Chapter 992: Hurry

After a long time, Lao Zhang's eardrums were still buzzing, and the only sounds around him were the sound of the wind and the crashing of huge waves.

Lao Zhang felt that he was still alive, and the pain in his arms and whole body told him that he was still alive.

A thought popped up inexplicably from Lao Zhang's heart: "Lao Tzu actually has a time when he is happy because of the pain?"

However, this thought was lost in the boundless terror in an instant.

Having the courage to open his eyes, Lao Zhang felt as if he had been transported to another world by a space-time machine.

Through the smoke and dust, Lao Zhang found that this place had become a Gobi-like place.

Barren.

Everywhere there were crumbling stones and dirt, like freshly turned ground, stretching for a kilometer or two.

Within a two-kilometre radius, everything before and familiar sights – shady trees, carpeted grass, motorcycles, fishing tackle, and ...... All the fishing friends except him.

It's all gone.

Only a piece of land remains, as if it were at the beginning of the world.

Through the smoke and dust, Lao Zhang found that a high mountain in the distance opposite the reservoir seemed to have been scraped with a scraper by the hand of the giant spirit, and the dense forest on the entire mountain was like a human hair, and the soil was scraped clean.

A third of the entire mountain was left with only white bedrock exposed, as if the skull had been exposed after a large scalp had been removed.

The water in the reservoir was still churning back and forth, like a giant spoon writhing back and forth in a pot of boiling water.

What used to be calm and turquoise is now a muddy river.

In addition to water and mud, there are countless things on the shore, which are also carried and floated in the water.

"Heavenly ...... ......"

Lao Zhang finally knelt down crying, tears flowing from his eyes that were red from the smoke and dust, and brushed two mud grooves on his face.

He didn't know how he got back to the road, which had been broken into several sections and turned into a huge staircase, and Lao Zhang sat on the side of the road, not knowing where to go.

I don't know how long it has been, anyway, it's already dark, and the cold night in the mountain village is not ordinarily difficult, Lao Zhang is still wet, squatting on the side of the road and shivering.

Finally, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the distance, and a group of people dressed as peasants walked over with each other's arms, also covered in rags and some with blood stains.

A middle-aged man with an opening in his forehead shouted to the crowd, "There are people here!"

A few fellow villagers came over to help Lao Zhang up, and Lao Zhang was wrapped in a mess and continued to walk in the direction of Guankou City.

There were several aftershocks along the way, but these people, like Lao Zhang, were already numb.

On the way, I met several volunteer teams, and asked them about the situation ahead, and when the villagers saw that it was a young baby, they all pulled them not to go further.

But no one listened to them.

It was nearly ten o'clock in the evening when they met the first real team.

There were not many people in the team, only a few dozen people, and the leader was a middle-aged man with gray hair on his sideburns: "Fellow countryman, can you still walk the road to Wenjiang?"

The man with a cut on his forehead said: "There is no road, the mountain has crossed, many cars have been buried, and there is no road." ”

The middle-aged soldier was Commander Xia, and he turned his head to discuss with a capable young soldier: "Team Liu, what should I do?"

Captain Liu summoned a soldier, and the soldier opened the military map: "Report to the chief! There is also a small path here, which can be inserted into Lixian, and we can go through Lixian." ”

Captain Liu frowned: "When is it expected to arrive?"

The soldier calculated the distance: "Report to the captain! Tomorrow at about twelve o'clock at noon!"

Captain Liu asked, "So long?"

Commander Xia stopped talking: "Our first task is to find a passage to the epicenter for the follow-up rescue forces. ”

"Leave a small detachment here, continue to grope forward, and be sure to find out the road conditions ahead! Use the maritime satellite phone to notify the command center and the General Staff Officer. Others, turn to Dao County, go!"

Several medical soldiers were bandaging the injured villagers, and when they heard this, they immediately left two medical kits for the villagers and followed the team back and forth.

Soon, another unit was encountered, this team was wearing two camouflage uniforms, and the strangest thing was that there were four white dogs running in front of the team.

A young man ran up: "Fellow, how far is Zipingpu, how far is Yingxiu?"

The tears of the man with an injured forehead fell: "Yingxiu...... Gone...... Zipingpu can't get by......"

The young man turned his head anxiously and said, "Dad, what should I do?"

The man added: "There were a few groups of young people who went to Zipingpu before, and there was a team dressed similarly to you just now, and they went to Dao County. ”

The man who was called Dad frowned: "Young man? It's just nonsense! Grandpa Mountain God is powerful that they can carry?!"

After speaking, he turned his head and said to a middle-aged soldier with a star on his shoulder who led the team and said, "Deputy Commander Li, you guys rest in place first, and let's go to explore first?"

Deputy Commander Li said: "Let's bandage and deal with the fellow villagers, Lao He, be careful of the aftershocks." ”

That man was Uncle Orion, and he directly called him: "Miao Wa is here to greet the commando, vigorously, follow me." ”

Miao Wa shouted, "Dad, I'll go with you!"

Uncle Orion said, "Get out! If Lao Tzu falls in, you will also be responsible for exploring the way for everyone! The two of us can only go to one!"

