Chapter 161: A Strange Coincidence
Yes, both of them are high-level state governments, and they should indeed focus on search and rescue.
It's just that Gu Ji doesn't understand a little.
It makes sense that the Chief Minister, in order to appease the victims and express the spirit of the state government and the people to advance and retreat together, stayed in Dispur and was trapped or swept away by the sudden floods.
But what happened to the disappearance of the Minister of Water Resources?
Would a high-ranking official who understands hydrology not know the scale and extent of this flash flood?
What's more, he had concealed the storage of water in reservoirs and dams before, how could such a selfish person not flee from high-risk areas such as riparian basins in advance before learning that the second round of heavy precipitation under tropical depression was coming, and could it be that he dared to go to the front line to investigate the cause of the flood!
In contrast, Gu Ji thought that he didn't want to take the blame, and it was more likely that he would escape privately.
After all, "concealment and failure to report" is the secondary cause of this flood incident, and when the central cabinet and the state government pursue it, the water minister will not only be unable to protect himself, but may also face prison time.
Now that the task has been handed over to him, the person who should be found still has to be found.
He showed the information on his phone to the rescue workers under him, including the chief minister named Nicoba, wearing a linen turtleneck vest and gray hair, and the water minister was a somewhat balding middle-aged fat man named Yadav.
"Now let me talk about the specific action plan, first of all, the 'collective action principle', everyone listen, it is strictly forbidden to act in a single boat or boat, it is strictly forbidden to carry out formation operations without command and reserve forces, and any private subjective action must be reported to me and Fatima first."
Gu Ji's tone was cold, mainly for the safety of these rescuers.
If you act alone, once you are trapped, it will be difficult to be found by your companions in the complex environment of floods and torrential rains.
"The second point is that investigation comes first; I need to arrange two teams to walk in front as reconnaissance units, first reconnoiter the water situation in the area to be searched and rescued, and provide important information to clarify the follow-up formation rescue route and rescue mission. ”
At the end of the talk, Gu Ji suddenly looked at Singh.
In the previous operation to rescue the trapped victims of the train, he had seen this kid's ability with his own eyes, and his level was good.
"The third point is round-trip search and shift operations, for a single target of search and rescue, we must search 1 or 2 times back and forth along the search and rescue route to confirm that there is no need to rescue personnel, and for a large area of search and rescue area, the search time is long, the rescue environment is complex, and the safety risk is high, the investigation mode is temporarily canceled, and all staff take group rotation operations."
"The last and most important point: due to the complex rescue environment and many unexpected factors, considering the failure of the boat or other emergencies, I will reserve an emergency rescue team to stand by at any time to ensure that the rescue is carried out as soon as possible in the event of a sudden danger during the rescue process, and contact the commander-in-chief of the formation, Pradan."
After saying a few principles, these rescuers look at me, I look at you, and their attitudes gradually began to change.
Although they had not used this mobile search mode before, it could be predicted from reading between the lines that Gu Ji's scheme was extremely safe and almost blocked any possibility of accidents.
"You get it, right?"
"Understood!"
"Okay, the reconnaissance team is in front, all the double columns are in formation, ready to act!!"
Gu Ji shouted with a waterproof megaphone, which made it a little difficult for everyone to adapt for a while.
Because the first boat formation mode of water rescue learning is the triangular formation, which is also the most commonly used formation mode in the world's water rescue, the spacing between the assault boats in the triangular formation is small, which can support each other, and the most important thing is to overcome the water resistance when sailing against the current, after all, it is now rushing into the town against the flood current.
But the captain's orders are more important than everything.
So everyone followed the clues and marched to the place where the two ministers finally disappeared.
The other detachments around them that were responsible for transporting the victims also noticed them, and among the triangular formations, Gu Ji's 14 detachment was like a burning stick, a little unusual.
It wasn't until they entered the town that several people from the 14th detachment understood Gu Ji's good intentions.
Although the bungalows in Disbur have been submerged, there are still many high-rise areas of three or four storey buildings protruding above the water, just like a reef everywhere, and most of the triangular rescue teams need to narrow the formation to pass through this situation, which can't help but make the boats with small spacing almost sticked, and in a blink of an eye, there was a mistake scene of boats colliding and capsizing.
