With the rising water of Changjiang River about to flow over the embankment near Poyang County, armed police troops came to join the flood control operations that built a 1,500-meter-long and 1.5-meter-high barrier on the embankment. (Photos: Xinhua)

Liu Yifei, Ma Paishan, Yang Zeyu, Yuan Long, and Zhu Renpeng, who were all born after 2000, have for the first time joined such a flood control battle since they joined the troop.

Almost every day over the past week, they did their utmost to carry and pile sandbags along the embankment while enduring sweltering weather.

Armed police officer Ma Paishan (R) and his comrades are treated with mung bean soup made by a local villager in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.

Armed police officer Ma Paishan (2nd L) carries a sandbag on his shoulder in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.

Armed police officer Liu Yifei (Front) and his comrades carry bottled water in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.

Armed police officers take a nap outside houses of local residents in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.

Armed police officer Liu Yifei (1st R) carries a sandbag on the embankment in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.

Armed police officer Liu Yifei (C) piles a sandbag to reinforce the embankment in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 13, 2020.