Although Wangxian Town is a mountainous area, transportation is relatively convenient on weekdays. It only takes about an hour to drive from Jiangnan City.
But now heavy rains and traffic jams have made the entire road leading to Wangxian Town overcrowded.
Many residents of Wangxian Town tried to drive away from the disaster area, while rescue convoys kept arriving.
Therefore, as long as there is a slight collision and friction between vehicles, the entire road will be congested.
Gu Chen led a team to Wangxian Town for disaster relief. He originally thought that the car accident just now was just an episode.
Unexpectedly, the convoy encountered three minor car accidents along the way, which delayed everyone's rescue work a lot of time.
When the vehicle arrived at the central area of Wangxian Town, it was already 7 p.m.
At this moment, everyone parked their vehicles at the entrance of Wangxian Town Central Primary School.
This is a relatively open area in the entire Wangxian Town.
Wangxian Town is in a mountainous area, so the buildings are built against the mountain and look scattered. The main reason for the disaster this time was that a landslide occurred in Wangxian Valley, a scenic spot in Wangxian Town, causing the river to slide down together with gravel.
, and soon destroyed some buildings.
Due to the powerful force of the mudslide, it also blocked the river and destroyed a newly built antique landscape bridge.
The heavy rain also made the entire Wangxian Valley extremely dangerous. Water continued to flow from the mountains, and even the basic steps of walking down the stairs became extremely dangerous for many people.
Because the heavy water made the steps slippery and the impact force was strong.
If you are not careful, you may be rushed down the steps.
Fortunately, you may suffer some minor injuries.
In serious cases, they will be rushed down the steps and fall into the river nearby.
In addition, there are many natural villages scattered around the Wangxian Valley Scenic Area, so the heavy rain also washed away many lines, making it difficult for the trapped people to move.
Therefore, cadres and masses at all levels in Wangxian Town began to urgently rescue themselves.
However, due to the lack of some necessary rescue equipment, we had to turn to the city to dispatch some more professional rescue forces to participate in the rescue.
After Gu Chen parked the car, he motioned for everyone to get out of the car.
At this moment, the police officers who had already put on raincoats and reflective life jackets began to gather around Gu Chen.
There are 42 police officers, all of whom can swim.
A man with a bandage on his head, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, quickly came over with an umbrella after being introduced by an assistant.
"Hello, comrade police, which unit do you belong to?" said the man with a bandage on his head.
Gu Chen turned around and immediately introduced himself: "Hello, we are from Furong Branch. Entrusted by the Municipal Bureau, we were dispatched to Wangxian Town to participate in the rescue operation. I am Gu Chen from the Criminal Investigation Team."
"So it's the rescue team?" Seeing that Gu Chen was a rescue force dispatched by the Furong Branch, the man with a bandage on his head quickly shook hands with Gu Chen and exchanged greetings.
The man is young, about 30 years old, and looks capable, like a senior intellectual.
The young male assistant on the side quickly introduced: "This is our Wangxian Town Secretary, Xiao Jin."
"Hello Secretary Xiao, what's going on here?" Seeing that the person coming was the Secretary of Wangxian Town, Gu Chen quickly asked about Xiao Jin's injury.
Xiao Jin waved his hand and said: "It's not a problem. When I was rescuing people, I accidentally fell and bruised my head, but it's not a problem."
"That's good." Seeing that Xiao Jin's injury was not serious, Gu Chen asked again: "Then what is the current situation like? What do we need to do?"
Because Gu Chen received the order to lead the rescue team to help Wangxian Town immediately.
But as for what is the current situation in Wangxian Town? I still don’t know anything, so I want to ask Xiao Jin about the situation at the scene.
Xiao Jin said with an ugly face: "A sudden mudslide occurred in the mountains and destroyed some buildings. Moreover, the mudslide came all the way, destroying bridges and blocking the river, causing river congestion."
