Chapter 120: Search and Rescue on the Water

A few people discussed half of it.

Several rescuers wearing blue-black reflective waterproof coats suddenly walked over from behind and asked, one of them was the square-faced Indian guy in the rubber boat who was in charge of rescuing him before, he gestured to a middle-aged Indian man beside him with his eyes, and Gu Ji also took the initiative to stand up, "I am." ”

"Hello, I'm Pradan, Director General of the NDRF National Disaster Relief Force Operations Group."

The middle-aged man has gray-white curly hair and a beard, even if he is wearing a loose rescue suit, he can still see that his figure is extremely muscular, and after a brief introduction, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "When Singh suggested to me just now to put away the external power engine, I wondered when his brain was suddenly so good, and when I asked, I found out that it was your idea, coincidentally, under the command of the National Crisis Management Committee and the Ministry of the Interior, we need to learn some about the scene from you, is it convenient?" ”

"Convenient."

Gu Ji nodded, he was worried that he would not have a chance to catch the NDRF line.

The National Disaster Relief Force (NDF) is part of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is a very large violent organization that includes branches of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the National Security Guard (NSG) and others.

The composition of the NDRF is somewhat similar to the National Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Team (known as the Xia International Rescue Team) in Xia Kingdom, which is composed of three parts: experts from the Disaster Management Bureau, Indian military police, firefighters, and hospital emergency medical care.

Among them, experts are mainly responsible for coordination, technical guidance and support, mainly engaged in search, rescue and support; The military police and fire protection are mainly engaged in search, rescue and security work; The medical staff of the third part, who have rich experience in emergency medical treatment, will play a very large role in the integration of the three parties in the field rescue and cooperate in the operation, and are also the main force of India's rescue and disaster relief.

The main reason why Gu Ji wants to catch up with the NDRF is mainly to "brush up on prestige".

Because of the special features of the National Crisis Management Committee, as long as he can win the attention of the Director General of Operations, Pradan, his strength will naturally reach the ears of the senior members of the committee, on the one hand, to facilitate the completion of new goals and tasks, and on the other hand, to gain the initiative to save West Bengal in the future.

So he told him almost everything he knew so far.

Although Pradhan had already roughly understood Gu Ji's ability from all sides before he came, when he learned that this rainstorm event went from analyzing and predicting, proposing a diversion strategy, to saving the lives of thousands of trains, he couldn't help but dilate his pupils and secretly frightened.

It is no exaggeration to say that this Assam disaster rescue was completely led by Gu Ji.

After listening to this, Anurag on the side also raised the corners of his mouth a little smugly, as if he was very satisfied with his original vision, if he hadn't forcibly snatched Gu Ji from the hands of the Minister of Agriculture and vigorously promoted it, Gu Ji's dazzling new star might be buried.

Pradhan digested the whole process of the catastrophic event and pondered for a short time.

"The train rescue has ended, and since Vidi said that the heavy precipitation will continue for two to three days, then the focus of our next work should be shifted to both sides of the river, how is the current work of the state police and fire rescue team?"

"Because of the limited manpower, the transfer process was relatively slow, only about 30% completed."

As Minister of Disaster Management, Anurag has been monitoring the progress of the relief efforts on both sides.

Assam is a remote state, and the government's financial resources are very limited, and it is not comparable to the central cabinet government.

"Then without further ado, let's start the operation as soon as possible, I will report to the expert command group, and notify the following and the military region transport troops to prepare, Weidi, since you have participated in the whole process of this disaster treatment, and you are very good at emergency response and rescue, just go with us, it just so happens that I need a few locals to lead the way."

"I can too, I've done research on the east bank of the Brahmaputra River before, so I know a lot about the towns nearby."

Pradhan was also a doer, but as soon as he finished speaking, Fatima asked to get involved.

Anurag hesitated.

It seems that they are a little worried about the safety of the two, after all, Gu Ji and they have just escaped from the "death train", and they have not had time to rest, so they will immediately put into the next rescue operation.

