Li Dequan, who was on standby at the military sub-division headquarters, suddenly became a little embarrassed after receiving a call from Mayor Cui Ji'an, the troops under his jurisdiction were an antiaircraft artillery regiment and a garrison regiment, so where could he find divers?

The chief of staff on the side thought for a while and said, "Commander, Lu Te of the Twelfth Army seems to have diving equipment. ”

"What do you mean by look? Yes is yes, no is no. Li Dequan said.

The chief of staff was really a little unsure, and said: "Commander, you also know that Lu Te is a highly secret unit, and I am not sure. It was the last time I went to their logistics department to see a batch of diving equipment, I saw that this thing was quite novel, so I asked casually, only to know that it was prepared for Lute. ”

Li Dequan muttered: "Lu Te is an all-weather and all-round combat unit, and it should not be unusual for them to be equipped with diving equipment. Right! Just ask them for help. ”

The chief of staff hurriedly said: "Commander, Lu Te is not something we can't instruct!" That would require an order from the Twelfth Army. ”

"The mission of the army is to defend the country and the people, and now there are more than 40 lives trapped under the Changshan Coal Mine. I personally asked Commander Chen for instructions. Li Dequan said unequivocally.

As soon as night fell, a barracks somewhere on the outskirts of Pengcheng suddenly sounded the siren of "woo-".

"Battle Alert!" In less than two minutes, more than 30 heavily armed officers and men were neatly lined up in the open space in front of the barracks.

After a major officer gave a lecture on the exercise, he left behind a five-man detachment, led by a female lieutenant officer who looked to be in her early twenties, and she was the only female soldier in the barracks.

"Staff Officer Liu, I just received an order from the military headquarters that a serious water penetration accident occurred in the Changshan Coal Mine in Qingshanquan Town, Nanqiao County, and a total of 47 people were trapped. The military headquarters ordered us to immediately dispatch the newly formed frogman squad to assist the local government in the rescue. Considering that our frogman squad has just been formed, the superior ordered you, the instructor of the frogman squad, to be responsible for directing this operation. ”

"Yes!" Staff Officer Liu was very straightforward and straightforward.

Two hours later, a green military truck drove into the Changshan Coal Mine rescue site. Hearing that the divers of the army had arrived, Guo Wending, who had not rested, and Li Dequan, who arrived first, rushed out together. When he contacted the city government before, he learned that Pengcheng couldn't find a diver at all, Guo Wending was very depressed, but fortunately, Li Dequan brought good news.

"Report to the chief, the Twelfth Army's Lu Te Frogman Squad is ordered to report for duty, please ask the chief for instructions. Liu Liu, the instructor of the frogman squad. After getting out of the car to assemble the team, Staff Officer Liu trotted to Guo Wending and Li Dequan and saluted.

Guo Wending couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that the leader of the team was actually a female officer in her early twenties, and Li Dequan returned a military salute and said with a smile: "Who else should I be?" I didn't expect that Commander Chen actually sent out the trump card of Staff Officer Liu. ”

Liu Liu smiled embarrassedly and said, "The chief has won the award." ”

Guo Wending listened to their conversation, it turned out that the two of them still knew each other, he didn't expect that the little girl in front of him who looked delicate was actually the trump card of the Twelfth Army, it was a bit incredible.

"The situation is urgent, so I will ask an expert to introduce the specific situation to you." Liu Liu followed Li Dequan and Guo Wending into the temporary headquarters, and Li Dequan said.

The expert from the Water Conservancy Bureau, who had previously proposed the divers, stood up to introduce the specific situation of the underground, and they had been studying the situation here all day, and they were also familiar with the situation. As for An Guangmin, who was affirmed by Gao Changlong before, he has long been reduced to the role of serving tea and delivering water and doing chores.

After listening to the introduction of the experts of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Liu Liu already knew what to expect, and said to Li Dequan: "Although the situation in the underground is complicated, and the water quality is extremely poor, there is almost no visibility, but as long as there is that interconnected rope, we are sure of the past." ”

When Guo Wending heard this, he immediately said happily: "Thank you so much to the comrades of the army, as long as you can pass, we can understand the specific situation of the trapped miners and determine their exact location." At the critical moment, it has to be our soldiers! ”

Liu Liu smiled and said: "Chief, in fact, the most important thing is because of that rope, if there is no rope, the situation in the underground is so complicated, to be honest, we are not sure." ”

"Really?" Guo Wending couldn't help but secretly rejoice, if Li Rui hadn't taken the risk, whether these trapped miners could be rescued was a matter of words! couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Li Rui's risk is still worth it!" ”

"Li Rui?" Liu Liu was surprised to hear the name Li Rui.

