Chapter 20: The Dawn

The smell of dust permeated the ruins, and new rescuers continued to arrive.

In addition, companies, volunteers, and social rescue forces came from all over the world to support, and everyone did their part to save their compatriots in distress.

Above the entrance of the cave, the team members organized digging to save people, Zheng Zhi grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted several times, but there was no response.

At the bottom of the dimly lit cavern, the walkie-talkie screen in the cracks of the rubble flashed Hertz lines, and the sound of electricity spread out in the small space.

The man under the earth and rocks moved, gradually regaining consciousness in the darkness.

"Hmm......" Song Ju'an stood up against gravity, his head was dizzy for a moment, he helped the crooked helmet on his head, and found that the flashlight on it was also extinguished.

He cursed in a deep voice, fumbled around with his hands, and soon found the walkie-talkie with a faint light.

He hoarsely said: "I'm Song Ju'an, I'm not injured, everything is safe." ”

After saying that, there was a strong pain in his back, and he gasped and sighed that his life was still quite big.

Digging began above, and the sound grew clearer and clearer, and the hole was dug open.

When the light came in, Song Ju'an squinted at the group above.

Xu saw that he was indeed angry, Zheng Zhi glanced at him, and then pulled the person up.

Song Ju'an came up from the bottom of the cave, didn't care about dealing with the injury on his back, and immediately organized the team members to save the next person.

When night fell, these young men who had been fighting for 24 hours were tired, and their faces were black, and some were still stained with blood.

Stretchers passed in front of them, some covered in bruises, and could only cry one by one, some covered with white cloths, and the firefighters collectively paid silent tribute to the victims.

Here, death becomes the most common thing, forcing you to get used to it, and then devote yourself to the intense rescue mission.

The eight search and rescue dogs at the scene were running around, in order to facilitate the rescue, they could not wear shoe covers, stepped barefoot on glass rubble, and some limbs began to become infected, and they still could not retreat.

At 1 a.m., the difficulty of rescue increased again, and the speed of rescue also decreased.

The sweltering heat and the intensity of the work brought everyone to the verge of collapse.

The wound on Song Ju'an's back was soaked in hot sweat, like a tiny insect crawling in his muscles, he lowered his head and gritted his teeth to restrain himself, thinking about the people who had not yet been rescued, he couldn't retreat.

"Come on! there are survivors here!"

Not far away, Zheng Yan turned his head and shouted, Song Ju'an's expression was grim, and the person quickly rushed over.

Signs of life in this area are particularly faint, but the sound of tapping from below indicates that the person is still alive.

"It's too deep to use rescue equipment. Zheng Zhi squatted down to check the situation below.

The survivors were trapped at the bottom, with several load-bearing walls and concrete reinforcement slabs pressed on top, the weight of which should not be underestimated.

"It's important to save people, divide into two teams and move!" Song Ju'an ordered first.

Soon more than a dozen men were put into work, and the wall weighed at least hundreds of kilograms, and Song Ju'an and the others worked hard to make it just slightly off the ground.

Everyone blushed and began to tremble under their feet, but they couldn't relax in the slightest, otherwise they would lose support and most likely hurt the other team members.

Zheng Zhi stiffened his neck and reminded: "All the strength, stand firm, move to the ground!"

A group of people's facial muscles were twitching, bending over and taking away into the open, walking through the rugged and some people stumbled a step, the center of gravity was unstable, the huge wall suddenly tilted, and the others immediately lifted their strength, and the corners of their foreheads burst out.

"Keep an eye on your step!"

Soon, other detachments joined in, and although the burden was lightened, it was not easy.

After solving this wall, they all insisted to their respective limits, their fingers trembled involuntarily, and the meridians of their arms jumped violently, especially the back connected to the waist, as if they had been discounted, and they couldn't lift the slightest strength.

Song Ju'an pinched his waist and panted up and down, and was about to beckon his brothers to continue, when he was gently patted on the shoulder, and when he looked sideways, he saw that it was a guy wearing a combat uniform like him.

