The Second Team's engineering fleet and the self-propelled ships responsible for transporting emergency supplies completed their formation overnight, just like the ships of the First Team.
Even though they anchored in the river not far from the Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge pier after forming the group, the engines and auxiliary engines of the two tugboats and the ferry remained running, with their roaring sounds audible even while standing on the sub-dam that had been reinforced and raised by nearly a meter.
It's not just oil burning, it's money too!
Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to burn it like this.
But now is not a normal time; the flood peak is coming, the Yangtze River water level is rising sharply, and the hundreds of kilometers of Yangtze River embankment have been soaked in floodwaters for over a month, potentially facing the risk of massive breaches at any moment.