"The high water level has overflowed the river embankment and spread to both sides. Now you can see that our Wangxian Town has become an isolated island, and the power equipment has been seriously damaged."
"Moreover, everywhere is flooded by rivers. If the rivers are not dredged, the floods may continue to flood our Wangxian Town."
"Are there no other measures?" Officer Wang asked.
Xiao Jin shook his head: "I estimate that the bridge destroyed by the mudslide was mixed with many large building ruins, which blocked the river channel somewhat, and it is likely to form a barrier lake."
"I have contacted my superiors and heard that they will send blasting experts to investigate the situation. If it is really dangerous, blasting measures may be taken."
"However, we must first clear the people on both sides of the downstream bank to avoid being affected by the barrier lake, so..."
After saying this, Xiao Jin's face gradually became heavy, and he seemed to feel uncomfortable in his heart.
"Then now..." Lu Weiwei also saw Xiao Jin's worry.
Xiao Jin nodded: "The notice has been sent out, so you must have seen a lot of escaping vehicles along the way, right?"
"That's right." Yuan Shasha nodded silently.
"So, everyone is moving now, and the blasting experts haven't come to inspect yet, and there are still many missing people upstream. I'm worried about the safety of those missing people."
"Especially now, we are in dire need of rescue equipment. At the very least, we don't even have a decent life jacket."
"Then you don't have to worry about it now." Seeing that Xiao Jin was a bit of a clever woman, Gu Chen directly opened the skylight and spoke frankly:
"We came here this time and brought rescue supplies from our Furong branch, including a large number of life jackets. You can arrange for personnel to pick up the goods from the trucks and distribute them to the cadres and masses involved in disaster relief."
"Really?" Seeing that Gu Chen was prepared, Xiao Jin's eyes suddenly lit up.
When he saw the driver opening the iron door of the truck and a truck full of supplies was placed in front of him, Xiao Jin was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly walked forward:
"Great, we are short of these things right now. I will immediately organize people to help you unload these supplies."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Secretary Xiao." While Xiao Jin was still arranging personnel, Zhao Meng was already standing behind everyone, holding an umbrella.
Xiao Jin turned around and said, "It's Zhao Meng? Why are you back?"
"Do you know each other?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Xiao Jin nodded fiercely: "Of course I know Zhao Meng, we are from Wangxian Town. She represents our Jiangnan City Women's Football Team and has participated in the provincial middle school women's football league and the National Middle School Women's Football League, and has won good awards.
score."
"His father also told me that he would like his daughter to join the national team in the future and do her part for the Chinese women's football team. Zhao Meng is a little celebrity in our Wangxian Town."
Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng was a little embarrassed. She lowered her head shyly and said shyly: "How can Secretary Xiao say that he is so powerful? That is my father's bragging."
"No, you have the strength." Xiao Jin said.
Zhao Meng suddenly remembered what she had just done, so she quickly asked Xiao Jin: "By the way, Secretary Xiao, where is my dad? I haven't been able to contact him, and I couldn't get through my family's phone calls. I got nervous, so I took a police car here.
Already."
As soon as Zhao Meng mentioned her father, Xiao Jin felt a little embarrassed. He thought about it and said, "Your father seems to have lost contact in the mountains."
"Loss of contact?" When Zhao Meng heard this, he immediately asked with a heavy face: "Is... was it an accident or was it lost of contact?"
"He has lost contact and cannot be reached for the time being. The last time I spoke to him was around 2 p.m."
"At that time, he told me that there seemed to be signs of mountain collapse in the mountain, so he took several villagers to patrol the mountain and asked me to pay more attention."
"But later, the mountain collapsed and mudslides broke out. When I contacted your dad again, he was already out of touch."
"Then will my dad..." After hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng's eyes suddenly turned red, and she was so aggrieved that she almost cried.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Shasha quickly hugged Zhao Meng and comforted her: "Zhao Meng, don't worry, your dad probably lost his cell phone or it ran out of battery. Don't worry, he may go down the mountain on his own after a while."
