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When other people heard Lin Xunyang's words, they didn't know what to say. These army forces are treating the flood resistance as a war!

But then again, in fact, the military really took this flood fight as a battle!

Because they received a combat order!

A serious battle order!

Although it is said that it is not an enemy to fight, but to fight the flood, the order is the order. Since the Son of Heaven asked the troops to fight the flood, then the army will fight the flood.

Lin Xunyang expressed his opinion on behalf of the army, and a colonel from the navy also spoke, but there was no large-scale naval fleet on the Henan side, only a Yellow River squadron.

Don't look at the name of the Yellow River Squadron, but the actual scale is not comparable to that of the Canal Fleet. It only has more than 20 small inland ships, of which only seven are inland warships, and the largest ship is also It's just an 80-ton B-class inland warship, and its strength is poor.

In recent years, the navy has been greatly expanding its army, but the expansion is all ocean fleets, and they are not very enthusiastic about the expansion of the inland fleet, and even reduce the size of the inland fleet, so as to free up manpower to expand the ocean fleet.

During the War of Reunification, the navy's inland river fleet was huge. There were dozens of Class A inland water warships of more than 100 tons alone, and the total of Class A and Class C inland river warships of dozens of tons reached more than 300 ships.

However, after the end of the Unification War, they were cut down one after another. Today, there are only more than 20 A-class warships left, and they are basically deployed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. , which is scattered into rivers and lakes all over the country, and there is not much left.

However, although the strength is small and the personnel are not many, the navy still belongs to the army, and they naturally have to participate in the flood fight. They have mobilized all the ships to patrol the Yellow River day and night to monitor the situation.

At the same time, they also began to organize some civilian ships to rescue, transfer people, and transport materials, especially food.

At the same time, the navy also stated that they have prepared several large-tonnage ships and are on standby at any time. If there is any danger, they will directly take measures to block the gap by sinking ships.

Both the army and the navy said they would do everything possible to participate in the flood control!

This made Xiao Baoguan's heart a little calmer!

Fighting floods is a matter of high organizational requirements. Although local yamen can recruit a large number of people, it is actually very difficult to prevent so many people from participating in flood fighting.

The military does not have any problems in this regard. With an order, tens of millions of people will go to the designated area and then participate in the construction of dams and other affairs.

Moreover, the soldiers of the military are all strong and physically strong, and their physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary young men. One person can handle the workload of several civilians.

After all, the standard of living is still relatively low these days. It is not easy for ordinary people to eat enough, even if they are young and strong, but many of them have few muscles. Like the soldiers in the military, all of them are physically fit. Strong and muscular.

Xiao Baoguan immediately said: "With the full help of the military, we will surely be able to survive this embarrassment!"

However, after Xiao Baoguan said this, he didn't say much. After all, the separation of military and government, in such matters involving military affairs, more words must be lost, even in the fight against floods.

The relationship between their local yamen and the military has never been very good. There is no way. In the environment of separation between the military and the government, there is no conflict, but there is no conflict. Otherwise, the Son of Heaven would think that these officials and generals colluded to rebel.

The same is true for the flood fight this time. The military is the military, the locality is the locality, and the two do not interfere with each other, but this is just a tacit attitude on the surface. In fact, the two sides still have to cooperate, and the military does not It is very likely to fight alone, and many things still need to follow local arrangements.

After all, if they were to fight, it would be simple and straightforward.

But for things like fighting floods, their army is really unprofessional. Although there are enough troops, they still have to listen to local opinions on how to do it.

The commander of the 13th Army, Lieutenant General Xue Changhuan, had already given him instructions. This time, in fighting the flood, he should try his best to cooperate with the local area and give full play to the strengths of the army itself.

What are the advantages?

fight? Certainly not!

Fight against the flood!

In the face of floods, the strength of the military is to be a sapper!

The army digs fortifications every day. Although these fortifications are not the same as building dams, they are both civil engineering works. The army said that there is no problem at all.

Although it is said that Major General Lin Xunyang, the garrison commander of Henan Province, is not under the control of the 13th Army, but the first level of the official university crushes people. He is a lieutenant general of the army, and he is also the commander of the field army and the real power lieutenant general of the military. , in the future, there is hope that he will continue to rise a step further and become an admiral.

That was something he could compare to a person who couldn't even compete for the position of division commander of the main infantry division, and was forced to serve as a garrison commander in a local area after the final defeat.

What Xue Changhuan of the 13th Army said, even if it was not an official order, he had to listen.

