Continuous rainfall over the past few days and heavy downpour today has caused the Yong River's water level to surge, flooding all riverside buildings.
Looking out, the turbid floodwaters carry bamboo, wood, and various garbage, rolled around in the river, constantly battering the sandbag-built sub-dam. A wave hits, and several sandbags are washed away; hurriedly, sandbags must be carried up to patch up the breach.
Unable to stop with sandbags, use your entire body to press on sandbags, use your body to block the water!
After a whole night's battle, Political Commissioner Gui Yuesheng of the 362nd Regiment had already become a mud man, too exhausted even to encourage the morale of the troops.
Gui Yuesheng had seen floods before, staying on the Jingjiang Embankment for nearly a month during the flood-fighting efforts at Beihu in '98.
