Chapter 16 Search and Rescue on the River

But now that Haji has appeared, the fox can no longer be considered the smartest dog, and now Haji is recognized as the smartest existence in the search and rescue dog squadron.

Originally, Haji did not have Haji's share in this mission, and as a new training dog that has not yet become a search and rescue dog, Haji is not qualified to go on a mission. But Captain Liu, as the commander of this mission, played such a role in abusing power for personal gain at a critical moment. He knew that he was probably on a mission in the squadron for the last time, and if he didn't take Haji on a mission this time, he might not have the opportunity to take Haji out of the actual combat mission again. And he was so curious, can Haji still play as well as he did on the training ground under the background of outdoor actual combat?

In this way, the four search and rescue dogs, under the leadership of their respective handlers, boarded the car and rushed to the scene of the incident.

The incident occurred at a bend in a national highway, and due to the continuous rain for the past few days, a passenger car was passing by too fast and slid sideways. However, the place where the passenger car slid was located at the head of a bridge, and as a result, the passenger car directly broke the guardrail of the bridge head and rushed into the river.

Although the driver tried his best to slow down before falling into the river, the huge body could not brake and slow down on the soft bank, and the whole body slid into the river. The only thing to be thankful for is that the speed of the bus before falling into the river was relatively low, and the bus did not rush into the deepest part of the river, but just crushed the mud on the bank and fell on the rocky slope, and part of the body was still exposed on the water. In this way, most of the passengers in the car have the opportunity to get out of the car and escape to the shore.

But there are no absolutes, some people are lucky, but some people are not so lucky. The men were sitting in the front of the bus, and they were all asleep when the car rolled over in the water. When the bus rolled over, the front glass shattered, and the river quickly rushed into the bus, and the passengers who had just been woken up were already dizzy by the river water in the rainy season before they could react.

A few lucky passengers grabbed the seat backs and armrests in the car in time, escaped to the rear of the car in a higher position, and then escaped. And a few unlucky passengers, before they could figure out what was going on, had already been swept into the river by the flood, and they didn't know where they were washed away with the current.

Although the escaped driver and passengers called the police in time, the nearest police and fire brigade were more than 20 minutes away. By the time the police and firefighters arrived, all the passengers who had fallen into the water were gone, except for the passengers who had been rescued by the driver and passengers.

It's late at night, and the police and fire brigade can't carry out a large-scale rescue effort. It was only the firefighters who dived under the water and fished up a passenger who had unfortunately been killed from the compartment that had dived underwater. As for the other passengers who fell into the water and went missing, the police and fire brigade were also at a loss.

After some research, the police contacted the local water rescue team and the garrison boat bridge unit on the one hand, and the search and rescue dog squadron on the other hand, requesting that search and rescue dogs be dispatched to carry out search and rescue work. In fact, there is little hope for the missing passengers. Now is the rainy season, the Lok Ma River has become a day of deep water and high waves, not to mention the people who are not prepared to accidentally fall into the water in this season, even those who can swim fall into the water, and it is also the end of nine deaths. The only way to do this is to do our best to find the bodies of those who fell into the water and give them the last dignity.

When they arrived, it was almost dawn. The officers and men of the local water rescue team and the boat and bridge unit also had just arrived, and although the departure and movement of these teams were relatively fast, they needed to use vehicles to transport lifeboats and rubber boats, which also took a long time to arrive on the road.

Now the scene is very chaotic, the police have public security and traffic police present, the fire brigade includes the rescue team and the search and rescue dog squadron, in addition to the water rescue and boat bridge troops who have just arrived, there are hundreds of people in Wuwuyang, making the scene very messy. Fortunately, the leaders of the local ** also arrived at the scene, although they were not professional in the rescue, but because they had administrative responsibilities, so the rescue forces of all parties were also willing to accept their command and dispatch. Coupled with the fact that there are professionals to give them advice, they only need to listen to the report and give orders according to the recommendations.

Now it is definitely not possible to save people directly, and the search for possible survivors along the river and the search for the bodies of the victims have become the next task. This work needs to be carried out by multiple units to jointly organize personnel, and the work is still relatively difficult.

Under the organization of local officials, the water rescue team and Zhouqiao had a total of four boats, each two boats as a group, and each group arranged a search and rescue dog. Two other search and rescue dogs searched along the banks of the Yuma River to see if there were any traces of victims on the shore.

