China is a vast country, and during the flood season, you often see reports on the TV news about a certain place being hit by floods. But the most impressive flood was the 1998 flood. At that time, Premier Zhu Rongji and other leaders personally came to the front line of the Yangtze River to guide the flood control work.
In 1998, which was about to enter a new century, many parts of our country suffered floods that had not been encountered in a century. It was a special summer, and it was estimated that many people were also hearing of "El Niño" and "La Niña" for the first time. Although since May, Vice Premier Wen Jiabao has demanded that the flood control work in the Yangtze River Basin must be done in accordance with the standards of the exceptionally large flood. But at that time, it was estimated that no one expected that this flood would come so quickly and so fiercely. Since the beginning of the flood season, there has been significant rainfall in most parts of the country, and in some places the continuous rainfall has exceeded the historical record. This is also the largest flood in the entire basin of the Yangtze River since 1954. Water levels in many places have reached record highs. Even the Nen River and Songhua River basins in the north have also been dangerous, and the situation in the Pearl River Basin in the south is not optimistic. Multiple provinces and cities, from south to north, face serious threats.
In Jiangxi, where the disaster was most severe, many farmlands were flooded, many people's houses were washed away by the water, and many levees were at risk of breaking the embankments, and the lives and property of the people were in great danger. In order to rescue the masses from danger as soon as possible, the party Central Committee has dispatched a number of PLA units, and leading cadres at all levels have personally come to the scene to direct the rescue. More than three million soldiers and civilians have fought on the embankment.
The rapid flooding caused more and more breaches on the levee, the situation is becoming more and more critical, behind the levee is the Jiujiang half a million people, their safety is all tied to the levee. At a critical juncture, the Nanjing Military Region urgently dispatched troops to the place of the duel, and the leaders of the military region demanded that the officers and men must block the breach at all costs. Eight civilian vessels were successfully sunk to the break, but this did not completely stop the flood, and bags of flood control materials were thrown into the river. In a hurry, a platoon leader led 13 party members to jump into the water, and they planted piles in the water and blocked the flood with their bodies to intercept sandbags. They used their bodies to erect human walls to defend the, and soon the flood rose from the waist of the warriors to the neck. The cadres who commanded the rescue on the spot had red eyes, and these were all children!
At the critical moment of emergency rescue, Premier Zhu Rongji boarded the dam, and he first comforted the masses who were sticking to the embankment, and when he made an on-the-spot inspection of the Jiujiang embankment, Premier Zhu Rongji, who was full of temperament, was furious. He found the person in charge of the, and counted the number of heads and faces, not to say that the was impregnable, how could it turn out to be tofu slag inside! This is a levee, a solid line of defense to protect people's lives and property, how can it be so vulnerable? This is a major matter that concerns thousands of families, why has it reached such a level? This series of questions made the person in charge dumbfounded.
In addition to personally going to the embankment to guide the work, Premier Zhu also took a patrol boat to the river to check the dangerous situation, and when he saw that many of the soldiers were soaking in the water and using their bodies to resist the flood, Premier Zhu, who had always been strong, could not help but have tears in his eyes. He stood on the patrol boat very close to the breach and threw his fist at the soldiers: "This time it's up to you!" ”
With the support of the party and state leaders, the follow-up troops arrived at the rescue site one after another, and the team that threw themselves into the flood became stronger and stronger, and the Beijing Military Region sent 220 sappers with actual combat experience. In the face of the ferocious flood, the officers and soldiers did not retreat, everyone gritted their teeth and persevered, and many soldiers fainted on the scene because of long hours of high-intensity work. After three days and three nights of fighting, the flood finally bowed its head in front of the PLA soldiers.
Although the flood was temporarily controlled, the flood brought a heavy blow to local life and economic construction. Zhu Rongji, Wen Jiabao, and other central leaders conducted serious studies with relevant departments in Jiangxi and discussed measures to strengthen the embankments and eliminate floods. At the meeting, Premier Zhu Rongji once again stressed the importance of the levee. In the Yangtze River Basin, where there is a risk of flooding, the construction of embankments is an important infrastructure project. It is necessary to increase investment, grasp the quality of projects, and make the a project that can benefit future generations. Although the damage has been caused, it is still necessary to do a good job of reinforcing the levee and trying to make up for the problems that have arisen before. Don't rush the project, even if it has to be done for several years, the levee must be built. Only in this way can the flood be completely eradicated.
The catastrophic flood in 1998 not only exposed the problems existing in the construction of local leaders, but also sounded the alarm bell for all The people of China. Cutting corners on projects that concern the safety of the masses may turn into "man-made disasters," and this disaster has also strengthened Premier Zhu's determination to fight illegal acts to the end. At the same time, Chinese people also told the world in the face of great disasters that China is a highly united and cohesive country, and no hardship can overcome this strong nation, and we have the confidence to face all difficulties and tests!