"At present, the water level on both sides of the river is still growing wildly due to the heavy rain, and the environment is extremely complicated, so it is better to wait for me to contact the Minister of the National Police Agency, who will soon come from Disbur and know the situation there best, and can provide you with a lot of important information."

"It's too late, minister, time is as precious as gold now, if it drags on, I'm afraid the people won't even have a place to hide!"

But Gu Ji is not a reckless person, he has experienced many level crises, of course he knows the importance of information and intelligence.

The reason why he was able to save so many people before the flood broke out in the second round of the level was not because of the information and intelligence he collected during the first round of the pass!

"However, the minister is right, the situation on the river bank is complicated, and we do need experienced command on the rescue front, avoid detours, and avoid casualties, so I have a proposal to set up a three-level command structure, that is, shore commanders, formation commanders and boat commanders."

"The shore-based commander is composed of ministers of the state emergency response command, and is mainly responsible for providing on-site information, action plan recommendations, real-time coordination and communication with the military district logistics force, medical aid, and the central crisis management committee; The commander of the formation is the director general Pradan, who is responsible for the on-site commander of the formation's driving, search and rescue, return and other stages, and reports the rescue progress to the shore commander in real time, and adjusts the rescue details in a timely manner. ”

"Finally, the boat commander, who can divide the boat formation into several squads, can also be specific to each rubber rescue boat, mainly to lead the team or the boat to complete the search and rescue, cooperation, emergency handling and other tasks designated by the formation command, so that the rescue time will not be delayed, and a lot of experience command can be provided for the rescue front line in a timely manner."

When Anurag listened, his eyes lit up.

Pradhan also took a breath of cold air and stared at Gu Ji's face, revealing a look that looked a little like looking at a monster.

Gu Ji's plan is equivalent to adding an extra layer between the expert command group and the boat unit.

It seems to become more complicated, but it actually solves a lot of pain points.

Although their expert command team has a lot of experience in dealing with disasters, they lack sufficient understanding of the disaster environment in Assam, and many plans need to be formulated by contacting the state emergency response command first.

This shore-based commander plays an important role in "connecting the upper and lower levels" and making the entire rescue process smoother.

Don't look at it just as a part of such a simple addition, but it requires strong professional rescue technology and experience support, not to mention that the current situation is urgent, and it is difficult for ordinary people to calm down and think.

But Gu Ji almost without thinking, he came up with such a whimsical solution.

Fatima had learned on the train that he would be able to rescue by boat, so it was not surprising, and Gu Ji had shown too many special talents along the way, even if he now said that he was an incarnation of Lord Shiva, she would not be surprised.

Soon, the plan of the "three-level command structure" was unanimously approved by the state government's top management and expert command team, and even reported to the Central Crisis Management Committee, after all, who of these senior officials of the state government would not like to show their faces in the rescue, anyway, they don't have to go to the front line to take risks, they just need to move their mouths.

And because Gu Ji is the main proposer of the plan, he has shown very professional rescue skills.

So Pradan was specially assigned to the boat unit as the commander of the 14th detachment, and he was in charge of 27 kayaks.

After changing into water rescue clothes with Gu Ji, Fatima came to the boat unit to claim his crew.

Among them was the square-faced Indian guy named Singh.

Unexpectedly, just ten minutes later, Gu Ji, who was still in a state of being rescued just now, became his "leader" in a blink of an eye.

Gu Ji glanced at the people in the detachment, relying on the knowledge bonus of the Flood Rapids Specialization Imprint, he quickly had a formation plan in his heart:

"Since the shore command has not yet been formed, and the specific plan order of the expert command group has not yet been issued, I will first tentatively determine the formation of our 14 formations, and we will adopt the '3+9' model to divide the 27 rubber rescue boats into 9 groups, each team is composed of 3 rubber boats and 9 team members, 3 people in a boat, and each group is set up with a team leader, understand?"

"Clear, understood......"

One after another, the crowd replied, with only Singh being the loudest.

Fatima muttered quietly from the side:

"Vidi, these people don't seem to be very obedient to your arrangement."

"It's okay, when you get to the scene, you will naturally understand."

