That was the most unforgettable 80 hours in the solemn life.

During these eighty hours, the rescue troops of the 1st Division were rotated in two batches.

During these eighty hours, there was a summary of the report afterwards. A total of 326 meters from the embankment to the soil collection point. On average, each officer and soldier who participated in the rescue ran more than 300 times, which was equivalent to running more than 90 kilometers in the muddy land.

During these eighty hours, each soldier carried more than 13,000 kilograms of piled stuffing.

After that, the 1st Division continued to station in the flood control section of S City, facing four flood peaks, and dispatched an average of more than 10 dangerous situations of all sizes every day.

The longest continuous combat is 5 days and nights, and the officers and soldiers have a non-stop work time of 32 hours. During these 5 days and nights, 1,300 tons of sand and gravel are forced to transport 45,300 cubic meters of earth and stone, and 8,500 meters of cofferdam.

The highest record for carrying sandbags for individuals in one construction is more than 900 bags, weighing 36 tons!

According to statistics from the health team of the division hospital, due to days of running, emergency rescue, and sun and rain, 60% of the officers and soldiers were frustrated. Many people were forced to be sent to rest by the health team. After waking up, they returned to the team again to continue to participate in the flood fighting.

This is the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

This is the Chinese soldiers in the new era.

Perhaps, standing on the flood control embankment in 1998, you will understand why Chinese soldiers wearing single cotton coats and eating fried noodles and snow were able to drive the modern American troops dozens of times stronger than themselves back to the 38th parallel side.

This spirit cannot be understood without being a returnee, relying solely on literary works and film and television dramas.

A reporter picked up a suicide note written on the dike with a ballpoint pen on a plastic bag of instant noodles, but it was not finished.

The handwriting of the suicide note was crooked and even some parts were unclear. After careful identification, it was revealed that it was written like this.

Second father, mother, grandpa, grandma, brother, brother:

Hello, the whole family!

When you saw this letter, you have already sacrificed heroically in the flood control and rescue. Please don’t be sad or sad.

Second Dad, I made you worry a lot until before. I was not very obedient and made you angry a lot because you always hoped to be a promising person. But I was willful again and again, taking one detour after another, giving up halfway when I went to school and repairing cars, but I refused to admit my mistake.

It is so difficult for you to raise your son to be a child. Before you can get a little filial piety, you will leave you forever. I am reluctant to leave and want to get together with you again. But it can only be an unrealized dream.

In the face of the flood, I don’t want to be a coward, I want to be a hero who stands tall and strong, and I don’t want to embarrass you. Although I have only gone through the short twenty springs and autumns and have not realized what you said to me, I have no regrets.

I want to eat the rice wine you made by grandma, and I will eat it since I was a child...

This unwritten suicide note was seen one day after Zhuang Yan fought against the flood, and it was a flood control record published by the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House.

These documentary journalists are military reporters. According to his description, the young soldier encountered danger before he finished writing. His troops set out for rescue and never came back...

The reporter said that the suicide note was real because people who had never experienced it could not write this kind of sentimental suicide note, and the ellipsis of the suicide note was added by himself, so he specially marked it.

At that time, two years have passed since the 1998 flood control, and it has been 2,000 years.

However, the solemnity of that day could not be held back. He found a corner and sat down, allowing the man's tears to flow freely along his cheeks, for those comrades who died.

This time, the Yangtze River flood formed eight flood peaks, starting from the first flood peak on July 2 and ending on August 31.

Zhuangyan followed the troops to guard the embankment for more than a month.

On August 31, after the eighth flood peak passed smoothly, the entire flood fighting military and civilians along the Yangtze River breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for the daily dispatch of officers and soldiers and local patrol teams to check the embankment, most of the officers and soldiers rest in the garrison during the rest of the time.

On the night after the eighth Hongfeng, Zhuangyan changed into a brand new camouflage uniform.

This is one of the more popular pieces of the teaching team, and it finally comes in handy now.

When I was taking a shower, my whole body hurt.

Rotten crotch, rotten shoulders, peeling on the back, and rotten feet...

Every day I have to go to the medical team to get the potion. Comrades, please help me wipe it and I help you wipe it. Although it hurts, compared to the victory of flood fighting, everyone is full of joy.

Although no one knows when the troops will be withdrawn, everyone knows that this day will come soon.

That morning, Lao Qi came over to order Zhuang Yan, Wang Datong and Xu Xingguo's name, saying that he asked the three of them to help the kitchen and accompanied his boss to the town to buy vegetables.

The three of them got on the truck, and the boss got on the truck soon.

"Huh? Boss, why are you wearing casual clothes? You violated the rules!" Zhuang Yan saw that his boss was wearing sportswear and a pair of flex shoes on his feet, so he joked: "You must have met a girl here, are you? Be careful to be dealt with!"

Not only the boss, but the soldiers in the other kitchen squad were also wearing sportswear, and the sportswear was all new.

