Chapter 20 Chapter 19 The Heroic Spirit of Heaven and Earth, Between Ganpo and Yunshui——Three Chapters of Water Control in Jiangxi
The legend of Dayu's flood control is the beginning of a heroic epic.To some extent, it can be said that the history of the survival and development of the Chinese nation is a history of water control, and therefore also a history of heroes.
In this history of heroes, Jiangxi occupies a glorious page.
Up to now, on the Dahanyang Peak on the top of Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province, there are still the legendary relics of Dayu's flood control. "Shangshu Yugong" records: Xia Yu controlled the water, "crossed the Jiujiang River to Fuqianyuan".Sima Qian said in "Historical Records": "Yu Nan climbed Lushan Mountain, watched Yu and dredged Jiujiang." During Dayu's flood control, he came to Pengli, which is now Poyang Lake.There are several peaks in Daze, the mountains are vast, and they are like islands. Among them, Fuqianyuan has traditional residences. After the Pengli River receded, it turned into a towering mountain, which is the current Lushan Mountain.The place where Dayu's boat landed still exists on Yuwangya.Boyi, the author who accompanied Dayu to control the water, engraved the text describing the process of governing Peng Li on the stone wall.Later generations translated it into seal script and carved it in a stone room under the stone wall for preservation.Thousands of years have passed, and the six characters "Hong Huang Yang Yu Nai Tuo" can be vaguely recognized.
The people of Jiangxi were the first to participate in the nationwide water control movement, which is extremely large in scale by the Chinese nation.Flood control is the fate of Jiangxi people, and it is also a portrayal of the great spirit of Jiangxi people.
Marx: Any myth is the "natural and social formation itself" of the people's fantasy.
Jiangxi is located on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, adjacent to Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, and Anhui. The mountains on the edge form the natural boundary and watershed between provinces.There are more than 2,400 large and small rivers in the territory, with a total length of more than 18,000 kilometers. The Yangtze River flows through the northern edge of Jiangxi, and the Ganjiang River, Fuhe River, Xinjiang River, Raohe River, and Xiushui River flow into Poyang Lake and flow into the Yangtze River, forming Poyang Lake to connect a river. The water system pattern of the Five Rivers.The mouth of the river is the demarcation point of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Such a complete regional delineation and self-contained water system are rare in other provinces.
As a province with a relatively large proportion of agriculture, there are three mountains, six rivers and one field. Abundant water resources are an advantage, but at the same time they are often a disadvantage;Due to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, there is abundant rainfall, with an average annual rainfall of about 1,600 mm and an average annual runoff of 156.5 billion cubic meters.Specific geographical characteristics and climatic conditions make the temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation uneven in the province, and frequent floods and droughts.Floods in northern Jiangxi, drought in central Jiangxi, and soil erosion in southern Jiangxi are the basic water regimes in Jiangxi Province.
The available records of floods in Jiangxi in the past dynasties are excerpted from the sixth year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty [AD 381] to 1990, a total of 692 years of floods and droughts, spanning 1610 years, including 310 years of floods and 226 years of floods and droughts. Years, a total of 536 years of floods.
How to avoid harm, rejuvenate profits, and benefit the people, for thousands of years, the people of Jiangxi have been persevering, and have created countless shocking achievements.
Some scholars pointed out that the scale and achievements of Jiangxi's water and land control are much larger than those of neighboring agricultural provinces.Especially in the Song Dynasty, Jiangxi's water conservancy and farmland construction was called "leap" development.Mr. Wen Shidan wrote in the article "Agricultural Science and Technology in Jiangxi during the Eastern Wu-Southern Song Dynasty": In Jiangxi in the Song Dynasty, the water conservancy industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and the quantity and quality of various water conservancy projects have greatly exceeded that of the previous period.A total of 20 large and medium-sized water conservancy projects were built in Jiangxi in the Tang Dynasty, but 320 were built in the Song Dynasty, which is 16 times that of the Tang Dynasty.During Wang Anshi's Xining reform period alone, 997 water conservancy sites of various kinds were built on Jiangnan West Road [about today's Jiangxi], with an irrigated area of 4,675 hectares.In the first year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty [1174], a total of 2,245 ponds and ditches were built on Jiangnan West Road, which could irrigate 44,244 hectares of grain fields [according to "Jiangxi Tongzhi"].During the reign of Ningzong, thousands of ponds were built in Jiangzhou [now Jiujiang].Tiansheng [1023-1032] and Ming Dao [1032-1033] built stone dikes in Fengcheng. In the Southern Song Dynasty, they repaired and added sub-dikes many times to lengthen the stone dikes.Fan Chengda said: Fengcheng "is very dense along the stone dike, as dense as a Qiantang, if it is not as good as it is, it will not be able to keep together."The construction of stone dikes is a reflection of the high technology of water conservancy engineering. The stone dikes can be built flat and wide, and their airtightness can be compared with Qiantang's embankments, which can better reflect the level of construction.
The south of the Yangtze River has been in ancient times, with mountains and hills, fields and fields, a beautiful and graceful area.Once upon a time, the rivers and lakes were turbulent, dark, turbulent, and gloomy.In the vicissitudes of life, countless heroes have stepped forward, leaped to the forefront, led the group, resisted evil and curbed the water, leaving eternal merit and fame.Among them, Xu Xun has the deepest and most extensive influence and is the most representative.
Xu Xun, a Taoist priest in the Jin Dynasty, was named Jingzhi. Because he was the magistrate of Jingyang, Shu County [now Deyang County, Sichuan], he was also called Mr. Jingyang. He was born in Runan and his family was in Nanchang.The introduction of his family background in the Taoist "Twelve True Monarchs" is very simple: "Zu Yan, father Su, the world is up to the Tao." Year] On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, the mother first dreamed of a golden phoenix dropping in her arms and was pregnant.Born to be enlightened, with a beautiful appearance.The young and the small are connected, and there is no disobedience to things. "Clouds and Seven Signs" says: When Xu Xun was young, he once went hunting in the field and shot a doe. The deer fetus in the doe's belly fell to the ground. Regardless of its own arrow wound, it turned back and licked its body sadly. Son, soon to die.When Xu Xun saw it, he was overwhelmed with emotion, so he abandoned his bow and arrow, and determined to learn.In the future, he will be well-versed in classics and history, and he will learn the books of astronomy, geography, calendar, and five elements, and he especially likes to practice immortals.He studied under the famous Taoist priest Wu Meng, known as Dadong Zhenjun.
