there is no guarantee that these guys will not get carried away and cause trouble.
I had no choice but to come up with this compromise idea.
Give them a place in a class and let them compete among themselves. Those who are capable can go in, and those who are not capable can stay quietly. This is better than keeping them all in school and causing trouble..."
Hong Haijiang was not making excuses or reasons for himself, but stating the facts.
After hearing what he said, the dean also hesitated.
Yes, this is indeed a big problem.
Many recruits' families are in the disaster area, and they can't even contact their parents or family members by phone. If they are forced to stay, they might just slip out when the disaster relief team leaves the school...
If something like this really happens, the school will be in trouble.
Seeing that the director showed signs of giving in, Hong Haijiang quickly brought up what he had said to the instructor before.
"Besides, they only have one squad. Even if they are approved, at most they can be assigned to do odd jobs in the rear. There shouldn't be any danger. When they come back, they can set an example for other recruits."
The dean sat back in his chair, tapping the desk with his fingers.
After a while, he looked up at Hong Haijiang and said, "You go back first. You don't need to give them any answer. I need to discuss this matter with the school leaders before making a decision."
"Yes!"
Hong Haijiang quickly stood at attention and saluted in response.
That afternoon, in the school conference room.
Director of Education Yan Yisong put the issue of "whether to allow new recruits to join the disaster relief team" on the meeting agenda.
After repeated discussions and deliberations, the school leaders finally agreed to Hong Haijiang's proposal and allowed the new recruits to select ten freshman representatives to join the disaster relief team.
The perspective returns to the recruit camp.
When the school issued a notice allowing new recruits to join the disaster relief team, Hong Haijiang completed the selection in just half an afternoon.
Ten freshmen, three squads of soldiers and other teams involved in disaster relief were gathered in the school gymnasium on standby for 24 hours, ready to set off immediately upon receiving the order.
As one of the people who made this happen, Hong Haijiang naturally couldn't escape.
He was appointed as the captain of the third rescue squadron, responsible for leading the team of new recruits and some students majoring in infantry command to participate in the rescue.
Before receiving orders from their superiors and setting off for the disaster area, they still have one last "procedure" to go through.
"I won't waste any more time. I'll give you half an hour. If you haven't written a suicide note yet, write it and hand it in!"
"Yes!"
There is nothing much to say about the soldier squad. Jiang Chen had already prepared himself mentally the moment he decided to go to the disaster area.
Just in time, when leaving, Li Gang returned the suicide note he had written during the previous combat readiness patrol to Jiang Chen, and left a message: "As long as you are still in the army, this thing will come in handy sooner or later."
This was indeed the case. Jiang Chen had only been at the military academy for a month when this suicide note came in handy.
Veterans like Jiang Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with writing a suicide note, but it was different for the trainee class.
They had never experienced anything like this before, and most of them were just impulsive. Now that they had calmed down, they were more or less nervous when they heard that they had to write a suicide note.
Flood relief and rescue work is no joking matter.
That is literally exchanging your own life for the lives of others.
Moreover, those people were strangers whom they had never even met.
There is great terror between life and death.
Many people would hesitate to use their own lives to save their parents or family members, let alone use their own lives to save strangers...
Many people began to hesitate. Some soldiers looked at the suicide note in front of them and thought of their parents and families, and even couldn't help crying...
Hong Haijiang and a group of school leaders just watched it all silently without saying anything to comfort them.
This is something every soldier needs to go through.
Only after passing this test can they be considered qualified soldiers.
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October 14th, Sunday.
Year of Xin Si, month of Wu Xu, day of Geng Xu.
Suitable for: getting married, traveling, moving, making money, and raising the roof beam.
Taboo: breaking ground, burials, mourning, and cutting down trees.
There were still big raindrops floating in the sky, and the students were leaning on their backpacks to rest.
At 4:45 in the morning, suddenly a sharp and piercing whistle exploded in everyone's ears.
Shhh~
"Everyone gather!"
Jiang Chen, who was training in the dream space, was the first to react. He put on his backpack, grabbed a raincoat beside him, put it on, and shouted to the others, "Hurry up, hurry up, everyone get up and gather!"
At the same time, soldiers in every corner of the gymnasium also began to move, and the crowd rushed towards the gate like a tide.
Two minutes later, when all the teams had gathered, the major general whom Jiang Chen and his team had seen from afar on National Day walked to the front of the team.
Without using a loudspeaker, the major general stood in the rain and shouted at the top of his voice: "Comrades, first of all, on behalf of the people in the disaster area, I salute you!"
