In 1998 flood fighting and emergency rescue, Li Xiangqun insisted on emergency rescue despite illness and fainted on the levee four times. Eventually, due to overwork, the rescue was ineffective, and he died heroically on August 22, 1998 at the age of 20. At that time, length of military service was only 20 months old and joined the Party for only 8 days.

When parents learned the sad news of Li Xiangqun's death, they were heartbroken, but the couple wanted to finish the unfinished business for their son. Father put on his son's camouflage clothes and sweated heavily on the levee with sandbags on his back. Mother Wang endured grief and washed clothes for the soldiers. After Li Xiangqun's death, the Central Military Commission awarded him the honorary title of "Hero Warrior in the New Period". On the day of the funeral, Nanping Town was deserted. Thirty thousand people saw Li Xiangqun off in the drizzle. When you cross the sea, you show your true colors. At the critical moment of flood fighting and disaster relief, the people's soldiers never flinched.

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1998 Impact of flood:

1998 The flood disaster is serious, with wide influence and long duration. Under the leadership of the Party and the government, the broad masses of soldiers and civilians fought bravely against floods, and the water conservancy projects built since the founding of New China have played a great role, greatly reducing the losses caused by disasters. A total of 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) suffered from floods in different degrees.

According to statistics of various provinces, the affected area of farmland is 22.29 million hectares (334 million mu), the disaster-stricken area is 65.438+0378 million hectares (207 million mu), 46.5438+050 people died, 6.85 million houses collapsed, and the direct economic loss is 255.65438 billion yuan. Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin and other provinces (regions) are the hardest hit areas.