Miao Wa shouted: "Then I'll go with Brother Dali!"

Uncle Orion didn't reply: "Shut up, before Lao Tzu has an accident, it won't be your turn to be a turtle!

After more than half an hour, Miao Wa's walkie-talkie rang: "Miao Wa, bring everyone over." ”

Deputy Commander Li marched all the way down and was amazed by the discipline and quality of the soldiers.

This so-called militia commando is no worse than the squad brought by Lao Xia!

Deputy Commander Li trusted Uncle Orion's ability even more, and after hearing it, he directly greeted the team: "Go, run forward!"

After running for more than 20 minutes, a flat shadow appeared in front of me, which was the Zipingpu Reservoir after the earthquake.

Along the road there was a large bay, the reservoir was gone, and in front of it was a huge collapsed mountain, and the road was crushed underneath the mountain.

Deputy Commander Li's heart suddenly tightened.

However, Uncle Orion's words relieved him: "I have just explored it, I can cross it, and the road is not as complicated as our Lijiagou Swallow Cave." But if your feet are loose, you still have to be careful. ”

After speaking, he said: "Now we will start to divide into small groups, a group of four, there are several places where the terrain is dangerous, we can't all fall there, we can only disperse through." ”

Deputy Commander Li nodded and said, "Listen to you!"

The team was quickly divided, two soldiers and two militiamen formed a group, and Uncle Orion led the way.

Climbing up a steep slope, Uncle Orion leaned on the slope and made way for a path that could only accommodate his feet: "Miao Wa, pass!"

Miao Wa ran over with the first group quickly, and there were rolling stones rolling down the cliff under her feet, and then disappeared out of the range of the headlight line in a blink of an eye.

Wan Dali waited on a gentle slope 300 meters away, and when he saw the first group coming, he asked them to move to safety in front of them.

Seeing that the first group had successfully passed, Uncle Orion said in a deep voice: "The second group!

After more than a dozen groups in this way, the road surface was trampled by the team in front, and Uncle Orion beckoned Deputy Commander Li's group to come over: "Commander Li, pass!"

Commander Li was about to take a step, but Uncle Orion suddenly grabbed him again and pressed him on the slope with his arm: "Wait......"

Then the aftershocks came, and the trail, which had just passed half of the procession, instantly turned into a world of flying stones.

Several boulders the size of a millstone jumped and rolled down the steep slope with a terrifying sound, rumbling past Uncle Orion and Commander Li, and disappearing at the bottom of the cliff.

The smoke and dust subsided for a while, and Uncle Orion patted Commander Li on the back: "Hurry up, pass!"

Next, Uncle Orion obviously sped up his speed, and the sense of crisis with his keen sense of danger made his back stand upside down, and the team went from passing in a group to just over half of the first group, and the second group set off.

Until only the last group remained, Uncle Orion said: "Look at the soles of my feet, it's best to step on the footprints of the previous person with every foot, hurry up!"

After saying that, he took them and ran over.

The team had gone a short distance before another aftershock, and the cliff they had passed collapsed and poured down into the valley.

Deputy Commander Li had palpitations: "Thank you, Lao He, otherwise half of my soldiers would have to lose ...... here."

Uncle Orion was not polite, and pointed to the bottom of the mountain: "Look!"

Deputy Commander Li followed Uncle Orion's hand and looked down.

The lake surface of the reservoir seemed to be calm in the faint light, and following Uncle Orion's finger, Deputy Commander Li saw that there was a small cement road on the right side of the reservoir, which should lead to the dam for the power station.

The Zipingpu Reservoir is a mountain reservoir, and it is not known how far it is from the dam, but there is a gentle slope from the water's edge halfway through the road as far as the eye can see, from where it leads to the water's edge.

Then on the left side of the road of the reservoir, there is a similar section of terrain.

Deputy Commander Li's eyes lit up: "Boat bridge troops! You can build a pontoon bridge there!"

Uncle Orion said: "I just don't know if your pontoons and excavators can pass." ”

Deputy Commander Li cheered up: "Our pontoon tanks can all cross! Let's go, hurry down the mountain and immediately use a satellite phone to notify the command headquarters!"

……

Li Junge was in the command center, cooperating with Su Guanhai to debug the system, while paying attention to the situation.

It was a sleepless night.

……

In the middle of the night, the joint emergency medical team urgently dispatched by the Third Military Medical University of Chongqing arrived at the front line of the disaster area in Jingyang, Sichuan, and then quickly carried out disaster relief work.

At 1 a.m., the Air Force reported that four military helicopters sent to Wenjiang, Sichuan Province, to inspect the disaster had encountered bad weather and had been forced to return due to heavy rain.

At half past one o'clock in the morning, the Fire Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security dispatched 1,000 firefighters and 30 firefighting dogs from 10 fire brigades in Yuzhou and other places to the disaster area to carry out rescue work.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, a 300-member medical rescue team urgently dispatched by the Ministry of Public Security boarded the plane overnight and flew to the disaster area to treat the wounded.

As of 3:30 p.m., more than 13,000 officers and men of the armed police force had been dispatched to the disaster area, and 9,000 men from two military divisions had already set out.