Chapter 1906
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Although Wangxian Town is a mountainous area, the transportation is quite convenient on weekdays. It takes about an hour to drive from Jiangnan City to arrive.
But now the heavy rain and traffic jams have made the entire road leading to Wangxian Town extremely congested.
Many residents of Wangxian Town tried to drive away from the disaster-stricken area, but rescue convoys continued to arrive.
Therefore, as long as there is a slight collision and friction of the vehicle, the entire road will be congested.
Gu Chen led a team to Wangxian Town for disaster relief, originally thinking that the car accident just now was just a small episode.
Unexpectedly, as the convoy traveled all the way, there were three small car accidents of various kinds, which delayed everyone's rescue work a lot.
When the vehicle came to the central area of Wangxian Town, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening.
At this moment, everyone parked their vehicles at the gate of Wangxian Town Central Primary School.
This is the relatively open area of the entire Wangxian Town.
Wangxian Town is located in a mountainous area, so the buildings are built on the mountain, which looks patchy. The main cause of the disaster this time is the Wangxian Valley, a scenic spot in Wangxian Town, where landslides occurred, causing the river to be sandwiched with gravel. Sliding and quickly destroying some buildings.
Due to the great power of the mudslide, it also blocked the river and destroyed a newly built antique landscape bridge.
The torrential rain also made the entire Wangxian Valley extremely dangerous. The flood continued to flow down from the mountains, and many people even walked down the steps. It became extremely dangerous.
The steps are slippery due to the flood, and the impact force is strong.
If you are not careful, you may be washed down the steps.
Fortunately, maybe with some minor injuries.
If it is serious, it will be washed down the steps and fall into the river beside it.
In addition, there were many natural villages around Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Therefore, 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 save themselves.
However, due to the lack of some necessary rescue equipment, they had to ask the city for help and dispatched some more professional rescue forces to participate in the rescue.
After Gu Chen parked the car, he signaled everyone to get off.
At this moment, the police officers who had already put on their 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, hurried over with an umbrella after being introduced by an assistant.
"Hello, comrade police, which unit are you from?" said the man with a bandage on his head.
Gu Chen turned around and immediately introduced himself: "Hi, we are from the 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."
"It turned out to be the rescue team." Seeing that Gu Chen was the rescue force dispatched by the Furong branch, and the man with a bandage on his head, he hurriedly shook hands with Gu Chen.
The man was young, he seemed to be about 30 years old, and he looked capable, like a senior intellectual.
The young male assistant on the side hurriedly introduced: "This is our secretary of Wangxian Town, Xiao Jin."
"Hello, Secretary Xiao, what's going on with you?" Seeing that the person who came was the secretary of Wangxian Town, Gu Chen hurriedly asked about Xiao Jin's injury.
Xiao Jin waved his hand and said, "It's not a problem. When I was rescuing the masses, I accidentally fell and scratched my head, but it's not a problem."
"That's good." Seeing that Xiao Jin's injury is not serious, Gu Chen asked again: "Then what is the situation like now? 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 the current situation in Wangxian Town? I still don't know anything, just like asking Xiao Jin about the situation at the scene.
Xiao Jin said with an ugly face: "There was a sudden mudslide in the mountains, destroying some buildings, and along the way, the mudslide also destroyed the bridge, blocked the river, and caused the river to be congested."
"The high water level has overflowed the river bank 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, the river is flooded everywhere. If the river is not dredged, the flood may flood our Wangxian Town forever."
"Is there no other measure?" Officer Wang asked.
Xiao Jin shook his head: "It is estimated that the bridge destroyed by the mudslide is sandwiched with many large pieces of building ruins, and the river channel is somewhat blocked, which is likely to form a barrier lake."
"I have already contacted my superiors, and I heard that they will send blasting experts to investigate the situation. If it is really dangerous, blasting measures may be taken."
"However, first of all, the people on both sides of the downstream must be dredged to avoid being affected by the barrier lake, so..."
Having said this, Xiao Jin's face gradually became heavy, as if he was not feeling well.
"Then now..." Lu Weiwei also saw Xiao Jin's worry.
Xiao Jin nodded: "The notification has been made, so you must have seen a lot of fleeing 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 investigate yet, and there are still many people who have lost contact upstream. I am worried, and I am worried about the comfort of those people who have lost contact."
"Especially now, we are in short supply of rescue equipment, at least not even a decent life jacket."
"Then you don't have to worry about it now." Seeing that Xiao Jin is a clever woman who can't live without rice, Gu Chen directly opened the skylight and said the truth:
"We came here this time and brought the rescue supplies from our Furong branch, including a large number of life jackets. You can arrange personnel to pick up the goods on the truck and distribute them to these disaster relief cadres and the masses."
"Really?" Seeing that Gu Chen came prepared, Xiao Jin's eyes lit up.
