AWB Chapter 1036 Flood Breaks Through the Dike
Chapter 1036 Flood Breaks Through the Dike
With a deep, long hum, a crack appeared on the dam wall on the back side of the Longkou Dam.
The river water blocked by the dam and sluice gates continues to exert pressure.
Inside the dam, the stones and iron tenons inside squeezed and rubbed against each other, producing a teeth-grinding 'crunch... creak...' sound.
Immediately afterwards, the cracks spread and expanded rapidly from bottom to top!
With a deafening roar, the stone blocks that formed the embankment were dented and cracked by the unimaginable water pressure.
The entire embankment seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand, and then it exploded with a bang.
Stone fragments of varying sizes were carried away by the turbid river water and sprayed out.
One collapse triggered a chain reaction, and the massive Longkou Dam collapsed like dominoes.
Without the obstruction of the Longkou Dam, the river water stored at the dam gushed out from the breach with the force of destruction.
Countless dam remnants, broken giant trees, and boulders were easily swept away by the flood.
The sound produced in that instant caused the eardrums of people within a radius of several miles to ring.
At the same time, the earth trembled violently, and nearby people lost their footing and fell to the ground.
At this point, the initial section of the gushing floodwaters is not smooth.
It was as if countless swirling giant waves were greedily devouring everything in front of them.
It swallowed up everything, from houses, trees, and fields along the roadside to people who were too heavy to walk fast.
The people who were still on their way looked up and saw the giant wave that was more than ten meters high, and screamed in despair.
The cries of the dying were easily drowned out by the enormous roar of the flood.
At this moment, those swept away by the flood were filled with regret for not throwing away their belongings sooner!
Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life.
In the instant they were swept away by the flood, boulders, broken logs, and other objects carried by the floodwaters, swirling within the eddies, continuously smashed against their bodies and heads.
He lost his life in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Shi Yingguang and others had just left the Longkou dike.
When I heard the loud noise behind me, I didn't dare to turn around.
They could only frantically whip the reins, trying to make the horse run faster and faster!
Fortunately, only the section of the dam that was blocking the flow of water at the Longkou Dam has been destroyed so far.
The dikes on both banks upstream of the dam are currently holding up.
The floodwaters behind them rushed out and slowly spread upstream.
But compared to its destructive force when it goes downwards, its upward spread can be described as gentle.
They ran away for an unknown amount of time, and only when they heard no sound behind them did they dare to turn around and look back.
By this time, the once massive dam had long since disappeared.
The Yingjiang River, which was originally confined by dikes, has long since changed course.
To be precise, all the areas below are now part of the Yingjiang River channel.
The river, which was expanding and turning into a muddy mess, had long lost its former clarity.
In the distance, the roar of the floodwaters could still be faintly heard, interspersed with the desperate screams of humans.
The sound, set against the backdrop of the enormous roar of the flood, was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
Shi Yingguang jumped off the carriage and looked at the vast yellow ocean behind him.
What flashed through my mind were the people I had met on my journey.
Among those faces were people he recognized.
But now, all those people are gone!
Was it just swept away by the flood?
It all happened so suddenly that he felt somewhat disoriented.
For a moment, he even thought he was so scared that he was having a delusion.
But the strong earthy smell in the air, mixed with the stench of riverbed silt, slowly brought him back to his senses.
Yes, the floodwaters have indeed breached the dikes.
The people behind them really didn't come out either.
If he had discovered the situation at the Longkou Dam earlier, these people wouldn't have died.
And how many more people from Nanji City and Anliang City downstream fled?
Imagining so many people who had died, a strong sense of guilt filled Shi Yingguang's mind.
He staggered and fell to the ground with a thud.
His clothes were quickly soaked by the mud and water, but he was completely unaware.
Wu Tongzhi snapped out of his daze and helped the man up.
When everyone got back into the carriage, a deathly silence fell over them.
Even Zhen Xiaoren looked grim.
Nearly half of his soldiers did not come out.
It seems unlikely that things will work out in Nanji City.
I wonder if those from Anliang City have escaped to the nearby mountains.
It seems that of all the soldiers he has painstakingly raised for so long, only those who had their supplies transported up the mountain in advance remain.
Fortunately, he survived!
As long as he is alive, everything can be rebuilt!
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On the way, Lu Qingqing was unaware of the flood dike breach; she was riding her horse toward Anliang City.
When she passed through Nanji City just now, she went in and took a look. Most of the people in the city had already evacuated.
She planned to go to Anliang City to take a look. Once Anliang City had been largely evacuated, she would go directly to the docks near Anliang City.
If all the ships over there have already been moved, that would be best.
If not, she would find an opportunity to store it in her spatial storage.
They will be released quietly after the floodwaters recede.
However, the distance between Anliang City and Nanji City is quite far.
We've been running for so long, but we've only covered half the distance.
After passing Nanji City, there were hardly any people on the road.
She remembered that when she looked at the map before, there seemed to be a not-too-high mountain to the north of Anliang City.
It is estimated that the people of Anliang City may have fled to that mountain.
Just then, I suddenly heard some noise not far behind me.
It's probably still quite far away, so I can't hear very clearly.
Just as she turned around to look, the sound grew louder and clearer.
A continuous rumbling sound came from behind, and the ground beneath our feet began to tremble slightly.
At the same time, a flock of birds flew overhead, their wings beating, conveying a sense of panic.
Lu Qingqing already had a guess in her mind.
But when she saw that towering, rapidly moving 'yellow wall' several meters high on the distant horizon, she was so shocked that her breath caught in her throat.
The once sturdy and solid embankment was easily destroyed and washed away by the giant yellow wall!
The ground, still tinged with green, was swallowed up by the giant yellow wave in mere seconds.
The sounds of the wind, the rain, and my increasingly rapid heartbeat were all drowned out by the 'roaring' that grew closer and clearer.
Lu Qingqing grabbed the horse's mane and slipped into the spatial dimension.
The quiet and peaceful environment in the space gradually calmed her rapidly beating heart.
Qin Lang noticed that her expression was off, so he brought over a stool and helped her sit down.
Lu Qingqing, however, disregarded all of this and extended her thoughts into the space to see what was happening outside.
But just as the thought left his mind, the roaring flood arrived.
In that yellow flood, rocks, trees, mud bricks from houses, and even the corpses of dead people pressed down on her in that instant.
The suffocating feeling of impending death made her immediately withdraw her thoughts.
Inside the space, she collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath.
Once I calmed down and extended my mind again, the outside world had turned into a vast yellow ocean.
Various items floated in the swift current.
Lu Qingqing looked at the flooded area by the roadside and found a boat that could carry about a dozen people.
The boat was just the right size for her and Qin Lang to row, and it wasn't too long to avoid hitting the bottom.
She and Qin Lang sat on the boat, then disappeared into the distance.
The moment it emerged, the boat was violently rocked by the raging floodwaters.
The two were prepared and gripped the edges of the boat tightly.
After regaining his footing, Qin Lang, sitting at the stern, gripped the rudder and turned the rudder blade at the stern, trying his best to control the direction.
However, the current was quite rapid, and the boat was being pushed along by the flood.
The two sat on the boat, drifting with the flood.
The force of the flood was so great that it could easily toss over already heavy boats.
Lu Qingqing felt that she and the boat beneath her were like a leaf on the water, so light that they felt weightless.
During this time, dirty floodwater splashed onto the two men's bodies and faces from time to time.
The two squinted and tried for only a short while before realizing that it simply wouldn't work.