"Yes, Zhao Meng, don't worry first, aren't there still us?" Seeing that Zhao Meng was in a bad mood, Lu Weiwei hurried over to comfort her.
Officer Wang glanced at Xiao Jin. Xiao Jin immediately understood and quickly ordered the assistant beside him: "Xiao Jin, please take Zhao Meng to a safe place quickly. We are unloading the goods here."
"Okay." Upon hearing this, the assistant named Xiaojin quickly supported Zhao Meng, gave her some kind words, and immediately took Zhao Meng away from the scene.
Gu Chen reminded: "Zhao Meng's luggage is still in our car."
"There's no rush, let's leave it alone, Zhao Meng can't go home now anyway," Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen frowned and continued to ask him: "Secretary Xiao, what's going on on this mountain? What's going on with Zhao Meng's father now? Can you tell the truth now?"
"What I just said is the truth." Xiao Jin was also a little helpless, and then quickly explained to Gu Chen and others:
"Zhao Meng's father is the village chief of Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Zhaojia Village is also the largest natural village in Wangxian Valley."
"Not before this, he called me and said that he had found signs of mountain collapse, so I asked him to take the villagers to check the specific situation."
"After all, it's going to rain heavily in the afternoon. I don't know what the danger is in the mountains."
"As soon as Lao Zhao heard this, he volunteered and organized several people from the village to go to the mountains together, but now there is no news."
"How many people have gone to the mountain in total?" Officer Wang asked.
"There should be... there should be four or five, right?" Xiao Jin said.
"Four or five?" When Lu Weiwei heard this, she was immediately in disbelief: "That means that before the debris flow occurred, four or five people, including Village Chief Zhao, all went to the mountains, and now everyone has lost contact?
"
"Well……"
After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Xiao Jin hesitated for a few seconds before slowly nodding: "No matter how I try to beautify this matter, the fact is that no one from these four or five villagers has called yet."
"In fact, it stands to reason that even if a person's phone fails or has no power, he can use another phone to call. Although the signal is not good in the mountains, the call can still be made."
"But now, we have been waiting in Wangxian Town for a long time. It has been dark until now, and there is no news about them. I guess... it is probably more serious than bad."
"Ah?" After hearing Xiao Jin's words, Lu Weiwei was stunned and said: "So, Zhao Meng's father and those villagers may really be in danger?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin seemed unable to refute, and could only nod silently, and proactively admitted: "Maybe... maybe the person is gone now."
After saying this, Xiao Jin also had red eyes and said with some sadness: "Village Chief Zhao is the first close friend I met when I was transferred here to work as a selected student from the province."
"Because Village Chief Zhao has many connections in Wangxian Town, when I inspected Zhaojia Village, Village Chief Zhao helped me sort out various problems in Wangxian Town, which also brought me a lot of help in my future work.
convenient."
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jin also said sadly: "Old Zhao has a very strong sense of responsibility. He also took the initiative to go to the mountains to investigate this time."
"Because except for Zhaojia Village, some other natural villages are inhabited by lonely elderly people, and they rarely go down the mountain."
"Village Chief Zhao will send them the daily necessities they generally need. This time, Village Chief Zhao went to survey the situation. On the one hand, he provided early warning for landslides, and on the other hand, he moved lonely elderly people from other villages."
"Because once danger occurs in the mountains, it will be difficult for the lonely old people on these mountains to save themselves, so..."
After saying this, Xiao Jin's eyes turned red.
He tried hard to control his emotions, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, and then said: "So, Lao Zhao is a good cadre, but now his whereabouts are unknown, and we must find him."
"Leave this to us." Seeing this situation, Gu Chen also took the initiative to ask for help: "We can go up the mountain to search and rescue those trapped people, but first, I need the specific list and location of the people trapped on the mountain."
