Chapter Seventy-Eight: There Was an Earthquake
There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck.
The distance between the capital and Longhai City is only 800 kilometers, and there is only one Jizhou Province in between, and the high-speed rail only takes three hours.
"Honey, I'll be back in the evening, and you have to wait for me to come back before you can sleep."
At 10:02, on Feitian Island, when the latest batch of students were training, suddenly the earth began to tremble, for a moment, the sky and the earth were dark, the sun and the moon were dark, everyone was frightened and lay on the ground and did not dare to move, after half an hour of shaking the mountain, the earth slowly returned to calm, but there will still be aftershocks from time to time.
The earthquake happened, Longhai City also had a power outage, Ma Xiaotao immediately turned on the generator on Feitian Island, through satellite broadcasting, Ma Xiaotao learned that there was an eight-magnitude earthquake in Jizhou Province, and Longhai City also had a seven-magnitude aftershock, half an hour later, the earthquake disaster in Longhai City also came out, because most of the Qinglong Empire is in the earthquake zone, so the houses built, especially the high-rise buildings, have earthquake-proof functions, although the earthquake is very serious, but the disaster is still under control.
At this moment, the satellite broadcast mentioned one thing, the G36 high-speed train sent to the capital at half past eight in the morning in Longhai City, when passing through the culvert of the longest one in the Qinglong Empire in Shangyang City, the earthquake just happened, and the entire high-speed rail was buried in the culvert, and there were a total of 210 passengers on the high-speed rail, and all 46 high-speed rail service personnel were unknown in life and death.
Seeing this news, Han Zheng and Li Shimin's faces completely changed, and Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing were on this high-speed train.
Han Zheng called the mobile phones of the two people several times in a row, but they were temporarily unable to answer, Han Zheng stopped Li Shimin from calling the capital, and he asked Ma Xiaotao to mobilize the satellite and began to observe the culvert.
The whirlwind rock culvert is the longest culvert in the Qinglong Empire, a total of 5,946 meters, it is the only way from the capital to Longhai City, according to the picture displayed on the satellite, the railway bureau has sent people to start rescuing this culvert, although Han Zheng and Li Shimin are anxious, but there is no better way, they can only wait patiently.
The G36 high-speed train began to earthquake in about a minute after entering the whirlwind rock culvert, only ten seconds, the railway in front was blocked by the earth and rock caused by the earthquake, the train captain Zhao Jun decisively ordered the reverse, but only two hundred meters were poured, and the back was also blocked, followed by a whirlwind of the sky, the solid train top also made the sound of boulders falling, and after two minutes, the tempered glass on both sides burst because of the extrusion.
The train that originally had electric lighting gradually lost its lighting due to short circuits, and the train was full of sounds of adults crying and villains screaming; Li Fengjing threw herself into Li Mingfang's arms as soon as possible, as if it was her harbor, in fact, Li Mingfang was also scared to death, but she felt a little safe with Li Fengjing in her arms.
However, due to the continuous aftershocks, the entire train also made a constant sound of gar and gaga.
Whirlwind rock is a county, whirlwind rock railway bureau for the first time on the whirlwind rock culvert, due to the earthquake collapse caused by the G36 train was buried in the culvert, reported to the General Administration of Railways, when the 11 o'clock earthquake has ended, only occasionally there will be aftershocks, Shangyang City Railway Bureau sent 60 staff to the scene of the accident, after the joint analysis of engineers and computers, the train should be at the exit of a kilometer away, they immediately rushed to the exit, looking at the mountain that is still trembling, the nearby fire officers and soldiers arrived at the scene, On the first day, they braved the soil and rocks falling above their heads, and advanced 600 meters, but a strong aftershock hit, and the 600 meters dug out were filled in, and the eleven firefighters who had not had time to withdraw were also buried in the earth and rocks that fell because of the aftershock.
On November 18, forty-eight hours have passed since the Whirlwind Rock Culvert incident, Han Zheng and Li Shimin have not closed their eyes for two days and two nights, and the beards on their faces have not been shaved, and the two handsome men look haggard.
