Chapter 804: The Harsh Environment of the Desert
In the hall on the third floor of the building, a group of people gathered together.
"Caused by the wind and sand?" Song Shan's eyes were a little gloomy.
This accident was not man-made, but caused by the natural environment, which was swept by the wind and sand, resulting in the destruction of the entire construction forest.
The wind-blown sand in the desert is relatively common, but the construction forest that can cover them means that the wind-blown sand is strong this time, and there will be no such wind-blown sand around the oasis under normal circumstances.
"When we chose Siwa Oasis, didn't we review the safety environment, why is there such a big wind and sand?"
Song Shan looked at Han Xu.
Professor Han Xu joined Song Shan when he established the Rapid Tree Research Group, and has been doing research for Fengsheng all these years.
However, in Fengsheng, he is only on a temporary basis, and his main position is still a university professor.
This time he came to Egypt as a technical instructor.
The desert tree in the fourth stage has high technical difficulties and requires a professional technical team, and Han Xu is the professor who leads this team.
"The weather in the desert is irregular, and we have always believed that there should not be such a big wind and sand in the Siwa Oasis, and this time the wind and sand almost covered the entire oasis!"
Han Xu said in a low voice: "I also asked the local people, and they said that this is a big wind and sand that is rare to encounter once in a hundred years!"
"I'll just ask, is it safe here?"
Song Shan's cold voice asked.
This is the abundant and green Egyptian headquarters, not only has a planting base, but also stands in the entire Egyptian operation team, but there are many Chinese people.
He is responsible for the safety of these Chinese employees.
"From the point of view, it's quite safe!" Han Xu said: "The people in our research group's weather group have studied that this kind of wind and sand, in a short period of time, is unlikely to appear a second time!"
"Since you say so, I believe you!" Song Shan took a deep breath.
"Chairman, I have clearly understood that the No. 2 construction forest located in the north has been destroyed by wind and sand, and part of the construction forest in the west has also been covered, three Egyptian planters are missing, and one Chinese employee is missing, and it is still being searched, but this kind of large-scale sandstorm is very slim!"
After Gong Jian learned about the situation, he quickly came to report to Song Shan.
"Go and see it!"
Song Shan sighed.
No one wants this kind of thing, but since it has happened, it has to be faced.
He looked at Alef and asked, "Your Excellency Alef, shall we go and have a look?"
"Hmm!"
Alepf was also on the side to learn about the situation from some Egyptian employees, after all, this is an Egyptian place, and the damage is also Egyptian, and he is also very nervous.
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Under the night, the tis tiles are shining one by one.
To the north, No. 2 construction forest.
There are no saplings in the whole construction forest, only layers of yellow sand are visible, although the wind and sand have stopped, but the damage is huge.
Song Shan and Alepf walked up side by side, and looking at the past, there were many people searching for each piece of work.
But this kind of search work is very inefficient.
This time, the wind and sand not only covered the No. 2 construction forest, but also swept away several people, which is the biggest problem, they can bear the loss, but it is a big problem to involve human lives.
If it causes some special problems, or even magnifies the whole thing, it will cause the entire Egyptian top brass to have a disgust with the project.
At worst, the entire project may be temporarily halted.
At that time, it will be a real loss.
"Your Excellency Alepf, can you invite more people to search, the longer the time, the slimmer the chances of their survival!" Song Shan also knew that the hope was already very slim, but he still wanted to give it a try.
"I can mobilize the garrison of Matru to help, they seem to have radar life detection instruments, and they should have a chance to get people back, but ......" Alepf didn't have a lot of emotions, but was a little used to such things, and said in a low voice: "I think their chances of survival are almost gone!"
In such an environment, Alepf has lost his reaction to this kind of thing.
Because that's the case in Egypt.
Every year, the number of people who are carried away by the wind and sand in those oasis towns is no less than three digits, and the desert has become a death line in Egypt, which is also the reason for Egypt's sand control.
"Always give it a try!"
Song Shan persistently: "How much money is needed at that time, we will bear it all, even if we can't find the person, we will be happy to find the corpse!"
