The two Bell 205s of the "United Forces" flew two trips to Baguio, bringing in the first "international rescue team" and a large amount of relief supplies, and when the helicopter left for the second time to carry the wounded, the weather temporarily improved, and the rain in the Baguio Mountains was likely to stop temporarily and the visibility would improve for half a day - the Americans finally decided to send planes to rescue.

Instead of a group of helicopters flying Baguio, or an air force sent from Clark Air Force Base, a large Sea Stallion helicopter was sent from Subic Naval Base, 200 kilometers away from Baguio, to deliver several medical personnel and a batch of medicines to Camp John, and pick up a few seriously wounded people by the way.

If we don't send planes anymore, the gang of guys at the "John's Sanatorium" will already be stimulated to the point where they want to kill people! The satellite phones directly crossed the headquarters of the US military in the Philippines and reached the Admiralty.

Ask for help, scold, sue!

Rescuers dispatched from Australia by other private companies have already arrived, and you are just 200 kilometers away, and the world's most powerful U.S. Navy overseas is still waiting!

It's been 16 hours since the earthquake happened, and it's still waiting, and the glorious traditions of the US Navy have been lost to these soft eggs!

If it had been a time of war, the brothers would have died long ago!

Since the call "For the sake of the United States, pull the brothers!" doesn't work, then there is no need to save any face for those soft eggs - the "director of the sanatorium" comrade broke a leg, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, anyway, he felt that it was not feasible to be promoted in this life, and then he saw a group of difficult brothers and sisters lying together, and the phone was directly called to the local scolding mother, and all the dirty words were sprayed out!

The Admiralty is also uncomfortable, because it is said that even the army side is urgently discussing the rescue - isn't this a slap in the face!

If the Air Force is unreliable, then go to the Navy and fly.

In fact, the people at Clark Air Force Base are not doing nothing, the earthquake has affected 6 provinces in the Philippines, and rescue is needed everywhere. In addition, the communication was not smooth, the hard-hit area was large, and the Soviets, who had to fight with artillery and were about to collapse the embankment, were nervous to throw artillery everywhere to play, and to a large extent, this rescue was really "within our means", and we had to listen to the opinions of the Filipinos.

As for the Philippine government, it will not be able to contact most of the cities and towns in the hardest-hit areas, to put it bluntly, it is blindly commanding!

The U.S. Air Force has already sent personnel to the city of Kabana, which is the closest to the epicenter, only 10 kilometers, and is said to have suffered heavy losses: in fact, due to the topography and geological formations, the general damage to the city is not as severe as Baguio.

It's okay if it's not seriously unwell, but a serious place can kill a lot of people!

The Philippine President arrived in the disaster area by helicopter early in the morning and appointed the Secretary of Defense as the Commander-in-Chief of Disaster Relief.

However, due to the weather, the president has not yet arrived in Baguio, which makes the old mayor who has not slept all night very hurt.

In France, Zhang Nan got up early in the morning on the 17th before dawn, and the first thing he did was to inquire about the rescue situation, and he also made a phone call to Thomas.

"The Chilean rescue transport plane will arrive in two hours, the Philippines will be able to land at Clark Air Base at 2 p.m. local time, and the arrival time of the local Galaxy transport plane will be two hours later.

By the way, Boss, our two Black Hawks can take off and land at night, and air rescue will be carried out 24 hours a day starting tonight. ”

"Do your best. ”

Zhang Nan wanted to say "do your best to obey the destiny of heaven", but Thomas probably couldn't understand that well.

At the same time, C141 transport planes that had been refueled at American Samoa airports had already flown over the Carolingian Islands. The width of the cabin is not large, but it is long enough, and the 30 or so seats that were temporarily installed before have not been removed, and the rescue team members sit here, which is much more comfortable than sitting on canvas seats horizontally.

After more than ten hours of drowsiness, the guys were already sleepy and chatting with each other.

The conversation in Spanish was fast, urgent, and even a little exciting!

It's the excitement, the excitement of the upcoming rescue operation, the apprehension, and the little excitement of going abroad.

When the plane stopped at the airport in American Samoa, the rescue team members were allowed to temporarily get off the plane and move in a small area for half an hour, although they also saw the runway beach and palm trees in the twilight sky, but the miners were in a good mood.

"This is an American colony, and we can brag about the fact that we have all been to American territory when we go back!"

The United States, this is American territory!

American Samoa, also known as Eastern Samoa, is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific and an existing colony of the United States -- since the 50s of the 20th century, the United States has repeatedly asked the United Nations to remove it from the list of colonies, but the United Nations is not a place where Uncle Sam's family has the final say.

No way!

East Samoa covers an area of nearly 200 square kilometers, with a population of 50,000 or 60,000, and has been inhabited since about 1000 BC, European explorers arrived in Samoa in the 18th century, and the capital is Pago Pago, which is one of the natural harbors in the Pacific Ocean.

In the second half of the 19th century, there was a serious international confrontation between Germany, Great Britain and the United States over the Samoan archipelago. Finally, under the 1899 treaty, Germany and the United States divided the Samoan Islands. By 1900, the United States had officially occupied the eastern half of the archipelago, and Western Samoa was now an independent Samoan state

So American Samoa is not Samoa, but it is not American territory either, but his colony.

However, for the miners, the concept of colony and territory and dependency is too lazy to carefully distinguish, and it is possible to blow it up once to the "United States", not to mention that they do not need passports and visas!

They will not bring any documents except for the work badge issued by their own company.

You don't need a passport to go abroad, cow!

The chatter about American Samoa has passed, and the miners are focused on earthquake relief.

To save people, it's better not to put your own life on the line.

Almost all of these team members have seen the earthquakes in Chile, but many young miners have not really participated in the rescue of a large earthquake. Now it can be regarded as a temporary recharge, be prepared, and add some mental preparation.

Sanchez, the leader of the rescue team, is 47 years old, he has been a miner since he was 15 years old, and he has been a miner for 32 years, and he will say to the brothers: "There have been a lot of earthquakes this year, and the possible casualties that we have to rescue are quite average."

On the 21st of last month, just 26 days ago, there was an earthquake in Iran with a magnitude of 7.7, the same as this one. Don't look at the magnitude of the earthquake is not high, you also watch TV, one accidentally died tens of thousands of people!

Sometimes the damage of an earthquake is not proportional to the magnitude, so when the time comes, give me a little leisure, and don't let my wife and children receive the $100,000 pension!"