After getting off the expressway, there was still a long way to go. It was even more congested here and the speed of the car was much slower. Bai Shuo looked out the window, surrounded by high mountains and deep ravines. When he passed a stream, he saw that there were not many pieces in the stream.
The huge stone had obviously rolled down the mountain next to it. Bai Shuo couldn't help but look at the mountain next to the driveway a few more times, showing a trace of worry.
After traveling for more than 10 kilometers, the road ahead was jammed, as if something had happened. When the vehicle slowly passed through the congested road section, everyone discovered that half of the road had collapsed, and a Toyota SUV was hit by falling rocks on the side of the road.
It was so messed up that I didn’t know if the people in the car had evacuated safely before being hit. The existing roads were only open to traffic after simple maintenance. However, this tragic scene did not scare the volunteers.
, everyone is still heading towards the destination with enthusiasm.
It was originally a 3-hour journey, but it took more than 5 hours to arrive. Everyone just ate some dry food in the car and immediately joined the rescue battle. A group of people took relief supplies to the resettlement point of the affected people.
, in cooperation with the on-site staff in distributing supplies, a group of people went to the collapsed house to assist in the rescue operation. Naturally, Bai Shuo and Liang Ying joined in this most arduous work.
Xichuan is close to the epicenter of the earthquake, and it is also a place that is greatly affected by earthquakes. Bai Shuo was walking on the road, and the road under his feet had already cracked two thin cracks. The cracks extended along the road for more than ten meters and then slanted.
He walked towards a 6-story building next to him. The wall of that building also had a crack like the ground, but the crack was larger than the ground. Bai Shuo looked around carefully again.
, cracks have also appeared in some houses, and several telephone poles are leaning against the walls or houses next to them. Bai Shuo discovered that although Xichuan City seemed to be seriously damaged, the houses that actually collapsed
It's not too many, and the casualties shouldn't be very serious. This is somewhat different from Bai Shuo's memory. In his memory, Bai Shuo visited several earthquake-stricken areas after the post-disaster reconstruction.
The city should have been built as an earthquake museum. Many houses collapsed. What Bai Shuo remembers deeply is that a six-story house collapsed directly. The fourth floor became the ground floor, and the three floors below became a piece of rubble.
But it seems that no such tragic situation was found in Xichuan City today.
When passing through two ruins, he did not see anyone carrying out rescue operations in the ruins. Bai Shuo asked the staff who came to guide them strangely, and then he realized that the two old houses were originally from 50 or 60 years ago and were dangerous buildings.
This year, after Secretary Xiaozhen took office, he put a lot of effort into organizing the relocation. It was originally going to be demolished, but it collapsed immediately after the earthquake.
Bai Shuo said: "So Secretary Xiao's safety awareness is still very high."
The staff member said with admiration: "But, not to mention these dilapidated houses, there are many houses in the city. It is because Secretary Xiao made great efforts to repair and strengthen them that they did not collapse. At that time, many people here were still opposed.
, saying that with these funds, it is better to use them to invest in the construction of new cities. Now these people all admire Secretary Xiao Town. If it were not for Secretary Xiao, we in Xichuan County would not know how much losses we would have suffered. I heard that Dongchuan County
Over there, half the city is gone."
Only then did Bai Shuo know that Xiao Zhen had really focused on anti-seismic work after coming here. It seemed that his tips had worked.
Not long after walking, another ruins appeared ahead, and many people were busy on the ruins. "Are there any other places that need rescue?" Liang Ying asked.
"In addition to here, there are two collapsed houses in the north, including the county finance bureau, which is also the hardest-hit area and has the least manpower there."
Bai Shuo thought for a while and said: "I think there are enough people here. Let's leave a team of people here to assist, and everyone else will go to the Finance Bureau."
So 10 people were separated from the team, led by Zhao Yong, to provide on-the-spot support, and the remaining 20 or so people rushed to the county finance bureau. On the way, Bai Shuo listened to the staff narrating the relevant situation. It turned out that Xiao Zhen prioritized the county’s funds for
The maintenance and repair of schools, hospitals, and residential houses were carried out, so in this earthquake, no school was damaged, and no hospital was destroyed. However, very little was spent on government agencies, and the County Finance Bureau even
No money was spent on maintenance. This was originally an old house from the 1960s, so when the earthquake occurred, the main structure partially collapsed, and soon, the entire building collapsed. But after the disaster, the main
The forces are concentrated in residential buildings, suburbs and mountainous areas, but the county finance bureau has the least rescue force.