"Leave this to me, Officer Gu. Come with me first." After Xiao Jin finished speaking, he took Gu Chen to the office building nearby.
While Officer Wang ordered everyone to unload the relief supplies, he also followed them.
In the secretary's office, Xiao Jin opened the drawer and quickly found a contact form in a transparent folder. He handed it directly to Gu Chen and said:
"The above is the list of residents on Wangxian Valley Mountain. Those circled in red pen are the lonely old people. They usually don't go down the mountain."
"And because the situation on the mountain is complicated now, without professional rescue tools, we dare not rashly let people go up the mountain for search and rescue."
Gu Chen took the list and briefly looked at the list of people and the villages where they were located.
Afterwards, Gu Chen opened the satellite map on his mobile phone and analyzed the specific locations of other locations based on his location.
After determining the specific location, Gu Chen confirmed with Xiao Jin: "Are these places?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded and pointed out the specific location to Gu Chen on the satellite map on his mobile phone: "This is Zhaojia Village. They are actually the closest to our Wangxian Town and are also the largest natural village in the mountains."
"Going further from Zhaojia Village, there are several small roads leading to several other villages."
"And I estimate that Village Chief Zhao must have led his people to the dangerous mountain location first, which is here."
Seeing Xiao Jin marking the location, Gu Chen also kept zooming in on the satellite map, and then asked again:
"So this is where the danger happened, right?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded fiercely and said helplessly: "Originally, I wanted someone to send a drone over to search for the specific location."
"But now, the storm is so violent that the drone cannot take off at all. We also tried to take off one, but it exploded shortly after takeoff and the drone fell directly into the water."
"Under such severe weather conditions, it is impossible for drones to take off."
"It's pretty bad." Lu Weiwei opened the weather forecast on her mobile phone and said in embarrassment: "Look at the weather, the rain may last all night, and it may not gradually taper off until tomorrow afternoon."
"That's too bad. This is in the mountains. The storm will continue until tomorrow afternoon. By then, the entire Wangxian Town will probably be submerged." Officer Wang suddenly felt nervous.
After all, barrier lakes are no joke. If you don't blast them, I'm afraid the water will accumulate to a certain extent. Once it collapses or the blast force is too powerful, the entire flood will pour down from the mountain.
By that time, the power of the mudslide will be at its maximum, and many roads and bridges along the way may not be spared.
By then, it will be a catastrophe.
Thinking of this, Officer Wang couldn't help but take a breath, feeling that the situation in his heart was extremely dangerous.
"When will the blasting experts arrive?" Gu Chen asked.
"Maybe it's already on the way, it's almost there. Just before you arrived, I called and heard that they were still stuck in traffic, but they are very close." Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then said again: "In this case, I will first bring a rescue team and satellite communication equipment, and go to the mountains to search the situation above."
"Others are staying here to help you move and resettle the people, but for now, it's getting late, and I urgently need a guide who is familiar with the mountain roads in Wangxian Valley."
"I'm relatively familiar with it, I can take you there." Xiao Jin heard this and said quickly.
"I'd better go."
As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, Zhao Meng's voice came from the door.
Everyone turned around and saw that Zhao Meng was already standing at the door, looking at everyone with firm eyes.
"Zhao Meng?"
When everyone saw this, they shouted in unison.
Zhao Meng also walked into the office and took the initiative to explain: "Secretary Xiao, you should stay in Wangxian Town to take charge of the overall situation, and I am more familiar with the situation in the mountains than you. It is most suitable for me to take them there."
No one expected that a senior girl would be so responsible.
During the previous interview at the urban football field, Gu Chen found that the female football goalkeeper seemed to be a bit mature in speaking and seemed to be more mature than students of the same age.
Now, Zhao Meng has taken the initiative to serve as the guide for Gu Chen's team, which still surprises Gu Chen.
"No, that's too dangerous." Although Xiao Jin admired Zhao Meng's bravery, he still decisively refused.
