Recently, the Pingjiang River in Hunan Province broke out a catastrophic flood once in 70 years, the mountains in the Hunan and Jiangxi border areas are towering, and the smoke waves on the Dongting Lake are vast, rising six meters in 12 days, forming an ocean of 1,400 square kilometers! The Miluo River is turbulent, and the red hero city of Pingjiang is submerged in the flood.
In fact, Pingjiang belongs to Yueyang, Hunan, and belongs to a typical hilly area in the south of the Yangtze River, with red soil all over the place, as if it was dyed red with the blood of countless revolutionaries back then. Pingjiang is located deep in the mountains at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, and in 1927, Mao Zedong launched the famous Autumn Harvest Uprising in this area.
In July 1928, Peng Dehuai, Huang Gongluo and others launched the famous Pingjiang Uprising here, when 100,000 peasant troops attacked the reactionary and corrupt Kuomintang-controlled county seat. Peng Dehuai led this insurrectionary force to form the Red Third Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and made outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution! The general Peng Da, who is dedicated to the party and the public, upright and selfless, loyal and courageous, has become a model for all generations!
The three provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi are the birthplaces of the Chinese Revolution, and there have been several famous uprisings in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi, such as the Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Pingjiang Uprising, and the famous Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region Jute Uprising in Jiangbei. History has proved that this area has been the main source of the Chinese revolution since ancient times.
The regular troops of the Nanchang Uprising Army were about 20,000 people, the main force of the Autumn Harvest Uprising was about 5,000 people, and only the Pingjiang Uprising Armed Forces had only two battalions of more than 1,000 people, plus a large number of peasant troops with little combat effectiveness. At that time, the revolutionary situation was at a low ebb, and the white terror shrouded the land of China, Peng Dehuai and Huang Gongluo launched this uprising with a fearless revolutionary spirit and not afraid of sacrifice! Let the flames of resistance burn all over the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border area! Therefore, although the Pingjiang Uprising was relatively late, its historical significance was very significant.
The development of the workers' and peasants' revolution in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi has a very good foundation of party organizations and masses, and there is a heavy mountain cover, but why can't every uprising last? This has a lot to do with the geographical location of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border area, although this area is surrounded by mountains and rivers and lakes, but it is close to the Jianghan Plain and close to the big city of Wuhan, and the enemy's heavy troops can quickly encircle it from three sides in one go. Moreover, because the waterway is unobstructed, it is very conducive to the enemy's division and encirclement, and the rapid transportation of troops from the north comes over to encircle and suppress, and is in the disadvantageous position of being attacked by the enemy on three sides. Later, why did Committee member Mao choose Jinggangshan and Gannan as base areas? It is because it is located at the junction of several provinces, and they are unwilling to care, Jiangxi and Hunan are flanked by the revolutionary army, but Nanchang, Changsha and Wuhan are by no means on the same level. Wuhan is one city that far surpasses the strength of these two cities.
Today's Pingjiang is once again facing a serious test, the heroic people of Pingjiang will still not give in, over the past 100 years, the people of Pingjiang have worked diligently to build Pingjiang into a myriad of weather! When I returned to Jinan last summer, I passed through Pingjiang and was intoxicated by this beautiful and charming heroic town!
On July 1, 2024, Pingjiang, Hunan Province was hit by extremely heavy rainfall, and the water level of Pingjiang River rose sharply due to the continuous heavy rainfall, at 8 a.m., the water level of Pingjiang was 74.13 meters, and the water level in the urban area was 3.63 meters, and at 16 p.m., the water level in the urban area was 77.25 meters. The warning water level is 70.50 meters, the ultra-alert water level is 6.75 meters, and the ultra-guaranteed water level is 3.25 meters, which is the highest water level since 1954. As of 7 p.m. on July 1, a total of 190 reservoirs in the county were overflowing. A total of 7,000 meters of embankments in Pingjiang County overflowed, and the county was waterlogged after a short period of heavy rainfall, with a local water depth of 3 meters, and the water level approached the height of the traffic light. At 23 o'clock on July 1, the water level of the Pingjiang County section of the main stream of the Miluo River was 77.65 meters, and the ultra-alert water level was 7.15 meters.
The reason why the Pingjiang River is flooded is that the Miluo River is a large mountainous area on the road from Pingjiang to Yueyang, and the Miluo River has nine bends and eighteen bends, winding around and going through the canyon, if the flood comes upstream, the drainage is not smooth, and it is easy to form a flood disaster in the area of Pingjiang County, which is open to the terrain.
Pingjiang down is Yueyang, the famous Yueyang Tower should be flooded two-thirds, the flood outside the city is surging, the tourists in the city are weaving, the order is orderly. It seems that the wisdom of our ancients is still very great, and this high Yueyang Tower not only blocked the enemy, but also blocked the surging flood.
Pingjiang County suffered the longest-lasting, most intense and most rainfall flood since meteorological records, and the county flood control department launched a flood control level I emergency response at 21:30 on July 1. The water level is high, the losses are huge, and the affected area is unprecedented, and the streets of the city and the residential areas of the old city are almost all flooded, and many landslides in the townships and towns are blocked, the crops in the county are seriously damaged, and the safety of the people's lives and property is threatened unprecedentedly.
The whole Miluo River meanders around Pingjiang County, the large mountainous areas around the upstream have abundant rainfall and abundant water production, and after flowing into the Miluo River and entering the downstream mountainous areas, the drainage is not smooth due to the terrain control, so there are a large number of floods blocked in the areas along the Miluo River, and half of Pingjiang County is soaked in floods. Other townships were also badly affected.
