Volume III, Chapter 21, Rescue

According to the analysis of technicians, if there are people alive underground, it will definitely be in a high place underground, and there is a low-lying place between the current pumping position of the rescuers and the location of the trapped people, and this space forms a concave shape, high on both sides and low in the middle, and this low place is the place where there is a lot of water. 1 -- The place that blocked some of the trapped people from getting out was this waterlogged roadway, and now it is this roadway that is blocking the rescuers from entering. Only by draining the water in this lot first can the passage be opened.

After the speed of drainage is accelerated, but the problem also comes, with the drop of the water level, the pump and the water pipe have to extend downward, and the roadway that transports the drainage facilities such as the pump and the pipeline is very long, and the inclination angle is very large, and the maximum section of the work is only about less than ten square meters, which affects the normal construction.

In such an environment, to fight with time for life, cables, transformers, pumps have to enter, the heaviest of which weighs several tons of tons, all rely on people to carry the shoulder, and to disassemble the pump and transport it to the underground for installation, lift a pump pipe weighing about hundreds of kilograms, from the slope where people stand on it have a feeling of falling, the difficulty can be imagined. To complicate matters further, cross-working makes small spaces seem more cramped, which simply does not solve the problem.

Because the mine is outside the cliff, this is a good thing, in the bee waist part of the mine through the guò oil exploration team borehole to carry out small-scale blasting, and then through the guò blasting surface for drilling and drainage, so that the speed will be faster, but the risk of this measure is also very large, if the blasting collapses, the roof and the like, not to mention saving people, even the body can not be found, then there is no hope at all.

Lu Zhengdong asked after listening to the report.

"What does the city say? Is there a solid scientific basis to back it up? ”

Lu Zhiguo, deputy director of the county security office and engineer in charge of safety at the county safety supervision bureau:

"City...... They believe that there is a certain risk of using blasting methods, mainly because they are afraid of causing secondary disasters and causing the collapse of the mine wall, so that there are no other rescue measures. They think that drainage from the guò wellhead is the best way, but they don't know the specific situation, and the specific decision depends on the actual situation, and my idea is just for reference......"

Lu Zhengdong waved his hand:

"Whatever the idea, put it forward, since it is not possible according to the conventional method, what is needed now is a plan to create zào. No matter what the outcome of any plan you put forward is adopted, I am responsible for this! Lu Gong, just speak boldly! ”

Lu Zhiguo is a veteran college student who graduated from the power department of a famous university in China in the 60s, and used to work in a large mining enterprise, and the director of the county transportation bureau, because his wife and children are in the countryside, in order to solve the separation of the two places before returning to the county to work, in the county is an expert and authority in this area, for the college students of this era, there is still a sense of responsibility of some intellectuals, so a new plan was proposed, but the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau did not fully agree, obviously worried that the plan would go wrong. The blame will fall on him.

And Lu Zhengdong is a layman at this point, and at this time he must listen to the opinions of these professional and technical personnel, and at this time, he must cheer them up and let them fully express their opinions.

When Lu Zhiguo heard him say this, he quickly drew a sketch on the paper and introduced:

"The mountain outside the Yunshan mine is basically hard rock, and the force surface of the blasting is ......"

Lu Zhengdong didn't know anything about this at all, but he could hear that although this method had a certain risk, as long as the people below were still alive, there was still hope, and after listening to it, he groaned for a while and asked: ...,

"Where are the city's leaders and reinforcements?"

Telephone lines have been erected to the headquarters near the wellhead so that rescue equipment and supplies can be mobilized at any time and communication with the city and county at any time.

"A big coal truck broke down on the road in Linshan, and the city's additional team led by Vice Mayor He was blocked in Linshan, and was trying to dredge the vehicles. It's going to take at least four or five hours......"

Chu Mingsheng, director of the government office in charge of external liaison, reported.

Lu Zhengdong couldn't help but beat the tree next to him: This bad road is really terrible, the city can't count on it, Lu Zhengdong and Shen Guozhong, Chen Guoqing, and Yu Changhai briefly bumped their heads, analyzed the pros and cons, if they can't open a ventilated passage for the well, there is no hope of surviving theoretically, at least there is a glimmer of hope for blasting, but whether to take blasting measures or not, everyone looks at him.

Lu Zhengdong knew that this determination had to be made by him.

Power and responsibility are often equal, and how great the power is, how much responsibility there is, at this moment, Lu Zhengdong has a profound understanding. Lu Zhengdong also pondered for a long time before finally saying:

"My opinion is to take blasting measures and report the plan to the city......"

Shen Guozhong took a few puffs of the cigarette butt in his hand, then pressed it out vigorously on the tree, and said:

"I agree ......"