To tell the truth, the railway department of the Qinglong Empire has done its best, eleven firefighters were buried in the sliding mountain, life and death are unknown, this time they had to adopt a steady method, digging and fixing, but according to the engineer's calculations, it will take about seventy hours, forty-eight hours have passed, and it will take another three days, the people trapped in the culvert, is it still necessary to save them?
A person can live for five or six days without food, but he must have a good mentality, and he must have water and air, but the G36 train is buried in a culvert, and there are impermeable rocks on all sides, so it is impossible for them to survive for five days.
The Snow Harrier Clan is the best unit in the Blue Dragon Empire, but in the face of this natural disaster, everyone is helpless for a while.
The frequency and vibration of the aftershocks are getting smaller and smaller, but after the heavy pressure of the train, the roof can basically be close to the back of the seat, Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing curled up on their two seats, the shouting on the car has gradually stopped, the air is getting thinner and thinner, most people have lost the confidence to live, they are staring at the godless eyes, looking at this dark world.
Li Fengjing was also a little prostrated because she hadn't drunk water for two days, and she also felt that it was impossible for her to live, so she said weakly to Li Mingfang:
"Sister, we may die here, I think my two daughters, they will be able to call me mother in a few months, Wenfeng, Qifeng, mother loves you!"
Li Mingfang stroked the face of his brother and daughter-in-law, and said softly:
"Let's not give up easily, I believe that Han Zheng and Minmin will definitely come to save us, I believe in their love for us, don't you believe that Minmin loves you? He will be willing to do anything for you; I believe in my brother, and I believe in my man Han Zheng and Xiao Jing, cheer up their spirits, they will definitely come to save us! ”
Suddenly, Li Mingfang touched the bottle of pure water they bought when they got into the car, she stuffed the bottle of water into Li Fengjing's hand, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Jing, you see that we have water now, even God is helping us, we will definitely be able to get out alive!"
Hu Qianqian was very distressed when she saw Han Zheng and Li Shimin's appearance, she secretly called Zeng Yuanyuan, told her mother that Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing were buried in the whirlwind rock culvert, and asked her mother to do her best to help Han Zheng and Li Shimin.
Ten minutes later, the president's phone call reached the office of Zhan Baoxin, director of the General Administration of Railways, and the president did not have a polite word, he said to Zhan Baoxin very calmly:
"Director Zhan, I'll give you a death mission, you set off to rush to the Whirlwind Rock Culvert now, you personally arrange the personnel, and you must rescue the people buried in the cave."
Zhan Baoxin didn't ask who was buried inside, as soon as he hung up the phone, he said to the secretary next to him:
"I want helicopters, I want the best engineers, I want the director of the 11th Bureau of the Railroad to rush me to Whirlwind Rock within two hours, and you tell them that if I can't see them in two hours, they will hand over their resignation to my office."
At the same time, Han Jianghua, commander of the Longcheng Military Region, was answering a phone call from Yu Fenghua, first deputy chief of staff of the General Staff:
"Commander Han, Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing are buried in the Whirlwind Rock Culvert, you immediately send the most capable Sixth Engineer Battalion of our headquarters, let them take a helicopter and rush to the Whirlwind Rock Culvert as quickly as possible, I will be responsible for anything!"
"Don't say that, if something goes wrong, I will accept the punishment with you, I will immediately arrange for the helicopter squadron to set off, and I will personally go to the scene to command, Li Mingfang is also what I have raised since I was a child."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Han Jianghua, commander of the Longcheng Military Region, rushed to the Whirlwind Rock Culvert with the 6th Engineer Battalion, the most capable of the military region.
Ten minutes later, Zhan Baoxin, director of the General Administration of Railways, also arrived with the engineers of the railway department, Zhan Baoxin and Han Jianghua are acquaintances, the two of them met and only exchanged a few words, they each convened the technical backbone of their own departments, and jointly formed a command headquarters to begin to study, because there are still aftershocks from time to time, everyone decided to continue to adopt a steady approach, but they brought a lot of heavy tools, which greatly accelerated the speed of construction, so that within 48 hours, you can rush to the place where the train was buried.
Han Jianghua looked at his watch, fifty-three hours had passed since the earthquake, and it would be up to God whether Li Mingfang would die or live by then!