And seeing the driver master open the iron door of the truck, and when a truck full of supplies was placed in front of him, Xiao Jin was suddenly overjoyed, and hurried forward and said:
"Great, we are short of these things now, I will immediately organize personnel to help you unload these materials."
"Secretary Xiao." While Xiao Jin was still arranging personnel, Zhao Meng was already standing behind everyone holding an umbrella.
Xiao Jin turned his head to take a look, and then said: "It's Zhao Meng? Why are you back?"
"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. She has participated in the provincial middle school women's football league and the national middle school women's football league. She has won good awards. score."
"His father also told me that he will let his daughter join the national team in the future to contribute to the Chinese women's football team. Zhao Meng is a little celebrity in our Wangxian Town."
Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng was still a little embarrassed. She lowered her head shyly and said shyly, "How can Secretary Xiao say so much? That's my dad's bragging."
"Don't, you have this strength." Xiao Jin said.
Zhao Meng suddenly remembered what happened to him just now, so he hurriedly asked Xiao Jin: "By the way, Secretary Xiao, where is my dad? I haven't been able to contact him, nor can I get through to my family. When I get nervous, I come here in a police car." gone."
When Zhao Meng mentioned her father, Xiao Jin was a little embarrassed, and said in retrospect: "Your father seems to have lost contact on the mountain."
"Lost contact?" Zhao Meng immediately asked with a heavy face when she heard this, "Is...is there an accident or lost contact?"
"It's lost contact. I can't contact him for the time being. The last time I talked to him was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon."
"At that time, he told me that there seemed to be signs of a collapse in the mountain, so he took a few villagers to patrol the mountain and asked me to pay more attention."
"But later, the mountain collapsed and the mudslide broke out. I contacted your father again, and he was already out of contact."
"Then my dad, will he..." Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng's eyes turned red, and she was about to cry out of grievance.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha quickly hugged Zhao Meng and comforted her, "Zhao Meng, don't worry, your dad probably lost his phone, or his phone ran out of battery, don't worry, maybe he will go down the mountain by himself after a while."
"Yes, Zhao Meng, don't worry, don't you still have us?" Seeing that Zhao Meng was in a bad mood, Lu Weiwei hurried over to comfort her.
Police officer Wang glanced at Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin immediately understood, and quickly told the assistant beside him: "Xiao Jin, take Zhao Meng to a safe place quickly, the cargo is being unloaded here."
"Okay." Hearing the words, Xiao Jin's assistant quickly supported Zhao Meng, and after a few words of persuasion, he immediately took Zhao Meng away from the scene.
Gu Chen reminded, "Zhao Meng's luggage is still in our car."
"Don't worry, just let it go, anyway, Zhao Meng can't go home now." Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask him: "Secretary Xiao, what's going on on this mountain? Zhao Meng's father, what's going on now? Can you tell the truth now?"
"What I just said is the truth." Xiao Jin was also a little helpless, so he quickly explained to Gu Chen and the others:
"Zhao Meng's father is the village head of Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Zhaojia Village is also the largest natural village in Wangxian Valley."
"Before this, he called me and said that there were signs of a 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, and I don't know what the danger is in the mountains?"
"As soon as this old Zhao heard about it, he volunteered to organize several people from the village and went to the mountains together, but there is no news yet."
"How many people have gone to the mountain?" Officer Wang asked.
"There should be... there should be four or five." Xiao Jin said.
"Four or five?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe it when she heard it: "That is to say, before the mudslide happened, four or five people, including Village Chief Zhao, all went to the mountains, and now everyone has lost contact? "
"Uh……"
Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Xiao Jin hesitated for a few seconds before slowly nodding his head: "Although no matter how I try to beautify this matter, the fact is that none of these four or five villagers has called so far."
"Actually, even if a person's phone fails or has no power, he can use other phones to call. Although the signal is not good in the mountains, the phone can still be connected."
"But now, we've been waiting in Wangxian Town for a long time, until now it's dark, and there's no news of them. I guess...it's probably a bad luck."
"Ah?" Hearing Xiao Jin's words, Lu Weiwei was stunned and said, "Then, Zhao Meng's father and those villagers may be really in danger?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin seemed powerless to refute, so he could only silently admit it: "Maybe... maybe the person is gone now."
Speaking of this, Xiao Jin was also red-eyed, and said a little sadly: "Mr. Zhao is the first bosom friend I met when I was transferred here as a selected transfer student from the province."
"Because Village Chief Zhao has a lot of contacts in Wangxian Town's generation, so when I visited Zhaojia Village, Village Chief Zhao helped me sort out various problems in Wangxian Town, and brought me a lot in my future work. convenient."
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jin said sadly, "Old Zhao has a strong sense of responsibility. This time he went to the mountains to investigate, and he also proposed it on his own initiative."
