When the pump room exploded, a wave of fire rushed into the sky like a red arrow, and a huge shock wave knocked down everyone on the ground.

Two or three minutes ago, Cong Shuyin, the head of the Dalian Public Security Fire Detachment, shouted through the walkie-talkie: "All retreat." "All officers and men immediately retreated.

After Li Yongfeng, the captain of the fire brigade of the development zone, he found that Wang Guokai, the instructor of the Fortress Mountain Squadron, and Zhou Xin, a non-commissioned officer, were slow, dragging the 40-kilogram water cannon back, and the two hoses of the water cannon were stuck to the asphalt and could not be dragged.

As soon as Li Yongfeng saw this scene, the fire came up, isn't this looking for death? As soon as he opened his mouth, he scolded: "Wang Guokai, you bastard, what new tactics are you playing?" Roll the calves and withdraw! ”

Wang Guokai and Zhou Xin crawled to the rear, and the waves of fire gushing out of the pump room engulfed the location of the water cannon like flowing water.

Zhou Xin sat on the ground and cried, Li Yongfeng scolded: "What are you crying about, how can you cry in the fire?" ”

Zhou Xin cried more and more, and said: "I have a relationship with the water cannon, and I will be with it when I join the army, and I will take it wherever I go." Zhou Xin stared at the water cannon sadly. The upright water cannon fell in a wave of fire. The next morning, when the sky was dark, Zhou Xin went to see the water cannon, which was burned, and the brass, white steel parts and cast iron chassis were all burned. At that time, if they didn't retreat under the scolding of Captain Li Yongfeng, let the fire be gone, could people compare with white steel and cast iron to ban burning?

Wang Guokai still remembers Li Yongfeng's oil-polluted black face, gritting his teeth angrily, but there were tears in his eyes. Li Yongfeng's tears were also because he was angry, and he said to Wang Guokai: "You have a knee problem, don't you know?" What else to drag? ”

A month and a half after the July 16 fire, on August 30, Wang Guokai participated in the Iron Army training in Shenyang. It was Saturday. He thought about it, so he called the detachment leader Cong Shuyin, asked for a day off, and went back to his hometown in Liaoyang to visit his father and mother. The detachment leader granted leave.

During the 45 days from the night of July 16 to Wang Guokai's leave and return home, Wang Guokai missed his parents day and night, and went home only to do one thing.

When he arrived at the door, the kingdom did not enter the house. He couldn't suppress his feelings, afraid that he would lose his temper. He found a few friends he knew before he was a soldier in the community, drank a meal together, drank all the white beer into his stomach, felt stable, and slowly returned home.

Knocking on the door, the old father and mother were watching TV, and they were surprised and happy to see their son come back. They knew that the soldier was okay and wouldn't let him go home, so what had happened to his son?

The old father asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The old mother also took her heart: "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Guokai's tears have already welled up in his eyes. He kept his head down, afraid that his parents would see his tears. He pushed and helped his father and mother to sit on the couch. Then, Wang Guokai knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his father three times and his mother three times.

The old father was 74 years old and deaf. The old mother is 77 years old and has blurred vision. They are all retired workers in Liaoning. The old couple was confused, and they couldn't relax for a while.

The only thing Wang Guokai had to do when he took leave and went home was to kowtow to his parents. If he encounters a big fire in the future, once he sacrifices, he will have no regrets in his heart after kowtowing today. On July 16, the Dalian City Public Security Fire Detachment suffered 6 major explosions, 3 of which occurred in Wang Guokai's position, at that time he no longer regarded death as a big deal, and more than 1,000 brothers in the detachment were here, and the detachment leader was also here. At that time, what I was looking forward to most was kowtowing to my parents. There are six buddies in the kingdom, and he is the youngest and an old pimple.

The mother stood up tremblingly, helped her son up, and touched it up and down. Last time, Wang Guokai was injured during training and broke his arm, and his hip bone was taken to repair his arm, leaving a 13-centimeter scar. When he came home, he was wearing long sleeves on dog days, but his mother still found the scar, and the old couple didn't sleep all night. This time, it didn't hurt anywhere, and my mother was relieved.