He didn't really have much hope.
Nature is bad, he didn't know it for the first time, but he always felt a little uncomfortable, as a farmer, he was born to be the enemy of nature.
Their ambition is to use their own abilities to change the harsh natural environment.
"Okay!"
Alepf was not polite, and if there was no benefit, Matrou's garrison would not bird him, after all, he had not been in the military, at most it was just a relationship.
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Matruh's Egyptian garrison arrived quickly, truckload after truck of soldiers stationed in the town of Siwa, and began to expand the search area along the north.
But such a search method is very simple, and it is also very backward, but in the desert, there is no other better means.
At five o'clock in the morning, with the help of radar life detection instruments, the first person, the first body, should be said, was found.
This is an Egyptian, a native of Siwa, a richly recruited planter.
Fengsheng has to plant so many saplings every day, so it is naturally best to hire workers from the local area, which compares the cost of termination, and if people are transported by air from China, it is too costly.
When his body was recovered, his family was crying.
Then, the second body, at about seven o'clock in the morning, was found in a cave in the desert twenty miles away, the whole person was covered by wind and sand, and it was already stiff.
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At eight o'clock in the morning, Song Shan was standing in the temporary headquarters established on the No. 2 construction forest, he had not slept all night, but it did not affect his spirit.
His spirit is very good, at least several times stronger than ordinary people, it is not of much use, but his memory is much better, his reaction is much sharper, and his understanding is much stronger.
However, in Song Shan's opinion, the most important thing is that he can become a lot tougher, even if he doesn't sleep for three days and three nights, it won't affect his spirit.
The people next to him were drowsy, after all, after a night of tossing, many people couldn't hold on, Alepf was embarrassed to rest, Song Shan was sitting here, as a head snake, he couldn't show that something happened to him, so he could only sit next to him and doze off.
That is, Fang Nanyi's girl, her spirit is also very good, after all, with the support of the power of the other side flower, even if she is not as good as Song Shan, she is not a person who is easily mentally fatigued.
She sat next to her, holding her chin, and looked at Song Shan's serious expression quietly, a little nymphomaniac, feeling that Song Shan in this state was very handsome.
"A third body has been found!"
A man rushed in.
Li Han, the project manager of the No. 2 construction forest, has not slept for a day and a night, although he is very tired, but he can't resist the fear, he can't fall asleep at all, and has been participating in the rescue of people on the front line.
"Is it one of us?"
Song Shan asked.
"Yes!"
Li Han nodded a little sadly: "It is our technician, Liu Yongan, a very young man, he was originally admitted to the Fengsheng Agricultural Science and Technology Research Institute by virtue of his own ability, and he can do research with peace of mind, and he is going to get married this year, and he took the initiative to apply to come to Egypt, in fact, he hopes to make more money to get married, but he didn't expect ......"
"Resettle the people and prepare to send them back to China, and the Rich Green Association will come forward to negotiate compensation with their families!"
Song Shan's face was expressionless, he didn't know what to say, he couldn't avoid such a thing.
"Good!"
Li Han nodded.
"As for the local ones, the compensation that should be given must also be given, and the family must be satisfied!" Song Shan had a trace of bitterness in his eyes, life was greater than the sky, and no amount of compensation was made up, but the only thing he could give was compensation.
"How much damage was the No. 2 construction forest?"
"The outer part of this construction forest is a forest, but the 2,000 acres inside are a seedling farm, which is for cultivating new saplings, and now there are all gone!"
Li Han said with a wry smile: "Initially, the loss is more than tens of millions!"
"I see!"
Song Shan looked at his already swollen eyes, and said: "No one wants this matter, you are the project manager, naturally you have some responsibilities, but there is no way to do natural disasters, don't have too much psychological pressure, go and rest first!"
"I'm not tired!" Li Han said.
"Go and rest!"
Song Shan waved his hand: "If you are tired or not, go to lie down, this matter, the tail is still growing on you, you can't collapse first, you are the person in charge, if you are all broken, how can you let the work of the No. 2 Construction Forest go on!"