But Zhao Meng didn't seem to give up, and then said: "I just heard it while hiding outside. My dad, and my second uncle are all missing on the mountain. I have to find them."
"Moreover, you also said that a barrier lake has been formed here, and the situation is already very dangerous. Muds and rockslides may rapidly pour down from the mountains at any time. By then, the entire Wangxian Town will be in danger."
"As the secretary of Wangxian Town, you must stay here to preside over the overall situation. You also have to deal with the blasting experts, and they also want to learn about the situation in Wangxian Town from you. You can't leave at all."
Xiao Jin was also shocked by the words of this senior high school girl. Only then did Xiao Jin realize that what Zhao Meng said was absolutely right.
In my current situation, I really can't leave Wangxian Town casually.
"However, it is very dangerous on the mountain at night, and the power on the mountain has been cut off..."
"It's okay, I'm used to walking at night." Before Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhao Meng responded firmly.
It seems that the role of guide is imperative for me.
In the office, everyone looked at each other and seemed to be stubborn about this girl.
Officer Wang hesitated for a few seconds, then sighed helplessly and said, "How about letting her go?"
"Old Wang, she is still a child, what if something happens to her?" Lu Weiwei retorted immediately after hearing this.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But before Officer Wang could refute, Zhao Meng first asked Lu Weiwei: "Sister Weiwei, can you still find a suitable guide now?"
"this……"
After hearing what Zhao Meng said, Lu Weiwei thought about it and realized that Wangxian Town was already in chaos.
The people all fled in all directions, and it seemed that they could not find a suitable guide to take them up the mountain.
In addition, it is getting late now and the mountains are full of dangers. It is estimated that no one dares to take this risk.
Lu Weiwei was stunned for a few seconds, but she still said helplessly: "But Zhao Meng, the mountains are very dangerous."
"But there are my father and second uncle in the mountains. They are all my relatives. I have to find them."
Seeing that everyone was still hesitating, Zhao Meng stamped her feet anxiously, walked to Gu Chen, took Gu Chen's arm and begged: "Officer Gu, just let me take you up the mountain? There is no time."
"If this drags on, the barrier lake may collapse. Even if blasting experts come, there is probably nothing they can do. Now we should find the villagers in the mountains immediately and help them move out."
"After that, the danger of the barrier lake can be eliminated, right?"
"You're right." Seeing that Zhao Meng was talking about this, Gu Chen felt helpless, but he still nodded in agreement:
"Okay then, you, Zhao Meng, will be our guide."
"marvelous……"
"But you have to remember." Before Zhao Meng could get excited, Gu Chen immediately interrupted:
"All actions are subject to command. You can only lead the way for us. You cannot act recklessly alone."
"Yeah." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Zhao Meng nodded fiercely.
"Also, you must walk among us." Gu Chen said.
"Okay." Zhao Meng continued to nod.
Gu Chen breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Yuan Shasha: "Xiao Yuan, go and prepare a life jacket for him and give her a rescue hat."
"No problem." After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Yuan Shasha immediately pulled Zhao Meng and reminded her, "Zhao Meng, follow me down to get the equipment first."
"Okay." Zhao Meng nodded, and then followed Yuan Shasha out of the office.
Seeing the two people leaving, Xiao Jin reminded: "Officer Gu, Zhao Meng is still a student. If you let her take this risk, who will be responsible if something happens?"
"I'm responsible." Seeing that Xiao Jin was still hesitating, Gu Chen said straightforwardly:
"If something happens, I, Gu Chen, will be responsible. I will also protect her and not put her in danger."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "For now, the most important thing is to eliminate the danger of the barrier lake. If the people on the mountain cannot be moved as soon as possible, once the barrier lake explodes or collapses naturally."
"If anything goes wrong, the entire Wangxian Town will be engulfed by mudslides. By then, this place will become an isolated island, and the old and weak villagers on the mountain will have no way to go down the mountain, and it will be difficult for them to obtain daily necessities."