The old father stood up and asked, "Son, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wang Guokai bowed his head and said, "I miss you." ”

The old father asked, "Maybe something is going on?" ”

The kingdom burst into tears. He didn't dare to enter the house when he returned to Liaoyang, because he was afraid that he would cry loudly. To be honest, he really wanted to hug his father and mother, and plunge into their arms and cry for a while. But Wang Guokai desperately suppressed his emotions and said lightly: "The first few days of the fire were quite dangerous. ”

The old father didn't hear this clearly, but the mother heard it, she saw her son crying, and the mother touched her son's injured arm and said, "Let's not do it, just be safe." ”

How heavy are the words "peace and security", who dares to say that they can be safe and sound? It can only be said that they are dedicating everything for the peace and security of others. "Peace and security" is too precious, in the 7.16 fire field, it is far away. Wang Guokai didn't dare to talk to his parents anymore, he pressed his father and mother on the sofa again, kowtowed a few more times, said that there was something in the team, opened the door and left in a hurry. After kowtowing, he felt much more comfortable in his heart.

On the evening of July 16, when the Huayuankou Fire Squadron first received the alarm, Wang Guokai was very happy. I thought this time was good, it had been a drill in the past, and this time the recruits had a chance to go to the real fire. The veterans will be discharged in half a year, so it's good to take this opportunity to let the veterans bring the recruits.

Wang Guokai took 25 officers and soldiers and rushed to the Dagu Mountain fire site full of spirit. As the car drove away, I saw the smoke billowing in the sky and gathering clouds, thinking that this was a bad omen, how could an ordinary fire accumulate dozens of square kilometers of smoke in the sky? The car turned a corner, and when everyone looked at it, their hearts and ears were raised.

The road to Dagu Mountain is a winding mountain road. The mountain is in the way, and you can't see the situation in the oil depot area. When the car turned a corner, the Dagushan oil depot was in full view, and it was a sea of fire. Fire is not just burning, it is a fireball radiating from all directions. A cloud of black smoke burst out like a cannonball, and the smoke dispersed, and the flames burst out immediately. The kingdom was stupid at first glance, the firefighters' routine observations of the fire scene, such as determining the central fire point and estimating the area of the fire, were meaningless here, and they were on fire and exploded everywhere, not knowing where the center was. There are fires everywhere, and there is no area.

Arrived at the position, very close to tank No. 103. Captain Li Yongfeng split his head and said to Wang Guokai: "You go to the pumping station on the southeast side of tank 103 to set up a position, can you resist it?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Guokai showed his attitude without saying a word. Turn around and look for the pump room, where is the pump room? In the 7.16 fire field, there are too many questions of this kind, and no one answers where is the pump room, where is the fire hydrant, where is the tank group of high-risk chemicals, you can find it yourself. Wang Guokai pulled a corporate employee to find the pump room, and on the way he asked—he wanted to ask, but he couldn't help but ask—"Why don't the automatic sprinkler systems in the oil tank and the plant be activated?" ”

Large chemical companies have impeccable fire protection facilities, alarm devices and sprinkler systems. The first set failed, and the second and third sets followed. In theory, or rather in the design of drawings, these measures are all foolproof.

The company's employee's answer made Wang Guokai disheartened, and he only said two words: "No electricity." ”

The security measures of enterprise equipment are powered by electricity. The explosion destroyed the electrical system, or the factory lost power according to the fire protection regulations, so that all the fire protection facilities were in the middle of the power outage. The designers once said that the walls of these tanks in the oil depot area could resist the attack of the Patriots after the outbreak of the war without rupture. The real war takes place between the firefighters and the crude oil fire, fighting the raging waves of fire with flesh and blood, and the war starts little by little.