"Because apart from Zhaojia Village, some other natural villages live in lonely old people, and they rarely go down the mountain."
"Generally needed daily necessities, Village Chief Zhao will send them there. This time, Village Chief Zhao went to investigate the situation, on the one hand to give an early warning of landslides, and on the other hand to transfer the lonely elderly in other villages."
"Because once a dangerous situation occurs in the mountains, it is difficult for these lonely old people on the mountains to save themselves, so..."
Having said this, Xiao Jin's eyes were already red.
He tried his best to restrain 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 volunteered: "We can go up the mountain to search and rescue those trapped people, but first, I need the specific list and location of those trapped on the mountain."
"Leave this to me, Officer Gu, come with me first." After Xiao Jin finished speaking, he was about to take Gu Chen to the office building beside him.
While Police Officer Wang ordered everyone to unload the rescue supplies, he also followed them.
In the secretary's office, Xiao Jin opened the drawer, quickly found a contact form in a transparent folder, and handed it directly to Gu Chen:
"The above is the list of residents on Wangxian Valley Mountain. The ones circled by the red pen are those lonely old people. They basically don't go down the mountain."
"Because of the complicated situation on the mountain now, we dare not rashly send personnel up the mountain to search and rescue without professional rescue tools."
Gu Chen took the list and took a look at the list of personnel and the village where they were located.
Afterwards, Gu Chen turned on the satellite map of his mobile phone, and analyzed the specific locations of other locations according to his own location.
After confirming the specific location, Gu Chen then confirmed with Xiao Jin: "Are these places?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded, and showed Gu Chen the exact location on the satellite map of his mobile phone: "This is Zhaojia Village. They are actually the closest to our Wangxian Town, and they are also the largest natural village in the mountains."
"Going further in from Zhaojia Village, there are several small roads leading to several other villages."
"And I guess, Zhao Village must have taken him first to the dangerous mountain location, which is here."
Seeing Xiao Jin mark the location, Gu Chen also saw that the satellite map was constantly zooming in, so he asked again:
"So this is where the danger happens, right?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded fiercely, and said helplessly, "Originally, I wanted someone to send a drone to search for a specific location."
"But now, the drone can't take off because of the storm, and we 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 a drone to take off."
"It's pretty bad." Lu Weiwei turned on the weather forecast on her phone and said in embarrassment: "Looking at the weather, the rain may last all night, and it may not gradually decrease 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 became a little nervous.
After all, the barrier lake is no joke. If you don’t blast it, the accumulated water may accumulate to a certain extent. Once it collapses, or the blasting force is too strong, the entire flood will pour down from the mountain.
By then, the power of the mudslide will also be at its maximum, and many roads and bridges along the way may not be spared.
At that time, it will be a catastrophe.
Thinking of this, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but gasp, feeling that the situation in his heart was extremely dangerous.
"When will the blasting experts arrive?" Gu Chen asked.
"Maybe already on the road, it's almost there. Just before you arrived, I called and heard that they are still stuck in traffic, but they are already very close." Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then said again: "Well, first, I will bring a rescue team and satellite communication equipment, and go to the mountains to search the situation above."
"Others stay here to help you transfer and resettle the masses, 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 still familiar with it, I can take you there." Xiao Jin said quickly after hearing this.
"Let me go."
As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, Zhao Meng's voice came from the door.
Everyone turned their heads and saw that Zhao Meng was already standing at the door, looking at everyone with firm eyes.
"Zhao Meng?"
Seeing this, everyone shouted in unison.
And 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 are. It is most suitable for me to take them there."
No one expected that a senior high school girl would be so responsible.
When interviewing at the urban football field before, Gu Chen found that the goalkeeper of the women's football team seemed to speak a bit mature, and he seemed to be more mature than students of his age.
Now, Zhao Meng is going to take the initiative to act as the guide of Gu Chen's team, which still surprised Gu Chen.
"No, that's too dangerous." Although Xiao Jin admired Zhao Meng's bravery, he still refused decisively.
But Zhao Meng didn't seem to give up, so she said again: "I just hid outside and heard it. My father and my second uncle are currently missing on the mountain. I have to find them."
"Besides, you also said that a barrier lake has been formed here, and the situation is already very dangerous. The mudslide may quickly pour down from the mountain at any time. By then, the entire Wangxian Town will be in danger."
"And you, as the secretary of Wangxian Town, must stay here to preside over the overall situation. You still have to deal with those blasting experts, and they still need to ask you about the situation in Wangxian Town. You can't leave at all."
He was also shocked by the words of this senior high school girl, Xiao Jin realized that what Zhao Meng said was right.
With my current situation, I really can't leave Wangxian Town casually.
"However, it is very dangerous to be on the mountain at night, and there is a power outage on the mountain..."
