Chapter 122: Rushing to the rescue of Shengping
At this time, it began to drizzle again. After learning the news, Bai Shuo and Liang Ying immediately gathered the team members and rushed to the direction of Shengping Cun with all the tools. On the way, Bai Shuo learned that Shengping Village is located in a pocket-shaped valley, and the main traffic is only accessible by one road. Last night, there was a mudslide in Shengping Village, most of the village was submerged, Xiao Zhen led the rescue team to rescue overnight, and the rescue transferred a large number of villagers. Who knew that the earthquake just now triggered the landslide again, and now the only road leading to Shengping Village has been blocked, Xiao Zhen and the rescue team and some villagers of Shengping Village are trapped inside, and their lives and deaths are unknown.
When they arrived at Shengping Village, they found that there was a mountain stream at the end of the road, but at this time, this mountain stream had been sealed by a huge wall made of mountain rocks and mud, and Shengping Village was behind this mountain stream. In addition, the location of Shengping Village is a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, although there are some dangerous mountain roads on the mountain, usually the villagers go up the mountain to collect medicine, dig bamboo shoots or something or not, but after the earthquake, mudslide, these mountain roads are obviously no longer passable, then this road has become the only passage to the outside world in the village.
Outside the valley, an on-site commander is directing a small excavator, and more than a dozen villagers are spontaneously using some rudimentary tools to dig rocks in an attempt to open the passage. At this time, the rain was heavier, Bai Shuo looked at the environment and immediately consulted the on-site commander: if the rain continues like this, it is likely to cause mudslides and landslides again, and then not only the people trapped inside are very dangerous, but even the people rescued outside are also in danger, is there any quick way to rescue the trapped people.
But the on-site personnel told Bai Shuo that the mountains here are high and the clouds are thick, the meteorological conditions are very poor, and even the helicopter cannot reach it safely, and they have also thought of other ways, but they have been denied, and now the only way can only be to quickly open up the blocked soil and rocks.
"How many people are trapped inside?" Liang Ying asked again.
Including Secretary Xiao, there are a total of 35 rescuers, about 130 villagers in Shengping Village, 82 people have been transferred before, and there are still about 80 people trapped inside. ”
The situation was urgent, Bai Shuo and Liang Ying didn't ask anything more, and immediately organized personnel to excavate, and the progress of the scene suddenly accelerated a lot. After more than half an hour, the rescue team pushed more than two meters inside. But at this time, two huge stones appeared in the mud and rocks, and they could not be shaken by manpower and the small excavator alone. Bai Shuo asked everyone to divide into two groups, taking turns to rest, digging around the boulder from both sides and above, slowly observing the boulder and thinking of a way. As the minutes passed, the two boulders seriously slowed down the rescue, and although the boulders had revealed half of their true colors from the dirt and rubble, they still couldn't shake it. Bai Shuo was a little anxious, seeing that the rain was constantly pouring on the rocks on both sides, and streams of mud-colored rain flowed down the hillside, and if it continued like this, it was very likely to cause a mudslide.
"This won't work, I have to transfer some large equipment, otherwise I don't know when I will be able to get through. Bai Shuo said to the on-site commander.
The reply that can be obtained is that the road leading to the county has collapsed not long ago, the road has been blocked, rescue equipment and supplies cannot be passed, and emergency repairs to the road are currently being organized.
When Bai Shuo heard this, his eyes immediately turned red, and he thought about it, and in desperation, he raised the sapper shovel and rushed towards the mud and rocks in front of him. Under his leadership, everyone was ignited again and kept moving forward. But manpower is finally difficult to defeat the power of nature, and after another half an hour, Bai Shuo already feels very tired, but everyone has only advanced one meter, and those boulders are still blocked in the middle of the road, like a big boss mercilessly laughing at everyone.
At this time, Bai Shuo's phone rang, and it was Yao Tao calling. It turned out that he was rushing to Xichuan County with a batch of excavators and heavy equipment, but the road to Xichuan had just collapsed, and he was now organizing on-site repairs to remove obstacles. Bai Shuo hurriedly asked Yao Tao in detail where they were, and found that they were on the road between Shengping Village and Xichuan County, and they were only a few kilometers away from Shengping Village. Bai Shuo was overjoyed, and immediately asked Yao Tao not to rush to Xichuan, and transferred the machinery and equipment to support the rescue of Shengping Village.
