Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Trapped in the Ruins
"Haji, how are you resting? Can you still hold on?" Captain Zhao squatted down facing Haji, as if he was talking to someone, and his eyes were still fixed on Haji's eyes when he was questioned, as if Haji was one of his firefighters.
In fact, Captain Zhao was a little hesitant to come over to talk to Haji, he knew that Haji did his best like other dogs, and Haji's performance just now was very good, and there were many more people rescued from the search and rescue than the other search and rescue dogs combined. But at the moment, their time is limited, and the sooner they rescue the last three people, the better the chances of those three people surviving.
Among the five search and rescue dogs currently at the scene, the four dogs had just retired not long ago, and they all had obvious secretions on their noses, and their sense of smell had long been out of order. Only Haji rested for a longer time, and it is estimated that his sense of smell has recovered a little, and in this case, Captain Zhao can only hope for Haji. Not only that, Captain Zhao also understands Xiao Zhang's choice very well, if Xiao Zhang directly takes over this task and then forces Haji to carry out a search and rescue again, he, Captain Zhao, will not be able to hold Xiao Zhang. Therefore, Xiao Zhang's response just now is still appropriate, which is also the reason why Captain Zhao is willing to come and ask Haji in person.
"Haji, if you can hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer. There are three people down there!, three lives!" Captain Zhao stretched out three fingers and said to Haji.
Can this work? The people next to them watched Captain Zhao and Haji speak, and they all felt a little incredible. Let's just say that Haji is an extremely intelligent search and rescue dog, but it is impossible for him to fully understand human language, right? If Haji understands everything, then he doesn't need a handler at all, and whoever speaks can be his handler. Of course, this has to be the person Haji trusts the most. can see what Xiao Zhang and Haji mean, it's not like a lot of trust in the relationship!
But just when everyone was thinking nonsense, Haji raised his head and looked at Captain Zhao seriously, as if he understood the other party's words, and actually stood up all of a sudden. Then Haji turned back to look in Xiao Zhang's direction, and when he saw Xiao Zhang standing up straight in surprise, he actually turned his head and walked towards the high pile of ruins. Xiao Zhang fully reacted at this time, and hurriedly walked a few steps, following closely behind Haji.
"Haji, that's good!" Seeing this scene, Squadron Leader Zhao was first taken aback, and then he sincerely admired. Then, Captain Zhao also followed in the direction of the ruins, and he also turned his head and waved his hand in the direction of the headquarters, signaling that the other side should hurry up and follow, and he was about to make a move. Seeing this, the people in the command immediately conveyed the order. Some of the people who had been waiting at the edge of the ruins immediately flashed to the side, making way for Haji, Xiao Zhang, and the others, as if to welcome a general.
Haji was tired, but he felt like he could hold on for a while. Although his sense of smell has now regained sixty percent of his usual ability, it is still much stronger than the dolphins who have just retired. Moreover, Haji has the intelligence and judgment of a human being, and he knows how to get the most out of his sense of smell and hearing, which no search and rescue dog can do.
When Haji, Captain Zhao, Xiao Zhang and others came to the ruins, the commander-in-chief in charge of the on-site search and rescue also came. His assistant took a hastily drawn architectural drawing, and said to Captain Zhao and Xiao Zhang: This is a frame structure, there are two beams here, and there are a few pillars here, and it is suspected that the trapped people are near the pillars. If these people are lucky and can still move, they are likely to have retreated to the neighboring houses, which requires us to continue to search and call them in the process of search and rescue. It would be much easier if you could get an answer from them......
The commander-in-chief was talking, but he didn't expect Haji to suddenly stand up, grabbed Captain Zhao's arm and put his huge head up, as if he wanted to see the picture. Others didn't know how good Haji was, they were all amused by Haji's move, and simply thought that Haji just wanted to have fun with others, so everyone smiled kindly at Haji's somewhat naughty behavior, and no one took it too seriously.
Haji was not here to join in the fun, but he took advantage of the sketch to memorize the position of the pillars and passages marked on the map. After a while, he was going to explore the buildings under the ruins, and the part that had not completely collapsed was not small, and it was a bit difficult to send someone in, but it was much less difficult to send Haji in.