"It's okay, I'm used to walking at night." Before Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhao Meng responded resolutely.
It seems that as a guide, I am imperative.
In the office, everyone looked at each other, as if they couldn't resist this girl.
Officer Wang also seemed to hesitate for a few seconds before he sighed helplessly and said, "Why don't we just let her go?"
"Old Wang, she is still a child, what if something happens?" Lu Weiwei immediately retorted upon hearing this.
But before Police Officer Wang could refute, Zhao Meng first asked Lu Weiwei: "Sister Weiwei, can you still find a suitable guide now?"
"This……"
Hearing what Zhao Meng said, Lu Weiwei thought about it for a while, and it seems that the current Wangxian Town has already become a mess.
The crowd fled in all directions, and it seemed that they couldn't find a suitable guide to take them up the mountain.
In addition, it was getting late now and the mountains were full of dangers, so no one would dare to take the risk.
Lu Weiwei froze for a few seconds, but said helplessly, "But Zhao Meng, the mountains are very dangerous."
"But there are my dad and my second uncle in the mountains. They are all my relatives. I have to find them."
Seeing that everyone was still hesitating, Zhao Meng stomped her feet impatiently, walked to Gu Chen's side, grabbed Gu Chen's arm and begged, "Officer Gu, can you let me take you up the mountain? There is no time left."
"If this drags on, the barrier lake may collapse. Even if the blasting experts come over, there is probably no way out. Now we should immediately find the villagers in the mountains and help them move out."
"After that, the danger of the barrier lake can be ruled out, right?"
"You're right." Seeing that Zhao Meng said the same thing, although Gu Chen felt helpless, he still nodded in agreement:
"That's fine, you, Zhao Meng, will be our guide."
"awesome……"
"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 us the way, and you can't act recklessly alone."
"Yeah." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Zhao Meng nodded fiercely.
"Also, you must walk among us." Gu Chen said.
"Yes." Zhao Meng continued to nod.
Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Yuan Shasha, "Xiao Yuan, go and prepare a life jacket for him, and a rescue cap for her."
"No problem." Hearing Gu Chen's confession, Yuan Shasha immediately pulled Zhao Meng by the horse, and reminded, "Zhao Meng, you go down with me to get the equipment first."
"Okay." Zhao Meng nodded, and then followed Yuan Shasha out of the office.
Seeing the two leave, Xiao Jin reminded: "Officer Gu, Zhao Meng is still a student, you let her take this risk, if something happens, who will be responsible?"
"I'm in charge." Seeing that Xiao Jin was still hesitating, Gu Chen also said bluntly:
"If something goes wrong, I, Gu Chen, will be responsible. I will also protect her and not let him get into trouble."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "At present, 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 there is a slight difference, the entire Wangxian Town will be swallowed 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, there has been a collapse of the mountain on the mountain. No one knows what's going on up there now. We must take action as soon as possible, and we can't hesitate any longer."
Gu Chen also talked a lot, feeling very anxious.
But Gu Chen also knew that Xiao Jin was worried about Zhao Meng's safety.
However, after analyzing the pros and cons, Xiao Jin also slapped the table, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Forget it, if something happens, I, Xiao Jin, will take responsibility together with you, Gu Chen, and you will immediately bring the necessary rescue supplies to Zhao Meng will take you up the mountain."
"Okay." With Xiao Jin's consent, Gu Chen immediately led the others around the truck.
At this moment, Gu Chen selected 20 auxiliary police officers from his criminal investigation team to form a search and rescue team.
These police officers of the criminal investigation team usually cooperate with me tacitly, and everyone knows the basics.
The civilian auxiliary police of other security teams and patrol teams stayed in Wangxian Town to assist the cadres and the masses to save themselves together and transfer the masses.
In an instant, 21 people, including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, and guide Zhao Meng, had assembled near the truck.
All of them were wearing a set of raincoats and police FAST tactical helmets, and each carried a set of tactical backpacks, carrying various rescue tools, medical items, 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 is it?"
"It's pretty cool." Zhao Meng said.
"Return to the team." Gu Chen said.
Soon, everyone stood in a line, and Gu Chen and Officer Wang, as the chief and deputy captains of the criminal investigation team, came in front of them.
Police 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 atmosphere of the whole scene became tense.
When Lu Weiwei finished calling eighteen, Zhao Meng, who was standing beside Lu Weiwei, shouted nineteen loudly.
Officer Wang immediately shouted twenty, and Gu Chen shouted twenty-one.
Afterwards, Gu Chen shouted to everyone: "Our mission to go up the mountain this time, everyone must have understood that the purpose is to find those missing persons on the list and bring them down the mountain safely."
"Because the power has been cut off on the mountain, and it is stormy again, it is dangerous to operate at night, but I hope you can save the masses and protect yourself at the same time, do you understand?"