Wang Guokai led the squadron fighters to the location of the pump room. On the way, I saw a fire truck burning on the grass by the bushes. Wang Guokai picked up the foam gun and aimed it at the car to extinguish the fire, spraying it for a long time, and seeing that there was no one in the car, the people had already withdrawn. Wang Guokai knew that the company's fire brigade had abandoned the car and evacuated, and his heart was even heavier. The enterprise fire brigade knew the severity of the fire better than the public security fire brigade, and they withdrew, which must have been an unusual battle.

Wang Guokai and his comrades-in-arms set up a position next to the pump room, and took out a foam gun and a foam cannon to cool down the pump room that had caught fire. The place where they were located was low, and the flowing fire swept from the four loaves of bread, forming a lake of flames rising here.

The oil fire must be close to the root of the fire. Only by striking the fire can the fire recede a little bit. Fight far away, incomprehensible. Close to hit, people can't stand it. Wang Guokai and his comrades-in-arms stood three or four meters away from the fire to make a fire, and felt that the skin on their faces had broken open and exploded. The fireproof goggles they wore had a filtering function, and they couldn't find the location of the fire root when they saw that they were red in front of them. Wang Guokai pushed the goggles up, his eyebrows were burned, and he drained all the saliva in his mouth. The combustion of crude oil is the same as the oil burning of the oil pan. Wang Guokai felt the oil splash on his face, and his face immediately foamed, and he hurriedly splashed a handful of foam water on his face.

They held out for almost 40 minutes, and the reinforcements from Dalian City had not yet arrived. 40 minutes is a long time. The pressure on the foam water gun from the fire truck was maximized, and Wang Guokai felt that he couldn't hold the gun with both hands, but he still held the gun and hit it. Whether it was the first 40 minutes of the hard battle of the fire brigade of the development zone, the first 7 hours of the hard battle of the Dalian City Public Security Fire Detachment, or the 15 hours of joint struggle of more than 2,380 officers and men of various detachments in the province, no one put down the water guns and foam guns in their hands for a moment, and the final victory was saved little by little.

In the past 40 minutes, Wang Guokai really felt that his life was like a year, and he even thought about how good it would be for him to grow a pair of wings, fly out of the terrifying fire, and rest for a while in a place with clear water and grass. But this is just a thought, if you can't withstand the fire, the fire wave will cross the welcome road. On the other side of the road is LNG.

Just talking about LNG, no one is afraid. But the firefighters all know that this is the English abbreviation of liquefied gas storage tank. If the flowing fire burns over Yingbin Road, it will burn to LNG...... Don't think about anything anymore, just desperately put out the fire.

At this time, news came from the walkie-talkie that the third special service squadron of the detachment had arrived at the fire, Wang Guokai heard this, tears flowed down, he originally thought that he and more than 20 officers and soldiers such as Zhou Xin would die here. Death is not to be feared, the most regrettable thing is that no one saw the scene of their heroic struggle before their sacrifice, this time there are witnesses, and death is worth it. Thinking of this, Wang Guokai's body surged with a fierce energy, and he didn't know that he was tired at all. While talking, the 3rd Special Service Squadron came to the position vigorously, fired guns and artillery, and greatly strengthened its attack force. Wang Guokai's heart swelled with inexplicable excitement at this time, and the brothers of the special service saw us and saw that the Fortress Hill Squadron was not a bad breed. Thinking about it this way, the smoke of the fire and even the sacrifice are not terrible at all, and I realize the noble feelings that I have never had before.

At this time, the fire in the pump room increased, and the fire surged upward, and the flames turned red and white, accompanied by a strange whistling sound.

The kingdom thought that the situation had changed, and it was better to withdraw or not to withdraw. Over the radio came a hoarse and decisive order: "Attention all! Retreat all! Retreat at once! ”

It is said that at this time, he should run away, but Wang Guokai said to Zhou Xin: "I don't need the gun, let's carry the foam cannon." "The gun weighed 40 kilograms and dragged two 80 millimeter-thick water belts. Who is willing to throw down the cannon? What a great contribution did the cannon make on the fire ground, they even hugged and dragged it, carrying the foam cannon to retreat, at this time they met the captain Li Yongfeng, and was scolded by the head and face, before they put down the cannon, and finally ran to safety, and then looked back at the cannon in the fire wave and shed tears, they took the foam cannon as a person, as if their comrades were burned alive, Zhou Xin cried so much that Tao lost his voice.

