The road into the mountains becomes bumpy and bumpy, and the rugged mountain road sometimes goes up and sometimes down, so that after more than half an hour, the road begins to flatten, which also indicates that the destination is about to arrive.

Near a fork in the road, the car in front stopped, Xiao Wang also stopped, saw Liang Zhixin in the car in front of him got out of the car, walked over quickly, walked in front of Qi Tianxiang's car, lay on the open window, smiled and asked Qi Tianxiang's opinion and said: "The fork in front, may I ask Governor Qi, should we go to the Ministry of Mines to rest first, listen to the situation report, or ......"

Qi Tianxiang didn't wait for Liang Zhixin to finish speaking, then interrupted his words, and said decisively without question: "Go to the scene." ”

Liang Zhixin looked at Qi Tianxiang's resolute expression and tone, didn't say anything more, nodded and turned around and walked back to his car quickly, and the convoy marched again.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the front became congested, and different vehicles were parked on both sides of the not wide cement road. Turning a mountain bend, the sight suddenly opened up, and what I saw in front of me was a wide and flat empty field, and at this moment it was also orderly parked with various vehicles and machinery, and there were countless people coming and going to shuttle and busy, looking nervous and busy.

The police car that led the way went forward for a distance and slowly stopped, Xiao Wang parked the car next to the police car, quickly got out of the car and opened the door behind him, waiting for Qi Tianxiang to get out of the car.

From learning the news after breakfast to coming to the scene of the accident, most of the day has passed, Qi Tianxiang did feel a little long and tired, but he still adjusted his mood and slowly got out of the car. The moment he stood still, the energy of his whole body had been adjusted in place, and he appeared energetic and emotionally calm.

As soon as Qi Tianxiang got out of the car, a group of people came to the empty field, led by Zhang Wanfu, who approached Qi Tianxiang quickly, held Qi Tianxiang's hand, and said enthusiastically: "You guys are not close this way, you have worked hard." ”

"It's still your hard work, much faster than us." Qi Tianxiang shook hands with Zhang Wanfu and the people walking behind him one by one, turned back to Zhang Wanfu and said, "How is the situation?" ”

Zhang Wanfu shook his head slightly, did not speak, but stretched out his hand and motioned for Qi Tianxiang to come and take a look.

Following Zhang Wanfu, Qi Tianxiang walked to a tall and majestic tunnel surrounded by everyone, and slowly walked closer to see it. The way was blocked by the polite and solemn salute of the armed police soldiers on duty, so he had to take a few steps back and stand still, looking at the busy mine in front of him.

The usually orderly entrance of the mine now looks like an open mouth, the black hole can't see the scene inside, but it tries to devour the lives of countless fresh miner brothers, and the seemingly ordinary entrance is the key to life and death.

Although the place where the accident happened is still far from here, it started here. In the past, it was just an obscure place, and the rail car used to commute to and from work was still far away from the edge of the empty field, and the vehicles did not stop here, and no one would pay attention to such a place. The only symbolic significance is that from here, you enter the darkness of the day, and life and death are bordered by this tunnel mouth.

Qi Tianxiang watched silently, without speaking, and without the intention of leaving, but in his heart, he was turning over the river and the sea, thinking of everything, but the most thought was the life and death of the trapped miners, and an ominous premonition filled his heart and troubled his thoughts.

"Governor Qi, this is the mine manager and engineer of Shengli No. 3 Mine." Zhang Wanfu turned around and said that the two men brought it to Qi Tianxiang and said to Qi Tianxiang, "Please ask the two of them to introduce you to the accident." ”

"Governor Qi, hello, I am the mine manager of the three mines, and my name is Liu Siwa." A thin man was panting, as if he had just been called from the rescue scene, and when he saw Qi Tianxiang, he looked nervous, and his face under the red hard hat was nervous and cramped except for sweat. shook Qi Tianxiang's hand and said quickly: "The mining accident happened when I went to work in the morning, and there was no warning in advance. Our habit here is that in order not to stop work, it is after the next shift of workers and masters take the car to the face of the road, the workers and masters of the previous shift stop working, leave the face of the hand in shift, and then take the car to the well. ”

Seeing that Qi Tianxiang listened very carefully and was very patient, Liu Siwa's mood gradually stabilized, and said slowly: "On the way up the mine from work, there was a mining disaster, and now it seems that a certain part of the roadway has collapsed. After the large suction exhaust fan pumping, I went down with the rescue team again just now, and walked to the position of blockage and collapse, about two or three kilometers away from the face of the tunnel, it is still unclear how large the collapse range is, whether it hurt the miners and masters who are off work, but one thing is certain, at least one class of workers and masters are not injured now, but are trapped in the face of the tunnel. ”