"clear!!"
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone replied sonorously.
"Very good." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhao Meng, who was at the bottom of the line, "Zhao Meng."
"arrive!"
Zhao Meng responded loudly.
Obviously, Zhao Meng has entered the role identity.
"Get out, come to the front." Gu Chen said.
"Yes!"
Zhao Meng responded, trotting all the way to Gu Chen, and facing the crowd.
Gu Chen walked up to Zhao Meng, illuminated Zhao Meng's face with a flashlight, and reminded everyone: "You can see clearly, her name is Zhao Meng, and she is from Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley. She will be our rescue agent this time." 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 finished the college entrance examination this year. She is a sports student. She is a goalkeeper in women's football. She may be the goalkeeper of the women's national team in the future, so everyone must protect Zhao Meng. Let this women's football guide get hurt, do you understand?"
"clear!"
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: "Xiao Yuan, Zhao Meng will be taken by you, and protect her."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha readily agreed upon hearing this.
At this moment, Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and the time had come to 7:40 in the evening.
Seeing that the torrential rain was still raging, Gu Chen turned to look at Xiao Jin on the other side.
At this moment, it seems that the vehicle of the blasting expert arrived, and Xiao Jin was introducing the current specific situation to the blasting expert.
Gu Chen didn't think too much, and said directly: "Everyone, turn right, start, the target is Zhaojia Village in Xiangu."
"Yes!"
Everyone responded loudly, everyone turned right, formed a line, and ran quickly up the mountain entrance.
Zhao Meng wanted to go ahead, but was caught by Yuan Shasha, who also reminded: "Zhao Meng, follow me no matter what, when we don't know the way, you can show us the way, don't you know? clear?"
"Understood." As if knowing that everyone was protecting her, Zhao Meng nodded silently, warming her heart.
Braving the torrential rain, the 21-member search and rescue team was divided into 7 teams.
In order to save the battery of the flashlight, only one person in every three people has the light on.
In the dark night, a team of people began to move forward in the rain.
At first, everyone was walking smoothly.
Since it is the main road from Wangxian Town to Wangxian Valley, the steps are also very spacious.
Of course, there were also many broken branches blocking the way, but that was not too much trouble.
But after half an hour passed, everyone found that the steps on the road ahead were getting narrower and narrower, and all kinds of broken branches were everywhere on the steps, which brought some troubles to walking.
Coupled with the soaring river water in the mountains, these steps have already been submerged by the soaring river water.
While everyone was walking, they began to lose sight of the steps under their feet.
In the end, everyone could only use trekking poles to explore the road ahead bit by bit.
And everyone supported each other, taking every step with extra care.
It seems that if one foot is in the air, he is about to fall down the steps.
For the sake of safety, Gu Chen was on the first step and asked everyone to rest and adjust their status.
And it is required that the three members of each group must be fastened with a safety rope.
That way, if someone stumbles, the other two can use the rope to help.
And in groups of three, everyone can support each other.
Gu Chen squatted at the first stop, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang immediately understood, and directly covered Gu Chen with a raincoat.
Gu Chen called Zhao Meng to her side and asked her, "How long will you go to Zhaojia Village?"
Zhao Meng looked up at the steps in the distance, thought about it and said, "From here, there are probably still four miles to go."
"Is it right to walk straight along this step?" Gu Chen confirmed again.
"Yes." Zhao Meng nodded silently, and then said: "Usually, when it doesn't rain so heavily, it doesn't take long to walk, but tonight, the steps have been submerged by the river, so everyone should be careful."
"Yeah, I can't see the road now. Everyone is walking on the steps, and the river is almost submerged to the knees. If there is another wave of flood peaks above, it is estimated that half of our waists will be soaked in the water. I have never seen it before." This kind of situation has passed." Lu Weiwei was also quite worried when talking about this matter.
Zhao Meng quickly answered, "Don't say it's you, I've lived in Wangxian Valley Zhaojia Village for so many years, and I've never seen such a heavy rain or flood."
"That's because of the continuous disasters caused by landslides." Officer Wang took a deep breath and began to worry about the dark road ahead.
Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and continued to remind: "Stop resting, everyone keep going, we must hurry up, otherwise Wangxian Town below will be in big trouble."
"Yeah, we have to act quickly and find those villagers who have lost contact as soon as possible, otherwise Wangxian Town will really be submerged by the barrier lake."
Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's tone and simply repeated it.
The police officers, who were a little tired, immediately stood up straight.
Due to the turbulent river flowing down from the mountains, it brings strong resistance to everyone's walking.
So now every step we take seems to be a huge challenge.
But time is not waiting for us, everyone knows the current level of danger on the mountain.