Of course, there is a certain danger to this. But Haji knew that no one but himself could go into it, for it was too difficult and more dangerous for the upright humans to advance there, and there was no one better suited for the job.
Haji was not a brave man in his previous life, and even if he became a search and rescue dog in this life, he was not brave enough. But he was at least sure that the ruins wouldn't collapse because one of his search and rescue dogs had gone inside, so he would have a chance to rescue the three trapped again. Maybe because of the reason why he saved people, the behind-the-scenes manipulators of this world may be able to open up the net, so that he can live again as a human in the future. Taking a step back, at least his courage to save people will win people's trust, and at least it will be easier for him to find an opportunity to escape in the future.
Here we are studying the part of the structure that has not yet completely collapsed under the rubble, and there are firefighters who have cleared a path as much as possible. At the end of the pathway, clogged with a clutter of construction debris, the narrow windows that one can now find for Haji to explore up close.
It was only after Haji had scouted the general direction that the firefighters were able to determine where the trapped men were and whether they were still alive. Otherwise, the search and rescue personnel need to clean up the rubble on a large scale and look for the trapped people everywhere, which is not only inefficient, but also extremely difficult and risky.
"Haji, look, look there, you have to climb in there and bring this in too. Zhang held Haji in his arms and showed Haji a small camera as he spoke.
This is a device equipped by search and rescue personnel, and it is installed on Haji's body, and people can see the specific situation inside the half-collapsed building through the real-time footage uploaded by the camera. This makes it easier for search and rescue personnel to judge the specific situation in the building, and also facilitates subsequent rescue work.
After explaining to Haji, Zhang tied the camera to Haji's collar and pointed the camera from Haji's side to the front. This allows the camera to shine an unobstructed view of the scene in front of it, and then transmit the situation in the building back.
After doing all this, Xiao Zhang patted Haji's forehead again and encouraged Haji, and then fed a ham sausage to Haji's mouth. Haji was not polite, and after replenishing some energy, he burrowed into the narrow passage.
As soon as Haji got inside, the camera around his neck immediately emitted a somewhat dazzling light. It turns out that this camera still has its own light source, so that it is easy for the outside operator to operate, and at the same time, it also avoids the trouble of Haji fumbling in too dark environments.
Since Haji had seen the sketch, he knew the approximate location of the men at the time of the deflagration. As soon as he entered the ruins, he groped his way through the location he remembered.
Probably because the area was not at the center of the deflagration incident, the damage to the building was not too severe. It was only because of the collapse that caused a chain reaction that caused the floor slabs and buildings above to collapse, covering the buildings below. In fact, when Haji got in from below, he found that not many of the buildings on the first floor had collapsed. It's just that all kinds of dumped building and decoration materials and damaged guys are more in the way, and he needs to keep bypassing. But even so, Haji's progress did not slow down much, and it took him almost no trouble to get close to the place where the three men were roughly trapped.
"This guy is so smart, how does it know how to go? You see, this search and rescue dog has hardly taken any detours!" The commander-in-chief next to him couldn't help but admire while watching the real-time footage from the camera around Haji's neck.
"Indeed, well-trained!" The other person accosted and admired Squadron Leader Zhao with an approving smile.
"It's still a success, this dog is indeed a dog with a lot of prospects for the development of our squadron. Captain Zhao said politely.
"It's okay this way, it's a bit of an obstacle, but it's not a big problem, people should be able to get in......," the people in charge of the search and rescue work paid more attention to the environment inside the building, and they watched and communicated.
The front is okay, but as you walk, the front is not good. Even Haji's size needed to burrow through the rubble from time to time to slowly get closer to that target. When the people outside saw this scene, they couldn't help but hold their breath. Because they knew that if this situation continued, it would mean that they would have to work so hard that they would even need to find a way to support the building frame and find a huge working surface to carry out the rescue. If that's the case, they'll probably not be able to finish it until dark.
But just when everyone was worried, Haji suddenly stopped moving. Because Haji's sensitive ears caught a voice, a sound coming from beneath a piece of collapsed ruins.
"Boss, so, go down, we will be suffocated, oxygen, not enough, use, ......" a voice said with difficulty.
"Don't, don't worry, bear with me for a while, just now, wasn't there a voice from there to save people? Another mature voice said to the man who was speaking in front of him.