This is the horror of natural disasters.

Human life is as low as weeds in the face of the flood.

Squeaky ——!

The sudden sound behind him interrupted Gu Ji's contemplation, he turned his head, his frowning eyebrows were gradually flattened, the corners of his eyes continued to expand, and the two eyeballs bulged outward.

It was a blue cargo ship more than 60 meters long and 10 meters wide, pushed diagonally by the flood waves, booming, hitting the office building next to it, like a sharp blade, inserted into the building, the huge break made the building seem to be crumbling, and the glass on the upper floor was also shattered, revealing the crazy screaming crowd inside.

"Ah——!h

One of them was pushed down from the upstairs by the panicked crowd behind him, poofed, fell into the water, and disappeared.

Unbelievable.

Ships will appear in city buildings, and the disaster scene from the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" actually happened in reality!

Without waiting for the physiological instinct to end the expression of fear, Gu Ji forcibly turned his head, taking advantage of the adverse waves caused by the impact of the ship, he grabbed the edge of the rubber boat, used all his strength to righten the hull, and then quickly climbed to the stern of the external thruster, grabbed the starting handle, got up and pulled desperately.

Boom, boom......

"Hurry up, hurry up ......"

He urged as he repeatedly tugged on the launch lever while holding on to the hull of the boat to keep his balance from being swept away by the waves.

Finally, after an unknown number of attempts, the gasoline engine suddenly made a "rumbling" sound, and the hull of the ship sprang backwards as if it had regained power.

Gu Ji couldn't help but grin, and hurriedly controlled the steering rudder.

But just as he turned around and was about to look in the direction, a black shadow suddenly stabbed in front of him.

Between the lightning and flint, Gu Ji's body instinctively leaned back.

The roar of the gasoline engine was in his ears, the churning waves of the oars burst on the back of his head, in front of the suddenly shrunken pupils, the black shadow rubbed seven or eight centimeters in front of his nose, and swept dangerously, he hurriedly looked back, it turned out to be an iron frame on a collapsed gray cement pole, if he couldn't react, the end was probably pierced through the chest by steel bars!

Fortunately, I chose the emergency avoidance mark at the beginning.

Perhaps it was the instinctive muscle response in the 13% crisis environment that successfully saved his life.

Under the blessing of the torrential rain, the flood intensified, the wind and waves hit the surrounding buildings like a wall, cars drifted with the current like small boats, and almost all the low-lying houses in the north and central urban areas were submerged, leaving only a few dozen houses and buildings, separating the rough water into patches of white waves.

This made Gu Ji can't help but have a delusion.

It was as if there had never been a flood, but rather that the buildings had been built in the midst of the raging waves of the river.

"The power of a five-metre-high flood is terrifying......"

According to the standard sea state scale, the wave height is 4-6 meters, and the storm wave shape at the peak of the flood is already a level 6 wave, which may be more common near the coast, but it is very exaggerated in inland rivers.

In mid-July 2010, the torrential rain in the northeast of Xia was raging, the eastern part of Jiangji Province was flooded, and the three floods in Qiankou Town, Yongxian County converged at the same time, forming a once-in-a-century flood, which piled up the flood wave to a height of five meters, and Kolkata is a hundred kilometers away from the Faraka Dam, which shows what a terrifying amount of water the Hooghly River has rolled in!

Now you have to do everything you can to save people!

Gu Ji stared at the rising death toll, and in less than a minute, seven or eight more people died in the flood, and he was about to break through the 90 mark.

Theoretically, the highest fatality rate from flooding is drowning, followed by being hit by an object, stabbed by a sharp object, and then electrocuted.

And he had the Army drop a lot of life jackets and lifebuoys from the very beginning.

So as long as these residents of Kolkata's northern city can survive the first wave of the flood peak, many will survive.

"Help, Gollum...... Save ......"

"Ahh

"Help me!"

Sure enough, as soon as Gu Ji controlled the rubber rescue boat and turned out of the alley, he saw three or four slum refugees floating on the water, one of them a man and a woman were wearing life jackets, and the other uncle was holding a broken tree trunk, "Don't move, you must wait for me to pass!" ”

Whether it's close combat training at sea or a flood rapids mastery mark, it comes with the driving skills of a rubber speedboat on the water.

He increased the throttle to turn the bow of the boat, cut diagonally through the turbulent current, and glided to the side of several people.