At this time, another wave of flood peaks crossed the border, and the two team members who were exploring the way ahead accidentally fell on the steps.
Because the sudden flood peak was too fierce, the two fell several times in a row, but fortunately the last team member pulled the guardrail, and then they stabilized their position.
There was chaos in the front, and all the people behind immediately stopped moving forward. Everyone just grabbed the damaged guardrail and dared not take a breath.
I am afraid that I will be involved in the flood in this mountain in an instant.
A few minutes later, it seemed that this round of flood peak had passed, and the river again fell to the waist and down to the knees.
Many team members began to tremble with fear. After all, no one had encountered such a horrible natural disaster before.
"Is everyone alright?" Gu Chen called out loudly.
"it's okay no problem!"
Responses continued.
Gu Chen said again: "Keep going."
I don't know how long I have been walking in this dark and terrifying environment. Everyone just feels that all their bodies are floating.
It seems that as long as you lift your legs a little, the whole person will float on the water, so everyone walks with extra care.
The pathfinding team in front changed from batch to batch.
It is mainly the forward pathfinding team, which is 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 change the pathfinding formation constantly to reduce the psychological pressure and physical strength of the front team members.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the three police officers who were exploring the road in front suddenly stopped, and shouted to Gu Chen who was behind him: "Captain Gu, there seems to be a village ahead."
"It's Zhao's Village, it's my home."
Before Gu Chen could speak, Zhao Meng behind him hurriedly replied.
"Are you sure it's here?" Gu Chen said.
"Sure, this is the territory of Zhaojia Village, it's on the right." Zhao Meng said with certainty.
"Let's go, let's go to Zhaojia Village." Gu Chen waved his hand, and the three police officers who were on standby immediately turned their heads away 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 Zhaojia Village is only relatively speaking.
The houses here are built along the hills and are relatively scattered, but there is still a small activity center with the name of the village in the middle area.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and came to the activity center to rest and recuperate.
Having escaped the immersion and washing of the flood, many police officers stopped in their tracks, but found themselves trembling all over.
It seems that he has not recovered from the terrifying environment just now.
Seeing that Police Officer Wang beside him was also trembling all over, Gu Chen couldn't help asking with concern: "Senior Brother Wang, are you alright?"
"It's okay, maybe it's a natural reaction of the body. Damn, my legs and hands are still shaking non-stop. There were several times just now, and I was almost washed away by the flood. Huh..."
Speaking of this, Police Officer Wang let out a long and heavy breath, as if recovering from the state of shock just now.
It can be said that the flood just now was turbulent, sometimes over our knees and sometimes over our waists.
Due to the turbulent water flow, and over the waist position of everyone, the steps in front are not clearly visible.
Therefore, everyone walking, everyone is worried.
Everyone knows that as long as you don't pay attention, you may be swept away by the flood.
Moreover, there were originally some guardrails near the steps, but many guardrails were damaged due to the impact of the flood.
Everyone can only rely on the position of the wall on one side, holding on to the direction of the wall.
Not even a rock to hold on to while walking.
On such an uncertain journey, we finally overcame difficulties and arrived at the first collection site, Zhaojia Village.
At this moment, everyone who had regained their senses realized that everyone's body was already soaked, and many people were shivering. This seemed to be a normal reaction of the body.
Before everyone had 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 hide from the rain, this is my home."
"Let's go." Gu Chen panted, and immediately led everyone to walk quickly.
This has become a temporary shelter for everyone, as well as a place for supplies.
But Zhao Meng did not stop, but quickly searched for his father's trace.
"Dad, where are you, Dad? Come out quickly, I'm here to find you, come out quickly, Dad."
There was a lot of shouting, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
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Although Wangxian Town is a mountainous area, the transportation is quite convenient on weekdays. It takes about an hour to drive from Jiangnan City to arrive.
But now the heavy rain and traffic jams have made the entire road leading to Wangxian Town extremely congested.
Many residents of Wangxian Town tried to drive away from the disaster-stricken area, but rescue convoys continued to arrive.
Therefore, as long as there is a slight collision and friction of the vehicle, the entire road will be congested.
Gu Chen led a team to Wangxian Town for disaster relief, originally thinking that the car accident just now was just a small episode.
Unexpectedly, as the convoy traveled all the way, there were three small car accidents of various kinds, which delayed everyone's rescue work a lot.
When the vehicle came to the central area of Wangxian Town, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening.
At this moment, everyone parked their vehicles at the gate of Wangxian Town Central Primary School.
This is the relatively open area of the entire Wangxian Town.
Wangxian Town is located in a mountainous area, so the buildings are built on the mountain, which looks patchy. The main cause of the disaster this time is the Wangxian Valley, a scenic spot in Wangxian Town, where landslides occurred, causing the river to be sandwiched with gravel. Sliding and quickly destroying some buildings.
