On August 10, 1975, the day after the July 5.8 flood, the local government sent a correspondent to report the disaster to Zhumadian (because the communication was interrupted at that time, it had not yet been repaired). He also said that the central condolence group may come to Suiping in the near future to ask the leaders of the county party committee at home to do a good job in receiving the central condolence group.
(Vice Premier Ji Dengkui)
Early in the morning of the 12th, Chen Zhihe, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and others came to Nanguan Qiaotou to wait for the arrival of the central condolence group. Because the Nanguan Bridge was washed away, the Zhouqiao unit of the Wuhan Military Region was building a temporary bridge at that time, and there were still a few holes that had not been erected. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, more than 10 cars came to the south bank of the Ru River, and we walked from the temporary bridge to the south bank; Ji Dengkui, head of the central condolence delegation, vice premier of the State Council, Wu Lanfu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Sha Feng, minister of agriculture, Ding Zhihui, deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army, and Deng Dongzhe, deputy director of the State Planning Commission, accompanied by Liu Jianxun, secretary of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, and Su Hua, secretary of the Zhumadian Prefectural CPC Committee, walked from the temporary bridge to the north bank. Chen Zhihe, under the introduction of Su Hua, secretary of the prefectural party committee, shook hands with the central leaders one by one. Vice Premier Ji Dengkui shook Chen Zhihe's hand and asked: Are you Xiao Chen of the county party committee? Chen replied: I am.
【Rice Flour Bun Wei Zhuang】Walk to the north bank, go up the river embankment, and enter the Station Commune Rice Flour Bun Wei Zhuang. The tragic scene of being washed away by the flood was displayed in front of people, including two bodies drowned by the flood in the mud, as well as drowned cattle, pigs and sheep, washed away houses, and washed down trees.
Vice Premier Ji asked: "What kind of village is this?" Chen replied: "Rice and Noodles Bun Weizhuang" "How is it called Rice Flour Bun Weizhuang?" Vice Premier Ji asked again, and Chen Zhihe introduced the origin of Rice Flour Bun Weizhuang. Vice Premier Ji tightly held the hand of the captain Wei Zuyao and asked, "How old are you?" Wei Zuyao replied, "It's almost seventy." "
"How many families are there in your village" "More than 300 people in more than 40 households"
"How many people drowned" "How many drowned is not clear, the people who washed away have not yet returned"
"Where did everyone rush to", "I didn't rush close, I rushed to Shangcai and Runan".
Vice Premier Ji Dengkui finally said to Wei Zuyao: "You are an old captain and an old party member, don't be overwhelmed by difficulties, you have the support of the party Central Committee and the support of party committees at all levels, you must stand up and lead the masses to overcome disasters, resume production, and rebuild your homeland." He also said to Chen Zhihe: "Xiao Chen, you must remember three things to deal with quickly: First, the people who were swept away by the flood should be found in every possible way, so that their families can be reunited as soon as possible, and arrangements for food and shelter should be made; second, the roads that were washed out should be repaired as soon as possible; and third, the people who were drowned by the flood should be organized to clean up and bury the carcasses of people and animals drowned by the flood. "
[Xiliuzhuang] Then, take the car to the station commune Xiliuzhuang, Chen Zhihe and Vice Premier Ji, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Liu Jianxun in a car. In the car, Vice Premier Ji asked Chen Zhihe: "Where were you when the flood came?" Chen replied: "I stayed with Zhang Lianshan, the head of the county armed forces, for a day and a night on a wheat straw stack in the water of Daniu Village, Hexing Commune. Because the No. 7 embankment of the Kuiwang River burst, we went to Ho Hung Commune to participate in the flood fighting and rescue work and organize the transfer of the masses. The vice premier then asked: "How deep was the water at that time?" Chen replied: "It was four or five meters deep," and asked, "What do you eat in the water?" Chen replied: "Feng Aihua, director of the Women's Federation of Hexing Commune, took a bun, and when it was dark, he broke three pieces at a time, and the three of us shared it." Vice Premier Ji said affectionately: "You have worked hard. "
As he spoke, he arrived at the Xiliuzhuang Brigade, the village was razed to the ground, the corpses of people and animals were everywhere and had not yet been buried, and a uprooted tree leaned on the roof of the brigade's office that had not yet fallen halfway, and the reporters who followed him were all panicked to capture this scene. Vice Premier Ji, Wu Lanfu, and Liu Jianxun sat on a broken wooden bed in the courtyard of the village committee and listened to the report of Comrade Ma Changxiang, secretary of the party branch of Liuzhuang Village, on the disaster situation in Xiliuzhuang.
When Ma Changxiang said that the flood took the lives of many fathers and villagers, and his mother, wife, son, and daughter also died in the flood, he burst into tears and couldn't cry. At this time, Liu Jianxun, secretary of the provincial party committee, took Ma Changxiang's hand and said: "We must turn grief into strength, lead a group of party branch members, and actively organize the masses to bury the corpses, find relatives, resume production, and rebuild homes."
At this time, the condolence group learned that there were still some victims in the resettlement site of Yushan Commune, and decided to visit the victims in Yushan Commune. Chen Zhihe said: "The security arranged by the county is here." Vice Premier Ji immediately said: "How can Communist Party cadres be afraid of the masses?" So Chen Zhihe arranged for the security personnel to go ahead first.
After the condolence group came to Yushan Commune, they visited more than 1,000 victims in the auditorium of Yushan Commune. Here, the head of the central government saw that some of the victims were bandaged, some were wrapped in gauze, and some were delivering water. Vice Premier Ji touched the forehead of a little boy who was giving water, his hands were hot with a high fever, and his heart was very heavy, and he said to the medical staff present: "We must cure the child's illness."
The head of the CPC Central Committee cordially shook hands with the victims and expressed his condolences to the people of Suiping on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao is very concerned about you, yesterday the Central Committee sent a telegram of condolences, and today sent us to visit you, and I saw that your disaster situation is very serious and the difficulties are very great, but under the leadership of the party committees at all levels and with the vigorous support of the people of the whole country, you will certainly be able to overcome the difficulties and tide over the difficulties. The victims present were moved to tears!
When the condolence group learned that the Yushan Commune was relatively lightly affected by the disaster, and that it had undertaken the tasks of food, shelter, and medical care for thousands of victims in order to take into account the overall situation, it decided to visit the cadres of the Yushan Commune. Vice Premier Ji and his delegation shook hands with the commune cadres one by one, repeatedly saying, "You have worked hard," and the commune cadres said, "The leaders have worked hard." "
The condolence group left Yushan Commune and did not stop at the county party committee, but returned directly to the guest house of the Zhumadian prefectural party committee.