The rain in Jiangcheng City came very suddenly, but it lasted for a long time. Heavy rain for two days and two nights, the water level in the ditch inside and outside the river city has risen significantly, according to the forecast of the meteorological station, by the westerly trough of the Hetao to move eastward and the southwest warm and humid airflow together, the rainfall process will continue in the next three days, the cumulative average surface rainfall of the Qingjiang water system has reached 84 mm, of which the cumulative average surface rainfall in the area above Chenjiaba has reached 123 mm, the maximum point rainfall, Chunyang Daqing Hebei Jizha 226 mm, affected by this round of rainfall, the Qingjiang water system has appeared since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the same period of the largest spring flood, the flood peak water level out of the knife meter. The warning water level (27.5 meters) exceeded 1.22 meters, and the peak flood flow was 3,210 cubic meters per second, and the flood control situation in Jiangcheng suddenly became severe.

In view of the flood situation, the Jiangcheng City CPC Committee urgently convened a meeting of the Standing Committee and made clear arrangements for the prevention of disasters such as flash floods and landslides that may be caused by the spring flood. Hong Weiji, secretary of the Jiangcheng City CPC Committee, had many experiences in directing flood control and flood control when he was in Lanshan City in the past, and although he did not have much psychological preparation for the sudden arrival of the spring flood in Jiangcheng, he did not show much panic. Hong Weiji put forward four major guidelines for flood prevention and flood control:

First, strengthen leadership. Implement responsibilities, strengthen leadership, implement leadership responsibilities, strengthen monitoring, and arrange personnel to inspect and implement small ponds and dams and small reservoirs with too much water storage. Be fully prepared for possible flood control situations.

The second is scientific analysis. Do a good job of scheduling. Conscientiously analyze all kinds of water storage projects and river water conditions, scientifically calculate the amount of spring flood storage, according to the carrying capacity of the project, reasonable storage and discharge, for sick and dangerous reservoirs, small water storage projects in poor engineering condition, resolutely overcome the idea of blindly cherishing water, all that endangers the safety of the project, take the wrong thing in time, pre-discharge early, avoid dam failure accidents, in accordance with the reservoir dispatching and management authority, do a good job in safety supervision during the spring flood, and deal with problems in a timely manner.

The third is to seriously investigate. Eliminate hidden dangers. Carry out a comprehensive inspection of sick and dangerous projects, key towns and towns for flood control, water-related projects under construction, and areas prone to mountain disasters, especially small water storage projects and small river embankments with a lot of water storage and poor project quality, pay close attention to them, carefully investigate, designate feasible and feasible dangerous sections and key defense areas that may cause dangerous situations, implement flood prevention plans, and ensure the safety of spring floods.

Fourth, be prepared. Flood control departments at all levels are required to act quickly, strengthen writing, pay close attention to weather changes, make preparations for war, designate scientific emergency plans for emergency rescue and disaster relief, personnel transfer, implement rescue teams, rescue materials, and put them into emergency rescue at any time.

After talking about these four major principles, Hong Weiji concluded: "This year's flood prevention work in Jiangcheng is extremely severe, and our cadres at all levels and every staff member must strictly guard against the spring flood, resolutely fight the battle of spring flood prevention, and create conditions for the city's spring plowing and production on the premise of striving to ensure the safety of the spring flood." ”

Hong Weiji's four major principles are still well recognized by the Standing Committee, and he personally assumes command of the flood control and flood control headquarters. The members of the Standing Committee were also responsible for the flood control work in each county under their jurisdiction.

Acting Mayor Zuo Yuanchao is the actual person in charge of the flood control command, and he is responsible for the specific assignment of work.

Among the six counties under the jurisdiction of Chunyang, Chunyang County is facing the most severe flood control situation, and Chunyang County has weak infrastructure. In addition, there are two tributaries of the Qingjiang River, Xiaoqing River and Daqing River, which will bring a lot of trouble to local agricultural production during the flood season every year, and belong to the key areas to be watched.