In the first year of Jin Taikang [AD 280], Xu Xun was promoted as Xiaolian. He was 42 years old at the time. Like, because later people called Xu Jingyang.Later, seeing that the Jin Dynasty was about to be in chaos, he abandoned his official position and returned to the east, wandering the rivers and lakes, seeking the ultimate way.He once worshiped Chen's mother as his teacher, and obtained the Supreme Lingbao Jingming Dharma, and was revered as the Patriarch of the Jingming Dao School.Afterwards, he retreated into seclusion and practiced unremittingly.He is the author of "Taishang Lingbao Jingming Feixian Duren Sutra", "Lingjianzi", "Shihanji", "Jade Box Ji" and other books.Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty conferred the title of Daoxuanying Shengong Miaoji Zhenjun, and was certified as the envoy of Tianshu, one of the four ministers of Tianfu.Later generations respected him as the ancestor of Jingming Taoism, and together with Qiu Hongji, Zhang Daoling and Ge Hong, regarded him as the four great masters of Taoism.Because of the sublime Taoism and the great reputation, many people seek to be disciples from time to time.
In the second year of Ningkang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty [AD 374], Xu Xun died at the age of 136.In the first year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty [AD 376], people built a Taoist temple for it at the foot of Xishan Xiaoyao Mountain, 30 kilometers southwest of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. It was originally named Xuxian Cave. It was promoted to a palace, and the emperor personally wrote "Yulong Longevity Palace" as a gift. The word "longevity" first appeared in "longevity without bounds" in the earliest surviving collection of poems in my country. It is synonymous with "long live" and "long live" and was originally a eulogy to the emperor.In the second year of Zhenghe (1112) of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, he was posthumously named "Shengong Miaoji Zhenjun". Qing Palace, Laozu Hall, Chenmu Hall, Langong Hall, Xuanzong Hall and five pavilions of Jade Emperor, Ziwei, Sanguan, Imperial Book, and Jade Book, as well as 12 small halls, 7 floors, 3 corridors, 7 gates, and 36 halls .The scale is so large that it is "the residence of the king" and has become one of the largest Taoist holy places in China.In the fifteenth year of Emperor Wuzong Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty [1520], the emperor inscribed the forehead "Miaoji Wanshou Palace", and made major repairs to the palace buildings. In the Qing Dynasty, the Guandi Pavilion and the palace gate were added.Later, it went through abolishment, and when new China was founded, there were still five halls, courtyard walls, mountain gates, and ritual gates.Inside the palace gate, the glazed tiles of the main hall, double eaves and painted buildings, are resplendent and magnificent.In the embroidered gold curtain, the statue of Zhenjun sits in the center, and the head of the sitting statue is made of brass, weighing 500 catties. 12 Immortals lined up on both sides, Wu Meng and Guo Pu stood in front of the altar.In front of Gaoming Hall and other three halls, there are six towering ancient cypresses that are old and vigorous, evergreen all the year round, and it is said that the largest one was planted by Xu Xun himself.The octagonal well on the left side of the palace gate is said to have been made of cast iron pillars by Xu Xun, and the chains hooked the ground veins to prevent flooding.
During the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, He Zhengong, a Taoist priest of the Yulong Longevity Palace in Xishan, prayed for Xu Zhenjun to come to rescue the war, and Xu Xun taught him the "Flying Immortals to Save People" and "The Great Law of Loyalty and Filial Piety".In the Yuan Dynasty, Taoist Liu Yu used "Jingming" as the name of the sect, the main classic was "Jingming Zhongxiao Quanshu", and Xu Xun was regarded as the patriarch.
Taoism believes that in addition to the places where ordinary people live, there are 36 caves and 72 blessed places where immortals live.Xishan, where Xu Zhenjun lived and practiced, is the fortieth blessed land.Because he passed away here, it is also called "Feisheng blessed land".
In folklore, Xu Xun got the treasure book talisman coupons and the method of killing evil and flying steps.Demonstrating loyalty and filial piety, removing tediousness and harshness, opening up good ways, and making officials and people obedient.Touching stones to turn them into gold, sending Fu on behalf of the people, and using bamboo to give water, the sick can live.The government of benevolence has been heard far and wide, and admired to the utmost. It is shaped in various songs: red clouds, purple covers and verdant plants, and the fairy palace is full of spring.When Xuanhe came, Qingniu passed by, Taishang Laojun once predicted: "I know it. Four hundred years later in Jiangxi, there will be a place called Xishan, where dragons and tigers sit, and water surrounds the mountain. A strange man will come out, surnamed Xu. , whose name is inferior, can be the leader of the group of immortals, destroying demons and evil spirits."
When Xu Xun was cultivating alchemy in Xishan, floods in Jiangxi were serious. According to folklore, the fierce and evil dragon was domesticated by fire dragon magic. Be it winter melons, or transform into birds and beasts, they have repeatedly escaped Xu Zhenjun's pursuit.But in the end, Xu Zhenjun still used the concept of Taoism and magical spells to set up formations with swords, punish witches and demons, conquer evil dragons, hook ground and eight ropes, and cure the floods. peoples.
Carrying a piece of refining stone and carrying a scroll of spiritual scriptures, I cut off the floods in the rivers and lakes, stopped the floods, the rivers and lakes have no signs, and the mountains and forests are absolutely enchanting; the metallurgical pillars are used as a cushion for suppressing fainting, and the merits are great for thousands of miles, and the people and things are all safe.This is the artistic image of Xu Xun described by later generations.
There are thousands of temples dedicated to Xu Xun—Longevity Palace or Jingyang Temple, all over the country, even in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other regions and countries.It can be said that wherever there are Chinese in the world, there is the Longevity Palace, which is the most important part of Chinese traditional culture.Even in a frontier place like Yunnan, the ancient city of Zhongping Town in Huize County in the northeast is known as the "city of guild halls" and "the capital of temples".So far, there are still 108 guild halls, temples and ancestral halls.Among them, Jiangxi Guild Hall is the most famous.Jiangxi Guild Hall, commonly known as Jiangxi Temple, or Longevity Palace, was built in the 50th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty [AD 1711] and has a history of more than 280 years.
For more than 1,600 years, the Longevity Palace in various places has been full of incense, and the incense has fallen into the Ying Palace.The culture of Longevity Palace is rooted in Xu Zhenjun's great achievements and noble character.The Longevity Palace may vary in size and have its own characteristics, but even if it is as simple as an earthen house, it has an extremely lofty status in the hearts of the local people.Every year at the beginning of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, a grand temple fair is held to commemorate Xu Zhenjun's birthday.Every Spring Festival, lanterns are hung and firecrackers are set off, which is very lively; and the three-year Xu Zhenjun Tournament of the Gods is even more decorated with lights and festoons, gongs and drums are loud, every family is out, there are huge crowds, and countless people from surrounding provinces come to worship.
