At six o'clock in the afternoon, in the east of Yi Province, a flat land at the foot of the scenic mountain, behind it is the entrance of the winding mountain road into the scenic spot. The road, which was wide and flat enough to accommodate two large buses running side by side, has been blocked by rockfalls of various sizes.

This time period is the peak period for tourists to return from the mountain, and in normal times, even if it is the off-season of tourism in early winter, it is still crowded with people, small flags are displayed, and everyone is boiling. At this moment, there are also many soldiers in this large flat area, but they are uniformly dressed, orderly, and do their jobs, without superfluous noise.

The rescue troops of the Yi Provincial Military District, which came here on a rapid march, chose to be stationed here. On the flat side, several military field tents have been set up, and many soldiers are still hurrying to set up more tents. A red flag was planted in the center of the flat area, and it was hunted by the strong mountain wind.

More soldiers gathered near the entrance to the winding road, each armed with a multi-purpose shovel, trying to remove the rocks on the road by manpower, and the morale of the soldiers was high, but in terms of actual results, it was so slow that it was difficult to see progress.

There are still a few wooden houses still alive in the flat area, which is the visitor center at the entrance to the original scenic area, which was miraculously not damaged by the earthquake. After confirming that the structure of the wooden hut was strong enough, the largest wooden hut became the temporary command center of the rescue operation.

The generator, which was carried in by manpower, had been connected to the line here, and it became the only place in this area with electricity.

In the command center, the atmosphere was solemn.

A young officer was reporting: "Chief, the road coming here is badly damaged and is being urgently repaired, and large machinery and equipment cannot be driven in. ”

The middle-aged officer with a golden flower on his shoulder asked, "How long will it take?" ”

"The engineer battalion said it would take at least four hours to clear a motorway."

"No, you tell them I'll give them two and a half hours at most."

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A staff officer trotted over from a corner of the room, saluted the floor, and spoke quickly, "Chief, the latest weather forecast from the meteorological station is expected to be heavy rain after ten o'clock tonight, accompanied by strong winds and thunder and lightning above level 7. ”

The middle-aged officer's eyebrows furrowed, and several soldiers around him who heard the content were also shocked, this was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight.

The middle-aged general strode to a map, the small generator had limited power, and only the necessary communication stations and other electrical equipment were running in the command center. This is a military map with contour lines, covering the surrounding area centered on the scenic area, with a thick circle drawn with a red pen in one part of the scenic area. He looked at the map for a moment and asked in a deep voice, "How is the helicopter brigade?" ”

"Captain Wu personally piloted a helicopter into the mountain." A deputy replied on one side.

"Nonsense! Contact him and get him back. Wait, just tell him, don't be brute! The middle-aged general was furious, but in the end he controlled his emotions.

Before the ground forces arrived, the helicopter brigade of the military district had already carried out the search mission, and there was an important catch: the mudslide caused by the earthquake blocked all the roads down the mountain, but the vast majority of tourists stranded in the scenic area survived, gathered on a gentle slope between the two peaks, and more than 300 people were visually seen.

Although the survivors were found, the problem was still tricky, the local wind was blowing, and the gentle slope was located to avoid the mudslide, but it was the most violent area of the valley, and the helicopters were blown out of control by the turbulence as soon as they approached, let alone land to save people. The surrounding area is surrounded by steep slopes with rocks, and it is also impossible to take off and land.

If it's just three or five people, you can also try to have a trained team member pass through the rope ladder to rescue the tourists. But now there are more than 300 people, including many old and young people, and this method is naturally ineffective.

The helicopter brigade flew around for a long time, still unable to land, one of them also because of a violent turbulence, knocked into the mountain wall, almost crashed, finally flew out, is now lying on the flat ground outside, it is estimated to go back to the factory for overhaul.

The middle-aged general turned his gaze to the window, the early winter night came early, and the light was already very dim, but the flag in the field of vision seemed to float more intensely in the air.

"Captain Wu is back." As soon as he finished speaking, a loud rumbling sound was heard outside the house, and the helicopter landed on the side of the clearing. This flat area covers a huge area and can accommodate tens of thousands of tourists on a normal basis, but there is plenty of space.

After a while, a man with a height of more than one meter and eight meters pushed the door in, "Report." ”

"Straightforwardly, what's going on?" The middle-aged general gets straight to the point.

"The wind in the valley is too demonic to have a chance to land, but just now we have two teammates who successfully abseiled down, namely the communicator and the ambulance of our brigade." Captain Wu reports.

"Good!" The middle-aged general asked, "Do you have any communication equipment?" ”

"I brought a set of individual communication radios and some common medicines. I thought that our plane had been around there for so long, and it just left, and I was afraid that the people below would not be able to stand it. Someone went down, at least they had a bottom in their hearts. ”

"Well done, you contact this comrade immediately, we need to keep up to date with the situation on the ground."

Soon, communications were connected, but the situation was not optimistic: the exact number of people was not counted yet, but it was likely to exceed the initial estimate of more than 300. There was no shelter at the scene, but fortunately, there were several staff members of the scenic spot, directing everyone to hide in a few circles in the leeward.

"I saw at least 20 wounded people, presumably from falling rocks, and a few of them looked quite serious, and Xiao Li was bandaging them. There are also a lot of children and the elderly, the wind seems to be starting to pick up, and the sky is getting dark, I am afraid that they will not be able to bear it and need rescue urgently! ”

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After a brief moment of communication, there was a deathly silence in the command center.

Captain Wu broke the brief silence, "Chief, let me lead the team to fly again, and put some food and quilts in first." If the wind is a little less in the future, I guarantee that our brigade will be able to rescue everyone. ”

"Approve another take-off, and prepare more relief supplies." The middle-aged general made a decision on the spot, and then repeated the latest forecast of the meteorological station, "It's still the same sentence, don't be brutal." Stay safe. ”

"Yes!" Captain Wu received an order and strode out of the cabin, his loud voice could be heard through the door, "The whole team is assembled, and now the order is announced: each helicopter is loaded with food and water quilts, and only one person is left in the cabin, and it will take off in fifteen minutes to carry out the task of dropping supplies." ”

"It's a man, hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hundreds of people are still waiting for us. The demonic wind of the Malegobi, Lao Tzu does not believe in this evil. ”

The general in the room had an expressionless face, shook his head to clear his thoughts, and continued to communicate with all parties about the progress.

"By the way, ask the Xiajiang Provincial Military Region, where is the spacecraft that came to support us? Hurry up! ”

The latest military helicopters are not good, so what spacecraft is reliable? Forget it, you can't manage so much, and a dead horse will be a live horse doctor. This is the idea of many people in the command center.