And the 14 detachments of the double column formation used could easily pass through these narrow terrains.
At this moment, everyone discovered its advantages:
The formation is compact and maneuverable, which is more convenient for flexible command.
Several transport detachments next to it even simply learned and sold on the spot, and also changed their formations from triangles to double columns.
The reason why Gu Ji thought of using this is not only because of the imprint of the rapids, but also because of the experience in the "Military Disaster Prevention Manual".
During the voyage, the left and right vision of the double column was excellent, and in addition, the reconnaissance group in front and the emergency rescue team in the rear transmitted information at all times, so that the commanders and fighters were able to distinguish and grasp the direction by observing the surrounding terrain and ground objects, strengthen the command and liaison between the boats, and effectively avoid losing contact.
Soon, as the formation continued to march deeper.
Detachment 14 began to break away from the boats, and the shouts of the surrounding victims became less and less, replaced by the angry roars of floods and torrential rains.
"Report to the commander, the front is about to arrive at the first search and rescue point: the Geological Bureau, the field is relatively open, there is metal shaking on the right side, it seems to be a football goal stuck in the wall!"
"Listen to my command, change the T-formation, and search in situ!"
Gu Ji shouted.
After the first two rounds of control and command, all the rescuers of the 14 detachment were completely obedient this time, and completely followed the orders and prohibitions.
This kind of formation is mainly used for large-area water search and rescue, and the so-called dragnet search, specifically is to mark a square range in the target area, and search these grid ranges in a certain order.
"Save ...... Save ......"
"Report! 15 meters on the right, on the pole, there are three people hanging! ”
At this time, as the bright flashlight in the front row swept through several places of water, three frail Indian men, presumably government civil servants or skilled workers, were finally found on a telephone pole near the research center building.
In the relocation strategy, although the government has long prioritized the relevant technical personnel to leave the affected areas first.
However, there are still some important detection data stored in the monitoring bureau, and many government officials still remain in the building to safely seal and transfer the data, so that when the flood broke out, many people did not react and were trapped in the building.
"Be careful, the water is very fast!"
Fatima, as the vice-captain, reminded a few people.
Several rubber boats immediately surrounded the telephone pole and stretched out the rescue pole for the three trapped civil servants to grab and pull up.
I don't know if it was because I was trapped for too long, but when one of the older men was pulled onto the boat halfway, he suddenly grabbed his hand and broke away from the rescue pole, and was swept out of the rapids in an instant.
Fatima's eyes widened immediately.
"Man fell into the water! Fast! ”
"Let's go, let's go! Stop it! ”
The rescuer in charge of the rescue hurriedly shouted, wanting to let his companion behind him help pull it, but his reaction was still a step slower, and the current of the flood was very turbulent, and in just one breath, the person had already been washed out fifteen or sixteen meters!
"Emergency Rescue Team! Arc formation, fast pull net!! ”
Gu Ji roared, and several members of the rescue team who reacted quickly immediately threw out a net, and the person on the other kayak was responsible for catching it, and the two of them stretched it horizontally, forming a three-meter-wide net bag, which was enough to hold an adult man.
However, the flow of the flood is not static, but often fluctuates from side to side.
Gu Ji decisively patted the driver of the rubber boat.
"Do you know how to drive in an O-shape?"
"Yes, Commander!"
The driver is also a young Indian firefighter with strong blood, and immediately understood that Gu Ji was preparing to use centrifugal force rescue, that is, rapid rescue technology, which is widely used in crisis water rescue and fire diver rescue operations to board the ship, and O-type driving is the basic action of rapid rescue, and it is also a necessary subject for their daily water rescue.
With the throttle of the rubber boat sounding, the hull of the boat made a U-turn and began to accelerate towards the target.
Because it is along the flow of the flood, the power of the internal combustion engine and the hydrodynamics of the hull of the boat, so that the rubber boat rushed out of more than ten meters, and caught up with the man who fell into the water, Gu Ji grabbed the rubber handrail on the kayak with one hand, and the other half of his body leaned out of the hull, and his hand naturally fell on the surface of the flood.
Just as the rubber boat was about to hit the target directly, the pilot's brother suddenly made a big rudder turn.