Throughout history, the people will never forget those who have worked for the people, and often use various ways that can best express their wishes or even deify them to remember them.Xu Xun is such a Chinese hero who is regarded as a god by the people.The Longevity Palace has also become a place for educating the people of Jiangxi in the past dynasties.The Hakka people of all ages entered Jiangxi, and they quickly recognized the Longevity Palace culture and built Longevity Palaces in their places of residence one after another. Xu Zhenjun became the common idol of Jiangxi aborigines and Hakkas.
According to historical facts, Xu Xun's miracles of water control and saving the people are mostly written in Xiushui.According to the records of "Yining Prefecture Records" in the Qing Dynasty and "Xiushui County Place Name Records" in 1988, there are more than 30 Xu Zhenjun relics or place names recorded in Xiushui County.
Xiushui is one of the five major water systems in Jiangxi and an important part of the Poyang Lake water system. It originates from Huanglong Mountain, the main peak of the Mufu Mountains.The whole water system is like a leafy artery, densely covered with streams and connected by gullies.The drainage area is more than 1400 square kilometers.The whole territory is surrounded by mountains, with low mountains rolling down to the central part, and hills widely distributed, forming a basin in the middle that opens to the northeast.Flood disasters occurred frequently in history.
Zhajin is located in the upper reaches of Xiushui, where the three rivers of Zhajin, Donggang and Shangshan converge. In ancient times, it was the seat of the Aihou Kingdom in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it is the earliest cultural ancient city in Jiangxi.Xu Zhenjun first "chased Jiaojiao" in Huanglong Mountain, starting from this area.The people recognized him as "the mainstay of repairing the river" and "the blessed Lord of the world".According to local chronicles, the number of Longevity Palaces in Xiushui County today is the largest in the country.
Due to the rise of the crust in the north of the Jiangxi, the main channel of the Yangtze River moved southward, Peng Lize [the predecessor of Poyang Lake] in the north of the Jiangxi expanded southward, and the floods flooded. Snakes and pythons often come and go, endangering life.In ancient legends, "Jiao" is a hornless dragon that can make waves. It is endowed by the ancients with various supernatural powers. It is often associated with natural disasters such as floods, landslides, and mudslides. It has great destructive power. .
Myths are often a reflection of the real world.Especially since Xiushui is located in a mountainous area, flash floods occur. When floods occur, a large number of snakes, pythons, crocodiles and other animals drift with the tide and come ashore to hurt people.Based on the level of understanding of people at that time, this phenomenon was regarded as the mischief of the dragon.So far, the local people still refer to the flash floods as "fajiao".The local witches are very rampant, pretending to be ghosts and extorting people's wealth.Some treacherous witches advocated the lie that "Jiao mirages will turn Yuzhang into the sea"; some treacherous witches claimed to have the illusion of changing dragons, which reached a shocking level.The officials and the people were all frightened by the news, and regarded water conservancy and shipping as restricted areas, which seriously affected the local people's livelihood.Xu Xun knew that man-made disasters were worse than natural disasters, and used his "Taoism" to deter "witchcraft", which obviously had a stronger power to exorcise evil spirits than empty preaching.An unprecedented struggle to punish witches and control water was launched.
According to the legend, Zhenjun Xu Xun and Wu Meng were making alchemy in Huanglong Mountain. There was a flood dragon on the mountain, which wanted to drown the alchemy room. Xu Zhenjun captured it and nailed it to the stone wall.
Later, Xu Zhenjun chased other dragons to Zhajin and caught them. The dragon screamed and broke free. There is still a depression here that looks like a dragon rolled over, which is called "Longaoping".Zhenjun chased to the foot of Long'an Mountain in Xiushui, and heard buzzing in the rocks of the creek. It turned out that it was Jiaolong hiding under the stone and panting.Jiaolong was very cunning, so he got into the hole under the Immortal Bridge and fled to Huangshayuan, Shi'ao Township.Xu Zhenjun saw that Jiaolong was about to send out a flood at the foot of Taiping Mountain, so he flew down the mountain, stepped into the mud pond, got stuck in the mud with one boot, and slashed at Jiaolong with his flying sword. .Today's place names such as "Boots", "Longtang", "Longku" in Shi'ao Township and "Longmen" in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province come from this place.
The Zhajin Wanshou Palace is a temple building with local characteristics in Xiushui.It is located in the old street of the market town, facing the market. The date of its construction has not been verified. It was originally called "Lingjian Fairy Palace". The existing building was rebuilt in the tenth year of Tongzhi [AD 1871]. On the archway, there are four big characters of "Xijiang Dizhu" written by Emperor Qianlong, and there are stage and marble patio inside. solemn.
Xu Zhenjun went down the water and cut down a giant python near Haihun [now Yongxiu Township], which suffered from floods and snakes.Afterwards, he fought fiercely in Yuzhang County [Nanchang] with an evil witch leader who knew how to change dragons and illusions and spread rumors to confuse people. Finally, he chased him to Changsha and beheaded him, which made evil witches everywhere frightened. self-defeating.In order to prevent future troubles, Xu Zhenjun "set up an altar and set up a Jingjing [well] at the place where Zhujiao passed by to suppress Jiao mirages."
The greatness of Xu Xun lies in that in order to save the people from the catastrophe, in the face of the raging tide, he is not afraid of evil spirits, does not preach in vain, but uses the mystic method of "killing dragons" to frighten treacherous witches, stabilize people's hearts, The flood gradually subsided, and the people recuperated.At the same time, in the name of "locking dragons with iron pillars [trees]", he vigorously advocated planting trees, maintaining water and soil ecology, and fundamentally controlling floods. His thinking on ecological water control has had a profound impact on later generations.
Xu Xun was honest and upright in politics, suppressed violence and repelled rape, and helped the people with disasters. In the ignorant age bewitched by witches, he punished witches and dragons, cured floods, became an outstanding hero in water control, and set a good example of good officials; , advocating self-cultivation and self-cultivation: "If the mind is clear, all dharmas will be illuminated, and if the nature is pure, the five turbidities will not return", becoming the patriarch of the sect; to be a man is to advocate virtue to help the world: "Loyalty means no deceit, filial piety means no rebellion. Integrity means no greed, If you are cautious, there will be no loss. If you cultivate yourself like this, you can become virtuous. If you are lenient, you will win people.
It is only a matter of course that such a person wins the widespread love and admiration of the people.
When Xu Xun resigned from Jingyang and returned to Jiangxi, the people of Shu sent him thousands of miles away, and some even brought their family members and changed their surname to "Xu" to follow him, and settled in Xujiaying, Xishan, Nanchang, which still exists today.Later generations of famous officials in Jiangxi, such as Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Wen Tianxiang and Xie Jin, all praised his demeanor highly.
At the foot of the verdant Long'an Mountain, the sword-testing stone left by Xu Xun was already covered with moss.However, Xu Xun will shine on Qianqiu with his light that shines with the sun and the moon.
Mao Zedong: With the long tassel in hand today, when will the black dragon be bound?