"Let's take care of the rest, you're in charge of saving people!" said the captain of another team of unknown people, and then led the men over.

After more than an hour, they finally dug a hole and saw the scene below through the searchlight.

It's a young man and a woman.

The man hunched over to protect the woman in his arms, and he was covered in blood, especially the flesh and blood on his back, and the medical staff went down to probe his pulse, and then raised his head and shook his head at Song Ju'an.

The woman moved at this time, opened her eyes and looked at the man in front of her, and her voice was weak: "Husband......"

A group of big men couldn't help but have red eyes, Song Ju'an controlled his emotions and commanded the team members to rescue people, and when they were carried on a stretcher, the woman fell into a coma again.

Watching the ambulance drive away, Song Ju'an tried to hold back his tears and turned his back to look at the entire ruins.

Although water is sprinkled heavily during the day to reduce the smoke and dust at the disaster site, at night, ash smoke continues to climb up from the broken rubble.

There are still people around to protect her, and they almost lose the chance of survival, at this moment, what about her who is alone in a dangerous predicament?

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The sky was white, and the sky was bright again.

Siwei didn't know how she fell asleep, but the scene in front of her remained the same after waking up, and she was trapped for nearly 30 hours, during which she only drank a few drops of water, which had some flavor, but fortunately it could be used by her body to support her body again.

Siwei: "Little brother, how are you?"

No one responded, and after a while, she picked up the stone and knocked on the wall, and the result was the same.

Don't......

A very bad thought flashed through his mind, and Si Wei was stunned, and his eyes searched back and forth around until he fixed on the small opening in front of him through the stone wall.

Through that gap, you can go to the other side.

After a tangle, Si Wei moved her body carefully, her eyes glanced up at the reinforced concrete slab above her head that was still leaking dust, she leaned down and crawled towards the gap in a prostrate position.

One minute... Three minutes... The distance is getting closer.

Si Wei held her breath and leaned through the opening, but the wound on the back of her shoulder was sharpened by the sharp stone, forcing her to snort out of her throat.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise above the surface, which shook this side violently, and the dust above his head leaked even more violently.

Swei immediately sat down next to him, his eyes wandering everywhere, and finally found the little boy in the corner, who had bled a lot, especially in the darkness.

The bottom shook violently, and the dust was completely out of control, and it kept spilling down.

Si Wei glanced at the unbalanced and crooked concrete slab above, turned his gaze back to the little boy, and called out to him: "Wake up... Little brother, wake up, ......"

At this moment, the heavy objects hanging in the air in various parts of the ruins began to collapse again, and the whole world was only left with a loud cracking sound.

Swei stared intently at the corner, and at her call, the little boy's head finally moved.

Her eyes lit up, and then she noticed the stone slab that was about to fall above his head.

Si Wei was stunned for a moment, the sound of the collapse in her ears continued, her mind went blank for a second, and when she came back to her senses, she lowered her body and rushed over regardless of it.

Hold the little boy in his arms a second before the stone slab falls, and at the same time attach his hands to the back of his head and neck, and lead him to bend down.

"Bang!"

With a blow to the back of his head, Siwei's eyes widened, and then he fainted.

At the same time, in the nearby upper ruins, a family of three was rescued.

Another wave of people was rescued, and Song Ju'an was standing in the rubble to watch them being carried on a stretcher, but two seconds later, he suddenly ran to the side of the road.

Finally, he stopped in an open area, bent over and vomited, his face and neck were red and swollen, and he only vomited a puddle of water for half a day.

After the vomiting passed, he suddenly became dizzy for a while, so he had to lean on the trunk of the tree next to him to slow down, for some reason, as if he had fallen into boundless fear, his heart ached and panicked.

At first, Song Ju'an would tell himself that maybe Siwei had been found by other search and rescue teams, but when he saw the man with glasses guarding here every day, his good expectations were instantly shattered.

