Chapter 2162: The Sky Cleared

The torrential rain poured down like a waterfall, the surging flood roared, rampaging recklessly, and roads, power supply, and communications were all interrupted.

At this time, Tushanzi Village had turned into a vast ocean, the peace and tranquility of the past no longer existed, replaced by endless panic and despair.

Large areas of mud-walled houses could not bear the impact of the flood and collapsed one after another. Two speedboats split the muddy water surface and sped towards Tushanzi Village.

Before they even got close to the village, they could see countless flashlight beams dancing in the night sky from afar, like stars twinkling in the night sky.

"There are three trapped villagers over there, hurry over!" A desperate shout cut through the night sky.

"Comrade, we are here!" Another cry for help came from another place.

"The water has already submerged my house, and my mother is still on the roof, hurry and save her!" The cry for help with a sobbing tone was heartbreaking.

Cries for help came vaguely from all directions, but the night was as thick as ink, and the rain was pouring down, hitting the raincoats on their bodies, making a crackling sound.

Although Zhou Andong and the others were anxious, knowing that Tushanzi Village was ahead and many villagers were waiting for rescue in danger, it was too dark and the rain was too heavy, and their vision was seriously blocked, so they didn't dare to drive too fast.

However, no matter how slow, it was still a speedboat, and they drove into Tushanzi Village two minutes later.

Zhou Andong held a flashlight, and a bright beam of light swept across the surroundings, only to see many villagers standing on the roofs to take refuge.

What made him feel at ease was that beside every villager hiding from the flood on the roof, there were armed police officers guarding them.

Just half an hour ago, these armed police officers were racing against time, working closely to organize the relocation of the masses. However, the sudden flood came like a beast, and its swiftness caught everyone off guard.

Because the incident happened in a hurry, there was no time to make full preparations, especially the shortage of key rescue tools like rubber boats.

Facing the predicament, they quickly changed their strategy and decisively decided to send the masses to relatively solid house roofs to take refuge from the risk first.

They disregarded their own safety, some used their solid shoulders to carry the trapped, some carefully used their hands to hold the elderly and children, and some even used their heads to carry the injured to the roof to fight for every precious second.

At the same time, on the water not far away, several rubber boats sped like arrows off the string. They were rowing hard, approaching the villagers who were calling for help on the crumbling dangerous house roofs. They were racing against time to transfer the villagers in danger to a safe place.

In this thrilling rescue operation, everyone thought in one place and exerted strength in one place. A hot flame burned in everyone's heart, which was to guard the safety of all the masses.

"Zhao Yuhai, Liu Min!"

Suddenly, a shout from Han Shizhen, commander of the military sub-district, came from the speedboat driven by Lian Kai.

However, he shouted several times in a row, but never got a response.

Han Shizhen frowned and ordered Lian Kai loudly: "Comrade, hurry! Go over there!"

Hearing the order, Lian Kai slammed the steering wheel without hesitation, and the speedboat changed course instantly, flying towards the east.

On the other side, Zhou Andong also shouted at Wang Wentian beside him: "Follow!"

Before the words fell, Wang Wentian reacted quickly, controlling the speedboat to draw a beautiful arc, following closely behind Lian Kai and sailing towards the east together.

At this time, on a roof that was about to be submerged, a middle-aged man was carefully holding his stomach with both hands, and his legs were trembling rhythmically. If you listened carefully, he was still humming a nursery rhyme in Henan dialect.

"Out of the city gate to the due east, a garden of green onions, no one has asked for a few days, they have all become spirits. Green-headed radish calls himself the king, red-headed radish acts as the queen, the lotus root next door is anxious, and a letter of war is fought into the garden.

Bean sprouts kneel down to report the news, carrots hang as commanders to go on an expedition, brothers on both sides come to challenge, shouting and fighting for victory. Small onions pick up silver spears, rushing forward one by one..."

A young man beside him blinked: "Regimental commander, your nursery rhyme is quite good, have you sung it to your sister-in-law?"

"Is your skin itchy, kid?"

The middle-aged man was Zhao Yuhai, commander of the 700th Regiment. He unzipped his raincoat, and a chubby little guy was sleeping soundly in his arms.

"Lea... Leader!"

A woman behind him said gratefully: "You have suffered, let me hold the child."

