After issuing his commands, Nie Zhenbang turned to Fu Zhengping and said, "Professor Fu, the situation on the dike is still very urgent, so I must excuse myself."
As he stepped out of the tent, all around him, atop the dike, the din of human voices filled the air. Within the dike, at the location where massive piping had occurred, at least hundreds of people were bustling around the area.
On the dike, a section had sunk by about a meter, transforming the once flat surface of the dike into a concave arc. This depression was not abrupt but instead had a gently sloping curve.
This was normal, as breaches generally caused by floods in dikes, where the break occurred, were at least several tens to hundreds of meters wide.
At this moment, on both sides of the depression, soldiers from the army and armed police were sprinting. Each person was filled with a sense of urgency and mission.