Bai Shuo and his party quickly arrived at the County Finance Bureau and found that all the buildings here had collapsed and turned into ruins. At this time, there were a few teams on the ruins searching for survivors. There was only one excavator slowly digging around the ruins.
Looking at the place where the search and rescue had been done, Bai Shuo looked at the time. Now the golden rescue time was about to pass, and the chances of survival of the people in the ruins were getting smaller and smaller. Everyone did not say much and immediately went into rescue. More than 20 people were divided into five groups.
Searching from different directions, Bai Shuo took Anna and three other volunteers to the middle of the ruins under the guidance of professional rescuers. Liang Ying took Niu Er and several other volunteers in a group and started from the middle of the ruins.
Search and rescue began in the west.
Not long after the search and rescue started, Bai Shuo suddenly stepped on a cement board and half of his body fell into a gap. Fortunately, Anna had quick eyesight and quick hands to catch Bai Shuo, so that he did not sink deeper. With the help of several people,
, Bai Shuo quickly got out of trouble, and started the search and rescue again with everyone. With the help of equipment, Liang Ying finally moved a stone slab, cleaned up the debris under the stone slab, and suddenly a human leg appeared. Liang Ying
Ying quickly summoned two professional rescuers. With everyone's efforts, a man's body was gradually revealed, but in the end it was discovered that the man's chest was pressed down by another cement board, and the surrounding soil was stained with blood.
It turned brown. Someone checked the man's vital signs through the obstacles and found that there were no signs of life at all. So everyone speeded up the process and quickly dug the man out of the rubble. Looking at the appearance of the deceased, they also
The two volunteers in the team couldn't bear it and rushed to the side to vomit. But the search and rescue continued, and in the end no one flinched. They all knew that time was running out, and every minute and every second might be gone.
Harvesting the life under the ruins.
Soon, a group of volunteers successfully rescued a survivor who still had vital signs. Seeing the medical staff successfully carrying away the survivor on a stretcher, everyone at the scene burst into cheers and cheered up.
Continue to carry out rescue operations.
Although the golden rescue time has passed, everyone still does not abandon or give up, speeding up the rescue, but most of the victims found are dead. The sky is getting darker and darker, and everyone's heart is getting more and more gloomy. We just took a rest
After a while, Bai Shuo, who had eaten a few slices of bread, went up to the ruins again. Under the illumination of the searchlight, he cleared the scene one stone at a time.
Anna was also very shocked at this time. Although it was the first time for her to see such a huge disaster, she participated in the rescue out of respect for life. But along the way, what shocked her even more was that facing such a disaster
, this country can actually organize such a huge rescue in such a short period of time. Those soldiers are as disciplined as fighting a war, regardless of life and death, fighting on the front line of rescue. And the huge number of civilian rescue teams, without any
Instructions, without any agreement, everyone volunteered to move towards the same goal, and staged scenes of heroic deeds that made people praise and cry. Anna couldn't help but think about what kind of country this is, what kind of nation it is, and what kind of people it is.
.Her clothes were wet at this time, and the mud on her face had covered her beauty. Her tired eyes were staring at the people coming and going. When she saw Bai Shuo rushing towards the ruins again, she did not hesitate.
He got up and followed him.
Another stone slab was opened, and Bai Shuo sat down tiredly, took out a few cigarettes, threw them to everyone, and started smoking the remaining one. Maybe it was quieter at night than during the day, and Bai Shuo suddenly became more sensitive.
Sensing a faint sound coming from under the ruins, Bai Shuo threw away his cigarette, turned over and lay on the ruins where the stone slab had just been removed, and shouted loudly: "Is anyone there? Is anyone there..."
The people around him also gathered around at this time. Bai Shuo immediately made a quiet gesture to everyone, and then quietly listened to the movement under the ruins. Soon, there was another sound from under the ruins, which sounded like tools and stones.
There was a sound of collision. Bai Shuo immediately led everyone to carefully continue digging and searching. After a while, the surrounding debris was cleaned up, but a beam appeared in front of everyone, with a pillar connected to one side of the beam.
The other end was inserted diagonally into the ruins. There was a stone slab pressed under the beam. The stone slab seemed to be supported by something, forming a triangular space. At this time, Bai Shuo had already faintly noticed that there was life under the stone slab.
There are traces of the ruins, but we dare not rashly dig because if there is another landslide and the beam loses its support and suddenly collapses, the people below may be injured immediately. This location is in the middle of the ruins, and it is not easy for large machinery such as excavators to get there.
