"Every step is a test of life and death, and every second touches the hearts of thousands of people. After overcoming obstacles and entering the village where contact was lost for more than 70 hours, Zhang Yongjian, director of the Political Work Office of the Shaoguan Detachment of the Guangdong Armed Police Corps, became more and more profound.
At 10:30 a.m. on April 23, Zhang Yongjian led 10 officers and soldiers to undertake the pre-investigation and search and rescue tasks of six natural villages under the jurisdiction of Liangwu, Jiangwan Town, Shaoguan, Zhongwu, Zengwu, Xiadong, Hongshan, Wudong, and Yao Lianwu.
"There should be no casualties in the village, but the food will not last more than a few days. As soon as I saw the officers and soldiers of the armed police, Xu Qiwei, secretary of the party branch of Liangwu Village, immediately introduced the situation, when it was just raining, someone in the Yao Lianwu Village had rushed to the Liangwu Village Committee before the flood, and after the landslide caused by the heavy rain, it has not been able to contact, and more than 300 people in the six natural villages who live in it are mostly elderly and children, and some of them are not in good health, and if they do not rescue, their lives will really be in danger.
"It's false to say that we are not afraid, but the more courageous we are, the safer the people will be. Before leaving, Ning Zile, the platoon commander of the Second Mobile Squadron, half-jokingly introduced that Yao Yongchao and Liu Zihao, two senior soldiers who participated in the operation, were the only children of the family, and they did not dare to tell their families or send them to Moments, and even had to make up a reason to "prevaricate" when they called at home.
Li Keji, a sergeant in the communications unit, said: "The main reason is that I am afraid that my family will be worried, but I think it is normal. Serving as a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, even if it is hard, tired and dangerous, you cannot hesitate in the slightest. "Not far from the Liangwu Village Committee, I saw a thick layer of mud mixed with tree branches, garbage and daily necessities on the roadside, piling up into the river, houses, shops, and squeezing into all corners of the village.
The highway near the river collapsed by nearly 50 meters, and the officers and men could only make a detour through the mountains and forests, a distance that could be passed on foot for two minutes, but they took 10 minutes to detour because of the road collapse. I saw that the first floor of the flooded house had been covered with a layer of nearly 10 centimeters of silt, and the banner at the door that read "Good days are happy every day, beautiful life is good every year" was washed away by the torrential rain and was in tatters, and the villagers who were sweeping the mud were very excited to see the officers and soldiers of the armed police: "You are here, our hanging hearts will be put down, and I believe that the days will get better and better." ”
"In front of the collapse, everyone should tie their shoelaces tightly, otherwise they will fall into the mud and will not be able to pull out. "The rain continues, and the floodwaters have not subsided. Less than 200 meters into the mountain, Wang Chuang, the head of the reconnaissance unit, shouted at the top of his throat, only to see that the soil of the landslide was washed by the rain like a mass of "paste", and he could not reach the root of his thigh if he stepped on it.
On the left is the raging river, roaring and ringing in the ears, and on the right is the mudslide that pours down, cutting off the way forward. Zhang Yongjian and his comrades-in-arms cut down branches and put them on the mud, and only after covering them with three layers could they barely bear the weight of people.
After nine landslides and mudslides, at 11:20 a.m., the officers and men arrived at the nearest Liangwu Yao Lianwu Natural Village. Seeing that the village was covered with mud and that a car parked on the side of the road had been covered with mud with four tires, Kuang Wei, a village cadre, immediately led the officers and men to inspect the damage from house to house and help solve the difficulties.
"Although the terrain is empty, there are too many wires for helicopter landing or airdropping. After the inspection found that the villagers' lives were basically safe, Zhang Yongjian and village cadre Kuang Wei immediately studied and solved the problem of food and medicine shortage, helped the villagers clean up the mud and set up signs for helicopter airdrops.
At 7 p.m. on 23 April, 10 officers and men arrived at the six natural villages of Zhongwu, Zengwu, Xiadong, Hongshan, Wudong, and Yao Lianwu for investigation and search and rescue, focusing on helping to solve the problem of food and medicine shortage, and 10 officers and soldiers returned to the Jiangwan Town Government at 21 o'clock on 23 April. On the 24th, the Shaoguan detachment of the armed police was mainly responsible for cleaning up the road sections that could not be reached by construction machinery, ensuring that buses could pass, and assisting government cadres to enter the village group and transfer the masses.
South+ reporter Cao Yanxi
Correspondents: Liao Binhua, Li Yuchen, Xu Xiaohang, Liu Jialiang
【Author】 Cao 嫒嫒
Frontline Express