In Wolf Fang, I Became the Godfather of Special Forces

The leader patted Tang Ming on the shoulder, entrusting him with an important task.

Tang Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir. As soldiers, we understand the responsibilities we bear."

"Even if it costs us our lives, we will rescue the trapped people."

After saying that, Tang Ming and the fourth platoon of soldiers got back into the vehicle and quickly headed towards Shangtang Village.

More than ten minutes later, due to a landslide, the road into the village was blocked by rocks and mud, and the truck could no longer move forward.

Tang Ming and his group had to get out of the car and walk into the village.

At this moment, the remaining half of the trapped villagers were gathered on the mountainside, where there was an open space of about 100 square meters.

It was a temporary shelter built by the quarry to transport stones, which became their temporary refuge at this time.

However, this place is not safe either. The surrounding mountains are bare with exposed rocks and no vegetation at all, resulting in severe environmental damage.

Because it is a rocky geological formation, it is relatively solid, and there was no collapse when the landslide occurred.

The village chief then led the villagers to hide here.

Hundreds of meters away from them, the houses in the village had already been swallowed up by the mudslide.

Below, the current was swift and the floodwaters were still carrying pieces of wood and furniture that were floating downstream.

Small landslides occur from time to time on the nearby mountain, and rocks continue to roll down from it.

The heavy rain continued to erode the rock face, and the villagers could clearly see that many cracks had appeared on the rock face.

If the rock face behind them collapses, then the hundreds of people here will have nowhere to escape.

They'll all be buried alive under the rocks!

Most of those remaining in the village are elderly people, women, and children; it would be very difficult for them to evacuate on their own.

The path up the mountain has long since disappeared. If you rashly head down the mountain, you might slip and fall into the dried-up stream below.

So no one dared to take the risk; they all huddled in this small area, their faces filled with fear and helplessness.

"Village chief, please call the government again and tell them to send people to rescue us as soon as possible!"

"If no one comes soon, we're all going to die here!"

A rural woman in her forties spoke to an old man with gray hair who was leaning on a cane.

The village chief was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet. Just as he was about to take out his phone to make a call, a sharp-eyed child suddenly pointed down the mountain and shouted.

"Look! Look! People's Liberation Army uncles!"

Upon hearing that the People's Liberation Army had arrived, all the villagers became excited and looked in the direction the child was pointing.

"Where? Where are they? Where are the People's Liberation Army?"

"Thank God! They've finally arrived! We're saved!"

"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army! We're here! Come and save us!"

Tang Ming and his group also heard the villagers' cries for help and immediately sped up their pace to the hillside.

However, due to the loose soil and the steep slope, they were not walking steadily.

They trudged through the mud and into the water to reach the villagers.

"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army, you've finally arrived! We all thought we were going to die here!"

As soon as Tang Ming and his group arrived, the old village chief excitedly grasped Tang Ming's hand, tears streaming down his face, and said with deep gratitude.

"Don't worry, fellow villager, everything's alright!"

After comforting the villagers, Tang Ming led his team to begin the rescue.

While they were carrying out the rescue, the troops were also rapidly reinforcing and upgrading the third line of defense on the dam!

The impact of the flood is getting stronger.

They don't have much time left!

"Commander! The dam is about to give way! Have all the villagers downstream been evacuated? If we don't release the floodwaters soon, it will be too late!"

The regimental commanders rushed to the division commander's headquarters and asked anxiously.

"One more hour! Hold on for just one more hour!"

The division commander said in a deep voice, "Tell the soldiers that no matter what, they must hold on!"

"Yes!"

Outside, the soldiers were still charging uphill like madmen, carrying sandbags.

As the floodwaters became increasingly powerful, many sandbags were washed away as soon as they were placed.

Some soldiers were even swept off the dam by the floodwaters and rolled down the slope, which was extremely dangerous!

Even so, the soldiers rushed forward with their bodies to fill the gap, and then held onto the sandbags tightly to prevent the flood from washing them away!

Time passed little by little.

Finally, an hour later, the organization issued the order: the floodgates could be opened!

The division commander and the other regimental commanders all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Quickly! Notify the dam staff to open all valves and release the floodwater!"

The division commander shouted the order!

"Yes!"

The soldiers outside, upon hearing that the villagers downstream had all evacuated, knew that they had finally held on, and they all cheered loudly in the torrential rain and mud.

However, after waiting for several minutes, the dam valve still hadn't opened.

The division leaders, who had initially been all smiles, gradually realized that something was wrong.

"What's going on? Why isn't the floodwater being released yet?"

The division commander shouted.

"report!"

A guard, pale-faced, ran over and loudly reported, "The dam staff said that the floodwaters were so powerful and severe that all three large valves have been deformed and cannot open automatically!"

"what?!"

The division leaders' faces changed drastically. "Damn it! How could this happen?!"

"If the floodwaters are not released in time, they will breach the embankment within half an hour and then overflow into the upstream and midstream areas!"

"More than 200,000 people in the upstream and midstream areas have not been evacuated. Once the floodwaters rise, they will all be swallowed up!"

Thinking of this, the division and regimental leaders were filled with despair!

They all knew the consequences of being unable to release the floodwaters!

The embankment couldn't hold up, so the higher authorities decided to sacrifice the downstream villages and let the floodwaters flow downstream.

They then dispatched a large force to evacuate all the villagers downstream.

But who could have imagined that the floodwaters couldn't be released at this time?

What about the villagers upstream and midstream?

It's simply impossible to evacuate all the villagers from the upstream and midstream areas in just half an hour!

Of course, they could continue to reinforce and raise the defenses to buy time for the villagers upstream and midstream to evacuate, but with the current flood level, they simply cannot hold out for long!

When the floodwaters breach the dikes, all 10,000-plus soldiers will be swept away by the floodwaters!

With such a terrifying amount of floodwater, even a god would find it difficult to survive if they were swept into it!

The leaders panicked!

The soldiers panicked!

It's impossible to prevent, and it's impossible to let it all out!

Does this mean that they and the more than 200,000 villagers are simply destined to be submerged by the flood?!

"Initiate the demolition!"

The division commander said in a very deep voice, "Contact the higher-ups immediately and have them send me the explosives as quickly as possible!"

blasting?

Good idea!

The regimental commanders' eyes lit up.

"But even if we can use explosives, it will take at least an hour for the explosives to arrive! The dam simply can't hold up for that long!"

A regimental commander shouted.

"Quickly ask the dam staff if there are any explosives here! Hurry!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the guard ran over excitedly and said, "Reporting to the division commander, there are explosives! But they said they only have traditional explosives, not the electronically detonated ones that our troops use!"

"Given the location of the dam gate, people would have to jump down to plant the explosives on it."

"But now, the floodwaters keep rushing down from above, and people can't get down at all! It's like a giant waterfall there."

"Even if people go inside and install the explosives, they must detonate them inside!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions!

Let's not even talk about whether people can get in.

Once inside, the person who detonates the explosives will only face one outcome: either be blown up along with the sluice gate, or be swept away by the hundreds of thousands of tons of floodwater after the sluice gate is blown open!

There is only one way out: death!

"No time! Detonate manually at close range! I'll carry it out!"

The division commander shouted loudly, his eyes red.

"No! Commander, let me do it!"