Walked forward for two or three hundred meters, turned a corner, and the water at this time was almost up to Li Rui's chest, An Guangmin was short, and the water had not reached his neck. However, both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and shone forward with the emergency lights raised above their heads, and it was pitch black without the scene of corpses floating on the water that they were most worried about.

"Secretary Li, look, the front is the roadway leading to the operation face." Trying his best to pad his feet in the water, An Guangmin pointed to the front and said.

Li Rui used the emergency light to shine over, and saw that there was a roadway more than 20 meters in front of him, and the water surface at this time was no more than one meter from the top of the roadway.

"From this roadway, go about 200 meters ahead, and then turn right and turn about 100 meters ahead to see the operation surface, and the permeable point in the direction of the water flow should be there." An Guangmin introduced.

Li Rui heard that this place was only more than 300 meters away from the place where the miners were trapped, and thought for a while: "If the surname Shui is good, he should be able to swim over?" ”

"No way!" An Guangmin and the two miners behind shouted in unison.

"Secretary Li, you don't know that after crossing this laneway, the right terrain is downward, and then up, when the accident happened, that section must have been filled with water, so that the people inside couldn't escape at all, even the sound couldn't be transmitted." An Guangmin hurriedly said.

"Is there any other roadway besides the work surface?" Li Rui asked.

An Guangmin shook his head and said: "No, this roadway is also newly opened, so the operation face over there has only been excavated for more than 100 meters." ”

"If you can't get people on the job, where will they be? Otherwise, someone would have been rushed out here. Li Rui said with a puzzled expression.

"I wonder how it should be. Are people stuck in completely flooded aisles? ”

"It can't be, there are so many people, and the water is so fast, it can't be all blocked inside. The only explanation is that they must have found a new hiding place inside. Li Rui said.

An Guangmin's eyes lit up, "So they all have hope of survival?" Then he said bitterly, "But where are they now?" ”

"Then I'm going to ask you, aren't you familiar with the situation below?" Li Rui glared.

"This operation face is newly opened, according to the drawings there is only such one, and I haven't been down the well for more than a month during this time, so I really don't know the specific situation inside." An Guangmin shook his head bitterly.

Li Rui also shook his head, such a private mine management has always been very chaotic, changing the production plan at will, and the drawings are not consistent with the actual mining surface from time to time.

"Mine Chief An, there may be ...... here There may also be a work surface. One of the miners said with some uncertainty.

"One more? How I didn't know! An Guangmin hurriedly said.

"I've only heard about it, two days ago at dinner, I heard Ergouzi mention it, saying that they worked for nothing for half a day today, and they dug more than 20 meters without any coal, and they will dig in another place tomorrow." The miner recalled carefully.

"That's right, they must be hiding on that makeshift excavation but abandoned work face." Li Rui high-fived and said excitedly.

An Guangmin said with regret: "It's a pity that the two dogs and their team are trapped below. "He was counting the number of trapped miners before, so he also knew who were trapped below. Then he asked the miner: "By the way, did Ergouzi mention to you the specific location of this temporary excavation face?" ”

"He just mentioned it, if you hadn't talked about it with Secretary Li just now, I would have almost forgotten about it." The miner scratched his head.

"This abandoned work face must not be far from the permeable point, otherwise they would not have had time to dodge such a ferocious water." An Guangmin pondered.

Li Rui looked at the alley that had not been completely flooded, thought about it and pointed to the alley without giving up: "Lao An, turn right after this lane, how much distance is it that is completely submerged now?" ”

"It's about thirty or forty meters. How? Secretary Li, do you still want to swim over? No, no, the water is too fast, and the distance is too long, it's too dangerous. And Secretary Li, look at the speed at which the water rises very quickly, and this roadway is in danger of being flooded at any time. An Guangmin hurriedly said.

Li Rui thought that his water surname was quite good, and he also won the swimming championship of the school sports meeting when he was in college, and he usually held his breath and dived, and could easily swim through a 50-meter standard swimming pool in one breath, even if the water was very fast, he thought that he should be able to drill through.

"Lao An, at the current rate of rising water, it will take at least an hour to completely flood the roadway. I have a good water surname, and I believe that I should not only be able to swim past, but even if I don't find anyone, I can swim back before the water submerges. Li Rui said. In fact, he is a stubborn person in his bones, and he thinks it is worth taking this risk, which is related to more than 40 lives.