Just twenty minutes later, a convoy slowly approached from the far side of the road, and it was the rescue team led by Yao Tao. Bai Shuo and everyone saw that Yao Tao brought not only large excavators, all kinds of construction vehicles, but also rock drilling trucks, and they all let out enthusiastic cheers. Yao Tao arrived at the scene, briefly understood the situation with Bai Shuo, and immediately set up a formation. Seeing these vehicles and equipment show their skills, and the vehicles and equipment are marked with the logo of Huaying Group, so that the Huaying employees present are full of pride.
Soon, the two boulders were broken into countless small pieces and were cleared. Then, with the cooperation of large excavators, the rescue speed increased by leaps and bounds, and it advanced nearly ten meters in an hour. But as he pushed forward, the terrain became more precipitous, the junction narrowed and narrowed, and the mountains on both sides became like canopies together, and Bai Shuo even suspected that an aftershock would collapse the entire mountain, covering the entire area.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the slopes on both sides began to rustle, and fine rocks continued to fall overhead. At this time, the driver of the excavator was a little scared and unwilling to move forward. Bai Shuo ordered the excavator to move forward with some anger, but the excavator driver just refused. The hard one is not good, Liang Ying has to come to the soft one, he believes that there will be a brave man under the heavy reward, and tells the excavator driver to give him three times the salary this month or whoever knows how to open the excavator on the site, you can try it and give the same reward. But everyone looked at the mountain, which could collapse at any time, and they all showed timid expressions.
Seeing that everyone was a little flinching, Xiao Lin on the side said carefully: "Mr. Bai, let me try, when I sold excavators before, I studied for a few days in order to understand more, but I haven't been able to get the certificate." ”
Bai Shuo was overjoyed, and as soon as he pulled up Xiao Lin, he climbed onto the excavator: "Grandma's, when is it, tell me if you have a certificate, just dig it." ”
Xiao Lin operated the machine carefully, and Bai Shuo also sat with her, indicating that they would advance and retreat together. Seeing this, Liang Ying, Anna, Zhao Yong, Niu Er, Yao Tao and others also picked up their tools and rushed forward. Led by them, most of them joined the rescue again regardless of the danger. After a while, the original excavator driver was embarrassed to come to Bai Shuo, saying that he was willing to continue to operate the excavator. Bai Shuo and Xiao Lin got off the excavator, didn't blame him, patted him on the shoulder and told him to be careful, after all, people have a sense of fear.
Another half an hour passed, and everyone faintly heard another digging sound coming from the opposite side, obviously Xiao Zhen and they were also digging on the back to save themselves. Bai Shuo yelled at the other side a few times, but received no response. Immediately, he led the crowd and accelerated the excavation, and with a loud bang, a large stone was lifted, and the blocked road was finally pierced through a gap. Bai Shuo vaguely saw the situation in the valley through the crack in the excavator, shouted loudly inside, told the people on both sides to retreat, and then started the machine to dig with all his might. In a few moments, a large chunk of the blocked stone had been cleared, enough for people to pass through without incident. Bai Shuo and Yao Tao immediately stepped back. The crowd in the valley cheered and poured out with dirt and stones, and Liang Ying organized everyone to maintain order on the scene and help the people in the valley to come out.
After about forty or fifty people, Xiao Zhen finally appeared at the end of the line, this time he was covered in mud and his face was dirty. Liang Ying excitedly pulled Xiao Zhen and ran out of the valley with everyone stepping on the uneven gravel and dirt.
Everyone gathered in the wide area on the road outside the valley, roughly counted the number of people, exchanged pleasantries, and sat down in the rain to rest because they were tired. Bai Shuo, Liang Ying and others surrounded Xiao Zhen, Xiao Zhen wiped his face with the rain, and said ashamedly: "Oh, you two brothers came to Xichuan to support us, I haven't come to say hello to you yet, so I will make you laugh first." ”
Bai Shuo said with a smile: "What's the matter, when we arrived in Xichuan, we heard a lot of your Secretary Xiao's deeds, and they all said that if it weren't for your Secretary Xiao to pay close attention to the earthquake prevention work, I'm afraid that the loss of Xichuan this time would be even more serious." ”
Xiao Zhen smiled: "The reason why I have worked so hard to prevent earthquakes is because of the previous warnings from you and Cao An, Brother Bai Shuo. The other reason for this is a bit dramatic. ”
Bai Shuo, Liang Ying, Anna, Zhao Yong, Niu Er and others all looked at Xiao Zhen curiously, waiting for him to tell the dramatic thing.
