The east is red, and the sun rises.

In the early morning of 16 May, an exciting piece of good news quickly spread to the whole country, and more than 800 officers and men bravely marched into Beichuan and successfully blasted the dammed lake in Tangjiashan, which had just been listed as "No. 1 risk" by the state.

As soon as it was found, it had been blasted, and it stands to reason that there is no need to make such a big report.

But the good news about Beichuan is rare, and every one of them is being reported by various media racking their brains to boost people's confidence.

On the same day, in the early morning of the 16th, the chief issued a call to all the officers and soldiers involved in the rescue in front of the camera:

"Now, 88 hours have passed since the earthquake, the earthquake relief work is still at the critical moment of rescuing people, saving people is still the top priority of disaster relief work, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must use a hundred times the effort, never give up easily!"

On the afternoon of the 15th, 60 military helicopters and 30 civilian helicopters were mobilized to enter the epicenter of the epicenter for the transportation of the wounded, professional rescuers and urgently needed relief supplies.

The original 20 military planes in the earthquake area that had already risked continuous high-intensity flights have seen their pressure drop sharply.

So far, the rescue team of 100,000 people has entered all units above the township level.

The whole country is excited.

Countries are also closely monitoring domestic developments.

Military intelligence agencies in many countries are busy assessing China's military capabilities and strategic capabilities through satellite imagery and disaster relief processes.

After China implemented the "three-front" construction, it moved its military defense industry to the interior, and Sichuan became an important military industrial town. After the earthquake, the international community is most worried about the destruction of nuclear facilities and the risk of radiation leakage.

At the same time, there is also the military strength shown by the United States and China in disaster relief.

After the U.S. hurricane Katrina disaster, the U.S. military also dispatched disaster relief troops as soon as possible.

It is undeniable that there is still a distance between the equipment of the PLA and the US military, and the biggest gap shown in the disaster relief lies in the number of helicopters and large engineering equipment.

Due to the small number of helicopters, the mobility of the PLA and the speed of force projection are limited.

Thirty-two years ago, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) also sent a large number of troops to Tangshan for disaster relief, when the PLA mainly forced troops into the disaster area, and the soldiers relied on two legs to eat.

This time, the disaster relief troops are all mechanized troops, and even before entering Chengdu, they can be transported by civil aviation and trains, but after entering the disaster area, the roads are destroyed, aftershocks are continuous, and mudslides threaten the use of roads at any time, so the role of helicopters is particularly prominent.

According to various media reports, as of today, the military should have no more than 100 helicopters for disaster relief, while the US military helicopters are basically calling as many as they want.

All members of the US "1st Cavalry Division" can take helicopters.

However, the spirit of the People's Liberation Army not only makes up for the lack of helicopters, but also makes miracles that are difficult for other countries' militaries to replicate.

At the beginning of the earthquake, due to aftershocks and heavy rain, coupled with the high mountains, the helicopter could not land in the epicenter. On the one hand, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) parachuted at a high altitude and on the other hand, it sent commandos to forcibly march in, showing the spirit of serving the people and the tradition of fighting continuously without fear of sacrifice, which has made soldiers around the world admired and awe-inspired.

Of course, in the current catastrophe, in addition to monitoring, spy satellites of various countries have also provided some satellite photos to a certain extent for humanitarian disaster relief.

The country's helplessness is that under the shackles of mechanized strength, the two things of border defense and earthquake relief can be held up at the same time, and neither side can collapse.

Countless people who have devoted themselves to the country's industry are cheering up their spirits, turning this grief and helplessness into motivation, vowing not to let the country fall into such helplessness again.

At the same time, the 800 warriors of the dammed lake in Tangjiashan were once again listed as the front, middle and rear teams and marched to Beichuan.

……

After passing through the mountains and forests, we entered a section of the highway that still retains its original appearance after the earthquake and has not yet been repaired.

According to their intelligence, the mechanized troops will rush to this afternoon to repair and complete the last section of the road into Beichuan and repair it about tomorrow.

On the way here, they encountered a strange thing, the flood had obviously crossed, and when they approached the county seat of Beichuan, they saw a signal flare representing the evacuation "whoosh" flying.

Today's aftershocks have decreased significantly, and everyone is moving quickly between the rolling rocks, much less cautious than when they came.

But today, there is a mist and the weather is hotter than yesterday.

It wasn't even half past ten, and the ground was already hot, and the scorching sun on the east side had dried their wet clothes to smoke.

Some fighters, already crumbling.

Three captains, the lead in the lead.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! Brigade Commander Jin shouted loudly to prevent them from falling.

Fang Huai was also wiping his sweat as he walked.

"In the rescue and disaster relief after the Tangshan earthquake, the relationship between the rescue time and the rescue rate is as follows: the rescue rate is 95% within half an hour, the survival rate is 81% on the first day, the survival rate on the second day is 53%, the rescue rate on the third day is 36.7%, the rescue rate on the fourth day is 19%, and the rescue rate on the fifth day is 7.4%.

It's getting lower and lower day by day, and the odds of survival are halving every day.

It's been more than 90 hours now, and the fourth day is coming to an end, so I'm afraid I won't be able to rest, so let's hold on until the mechanized troops enter the city. ”

Brigadier Jin nodded, and then looked at Fang Huai and Captain Chen.

"We slept in the car on the first day, but we haven't slept for two days, what about you? Can you hold on? ”

Fang Huai and Captain Chen glanced at each other.

The fire and hydropower units were unlucky and did not get a full rest time before coming, and many did not get a single sleep.

Especially firefighting.