An Guangmin wanted to persuade him again, but Li Rui interrupted him without question: "Lao An, this matter is settled." Who, do you see if we have enough rope? ”

"Secretary Li, my name is Li Xiaoshuan, and the rope we brought down is only about 500 meters, but there are still a lot of tools over there, and we can pick them up." One of the young miners hurriedly said.

"It's best that way, it's safer to have a rope to pull on, and once we find them, the rope becomes our lifeline with them. Li Xiaoshui, you hurry over and ask them to find the rope and pick it up. Lao An, you will go up later, the rescue team estimates that it may have arrived at this time, you explain the following situation to them, the most important thing now is to speed up the drainage. ”

An Guangmin saw that Li Rui's attitude was very resolute, so he had to say: "Secretary Li, then you must be careful, if you really can't get by, come back immediately." ”

"Okay! I know. Lao An, there was such a big accident today, the two of us are actually tethered to a rope grasshopper, as long as we can rescue people, everything is easy to say, in case there is anything but, then you will wait to squat in prison, I also have to roll up and get out, no one has a good result. And if so many people died, would you still be able to sleep at night? ”

An Guangmin nodded gloomily, and followed Li Xiaoshuan to walk back with one foot deep and one shallow foot. When Li Xiaoshuan came back, the water had risen by almost ten centimeters, and the water had already reached Li Rui's neck. Li Xiaozhuan and another miner were short and had to retreat twenty meters.

Li Xiaozhuan tied the mine rope tightly around Li Rui's waist, and said worriedly: "Secretary Li, you must be careful, Brother Dazhu and I are both landlubbers, we can only guard here, if you can't hold on, just pull the rope hard, and we will drag you back." ”

Li Rui smiled and said, "It's okay, you can rest assured." Once I find them, I don't come back. I'll fix this end of the rope over there, and you just have to wait until the water overflows the top of the lane, and then pull the rope hard, and if the rope doesn't work, I've found them. ”

"Yes, Secretary Li. We are confident that you will succeed. Li Xiaozhuan and Dazhu looked at Li Rui's eyes full of admiration.

Outside, the rescue team of the Coal Management Bureau was already in place, and Yang Liqing, the county magistrate, and Su Zhiqiang, the executive deputy county magistrate in charge of coal mine and production safety, and Du Jinsong, had also arrived to listen to Jiang Liansheng and Ma Xuejun's reports on the specific situation.

Yang Liqing's face was pale, he was now at a critical moment, the term of office of Ji Faling, secretary of the county party committee, was at most one year, if nothing else, after Ji Faling was transferred, he would be the leader of Nanqiao County. But at this juncture, there was such a big accident, a whole forty-six people, if all of them were killed, he, as the county magistrate, would have to bear a serious warning at the least. And not to mention the secretary of the county party committee, whether this county magistrate can keep it is a matter of two words!

When he heard that Chen Taizhong, the owner of the Changshan Coal Mine, might have run away, he was immediately furious: "You dare to run after such a big accident?" Immediately notify the Public Security Bureau, immediately arrest this Chen Taizhong, and absolutely not let him escape. It is also necessary to quickly find out the cause of the accident and rescue the trapped miners at all costs. ”

"The county magistrate, Comrade Li Rui of the Coal Management Bureau, and An Guangmin, the deputy mine of the mine, have already taken four miners down to the mine to check the reason, and it has been almost an hour after going down, and it is estimated that new news will come out immediately." Jiang Liansheng said.

"Li Rui?" Yang Liqing remembers this name vividly.

Du Jinsong on the side hurriedly said: "I notified Li Rui as soon as I received the news of the accident, and he and Ma Xuejun from the Safety Production Department of our bureau rushed over first. ”

Yang Liqing nodded slightly, this Li Rui's reaction was also fast, and he dared to personally lead the team to go down the well to find out the situation, it seems that he underestimated this sharp-edged young man.

"Will it be dangerous?" Su Zhiqiang hurriedly asked, his mood at this time was also very complicated, as the deputy county magistrate in charge, he knew very well that the safety production of the Coal Management Bureau was in charge of Li Rui, although Li Rui had only been transferred for more than a month, but the responsibility for the accident could not be escaped. What is more important is that Guo Wending, the head of the organization department, entrusted Li Rui to him, and it is not a big problem to punish him one by one, but if there is a problem with personal safety, it will be difficult for him to explain to Minister Guo.

;