Chapter 348 Collapse(1/3)
The Lankao County government officials showed their knives.
Several river workers who had been busy working on the river all day and night could only lower their heads silently in the end and were escorted out of the county government office by the guards.
"You can't do this!"
"The levee cannot be blown up. If it blows up, all of us will be dead!"
After leaving the county government office, the wind and rain outside were even worse, and the entire sky was so dark that almost every minute was getting closer to the ground.
The river workers who came from Sanyi Township roared at the policemen around them. Some of them lost their minds completely and fell to the cold ground covered with rainwater.
Several officers looked at each other, then silently looked back at the Yamen.
Faintly, from behind the rain curtain, the long and long voice of the prostitute singing came out.
"Honestly, if the levee is blown up, all of us might be doomed. But if the levee is not blown up, we will be doomed now."
A guard returned the knife to his waist and explained with an extremely solemn expression.
There was another policeman next to him who shook his head helplessly: "Everyone, get up. After all, we are all from Lankao. There is no need for us to be unhappy with each other. You are the river workers and we are the policemen, but
There are also river workers in our family.
How can we people understand the truth? But this matter was decided by the County Lord. The County Lord said that the embankment will be blown up, so no one in Lankao County can stop us. Unless we risk our lives now and carry our heads to the County Lord
Here."
The river workers in Sanyi Township looked lost and helpless under the wind and rain.
"But is it still too late to blow up the levee now?"
The officer glared and said, "Whether it's too late or not, the County Lord is the God of our Lankao County. Whatever the County Lord says, we will do it. Even if we people are going to die in the future, he will die first!"
The guard also got angry at this time.
Lankao County in Lao Shizi is already in trouble. Now with such a bad county magistrate in Lao Shizi, no one can see hope.
After cursing for a while, the guards looked at the river workers and said, "Why don't you leave now? If you don't leave, it might be too late."
The river workers helped each other and stood up: "Let's go, let's go! Let's get the stuff to blow up the embankment first, and then we'll rush downstream."
In Lankao County, police officers and river workers are busy blowing up the levee downstream.
Outside the city, on the Yellow River embankment outside Sanyi Township, more and more people have boarded it.
Looking at these people from a distance, their backs appear to be the same person.
Everyone is wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding a shovel, an iron drill, a basket, and other tools for building embankments and fighting floods on the river.
The angle of view keeps zooming out and up.
The entire Yellow River embankment in the north of Lankao County is already shrouded in mist.
All this water mist spread from the river where the yellow dragon was rushing due to the violent impact.
Each vortex continues to expand its scope, sucking everything that can be swallowed nearby into the river water like yellow mud.
The entire river embankment was shaking in waves. The huge waves crashed on the shore, making a deafening sound, which gradually synchronized with the heartbeats of the river workers on the embankment. Every impact and slap was shocking.
The endless power of God makes people panic and uneasy.
….
Gradually.
The runoff of the river seems to have suddenly become much smaller.
The entire river surface dropped rapidly.
It seems that the next moment, the river bed that has been submerged under the river water for countless years will be exposed to everyone's sight.
A bang.
The perspective is instantly pulled back to the river embankment.
"Quick!"
"Run!"
"Run to higher ground, run to the place where materials are piled!"
"The flood is coming!"
"Run quickly..."
Along the entire river embankment, countless river workers began to run with deafening roars.
These are what grow in
The river workers on the river embankment know very well which places are stronger and which places will never be washed away by the flood peak.
Everyone started to move, and the entire river embankment looked like a mess.
"Everyone saved their lives!"
"If the dam breaks, we will risk our lives to plug the breach inside, otherwise the entire Lankao and even the entire Kaifeng Prefecture will be destroyed!"
"The wealth and lives of millions of people are in the hands of people like us!"
Liu Si held Old Master Liu tightly, looking upstream of the river with shock, muttering absentmindedly: "The flood is coming, it's coming, it's really coming..."
Old Mr. Liu grabbed Liu Si's palm tightly with his backhand and lifted it heavily: "Hold on! I'm afraid I won't survive this time, and these people will have to rely on you in the future!"
"Hongfeng is coming!"
"Coming!"
From the crowd on the embankment, there was a burst of panic-filled shouts.
Liu Si's eyes widened and he turned his head, and then behind him, the hand tightly grasped by Mr. Liu suddenly disappeared.
Before he could understand the current situation on the river, Liu Si's heart suddenly jumped and he quickly turned his head.
I saw that Old Master Liu had slowly closed his eyes, fell to the ground silently, and mixed with the yellow mud on the river bank.
Several river workers who were supporting Mr. Liu immediately looked at Liu Si.
"Fourth brother, keep an eye on the river, Mr. Liu... leave it to us!"
"Even if we die, we will protect Mr. Liu's safety!"
Liu Si felt his stomach and intestines twitching, but he also understood that he could not live without him on the river.
If the brothers promised to protect the body of old Mr. Liu, they would definitely risk their lives to hold the last relics of this man who worked hard on the river all his life.
Liu Si took a deep breath, stepped out, and pushed through the crowd towards the edge of the river embankment.
"Listen up!"
"Labour and management have been fighting this yellow dragon for decades, but it has not been able to kill them!"
"Today, behind us is Lankao County, the entire Kaifeng Prefecture, and the lives and fortunes of millions of villagers!"
"Labour and management can still kill this yellow dragon today!"
Liu Si held a shovel in his hand, waved his hand and took off the bamboo hat on his head, threw it heavily on the ground, and then braved the wind, rain and huge waves, looking around at every river worker in front of him.
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
On the river embankment, everyone spoke in unison, with excited faces, and vowed to fight the Yellow Dragon to the end.
Liu Si quickly calmed down the emotions of the river workers, then jumped to a high place and looked at the river in front of him.
….
The river surface, which originally dropped, began to rise continuously.
Huge waves washed over the river bed, bringing up the sediment that had been dormant for countless years.
The tree stump, which was as thick as its waist, was torn to pieces by the huge force everywhere in an instant.
There is a dazzling array of folk belongings and river tools that were carried down from the upper reaches.
This is a sign that the flood peak is coming.
Liu Si, who has lived on the river all his life, can see the current situation at a glance.
Liu Si turned around and looked at all the river workers who were waiting for him to give orders.
"Stand still! If you can't stand still, lie down!"
"Everyone knows what will happen when the flood peak comes, I don't need to say it."
"As long as you survive the first wave of water, there won't be any major problems later. Now go and spread the word upstream and downstream. If there is a breach, report it immediately and block it even if you risk your life."
"This year's flood peak is rare! Once the breach cannot be plugged, no one can expect to continue to live!"
"Let people go to the bottom of the embankment and let those who pack earth bags below move faster. Once the dam breaks, let them send the earth bags over."
"Remember! Don't be chaotic, watch the people around you, if you are in danger
To be continued...