When the People's Liberation Army armed police encounter rescue, they have to call the fire department to go to the individual, and here, the fire fighting force is very valuable.

Everyone has very little time to rest, and it is even harder for them to stop.

Perhaps, dozens of minutes of napping, there are.

Fang Huai sighed: "Get over it." ”

Captain Chen didn't say anything, but pointed to the corner in front and said, "There are people in front, it seems to be from the People's Liberation Army." ”

Brigadier Jin looked over intently.

“… No way? It's your armed police. ”

"There are so many cadet ranks, they should be from the school, and they belong to the armed police." Fang Huai saw clearly the epaulettes on their camouflage uniforms and the national emblem on their hats, and made a judgment.

"Stop!" Brigadier Jin raised his hand.

"Stop!"

"Stand, set!"

The leaders of the squad behind gave orders one after another, and the whole team stopped.

The three of them walked over to that direction.

There weren't many armed police over there, and a colonel in the lead was scolding a few people who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

As soon as he approached, he found that the colonel was holding two bags, pointed to a man on the very edge and said, "A child's bag, a woman's bag, which one is yours?" ”

The man immediately said, "This is my baby and my mother-in-law!" ”

"What's your wife's name? Where to stay? What year was born? The colonel said, opened the girl's bag, seemed to find something, and looked at it.

The man immediately stopped talking, and when he saw a reporter next to him who was videotaping, he looked even more frightened, and his arm blocked his face.

The colonel's face sank even more, and he pointed to the people: "The women's clothes in these bags you brought are all from your family?" ”

Several men on the ground were sifting chaff through their bodies.

The colonel was furious, but the armed police did not have the power to arrest people, so they could only shout:

"I tell you! You are also born in a good era, if you are in Tangshan, it is difficult to make a fortune, I can shoot you directly! Get lost! ”

Several men immediately stood up and were about to run.

"Stop!"

Fang Huai, who was coming on, stopped them.

As soon as a few people ran over just now, Fang Huai heard a movement, and grabbed one of the people who was running in front first, and said:

"Take out all the things in your coat and pants pockets!"

Several people began to see the three of them, and they were ready to run out regardless of it.

None of the three stopped them.

When the person who was caught saw it, he immediately disagreed: "Why did you only arrest me?" ”

Fang Huai didn't pay attention to him, but smiled at the armed police officer behind him and signaled.

As a result, within seconds, all those people were gone.

As soon as those people came out of the corner, they found that there were more than 800 soldiers lined up behind them, and the entire intersection was full.

The people who came back were already frightened, and the gold and silver jewelry in their clothes and pants were pulled out one by one, and said:

"It's gone! It's gone! We picked it all up! Let us go! ”

The colonel's eyes widened.

He had really never caught this kind of petty theft before, he had no experience, and when he saw this situation, his eyebrows stood up.

"You still dare to hide?! Sins are unforgivable! Arrest them! Send it in! ”

Several cadets immediately came up, twisted the people again, and went inside.

Only then did Brigade Commander Jin step forward and salute:

"Comrade! I'm from the Chengdu Military Region! Reinforcements on orders from above! What's going on inside? ”

The colonel immediately returned the salute and said, "I am from the Chengdu Command College of the Armed Police!" Comrade, you are..."

These words were said to Fang Huai and Captain Chen.

Three people, fire, armed police, PLA.

He couldn't quite understand this mix-and-match.

Only then did Brigade Commander Jin smile and say, "We are the troops withdrawn from the dammed lake!" People are behind! ”

The colonel's eyes lit up: "It's you guys in the morning..."

Brigadier Jin nodded.

The colonel was in awe, and immediately received a salute with a "snap": "You have worked hard!" ”

After that, salute and shake hands with them one by one.

"Comrade, it's messy inside?" Brigadier Jin couldn't help but ask.

They passed through these places, and for the first time they saw that there were still people checking the intersections outside the city.

"Hey." When the colonel heard this, his expression changed: "It's not chaos, it's too busy, the new city, the old city, can't be saved, the building collapsed too seriously, and the residents are very bold, one by one to drill inside, looking for relatives."

The aftershocks have already crushed four of them, and we can't stop them.

Yesterday, we received a report from a female employee of the Qushan Office of the Agricultural Bank of China that the bank was robbed and emptied, so we sent out a column to clean up the bank and control the intersection. ”

The three of them listened and couldn't help but glance at each other.

The previous towns were indeed much better than here.

Indeed, only in the middle of it will you realize that this is not only a place of disaster, but also a county with a lot of wealth, in fact, as long as you walk on the ruins, you can see a lot of passbooks.

It's just that the rescue town where they were located before was managed by various local support departments, and it was not chaotic.

All of China is now in Sichuan.

This statement is really not a lie.

Don't say anything else, let's talk about Anxian, they still spent night from there, but it was brightly lit, walk two steps past, the traffic police uniform said "Tianjin traffic police", two more steps, Jinan traffic police, two more steps, Hangzhou traffic police.

Even the Shenyang traffic police have it.

Three kilometers of road across the city, I saw police officers on duty across thousands of kilometers of cities.

At this time, the colonel's face was a little embarrassed, and he said:

"Can you please stop telling the people inside that the dammed lake has been flooded?

If not, we'll have to use this excuse to get people out... Let's just say that the flood is not completely treated. ”

At this time, the three of them knew why they saw another flare gun in the city to represent the evacuation.

Disaster areas need not only rescue, but also order.

It's a helpless move.

All three sighed.

Brigadier Jin shook his head and said, "Let's go, go in first." ”

(End of chapter)