Wang Guokai and Zhou Xin care about cannons, and Li Yongfeng cares about people. After the war, Li Yongfeng's wife, Zhao Liming, said that after Li Yongfeng returned home, he announced that no one should mention the fire, and Li Yongfeng himself would not say anything. But he would suddenly get up and stride around the house, saying, "72 people were brought in alive, 72 people were brought out alive." None of his wife nor daughter dared to answer the conversation. Not necessarily when, Li Yongfeng will suddenly stand up and say to himself, his voice is very loud: "72 people brought in alive, 72 people brought back alive." Zhao Liming knows her husband's mind best, when Li Yongfeng returned home half a month later, he was dark, thin, and completely out of shape, and Zhao Liming and her 12-year-old daughter cried. Zhao Liming didn't ask anything, just said one sentence-

"The safety of comrades-in-arms is the best." Zhao Liming understood that just saying "it is best for you to come back safely", Li Yongfeng was not happy when he heard it, he had to say that his comrades-in-arms were safe, and Li Yongfeng was at ease when he heard it.

His daughter was trembling with tears, and for a long time she uttered a sentence: "Dad, you are a hero." ”

Their mothers and sons, as well as the families of the officers and men of the Dalian detachment, all saw the tragedy of the fire on television. No one dared to think that their relatives would be sacrificed, and no one thought that their relatives would come back alive.

Wang Guokai and his comrades-in-arms were chased out by the fire that exploded in the pump room for more than 300 meters, and he saw that the fire was bigger than just now, and the oil tanks in the entire reservoir area seemed to be being held by the fire. Wang Guokai thought that he might not be able to get out next time he went in, and this was already the last moment, so he couldn't help but take out his mobile phone from the pocket of the military uniform inside the fireproof suit, and wanted to leave the last few words for the world. Wang Guokai stared at his mobile phone, he didn't know who to call for a long time, don't look at everyone usually knows a bunch of people, and there are few people who want to call at critical moments. He wanted to call his parents the most, but now it's past 10 o'clock at night, and when the phone calls, they can't sleep this night. In fact, he not only wants to leave a voice for his relatives, but also wants to listen to the voices of his relatives and the voices of his father and mother, which is his last wish. But I can't call my parents, and it's a pity that I didn't kowtow to them. Wang Guokai walked a few steps to the side, found a place where no one was, knelt down and kowtowed to the north a few times, and said in his heart, "Parents, forgive the old son for not being able to send the second elder to the end, since he was a soldier at the age of 17, he has not served the old man well, and he is ashamed. Wang Guokai got up, wiped a handful of tears and wanted to call his brother and sister, but he didn't know what to say, and he didn't dare to tell the truth about the situation in the fire, so he worried them in vain. Wang Guokai finally called his girlfriend.

The phone was connected, and Wang Guo asked, "What are you doing?"

The girlfriend said in a daze, "I'm sleeping, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Guokai said, "I'm fighting fires." You sleep, I'll fight again tomorrow. After saying that, he turned off his phone, wondering if he would be able to call tomorrow.

Cement blocks and steel parts from the explosion of the pump room flew in all directions, and the explosions were heard one after another. Everything that should have been blown up in the pump room exploded, the sound gradually stopped, and the territory occupied by the flowing fire became larger. The detachment commander Cong Shuyin ordered the whole detachment to organize a counteroffensive and force the flowing fire back inch by inch.

The flowing fire, made of crude oil, was piled up at the base of the wall, and it was already more than a meter high, and the flames were more than three meters high. Most people have never heard of the fact that fire can burn down the wall, but this 30-centimeter-thick concrete wall has been burned by fire, and if it continues to burn, the wall will collapse. As I mentioned earlier, the other end of Yingbin Road is an LNG storage area. The fire seemed to know that it was a base camp of liquefied gas, and it was holding back its strength to burn over.

