In my memories of 10 years in the army, the first time I heard about the collapse of a building was this scene.

"Fang Lu, tell your people to bring more equipment, by the way, bring the 72-hour portable survival kit and the life detector imported from Germany. yes, that's what you just handed out. You have a wicked battle to fight. Chief of Staff Wang of the detachment said in a solemn tone on the other end of the phone.

The 72-hour portable life-saving bag is an equipment bag that provides logistical support for the 72-hour golden rescue time of the rescue. There are mainly food, life, rescue, protection, medical and other materials, mainly used for earthquake disaster scene, natural disaster scene, tunnel rescue scene and other field conditions of the self-rescue of people in distress and emergency survival of emergency rescue personnel, this thing can come in handy rescue, basically large and complex, there are casualties at the scene, so I always be highly vigilant.

We all call Chief of Staff Wang Lao Wang next door, he is not tall, his skin is dark, his body is slightly fat, but he is very strong, and he has a haircut, but he is a little gray. I became a soldier at the age of 17, a cadre at the age of 20, and the chief of staff of the detachment at the age of 41. When he participated in the Wenchuan earthquake rescue that year, he went deep into the ruins full of corpses and rescued a survivor who had been buried for 121 hours in Mianzhu Hanwang, so he was awarded a second-class meritorious service. Whenever he told this story, he always saw pride on his face.

"Don't be reckless, stay safe. Chief of Staff Wang admonished in a low voice.

"Understood. I replied simply loudly.

At that time, I had been transferred to the special service squadron as a political instructor, which is a standing force directly under the detachment, without jurisdiction and no key units, and specially undertaking the city's heavy, extraordinarily large, malignant comprehensive emergency rescue tasks, with the city's most advanced fire rescue equipment and equipment, which is different from ordinary fire squadrons.

Obviously, Chief of Staff Wang's worries are justified, because the collapse of private houses is different from the collapse of ordinary buildings, and the functions of private houses, as the main places where people live and live in daily life, are very important. In the event of a vicious collapse accident, casualties will inevitably occur, and the time is in the morning, and there are many witnesses at the scene, and the impact is also very huge. If it is not handled properly, the voice of public opinion will rise higher and higher, and the voice of questioning will continue to attack.

What's more serious is that if there has been a collapse at the scene, then there is a great chance that the part that has not collapsed will collapse in a small area, or even a second collapse, which will invisibly increase the difficulty of our search and rescue and cause fatal injuries to the search and rescuers.

But the situation is urgent, and you can't afford to hesitate, even if you know that it is dangerous, you have to move forward in reverse, this is the professional mission.

The road to the scene is long, and the fire trucks are wide, and it is particularly inconvenient to pass through the narrow alleys of the downtown area, and there are many cars. The driver pulling the siren, honking, flashing the lights, or even shouting all the way has little effect. There are still a lot of people on the road who want to rush to the scene like us, but the difference is that we are going to the rescue, and they are just going to see the excitement.

On the periphery of the scene, the police guard cones have been circled again and again, and the inner and outer three floors are all serious policemen on duty, not smiling. Two ambulances from the medical university were parked next to them, and there were doctors in the cars who were working nervously, and many onlookers were blocked out.

At the scene, the first thing I saw was a bunch of hill-like ruins about 50 meters away from us, mixed with several large ruins and load-bearing beams, as well as the tie bars of the wall, and the original unit building seemed to be torn apart from the outside by some strange force, the internal structure of the house was all exposed, all kinds of furniture, sanitary ware, decoration materials were suspended in the air like plastic toys at home, occasionally falling down, and from time to time small stones and bricks fell.

As far as the eye could see, there was a female corpse lying between the broken walls, her head facing in our direction, her hair hanging down, revealing half of her pale blue blouse. Listening to the surrounding police, the person fell down and died on the spot, the doctor risked being hit by the rubble to make a diagnosis, and the family was taken away from the scene after crying and fainting. Now there are more and more onlookers and family members, three people were injured and sent to an ambulance, and statistics are currently being made to determine how many people were buried under the rubble.

The sun is shining in the sky, but there is a tragedy on earth.

I was blown away.

It's definitely going to be an uphill battle.

We haven't had time to get the search and rescue equipment ready yet. Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers on the surrounding floors erupted in exclamations.

I was wondering, but Zhou Tong, a squad leader next to me, patted me on the shoulder with his eyes wide open: "Instructor, look at it." He pointed to the building in front of me, which had not yet collapsed.