"Moreover, mountain collapse has already occurred on the mountain. No one knows what is going on up there now. We must take action as soon as possible and we can no longer hesitate."
Gu Chen also talked a lot and felt very anxious.
But Gu Chen also knew that Xiao Jin was worried about Zhao Meng's safety.
But after analyzing the pros and cons, Xiao Jin also slammed the table and breathed a sigh of relief: "Forget it, if something happens, I, Xiao Jin, and you, Gu Chen, will bear the responsibility together. You immediately bring the necessary rescue supplies to Zhao Zhao."
Meng will take you up the mountain."
"Okay." After receiving Xiao Jin's agreement, Gu Chen immediately led the others and hurried to the area around the truck.
At this moment, Gu Chen selected 20 civilian auxiliary police officers from his criminal investigation team to form a search and rescue team.
These criminal investigation team police officers usually cooperate with me tacitly, and everyone knows everything.
Civilian auxiliary police from other security teams and patrol teams stayed in Wangxian Town to assist cadres and the masses in self-rescue and in relocating the masses.
In an instant, 21 people, including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, and guide Zhao Meng, had gathered near the truck.
Everyone was wearing a raincoat and a police FAST tactical helmet. Everyone was carrying a tactical backpack, carrying various rescue tools, medical supplies, as well as various drinking water and compressed biscuits.
After checking each other's equipment, Gu Chen helped guide Zhao Meng put on the FAST tactical helmet, patted Zhao Meng on the head and said, "How?"
"It's pretty cool." Zhao Meng said.
"Return to the team." Gu Chen said.
Soon, everyone stood in a formation, and Gu Chen and Officer Wang, as captains and deputy captains of the criminal investigation team, came to the crowd.
Officer Wang also shouted loudly: "From left to right, flow operation, report the number."
"one two three four……"
As the running water counting slogan sounded, the entire atmosphere became tense.
When Lu Weiwei finished shouting eighteen, Zhao Meng, who was standing next to Lu Weiwei, shouted nineteen loudly.
Officer Wang immediately shouted twenty, and Gu Chen shouted twenty-one.
Afterwards, Gu Chen shouted to everyone: "Everyone must be aware of our mission up the mountain this time. The purpose is to find the missing people on the list and bring them down the mountain safely."
"Since the power is out on the mountain and there is a storm, it is very dangerous to operate at night. But I hope you can save the people and protect yourself at the same time. Do you understand?"
"clear!!"
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone replied sonorously and forcefully.
"Very good." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhao Meng, who was at the bottom of the queue: "Zhao Meng."
"arrive!"
Zhao Meng responded loudly.
Obviously, Zhao Meng has entered into the character identity.
"Get out of the queue and come to the front." Gu Chen said.
"yes!"
Zhao Meng responded and trotted all the way to Gu Chen and faced everyone.
Gu Chen walked up to Zhao Meng, used a flashlight to shine on Zhao Meng's face, and reminded everyone: "You can see clearly, her name is Zhao Meng, she is from Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley, she will be our rescuer this time."
A guide to action.”
"But at the same time, she is also a senior high school student in Furong No. 1 Middle School in Jiangnan City. She just took the college entrance examination this year. She is a sports student, a goalkeeper in women's football, and may be the goalkeeper of the women's national team in the future, so everyone must protect Zhao Meng. Don't
Do you understand that this female football guide was harmed?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Understood!"
When Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone responded loudly.
This made Zhao Meng a little embarrassed.
Gu Chen glanced at Yuan Shasha in the team, and then reminded him: "Xiao Yuan, I leave Zhao Meng to you to take care of her. Protect her."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha readily agreed upon hearing this.
At this moment, Gu Chen lowered his head and looked at his watch. The time had reached 7:40 pm.
Seeing that the heavy rain was still raging, Gu Chen turned back and looked at Xiao Jin on the other side.