Due to the great power of the mudslide, it also blocked the river and destroyed a newly built antique landscape bridge.
The torrential rain also made the entire Wangxian Valley extremely dangerous. The flood continued to flow down from the mountains, and many people even walked down the steps. It became extremely dangerous.
The steps are slippery due to the flood, and the impact force is strong.
If you are not careful, you may be washed down the steps.
Fortunately, maybe with some minor injuries.
If it is serious, it will be washed down the steps and fall into the river beside it.
In addition, there were many natural villages around Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Therefore, 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 save themselves.
However, due to the lack of some necessary rescue equipment, they had to ask the city for help and dispatched some more professional rescue forces to participate in the rescue.
After Gu Chen parked the car, he signaled everyone to get off.
At this moment, the police officers who had already put on their 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, hurried over with an umbrella after being introduced by an assistant.
"Hello, comrade police, which unit are you from?" said the man with a bandage on his head.
Gu Chen turned around and immediately introduced himself: "Hi, we are from the 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."
"It turned out to be the rescue team." Seeing that Gu Chen was the rescue force dispatched by the Furong branch, and the man with a bandage on his head, he hurriedly shook hands with Gu Chen.
The man was young, he seemed to be about 30 years old, and he looked capable, like a senior intellectual.
The young male assistant on the side hurriedly introduced: "This is our secretary of Wangxian Town, Xiao Jin."
"Hello, Secretary Xiao, what's going on with you?" Seeing that the person who came was the secretary of Wangxian Town, Gu Chen hurriedly asked about Xiao Jin's injury.
Xiao Jin waved his hand and said, "It's not a problem. When I was rescuing the masses, I accidentally fell and scratched my head, but it's not a problem."
"That's good." Seeing that Xiao Jin's injury is not serious, Gu Chen asked again: "Then what is the situation like now? 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 the current situation in Wangxian Town? I still don't know anything, just like asking Xiao Jin about the situation at the scene.
Xiao Jin said with an ugly face: "There was a sudden mudslide in the mountains, destroying some buildings, and along the way, the mudslide also destroyed the bridge, blocked the river, and caused the river to be congested."
"The high water level has overflowed the river bank 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, the river is flooded everywhere. If the river is not dredged, the flood may flood our Wangxian Town forever."
"Is there no other measure?" Officer Wang asked.
Xiao Jin shook his head: "It is estimated that the bridge destroyed by the mudslide is sandwiched with many large pieces of building ruins, and the river channel is somewhat blocked, which is likely to form a barrier lake."
"I have already contacted my superiors, and I heard that they will send blasting experts to investigate the situation. If it is really dangerous, blasting measures may be taken."
"However, first of all, the people on both sides of the downstream must be dredged to avoid being affected by the barrier lake, so..."
Having said this, Xiao Jin's face gradually became heavy, as if he was not feeling well.
"Then now..." Lu Weiwei also saw Xiao Jin's worry.
Xiao Jin nodded: "The notification has been made, so you must have seen a lot of fleeing 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 investigate yet, and there are still many people who have lost contact upstream. I am worried, and I am worried about the comfort of those people who have lost contact."
"Especially now, we are in short supply of rescue equipment, at least not even a decent life jacket."
"Then you don't have to worry about it now." Seeing that Xiao Jin is a clever woman who can't live without rice, Gu Chen directly opened the skylight and said the truth:
"We came here this time and brought the rescue supplies from our Furong branch, including a large number of life jackets. You can arrange personnel to pick up the goods on the truck and distribute them to these disaster relief cadres and the masses."
"Really?" Seeing that Gu Chen came prepared, Xiao Jin's eyes lit up.
And seeing the driver master open the iron door of the truck, and when a truck full of supplies was placed in front of him, Xiao Jin was suddenly overjoyed, and hurried forward and said:
"Great, we are short of these things now, I will immediately organize personnel to help you unload these materials."
"Secretary Xiao." While Xiao Jin was still arranging personnel, Zhao Meng was already standing behind everyone holding an umbrella.
Xiao Jin turned his head to take a look, and then said: "It's Zhao Meng? Why are you back?"
"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. She has participated in the provincial middle school women's football league and the national middle school women's football league. She has won good awards. score."
"His father also told me that he will let his daughter join the national team in the future to contribute to the Chinese women's football team. Zhao Meng is a little celebrity in our Wangxian Town."
Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng was still a little embarrassed. She lowered her head shyly and said shyly, "How can Secretary Xiao say so much? That's my dad's bragging."
"Don't, you have this strength." Xiao Jin said.
Zhao Meng suddenly remembered what happened to him just now, so he hurriedly asked Xiao Jin: "By the way, Secretary Xiao, where is my dad? I haven't been able to contact him, nor can I get through to my family. When I get nervous, I come here in a police car." gone."