Following his point, I found a woman hanging in mid-air on the beam of the top floor, clinging to the beam with both hands, trying to climb up with all her might, wearing pajamas, long hair flowing, and the ruins of the house with a drop of nearly 30 meters below. If she falls, she will surely die.

I was surprised.

At this time, the onlookers in other houses shouted loudly, telling the woman not to give up and to hold on firmly.

The police around her were also nervously observing the woman's movements.

All the stairs of the house had collapsed, and the woman was wearing no shoes, her feet were dangling in the air, and from a distance, her position was not far from the door frame next to it, and if she could climb on the door frame next to it, she could enter the house. Although it was only half of the house left after the collapse, there was no exit except for the broken windows. But luckily, she doesn't have to hang in mid-air.

The woman's body swayed as she was suspended, her hands trying to move so that she could climb onto the beams, and every time she moved, the crowd erupted in exclamation. A weak woman's life hangs by a thread at a critical juncture, which makes everyone worry about it.

Zhou Tong and combatant Sun Hao volunteered to pull the woman up and were preparing a safety rope.

"Ahh

There was another exclamation from the crowd of onlookers. In the process of moving slowly and approaching the door frame, half of the wall of the dangerous building next to her collapsed, and some bricks and door frames fell to the ruins together, making a few loud "bang" sounds, raising dust more than one person high.

It seems that it is too late, so I can only take out the life-saving air cushion first, prepare to spread it out and inflate, and put it next to the ruins. However, there is no way to put the air cushion on the uneven ruins, and besides, the maximum height that the life-saving air cushion can withstand is only 10 meters, beyond this range, once the woman falls, she will either die or be injured. At this time, you can only get as close to the center point as possible.

Fortunately, the woman was not frightened by the exclamations of the crowd, she relied on the strength of her hands to approach the door frame step by step, the whole process did not snort, we all sweated for her, she climbed up with all her strength, and then curled up on the 9th floor, leaving only half a room in the dangerous building.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but then, the rescue seemed to be even more difficult.

The police around him found a loudspeaker and kept pacifying the woman, although it was the height of summer and the sun was dazzling. But the woman did not respond, she shivered, wearing a pale yellow single T-shirt and a pair of pajama pants, which were covered with a lot of mud.

"Where did she come from? Why didn't I find her before. "I heard two police officers talking to each other, and it was clear that they hadn't been on the scene for long.

The woman began to curl up against the wall, holding her legs, her head buried tightly in her thighs, because the distance was too far for me to see her face.

After many unsuccessful shouts, I was already vaguely worried about her mental state.

At this time, Chief of Staff Wang led the detachment's full-service command to arrive at the scene, and at the same time brought two search and rescue dogs, a horse dog and a Springer, one of which was a "meritorious dog" who had participated in the rescue of the Zhouqu mudslide in Gansu.

The time had already pointed to 11 o'clock in the afternoon, and after carefully inspecting the surrounding environment, the on-site command decided to send two groups of men, one to lead the search and rescue dogs and life detectors into the bottom of the rubble to search for the survivors, and the other group to find a way to rescue the woman.

In the middle of summer in June, the heat is unbearable. Chief of Staff Wang beckoned us while holding a small whiteboard to deploy the entire operation in the makeshift headquarters.

The first group is very difficult, and generally speaking, within 72 hours after a natural disaster, it is the golden period for life-saving. Of course, this is not to say that you will not be able to save lives after missing this time, but the chances of survival are relatively small. And in the search and rescue in the ruins that are constantly falling and collapsing, it is necessary not only to prevent being smashed at any time, but also to pay attention to the possibility of secondary collapse.

But the second group is even more difficult, because of the collapse of the house, the house that the woman is in is almost half collapsed, and she can't find a direct way to her location, so she has to find a way to build a rope from the entrance of her house, and then slowly walk along the wall gap in the living room on the 9th floor to the safety zone. But someone had to stand up and build the line first.

"Fang Lu, take two people to build the rope first. The chief of staff said in an unquestioning tone.

I didn't have time to say what I thought, and I didn't even have time to open my mouth to respond, he immediately said again: "Remember, find the point accurately, fix it firmly, avoid the dangerous wall, take it easy, and contact the walkie-talkie." ”

It's always so crisp and concise.

With that, he was busy deploying a search and rescue mission for another group, while I was leaving the headquarters with a few fighters to prepare equipment.

But just then, a man blocked our way at the door.

He kept his head down and didn't speak.

Suddenly, "plop." ”

He knelt down for me.