This is the third night after Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing's accident, and Han Zheng and Li Shimin, who have not rested, finally collapsed exhausted.
At four o'clock in the morning, Ma Xiaotao, who had been guarding in front of the computer, was suddenly attracted by a beating red dot on the satellite intercom next to him, he hurriedly turned on the computer, and the computer showed that the red dot came from Li Mingfang's wrestler watch, Ma Xiaotao swept away his decadent atmosphere, rushed out of the laboratory, and shouted while running upstairs:
"Emergency gathering, emergency assembly!"
As soon as he came to the door of Han Zheng's bedroom, because he was anxious, he flew up and kicked the door away, and said to Han Zheng, who had already rushed out:
"Boss, there is news of Ming Fang, let's set off immediately to rescue them."
When Han Zheng heard this, his spirits were greatly lifted, and he hurriedly put on his combat uniform and rushed down.
In front of the dormitory building of the Snow Harrier team, Li Shimin, Wu Sijun, Wang Jie, Wang Hai, Wang Tao, Wang Wenshan, Dong Peikun, Zhao Junfeng, Zhuge Mingliang, Ma Xiaotao, Wu Jingsong, Liu Yun and Ye Wen of the intelligence team were all there, Han Zheng walked downstairs and said to Liu Yun and Ye Wen:
"Liu Yun, you and Ye Wen stayed on Feitian Island with the intelligence team, and I and the others went to Whirlwind Rock to rescue Ming Fang and Feng Jing."
Liu Yun and Ye Wen still had to distinguish, Han Zheng waved his hand to indicate that this was an order, and then began to check the equipment, this time it was not to fight, they were carrying climbing ropes, sapper shovels and other digging tools, seeing that everyone had brought all the tools, Han Zheng took the lead and walked towards the helicopter hangar.
At six o'clock in the morning of November 19, eleven members of the Snow Harrier team rushed to the Whirlwind Rock Culvert under the leadership of captain Han Zheng.
As soon as he arrived at the place, Ma Xiaotao turned on the computer and began to search where Li Mingfang was now, because the signal was too weak, and there was no way to contact him intermittently, Ma Xiaotao sent out two hundred chameleon insects, and he linked the information of Li Mingfang's watch positioning system with the information of the chameleon insects, and a minute later, the two hundred chameleon insects disappeared into the cracks of the whirlwind rock mountain.
Waiting is the hardest thing, but although Han Zheng and Li Shimin are anxious, they have to wait patiently and slowly for the information of the chameleon.
Li Mingfang, who was weak on the train, had already begun to trance, and Li Fengjing had already entered a semi-comatose state.
Suddenly Li Mingfang felt that there was something crawling on her wrist, she slowly raised her right hand, and there was a very cute insect lying on the watch on her wrist, and then this insect actually emitted a subtle light, Li Mingfang exhaled a long breath, and began to shake Li Fengjing vigorously, when Li Fengjing opened her godless eyes and looked at Li Mingfang, although Li Mingfang's voice was low, she was very excited and pointed to the chameleon insect on her watch and said:
"Xiao Jing, look at the chameleon, they came to save us, we have been saved."
At this time, the chameleon suddenly made a faint sound:
"Xiaofang, Xiaofang, where are you?"
The computer in front of Ma Xiaotao displayed a message from a chameleon insect, and Li Mingfang's mouth could be clearly seen on the display, but she couldn't hear what she was saying.
"Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! ”
Han Zheng suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared, his face was full of tears, he wiped his tears, asked Ma Xiaotao to pick up his voice on his headphones, and he said softly:
"Wife, you have to hold on, your husband is here to save you!"
Zhuge Mingliang looked at the analysis chart of the computer in front of him, thought for a while and began to say his plan:
"Xiao Tao, you start to manipulate the other chameleon insects, let them rush to meet the one next to Li Mingfang, let the chameleon insects find a nearest route for us, and then we will find a way to carry out rescue work."
Ma Xiaotao listened to Zhuge Mingming's suggestion, and began to manipulate those chameleon insects on the computer with both hands.
At eight o'clock, there were already forty chameleon insects and the one in front of Li Mingfang successfully merging together, and they began to return to the ground according to Ma Xiaotao's instructions.
