Those were the most memorable 80 hours of Majestic's life.

During these 80 hours, the rescue troops of the 1st Division had rotated in two batches.

During these 80 hours, a report later concluded that the distance from the embankment to the borrowing point was 26 meters in total. On average, each officer and soldier participating in the rescue ran more than 300 times, which was equivalent to running more than 90 kilometers in the muddy ground.

During these 80 hours, each soldier carried more than 1,000 kilograms of packing material.

After that, the 1st Division continued to be stationed in the flood control section of S City, faced four flood peaks successively, and dispatched more than 10 large and small dangers every day on average.

The longest continuous operation is 5 days and nights, and the non-stop time for officers and soldiers is 2 hours. During these 5 days and nights, 100 tons of sand and gravel were transported by force, 4,500 cubic meters of earth and stone, and 8,500 meters of cofferdam.

The highest record for a single soldier to carry sandbags in one construction is more than 900 bags, weighing more than 6 tons!

According to statistics from the health team of the division hospital, 60 percent of the officers and soldiers were smashed due to running, emergency rescue, and the sun and rain. Many people were forced by the health team to be evacuated to rest.

This is the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

This is the Chinese in the new era.

Perhaps, standing on the flood-fighting embankment in 1998, you will understand why Chinese people wearing single-padded jackets and eating fried noodles and snow can drive the modern US military dozens of times stronger back to the 38th parallel.

This kind of spirit cannot be understood by relying only on literary works and film and television dramas if not a soldier.

A reporter picked up an unfinished suicide note written on a plastic bag of instant noodles with a ballpoint pen on the embankment.

The handwriting of the suicide note is crooked, and even some places are not clear. After careful identification, it can be seen that it is written like this.

Second father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, elder brother, younger brother:

Hello to the whole family!

By the time you read this letter, your son has already died heroically in the flood fight. Please don't be sad or sad.

Second father, I have made you worry a lot until now, I am not very obedient, and I have made you angry a lot, because you have always hoped that your son can be a promising person, and I have been self-willed again and again and left. One detour after another, going to school, repairing the car, are all half-way, but I refuse to admit my mistake.

How difficult it is for you to raise your son to be an adult, and the son will leave you forever before he can show a little filial piety. I'm reluctant to leave, I want to meet you again, our family will meet again. But it can only be an unfulfilled dream.

In the face of the flood, I don't want to be a coward, I want to be a hero, I don't want to embarrass you. Although I have only gone through a short period of twenty years, I haven't realized what you said to me, my second father. I have no regrets.

I want to eat the rice wine made by your grandmother, from childhood to adulthood...

This unfinished suicide note was read from a book on the bookshelf in the army's reading room one day after Zhuang Yan fought the flood.

The reporter of these documentary literature is a military reporter. According to his description, the little soldier encountered danger before he finished writing. His troops set out for the rescue and never came back...

The reporter said that the suicide note was real, because people who have not experienced it can't write a suicide note of this kind of emotion, and the ellipsis at the end of the suicide note was added by himself, so it was specially marked.

At that time, two years had passed since the 1998 flood control, and it was already 2000.

However, the solemnity that day could not be held back, he found a corner and sat down, letting the man's tears flow arbitrarily down his cheeks for those comrades who sacrificed.

The Yangtze flood formed a total of eight flood peaks, starting from the first flood peak on July 2 and ending with the eighth flood peak on August 1.

Zhuang Yan followed the troops on the embankment for more than a month.

On August 31, after the eighth flood peak passed smoothly, the flood-fighting troops and civilians along the entire Yangtze River were relieved.

In addition to the daily dispatch of officers and soldiers to check the embankment with the local patrol team, most of the officers and soldiers rested in the station during the rest of the time.

On the night of the eighth peak, Zhuang Yan changed into a brand new camouflage uniform.

This is one of the frequently used sets by the coaching team, and now it finally comes in handy.

When I take a shower, my whole body hurts.

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

Every day, I have to go to the medical team to get the potion. My comrades, please wipe it for me, and I will wipe it for you. Although it hurts, everyone is full of joy compared to the victory in the flood fight.

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

This morning, Lao Qi came over and ordered the names of Zhuang Yan, Wang Datong, and Xu Xingguo, saying that the three of them would help the cook and accompany the boss to the town to buy vegetables.

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

"Huh? Boss, why do you wear casual clothes? You're breaking the rules!" Zhuang Yan saw his boss was wearing a sports suit with a pair of pull-back shoes, so he joked: "Didn't you know the girl here? Handle with care!"

Not only the boss, but another soldier in the cooking class also wore sports clothes, and these sports clothes were all new.