I didn't expect Gu Ji to care, after all, these people can enter the Indian National Disaster Relief Force, and they are basically the elite of the police and firefighters in various states, and they don't know their own abilities like Pradan, and it's normal for him to be not high-natured.

"Uh——!"

At this time, a sharp whistle sounded, indicating the beginning of the official operation of the troops.

According to the command of the commanders of their respective formations, in groups of several people, they took a transport truck in the heavy rain, ran to the equipment storage point, and pushed the rubber boat and the external power engine into the stagnant water quickly.

More than 1,000 rescue troops were dispatched at the same time, and the scene was still spectacular.

As the water level continued to go deeper until the water level reached a certain height, the crowd dispersed and boarded the boats one after another, starting the power engines, and with the roar of the rumbling internal combustion engines, hundreds of orange reflective rescue boats began to draw triangular waves in the flood and headed towards the banks of the Brahmaputra River in the north.

"A group of three boats! When driving in formation, the distance between the boats and boats should be kept at least 10m to prevent the boats from colliding or being overturned by waves! ”

Gu Ji took the waterproof megaphone distributed by the logistics and shouted at the rescue commander of his formation.

According to the risk level of the waters, the "3+9 scheme" is most suitable for high-risk waters such as rolling dams, falling slopes forming boiling lines, tumbling flows, etc., and can undertake difficult rescue tasks such as disaster investigation, personnel evacuation, and rescue of people in distress.

The place where the flood spread itself was not far from the river bank, and the rubber boat was equipped with sufficient power, and in about fifteen minutes, the boat force had already entered the center of the flood, and the turbulent water roared, like a herd of frightened wild horses, rushing from the northeast, overwhelming.

The surrounding trees were scraped to the ground, and the entire wild forest seemed to have turned into Zeguo, according to the surrounding canopy reference, Gu Ji estimated that the current water level was already five meters high, and this had not yet reached the river bank!

Successively, he could still see the state government rescue team retreating from the front.

Gu Ji heard from the exchange of anti-anti shouts that the villages and towns around Gohati had been completely flooded, and only a few tall buildings were still struggling to support them.

At present, the trapped victims are concentrated in two groups of towns near the river basin, such as Dispur, and the water level has also risen to nearly seven or eight meters.

About five minutes later.

Gu Ji finally saw the shadow of the town in the telescope, or rather, this can no longer be called a town, because the roofs of the original small buildings have long become small "islands", a large number of victims are huddled together, draped in a large piece of waterproof canvas, and some people simply carry a wooden basin, accompanied by a roar, with horror and uneasiness on their faces.

They are as desperate as the victims of the train, and they can only watch the water level rise little by little, engulfing their living space, but they can do nothing.

"The water is turbulent ahead, everyone pay attention! Let's start assigning tasks......"

It just so happened that the shore commander was established, and after the communication of the expert group, a specific rescue plan was finally formulated, and Pradhan sent the tasks one by one.

There are three main types of tasks:

The first is to evacuate and transfer people who have been or may be threatened by the water potential;

the second is to search and rescue missing people who have fallen into the water or are trapped in the water;

The third is to rescue the trapped people caused by secondary disasters such as flash floods, mudslides, and building collapses.

The difficulty of the tasks is in exactly the order, from the lowest to the highest.

Most of the detachments were assigned mission one, which was to evacuate the victims trapped on the roofs and take them out of the floodwater, taking care not to fall into the water in the process.

Perhaps seeing that Gu Ji's previous rescue knowledge and skill level was not low, Pradhan arranged a task two for him that was neither too difficult nor too difficult.

Compared to the former.

His mission is to go to some relatively "" places to search for people, these places not only have to break away from the large army, but often there are certain unknown risks, may have to get off the ship and dive into, in case of a building collapse during the search, or there is an undercurrent, it will be trapped, or even cause the boat to capsize.

The really most difficult task is the third task of the formation led by Pradan himself, to rescue people in mudslides and landslides, which is really to pin your head to the waistband of your pants.

But it's worth mentioning.

In the search and rescue mission that Pradhan sent to him, two people were highlighted:

Chief Minister and, Minister of Water Resources!

(End of chapter)