The detachment quickly mobilized local dump trucks to load and unload sand to extinguish the fire. The fire was so scary that the drivers didn't dare to drive forward. At this time, a big man jumped on the pedal of the car and said: "Driver, listen up, I am King Gang, deputy head of the Dalian Public Security Fire Detachment, and if I live, you will live." Listen to my orders, reverse the car, and stop when you are told to stop. ”

Under the command of King Kong, the large dump truck drove into the fire, and accurately poured a cart of sand on the fire at the base of the wall, and extinguished the fire at once. Immediately afterward, truckloads of earth built an earthen dam to protect the wall and Yingbin Road and the LNG area opposite. At this time, behind the opening of the kingdom, the sharp shout of Cong Shuyin sounded, "Who still has bubbles?" ”

"Me!" One person stepped forward to answer. At that time, it was impossible to tell who was who, Cong Shuyin heard the sound and identified people, pointed at him and said: "Okay, Fan Jun of Xigang Squadron, organize a position to block this fire." The tree seal said to him, "The kingdom is open! ”

"Here!"

"You go and get the on-board foam cannon of the airfield detachment."

"Yes!"

Wang Guokai is really enthusiastic, a leader is a leader, people Cong Shuyin, a division cadre, in charge of more than 1,000 people, you are not wrong with your name, and the sacrifice is worth it. Wang Guokai and his comrades-in-arms turned around to find the on-board foam cannon. The road is slippery, and you fall after taking two steps. After a few falls, he threw his gloves off, and pressed his hand on the ground, and his hand was taken out of the boiling oil on the ground, and it was full of blood blisters. Wang Guokai really couldn't walk, so he let the warrior rub the water gun against his waist. Vehicle-mounted artillery was brought in to launch a fierce attack on the fire wave. The fire also bullied the soft and feared the hard, and had to retreat. The amount of foam was not enough, and the fire immediately rushed forward a few more steps. In this way, the officers and soldiers engaged in a tug-of-war with the waves of fire.

It was raining, and they couldn't feel the rain, only that the protective goggles were blurry, and the clothes on their bodies were heavier. Wang Guokai took off his goggles and saw that the rain was black on his body, he stretched out his tongue to drink some rainwater, tasted a product, and his mouth was full of slippery oil. How does oil turn into rain? It may be that the high temperature evaporates the oil into the sky, and the clouds can't hold the oil and falls again.

The foam and water of the five fire trucks of the Fortress Hill Fire Squadron were exhausted, and Wang Guokai sent Wang Yongan, assistant to the squadron leader on duty, to find water. There is no water in the fire, and all the cars are short of water. Wang Yongan had no choice but to grab water with the men of his brother's squadron. Find a fire hydrant that comes out of the water and occupy it, and get it to your own car to fill it, and no one wants to get involved. The car driven by the kingdom was short of water for more than half an hour, which made Wang Yongan feel very guilty.

Wang Yongan, a stout Mongolian man, can lift a 60-kilogram barbell with one hand. On the fire, he pushed and rolled a 200-kilogram foam bucket by himself. After half an hour, he couldn't find the water, he thought that Wang Guokai and Zhou Xin were buried in the fire, and he was sad and angry. On the fire ground, the person looking for water holds the life of the water gunner, and when there is no water, will he not give the life of his comrades. After the battle, Wang Yongan looked for Wang Guokai like crazy, and after the two met, Wang Yongan hugged Wang Guokai tightly and couldn't let go, crying bitterly, thinking that he would never see each other again in this life.

For many days, Wang Yongan went home and drank first, threw his one-year-old son high after drinking, and then caught it. He threw it and cried at the same time.

Wang Yongan's daughter-in-law was surprised to see this scene and thought he was crazy. She had never seen Wang Yongan cry, let alone crying. She knew that Wang Yongan had a very strong personality, but she didn't know what feelings she was expressing while crying while throwing her son.

When the battle was 42 minutes underway, the comrades-in-arms of the Pulandian squadron and the Changxing Island squadron jumped over the wall. The strength grew, and the four squadrons fought side by side.