The boss sighed solemnly and said, "You think I want to wear casual clothes? Nonsense! Let me tell you, when we get to town later, the car will stop near the vegetable market, and Xiao Chen and I in casual clothes will get off first. Car, you stay in the car, and when I pay and move the vegetables to the door of the market, you can come over and load them into the car."

Wang Datong wondered: "Buying a vegetable is not buying a space shuttle. How come your cooking class is like a secret agent behind the enemy?"

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

"Ah?" The three solemnly looked at each other.

"You know shit! You are on the levee every day, and you don't know what's going on in the world, right?" said the boss.

Zhuang Yan couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Boss, it's not right for you to say that. We are working **** the front line. You are in charge of the logistics. Are you more comfortable than us? Don't be shy. If you have something to say, tell me quickly."

Wang Datong's gossip heart has long been about to move, and he echoed: "Yes, yes, hurry up, hurry up."

The boss sat down in the carriage, took out a pack of cigarettes, distributed it to a few people, then lit a fire, took a puff of smoke and said, "Around this place, let alone this town, even if you go to Jingzhou City or S City, if If you wear a military uniform, you can't buy food."

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

The boss rolled his eyes and said, "Did I say that the people don't welcome us? No? It's just too welcome, do you understand. Since we came here to rescue, we went to buy vegetables, and people saw you wearing a military uniform, dead and alive. They don't want your money!"

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

Didn't expect this to be the case.

"I'm not joking about this." The boss said seriously: "Not only did he not charge money, but he also stuffed you with a stuffed, egg, fruit, mineral water... My mother, the first time I encountered that scene, I really scared Lao Tzu. If it is broken, it will almost run away.”

Having said that, he was smoking a cigarette, and suddenly burst into a smile, with a slightly proud look on his face.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time I have felt this kind of enthusiasm from the common people. This person, you are for me, I am for you, you love me, and I love you. You said that before you became a soldier, I didn't feel like wearing it. How about a military uniform, it is not rare after it has become a soldier. But this time, to be honest..."

Speaking of this, the boss pointed at Zhuang Yan and the others.

"I really feel that wearing this military uniform is really a little sacred and a sense of mission."

Zhuang Yan and the others were stunned for a while, then burst into laughter and said, "Boss, you are in the cooking class! You spend all day around the stove, don't blow yourself up!"

The boss rolled his eyes again: "What are you talking about!? Without our cooking class, can you fight the flood when you are hungry? You will have to lie down in less than half a day! Don't think about it, these days, in addition to ensuring dinner, we have to Guarantee your mung bean soup, you fight the flood overnight, we cook noodles and supper overnight, without us, you can't do anything!"

"Yes, yes!" Zhuang Yan quickly apologized: "Boss, are we just joking with you? Don't be angry, I'll point you to give me a few more pieces of meat later."

The boss grinned and sighed and said, "Hey, our teacher has ordered that all the cooking classes are not allowed to wear military uniforms to go out to buy vegetables, they must wear casual clothes. After I have paid the money, the vegetables will be moved out of the market gate. , the common people probably will not be the same.”

"You bought it for so many days, and people still don't recognize you?" Wang Dazui said.

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

A few people talked nonsense all the way, and soon arrived in the town.

The boss and the cook went down to buy food. The three of them were bored in the car, so they got out of the car to get some air.

Standing by the car, after a while, Wang Datong said, "Zhuang Yan, have you noticed that something is wrong."

Looking around solemnly, he did find that all the people passing by were looking at him and the three of them. It was not over yet. When solemn eyes met them, the other party must have stopped and smiled at them.

As a result, Zhuang Yan had to return a smile.

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

The solemn few had to return the military salute seriously.

The solemnity of never expecting this kind of treatment felt uncomfortable.

Although fighting the floods was tiring, hard work, and dangerous, at first he never thought that the people would be so enthusiastic about him.

"Let's go back to the car and forget it~lightnovelpub.net~ The three had to climb into the car and hide in the car, just like being a thief.

The three soldiers sat in the back of the carriage like idiots. You looked at me and I looked at you for a long time.

Wang Datong suddenly laughed and said, "Zhuang Yan, Xu Xingguo, I think I can brag about this experience to others for a lifetime!"

"Bragging for a lifetime?" Xu Xingguo said, "You will brag."

Wang Datong said: "Why can't I blow it? From now on, I am discharged from the army and go home, even if I am richer than me, I will dare to tell him that if you have money, you are a fart. In your life, have you done anything for others? I have died for others? But I have! I have worked hard for others, and I am better than you!"

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

Yes, how many times in your life do you have the chance to fight for strangers? How many people can work hard for others?

Well, this cowhide can indeed be blown for a lifetime.