Executive Vice Mayor Li Changyu served as the secretary of the county party committee in Chunyang in the past and has the best understanding of the situation in Chunyang, so he is responsible for directing the flood control work in Chunyang.

The command of the city-level leaders is actually a kind of inspection and supervision, Li Changyu has extremely deep feelings for Chunyang, and after the end of the emergency meeting on flood control, he immediately contacted Qin Qing, secretary of the Chunyang County Party Committee, and the situation in Chunyang is really much more severe, the water level of the Xiaoqing River and the Daqing River has greatly exceeded the same period in history, and the water level of the Daqing River has exceeded the warning line by 1.1 meters, and the officers and men of the county have been engaged in emergency flood control operations.

This kind of flood fighting action is the easiest time to produce heroes, but also the easiest time to make political achievements, the municipal party committee and municipal government have set up a flood fighting and rescue team, Zhang Yang's tourism bureau has also set up a flood fighting and rescue team, Zhang Daguan was elected as the captain of the team, led the eight young people of the tourism bureau to drive to Chunyang, rushed to the front line of flood fighting. Zhang Yang's initiative to ask to go to Chunyang to fight the flood is not only the revolutionary fearless spirit is shining, but also a very important point, that is, his home is in Chunyang, and Qin Qing, secretary of the Chunyang Meirener County Party Committee, is his confidante, and in his heart, the feudal remnants are still haunting, this critical juncture. The country needs me, the party needs me, the people need me, my family also needs me, Qin Qing needs me even more, Lao Tzu must appear on the front line of flood fighting and rescue, and defending the country is to defend a small family. To defend the interests of the people is to defend the interests of the Qin and Qing dynasties. I am taking into account both public and private interests, and I am the sublimation of the noble moral sentiments of the ** member!

Other daredevils don't know this little Jiujiu in Zhang Yang's heart, when the flood fighting and rescue team signed up, Zhang Yang jumped out first, and it really made everyone in the tourism bureau greatly admired, no wonder people became a serious department at a young age, this political consciousness is different, under the inspiration of Zhang Daguan, four young people from the market development department of the tourism bureau participated in the rescue team without exception, and also let the market development department occupy more than half of the rescue team in one fell swoop, and the tourism bureau has a great prestige.

Jiang Le had participated in the flood fighting and rescue operation before, but it was in Jiangcheng, this time they went to Chunyang, and the torrential rain fell non-stop along the way, sitting behind the liberation truck, and swaying for more than an hour to reach their destination, the Yinzhuang section of the Xiaoqing River in Chunyang.

Jump off to liberate Cavon. It was found that the water on the ground had reached their feet and necks, and hundreds of PLA soldiers were carrying sandbags and building high embankments not far away.

As soon as Zhang Yang's group of people arrived, they were assigned tasks by the on-site commander, and the person in charge of the on-site command was actually Zhang Yang's old acquaintance, Hu Aimin, the head of Heishanzi Township in the past. Hu Aimin is now the director of the Chunyang County Bureau of Industry and Commerce, the county has carried out emergency work arrangements for the flood situation, and the leaders of various functional departments have gone to the front line to command, Hu Aimin happened to be assigned to the Yinzhuang section of the Xiaoqing River, which is also one of the three most urgent places in the Chunyang flood.

Hu Aimin was obviously taken aback when he saw Zhang Yang, in the past, when Zhang Yang was in the family planning office of Heishanzi Township, the cooperation between the two was not very pleasant, but the matter has passed, Zhang Yang has now become a regular section level, and in just one year has been promoted from a supernumerary staff to a section-level cadre at the same level as Hu Aimin, and Hu Aimin is just in another low ebb period in politics, his old leader, the old backer Yang Shouyi was shuanggui because of corruption and bribery, and died suddenly during the shuanggui period, Hu Aimin is now quite worried. While he lamented his good life, he couldn't help but be a little more in awe of him. Cadres large and small in the Chunyang system do not know the close relationship between Executive Deputy Mayor Li Changyu and Zhang Yang, and who does not know the ambiguous relationship between Zhang Yang and Qin Qing.

