Chapter 540: Repairing the Dam

The road on the side of the dam is better than when you came just now, but it still affects everyone's footsteps and stumbles.

Forty minutes later, everyone finally arrived at the dam, but they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

Because this dam is not on the river, but spans between two mountains to stop the flood.

However, half of the gate valve of the dam has collapsed, and the whole is dilapidated and the situation is precarious.

At this time, if another flood hits, everyone can see that the dam will inevitably collapse if it can't hold on.

"Team... Captain, in this case, our presence doesn't seem to have any effect?"

Chen Shanming swallowed a mouthful of saliva and smiled bitterly: "When the flood comes, within half an hour, the whole place will be submerged. We stay here to die!"

Others also nodded, it seems that the dam is hopeless.

They were only special forces, not superman, and the flood came in just over two hours.

This kind of person doesn't have bubbling in the fully filled water!

Can't do anything at all.

Rather than all efforts in vain, it is better to take the opportunity to retreat.

Lu Yu frowned, staring at the dam in front of him and shaking his head: "No, the commander-in-chief has already explained, there are still people here, and even they haven't retreated, our dignified special a brigade, could it be so easily scared away ? Is this our style?"

"No matter what, go up and have a look first, if it is really irreversible, it is not too late to evacuate people, you can't just watch them have an accident!"

Lu Yu snorted: "However, as long as we can help, even if we risk our lives here today, we must live and die together with the dam, and we will never give up! Because behind us, there are several cities with millions of Our lives are all tied to us.”

"Our a brigade is doing things that others can't accomplish. If they can retreat, we will not retreat!"

Lu Yu spoke solemnly.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded: "Captain, we will listen to you, the a team will not retreat!"

Lu Yu waved: "Go, rush up."

The group walked through the ruins, hurriedly hurried, and finally came to the foot of the dam.

From a close look, the mess of the dam is obvious, and it is completely damaged.

But here, there are hundreds of people busy, rushing to repair the dam.

When they suddenly saw Lu Yu and the others coming, the crowd was stunned for a while, only to find that they were troops, and their faces were filled with surprise.

A middle-aged man wearing an engineering helmet and wearing a dirty overalls, trotted over to say hello: "Hello! I'm Zhou Zhenhui, the chief engineer of the dam restoration here. Excuse me, who is Comrade Lu Yu?"

Lu Yu stepped forward and shook hands with him: "I am, the commander-in-chief should have informed you already?"

Zhou Zhenhui nodded: "Yes, our Minister of Water Resources told me that someone will come to help later, it's just your people..."

"We are the vanguard, and most of them are still helping the villagers to transfer in the town. They will come over after they are done over there." Lu Yu explained.

In this regard, Zhou Zhenhui understands it very well: "The next flood peak is coming soon, and we are repairing the dam here to buy more time for the downstream! As long as it can be resisted here for a while, the downstream will have more time to dredge waterway to drain the flood."

Lu Yu asked the doubts in his heart: "I think this dam is already dilapidated, and it must not be able to withstand the next round of floods. What are you still busy with?"

Zhou Zhenhui smiled slightly: "What you said is true, but I don't know something. Although this dam has been seriously destroyed by the impact of the previous floods, we have already thought of this when the dam was built. , and made emergency preparations in this regard, storing a large amount of reinforced equipment and structures in the dam."

"Now, we have set up these reinforced equipment structures in front of the dam, and we only need to fill the sandbags inside! At that time, a protective barrier will be formed in front of the dam as a buffer zone for the dam."

"When the flood peak comes again, the buffer zone ahead will filter out most of the waves, so that the dam will be as stable as Mount Tai and last longer!"

After listening to his narration, Lu Yu was still puzzled: "Even if you said this method, the flood will still rush through the dam, and the downstream will inevitably suffer disasters."

Zhou Zhenhui smiled bitterly: "No way, it is impossible to stop the flood. This is the only feasible way that I can think of at the moment, but it can only slow down the impact of the flood and let the dam last longer."

Lu Yu pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "No, the process of dredging the waterway downstream cannot be completed in a short time, and the people in the town are still evacuating, even if they are all evacuated, but the flood is too fierce, who can Guarantee it won't happen?"

Zhou Zhenhui sighed inwardly: "There is no way out, I can only do this for the people in the lower reaches! Now, even if the national rescue team arrives, it is impossible to think of other better solutions in a short time..."

"Hey, people are helpless in the face of natural disasters!"

Everyone fell silent.

This is the truth!

Lu Yu frowned, and suddenly looked at the mountains on both sides of the dam and asked, "By the way, can we dig from both sides of the mountain to divert the floodwater?"

Zhou Zhenhui shook his head with a wry smile: "It's not that I haven't thought about this method, but it's too difficult to implement!"

Saying that, he pointed to the mountain on the left and said: "This mountain does have a river channel that can successfully divert water to the Yangtze River, which is 40 kilometers away, but the river channel was blocked by a large amount of sediment due to sudden mudslides. Now, only a small amount of water can be taken! The flood peak is coming soon, and there is no time to dredge the river to lead the water away..."

Lu Yu rubbed his chin and fell into contemplation. Suddenly, he had an idea: "Go, take me to the dam to see!"

Guided by Zhou Zhenhui, the group quickly rushed to the dam.

Because of the last flood, the elevator has been damaged, and everyone can only climb up the stairs.

Ten minutes later, it finally climbed to the top of the dam.

Outside the dam, there is a monstrous flood, and now the flood peak has not come, the scale is scary enough.

Standing on the dam, it feels like a flat boat in the waves. Any wave may knock the boat over.

Everyone will sink to the bottom of the sea!

"Chief, look, there is the location of the river!"

Zhou Zhenhui pointed to the nearby mountain and shouted, "However, the river is now completely submerged by the flood, and it has long been invisible."

Lu Yu looked in the direction he was pointing, and after looking at the terrain, he turned to Zhou Zhenhui and asked, "If we can blow up this mountain and expand the scale of the river, can we drain the water when the flood peak arrives?"

What?

Zhou Zhenhui's chin almost fell to the ground, staring, thinking he heard it wrong.

"You... what did you say? Blow up the mountain?!"