The earliest recorded flood year in Jiangxi is from 381 AD to 1990 in 1610, and the flood records before the 10th century are obviously incomplete.However, from the 11th century onwards, it can be found that the frequency of floods has become more and more frequent.Since 1949, there have been relatively reliable records of floods and disaster areas in each year.Obviously, the reduction in the frequency of floods after the founding of the People's Republic of China should be due to the effectiveness of water conservancy construction.
The 60-year development history of Jiangxi's water conservancy is a history of water governance and revitalization of Jiangxi through hard work, reform and innovation.
With the continuous growth of New China, Jiangxi Water Conservancy has overcome frequent floods and droughts, and the thinking of water control has undergone profound changes.Water conservancy investment has increased substantially, water conservancy construction has been carried out on a large scale, water conservancy management has been continuously improved, water conservancy reform has been further advanced, water conservancy facilities have increased day by day, and water conservancy has achieved considerable development.Without water conservancy, there would be no "Jiangnan granary" today; without water conservancy, there would be no stability and prosperity in Jiangxi today.On this beautiful and rich land in Jiangxi, the first granary in the south of the Yangtze River - the Ganfu Plain Irrigation District is located here, and the "Three Gorges in Jiangxi" - the Xiajiang Water Conservancy Project takes root here. There are more than 400,000 water conservancy projects in the province. In every corner of the territory, it operates day and night, exerts its benefits, and provides a strong water conservancy guarantee for Jiangxi's economic and social development.
By the end of 2008, Jiangxi had built more than 400,000 water conservancy projects of various types, including 9,783 reservoirs, ranking second in the country in terms of the number of reservoirs, with a total water storage capacity of 29.3 billion cubic meters.
There are more than 95,800 water diversion projects, with an annual water diversion volume of 7.2 billion cubic meters, and 287 irrigation areas of more than 10,000 mu.
The electromechanical drainage and filling machine is 1.35 million kilowatts, and the drainage and irrigation area is 8.6 million mu.
There are more than 4,000 embankments with a total length of 9,753 kilometers, protecting 11.44 million mu of farmland and a population of 11.8 million.
There are 923 sluices.
The installed capacity of hydropower is 3.66 million kilowatts, of which the installed capacity of hydropower in rural areas is 2.37 million kilowatts.The province's effective irrigated area reached 27.6 million mu, and the drought-flood guaranteed harvest area reached 22.18 million mu, accounting for 85.95% and 69.1% of the cultivated land area respectively.
A total of 62.03 million mu of water and soil erosion has been controlled, 270,000 soil and water conservation projects have been built, and more than 10 million rural people have drinking water difficulties and more than 4.7 million rural people have drinking water safety problems. % and above, a water conservancy engineering system for flood control, drainage, irrigation, drinking water, power generation, and soil and water conservation has been preliminarily formed.
Over the past 60 years, under the strong support of water conservancy, Jiangxi's total industrial and agricultural output value has increased from 1.22 billion yuan to 648.03 billion yuan, and the annual grain output has increased from 5.9249 million tons to 39.16 billion jin.
Water conservancy provides strong guarantees for flood control safety, drinking water safety, food safety and ecological safety for Jiangxi's economic and social development.The lifeline status and role of water conservancy continue to be highlighted.
And the flood fighting in 1998 is the most worthy of a special book!
The Yangtze River, an epic with a long history.A gurgling stream originating from the Kunlun Plateau has been endowed with overwhelming vitality by China's magnificence, and has become a giant with hundreds of millions of cubic meters of flow. Swallowing mountains and rivers, its magnificence and magnificence make the whole river basin shudder.
Since ancient times, people have used embankments to resist floods, but embankments can stop floods in normal years, but they cannot withstand disastrous floods, and instead make people fall into greater fear of "bursts".
The "dike" is a monument to water control by human beings, and it is also a hidden danger created by human beings.There are 214 floods in the Yangtze River recorded in history, from 185 BC to 1911 AD, in more than 2000 years.According to statistics, floods in the main stream of the Yangtze River occurred once every 18 years in the Tang Dynasty; once every 6 years in the Song and Yuan dynasties; and once every 4 years in the Ming and Qing dynasties.If the year is used as the abscissa and the frequency as the ordinate, the graph will show a palpitating steep curve.
Looking back at history, we will see more clearly the unrivaled significance of the 1998 flood fight.
For thousands of years, enlightened monarchs have listed water control as "the most important thing in politics", and have used capable ministers to control water with great fanfare, but with little success.The catastrophic floods again and again caused the dikes and embankments of the rivers and lakes to collapse.Wherever the flood has passed, the country will be completely transformed, there will be no crops, there will be sorrow everywhere, and the people will have no means of living.
In 1949, old China was left with economic ruins, and water conservancy projects were riddled with holes.The negative legacy of history burdened the new regime with a heavy burden that restricted development from the very beginning.For a large agricultural country, water conservancy is the top priority in governing the country.
In 1954, a flood that had not occurred in a century caused almost all river and lake dikes in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to collapse. More than 50 million mu of farmland was flooded and 18.88 million people were affected.80% of the streets in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi, which is on the verge of the Yangtze River, were flooded, deep enough for boating.Although the people along the river rose up to fight against the floods and tried their best to minimize the disaster losses, more than 30,000 people still lost their lives. Compared with similar disasters in history, it is a blessing.
The Yangtze River seems to be a long misery!Become the unruly black dragon!
However, when counting romantic figures, we still look at the present!The person who created the myth finally appeared in a heyday that the Chinese nation had never had before!
In 1998, heavy rains fell continuously in the Yangtze River Basin. Since April, for more than two consecutive months, the heavy rains, accompanied by lightning and thunder, poured on the earth day and night.The river surged, and the water level rose sharply. Since late June, the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been above the warning water level. The unprecedented flood peaks followed one after another. The entire Yangtze River Basin has been engaged in a desperate struggle to fight against floods.
The ferocious flood skipped the fortified water level, the warning water level, the emergency water level, the dangerous water level, the highest water level in history, and frantically scribbled new water level records.
Beginning in mid-June, the sky in Hunan and Jiangxi was like cracks, and the torrential rain continued, filling the rivers and rivers of the two provinces with torrents in an instant.In Jiangxi, the Gan River is boundless, the Fushui is restless, the trust in the water is limitless, the Rao River is pouring, and the Xiu River is overflowing.The water levels of the four rivers and five rivers all exceeded the highest in history, and many embankments, villages, and towns along both sides of the river were flooded.They surged and rushed straight into Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, causing the water levels of the two lakes to rise sharply.
Heavy rain continued in most parts of Jiangxi Province, with the highest rainfall in half a month as high as 819 millimeters, far exceeding the rainfall in the same period in previous years.The discharge of the five rivers in the province into the lake is as high as 59,000 cubic meters per second, and the discharge of Poyang Lake into the Yangtze River is as high as 32,000 cubic meters per second, both exceeding the historical maximum inflow and outflow.