Zhang Yang came to Hu Aimin in a raincoat and said loudly: "Township Chief Hu! ”

Hu Aimin grinned, he shook hands with Zhang Yang warmly, and looked at Jiang Le behind Zhang Yang by the way. Jiang Le was carrying a red flag on his shoulder, and the flag was already soaked, but it was still blown up by the storm, and the sound of hunting was made in the wind, and the five big characters of the flood fighting and rescue team on it were shining. Hu Aimin knew the meaning of these words, and he had seen this kind of group with strong political and performance connotations more than once in the past, and in his heart, these young people could not help much. They took advantage of this opportunity to fight the flood and rescue the emergency. Hu Aimin nodded, because the wind and rain were very loud, and the conversation between him and Zhang Yang had to shout at the top of his voice, he pointed to the distance, where a group of young people were digging and filling sandbags, and then handed over to the People's Liberation Army to transport them here to raise the embankment: "Director Zhang, you go...... Help pack the sandbags! "Hu Aimin didn't have a good impression of these young people in the city. Guess, I don't know if it's two words missing).

Zhang Yang nodded. I took my team members to the excavation site, and they also brought some tools with the car. It is not unreasonable for Hu Aimin to underestimate them, most of these rescue team members have not done any farm work, and it can be seen from their posture of lifting a shovel with a iron that Hu Aimin specially asked his assistant to explain. It doesn't matter how much these people work, but don't hurt yourself.

Zhang Yang has always been an unconvinced master, and he can also see that people don't regard them as helping at all, and they feel that their group of people are here to make political achievements, find opportunities to join the party, and make meritorious contributions in the front line. Looking at the People's Liberation Army rushing around, and then looking at the group of people he brought, Zhang Yang also felt a little ashamed, he walked to the sandbag without saying a word, carried a bag of sandbags, and then said: "Jiang Le, Chen Jian, give me another one!" ”

Jiang Le and Chen Jian saw that Director Zhang was serious, and hurriedly lifted a sandbag to Zhang Yang's shoulder, and Zhang Daguan carried two sandbags and trotted towards the riverbank, and Zhang Yang's hand immediately attracted countless eyes. But he didn't mean to put on a show, this was due to his strength, not to mention two bags, even eight bags he could carry. Zhu Xiaoyun applauded desperately like a fan who saw an idol: "The boss is so good!" ”

The weight of the sandbag was very heavy, and there was a distance of 200 meters from the place where the soil was filled to the embankment, and Zhang Yang walked to the place without taking a breath, put down the sandbag, turned around and continued to join the team transporting the sandbag.

Hu Aimin looked at Zhang Yang's solid back, and a smile appeared on his face, he found for the first time that this guy also had such a cute side.

The rain became heavier and heavier, wetting Zhang Yang's clothes, he simply took off his coat and only wore a black bodybuilding vest, letting the wind and rain blow his strong body, only when he came to this environment in person, could he feel the urgency and responsibility in his heart, Zhang Yang was thinking about guarding this section of the embankment at this time, and only by guarding here could the people downstream be exempted from the disaster of flooding.

Everyone present has devoted themselves to fighting the flood and rescuing the rescue, no one cares about personal gains and losses, no one thinks about how to make political achievements, what they think about is to do a good job in front of them, and people will suddenly become simple when they are in danger.

When Hu Aimin was nervously directing the flood fight, a young man ran over in a panic, and he shouted from a distance: "Director Hu...... There was a class of students at Yinzhuang Primary School who were trapped...... Just go...... Go ......."

Hu Aimin was stunned, everyone was stunned, Hu Aimin roared angrily: "What did you say? ”

The young man breathlessly said, "There is a class in class, but the flash flood suddenly came, and the water level rose suddenly, trapping the students in the school......