He searched for people without sleep, not only because of his duty, but also in his selfish hope that he could save her with his own hands.

The front-line search and rescue personnel are racing against time to save lives, and the same is true of the rear hospital, since the first 30 hours have passed, the operating room has gradually emptied.

The first batch of doctors who rushed to the scene were replaced, and Xu Heyan applied to join the second batch of on-site rescue.

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"Sister... Sister... Wake up......"

When Swei woke up, she had a splitting headache.

In the blur, she heard someone calling out to her, and with a very low whimper, she could still hear her heart pounding, it turned out to be alive......

She frowned and opened her eyes a little.

"Sister?" the little boy said tentatively.

Si lowered his eyes slightly, his body retreated, and he smiled in pain: "Sister is fine, what about you?"

The boy shook his head, "Sister, did you think someone would come to save us?"

"......" Siwei's heart tightened, and she suddenly thought of Song Ju'an, she knew that he must be outside, so she paused and said, "Yes, they are very powerful, and they will never give up on anyone." ”

......

After nightfall, Song Ju'an searched everywhere with a life detector, and halfway through, the search and rescue dog Bei Bei suddenly barked not far away, and the trainer reported to the team members: "There is a situation here." ”

Song Ju'an and Zheng Zhi rushed over first, but they couldn't see the slightest sign of life, Song Ju'an squatted down, his ears were close to the broken soil, and he didn't hear the cry for help.

The police dog Bei Bei kept barking, running from the handler's leg to the rubble, barking back and forth.

The trainer said: "Bei Bei is the first time to come to the scene, and it may be a mistake. ”

This explanation, though too arbitrary, is the only one that can be explained.

For a moment, everyone stood still on the ruins, not knowing what to choose.

Under the ruins, Siwei woke up from her dream, and the darkness in front of her made her realize that her physical strength was seriously exhausted, and she would probably never wake up again if she fell into a fainting like this.

She pushed the child next to her, and when she saw that he was sober, she was about to open her mouth when she heard footsteps from above.

......

After consideration, Song Ju'an walked down the ruins and ordered, "Search other places again." ”

Hearing this, everyone dispersed, and the trainer took the search and rescue dog away.

At this time, there was a faint cry for help from under the layers of ruins: "Here...... There's someone here, help!"

Everyone paused, and when they heard the call for help, the police dog Bei Bei barked even more excitedly, broke free from the leash, went straight to the ruins and began to bark again.

There was an intermittent knocking sound from the depths of the ruins, which confirmed that there were survivors, and everyone immediately raised their spirits to carry out rescue.

After analysis, if excavated from above, this whole piece of floor cement block can easily cause chain collapse;

If you start from the front, the rescue is not difficult, the outside is blocked by boulders, concrete, steel and iron, as long as the obstacle is cleared, deep into the inside can rescue people.

Judging the situation inside, Song Ju'an led people to move stones.

The movement outside was getting louder and louder, and Si Wei held his forehead to keep himself awake as much as possible.

"Sister, are we going to be saved?" The little boy's face was pale, but his eyes were shining at the moment.

Siwei nodded, and his gaze fell on his injured thigh, which had a short, thin steel bar stuck in it, but fortunately it was not connected to a hard object.

"Yes, but you have to bear with it, my sister will carry you over there. Her eyes swept across the opposite wall near the corner.

Due to the pressure from above, the space here is too narrow, and even if rescuers enter, it will be very difficult to take people out, but it is easier to move there now to get out later.

The boy nodded, "Okay." ”

Si Wei took a deep breath, hooked the back of the child's neck with one hand, and carefully reached into the crook of his leg with the other, slowing down as much as possible.

Despite this, the boy whimpered in pain, and Swei comforted him as she held him in front of him.

There was an extra weight in her arms, and Siwei's arm sank violently and almost collapsed, but she tried her best in time to stabilize.

However, there is a big gap between the real movement and imagination, Si Wei is inconvenient to bend over with the child, and the space in front of him only leaves half the height of his body, and there is only one way to get through.