At this moment, a vehicle that seemed to be a blasting expert arrived, and Xiao Jin was introducing the current specific situation to the blasting expert.
Gu Chen didn't think much and said directly: "Everyone, turn right and set off. The target is Wangxian Valley Zhaojia Village."
"yes!"
Everyone responded loudly, turned right, formed a line, and ran quickly up the mountain entrance.
Zhao Meng wanted to walk ahead, but was caught by Yuan Shasha, who also reminded her: "Zhao Meng, follow me no matter what. When we don't know the road, you can show us the way again. Do you know the way?"
clear?"
"Understood." Zhao Meng seemed to know that everyone was protecting him, and Zhao Meng nodded silently, which was a little heart-warming.
Braving heavy rain, the 21-person search and rescue team was divided into seven groups.
In order to save the battery of the flashlight, only one person out of every three people turns on the light.
In the dark night, a group of people began to move forward in the rain.
At first, everyone's walking went smoothly.
Since it is the main road from Wangxian Town to Wangxian Valley, the steps are also very wide.
Of course, there were a lot of broken branches blocking the way, but they were not too much trouble.
However, after half an hour passed, everyone discovered that the steps on the road ahead were getting narrower and narrower, and various broken branches were everywhere on the steps, which caused some trouble for walking.
Coupled with the surge in river water in the mountains, these steps have actually been submerged by the surge in river water.
While everyone was walking, they began to lose sight of the steps under their feet.
In the end, everyone could only use hiking poles to explore the path ahead bit by bit.
And everyone supported each other and took every step with extreme caution.
It seemed like he would fall down the steps if he missed the step.
For safety reasons, Gu Chen was at the first step, allowing everyone to take a short break and adjust their status.
It is also required that all three people in each group must be fastened with safety ropes.
In this way, if someone loses his footing, the other two people can use the rope to rescue him.
And in every group of three, everyone can support each other.
Gu Chen squatted at the first stopping place. Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang immediately understood and covered Gu Chen with their raincoats.
Gu Chen called Zhao Meng to his side and asked her, "How long do you have to go to Zhaojia Village?"
Zhao Meng looked up at the steps in the distance and said thoughtfully, "It's probably four miles away from here."
"You can just walk along these steps to get there, right?" Gu Chen confirmed again.
"Yes." Zhao Meng nodded silently, and then added: "Normally, when it doesn't rain so heavily, you don't actually have to walk for long, but tonight, the steps have been flooded by the river, so everyone had better be careful."
"Yes, we can't see the road clearly now. We are walking on the steps, and the river water is almost submerged to our knees. If there is another wave of floods from above, it is estimated that half of our waists will be soaked in water. We have never seen it before.
This situation has never happened before." Lu Weiwei was also quite worried when she talked about this matter.
Zhao Meng quickly answered: "Don't say it's you, I have lived in Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley for so many years, and I have never experienced such a heavy rainstorm, nor have I seen such heavy water."
"That's because of the consecutive disasters caused by landslides." Officer Wang took a deep breath and began to worry about the dark road ahead.
Gu Chen lowered his head and looked at his watch, and continued to remind: "Stop resting, everyone, keep moving forward. We must seize the time, otherwise Wangxian Town below will be in big trouble."
"Yes, we must act quickly to find those missing villagers as soon as possible, otherwise Wangxian Town will really be submerged by the barrier lake."
Lu Weiwei also followed Gu Chen's tone and simply repeated it.
The police officers who were a little tired suddenly stood up straight.
Due to the rapid flow of the river from the mountains, it brought strong resistance to everyone's walking.
Therefore, every step we take now seems to be a huge challenge.
But time waits for no one, and everyone is aware of the current level of danger on the mountain.
At this time, another flood peak passed through, and the two team members exploring the road in front suddenly slipped and fell on the steps.
Because the sudden flood peak was too fierce, the two fell down several times in succession. Fortunately, the last team member held on to the guardrail and stabilized their position.
