Ling Chengyan was not surprised by his request and agreed readily.

A special training team member took a civilian, and within half an hour, everyone had crossed the rapids.

The vehicles couldn’t be taken across, so the drivers stayed behind, circling a longer route to Sujia Sluice. The rest of them hurried over on foot.

They moved quickly, and when they arrived at Sujia Sluice, they saw the breached dam. The dam around the sluice was indeed well built, but a seepage was not discovered in time about five or six hundred meters from the sluice, leading to the breach.

By the time they arrived, it was no longer the initial overwhelming rush. After the massive floodwaters poured through the breach, the flow, although turbulent, had relatively calmed down.

When the danger occurred, the locals quickly organized manpower and resources, searching for survivors on one hand, and urgently dispatching personnel and materials to Sujia Sluice to seal the breach on the other.

Those who came from other directions had already arrived. They, along with those originally stationed at Sujia Sluice, were working hard to block the breach.

The water through the breach was turbulent and voluminous, and smaller items thrown in were directly swept away, unable to play a blocking role.

Since the flood situation became tense and severe, many materials had been prepared locally, including a large number of sandbags, stones, and stakes used earlier, as well as stones and cages to deal with the breach.

By welding rebar into cages and loading them with stones, they were thrown into the breach. Due to their heavy weight, they were not easily washed away by the flood, serving to disrupt and stabilize, creating conditions for further stone and sandbag inputs to seal the breach.

However, the breach at Sujia Sluice was so unexpected that only sandbags and stakes were prepared in advance, and neither stones nor cages. They had to be urgently requisitioned from other places, which also involved road damage and vehicle inaccessibility issues, making it impossible for emergency supplies to arrive in a short time.

The cages, once in place, were too heavy to be moved by manpower, requiring cranes or loaders... Time really could not be delayed; you see, the breach at Sujia Sluice, in just a few hours, had already inundated dozens of villages and several towns, even reaching the county town. If delayed further, even the county town would be completely destroyed.

Tens of thousands of people affected, relocation? Settlement? Reconstruction? It’s simply unimaginable.

Therefore, the most urgent thing now is to quickly seal the breach to prevent the disaster from worsening.

Excluding the most stable method of using stone cages to block the breach, several other methods were urgently attempted before Ling Chengyan and the team arrived, but all failed due to the rapid water flow.

Everyone was at a loss. The chief commander present had been staring at the dam, fighting floods for many days. When the breach at Sujia Sluice occurred, he was so furious that blisters erupted around his mouth, swelling it to the point where he could hardly speak.

Although others weren’t as severely affected, they were no better off, with red eyes and faces full of fatigue and worry.

The chief commander stared at the turbulent water at the breach, wishing he could jump down himself to fill it.

Suddenly, someone from the command post ran out, wiping rain off his face, shouting, "Just got a call, the crane is too heavy, the damaged roadbed can’t bear it."

"What about the material transport vehicles? Where are they?" The commander shouted hoarsely.

"The material transport vehicles are behind the crane..." The staff on the phone stopped mid-sentence.

He knew very well that everyone present was waiting for the materials to arrive, waiting for the crane to seal the breach in time.

The crane couldn’t make it, and the materials truck was stuck behind, unable to come through, leaving everyone terribly disappointed... no, it should be despairing.

It really feels like heaven doesn’t want people to survive!

Ling Chengyan stood at the back of the crowd with twelve special training members, not speaking. In the face of such natural disasters, even the fierce special training team members seemed insignificant.

Moreover, since arriving at the frontline flood control, Ling Chengyan hadn’t participated much in discussions. They were special training members specializing in warfare studies, with really no experience in water conservancy emergency rescue.

When the atmosphere reached its most oppressive point, the chief commander ordered, "Call for the most experienced driver; the crane can’t come through, let’s try to get the materials up first."

There was no stone on the dam, relying only on sandbags and a few stakes was simply not enough to block the breach.

Quickly get the stones up, even if it means carrying them on shoulders; at least the stones can be thrown in to block the breach.

"Even if we have to dig in with our heads, we must plug those stones in to seal the breach. If even Jingwei could fill the sea, I refuse to believe that humans can’t surpass a mere bird."

Everyone remained silent, except for the phone keeper, who hurried back into the tent to make calls.

Ling Chengyan, who had been silent, finally moved and spoke, "Commander Li, if you’re looking for a truck driver, I can do it."

Ling Chengyan and the performance of her special training team during this emergency had long been well-known. Everyone present recognized her, and moreover, on the way over, Ling Chengyan and her team had urgently set up a zip line to bring people across.

Ling Chengyan’s rope skills were widely known from the first day she arrived, after she saved someone. Now, when she stood out and claimed she could drive, and asserted her exceptional skill, it came as a slight surprise.

After all, at this moment, any mistake is simply unaffordable.

"Captain Ling, you..." Commander Li looked at her, organized his words slightly, and said, "This task is not only risky, but there’s no room for error. After all, with our situation, there’s really no time to waste."

Ling Chengyan stood firm as a pine, with a calm expression, "Before joining the special training team, I was a motor soldier, driving a truck for over two years. I’ve driven on ice and snow roads, waterlogged roads, and even cliff-side mountain roads."

Commander Li looked at her steadily, with emotion in his eyes. After a moment, he nodded, "Thank you, Captain Ling... Please, make sure to be safe. If it doesn’t work, don’t push yourself."

Ling Chengyan nodded, "Rest assured, I won’t be reckless."

Ling Chengyan, Wu Qingyun, and Liu Xianghu hurried to drive. The others stayed on the dam, awaiting orders.

Upon reaching their destination, they discovered that not only were the cranes and material transport trucks blocked, but also a loader and an excavator.

Ling Chengyan surveyed the road whose foundation had been eroded, first calling the crane and excavator drivers to discuss a plan. Then, the crane lifted the stakes, while the excavator acted as a sledgehammer, driving a few stakes near the eroded road foundation. Then, using the crane, they placed cages from the truck into the road foundation breach.

Though the road foundation seemed seriously damaged, the distance wasn’t long. Once the three cages were placed, the pits washed out by the flood had a basis.

Everyone present pitched in, using materials at hand, filled bags with the stones from the truck, and filled the breaches. Within half an hour, the damaged road foundation was temporarily filled, and although uneven, it was at least passable.

When the vehicles reached Sujia Sluice, the anxiety among those on the dam eased somewhat.

Commander Li personally came to greet them, shaking hands with Ling Chengyan and repeatedly expressing gratitude.

Ling Chengyan nodded slightly, "It was the result of the comrades’ joint efforts."