Therefore, in order to show the attitude of the army, Lin Xunyang did not say much in the follow-up meeting, but listened to the local officials saying that they were talking about strengthening the river bank there and building a spare river bank there. Discuss what area is to be used as a flood discharge area, and sacrifice a place to ensure the safety of the Yellow River.

He didn't intervene in these matters, but only when they talked about strengthening a certain section of river embankment and building a certain section of spare embankment, and when there was still a shortage of manpower, he would only open his mouth: "No problem, leave it to our army!"

There was not much disagreement between the military and the government on how to fight the flood.

Soon, the meeting was over, and everyone put on their raincoats and walked out of the governor's yamen.

Braving the light rain, he took a group of people to board the river bank again, and saw Fang Xinxi, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Fang Xinxi's appearance was even more embarrassed than his Xiao Baoguan. Xiao Baoguan had not slept well, his eyes were bloodshot, and his feet were stained with a lot of muddy water when he was on the road.

But this Fang Xinxi looked tired and exhausted. Only after asking this question did he know that this person had been on the river bank for two days!

No matter if this person was forced because of pressure, he just wanted to show off, but Xiao Baoguan was very pleased to be able to do this.

No matter what he thinks, but he only needs to see the performance!

With such a prefect living on the river bank, it is estimated that few people dare to neglect it!

The county magistrates below, the mayor of each town, etc., are also on the front line of the flood fight with their subordinates and conscripted civilian husbands.

No matter how things turn out in the end, local officials are on the front line of fighting the flood. Even if some of them are unwilling to come for fear of death, even the governor Xiao Baoguan himself came to the river bank twice in a row. The prefects of Kaifeng all live on the river embankment. If you dare not come, you will be taken off the black gauze hat in minutes. Believe it or not!

Entering the temporary thatched hut on the river bank, Xiao Baoguan took off his raincoat, greeted these officials one by one, and some of the village sages, and emphasized that he must not take it lightly, and then went back.

This is not something like going back to the governor's yamen to rest or something. Now that he is off the river bank, he still has a lot of things to do.

First of all, he went to a place several kilometers away from a relatively dangerous embankment. This was the place where they temporarily selected a spare embankment, and they were going to build a temporary embankment depending on the local terrain.

In this way, the floodwater will not directly ravage a large plain area after the dangerous river bank bursts, but it can be blocked here.

On the construction site of the spare river embankment, tens of thousands of people and thousands of soldiers can be seen working hard.

These days, there is no construction machinery and equipment, only shovels, hoes and other tools can be used to dig a little bit, and human shoulders are used to carry soil and rocks.

This is also doomed, as long as there are many people who want to do any project, and such as the construction of a spare river bank with a length of several kilometers, and it also needs to be repaired in a short time, there are no tens of thousands of people. Count on.

Fortunately, Xiao Baoguan received an emergency alert from Jinling City a few days ago before the rainstorm, and arranged related work two days in advance. At the beginning of the rainstorm, a large number of young people were organized to participate in flood control.

Otherwise, it will be a few days late before it can move.

At this critical moment, the gap between one or two days is enough to decide life and death!

After Xiao Baoguan inspected various construction sites, he returned to the city. Why did he return to the city? Naturally, instead of going back to sleep, he wanted to personally summon the gentry and big businessmen in Kaifeng City and the surrounding areas.

Why, let them pay!

Fighting floods, don’t look at just mobilizing people to build dams or something, but in fact it costs quite a lot. The people involved in flood fighting are tens of thousands of people, and they need to prepare food and medicine for them, all of which cost money. .

However, the government finances have little money!

Henan's local finances have always been poor, and there is no way to do it. This place was originally an agricultural province, and due to the impact of the flooding of the Yellow River, the civil affairs revenue was not high, and the local fiscal revenue was naturally low.

Over the years ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has finally developed industry in Kaifeng and established more than ten factories, but these factories are small and medium-sized factories, which basically cannot provide much help for local finance.

The local finances have no money, but to fight the flood, and then to provide disaster relief, this requires more money. Do you have to wait for the finance department to allocate funds?

Then the day lily will be cold, maybe even the city of Kaifeng will be submerged, and the money from the finance department has not been allocated yet!

In the event of a major event, the government organization, big households contribute money, and small households contribute, this has always been the way of dealing with the Huaxia Dynasty, even in the Tang Dynasty, it is not exempt.

Of course, the Datang Empire has never engaged in forced apportionment, which is not in line with the benevolence and righteousness of the Datang Empire!

The Datang Empire was often carried out in the form of donations, and when something happened, it would convene large households to raise donations.

In theory, donating more, donating less or not donating is entirely voluntary!

Well, only in theory! Valley Emperor