Hu Aimin touched his forehead, when is this, it has been notified, all schools are closed and transferred, there are still people attending classes at such a time, and the relevant person in charge must be held accountable in the future, he said loudly: "Lu Jicai, you stay here to command, no matter what, the embankment can't be lost!" "Lu Jicai is the deputy director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and he is also the deputy commander here.

Hu Aimin looked back at the embankment, the rain was still falling, and the water level of the Xiaoqing River was still rising. There is no room for error here, and it is obviously unrealistic to send manpower from here to save people.

Zhang Yang came to his side and took the initiative to ask: "Township Chief Hu, I'll go with you, our group of people are very good!" ”

Hu Aimin nodded, anyway, the team members under Zhang Yang couldn't help if they stayed, so it was better to take them to save people.

The group hurried to Yinzhuang Primary School, which was only more than two miles away from the embankment, but because the water was very deep. It took them twice as long as usual to get there. Some people also went to Yinzhuang Village to ask for help. However, Yinzhuang Village is farther away than the embankment, and most of the villagers have been mobilized to fight the flood, and even if they do, they will not find much help.

When they came to the entrance of the elementary school, they found that the school gate was half flooded: the water had reached their chests.

Zhang Yang saw that the children who stayed in the school had already climbed to the roof, there were about thirty of them, and there was a middle-aged female teacher, who saw their group coming over and desperately called for help from them.

Including Hu Aimin, a total of eleven people came over, and the eight young people from the tourism bureau brought by Zhang Yang were all very good, and these people finally found a way to use them. Because there were no tools to transfer to the site, they had to swim over again and again to carry the children out.

After discussing with Zhang Yang, Hu Aimin decided that the two of them and the other five team members with good water quality would be responsible for rescuing people, and Zhu Xiaohong and the other three team members who were slightly worse water would all stay on the dirt slope more than 200 meters northwest of the primary school to be responsible for settling the rescued students.

The water level rose faster than they imagined, in a short period of time, the flood had already submerged the eaves, and there were more than ten students on the roof who were not rescued, Zhang Yang swam to the eaves, picked up a little girl, and said to Jiang Le beside him: "Take out your strength to feed, we must hurry!" ”

Jiang Le nodded, and also picked up a little boy on his back.

Drop off one student at a time to a safe location. Zhu Xiaohong always let out a cheer, and only by experiencing this process can she experience the excitement and happiness of saving lives.

Hu Aimin's water skills are also excellent, he has rescued three children with his own hands, and now he is swimming to the school building, where the female teacher and two little girls are still sitting on the roof waiting to be rescued.

Although Zhang Yang started later than him, he swam to the roof at the same time as him, and Jiang Le also came. Zhang Yang took the initiative to take on the responsibility of carrying the female teacher, and Jiang Le and Hu Aimin were each responsible for a little girl.

Seeing that the rescue mission was about to be completed, Hu Aimin was also much more relaxed, and he smiled: "This time, I will swim faster than you!" ”

Zhang Yang picked up the female teacher and jumped into the water, and he smiled: "Try it!" ”

Hu Aimin took a breath, after all, he was older, and his physical strength was already a little overdrawn after this series of rescue operations, he kindly touched the top of the little girl's head with his palm, and said with a smile: "Little girl, let Uncle take a breath, and then I'll take you to swim over, okay?" ”

The little girl looked at Hu Aimin with big black eyes, and a trace of innocent and pure smile bloomed on her face. The fear in his eyes also quietly subsided at this time.

Zhang Yang and Jiang Le have swam more than ten meters. Zhang Yang turned his head and smiled: "Township Chief Hu, if you don't set off, you won't be able to catch up!" ”

Hu Aimin nodded, but suddenly the ridge under his feet collapsed, and the old and dilapidated school building could no longer withstand the flooding and collapsed in the water.

Zhang Yang watched Hu Aimin and the girl's figures disappear under the water, his eyes widened and he roared, because he was still carrying the female teacher on his back, it was impossible for him to return to rescue Hu Aimin. All he could do was swim back to the mound as hard as he could. Deliver the governess to safety and return.