"Reach out and grab the handrail next to the boat! Fast! ”

"Thank you, distinguished sir!"

The two men and women wearing life jackets climbed onto the boat with ease, but the uncle holding the wood never dared to let go, for fear that he would not be able to catch it and fall into the water.

Just when Gu Ji tried to get the refugees to cooperate with him to use the "O" shaped centrifugal rescue.

Unexpectedly, there was a shout behind him, and then a lifebuoy tied to a safety rope was thrown out of the air, which landed impartially and landed right next to the Indian uncle.

When I turned around, I didn't expect it to be Pradan.

"Vidi, thank goodness, I knew you would survive, but what about the other rescuers on board?"

"I'm sorry, Captain Pradan, but when the flood came down, they were all swept away by the undercurrent, and only I was tied to the boat by a safety rope to keep them from the dinghy."

"Don't blame yourself, your method is very effective, and the three of us survived because of this."

Pradhan tugged at the noose around his waist, then glanced at a tall, lanky rescuer beside him, "Kapil, you go to Vidi's boat to help!" ”

"Captain Pradan, we should now gather as many scattered boats as possible and find a way to salvage the refugees floating on the surface at the beginning of the flood!"

Gu Ji took the initiative to lean the boat next to the Pradan rubber boat, "And it's not enough for us alone, we also need the military's helicopter rescue!" ”

Pradhan also understood the truth of the "golden rescue time", so he pulled out a satellite phone from his kit.

After being hit by the flood, most of the infrastructure in the town has been seriously damaged, and the mobile phone has been in a state of no signal, he handed another satellite phone to Gu Ji, "I have reported the situation to the experts of the disaster response command, they will be responsible for contacting the air base support, Vidi, we are divided into two ways to rescue, I am responsible for the direction of the Hooghly River, and you are responsible for the west side, and gather downstream in Nancheng District!" ”

"Good!"

Working with someone who understands is smooth.

In less than half an hour, Gu Ji gathered seventy or eighty rubber rescue boats near the east, and by the way, he also searched and rescued more than 100 refugees, until when they arrived at the agreed place, he and Pradan found a total of nearly eighty percent of the formation personnel.

As India's most elite disaster relief force, they themselves have a higher survival rate than the general population.

The other missing people have either been separated and fled elsewhere, or they are temporarily trapped somewhere.

The flood broke out only about an hour later.

When the water recedes, the water will no longer be as turbulent as before, and the deep water level will remain at about five meters, although on the surface it may seem that the water search and rescue in Kolkata is more difficult than in Assam, but in reality, because the former is daylight, with the cooperation of military helicopters, and most of the people are wearing reflective life jackets and lifebuoys, it is simpler and smoother.

All morning, Gu Ji was busy with Prada in the search and rescue of the whole city.

Later, even the Indian Army and Navy joined in, thanks to Fatima, if it wasn't for her painting a gourd and posting a video of the Calcutta flood on the Internet, which caused a sensation, the Prime Minister would not have suddenly temporarily transferred the Navy to help, and even organized a national disaster relief donation on the Internet.

This is also normal, a national disaster involving multiple states is often very scary for government finances.

Don't underestimate a life jacket, a bag of rice, and a case of bottled water.

In the past 20 years, India has suffered an average of $10 billion in economic losses due to disasters every year, and in 2021-2022 alone, the Central Cabinet has allocated more than 290 billion rupees to the SDRF state-level disaster response fund, about 24 billion yuan, part of which is used to build infrastructure, part to purchase ambulances and other rescue equipment, and the remaining nearly 50% is used for disaster relief and compensation to the people.

Of course, judging from the previous "secret backstab" of the Ministry of Finance and Taxation in compensation.

The amount of money that the disaster relief fund can actually spend on the people may still be unknown.

Da Da Da ......

Under the gloomy sky, as many as a dozen military helicopters and transport planes came and went, respectively responsible for rescue and delivery of supplies, not to mention the people of Kolkata, even the rescuers of the disaster response force, have never seen such a lively time "overhead".

As time went on, the number of deaths in the lower left corner began to grow more and more slowly.

In the evening, the heavy rain finally began to lighten, which undoubtedly made the search and rescue much easier.