The rain was torrential and the floods were raging.The water levels of the Gan, Fu, Xin, Xiu, and Rao rivers soared, which is known as "five dragons making trouble in Jiangxi".
Starting from June 12, many places in Jiangxi have experienced torrential rain for more than 10 consecutive days. The average rainfall in the whole province has reached 234 millimeters, and the rainfall in more than a dozen counties and cities including Hengfeng, Boyang and Yugan has exceeded 500 millimeters.
Continued torrential rain caused the water level of the river to rise sharply.The water level of the Xinjiang River has exceeded the highest level in history, and the entire Fuhe River Basin is in a state of emergency. The Rao River and the tributaries of the Ganjiang River, the Jinjiang River and the Yuan River, have also exceeded the warning line.And Poyang Lake, which receives water from the Gan, Fu, Xin, Rao, and Xiu rivers, is also under heavy rain, causing the water level of Poyang Lake to rise by 0.4 meters a day. The super-warning water level was 2.86 meters.
In normal years, the Poyang Lake area has spring floods in April and May, and the Yangtze River has spring floods in July and August.This year, Poyang Lake not only had the largest flood season in history, but it was also postponed to July. Unfortunately, it overlapped with the flood season of the Yangtze River. The lake water and the Yangtze River water supported each other. role.The water in Poyang Lake was also supported by the water of the Yangtze River, and there was no way to escape, which eventually led to a catastrophic flood that lasted for more than two months in the area along the lake and river.
On June 13, the water level in Yingtan, Jiangxi exceeded the warning level for 11 consecutive days, and the city was flooded.The Eagle-Xiamen Railway was suspended due to flooding.
On June 26, the water level of Changjiang River in Jiangxi Province soared, and Jingdezhen City was reduced to Zeguo.
On July 30, 86 embankments in Boyang County, Jiangxi Province collapsed due to flooding.
The heavy and long-term rainfall in June alone caused the collapse of dozens of dikes with more than 1,000 mu in Jiangxi, the interruption of dozens of road traffic, 1,123 affected towns, 15 county towns were submerged in water, and 986 villages were trapped. more than 6.8 million people were affected by the disaster, more than 860,000 people were trapped, and more than 100,000 people were homeless; more than 560,000 hectares of grain fields were affected by the disaster, and more than 3,500 industrial and mining enterprises stopped and semi-stopped production. A loss of 5.13 billion yuan.
At the end of June, the rainfall in various parts of Jiangxi decreased significantly, and the water levels of Xinjiang River and Changjiang River began to drop. At the beginning of July, some suspended ferries resumed ferry operations, and the disaster-stricken areas are stepping up production and self-rescue, doing everything possible to recover the losses caused by the disaster.Unexpectedly, a bigger and stronger storm was coming quietly, followed by more serious floods.
Since July, the continuous torrential rain has begun to rest. Just as the four rivers and five rivers took a breather, the flood peaks of the Yangtze River drove straight down Dongting and Poyang, supporting the waters of the two major lakes, making the super high water level ride a tiger for more than two months. .The total water volume of the two lakes exceeds 100 billion cubic meters, which is enough to flood the two "lands of fish and rice" in the south of the Yangtze River into Zeguo.People in the Dongting and Poyang Lake areas describe themselves as "with a basin of water on their heads and feet on a thousand mile embankment".
From the beginning of June to the end of July, there were three flood peaks, all kinds of tests; floods on all sides, and enemies from many sides.The people in the Dongting and Poyang Lakes took the lead in withstood the test of the flood, launched a desperate struggle against the flood in all directions, and wrote the most arduous chapter in the history of flood fighting for the two lakes.
This is a combined flood in the whole basin that has never been seen in history.
On the morning of July 26, the Jiangxi Provincial Defense Headquarters held an emergency meeting, and the Provincial Defense Headquarters announced that from 12:00 on the same day, the entire province of Jiangxi will enter an emergency flood prevention period.This is the first province to declare a state of emergency since fighting floods this year.
At the end of June, the four major water systems in Boyang County, located on the east bank of Poyang Lake, experienced sudden torrential rains, water levels soared, and mountain torrents broke out.
Going upstream along the Changjiang River, there are two streams of water on the river surface that is only more than 600 meters wide in the downstream, and a large "island" appears in the middle. There is a vast ocean inside the island, and a vast ocean outside the island. Changzhou Township.Changzhou Township covers an area of 23.8 square kilometers, with 22,100 mu of arable land and more than 3,500 households.It was reclaimed and rebuilt on the basis of three small islands in the center of Changjiang in 1954, continuously reinforced and repaired.By 1989, with a total investment of 5.09 million yuan, a 33.6-kilometer-long embankment, known as Zhongzhou Wei, was built, which can withstand floods at a water level of 21.75 meters.
On June 26, the water level of the Changjiang River reached 23.32 meters, and a huge flood peak more than 1 meter above the top of the embankment appeared.
At 4 o'clock in the morning on June 27, the Zhoucun embankment section of Zhongzhouwei burst, and the flood roared into Changzhou Township from the breach.In the next few days, 43 breaches appeared in the 33.6-kilometer-long embankment, and the 23.8-square-kilometer Changzhou Township and the Changjiang River flooded into one.
From a distance, the intermittent dikes in the water are full of shelters for the victims, and more than 3,000 families have lived on the dikes for more than two months.
At the same time that the Changjiang River was ravaging Boyang, unscrupulous mountain torrents dragged Xiuhe into De'an County, and De'an became the earliest victim of floods in the Jiujiang area.The upper reaches of the county have a rainfall collection area of more than 140 square kilometers, and the Boyang River runs through the county. It not only bears the flood discharge in the county, but also bears the attack from five flood peaks in Ruichang, Jiujiang, Lushan, Xingzi and Yongxiu. On the evening of June 26, the water level of the Boyang River reached 22.95 meters, a record high of 0.87 meters. The flood was tearing the levee little by little.The flood that poured in from the breach "crossed" National Highway 105 and went straight to the county seat.
Under the dark night sky, the people of De'an, who had not experienced floods for more than 30 years, panicked and climbed to the top of the mountain, those who lived in buildings climbed to the top of the building, and those who had nowhere to go climbed to the tops of tall trees nearby. Even poisonous snakes that usually hide in caves climb up higher mountains, tree trunks, and roads in groups.The Gaotang and Huangyong townships near the county seat are covered by a vast ocean, with the deepest water accumulation reaching more than 10 meters.At 11:30 that night, the county was surrounded by floods, and the streets and alleys were full of vicious waves.De'an County became the second flooded city after Boyang.
