Chapter 108: Thirty yuan for a winter melon?
At first, the flood only reached Zhang Chuan's knees, but within five minutes, it had reached his waist.

At this time, the hillside that was originally more than ten square meters now has less than three square meters of foothold!
"Boost!"

Zhao Long shouted loudly.

After successfully getting the four fellow villagers ashore, they immediately turned back!
After going back and forth several times, finally, only four villagers were left on the hillside.

Those were the four people who helped Zhang Chuan pull the rope!
At this time, the entire hillside had been completely covered by flood water. Standing on the top of the hill, the flood water had already reached their chests!
At this moment, they themselves are in danger and may be swept away by the flood at any time!

In the low place where Zhang Chuan was, the flood had already reached his shoulders!
In a few minutes, the flood will reach his head!

"Platoon leader!"

Zhao Long and others were immediately extremely anxious.

"Hurry! If you don't want me to die, take them away!"

Zhang Chuan shouted at Zhao Long!
"Yes! Platoon Leader, you must hold on!"

Zhao Long responded and immediately urged the remaining four villagers to evacuate quickly!
As a result, Zhang Chuan was under even greater pressure!

The river water rose more and more violently.

It crawled over his shoulders, climbed up his neck, and then to the edge of his chin!
At this moment, Zhao Long and his team still have a full one-third of the journey to go to get people to the shore safely!

"Squad leader! Hurry up! The flood is about to swallow you up! Speed ​​up!"

The students on the shore were so anxious that they jumped up and down and shouted.

The other villagers also gave it their all and tried their best to help pull the rope.

However, less than ten meters away from the shore, the flood had already covered Zhang Chuan's nose and mouth!

Only half of Zhang Chuan's head was still above the water!

"Hurry! Come on!!"

The students' faces changed instantly!
Pull it with all your might!
Half a minute later, the four fellow villagers finally reached the shore safely.

As for Zhang Chuan, he was completely submerged by the flood!

"Quick! Drag the platoon leader back!"

The students pulled the two thick ropes like crazy, but when they pulled them back, Zhang Chuan was nowhere to be seen!
“The platoon leader…was washed away by the flood?!”

"Platoon leader!"

Zhao Long grabbed a few impulsive teammates and prevented them from rushing into the dangerous situation on Zhang Chuan's side.

"Calm down! Jumping down would just be a waste of life!"

He warned sternly.

"But the platoon leader..."

Every student in the platoon had tears in their eyes and sorrow on their faces.

The villagers' eyes also turned red.

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, it is us who have harmed your platoon leader! We are so sorry!"

The villagers apologized to Zhao Long one after another.

"Don't say that, protecting you is our responsibility!"

Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard, reinforcements had arrived!

"Where's the platoon leader?"

The students were anxious and asked hurriedly.

"The platoon leader... was swept away by the flood..." Zhao Long said sadly.

"What?!" Everyone's face changed instantly.

Just then, a voice came out.

"Do you really want me to die?"

Everyone turned around suddenly and saw Zhang Chuan climbing up the shore gasping for air. They were surprised and happy!

"Platoon leader! You didn't get washed away! That's great!"

The villagers were also jubilant.

"Platoon leader, you are amazing!" Zhang Chuan said immediately: "Stop talking nonsense! Time is running out, and there are villagers waiting for us to rescue them! Quick, let's get to the higher ground and rescue the others! The house they are in won't last much longer!"

"Yes!"

The students in the fourth row were greatly encouraged to see Zhang Chuan return safely, and they were filled with strength.

Zhang Chuan commanded the new recruits: "Hurry up and take the villagers to the high ground to set up tents. Don't let them get wet in the rain! The superiors will immediately arrange personnel to transfer them to a safer place!"

"Yes!"

Then, Zhang Chuan divided them into several groups and sent them to different houses to rescue people.

Fortunately, the water flowing down from above was not particularly fierce. They relied on ropes and lifeboats to reach the bottom of the house steadily, and then helped the villagers one by one onto the lifeboat and sent them to the shore.

More than an hour later, all the villagers were rescued safely.

Zhang Chuan led everyone to rush to the town, crossed the river using the same method, and then used a military vehicle to take them to a temporary shelter in the town!
As soon as the matter was done, Zhang Chuan immediately called the company commander.

The company commander ordered them to go and assist other disaster-stricken villages immediately!

Without saying a word, Zhang Chuan led four rows of troops and rushed over there.

The flood will continue for quite some time, with new villages suffering from it every day.

All they can do is to quickly move out of dangerous places or the villagers trapped there.

The heavy rain continued to fall and the floods became more and more severe.

Many villages were swallowed up by water and the people were left homeless.

The whole country seemed to be weighed down by a huge dark cloud.

Zhang Chuan and the soldiers from the Seventh Company ran around in various villages, rescuing villagers and reinforcing river embankments, for fear that the flood would become even worse.

After about two weeks, the rain finally subsided.

Tens of thousands of soldiers fought with their lives and the flood in the city was brought under control.

The soldiers finally had time to catch their breath.

In the makeshift camp, the brothers of the Seventh Company were exhausted and each of them looked extremely thin.

In the past half month, they slept less than five hours a day, and their meals were basically cold dishes and steamed buns, which were not nutritionally adequate.

Life was already difficult at that time, and with so many people affected by the disaster, rescue efforts had to be carried out one after another.

Although it was hard and tiring, everyone was happy and had cheerful smiles on their faces.

Because they controlled the flood and saved many lives!

At this time, they felt extremely honored and proud!
They did not bring shame to the country and the people!
After returning to the camp, the company commander urged everyone to wash up and go to bed.

"Zhang Chuan, ask your team to send someone to go to the kitchen to buy some food to improve everyone's life. Everyone has been working too hard and needs to replenish their bodies."

Wang Fei said to Zhang Chuan.

"Let me do it." Zhang Chuan felt sorry for his teammates and wanted them to rest more.

"That's fine. You're strong." Wang Fei agreed.

Not long after, the kitchen staff and a representative from each platoon got on the car and headed for the vegetable market.

The kitchen squad leader arranged: "Let's split up. The four of you go buy winter melon and vegetables, and we'll go buy meat."

"This is money for groceries, you guys decide what to do with it. We're on a tight budget, so we don't have much, so try to pick the cheapest ones."

The head cook gave Zhang Chuan fifty yuan.

Zhang Chuan took it, nodded, and led the three brothers from the other platoon to wander around the vegetable market.

"Boss, how much are these winter melons?" Zhang Chuan and his friends politely asked the vendor selling winter melons.

The peddler glanced at Zhang Chuan and the others, and saw that they were wearing military uniforms, and there was a hint of cleverness in his eyes.

"Thirty dollars each!"

The vendor spoke.

"How many?"

Zhang Chuan and the others thought they had misheard and asked again.

(End of this chapter)