After Gu Ji pulled the last batch of refugees in his hands to Matan Park in the central city, he found a tent area temporarily set up by the government and plunged into it to lie down.

Since yesterday morning, when the plan for the bombing of the dam was formulated, he has been working for 36 hours without closing his eyes.

If it weren't for the crisis that stimulated his nerves one after another, Gu Ji was always on high alert.

It is estimated that he will not be able to survive for a long time.

……

[The ultimate goal: to stop the tropical storm and its secondary disasters from hitting India, and to control the death toll to 157 people! 】

[Side Goal: Obtain the success of the cooperation of the Mountain Division's Special Border Force!] 】

[Open the Hidden Target: Find the Truth About the Flash Flood Outbreak in Assam!] 】

Gu Ji opened his eyes and couldn't believe that he was actually woken up by the prompt sound of the game system.

Stretching out, the exhaustion seemed to disappear with it, and he rubbed his sleepy eyes as he pondered the meaning of the hidden mission.

The truth about the flash floods in Assam......

Isn't it the sudden rise in water levels caused by a glacier break, which in turn triggers a series of dam failures?

Judging from the previous experience of completing the hidden tasks of the level, it is impossible to complete it by guessing, and it is necessary to find an insider or substantial evidence, such as Gillian at the Ryder Airport level, such as the special amine derivatives at the Underground Mansion level.

Just as Gu Ji was thinking about where to start, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in front of the tent.

"Vidi, are you awake?"

"Wake up, it's been too long to sleep, how is the search and rescue going?"

It was Fatima who spoke, Gu Ji tore the zipper of the tent, but he didn't expect to be squinted by a bright light rushing towards him, "It's sunny?" ”

"Yes, Tropical Storm S103 has completely dissipated, there is no continuous precipitation, and the water in southern Bangladesh is slowly receding, and the rescue work is going well, but ......"

Speaking of this, Fatima paused deliberately, with a sly smile on his face, "I have better good news!" ”

"And good news?"

"The Cabinet government was furious because the Falaka dam was not blasted in time, causing a catastrophic flood in Bangnan, and the Prime Minister ordered a thorough investigation of the Ministry of Finance and Taxation and the Midnapur Prefecture government, and I heard that the relevant personnel were taken away by the Central Bureau of Investigation this morning!"

Unexpectedly, Gu Ji didn't show any excitement after hearing this.

Because the damage caused by the Kolkata flood incident is too great, the Indian cabinet will definitely find someone to take the blame and calm the people's grievances, so it is only a matter of time before these people are arrested; On the other hand, he is not an Indian himself, so naturally he has no sense of substitution for India's punishment of corruption.

"Vidi, now that the disaster in Kolkata is under control, should we go back to New Delhi to report to the Secretary and the Prime Minister?"

"I'll leave it to you, I have some other things to go back to Assam."

Gu Ji responded, shook his hand and put on his backpack, ready to go to the Special Border Force, "Where did they go, Marlowe?" ”

"I just met with Colonel Swaraj and he said that the unit's demolition and disaster relief mission has been completed and is preparing to escort the remaining equipment and explosives back to the 4th Army base ...... Assam"

"Go back and help me talk to the minister, and say I'll go back to Assam to investigate the cause of the flood!"

Really sleepy to send pillows.

Gu Jizheng was worried that he would not have a chance to return to the northern part of Assam, so he didn't wait for Fatima to finish speaking, so he hurriedly left his sentence and ran to the camp where the military region was stationed.

His idea was very simple, first take a special plane of special border troops back to Sam, and ask about the situation in the Himalayas by the way, because the 57th Mountain Division of the Fourth Army of the Indian Army was originally responsible for garrisoning the halfway waist of the mountain range 40 kilometers north of Disbur, responsible for training recruits, and always maintaining an offensive and defensive posture, and is one of the three strongest forward troops of the Indian Army, so he must know some changes in the mountains.

"Colonel, Marlowe, wait for me!"

Fortunately, the two Mi-17/171 transport helicopters had just started their blades, and Gu Ji stopped Marlowe before he could board the plane.

After stating the reason and justification, Marlowe glanced at Swaraj.

To Gu Ji's surprise, there were two more special meanings in the eyes of the two of them, as if there was some secret hidden in the Himalayas in northern Assam.

Wait a minute......

Could it be that the flash flood outbreak is related to the special border forces?

(End of chapter)