June 23, 1954, Wuhan Pass water level of 25, 86 meters, the central government issued emergency instructions on flood control in Wuhan, asking "to do everything possible to save the dangerous pass".
Deng Zichu, Vice Premier of the State Council and Minister of the Rural Work Department of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China, was appointed to lead the flood control work in Wuhan.
Deng Zicui rushed to Wuhan to check the flood situation and direct the flood control.
Subsequently, a steady stream of flood relief supplies from all over the country arrived in Wuhan.
On June 27, the Wuhan Flood Control Headquarters was set up and announced the list of its members:
Commander-in-chief: Wang Renzhong;
Deputy Commander-in-chief: Zhang Pinghua Song Kanfu Zuo Ye Li Erzhong Pan Zhengdao Song Lie Wang Kewen Zhang Haifeng Zhang De Zhang Xuetao Yan Jun Tang Shiyu Fang Jingzhi;
Secretary-General: Zhao Changchun;
Deputy Secretary General: Li Xiaoming;
Director of the General Office: Yan Bin;
Deputy Director: Guo Dongjun Wu Yinglin;
Chief Engineer: Tao Shuzeng;
Deputy Chief Engineer: Tu Yuncheng Lei Hongji;
Command Division under the Engineering Management Office, Mobilization and Organization Division, Supply Division, Transportation Division, Finance Division, Sanitation Division, Life Supplies Division, Security Division, and the Drainage Office , production and disaster relief office, drainage front defense command, rescue headquarters and other institutions.
The city set up the following sub-command:
First Command Commander: Xie Ziqun;
Deputy Commander: Jia Zhengqun Zhu Jungong Guo Yun;
Second Command Commander: Zou Zuosheng;
Deputy Commander: Ma Anrong Tian Zhendong Wang Hou Chen Yongfu;
Chen Liangchu Baishouyi;
Third Commander: Sun Rongzhang;
Three Commanders: Sun Rongzhang;
We are the only ones in the city to have the following commanders.
Sun Rongzhang;
Vice Commander: Zhang Qi Wu Zhengdong Li Yanshou Lu Choting;
Wang Qun Li Key Zheng Hua;
Fourth Commanding Officer: Ding Liansan;
Deputy Commander: Bi Jianyong Liu Yun Qiu Zhiqiang Tong Ningmin;
Liu Pengju Liu Changzai;
Fifth Commanding Officer: Zhong Kai;
Deputy Commanding Officer: Wang Zhennan Chen Shuzi Anru Shi Xi;
Wuchang Commanding General: Li Zhenjiang;
Vice Commander: Zhang Bin Liu Sen Chen Liansheng Li Leng Zhang Peicheng Lu Kejian Zhang Bo Ma Linyun Wu Fazhou;
Hanyang Commanding General: Xu Qiming;
Vice Commander: Zhao Zhong Meng Qingchun Wei Qingshan Chang Hongxi;
Fu Mingshan Liu Yudong Pan Xiguang;
Cai Shi Commander: Huang Juyi;
Quarrying Command Deputy Commander: Ji Xinghua Li Yunbo;
Water Command Commander: Zhang Wanhe;
Deputy Commander: Mou Zhaoyi Zhan Runmin Zhang Dianye;
Flood Control Headquarters according to the development of the flood situation, from the end of June to September 3 in accordance with the "rising dike, always in front of the flood! In accordance with the requirements of the "water is high, always in front of the flood", the deployment and command of the city's flood control team, flood control and flood control of the five phases of the embankment reinforcement project.
The first phase of the project to take a comprehensive set of defense, focus on cultivation and repair of dangerous work policy. For the dangerous sections of Forbidden Hole, Longkou, Baishazhou, Wuqing Dike, Wuhan Pass, Rudder Pass, Aijiazui, etc., the dikes were reinforced by constructing sacks of sub-dykes or plywood sub-communities.
The construction of pressure dipping platforms and wells at Changfeng Beiwan and other places, as well as the repair of the second line of Hanzheng Street embankment. Work began on June 30th and was completed on July 10th to ensure the safety of Wuhan when the water level reaches 28 or 28 meters.
To make the city dike elevation to 29, 50 to 30, 00 meters, to meet the July 18 appeared 28, 31 meters of the Yangtze River flood peak.
The second phase of the project to strengthen the main, part of the height, focusing on checking the water leakage and fill the pond town foot or throw stone bank protection. Some sections of the embankment with insufficient height were added to the sub-bank.
Requirements for the flood rose to 28, 50 meters, to ensure the safety of Wuhan. started on July 19, completed on the 25th. Hankou, Wuchang embankment height of 30, 00 to 30, 05 meters, against the July 30, 28, 77 meters of high water.
The third phase of the project began on July 26, in accordance with the "rising dike high, defense flood" policy, continue to reinforce the main part of the dike height, and part of the dike for the external help inside the support, and further strengthen the rescue and dike patrols, strengthen the anti-wave facilities, the requirements of the flood rose to 29 meters, to ensure that the safety of Wuhan.
The fourth phase of the project will continue to strengthen the heightening, strengthen the wave protection equipment, strengthen the dike patrol, strengthen the technical guidance, strengthen the political work, strengthen the supply of materials, and strive to take the initiative to eliminate the threat of the possible emergence of the "just in case".
Requested to raise and reinforce the anti-wave sub-dike to ensure that the top of the dike is more than 50 centimeters above the water surface.
Work began on August 5, to mid-city embankment has been raised four times, the elevation reached about 30, 70 meters, withstood the August 18, 29, 73 meters of the highest flood level in history test.
The fifth phase of the project was carried out after August 18 when the water level began to fall.
For the receding water period is prone to the characteristics of big dangers, proposed to prevent relaxation and paralysis of the mind, to further strengthen the embankment, fill the ponds and no dams, fixed weir and gate, to overcome the weaknesses, to eliminate the dangers, to eliminate the hidden dangers.
Requirements in the case of high water level, long duration, wind and waves, to ensure the safety of embankments during the period of falling water.
Hankou Hanzheng Street embankment second line project, Hankou Hanzheng Street along the river along the block stone waterproof wall, can not withstand floods of more than 28 meters.
In order to ensure the safety of the city, June 30, the city flood control headquarters decided to build a second line of embankment from the Hanzheng Street street qiaokou to set crop mouth robbing, by the third command is responsible for organizing the construction.
July 3 began, the removal of street slabs, construction of hemp packet earth embankment, completed on July 12, embankment length of 3,340 meters, the bottom width of 3, 49 meters, the top width of 1, 50 meters, the elevation of 29, 00 meters.
With soil 1, 50,000 cubic meters, 130,000 sacks, digging and plugging the street more than 200 water inlet holes, 140 alley culverts, 151 households indoor culverts.