Affected by heavy rainfall, floods in many places along the Pingjiang Miluo River, many streets and towns along the Miluo River were flooded, and villages such as Maqiao, Heqi, Changbei, and Haishan in Miluo City were seriously affected, and the flood was several meters deep, and the first floor was submerged in many places, and the pastoral fields were even washed away. After a night of fighting, more than 2,000 trapped people were evacuated. The troops dispatched a lot of assault boats and rubber boats, and the soldiers braved waist-deep floods to throw sandbags into the breach to plug the gap, and at the critical moment, the people's soldiers once again charged forward, just like the Red Army soldiers of the year, for the well-being of the poor people in the world, desperate for themselves, bravely charged!
Because this is a revolutionary army under the leadership of the party, although nearly a century has passed, the true colors and original intention of the revolution are still the same, and the purpose of the people's army to serve the people wholeheartedly has not changed!
This group of people's soldiers who rushed to rescue and disaster relief are the descendants of General Peng Dehuai who brought out the troops back then.
Of course, there are also accusations that the pace of urbanization is too fast, and that developers are overexploiting, blocking the city's water outlets, and not reserving enough flood channels during construction.
The Jiangnan region is hilly and undulating, with majestic mountains and flat land, and the main towns are generally concentrated in river valleys. The county seat of Pingjiang and other districts and counties are also hidden in the reckless mountains. Therefore, once it encounters a flood, it is easy to form a flood disaster!
In fact, the current floods along the Miluo River and the Pingjiang flood incident are just the tip of the iceberg in China's growing extreme climate. This year, there are more and more extreme weather on the mainland, our degree of industrialization is getting higher and higher, our working hours are getting longer and longer, our buildings are getting higher and higher, and the land under our feet is becoming more and more unsuitable for people to live. This is our biggest problem at present, no matter how many buildings are built, it is useless to make more money, the earth's environment is destroyed, the earth has become a fireball, and no one can be spared.
Therefore, it is indeed time for us to seriously reflect, pay attention to people's livelihood, improve the people's happy life index, and change the direction of development.
Throughout the country, heavy rains in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, and eastern, southern, and southwestern China all fell. And the flood in Pingjiang is just one wave in this torrential rain.
Drought in Henan, drought in Hebei, drought in Shandong, drought in northern Anhui and Anhui, accompanied by high temperatures of more than 40 degrees in many places, thousands of miles of red land, scorching sun, in full swing; The crops planted can not survive, at this moment, many places are suffering from the ravages of heavy rain, the flood has not receded, and some places are seriously drought, many people's soldiers and civil rescue organizations are on the front line of flood fighting, but those who have made a fortune, made a lot of money, everywhere to show off their wealth of celebrity Internet celebrities no one came out to donate, the people have been mud Bodhisattva across the river itself is difficult to protect, many people carry car loans, housing loans, children's education and pension, and move forward with heavy burdens.
As for the government, it is also very difficult now, we have a huge administrative organ, the real estate in various regions is declining, the income from land sales is decreasing, and there are financial difficulties, so we people carry forward the style, these government officials are the treasure of the country, and many people strive to be civil servants, which is the object of respect and worship for each of us, and every civil servant is also an example for the people to learn, we should advocate selfless dedication, and strive to increase the country's income, contribute to the society, and promote the harmonious development of the society. The country has too many people and too few resources to be evenly distributed, so it is normal for the people to get the first month near the water. It is also normal for some people to do whatever it takes to make money. The common people should all think about the government and understand the general righteousness, and the government should also consider the people wholeheartedly, because we estimate that the root cause is still the masses of workers and peasants. Rather than constantly exerting pressure, the political issue is the fair and just distribution of social wealth, which can take care of the vulnerable groups in this society. The capitalists should not be allowed to cover the sky with one hand and consider the masses of the people everywhere.
In order for a society to be harmonious, it must achieve two balances, the social ecological balance and the natural ecological balance, and there are problems in both aspects. In terms of society, there is a serious gap between the rich and the poor, the ecological balance of nature is destroyed, the global temperature is rising, and there are more and more extreme weather.
Studies have shown that Venus used to be a planet with abundant water and grass suitable for human survival, but later the climate of Venus changed drastically, and the surface temperature reached several hundred degrees, and everything disappeared and became a fireball. So we must prevent us from following in the footsteps of Venus.
Dashan has developed the character of the Hunan people who are resolute and strong, love and hate, dare to love and hate, and are not afraid of death when they endure hardships! This character fully prepared for the revolution of that year, and the heavy oppression of the peasants by the landlords directly ignited the fire of the people's resistance! Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, Huang Gongluo and other comrades, the revolutionary fire was burning, and the red flag was planted all over the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border area!
I used to wonder why the agrarian revolution took place mainly in the South and rarely in the North except in the Northwest. This is because not only are the people in the south of the Yangtze River fierce, but the contradiction between the rich and the poor in society has reached its limit, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials and landlords and tyrants collude at various levels, squeezing the poor peasants without a way to live. Because the land in the mountainous areas was scarce and occupied by the big landlords and the government, the peasants had no way to live, and there was only one way to follow the communist uprising!
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and in the glorious years of countless revolutionary martyrs, we have finally realized socialism in which everyone is equal, eliminated all landlord privileges and bureaucratic privileges, and the people have lived a happy and healthy life!
During this flood, the central and local governments attached great importance to it and did everything possible to rescue and provide disaster relief, and the masses in various localities and all walks of life also offered their love. I believe that the people of Hunan, who cannot be defeated or dragged down, will carry forward the revolutionary spirit of hard struggle, not afraid of sacrifice and courageous dedication, overcome this once-in-a-century catastrophic flood, and write a new chapter in history!