Chen Jian, who had sent the students to the mound first, moved his numb limbs and jumped into the water again.

Zhang Yang also pushed the female teacher up at the end, and he didn't bother to take a breath and rest, and turned around and swam towards the collapsed school building. After Jiang Le sent the students to the mound, he also swam back.

Everyone's eyes were looking at the water, Zhu Xiaoyun suddenly cheered in surprise, but saw Hu Aimin's head emerging from the water in the distance, and he was still carrying the little girl on his back, although he was swimming very slowly, but he had a smile on his face.

Zhang Yang, Chen Jian, and Jiang Le also cheered in unison, and Zhang Yang shouted: "Township Chief Hu, good job!" ”

Hu Aimin smiled warmly and proudly. He seemed to want to say something, like a hand to tell everyone that he was the winner of this competition......

Zhu Xiaoyun was the first to notice that something was wrong when she stood on a high place, and she saw that blood was soaking along Hu Aimin's surroundings.

Zhang Yang and they also found out, and they desperately swam towards Hu Aimin one by one.

The little girl hugged Hu Aimin's neck tightly: "Uncle...... You...... Bleeding ......"

Hu Aimin was still laughing, the pain made him speechless, he didn't dare to speak, for fear that if he spoke, he would exhaust the last strength in his body, and he was afraid that he would sink into the flood and never reach the other side again. In front of his eyes was the innocent and pure smile of the little girl, and he wanted to do his best to give her a better tomorrow......

Zhang Yang and Jiang Le grabbed Hu Aimin's arm at the same time, and Chen Jian supported the little girl, but Hu Aimin was still slowly swimming forward, he was insisting. Blood stained the muddy flood.

Zhang Yang and the three of them escorted Hu Aimin to swim to the other side, at this time Hu Aimin's face was pale and his consciousness was blurred. Zhang Yang and Jiang Le helped him out of the flood, only to find that Hu Aimin had a thumb-thick steel bar inserted in his chest. When the school collapsed just now, Hu Aimin fell, unfortunately hit a steel bar, he held on with a strong will and did not fall, found the drowning little girl in the water, and surfaced with her on his back.

Hu Aimin's mouth closed one by one, Zhang Yang held his vein, only to feel that the pulse was weak, tore the clothes on his chest, but saw that the steel bar pierced from his left chest, stabbing his heart, even if Zhang Daguan's medical skills are unparalleled, at this time there is nothing he can do, he held Hu Aimin's palm, and quietly crossed a force of internal force, Hu Aimin's trembling hand stretched out to the little girl: "It's okay...... It's okay......"

When the little girl saw what she saw, she burst into tears.

Zhu Xiaoyun took the lead and couldn't help it, covered her lips and cried bitterly.

Everyone's eyes, including Zhang Yang, were red. Before today, Zhang Yang had always been disgusted with Hu Aimin, believing that Hu Aimin was a cadre who would do whatever it took to climb up. But such a person can make such a choice at the moment of life and death, and he was shocked to the extreme, he suddenly found that everyone actually has a shining point in their bodies, Hu Aimin, Guo Daliang, each of them may have the ideal of dedicating their youth and strength to the country and the people when they step into their careers, in reality. They have changed, and in order to adapt to the system, they have involuntarily undergone all kinds of changes.

Guo Daliang found himself after going crazy.

And Hu Aimin was at the moment of life and death, Lina, found his former self, he finally understood the meaning of being an official at the last moment of his life, he defended the title of ** member with his actions, his trembling hand gently stroked the little girl's face, and then fell weakly, his life has passed, but his heart has no regrets......

Zhang Yang felt his throat clocked with an indescribable emotion, and he slowly stood up. Biting his lip hard, two lines of hot tears still fell irrepressibly with the rain, he thought that he had already ignored the meaning of life and death after passing through the millennium, but when he saw Hu Aimin pass away in such a way, he was still inevitably moved, no matter what Hu Aimin had done. At this moment, he has drawn a successful end to his life, and his life is noble.