It turned out that after Xiao Zhen arrived, he found that there was a strange principal in a middle school in Xichuan County. The principal's surname is Ye, and this middle school was also built in the 80s of the last century, and most of them are old and dilapidated. After President Ye took office, he decided to carry out a comprehensive renovation of the teaching building. He raised money everywhere day and day, and as soon as the school had some money, he would strengthen the house and repair the hidden dangers. He is also hands-on with all kinds of measurement and maintenance work. At the same time, one of the most important tasks in the school is fire prevention and earthquake prevention, and since 2005, he has organized school teachers and students to carry out fire prevention and earthquake prevention drills whenever he has time. During this period, he was also questioned and ridiculed, but he still insisted on carrying out the earthquake prevention work. It wasn't until Xiao Zhen served as the secretary of the county party committee that he discovered the deeds of the principal during a survey and inspection, which touched Xiao Zhen's heart a lot at that time, and he couldn't help but think of the warning of Bai Shuo and others before leaving, so Xiao Zhen not only praised Principal Ye, but also increased the intensity of the county's earthquake prevention work.
At this time, Zhao Yong asked how Principal Ye's school was doing in this earthquake. A ZF staff member next to him told everyone that Principal Ye happened to be not in school at the time of the earthquake, and after learning the news, he rushed back to the school in a hurry, only to see all the teachers and students standing on the playground in a neat and orderly manner. In this middle school in the 80s of the last century, more than 2,300 teachers and students were evacuated in only 1 minute and 36 seconds in this catastrophic earthquake, and there were no casualties, which is a miracle.
Another thing is that two weeks ago, on the way back from Xiao Zhen to Shudu for a meeting, when he was passing through the west of Shudu, the vehicle suddenly broke down and stopped on the side of the road for inspection. After Xiao Zhen got off the car, he happened to find that this was a newly developed real estate, and the construction site was busy. The periphery of the real estate is full of promotional slogans, and in the position of the sales department, a huge screen advertisement is spray-painted with a few big words: "May 8 strong earthquake !!" If you look closely, you will know that this advertisement is to tell you that the real estate will be opened in May, and the intensity of various activities is very shocking. But the speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional, and these words suddenly produced a different hint in Xiao Zhen's heart. So in the two weeks after Xiao Zhen returned to Xichuan, he carried out safety inspections again in the county, improved emergency plans, and organized schools, hospitals and other public institutions to carry out earthquake drills. These measures have also played a very good role in reducing losses in this earthquake disaster and carrying out rescue work in an orderly manner.
After Xiao Zhen finished speaking, everyone felt very incredible. At this time, a young man who participated in the rescue said: Xiao Zhen had prompts from Bai Shuo and others before taking office, met like-minded wizards like Principal Ye after taking office, and before the disaster, the vehicle just broke down in front of the advertisement, all of which showed that Xiao Zhen was a blessed person and had the blessing of God. Although these words are a bit idealistic and sycophant, Bai Shuo and others think so.
After everyone rested for about ten minutes, there was news that the road leading to the county seat had been cleared, and all heavy equipment had been loaded, and Xiao Zhen immediately called everyone to leave. For a while, the vehicles roared, the voices of people were boiling, and everyone happily returned to the county seat. Less than two minutes after everyone drove up, they heard an earth-shattering loud noise behind them, and in an instant, the earth trembled, and the valley was turbid. Just when everyone was surprised, a person ran behind the convoy and shouted in horror: "The valley has collapsed, the entire mountain has fallen, and Shengping Village is afraid that it will be completely gone." ”
Xiao Zhen sighed and said to Bai Shuo and Liang Ying: "If it weren't for you today, I'm afraid I and these dozens of people would have to explain here." "At this time, it has only been about twenty minutes since Xiao Zhen and the others were completely freed, if the landslide happened during the rescue, not only Xiao Zhen, but even the rescue team outside may not be completely spared. Everyone was as pale as earth at this time, and they were afraid for a while.
The convoy continued to drive, and everyone knew that the war against the earthquake and disaster relief was far from over, and that there was still a long way to go, and perhaps many more people would give their lives, but the team still did not hesitate to .......
As soon as he returned to Xichuan County, Xiao Zhen said goodbye to Bai Shuo and the others and hurried to the county disaster relief command center. Bai Shuo also knew that this was not the time to gossip about friendship, and continued to devote himself to the on-site disaster relief work with everyone. Due to the proper prevention, effective organization, and timely rescue in Xichuan County, Bai Shuo and others soon moved to the more serious place where the disaster was more serious, and finally met with the rescue team led by Cao An and the second batch of volunteers led by Zhu Zi in the epicenter. After completing the task, Li Zhen, on behalf of the two fund public welfare organizations, led the relevant personnel to go to the front line of the disaster area, care for the affected people, and finally came to the epicenter to gather with everyone.