At this time, a helicopter landed in an open space in front of the Whirlwind Rock, Li Quancheng, Li Chen, and Li Jiwen stepped off the helicopter, Li Boxing took his younger brother and son, came to the front of the Snow Harrier team, bowed deeply to everyone and said:
"I'm not a general today, as the grandfather of Xiaofang and Xiaojing, I ask you to find a way to rescue my granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law."
Everyone didn't speak, and the Snow Harrier team, except for Han Zheng and Li Shimin, all stood up and stood upright, saluted the three generals, and said in unison:
"Grandpa, please rest assured, we will definitely rescue our sister-in-law."
At 8:20, the first chameleon returned to everyone, and then one after another chameleon returned to the ground, and five minutes later, all 40 chameleon returned.
Ma Xiaotao exhaled a long breath, bit a lollipop in his mouth, and began to fifteen minutes later, Ma Xiaotao's hands stopped, and the computer's display screen showed a zigzag channel. He stood up and said to the anxiously waiting crowd around him:
"I have analyzed a passage closest to Li Mingfang, the distance is about 2,400 meters, most places in this passage can climb over a person, but some places still need to be repaired by us."
Han Zheng listened to Ma Xiaotao's analysis, and also studied the situation with Zhuge Mingming, and began to gather his brothers, he stood in front of everyone and began to issue orders:
"Ma Xiaotao, tie that 5,000-meter metal wire to the body of the chameleon, and let it reach Xiao Fang and Xiao Jing first, so that the two of them can cheer up and wait for our rescue. The rest of the people each carry a sapper shovel, and I will use the snow moon to clear the way for everyone. ”
Han Zheng saw that the chameleon had already drilled into a small hole ten meters away from the mountain, so he nodded to the three elders beside him, turned around and walked towards the hole; They were followed by Li Shimin, Wu Sijun, Zhuge Mingliang and others, and Ma Xiaotao stayed in front of the computer to serve as a commander in case of an emergency.
The hole was only two feet high and two feet wide, and it was only large enough for one person to crawl inside, and Han Zheng and the brothers did not hesitate to get into it.
In ten minutes, the leader Han Zheng had already advanced for a full 600 meters, and the first hurdle had come, and in front of him was a small passage that was ten meters long and only the thickness of a football. Han Zheng pulled out the Snow Moon Blade on his waist, kissed the blade, and said affectionately:
"For Xiaofang, thank you for your hard work!"
The Xueyue Treasure Blade also seemed to understand Han Zheng's words, and suddenly skyrocketed from the original nine inches to two feet long, Han Zheng's right hand danced Xueyue, and the knife rays emitted by Xueyue were like cutting tofu, and the stones in front of him fell one after another; With his left hand, he picked up the stone that Xue Yue had cut and pulled it behind him. And Li Shimin, who followed Han Zheng closely, shoveled these stones behind him with a sapper shovel, and in this way, the eleven brothers behind him forgot their tiredness at all, and kept shoveling these obstructive stones where they should go.
It didn't take long for Han Zheng's left hand to be slowly cut by those stones, but he didn't forget what pain was at all, where would it stop, the snow moon in his right hand danced faster, and the speed of his left hand moving backwards became faster and faster.
Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing leaned on each other, and the chameleon in front of them faintly let out the voice of Grandpa Li Fist:
"Han Zheng and Minmin have already taken other brothers to save you, you have to hold on, grandpa is old, grandpa can't lose you, you must be strong, I believe that my grandson and grandson-in-law will definitely rescue you intact!"
Li Mingfang and Li Fengjing were very excited, but they didn't even have tears, what made them hold on was that they had hope, their men came to save them, and they believed that their monster-like men would definitely let them go home alive.
Han Zheng's continuous efforts have also paid off, after twenty minutes of dedication, the ten meters in front of him can't pass the passage at all, and it has slowly gained a diameter of two feet square, although it can't walk yet, at least it can climb over; Han Zheng turned his head slowly, the faces of the brothers were all black and black, which was the common product of sweat and stone foam, he didn't speak, just nodded slightly to the brothers behind him, and began to continue crawling forward.