The summer of 1998. Heavy rains, heavy rainstorms, one after another, the surging Yangtze River suddenly turned into a furious dragon, biting the thousands of miles of river embankments crazily. Jingjiang is in emergency! Wuhan is in emergency! Jiujiang is in emergency! ... The disaster is an order, and the disaster area is the battlefield. At this extremely critical moment, hundreds of thousands of People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers marched toward the river day and night. Together with millions of people, they launched a magnificent battle to defend the river.
At two o'clock in the morning on July 27, the embankment of Jiujiang's Saicheng Lake collapsed. More than 400 officers and soldiers arrived after hearing the news. The detachment leader gave the order: "Go up!" Suddenly, a long dragon appeared under the collapsed embankment. The officers and soldiers carried heavy sandbags on their shoulders and shuttled back and forth in the muddy water. Some simply run barefoot in order to walk faster. The rugged rocks cut their toes, but they didn't care at all. They only had one thought in their minds: "Dike, protect the embankment!" The strong wind rolled up huge waves, tearing the embankment violently. The soldiers shouted loudly: "The strong wind is shouting for us! The heavy rain is cheering for us! The huge waves are cheering for us!" One by one they jumped into the water and built a human wall with their own flesh and blood. After several hours of fierce fighting, the embankment was saved, but the officers and soldiers were covered in scars. "The sound of wind, rain and waves is deafening; rain, sweat, blood, water and water blend together." This is a true portrayal of the people's soldiers in this thrilling decisive battle.
In the face of the raging floods, the true character of the people's soldiers is even more evident.
Huang Xiaowen, commander of the fourth company of a certain People's Liberation Army, was running in the mud with a sack on his back. Suddenly he felt a pain in the sole of his foot. When he raised his foot, he saw that it was an iron nail stuck in. Upon seeing this, the regiment commander immediately sent someone to find the team doctor. Huang Xiaowen said loudly: "It's too late!" As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the iron nail, and a stream of blood poured out. Huang Xiaowen then tore off a piece of cloth from his body and tied his feet firmly. Without saying a word, he turned around, picked up the sack on the ground, and climbed up the embankment... During those dozens of unforgettable days and nights Night, how many such touching deeds there are!
In the turbulent rapids, the soldiers' assault boats cut through the waves, flying towards the floating treetops, towards the collapsed houses, and towards the rickety electric poles. In Anzaoyuan, they rescued Zhou Yunlan, a kindergarten teacher who had been besieged by floods for three days and nights; in Yanzhou Bay, they gave hope to little Jiangshan who climbed up a tree and waited for nearly nine hours. … Wherever there are floods, military flags are flying; wherever there is danger, military emblems are flashing. The people in the torrential flood saw the red five-star and the camouflage uniforms, as if they were seeing their great savior.
Dajiang will always remember the summer of 1998 and my heroic people's soldiers.