The driver of "lone hero" in Hebei is now a "lone hero" driver.

Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, 3 Aug (Reporter Zhu Feng)-with torrential rain and a sharp rise in the water surface, at a critical moment when the reservoir could collapse at any time, other drivers were deterred, but Ren Xiaofei resolutely chose to "retrograde" and drove an excavator to the dam, digging trenches to discharge floods, and eliminating danger, more than 60 villagers downstream avoided a disaster.

Over the past few days, the story of excavator driver Ren Xiaofei has been widely praised in Xibaipo, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, the old revolutionary base, and he has been praised as a "lone hero" in flood fighting.

"on the evening of July 19, the heavy rain never stopped. The water level of a reservoir in the upper reaches of Gaijiayu in our town rose rapidly, less than 2 meters from the top of the dam, and the dam could break at any time. The situation is urgent and Brooks no delay. Digging ditches for flood discharge is the only option. " Li Guoqiang, mayor of Xibaipo Town, Pingshan County, said.

After the discovery of the dangerous situation, the local party committee and government urgently mobilized, on the one hand, to send staff to knock on door to door, to do work to transfer the masses, and on the other hand to send people to the site to dig ditches to discharge floods.

"when we arrived at the scene, everyone took a breath of air. It was too dangerous. At that time, the outer wall of the reservoir dam had begun to show signs of landslide, and because the dam was in the valley, from the hillside to the valley steep and slippery, there was no way to pass, so it was difficult to drive the machine to the operation site. At the same time, it requires high technical requirements for on-site operation, and the opening of the dam can neither be too large nor too small. " Li Guoqiang said that most of the excavator drivers temporarily transferred were hesitant.

At this time, only one driver, Ren Xiaofei, stood up and said, "I'll go!"

With 10 years of driving experience and extraordinary courage, Ren Xiaofei carefully drove the excavator to the right place of the dike and dug the hole in the ground bit by bit. Dig a section, back some distance, see the current is stable, and then continue digging.

"the most dangerous time, as soon as I dug to expand a ditch, the surrounding soil collapsed, and the excavator tilted downwards. I opened the cab and was ready to jump out of the car. Fortunately, I slowly retreated before continuing to collapse." Ren Xiaofei recalled.

After overnight rescue, the dam was dug up smoothly and safely, the water in the reservoir slowly flowed down the mouth of the ditch, and the homes of more than 60 villagers downstream were preserved.

The reporter learned that Ren Xiaofei is a shy young man born in 1984, a party member and a father of two. Asked if he was afraid at that time, he said: "I was very nervous at that time, but we couldn't let him die."