There was chaos in the front, and all the people in the rear immediately stopped moving forward. Everyone just held on to the damaged guardrail, not daring to take a breath.
I was afraid that I would be instantly involved in the flood in the mountains.
After a few minutes, it seemed that the current peak of the flood had passed, and the river water once again dropped from the waist to the knees.
Many team members began to tremble with fear. After all, no one had ever encountered such a terrifying natural disaster before.
"Is everyone okay?" Gu Chen called loudly.
"it's okay no problem!"
The responses were endless.
Gu Chen said again: "Keep going."
I don’t know how long I walked in this dark and terrifying environment, but everyone just felt like their bodies were floating.
It seems that if you lift your legs just a little, your whole person will float on the water, so everyone is extremely careful when walking.
The groups exploring the road ahead changed one batch after another.
Mainly the front-line exploration team was the most affected by the flood. In this dark and terrifying environment, it is easy to cause strong psychological pressure on people.
Therefore, under Gu Chen's suggestion, everyone began to constantly change the pathfinding formation to reduce the psychological pressure and physical strength of the frontline team members.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the three police officers who were exploring the road suddenly stopped and shouted to Gu Chen behind them: "Team Gu, there seems to be a village ahead."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "This is Zhaojiacun, this is my home."
Before Gu Chen could say anything, Zhao Meng, who was behind him, quickly replied.
"Are you sure this is where it is?" Gu Chen said.
"I'm sure, this is the territory of Zhaojiacun, on the right." Zhao Meng said with certainty.
"Let's go to Zhaojiacun." Gu Chen waved his hand, and the three police officers on standby immediately turned their heads and continued to walk forward cautiously.
Soon, the group finally came to a relatively open area.
Although the terrain is much wider than the previous narrow steps, the openness of Zhaojiacun is only relatively speaking.
The houses here are built against the mountains and are relatively scattered, but there is still a small village-named activity center in the middle area.
Everyone suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and came to the activity center to rest.
Having escaped being soaked and washed away by the flood, many police officers stopped and found themselves shivering all over.
It seems that he still hasn't recovered from the terrifying environment just now.
Gu Chen saw that Officer Wang next to him was also shaking all over, and he couldn't help but asked with concern: "Brother Wang, are you okay?"
"It's okay, maybe it's the body's natural reaction. Damn, my legs and hands are still shaking. I was almost knocked down by the flood a few times just now. Phew..."
Having said this, Officer Wang let out a long breath of relief, seeming to have recovered from the frightened state just now.
It can be said that the flood just now was so fast that it sometimes covered everyone's knees and sometimes covered everyone's waist.
Because the water flow was fast and covered everyone's waist, the steps ahead were not clearly visible.
Therefore, everyone walking around is on tenterhooks.
Everyone knows that if you are not careful, you may be swept away by the flood.
Moreover, there were originally some guardrails near the steps, but due to the flood, many of the guardrails were damaged.
Everyone can only rely on the wall on one side and hold on to the direction of the wall.
Even while walking, I couldn't find a rock to hold on to.
During such an uncertain walking journey, everyone finally overcame the difficulties and arrived at the first collection location, Zhaojia Village.
At this time, everyone recovered and realized that everyone was soaked from head to toe, and many people were shivering. This seemed to be a normal reaction of the body.
Before everyone could take a short rest, Zhao Meng ran quickly towards a two-story building.
Taking out the key, Zhao Meng opened the door, then waved to everyone and said, "Everyone, come in and take shelter from the rain. This is my home."
"Let's go." Gu Chen gasped and immediately led everyone away quickly.
This became a temporary shelter from the rain and a supply point for everyone.
But Zhao Meng did not stop and quickly searched for traces of his father.
"Dad, dad, where are you? Come out quickly. I'm here to find you. Dad, come out quickly."
The shouting continued, but it seemed to have no effect.
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