"The little guy is asleep." Zhao Yuhai smiled: "If you wake him up again, it's better to let him sleep in my arms."

A man said somewhat embarrassedly: "Chief, it's too embarrassing to let you hold the child for us."

"What's so embarrassing about this." Zhao Yuhai shook his head and buttoned the raincoat again: "Wait until the rescue comes, and then I'll give the child to you."

"Regimental commander!" The young man tilted his ears and said: "It seems someone is calling your name."

The man also said: "It seems someone is really calling."

Zhao Yuhai was about to respond, but suddenly thought of the child sleeping in his arms, and said to the young man.

"You respond."

The young man walked two steps to the side, made a trumpet shape with his hands, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Here, Zhao Yuhai is here."

Zhao Yuhai's face turned black, he looked at the young man, and a very "cruel" smile appeared on his face.

You little rabbit, there is such a big flood, you are really floating, wait until the disaster relief is over, see how I train you.

In the blink of an eye, two speedboats arrived one after another and stopped in front of them.

"Zhao Yuhai!" Han Shizhen stood up, grabbing the eaves less than half a meter high.

"Chief!"

Zhao Yuhai hurriedly freed a hand, saluted, and opened his mouth to say something.

Han Shizhen waved his hand to interrupt: "Don't talk nonsense, tell me the situation, how many more masses have not been relocated."

Zhao Yuhai said immediately: "There are about three hundred more people. Because the flood came too suddenly, we were not prepared enough, so the villagers who didn't have time to relocate are all taking refuge on the roof. No casualties have been found for the time being."

Hearing this, not only Han Shizhen and Chen Wenqi and these leaders, but also Zhou Andong and Yao Jun breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Zhou Andong grabbed the eaves with both hands and climbed onto the roof: "Okay, hurry up and transfer the villagers to a safe place."

In the afternoon, Zhou Andong and Zhao Yuhai had already met, so Zhou Andong was not polite.

"I knew Chairman Zhou would definitely come."

Zhao Yuhai was not polite either, let the man and woman get on the speedboat, and then he unzipped his raincoat, revealing the sleeping little guy inside.

"Ah?" Zhou Andong laughed: "I said why your appearance was so strange, it turned out that there was something else in your arms."

"Hurry up and help, block the rain." Zhao Yuhai greeted everyone.

Zhou Andong and Yao Jun, including Han Shizhen who also climbed onto the roof, unzipped their raincoats, grabbed the raincoat lapels with both hands and lifted them up to shelter the little guy from the wind and rain.

The mother also carefully hugged the child over, and then learned from Zhao Yuhai, putting the child inside the raincoat.

Zhou Andong said to Wang Wentian: "The speedboat has a capacity of seven people, but it's okay to sit three or five more."

"Understood!" Wang Wentian stepped on the accelerator lightly, and the speedboat drove forward.

At this time, Chen Wenqi and Kang Yu also climbed onto the roof, and Lian Kai also left to rescue.

"Regimental Commander Zhao!"

Chen Wenqi stood on the roof, holding a flashlight and shining it back and forth, checking the situation around.

"How is the situation in Caiguang Village, Qianyuc Village, and Houyu Village?"

"Political Commissar Liu Min is over there. Now the communication is completely cut off, and the situation is unknown." Zhao Yuhai shook his head: "However, the Lingchuan River breached, and Tushanzi bore the brunt."

"The situation here is still optimistic. Caiguang Village, Qianyuc Village, and Houyu Village will definitely not be worse than here."

Chen Wenqi let out a long breath: "Where are the village cadres?"

"Before the flood came, I saw the village branch secretary." Zhao Yuhai looked left and right: "He should be nearby, on whose roof."

Chen Wenqi nodded. Now they couldn't do anything, they could only wait for the subsequent rescue forces to arrive.

Because there were two speedboats, plus the subsequent rescue, in more than two hours, all three hundred trapped villagers were transferred to a safe place.

Then, some people were left behind to start searching in Tushanzi to see if there were any missed trapped villagers.

Then, Zhou Andong and the others went to Caiguang Village, Qianyuc Village, and Houyu Village. The situation in these three villages was indeed much better than Tushanzi.

When the last batch of trapped villagers was transferred to the resettlement point, the rain gradually stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and a bright color appeared in the east. ===== CHAPTER 2163 =====