At this time, the sky has gradually brightened, and the improved visibility is still helpful for search and rescue. Haji and the fox were assigned to the boat, and the dolphin and the panther had just led the others along the banks of the river to search. The reason for this distribution is that considering Haji's poor physical fitness, the dolphin and the panther, as the first-class search and rescue dogs of the search and rescue dog squadron, naturally have to carry out heavier tasks.

Haji crouched in front of a rubber assault boat and slowly moved along the river under the command of the soldiers of the boat bridge unit. The water of the Drinking Horse River swirled and roared downstream, and Haji stood on the bridge and looked at the river with a little dizziness. Fortunately, he had experience in boats when he was a man, and he knew that he couldn't stare at the surface of the water for a long time, so he deliberately moved his eyes to the river and the river bank in the distance, and from time to time he stirred his nose and searched for unusual smells.

Haji's performance is still quite good, especially compared to another search and rescue dog fox, which is one in the sky and one on the earth. The search and rescue dog had no experience of riding a boat, and it didn't take long for him to get seasick. Looking at the fox's fascinated appearance, his trainer knew that the fox's task was not complete. A stateless search and rescue dog can't do its job at all.

As for the two passers-by, although the search and rescue was considered a wholehearted effort, the effect was limited. There is no way, the natural ecological riverbank is not the ordinary beach in film and television dramas, search and rescue dogs and people need to trek the rugged riverbank, and the search and rescue efficiency will naturally not be fast. Floods, nights, and time of day are all unfavorable, so search and rescue crews do not expect to find a few missing people in a short period of time, which is one of the reasons why people do not have much hope of finding survivors.

In comparison, Haji is much more efficient at searching on the river, after all, they don't pay as much for physical fitness down the river. It's just that the smell on the river surface is relatively light, and Haji has no experience in search and rescue in this environment. In fact, having said that, Haji does not have any experience in search and rescue under real combat conditions at all. But that's nothing, Haji really doesn't have much experience in actual combat search, but he has a smart brain that other search and rescue dogs don't have, so he naturally has to develop and use it.

Sailing down the river, Haji quickly found a way. He shouted and gestured, and finally made Captain Liu understand that Haji wanted the boat to walk on the left bank of the river, because the wind was blowing from the right rear. Haji only needs to smell the smell in the wind to discern the abnormal smell in the air, so that he can detect some abnormalities. As for the banks and the surface of the river in the vicinity, it is enough to look directly at it with your eyes. It's just that Haji can't keep busy, and there are people on the boat who help Haji watch it.

After more than half an hour of sailing, Haji suddenly smelled a fishy smell in the air. The smell was not fishy, but a slightly foul smell, a bit like the smell of a corpse about to decompose. Haji had smelled a similar smell during previous search and rescue training, the smell of a corpse about to decompose.

Haji followed the direction of the wind and vaguely saw an inconspicuous spot on the other side of the river, where something seemed to float on the water. Because of Haji's height, his perspective is relatively low, and he can't tell what that thing is for a while. He had no choice but to scream, but his eyes were still fixed on the suspicious place.

"Haji, what's wrong? What do you see?" Captain Liu saw that Haji had changed, and quickly asked. Then he followed Haji's gaze to the other side of the river, and noticed that there was a bend in the river that seemed to be something special.

"Stop the boat and see what it is?" Captain Liu straightened up on the rickety boat, and asked the crowd as he watched.

"Let's go, drive over and have a look. The officer on board also noticed the anomaly and ordered the warrior who was sailing the boat.

The warrior adjusted the bow of the boat and let the assault boat move towards the suspicious spot.

When they got closer, they saw much more clearly. It was a bay from which the shore bent inward. Although the flood flow on the river is relatively fast, the water here is relatively gentle and stable, and even the garbage on the water surface has not been touched for a long time. The suspicious things that everyone saw earlier were garbage floating on the water!

There is everything in this garbage, branches, leaves, weeds, rotten paper, plastic bags, etc., and it smells very bad. This is the result of the impact of the flood, and the garbage on both sides of the river is now washed into the river. When it reaches a gentle place, the garbage will gather together and eventually rot and stink, polluting the water body.

In fact, this garbage not only pollutes the water body, but is also dangerous. If someone is unfortunate enough to fall into the water, it will be difficult to poke their head out to breathe once they get entangled in this garbage belt. If the garbage is swept away by the flood and people are unlucky enough to fall into it, it is likely that people will be hit and bruised by the branches and debris in it. If you're unlucky, even if you're a world champion swimmer, you'll run out of energy and end up in the rubbish.

"Chief, it's garbage! Nothing suspicious. One of the warriors on the ship stood up and looked at it, then sat down again in disappointment.