Zhang Yang gently rubbed the top of the little girl's head. He said in a low voice: "Take a good look at him, it was this Uncle Hu who saved you......"

Everyone has dignity, everyone has their own views on the meaning of life, Hu Aimin defended the girl's life with his own life, and also defended his dignity.

When the news of Hu Aimin's sacrifice reached the Yinzhuang River Dam construction site, there was a cry at the scene, and this sad news did not let the soldiers and civilians fighting the flood fall, but made them cohesive, and everyone turned their grief and anger into strength and threw themselves into this struggle with the natural world.

The torrential rain continued to rage all night after that. Finally starting to weaken. Zhang Yang stood on the dam of Xiaoqing River bathed in the drizzle, looking at the rolling torrent, his heart was full of emotion, he began to find that at the moment of life and death, the brilliance of human nature could not be concealed, and everyone would show their truest and most sincere side.

A green jeep slowly stopped under the embankment, and Li Changyu and Qin Qing, who had been busy inspecting the flood situation all night, stepped out of the car, and they saw standing proudly on the embankment.

Li Changyu took a hard puff of cigarette and threw it on the ground, and he said meaningfully: "I hope this wind and rain can make him mature!" ”

Qin Qing walked slowly up the embankment, she saw the bruises on Zhang Yang's shoulders and the dirt on Zhang Yang's face, which did not affect Zhang Yang's image in her mind at all, but instead appeared more and more brilliant and taller.

Zhang Yang turned his head, and when he saw Qin Qing's haggard face, he laughed, a little reluctantly.

Qin Qing whispered: "Hard work! ”

Zhang Yang shook his head, he pointed to the soldiers and civilians who were still loading sandbags in the distance: "They are hard!" He pointed to the soldiers who had just come to rest in the makeshift rain shelter: "They are working hard! He pointed in the direction of Yinzhuang Primary School, but did not speak.

Qin Qing pursed her lips, and crystal tears flashed in her beautiful eyes. This flood relief allowed her to witness countless touching scenes, made her feel proud to be a first-class member, and made her deeply proud of the four words of national cadres. In the past, she had been confused, but in the face of this natural disaster, she was re-aware of her responsibilities and what people expected of them.

Li Changyu also walked up to the dam, and just received the news that the largest flood peak since the spring flood in the Xiaoqing River has been safely crossed, and the feedback from the meteorological station shows that the heavy rain will gradually stop in the afternoon, and the flood situation will be alleviated to a certain extent. Li Changyu patted Zhang Yang's shoulder: "If you are tired, go to rest, the most difficult time has passed." ”

Zhang Yang sighed and said, "Hu Aimin has sacrificed!" ”

Li Changyu and Qin Qing glanced at each other. They had already heard about it, and Li Changyu said: "I already know the deeds of Comrade Aimin who sacrificed himself to save others, and I will report this matter to the higher-level leaders!" ”

After saying this, he and Qin Qing went to comfort the officers and soldiers and the masses at the scene, and after a while, Qin Qing returned to Zhang Yang's side. She said softly: "Zhang Yang, pay attention to your body, the flood peak has passed, there is no need for so much manpower here, if you have time, you can go home and have a look!" ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said in a low voice: "I'll still stay to help, I'm young and in good health, and these officers and soldiers haven't rested for a day and a night!" ”

Qin Qing whispered: "Pay more attention to yourself!" ”

"You too!"

Both of them care about each other, but in this case, they can't say what they want to say freely, they both have work to do. After his eyes lingered for a while, Qin Qing turned around and left, she also had to accompany Li Changyu to inspect other places in Chunyang.

For the first time, Hu Aimin's death did not take into account his political achievements, nor did he consider taking advantage of this opportunity to be promoted, and he devoted himself to the work of fighting floods and rescuing people in a down-to-earth manner.