Chapter 68 Zhuolu in Huailai, Hebei diverts water from the Sanggan River up the hills

Zhuolu People's Commune in Huailai County, Hebei Province, under the leadership of the Party, relied on its own resources and obtained local materials to split Huangyang Mountain, divert the Sanggan River to the 80-meter-high hill, and irrigate 50,000 mu at the southern foot of Huangyang Mountain. land.The people of Zhuolu named this project "Pushan Daqu". Zhuolu is located outside Juyongguan in Hebei, and it has been an area with insufficient rainfall since ancient times. At the foot of Huangyang Mountain, "spring work is exhausted, autumn harvest is gone", and the yield per mu in the best year is only a hundred catties.If you look at the local chronicles of Zhuolu in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, you will see many records of "summer drought, people eat each other".The reactionary rule of the Kuomintang even disregarded the life and death of the people.In the dark old society, people can only swallow their voices and endure the torment of natural disasters!The old man Guo Quanju, director of the Procuratorate of the Pishan Daqu Construction Headquarters, is a living witness.Before liberation, he traveled across mountains and ridges to the upper reaches of the Sanggan River to see the terrain, draw canal spectrums, go to various villages to persuade people to unite to build canals, and submitted proposals to the government for canal repairs.However, the government ignored it and the landlord blocked it. This enthusiastic farmer has been running around for many years in vain, and his good wishes have been shattered time and time again.

The whole country was liberated, and the working people became the masters of the country.In the autumn of 1957, the party mobilized the people to promote water conservancy, and the people of Zhuolu decided to build the Pishan Canal.The deputy county magistrate personally led the survey and alignment.The old man Guo Quanju took part in the work with great joy.The surveying team braved the severe cold of minus 20 degrees and went back and forth ten times on the barren hills to find the most suitable route.In March 1958, the mighty water conservancy army marched into Huangyang Mountain and fought against the tenacious nature.

The project is very arduous. It intercepts the Sanggan River from the west end, splits a large canal on the side of Huangyang Mountain, allows the river to cross 29 deep ditches, passes through 24 peaks, and ends at the southern foot of Huangyang Mountain. 92 miles long.Along the way, countless jagged and hard rocks will be blasted, and 1.79 million square meters of earth and stone will be excavated and filled for the entire project. In the early days of construction, there was a shortage of tools for splitting mountains.However, the Zhuolu People's Commune closely relied on the leadership of the party, "With the spirit of the Long March, stick to the perseverance of Shangganling, and fight to the end!" The first phase of the project was completed in one year.This is the main project of the whole canal, including the 106-meter-long and 22-meter-high Wujiagou Aqueduct.After the completion of the first phase of the project, Zhuolu People's Commune increased the irrigated area by 32,000 mu.After the completion of the second phase of the project, another 18,000 mu of irrigated area will be added.Fifteen power stations will be built along the canal, and electric lights will be installed in 33 villages along the canal.The harvest of Zhuolu People's Commune is not limited to this.Through this project, the commune has cultivated and tempered many heroes with a communist style.For example, Yang Guangrong, the 23-year-old director of the Majiawan Women's Federation, led 140 migrant workers to defeat Jiazhai, and completed the 20-day task in 15 days.Miao Zhang, a migrant worker who has only read books for two years, is bold and responsible, studies hard, and finally masters all the techniques of blasting, reading levels, and reading drawings.

Before liberation, the people of Zhuolu never dreamed that they could control the Sanggan River with their own hands, so as to benefit future generations.They proudly said: "As long as there is the leadership of the Communist Party, no matter how difficult it is, we will not be afraid."