All of them died in the well, and they were all nearby villagers, and they couldn't fight an ambush if they wanted to. There are many small coal mines in Yilan, Shen Guozhong actually has a lot of experience in how to deal with big things and small things to deal with mining disasters, and the disaster level is divided according to the number of deaths, such as sending people to the hospital for rescue first, you can report them as injuries, not counting death on the spot, and do your best to rescue, it is a manifestation of humanitarianism, no matter from which point it is reasonable, or report missing, there is a small but important difference in calculating the number of deaths, but this time these small tricks are useless, At this time, only dead horses are regarded as live horse doctors......

After Lu Zhengdong made his final decision, his mood calmed down a lot.

The oil exploration team drilled professionally, and there was no shortage of detonators, explosives, and the preparation for the blasting did not take much time to prepare.

"Let's get started......"

After Lu Zhengdong finished speaking, he stared at the blast, and everyone else stared at it deadly, and after a muffled sound, a deep gap was blown open in the waist of the bee, and the technicians carefully checked it and found no other secondary problems.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the workers of the oil exploration team soon drilled two drains in the opening, and tried their best to widen the drains, and the speed of drainage was greatly accelerated, and the water level soon dropped quite a bit.

Other rescuers who had already prepared also began to prepare to go down the mine to understand the situation, Lu Zhengdong couldn't help but say, and when he entered the mine of Hei Gulongdong, the director of the public security bureau, Chen Guoqing, secretly pulled his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Secretary Lu, you are the commander-in-chief, you can't be here, hurry up and ...... out."

Yu Changhai saw Lu Zhengdong go down the mine, hesitated for a moment, but still followed in, and persuaded when he entered: "Secretary Lu, you go out quickly, it's dangerous here......"

Lu Zhiguo also said:

"Secretary Lu, go out, it's so narrow that it can't accommodate so many people."

The people who went down to the mine saw that the secretary of the county party committee could follow in, and they already felt good, Lu Zhengdong saw that staying in it was indeed a bit of an obstacle, Lu Zhengdong still withdrew from the mine under everyone's persuasion, although Lu Zhengdong's time in the mine was very short, but because it was black inside, Lu Zhengdong touched the stone wall and moved along the small track to pull coal, his hands were full of black ash, and his body was already black when he came out. …,

The people involved in the rescue were also too tired, they all sat on the ground, took the water handed over by them, and regardless of whether their hands were clean or not, they rumbled and tumbled, and the big bowl was empty in a blink of an eye.

Waiting, at this time, there is only waiting for a miracle to appear......

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Gaotang, the capital of Xihe Province.

The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government held the annual provincial target responsibility assessment summary and commendation meeting, and Long Beach City completed well in all aspects and won the annual assessment excellence award, which is the most important assessment in the province.

Although Sun Weiyang, secretary of the Long Beach Municipal Party Committee, and Xiao Qingyang, mayor of Long Beach, who attended the meeting, had calm faces and were full of joy in their hearts, outside the venue, Sun Weiyang and Xiao Qingyang's secretaries, Zhou Yihua and Xiao Du, were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

After seeing Sun Weiyang come out, he hurriedly ran over and said in a low voice:

"Secretary Sun, something happened to Yilan Coal Mine......"

Sun Weiyang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but say loudly:

"How many people, you say it again......"

Sun Weiyang's voice was so loud that the leaders of the other cities who came out with him all looked at him sideways, and Xiao Qingyang, who was greeting other places not far away, also heard it, looked up at this side, and saw that his secretary Xiao Du was anxious to give him a look, and hurriedly walked over.

"Old Xiao, there is something ...... in the city" Sun Weiyang said in a low voice with a calm face:

"There was a call from the city, there was a mining disaster in Yilan County, and more than 30 people were trapped underground, and now all of them are unknown ......"

Xiao Qingyang was also shocked when he heard it, he was originally engaged in thermal power, and he really knew too much about water penetration accidents, large coal mines are a little better, there will be some safety measures, and water penetration accidents in small coal mines like Yilan basically mean death.

Xiao Qingyang also said with a solemn face:

"What if...... That is the largest mining accident in the province and even the country this year......"

The hearts of the two people are not good, this has just won a grand prize in the province, this is immediately such a big thing, there are many blocks in the heart, great joy and sorrow, nothing more!

The two men were silent for a while and said:

"This matter must be reported to the provincial party committee and provincial government, I went to find Secretary Yang, the city has organized a rescue team to go to reinforcements, but it is still blocked on the road, you are an expert, hurry back to Yilan to organize the rescue and minimize the negative impact." I'll be back ......."

In the face of such a major event, Xiao Qingyang did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and said:

"I'll be back right away."

The two of them touched their heads and quickly went their separate ways......

In Yunling Coal Mine, Lu Zhengdong is also nervously waiting for the news of the personnel going down......

Suddenly, there was a wild shout from the mine, and soon, a miner rushed out and screamed: "There are still alive, and there are still alive." ”

Lu Zhengdong jumped up, he grabbed the rushing miner, and said:

"How many people are alive?"

"There is a voice, there must be more than one person alive, the specific situation will have to wait for a while."

Lu Zhengdong couldn't help but say:

"That's good, that's good, it's good to have someone alive......"

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