Next is Hukou County, which is the "gateway" for water from Poyang Lake to enter the Yangtze River.Since Hukou is an undefended city, the Yangtze River has swelled over the years, and the county will be flooded.In this year's catastrophic flood, except for the three dikes of 10,000 mu in the county that were preserved, the other dikes were overwhelmed and collapsed.
After Hukou County was flooded on June 27, 90% of the urban area was flooded.Until July 29, when people entered and exited Hukou, the only means of transportation in the county was still boats, and any shop or unit on the street became a "port".People can go directly to Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River by boat.For more than two months after the flood, the economic operation of the entire Hukou County has been at a standstill. This is a traumatic blow to the county with a fiscal revenue of only 51.6 million yuan in 1997.
By the end of July, during the flood that lasted for more than a month, Jiangxi's Jiujiang Jiangxinzhou, Yongxiu Sanjiao Township, Ruichang Saihu Nongchang and Duchang County successively burst or were flooded.
The roaring river rolled up flood peaks again and again, swallowing villages, fertile fields, cities and counties, factories, and schools.
The mighty river creates dangers, tragedies and disasters of all sizes every day.
History will remember these unexpected disasters and painful wounds:
On the evening of August 4, the embankment of the Xinzhou embankment in Jiujiang burst, and more than 40,000 people lost their homes.
On the same day, the flood control wall 4 kilometers west of Jiujiang City suddenly collapsed, the Yangtze River embankment was torn open a gap of more than 50 meters long, the river surged into the west of the city, and the Jiujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone was submerged. serious threat.
In the face of this unprecedented flood in a century, the people of Jiangxi did not stand still. They held their heads high and roared, fighting for the invincible dignity of the Chinese nation!Fight to defend the achievements of reform and opening up!Fight to defend the lives and properties of the people!
This is a thrilling live drama of people fighting against floods.Sweat and blood, survival and destruction, perseverance and suffering, dedication and sacrifice, constitute a heroic, tragic and soul-stirring melody.
The battle to defend the Wanli Yangtze River was extremely fierce and cruel.The flood peaks of the Yangtze River are overlapping and biting peaks, beating and biting the embankment again and again.
Millions of soldiers and civilians fought to the death.The water rises one inch, and the embankment is one foot higher. People and the flood are fighting and competing like never before.
This is a battle without sword, a test of life and death.
This is a fierce battle between man and nature.From the Yangtze River, the Han River to the Nen River and the Songhua River, more than 8 million soldiers and civilians, under the slogan of "strictly defending to the death", fought with flesh and blood, and competed with Hong Feng beyond the limit, and exerted their spiritual power to the shocking world, weeping ghosts and gods the highest realm.
The people of Jiujiang will never forget that on August 9th, Premier Zhu Rongji stood on the side of the ship only ten meters away from the breach of the Jiujiang embankment, facing the soldiers blocking the breach, he clasped his fists and said, "It's up to you if you are a hero or a bear!" It's over, with tears in my eyes.
