In recent days, affected by Typhoon Maysak, Guigang, Guangxi has experienced sustained heavy rainfall, with serious flooding and waterlogging occurring in some areas. The disaster situation is the order. The Southern Theater Command Army responded immediately upon receiving orders, dispatching more than one thousand officers and soldiers in an emergency rush to the front lines, deploying engineering machinery and medical ambulances, and carrying equipment including assault boats, kayaks, and life jackets, to rush to the front lines of flood control and disaster relief, doing everything possible to protect the lives and safety of the people.
I Am a Party Member—I Go First!
"I am a Party member—I go first!"
At the critical moment, Party members were witnessed charging forward. In an educational park where more than ten thousand teachers and students were surrounded and trapped, multiple Party member assault teams pushed to the very front, doing everything possible to search for and evacuate trapped personnel. Liang Binbin, a boat operator with 22 years of Party membership, said: "A Party member is a banner. Wherever there is difficulty, wherever there is a disaster, that is where it should be planted. Completing the emergency rescue and disaster relief mission is my responsibility and obligation."
Facing the trapped masses, Party members took the lead wading into waist-deep floodwaters, entering villages to conduct searches, making repeated trips to transfer personnel, and delivering supplies. Figures wearing the armbands of Party member assault teams could be seen everywhere. They held their posts day and night and advanced toward danger, demonstrating the true character and commitment of Communist Party members.
Technology Empowers, Precision Rescue
At the front lines of the emergency response, technological means provided powerful support for efficient rescue operations. After a certain brigade of the Army's 75th Group Army arrived in the mission area, it used unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct disaster reconnaissance of villages and residential areas along the Liyu River. The UAVs transmitted on-site imagery in real time, providing precise data for subsequent disaster assessment and force deployment. The application of technological means made rescue operations more efficient and orderly.
Not One Household Missed, Not One Person Left Behind
Across multiple disaster-affected areas, rescue teams waded forward again and again, conducting grid-pattern, carpet-style inspections with focused coverage of low-lying and remote areas, knocking on doors house by house in their search, abandoning no corner and leaving out no member of the public.
"When the PLA soldiers came to rescue us, we were extremely moved."
"The PLA is here—we're saved!"
Trapped residents were overcome with emotion when they saw the camouflage-clad figures.
Water Recedes, the Fight Continues—Clearing Silt to Restore Flow
As the floodwaters slowly receded, they left behind mud and debris everywhere. Thick silt accumulated on main roads, and stubborn filth remained in dead-end corners along the streets.
On July 9, in order to help the people restore normal production and daily life as quickly as possible, officers and soldiers took up iron shovels, spades, and other equipment and rapidly threw themselves into the front lines of post-disaster silt clearing. Scooping mud, hauling debris, clearing blockages… Officers and soldiers advanced street by street, tackling one road at a time, concentrating on removing refuse and clearing "obstructions," restoring fouled streets to their former clean and passable condition.
At present, officers and soldiers continue to fight on in the disaster-affected areas of Guigang, Guangxi, doing everything possible to organize emergency rescue, casualty treatment, post-disaster silt clearing, and other work.
In the face of disaster, the soldiers of the people's army use their steadfast commitment to build an unbreakable "camouflage line of defense."
A salute to these most beloved people!