The boss spat out solemnly and said, "Do you think I want to wear casual clothes? Nonsense! I tell you that when you arrive in the town later, the car will be parked near the vegetable market. Xiao Chen and I got off the car first, and you stay in the car, wait for me to pay, move the vegetables to the door of the vegetable market, and you come over and move them into the car."

Wang Datongqi said: "Buying a vegetable is not buying a space shuttle. Why do you cook like an agent behind enemy lines?"

The boss said, "Hmph! If I don't wear casual clothes, I can't buy any food."

"Ah?" Zhuang Yan and the other two looked at each other.

"You know nothing! You guys are rushing to rescue the dam every day, and you don't know what's going on in the world, right?" said the boss.

Zhuang Yan couldn't help it and said, "Boss, it's wrong for you to say that. We are working hard on the front line. You are more comfortable in the logistics, right? Don't show off. If you have anything to do, tell me quickly."

Wang Datong's gossip heart was already ready to move and agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."

The boss sat in the carriage, took out a box of cigarettes, distributed them to several people, then lit the fire, took a sip of smoke and said, "Around this, let alone this town, even if you go to Jingzhou City or S City, if you wear military uniforms, you won't be able to buy food."

"Why?" The solemn eyes rounded, "The people should welcome us very much."

The boss rolled his eyes and said, "I said that the people don't welcome us? No, right? You just welcome it too much. Since we came here for rescue, we went to buy vegetables. People saw you wearing a military uniform and refused to ask for your money!"

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned.

Unexpectedly, this is the case.

"I'm not kidding this." The boss said seriously: "Not only do I not charge money, I also stuffed you with one, egg, fruit, mineral water... My mother, the first time I encountered that scene, I really scared me and almost ran away in panic."

Speaking of this, he held a cigarette in his mouth and suddenly burst into laughter, with a slight pride in his expression.

"Speaking of this, this is the first time I feel the enthusiasm of the people. This person, you are for me, I am for you, you love me, I love you. You said before you joined the army, I didn't think it was okay to wear a military uniform. It's just that after the soldiers become oil, it's even less rare. But this time, to be honest..."

Speaking of this, the boss pointed at Zhuang Yan and waited for several people.

"I really feel that wearing this military uniform is really a bit sacred and missionary."

Zhuang Yan and the others were stunned for a while, laughed and said, "Boss, you are just a kitchen troupe! You are around the stove all day long, don't blow yourself to heaven!"

The boss rolled his eyes again: "What are you saying? Without our kitchen team, can you fight floods and rescue while hungry? You have to lie down in a short while! You don't think about it. These days, in addition to ensuring regular meals, we also have to protect your mung bean soup. You fight floods overnight, and we cook noodles and supper overnight. Without us, you can't do anything!"

"Yes, yes!" Zhuang Yan quickly apologized: "Boss, we're just kidding you, right? Don't be angry, I'll point you at you and give me a few extra pieces of meat later."

The boss grinned and sighed and said, "Oh, our division commander has ordered that all kitchen teams are not allowed to go out to buy vegetables in military uniforms, and they must wear casual clothes. I will pay the money later and move the vegetables out of the market. The people will probably have no choice."

"You have bought it for so many days, but they still don't recognize you?" Wang Damu said.

The boss said: "I go to different towns to buy every day, and the car is parked far away, so they won't find it."

Several people talked all the way and soon arrived in the town.

The boss and the cook went down to buy vegetables. The three of them were so bored in the car that they got out of the car for some air.

Standing by the car, after a while, Wang Datong said: "Zhuangyan, have you noticed that something is wrong?"

Zhuang Yan looked around and found that the people passing by were looking at him and the three of them. It was not the end. When Zhuang Yan's eyes met them, the other party must have stopped and smiled at them.

In this way, Zhuang Yan had to smile.

Soon, the students passing by saw them and began to salute them the Young Pioneers.

Zhuangyan and others had to return a military salute seriously.

Never thought that there would be such treatment, Zhuang Yan felt uncomfortable all over.

Although it was tiring, hard, and dangerous, he never thought about asking the people to be so enthusiastic about him at first.

"Let's go back to the car."

The three of them had to climb into the car and hide in the carriage, just like being a thief.

The three soldiers sat in the innermost part of the car like idiots, looking at me, I looked at you, and watched you for a long time.

Wang Datong suddenly laughed, saying, "Zhuangyan, Xu Xingguo, I think I can brag about this experience to others for the rest of my life!"

"Brave for a lifetime?" Xu Xingguo said: "You can blow."

Wang Datong said: "Why can't I brag? From now on, when I retire from the army and go home, even if I am richer than me, I dare to tell him, "It's a big deal to be rich. Have you ever lived for others in your life? But I have! If I have fought for others, I am more than you!"

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then she laughed.

Yes, how many opportunities do you have in your life to fight for strangers? How many people can fight for others?
Chapter completed!