In this disaster, people will never forget the secretary of the municipal party committee, the mayor, the secretary of the county party committee, and the county magistrate who ate and slept with them, and their eyes were bloodshot.
People will never forget the secretary of the township party committee and the head of the township who stood with them in the torrent and drove piles, and arm in arm with them on the embankment.
People can't forget the village director and party secretary who directed them to escape when the embankment burst, but they themselves walked at the end.
Jiujiang River Xinzhou, the intersection point of the three provinces, is located at the highest latitude of Jiangxi Province, like a piece of emerald inlaid on the top of Jiangxi Province's territory.
At 9:15 pm on August 4, 1998, this emerald was buried in the raging flood.
The land of 78 square kilometers was instantly plunged into the misty river, and 41,000 residents of Jiangzhou were facing extinction.
Most of the residents in Jiangzhou are immigrants from the three provinces of Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi. Half a month before the embankment burst, Cai Shuilong, the former town party secretary, organized a team of more than 100 people and mobilized nearly 10,000 elderly people and children to move to a safe location in advance.在大堤上，他们还安置了5000多名灾民。
江新洲的中上游部分是江洲镇，中间部位有个卫星岛，称为“月亮岛”，下游部分为新洲垦殖场，“江新洲”由此得名。江洲是江西省著名的棉花产地，棉花单产和总产量都非常高，与彭泽县的棉船洲并称为江西棉区的“比翼双飞鸟”。
一个多月来，在抢险救灾中，江洲的干部群众每天吃着5元钱的伙食，没有荤食，基本上都是蔬菜，他们连手电筒的电池都是自己出钱购买。许多人整整一个月在大堤上没有回家，当地县委书记魏改生从6月24日来到江洲大堤上就没有回去，其中有7天他感冒发烧，随时都可能引发肺炎感染，但他仍然坚守在大堤上。月黑风高，人困马乏。持续守护江洲一个多月的居民没有想到灾难会在黑夜到来，那时，他们劳累了一整天，许多人正准备好好睡上一觉，但是，忽然间电灯闪了几闪。这是江堤出现溃口的信号。
那天晚上决口的地方位于洲头村七组。当晚8时20分，江洲镇党委副书记葛木初正在堤上巡查险情，忽然接报：垸内发现管涌。他当即带领200多名抢险队员奔赴现场，只见一股碗口粗的水柱冒出地面30多公分。村民们赶紧用砂石袋堵压管涌，很快，险情排除了。但是，管涌周围几平方米的田里随即就像开锅的热水涌动起来，围堤外的“二炮台”向下陷去，守堤的村民赶紧拼命抛下砂石，试图加固堤坝。
听说大堤出现险情后，江洲镇的270多名干部纷纷赶到现场参加抢险。就在这时，葛木初亲眼看到堤身裂缝轰然崩塌，汹涌的江水疯狂地涌进堤垸内，扑向灯火通明的屋场。
葛木初临危不乱，一边向镇防汛指挥部报告决堤险情，一边组织村民抢险堵口，下令把停在堤外不远处的一艘装满蚕豆的百吨大船开过来，准备沉船堵口，以减缓水流速度。但是，这时江堤已被扯开了十几米长的大口，堤内外水位落差达六七米。葛木初心里知道，这时沉船危险性极大，稍有不慎，就会连人带船一同翻到水里。他带头跳上大船，随后，七八个村组干部和群众也跟了上来。他们把船向决口驶去。这时，一股强大的吸力把大船拽到决口，悬殊的水位落差一下便将大船翻扣过来，船底朝天。船上的干部村民有的迅即跳水，有的便被船扣在下面。
葛木初正在驾驶室里与船老大指挥沉船，翻船的一瞬间，船老大潜水脱身，葛木初却被扣进船底。他屏住呼吸，努力控制着自己不随波逐流，但洪水却毫不留情地把他卷出来，将他冲向堤内。幸好当时奇迹般地有一袋蚕豆把他撞出急流，将他冲到200米以外的一堵附坝边，被群众救起。
洪水依然咆哮着冲过来，两位村民搀扶着葛木初向水流的斜角方向迅速奔跑。葛木初担心自己连累他们，挣扎着让他们先跑，然后自己爬上一幢两层楼的房顶，在那上面听着四处稀里哗啦的倒房声和尖锐刺耳的呼救声度过了不安的一夜。直到第二天早上，才被武警官兵用小船救到大堤上。经过一夜的折腾，葛木初已经高烧不退。县里领导赶紧将他送到县医院治疗，但是，不等打完吊针，他就重新返回江洲安置灾民。
8月21日下午，江西省委原书记、全国政协副主席毛致用专程乘船到江洲镇视察灾情，站在一户临时搭建的屋棚前，对聚集在身边的江洲干部群众说：“江洲人民是勤劳的，过去你们为国家作出了贡献，现在，虽然遭了大灾，但我相信，在各级党委、政府和社会各界的全力支援和帮助下，你们一定能尽快克服困难，渡过难关，重建家园。”
江西省委书记舒惠国对江洲洲头村村民说：“平安就是福。有人在，就能重建家园。”
灾难，使干部和群众真正同呼吸共命运。灾难，也使责任和权利从未有过地紧紧相连。
长江沿江西省境北缘流过，西自湖北阳新入境，东至彭泽县出境，在江西省内长151.93公里。
在那个浊浪滔天的汛期里，令人焦灼的消息不断从长江沿线传来：
6月24日，九江水位越过警戒线；
7月4日，鄱阳湖口水位超过历史最高水位；
7月26日12时，江西省防总宣布进入“紧急防汛期”，数百万军民进入了抗洪第一线；
8月1日23时，九江段水位高达23.03米，超过历史最高水位0.83米；
8月1日20时20分，嘉鱼簰洲湾圩堤溃决；
8月4日21时15分，九江江新洲垸堤溃决，解放军驾驶冲锋舟展开了“江洲大营救”；
8月7日零点30分，江安孟溪大垸溃决。
九江大堤外便是比地面高出三四米的长江。从北方来参加抗洪的解放军战士，从未见过大江，抬头一看，犹如一条天河，高悬在头顶，不觉倒吸一口凉气。被千里长堤锁住的大江，像一条暴怒的巨龙，积千古之怨，挟四海之怒，一浪高过一浪地扑向防洪大堤，狂躁地寻找着突破口。九江市45万人民的生命以及数千亿的财产危如累卵。抗洪队伍冒着暴雨、顶着烈日，日夜守护在大堤上；沙袋、石块等物资源源不断地运往抗洪前线。
堤上是严阵以待、众志成城的血肉之躯；堤外是波涛汹涌、奔腾咆哮的万里长江。双方剑拔弩张，虎视眈眈。一场波澜壮阔、惊心动魄的生死恶战的帷幕即将拉开。一曲气势恢弘、力挽狂澜、演绎人间奇迹的交响乐章即将奏响。一座张扬中华民族抗洪精神的、彪炳千秋的历史丰碑即将耸起。
8月7日13时30分，赣北重镇九江因大堤长期泡在超警戒水位中达两个月之久，再加上鄱阳湖洪水的反淘力，位于城西的4—5号闸口之间被拉开了一道3米宽的决口。
人们没有退缩，以大无畏的气概与洪水拼死一搏，打响了堵口战役。