"Yes!"
Li Han chose to rest.
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At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the rescue ended.
Four people are missing.
Three bodies were recovered.
The last person could not be found, they had expanded a radius of fifty kilometers, and they could not find anyone, basically there was no hope, and there was no way to find it.
"General Gharib, hard work!"
Alepf shakes hands with an Egyptian general.
"Your Excellency, you are my friend, if you need anything in the future, just ask!" said Garib with a smile.
Egypt is not a Chinese country after all.
China has a strong humanistic spirit and a strong spirit of honor, the duty of a soldier is obedience, and the meaning of the existence of a soldier is to protect the people, while in Egypt, the national will is different, and the value of the army's existence is also different.
This time Gharib was willing to help, for the sake of three million Egyptian pounds.
After sending Gharib away, Alepf walked into the headquarters of the six-story building of Rich, and talked with Song Shan in a conference room about the end of the matter.
"You can't hide it!" Alepf said: "Although these things are not rare in Egypt, but when people die, they still have to be explained!"
"Will it affect our project?"
Song Shan sat on the first place, looking at Alepf quietly.
"It's not a big problem!" Alepf said: "I've already talked to the cabinet on the phone, no one wants to see this situation, and in the oasis, this is not the first time, they can understand, but Fengsheng must deal with the follow-up matters, including compensation for the families of the Egyptian people who lost their lives, which can be regarded as an explanation for our Egypt!"
"Gong Jian, you have to deal with this matter personally, you must do it beautifully, not only to compensate them, but also to apologize in person!"
Song Shan thought for a while and said to Gong Jian, the person in charge of Egypt next to him.
"Don't worry, chairman, I'll take care of it!" Gong Jian nodded.
"We also have to take caution from this matter!" Song Shan turned his head and said to the other party: "Old Fang, you go and tell Han Xu, let their technical team work weather forecasting, don't be afraid of spending money!"
"Yes!"
Fang Shiyi nodded.
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Alepf's attitude towards Fengsheng's handling of things is still relatively recognized, and no one wants to have an accident, but Fengsheng can do his work carefully, which is an attitude.
With this attitude, Alepf should keep this partner.
So in this matter, Alepf is also constantly looking for someone to dredge.
Maybe it's the sandstorm that swept away people, but in Egypt, it's not too surprising, and no one is particularly targeted, so this matter can be regarded as a thrilling crossing.
Two days later, Fengsheng began to rebuild the No. 2 construction forest.
Construction Forest No. 2 is one of the more important construction forests, because he was responsible for planting seedlings for the entire Siwa planting base, and now he needs to re-cultivate the seedlings.
Fortunately, there are still enough tree species, otherwise I would really have to catch blind.
On the fourth day of their arrival in Siwa, Song Shan and Alef began to inspect the progress of the abundant desertification and afforestation.
They first looked at the No. 1 construction forest and the No. 2 construction forest.
Construction Forest No. 1, to the west of Siwa, was originally the main construction forest, with more than 200 workers planting trees every day.
It can make 300 acres in one day.
At present, it is the largest construction forest, and two to three hundred acres of land will be turned into an oasis every day, suppressing the erosion of the desert.
"In one year, can we add a protective line to this oasis, and then add 100,000 acres of land?"
Alepf looked at the small saplings.
He knows that afforestation is risky, and even if more than 30 percent of the seedlings planted can grow, it is a relatively high number.
The success rate of desert afforestation in the world is less than 20 percent.
Fengsheng is unique, has its own technology, is the first in the world, and the success rate will definitely be much higher, otherwise Egypt will regret it, terminate the contract with Abby International, and contract the project to Fengsheng.
But in fact, Alep's confidence is still not very sufficient, after all, how difficult it is to plant trees in the desert, he knows how difficult it is to plant trees in the endless yellow sand.
"A year?"
Song Shan shook his head: "Within half a year, I will let the planting of 100,000 acres of forests be completed here, and it must be trees that have grown successfully!"