Guo Wending didn't notice the change in Liu Liu's expression, and explained: "It is Comrade Li Rui, Secretary of the Party Committee of our Nanqiao County Coal Management Bureau, who was the first to rush to the scene to participate in the rescue. ”

After listening to Guo Wending's introduction, Liu Liu was very surprised, she had just learned in detail about the situation and water level changes in the well, a person can swim more than 300 meters under the condition of a very turbulent water flow, and in fact, there is a section of more than 20 meters completely submerged underwater roadway to pass, which is not something ordinary people can do. It doesn't sound like a long distance, but as the instructor of the frogman squad, Liu Liu knows the difficulty, and if this is something that an ordinary soldier can do, she will definitely absorb him into the frogman squad without hesitation. Liu Liu's mind couldn't help but think of the image of a tall and big, but also sven person, I didn't expect him to have such courage and ability.

Li Rui sat on the ground weakly, his chest was already hungry against his back, and he was even more thirsty, but he couldn't drink a mouthful of so much water. In fact, he is still good, these trapped miners are more uncomfortable than him, when the water penetration accident occurred, they have been working underground for nearly ten hours, and they are about to get off work, but there is a water penetration accident, trapped here, the initial panic and fright make them temporarily forget their hunger and thirst, but once they settle down, it is extremely difficult. The only consolation for them was that every once in a while people outside would pull the rope and the water level had begun to slowly drop.

"Secretary Li, how long have we been trapped? It's been about two days, right? The two dogs lying next to Li Rui asked questions.

"No? The people outside pulled the rope once an hour, and I remember how many times I had pulled it so far, twenty-eight times in total, and the hours before I came down, at most thirty hours had passed. Li Rui said.

"How long will it take? The water level went down so slowly, and before the people outside could drain the water, I'm afraid we would all starve to death. Secretary Li, didn't you say earlier that there would be some divers coming in? Why hasn't there been any movement for so long? ”

"Who knows, it may be that the people outside are too stupid to think of it for a while." Li Rui also looked depressed, and said impatiently: "Okay, you don't have to say a few words, save some effort!" Be careful, don't pull the rope outside, I don't know. "Now this rope is their only hope of keeping in touch with the outside world, proving that there are still people alive.

The hungry and thirsty miners were lying or sitting, compared to Li Rui when he first came here, after a short period of excitement, their eyes were dull again, and many of them were there humming.

"Secretary Li, the big cow is very hot." Wang Guangrong touched the forehead of Tian Daniu, who had fallen into a semi-comatose state, and said anxiously.

Li Rui turned over, turned on a miner's lamp and shone on Tian Daniu's injury, the broken leg was already red and swollen, his face was also very ugly, and he continued to sweat on his forehead.

"It's inflamed." Li Rui's expression also became serious, if he didn't get timely treatment, Tian Daniu's leg was very likely to be useless. Li Rui's heart, which had always been calm, felt abnormal irritability for the first time, and couldn't help but scold: "Paralyzed, these people outside are really a group of rice buckets, why don't you send divers in?" I can't think of such a simple solution! ”

Li Rui's words also aroused the dissatisfaction of the trapped miners: "Those rescuers outside are pig brains......

"The rescue team only does the work, and it is the leader's business to make decisions......

"I don't think any of those who are officials are good things, except for making money and playing with women, what else can they do......"

"Secretary Li, I don't think you can come down at all, if you were still outside and came up with this diver's idea, maybe we would have been saved......"

The miners were complaining, Li Rui couldn't listen to it anymore, and said loudly: "Fart!" If Lao Tzu doesn't come down, without that rope, the bottom of this mine is pitch black, how can divers come in? And don't always overturn a boatload of people with a rod, none of the officials are good things! Lao Tzu is an official, and he didn't risk his life to come down to you......"

Before Li Rui finished speaking, someone laughed and said, "Come on, Secretary Li, don't blow it." I said, what do you look like an official, and what kind of party secretary is the coal management bureau? Not even the hair has grown. ”

"That's it! Are you really like what you do on TV? Those should be deceptive! ”

“……”

"How do you speak? Secretary Li took such a big risk to come down, what was he for? It's not to save us from these bitter haha! Even if Secretary Li is pretending, then he is also kind-hearted, in order to appease us. Wang Guangrong reprimanded loudly, and then said to Li Rui: "Secretary Li, don't be surprised!" These people just lack a door on their lips. ”

Li Rui couldn't smile bitterly, in fact, he had already identified himself when he came down, but no one believed it. First, because of his young face, and more importantly, they didn't believe that a dignified party secretary of the Coal Management Bureau would risk his life and swim in the sewage to save them, and the title "Secretary Li" actually became his nickname!