天为之动容，地为之失色，热血满腔的长江子民与长江开始了殊死较量！
1998年8月7日，江西九江人将永远记住这个令人心悸的日子。
中午12时许，距九江市中心城区仅4公里的九江长江干堤4号至5号闸口堤段出现了大面积管涌。在这段大堤后面，是寄托着九江跨世纪发展希望的经济开发区。
下午1时10分，大堤防洪墙下喷出一股手指粗细的泡泉。1时30分，这眼泡泉变成了直径3米的大水柱。五六分钟后，防洪墙下便冲出了一个六七米宽的大洞，喷出了6米多高的浊流。一条条棉絮堵不住，一袋袋沙石压不住，换用水泥块和块石仍然无济于事。正当人们奋力排险之时，1时50分，防洪墙突然塌陷，惊涛裂岸，九江城防大堤被孽龙撕咬出一个10多米的决口，长江洪水以400立方米/秒的汹涌之势倾泻而出，滚滚泄入九江西区。
长江撕开了一道深深的伤痕，长江防洪史掀开了沉重的一页。
决口迅速扩展，很快形成一条宽50米左右的溃口。洪水滔滔，向九江市区蔓延，局面一时无法控制。这时，一些居民还在睡午觉，靠近决堤口的市民被迫向楼房转移。下午16时35分，大水漫到九瑞公路。当时，堤坝上围困的抢险人员大约上千人。
情急之中，人们将一辆卡车推进决口中，但迅即被洪水冲走了。那时，堵口物资和器材缺乏，连九江市委大院的土都取完了，用来堵口的一些编织袋中装的是大米、稻谷和煤炭。
接着，抢险人员又将一艘过路的水泥泵船拖来堵口，但泵船刚近决口，便被漩流冲向堤外，将决口对面的一座厂房撞塌。
九江溃口的消息迅速传到中南海，朱镕基总理流泪了，温家宝副总理也流泪了，那是心痛的泪、忧心的泪。轰然倒塌的防洪墙后面是40万九江人民，是日益繁荣的都市啊！堵口决战进行得异常艰辛。卡车沉下去了，6艘小驳船和小拖轮沉下去了，一车车石料、粮包沉下去了，一根根钢管打下去了，为了顺利施工，战士们手拉着手跳进湍急的江水，用人墙挡住急流……而在距决口几公里处的龙开河、柴桑路，几万军民正日夜抢筑第一道、第二道防线。千万双手快速地挥动着铁锹，千万只装满土石的编织袋，一米一米地筑起了两道白色的堤防。
中央军委随时调遣部队支援九江抢险。国务院总理朱镕基给九江市负责人打来电话，要求全力保护人民生命安全，坚决堵住决口。温家宝副总理也打来电话，并于当晚飞抵九江指导抢险。
17时许，国家防汛总指挥部的有关专家前来查看决口。专家们决定用装满煤炭的船沉底的办法堵决口。南京军区两个团正在国家防总、省防总有关专家的指挥下现场抢险，专家们拟定了三套抢险方案：1.将低洼处的市民转移到安全地带；2.市区内的军队、民兵组成一道防洪线；3.全力以赴堵住决口。
九江市长命令：快调大船来堵。火速赶来的九江港监局局长陈纪如当即命令奉港501号、鄂襄阳012号两只拖轮迅速牵引来一艘满载煤炭的铁驳船。
这时决口处的江水已形成了一个巨大的漩涡，水流湍急。沉船堵口稍有不慎，吨位达1600吨的煤船就会冲进决口，撞塌堤坝，后果不堪设想。
“抛锚，慢慢让大船靠向决口。”当煤船接近决口时，陈纪如果断命令拖轮抛锚，拉着煤船缓缓地横着向决口靠近。50米，40米，30米，巨大的煤船离决口越来越近了，终于在10米外停稳，正好横堵在决口处。现场堵口指挥部迅速调来6条小驳船和一条拖船，分别沉在煤船的两头和外侧。顿时，决口水头明显降下来，但江水仍然从船底和沉船之间的间隙涌进决口。抢险大军接着在大船两侧将3条60米长的船先后沉底，上千军民抓紧在沉船附
近向江里抛石料。最后，决口处一共沉下7条船，才将洪水的凶猛势头遏制住。
闻讯赶来的江西省委省政府领导紧急与水利专家磋商，决定抓住沉船后的有利时机，以决口处沉船为基础，尽快筑起一道半圆形围堰，堵住江水外泄，有效实施决口封堵。
就在九江堵口正在紧张进行的同时，杭州某红军团、这支曾经跟随贺龙元帅参加南昌起义的部队刚刚接到上级命令：立即紧急出动，开赴九江抗洪。当夜零点刚过，“红军团”全部官兵喊着“保卫九江就是保卫我们的家乡”的口号，乘上专列从杭州直奔九江。
危急关头，南京军区司令员陈炳德、政委方祖岐命令抗洪部队不惜一切代价，奋勇抢堵，确保九江城防和人民生命财产安全。坚守在九江长江大堤上的抗洪部队紧急出动，2000余名官兵和5000多名民兵、预备役人员奔赴现场。
防汛指挥部组织抢险人员开始在市区的龙开河垒筑第二道防线。入夜，龙开河灯火通明，人头攒动。千万双手挥动铁锹，千万只装满土石的编织袋一米一米地构筑起抗洪“长城”。
如同历史上著名的战争场面一样，九江堵口战役无疑是1998年长江抗洪抢险斗争中最为壮观、宏大的一幕。江面上，机船轰鸣，人声鼎沸，浪花四溅。上百艘大小船只把各类抢险物料源源不断地运抵现场决口旁，战旗高扬，2000多官兵组成一道道传送链，将堵水用的石料、粮包向激流中抛投。
奋战在决口上游一侧的南京军区某团官兵是抢筑围堰的主力，他们借助月光和探照灯光，同时从江堤和煤船两边抛投沙石袋和粮包，可是，湍急的水流转眼将沙袋、粮包冲得无影无踪。
钢管运来了，将士们把钢管绞成栅栏，一排排地打入江底，然后飞速地抛块石、袋装碎石、钢筋笼块石和一袋袋的稻谷、蚕豆。石料流失被遏制了，堵水效果明显。
8日下午4时40分，围堰抢筑露出水面。当晚，煤船外侧封堵工作基本成功，经船底涌入决口的激流开始得到遏制。
同时，为确保中心城区，从下午开始，3万多名解放军战士在下游龙开河沿线连夜奋战，构筑起一道长2300米、高4米、顶宽4米的拦水坝，作为市区的第二道防线。在柴桑路，江西省武警总队三支队的310多名官兵仅用5小时便堆筑了1.3万个土石袋、2400土石方，筑起了长150米、底宽8米、面宽4米、高2米的第三道防线。
堵口在激战，防线在抢筑，涌入的江水也在步步逼近。
8月9日，决口外围围堰终于全部露出水面。东奔西突、四处泄溢的洪流基本被控制。
决口处涌水的流量、流速明显减缓，为大堤直接堵口创造了有利条件。
同一天，北京军区某集团军特别分队的220名战士，接到中央军委命令后，在副军长俞森海少将率领下飞往九江。这支部队曾在河北抗洪抢险中首创卓有成效的“钢木土石组合坝”技术，荣立集体一等功。
22时40分，堵口队乘坐的伊尔—76运输机降落九江。
俞海森下了飞机，带着集团军副参谋长何永才、侦察处长翁乃奎、工兵处长祁功元直接上了停在长江上的“江申6号”指挥船。
江西省委书记舒惠国、省长舒圣佑、堵口总指挥董万瑞中将、九江市领导和一些水利专家正在等着他们。
指挥船上所有人的脸都紧绷着。俞海森一行简单听取情况介绍后，即乘快艇去决口现场观察，制定堵口方案。
已是午夜，长江宽阔而汹涌的洪水与无尽的天空连成了一片，益显其宽阔，益显其汹涌，远远传来激浪拍打堤岸的轰鸣声。
决口处灯火通明。
“落差6米。”
“水深8米。”
“流速每秒4～5米。”
“流量每秒300立方米。”
水流很急，流量很大，落差很高。
他们在用手电筒观察坝体时发现溃坝的西头有个拳头大的裂缝，有可能发生新的崩坍。果然，后来在筑挡水新坝时，西边又崩坍了18米。
因为事先采取了技术措施，才没有酿成后果。
然而，能不能堵上江堤决口，大家心里并没有底。该集团军发明的“钢木土石组合坝封堵决口新技术”，虽然曾经在1996年成功地封堵了滹沱河一条宽164米、流量每秒300立方米的决口，曾在今年7月成功地指导洞庭湖决口封堵，荣获全军科学技术进步一等奖、国家发明二等奖，却从未在大江大河检验过。
回到指挥船已是凌晨。所有的人都在焦急地等着他们。
俞海森汇报了封堵方案，回答了水利专家“决口设坝会不会被水冲”、“为什么是弧形坝”、“如何防渗漏”等重要技术问题。指挥中心通过了封堵方案。
省长舒圣佑问：“你们有什么要求？”
俞海森说：“器材、木材、钢材、石子应及时到位。”
舒省长立即用手机给省防总打电话：把修高速公路的石子运来！如果不够，全省范围内调！
董万瑞中将问：“老俞，你还有什么困难？”
“我只带来了200多人，只能搞钢木土石框架，回填石子要兄弟部队支持。”
“没问题！我们有一万多人在这儿，不够再调一个师。”
会议结束，已到凌晨3时。
堵口分队7时出发，经过一夜的现场勘察、制订方案，他们迅速开始作业，沿决口向江中打入一根根木桩和钢管。
急流险湍中钢管林立，风展红旗处战士相拥。
经过29小时苦战，3排木桩和4排排架钢管从决口两边合龙，形成了一堵钢构造填石骨架。
武警某部和武警九江支队官兵身穿救生衣协同作战，他们四五人一群攀在钢架上，采用平铺进占技术，从两边向中间平铺石料。石料一层层填高，水流愈来愈急。施工战士用身体挡住江水，使填石进