Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, July 23 - Problem: out "save me" let the tears ran - a unit of the Army 72 Army platoon leader to take note of the small Chi flood distress

　　Li Qinghua, Tong Zujing, Huang Yuanhui

　　On the morning of the 23rd, a short video of "fighting fighters being swept away by the flood" exploded the Internet, making countless people worry.

　　"How can the years be quiet, but someone will keep the disaster and darkness behind for you!" "It must be safe, no one can be missing!" "You are also your parents' beloved baby, you must be fine!"

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　　The messages from the netizens and the prayers from the bottom of the heart have turned into a strong and warm spirit.

　　The anti-flood soldier in the video is Mao Xiaochi, a platoon commander of the 72nd Army of the Army. The incident happened one day before, at around 8:15 on the 22nd, a piping with a diameter of about 1 meter appeared on the embankment of the Shidawei Lianhe section in Tongda Town, Lujiang County, Hefei City. There was a Lianhe Village in the lower reaches of the incident. Village composition.

　　At 8:20, there were still 44 people in the Lianhe Village of Baxia who had not evacuated. The 28 backbone party members of a brigade of the 72nd Army immediately formed a commando team, tied with a rope around their waists to form a wall to help the people evacuate. Mao Xiaochi took the initiative to sign up and stood in the water to form a human wall.

　　At 9 o'clock in the morning, when the officers and soldiers had just escorted the last two people around safely, a sudden breach occurred in the piping, the water surged suddenly, and Mao Xiaochi was instantly swept away by the flood.

　　Battalion Commander Fan Jinxin immediately led the officers and soldiers into the water for rescue. About 20 minutes later, Mao Xiaochi was rescued and sent to a local hospital for treatment. He was diagnosed with acute pulmonary edema and kidney injury. Muddy water and other foreign objects were partially choked, and he is still under observation in the ICU.

　　Mao Xiaochi is a native of Nantong, Jiangsu. He was born in 1995 and enlisted in 2013. He was admitted to the Academy of Armored Forces Engineering in 2015. After graduating in July 2019, he was assigned to a brigade commander of the 72nd Army. For more than a year, he trained hard, worked hard, took the lead, and took the lead. On July 1 this year, he was named an outstanding Communist Party member.

　　After receiving the flood fighting order, Mao Xiaochi took the initiative to call for battle. When the dam breached this time, he and 27 party member commandos cast a wall in the flood to protect the safety of the people with their lives.

　　The People's Army is the people. Mao Xiaochi has fulfilled his oath of "people first and life first" with practical actions, and always puts the lives of the people first.

　　In fact, Mao Xiaochi was just a big boy who had just graduated from college. During the 24 hours he was lethargic, his classmates from the military academy left a message on the Internet saying, "Old Mao, you must hold on!"

　　Today, on the front line of fighting the flood, there are countless soldiers like Mao Xiaochi who are fighting against the flood demon.