The time passed minute by minute, and the earthwork construction teams, Party Member Assault Teams, and auxiliary construction personnel welcomed a rare moment of rest.
However, waiting was a torment.
The floodwaters continuously battered and eroded the sub-dam that resembled a white Great Wall, while the engineering and transport fleets shook under the force of the rapids, producing creaking and clanking noises as the ships rubbed against each other.
The night was deep; none of the officers could sleep. They all looked towards the brightly lit development zone dunship, wanting to know the situation along the line.
In the past twelve hours, the Jingjiang Embankment had been in grave danger, with the City Flood Control Command reporting that at least thirty spots on the sub-dam had experienced flood overflow!
When soldiers come, we block them; when waters come, we cover with earth.