The major general straightened his back, stood at attention and saluted everyone with a standard military salute. The school leaders following behind him also stood at attention and saluted at the same time.
The ceremony is over.
The principal shouted again: "Comrades, you are all great!
When the motherland was in danger, the local area was hit by disasters, and the people were in danger, you were the first to write letters of request and volunteered to go to the disaster area to provide support. You have lived up to the trust of the people of the motherland! You have not worn this military uniform in vain!
I feel very honored to be your principal!"
After saying this, the major general raised his hand and saluted again.
After the ceremony, the political commissar handed over a waterproof document in plastic.
After opening the file, the principal spoke again: "Our superiors have approved our request to fight! And ordered us to go to the disaster-stricken area of C County, D City within three hours to support the battle!!"
No one spoke, there was only the crackling sound of heavy rain hitting the raincoat and the major general's voice which had become a little hoarse from shouting loudly.
"There is a dam there. Because it is too old, it has partially collapsed. It is a severely affected area. Your mission is to rush to the disaster area at all costs and assist the local government in rescuing the people!"
“The disaster cannot be delayed!
Now, I order everyone to turn right and run to the target playground!"
Less than 500 meters outside the stadium is the school playground, and there are already more than a dozen military trucks waiting there.
When Jiang Chen and his companions arrived running, the soldiers who had been waiting on the side immediately arranged for them to board the car without wasting even a second.
As soon as the fifth team got on the bus, they saw that the carriage was already filled with various supplies, leaving only a small space near the rear of the bus for them to sit on.
The situation is similar for other vehicles, except that each vehicle carries different supplies.
Some were filled with life jackets, some were filled with various tools such as hoes, shovels and spades, some were entire trucks of military tents, and the largest number were various types of sandbags.
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Jiang Chen and his friends had barely gotten into the car and hadn't even sat down yet when the driver in front started the car and rushed out with his foot on the accelerator.
Drive out of the school gate and onto the nearby road.
Through the gap in the canvas at the back, Jiang Chen saw that both sides of the road were covered with water.
Many vehicles were stranded on the road due to stalling due to water accumulation. People in the cars stood on both sides of the road holding umbrellas or wearing raincoats, making calls on their mobile phones and waving for help from passing vehicles.
When they saw the rows of military trucks coming this way, the people on the road seemed to have found their backbone and kept waving at them.
"Captain, there are people asking for help on the roadside, should we get out of the car to help them?!"
The voice of the intercom came through the canvas, and everyone in the car subconsciously pricked up their ears. As long as there was an order from above, they would get off the car and provide assistance at the first time.
"Let the squad from the new recruit camp get off the bus and help the people along the way. The rest of you can continue on your way. We don't have much time. If you are late by one minute, the people in County C will be in more danger!"
As the commander-in-chief of the rescue mission, Yan Yisong quickly made arrangements.
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, a military truck broke away from the convoy and pulled over, while the rest of the vehicles continued to accelerate towards the disaster area.
More than an hour later, the convoy drove off the highway and onto a local county road. They did not go to the county town, but instead rushed directly towards the dam.
Because, just a few minutes ago, Jiang Chen and his team received new mission orders.
Their destination this time was no longer the county town, and their mission was no longer to assist the local government in rescue. Instead, they rushed to the upper reaches of a river called Sishui River on the east side of County C at all costs and as quickly as possible.
There is a reservoir there that was built in the 1970s to supply daily water to the county town and the villages and towns below.
Because of the sudden heavy rain, the water level of the reservoir rose sharply, and the embankment was in disrepair for many years, and it collapsed suddenly in two places last night.
Fortunately, the local government was well prepared and rescued the leak in time, preventing the flood in the reservoir from affecting the villages and towns below.
But just as Jiang Chen and his team were on their way, the two holes that had been blocked collapsed a second time, triggering a chain reaction, and the entire dam was at risk of collapse at any time.
What is even more serious is that due to transportation constraints and the fact that most of the able-bodied laborers in County C have gone out to work, the people living in the downstream villages and towns are basically the elderly, children, women and children.
Although the local government has acted very quickly, the evacuation of the entire county has not yet been completed halfway, and a large number of people are still trapped in their homes waiting for rescue.
Jiang Chen and others are currently the closest rescue team, so their current task is not to rescue the people, but to rush to the reservoir at all costs, plug the hole and reinforce the dam to buy enough time for subsequent rescue teams.
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