Qi Tianxiang listened to Liu Siwa's introduction, and was satisfied with the lean mine manager in front of him, especially the title of the worker master in his words, which made Qi Tianxiang feel warm, looking at the traces of sweat on his face on the dust, knowing that his anxious mood and tired body and mind at the moment needed to rest, so he asked briefly: "Now there are two shifts in the mine, how many workers are there?" What is the structure in the roadway? ”

"After the accident, we checked the number of people in the two shifts for the first time, including two mine managers and two technicians, as well as four inspectors who went down the mine with the car in the morning, a total of 312, which is an accurate number." Liu Siwa crossed her fingers and carefully calculated it for Qi Tianxiang, and then pulled a man with glasses standing next to him in front of Qi Tianxiang, and said cautiously: "This is Wang Xiaohu, an engineer of our third mine, who has a good understanding of the situation and geological structure of the mine, so let him introduce the situation to the leaders, okay?" ”

Qi Tianxiang nodded, the numbers Liu Siwa said made his heart tremble, and he seemed to be a little unable to believe his eyes, but Liu Siwa's numbers did not allow a trace of doubt, so he had to pin his hopes on Wang Xiaohu, expecting that the engineer could bring some good news, so he took Wang Xiaohu's hand and said softly word by word: "Now here, you are the most authoritative expert, please introduce the relevant situation to us in detail, the more detailed the better, the more targeted the better." Don't be nervous, and don't have any worries, know what to say. ”

Qi Tianxiang's words are very pertinent, especially the last few sentences, which are even more meaningful, these Wang Xiaohu may not be able to hear it, but there are many people behind him who can understand it and think about it. In the event of such a major mine safety accident, no matter what the outcome of the rescue will be in the future, someone will have to take responsibility, and with the emergence of casualty figures, it is difficult for some people to have a black veil on their heads. Therefore, the mind of rescue is the same, but the psychology of facing disasters is different, which can be understood without thinking about it. Qi Tianxiang said it to his face, just to imply that these people behind him, no matter what Wang Xiaohu said, whether what he said was satisfactory or not, he could not be blamed, this is a principle, and it is also the first step that Qi Tianxiang needs to do.

Wang Xiaohu looked at Qi Tianxiang, his face flushed, although before this, he had reported countless times to Shengli Mine and Huayi City, and even Zhang Wanfu and other leaders at all levels, but in the face of the governor of Hehai Province, he still felt short of breath and nervous at a loss, but in the face of Qi Tianxiang's gentle words, he still mustered up the courage to say: "I will introduce to you the specific situation of our three mines. ”

"Our three mines, like other mines in Shengli Mine, are deep mountain and deep well type coal mines, the usual construction method is to excavate at the bottom of the coal seam, or in the middle of the tunnel, and then disperse, through the way of large roadways, parallel coal mining, roadway direction has a strong planning, there are usually more than ten meters of support columns left between the roadway, these coal is not allowed to excavate, because this is the support of the roadway, once dug through or thinned, it will directly affect the safety of the roadway and the operation area." Wang Xiaohu gradually entered his professional field, his tone began to smooth out, and he looked at the expressions of Qi Tianxiang and other leaders, and he was also natural, "The tunneling sequence of the roadway, we take a roadway deep to the end of the coal area, extend from the end to both sides, form a new roadway and then dig back, return to the original line and then excavate obliquely, after forming a rice-shaped structure, basically complete the coal mining in a mining area." This is also the common mode of coal production in large domestic coal enterprises, although coal mining does not achieve the best results, but it is widely used because of its safety and efficiency. ”

"In addition, large mine production, roadways are large roadheader operation, where the roadway extends, the track extends to where, coal digging and coal are carried out synchronously, not allowed to have too much reciprocation and crossing, so as to ensure the safety of the face operation, as well as the safety of the miners and masters, not when the supply of coal is tight, generally one or two face operations, in principle, there are not too many operators. Although this roadway has been excavated for more than three years, it is still in the state of point extension, and has not yet formed a rice-shaped structure, and it is still in the peak coal period and the safety period, and the geological structure of this mine is relatively complete, the coal storage area is wide, the plate formation is complete, there is no permeability and waste gas storage, and it is relatively safe. Wang Xiaohu said so much in one breath, and seeing Qi Tianxiang's patient listening demeanor, he breathed a long sigh of relief. In order to confirm his statement, he took out a drawing from the pocket of his work clothes, slowly stretched it out, pointed to the drawing and pointed to Qi Tianxiang and said: "This is the current distribution of roadways in the entire mining area, and the accident point is in this edge area. The palm noodles are in this position, and it is not clear what the situation is inside, but as Mine Chief Liu said, at least the masters of the palm noodles are safe now. ”