, for a time, the rescue reached a deadlock.
As time passed, the movement under the stone slab became smaller and smaller. Bai Shuo knew that this person had been trapped under for more than 72 hours. If he continued to delay, even if he was rescued, he might still be a corpse. At this time,
Two team members brought several jacks. Bai Shuo decisively asked everyone to use jacks to fix several stress points, and then led a few people to start cleaning the stone slabs. After a lot of effort, the stone slabs were finally broken and moved smoothly.
Most of it was opened. At this time, Bai Shuo could already see the trapped person inside. Judging from the clothes, he should be a woman. Bai Shuo tried to reach into the gap and pulled the trapped person, but the space inside was too narrow.
, the person was stuck inside, and he could only pull it out a little bit before he could no longer pull it out. Bai Shuo carefully continued to clean up the gravel, soil and debris around the gap with tools, trying to expand the space, but just now
After clearing a little space, the upper beam was pressed down a little more, almost knocking over a jack. Bai Shuo was not in a hurry and asked everyone to fix the surroundings again, and then slowly continued to clean up the debris.
Expanding the gap. Finally, after clearing the surrounding debris, Bai Shuo moved the man out a little more. He continued to reinforce, clean, and move it. Half an hour later, the upper body of the trapped man had been moved out.
Although the woman's face was so disfigured that she couldn't clearly see her appearance, Bai Shuo could still tell that she was a female employee who was only in her early 20s and looked very young. At this time, the woman slowly woke up again and looked at her with dull eyes.
Looking at Bai Shuo, he had obviously been trapped for too long and was already very weak. "Who are you? Am I dead?" The woman spat out a sentence feebly, and Bai Shuo smiled and replied: "Don't worry, you're not dead yet.
, we are here to rescue you, and I will definitely rescue you."
Bai Shuo asked others to hold the woman's head and shoulders to prevent her from being injured again. Bai Shuo lifted the woman's waist and continued to carry her out carefully. Suddenly, the jack made a clicking sound, and the support below continued to move.
There was broken sand falling, which was an obvious sign of imminent collapse. Bai Shuo quickly called for everyone to pull people out quickly, but it was still too late. The stone beam had already begun to press down. Bai Shuo almost didn't think much, and instinctively
He pushed up with his own shoulder to support the pressing stone beam, and a pain immediately came from his shoulder. The woman's dull eyes were still staring at Bai Shuo, and her body was slowly and completely pulled out of the gap by everyone.
At this time, Bai Shuo suddenly let go of the stone beam and threw himself towards the ruins in front. The stone beam behind him instantly pressed down again, and then crushed the stone slabs below into several pieces.
Before Bai Shuo fell completely, he felt himself being supported by someone. He looked up and saw that it was Xiao Lin who caught him immediately. Bai Shuo immediately smiled gratefully at Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin looked at him.
Bai Shuo's dirty look and silly smile also revealed a very bright smile.
Late at night, everyone gathered in a tent area to rest. After Bai Shuo had changed and washed himself, he was exposing his shoulders and letting Anna apply medicine to him. His shoulders had also been slightly injured by the pressure from the stone beam just now, and they became
It was red and swollen. Anna carefully disinfected Bai Shuo with alcohol, then applied medicine and a bandage. Bai Shuo put on his clothes and said, "I didn't expect you to have such skills." Anna smiled slightly and said, "A required course during training.
That’s all.”
At this time, a crisp singing came from the crowd not far away. The singing sounded particularly beautiful in the silent night. With Anna's help, Bai Shuo walked to the crowd and found that everyone had formed a circle with a diameter of five meters.
In the six-meter circle, a little girl was singing to everyone in the middle. Although there was no speaker or microphone, the little girl's singing was still enough for people around her to hear her very clearly.
Bai Shuo knew this little girl. She was a volunteer in his team, and she should be an employee of Huaying Group. After the little girl finished singing, everyone applauded and asked the little girl to do another one. Although the little girl was a little
I was tired, but still very happy to sing an old song by Zhang Huimei for everyone. Perhaps because it was relatively empty, the little girl sang with a very loud and explosive voice, which made Bai Shuo feel that this little girl has great potential.
, and even thought about having a good talk with her after returning from the rescue to see if there would be another chance to recommend her to Shengshi Huazhang.
But it really comes to mind. Just when Bai Shuo was thinking, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him.?