According to the order of the Central Military Commission, on the 14th of July, more than 16,000 officers and soldiers were dispatched again in the eastern theater, carrying rescue equipment from Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian and other places across the province. The emergency disaster was the worst. Jiangxi Jiujiang, Shangrao and other regions. Up to now, more than 29,000 officers and men of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force, and more than 5,000 militiamen have fought side by side on the front line to fight floods, reinforced dams, blocked pipes and dealt with hidden dangers, and spared no effort to protect the lives and property of the people.
A brigade of the 71st Army quickly assembled more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and took a motorized approach to emergency rescue in Anqing City; after receiving a task, a brigade of the 73rd Army quickly launched an emergency plan and dispatched more than 3700 officers and soldiers to move across the province. Hundreds of kilometers, hurriedly assisted Yugan in Jiangxi; Wuxi Joint Logistics Support Center dispatched more than 160 officers and soldiers from the Eastern Theater General Hospital, No. 901 Hospital and No. 908 Hospital to form a rescue team, and went to Jiangxi and Anhui to participate in rescue and disaster relief.
On the evening of the 12th, severe water seepage occurred at many places in the flood control dam of Zhoutou Village, Jiangzhou Town, Chai Sang District, Jiujiang City. A division of the Air Force in the eastern theater immediately organized an emergency rescue commando team to the scene, and officers and soldiers fought overnight to effectively control the danger. In the early morning of the 14th, the Hongfeng of the Yangtze River passed through the Jiujiang section. More than 400 officers and soldiers of a pontoon brigade of the Army in the eastern theater of emergency rushed to help the lakeside section and the Luyang section of the Lushan urban area. The Brigade of the Rocket Army deployed a total of 597 troops, completed 10 rescue missions, and handled 33 dangerous situations.
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River's flood peaks bring great pressure to the flood control in Hubei Province. Many troops in the central theater are not afraid of fatigue and continue to fight. They organize officers and men to patrol the embankment to check the danger and strengthen the dam, so as to ensure that the river embankment and the dam are moved side by side.
In response to the crossing of Hong Feng, the Hubei Military Region organized thousands of militiamen to conduct uninterrupted patrols in Wuhan, Huanggang, Xiaogan and other directions. In Wuxue, Hubei, a pontoon bridge brigade of the Army in the Central War Zone, and the local Ministry of Warfare, etc. jointly inspected the heightened and reinforced Jinniu Lake section of Tianjia Town, Gandi, Yangtze River.
Where there is danger, there is the figure of the people's soldiers. After conducting rescue missions for 5 consecutive days in the Honghu area, on the morning of the 14th, a brigade of the airborne soldiers again dispatched more than 300 officers and men to the Hongshi embankment in Honghu waters of Honghu City to perform the cofferdam task outside the embankment. After more than three hours of continuous operations, the officers and men built a sub-dike about 350 meters long and more than 1 meter high, which laid the foundation for the safe discharge of the dam.
As of July 14, the Armed Police Force has deployed a total of 7,550 troops, 482 construction machinery vehicles, 96 boats, carrying 22,973 pieces (sets) of equipment and equipment, and participated in emergency rescue missions in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Sichuan. A total of 980 people were affected, more than 97,000 sandbags were filled, and 9,660 meters of dams were reinforced.
(Combined reporters Chen Li, Zhou Yuan, Wu Min, special correspondents Zhao Guotao, Xie Jiebo, He Wutao, Yang Longquan, correspondents Gu Renhong, Xiong Hao, Liu Qiang, Ning Jianpeng, Cheng Xiaodong, etc.)