The hull of the ship is like a car drifting in place, the tail flicks back, setting off a wave, in an instant, Gu Ji roared "stretch out", the whole body almost all rushed out of the hull, the right arm changed suddenly at that moment, like an eagle falcon fighting a rabbit volleyed out of the air, and then saw the right hand in the rainstorm fleeting, inserted into the water.
The next moment, there was an uproar, and a black shadow was dragged out of the water.
"Hold on to me!!"
With the last shout, the rubber boat completed most of the tail flicking action at this moment, and Gu Ji borrowed the huge centrifugal force of the hull to throw the figure into the boat.
It worked!
Fatima, who had been holding her breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Woo ......"
"Mr. Vidi! You're amazing! ”
"Oh my God! This is really the most standard and handsome rapid rescue technology I have ever seen! ”
"Thank you so much, Mr. Vidi!"
The rescuers who caught up on the side cheered excitedly, and after this demonstration, everyone's eyes were full of respect when they looked at Gu Ji.
You know, although the rapid rescue seems simple, but in fact it is very dependent on the cooperation of the driver and the rescuer, first of all, the boat needs to quickly reach the person who fell into the water, and secondly, the more important thing is the operation of the rescuer, not only to observe and accurately pull the person who fell into the water, but also to learn to use the centrifugal force generated by the boat "O" type driving to quickly pull the person into the water.
Since the hull of the ship is always in rapid motion, it is difficult for the average person to react in this process.
With a wave of his hand, signaling that this was not the time to celebrate, Gu gathered the three stranded government workers onto a boat and asked if there were any other stranded victims, especially the chief minister.
That's right.
According to the report of the government staff, the chief minister rushed to the Geological Monitoring Bureau with the secretary to check the information before the heavy rain, but unfortunately died.
Half an hour after the disappearance, the state government's police rescue team and fire brigade also came to search, but nothing was found.
The first two young men shook their heads, and only the middle-aged man who was rescued at the end coughed twice and said weakly:
"Ahem...... I met with the Chief Minister, who had come to check the historical geological data of the Himalayas to see if there would be any geological activity in the mountains in the near future, or glacial anomalies that would affect the safety of the dams on the rivers, but I met the Minister of Water Resources, and he seemed to have come for this purpose, and the two had a heated discussion in the office, and the result was that he did not expect it, and he ......."
"The Minister of Water Resources is also there?"
Gu Ji raised his eyebrows, always feeling that this matter was a little strange.
He initially thought that this guy was "absconding in fear of crime", but he didn't expect to come to the Geological Monitoring Bureau.
As the saying goes, "the child doesn't know until the milk comes when he dies", the dam has already exceeded the warning value, and only then did he care about the abnormal seismic activity, and he was killed and disappeared with the chief minister, which is a bit too coincidental, right?
As a subordinate branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Geological Monitoring Bureau is familiar with the Geological Monitoring Bureau, which is involved in geological exploration, earthquake disasters, etc., and has frequent business dealings with the Ministry of Disaster Management.
"The conference room of the Geological Monitoring Bureau is on the third floor of the building, and it stands to reason that the chief minister and the minister of water resources had time to react to the roof of the house and wait for rescue at the first time when the flood hit, so how could they both be missing?"
"This, I don't know, before the flood, we were in the monitoring center, heard a loud rumbling noise from the equipment, found that there was a local vibration anomaly in the Himalayas, but it was not seismic activity, so I quickly reported the situation to the command center of the disaster management department, but I didn't expect the water to quickly pour into the building, instantly flooded the first and second floors, because the water pressure was too great, we couldn't open the door, we could only break the window to escape, and the result was washed away by the rapids, fortunately the critical moment caught the power pole to survive, as for the situation of others, We don't really understand ......."
It turned out that Minister Anurag and the news they got were passed on by these technicians who risked their lives.
Gu Ji couldn't help but sigh, and immediately sent two groups of rubber boat teams to leave with three people first, and the rest of them continued to stay here and search in situ.
But after looking around, everyone didn't find anything new.
Gu Ji narrowed his eyes, "Prepare for underwater diving search and rescue!" ”
(End of chapter)