On this day 27 years ago, on September 15, 1998 (July 25, 1998 in the lunar calendar), hundreds of thousands of Jiujiang citizens saw off the flood fighting officers and soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of Jiujiang citizens saw off the flood fighting officers and soldiers. In the early morning of September 15, 1998, hundreds of thousands of Jiujiang citizens gathered under Shili Avenue and the "Arc de Triomphe", waving tears to see off the first batch of children and rear soldiers who retreated to defend Jiujiang during the flood fighting. During the more than 50-day flood fighting and rescue, Jiujiang Defense Zone dispatched a total of 1.01 million military and civilian personnel, rescued 33,997 trapped people, and rescued 910 people.