68 A hundred deaths and no life
"Keep up the speed and watch your step!" came Captain Lee's muffled voice.
The wind gradually picked up, quickly rising from light to moderate. Where the wind swept through, a layer of ash was blown away, and the dark fire buried under the ground began to smoke thicker with the help of the wind.
The sound of crackling kept coming from all directions, the temperature rose rapidly, and the nervousness coupled with the high temperature and wet towel covering his mouth and nose made Wu Mian feel out of breath. The air is usually fresh, but nowadays it looks so luxurious.
Sweat poured out, and Wu Mian didn't notice it at all. He listened to the footsteps of his comrades in front of him while carefully observing the smoke.
It is white smoke, not black smoke, which is a phenomenon in which hydrocarbon gases, which have a relatively large molecular weight, condense into a liquid during the ascent process.
The problem quickly escalated, and Wu Mian felt that the air around him had been ignited, and the exposed skin of his face began to feel a tingling.
Maybe it won't take a minute, and you won't feel anything, and you should have faced death by then. First pain, then redness, swelling and heat of the exposed skin, accompanied by changes in the degree of protein denaturation and the integrity of the cell structure at the microscopic level......
Wu Mian's mind began to run rapidly, and countless related information poured up like a tide.
Unfortunately, this information does not help in the slightest for the predicament at this moment.
The most important thing now is to escape from Shengtian, but in the face of the surrounding wildfires, this task is almost impossible to complete.
Wu Mian suddenly realized that death was so close.
When I was a doctor, I was in contact with life and death every day, but it was someone else's life and death. Now that he is facing the hideousness of death in person, Wu Mian is not flustered in his heart, and there is a kind of tranquility.
Subconsciously take steps to keep up with the people in front of you. Wu Mian could hear the compelling aura and sound of the mountain fire not far away.
The wildfire has no emotions and will not stop because of the joys and sorrows of the world.
Man will conquer the sky, sometimes it is just a sentence, an inspiring word. When we face the horrors of nature, we will realize how small human beings are.
There was a roar in the distance, and the water bombardment 5 in mid-air received an order from the headquarters to change course and flew directly towards the location where the mountain fire had rekindled. And Wu Mian could keenly perceive that in addition to the sound of the water bombardment 5, there were more sparse beeping mountain fires around him.
This is......
Wu Mian even instantly appeared in his mind, the ground vegetation and understory combustibles decayed due to long-term accumulation, and then produced a large amount of combustible gas. This is where these gases are buried, but relatively shallow.
After the combustible gas is mixed with the rotting combustibles, it encounters a strong wind and turns, as long as it "jumps" a little spark with the wind, the outcome is self-evident.
It's not just about fire, it's about facing explosions.
Captain Li also felt the changes around him, as an old firefighter, he knew what the entire sharp knife squad had to face.
It was a flash fire, and it was one of the worst situations to face in a wildfire.
Nine deaths!
Lifetime!!
"Prepare the fire cover!" Captain Li took a deep breath, removed the towel between his mouth and nose, and yelled loudly.
"Quick, quick, set up the particle belt, enter the fire cover!"
The sound of rustling around sounded, and the members of the sharp knife squad cleared out a simple isolation zone as quickly as possible.
"The crowd is in the middle! The others are scattered all around!" Captain Lee issued his final order.
Wu Mian was stunned for a moment, and then took the fire cover with his hand. But his hand touched the other.
"Get down!" Bai Dalin shouted loudly.
The fireproof cover was taken out as quickly as possible and covered on Wu Mian's body, and Bai Dalin took his own fireproof cover.
The firefighters of the sharp knife squad were lying on the ground all around, and Wu Mian was in the center. He is a guide, a crowd, not a firefighter. So at the most critical time, the one who needs to be protected is him!
Wu Mian pressed the surroundings of the individual soldier fire shield with his limbs, this material can withstand the high temperature of about 700 degrees Celsius, is it useful for deflagration? Wu Mian didn't know.
Before he could think, a loud roar rang in his ears.
The sound was deafening, and the eardrum seemed to be penetrated. Wu Mian's body spontaneously pressed the surroundings of the fireproof cover, and the ground temperature rose rapidly.
The moment was like an eternity.
From a bird's-eye view, an orange-red flame in the white smoke exploded like a firework, dazzling.
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In the command center, the red, blackened image of the satellite thermal imaging only stayed for about 10 seconds. Because of the precipitation, the thermal imaging of that area quickly returned to normal.
However, the entire command was stunned.
Some people are staring at the screen in a daze, and some people go out and quietly make phone calls, informing the people who "should" be notified of the explosion of the front line and the explosion of the sharp knife squad.
"Old ...... Lao Wu, calm down, the water bomb 5 is gone, it will be fine. The county's fire chief comforted Wu Zhongtai.
They are all old firefighters, although they don't have a thorough understanding of high-tech, but the color deepening means that the temperature rises and everyone understands. It's so red and black that it can only be a deflagration.
When you fight a mountain fire, you are afraid that the wind direction will suddenly change, but before the explosion, this is nothing.
There was a deflagration, and there were no lives.
The only child of the head of the Wu Township family who is a guide......
Silence grew in the Command Quarter, even as the color of the area returned to normal.
"I'm going to smoke a cigarette. Wu Zhongtai's fingers trembled slightly, he put his hand in his trouser pocket and squeezed it hard.
As if his legs were filled with lead, Wu Zhongtai turned around and walked to the door with difficulty step by step.
Everyone knows that the township chief of Bajingzi has a cold face and a warm heart, and he has been rooted in that poor countryside for a lifetime, shining brightly.
Losing a child in old age...... This kind of great compassion in the world, there are a few people who can bear it.
Wu Zhongtai's back is a little desolate and lonely, and his back is a little stiff with every step he takes. It seems that there is a big mountain pressing on the iron man, and the waist that has never bent down in his life has been broken unconsciously.
They are all old acquaintances, and some people want to persuade them, but they are pulled back.
Wu Zhongtai walked to the door step by step, he squatted on the ground next to the door, his back against the wall, and shivered and took out a cigarette from his pocket.
Click......
Click......
Click......
Three times in a row, the lighter did not ignite. It was as if the flint had run out, and not even a single spark was missing.
Wu Zhongtai was stunned with a cigarette in his mouth, holding a lighter in his hand, and his eyes were scattered.
After a few seconds, he sat on the ground, his head buried deep in the crook of his arm.