"Boom~~~"

With a roar of thunder, the pouring rain poured down like a pour, instantly blurring the mountains in the distance, looking at the rain that had been falling like a stream outside the window, Mendinger's yellow eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily, and then turned his head, sat upright in his chair, and quickly typed out a string of beautiful English characters with his hands on the typewriter

On April 17, 1987, the rainfall continued in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, and the roads were so muddy that motor vehicles could not drive at all, so they had to rely on manpower and livestock to maintain the roads to the outside world.

Unfortunately, last night, a sudden flash flood washed away the only road leading to the outside, trapping not only the local people but also the troops stationed here.

According to local officials, they have enough food and other necessities for a month, and the garrison that rotated some time ago also brought a group, compared to China on the other side of the border, the situation is even more dire, because the average altitude of the Himalayas behind them is 6,000 to 7,000 meters.

The sudden rains destroyed not only the bridges, roads and farmland here, but also the external access to the opposite side, which China has only 24 S-70 Black Hawk helicopters capable of flying over the towering Himalayas.

However, it is clear that these helicopters are severely undernumbered and simply cannot cope with the increasing flash floods.

For this reason, the commander of the local garrison said this morning that if the Chinese side is unable to provide assistance to the disaster area, they are willing to help China carry out rescue out of humanitarian reasons.

Although I would like to see the local garrison help the Chinese side, the reality is not optimistic, although the local officials and garrison officers have vowed that they have enough supplies, even if the roads are washed away, it will not affect their lives, according to my observations, the local residents have little food and salt left, but the local officials and garrison have no intention of distributing the supplies.

Of course, my supplies as a foreign correspondent are guaranteed, but the price is three times more expensive than before, and I only charge pounds or dollars.

There are signs that the situation on the ground is not as rosy as the officials and military officers said, and I will report on the details in more detail later.

Reuters correspondent, Martin Mendinger, in the town of Uruger.

When the last word was typed, Mendinger took down the press release, read it carefully, and found nothing wrong, so he prepared to go to the back telegraph room and send the press release to the Reuters branch in New Delhi, and then through the branch to form an official news and send it to the world under the name of Reuters.

For this reason, Mendinger took out a small bottle of diesel from under the table and poured it into the small generator, and then used the strength of the milk to start the diesel generator, and waited for five or six minutes until the generator set was warmed up, and then the power was turned on and the radio transmitter was activated.

But just when Mendingale was busy and could finally send a report, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a tall man in a raincoat broke in.

I heard the person who intruded in and spoke first, "A Skylark 3 crashed on the way here, and all four people on board were killed." ”

When Mendingale heard this, he immediately took off the headphones on his head, got up from his chair, and asked the visitor with a surprised face, "Really?"

The visitor took off the rain hat on his head, revealing a face full of beards and vicissitudes, and smiled smugly at Mendingale, "Our French-made helicopters, the news is naturally very accurate." ”

"Is there a more specific situation?" asked Mendinger.

The person who came took out a press release from his pocket and said unceremoniously, "Send this to the AFP branch in New Delhi, and I'll tell you whatever you want." ”

Mendinger didn't pick it up, but looked at the visitor with a wary face: "Mr. Marcelo, don't tell me that you AFP are so poor that you don't even have a transmitter for you." ”

Marcelo didn't care, "It's true that they didn't give me a radio machine, but a satellite phone, but without electricity, that thing is just a brick, and it can't be thrown far." ”

Hearing this, Mendingale didn't know what to say, before last night, the disaster did not further expand, fortunately, at least there was electricity in this place, but since the disaster was serious, the power facilities were completely damaged, as for when it will be restored, no one knows.

Not to mention Marcelo's satellite phone, even Mendingale's own is no different from a brick.

Fortunately, Reuters, where Mendingale works, once traveled around the South Asian subcontinent as a suzerain, and its knowledge of some places was even more detailed than that of the local government, so when Mendingale was stationed, in addition to advanced satellite phones, it was also equipped with traditional small diesel generators and telegraph transmission equipment.

In this way, Mendingale can constantly send first-line reports to his superiors, and Marcelo does not have this convenience, but he is not the kind of person who drills the horns of the bull, he is a foreign correspondent, and who has something to do with it, naturally knows in his heart.

So after writing the press release, I immediately put on a raincoat and came over, just like my own home, without the slightest embarrassment.

"Okay, but the news of the Skylark 3 crash isn't enough. "They are all foreign correspondents of the top Western news agencies, although there is competition, but they belong to the same camp, and it is common for them to help each other, so Mendinger took Marcelo's press release, but the conditions on his lips did not mean to discount half a point.

"Don't worry, I'll give you two bottles of fine wine somewhere, I'll give it to you later. Marcelo said quickly.

Mendingale nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and at this moment Marcelo suddenly bowed his head and said, "Actually, we can cooperate, in fact, this disaster has exposed the shortcomings of short-haul air transport in China and here." ”

As he spoke, he shoved the press release into Mendinger's hand, and when Mendinger saw Marcelo's press release, his eyes immediately widened, and he nodded again and again, "This angle is good, this angle is good." ”

Before the words fell, he went to the transmitter, put on the headset, and soon with the sound of ticking, strings of characters flew to New Delhi with the radio waves.

An article titled "Small multi-purpose aircraft is the key" was sent to the world through Reuters and AFP, and other places are okay, New Delhi immediately smiled when he read the article, small multi-purpose aircraft, they have it in their hands, not only do they have, but also completely localized, since even a powerful country like Britain and France feels that this equipment is the key, then what are you waiting for, just take it out and use it.

Not long after the Mendingale and Marcelo reports were officially published to the world, New Delhi announced that the Dornier-228 small transport aircraft, which had been imported from the Federal Republic of Germany several years ago and had been domestically produced since last year, would participate in the northern border disaster relief mission.

As soon as the news came out, all parties were in an uproar!

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