When Zhao Meng mentioned her father, Xiao Jin was a little embarrassed, and said in retrospect: "Your father seems to have lost contact on the mountain."
"Lost contact?" Zhao Meng immediately asked with a heavy face when she heard this, "Is...is there an accident or lost contact?"
"It's lost contact. I can't contact him for the time being. The last time I talked to him was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon."
"At that time, he told me that there seemed to be signs of a collapse in the mountain, so he took a few villagers to patrol the mountain and asked me to pay more attention."
"But later, the mountain collapsed and the mudslide broke out. I contacted your father again, and he was already out of contact."
"Then my dad, will he..." Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng's eyes turned red, and she was about to cry out of grievance.
Seeing this, Yuan Shasha quickly hugged Zhao Meng and comforted her, "Zhao Meng, don't worry, your dad probably lost his phone, or his phone ran out of battery, don't worry, maybe he will go down the mountain by himself after a while."
"Yes, Zhao Meng, don't worry, don't you still have us?" Seeing that Zhao Meng was in a bad mood, Lu Weiwei hurried over to comfort her.
Police officer Wang glanced at Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin immediately understood, and quickly told the assistant beside him: "Xiao Jin, take Zhao Meng to a safe place quickly, the cargo is being unloaded here."
"Okay." Hearing the words, Xiao Jin's assistant quickly supported Zhao Meng, and after a few words of persuasion, he immediately took Zhao Meng away from the scene.
Gu Chen reminded, "Zhao Meng's luggage is still in our car."
"Don't worry, just let it go, anyway, Zhao Meng can't go home now." Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask him: "Secretary Xiao, what's going on on this mountain? Zhao Meng's father, what's going on now? Can you tell the truth now?"
"What I just said is the truth." Xiao Jin was also a little helpless, so he quickly explained to Gu Chen and the others:
"Zhao Meng's father is the village head of Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Zhaojia Village is also the largest natural village in Wangxian Valley."
"Before this, he called me and said that there were signs of a 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, and I don't know what the danger is in the mountains?"
"As soon as this old Zhao heard about it, he volunteered to organize several people from the village and went to the mountains together, but there is no news yet."
"How many people have gone to the mountain?" Officer Wang asked.
"There should be... there should be four or five." Xiao Jin said.
"Four or five?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe it when she heard it: "That is to say, before the mudslide happened, four or five people, including Village Chief Zhao, all went to the mountains, and now everyone has lost contact? "
"Uh……"
Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Xiao Jin hesitated for a few seconds before slowly nodding his head: "Although no matter how I try to beautify this matter, the fact is that none of these four or five villagers has called so far."
"Actually, even if a person's phone fails or has no power, he can use other phones to call. Although the signal is not good in the mountains, the phone can still be connected."
"But now, we've been waiting in Wangxian Town for a long time, until now it's dark, and there's no news of them. I guess...it's probably a bad luck."
"Ah?" Hearing Xiao Jin's words, Lu Weiwei was stunned and said, "Then, Zhao Meng's father and those villagers may be really in danger?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin seemed powerless to refute, so he could only silently admit it: "Maybe... maybe the person is gone now."
Speaking of this, Xiao Jin was also red-eyed, and said a little sadly: "Mr. Zhao is the first bosom friend I met when I was transferred here as a selected transfer student from the province."
"Because Village Chief Zhao has a lot of contacts in Wangxian Town's generation, so when I visited Zhaojia Village, Village Chief Zhao helped me sort out various problems in Wangxian Town, and brought me a lot in my future work. convenient."
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jin said sadly, "Old Zhao has a strong sense of responsibility. This time he went to the mountains to investigate, and he also proposed it on his own initiative."
"Because apart from Zhaojia Village, some other natural villages live in lonely old people, and they rarely go down the mountain."
"Generally needed daily necessities, Village Chief Zhao will send them there. This time, Village Chief Zhao went to investigate the situation, on the one hand to give an early warning of landslides, and on the other hand to transfer the lonely elderly in other villages."
"Because once a dangerous situation occurs in the mountains, it is difficult for these lonely old people on the mountains to save themselves, so..."
Having said this, Xiao Jin's eyes were already red.
He tried his best to restrain 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 volunteered: "We can go up the mountain to search and rescue those trapped people, but first, I need the specific list and location of those trapped on the mountain."
"Leave this to me, Officer Gu, come with me first." After Xiao Jin finished speaking, he was about to take Gu Chen to the office building beside him.
While Police Officer Wang ordered everyone to unload the rescue supplies, he also followed them.
In the secretary's office, Xiao Jin opened the drawer, quickly found a contact form in a transparent folder, and handed it directly to Gu Chen:
"The above is the list of residents on Wangxian Valley Mountain. The ones circled by the red pen are those lonely old people. They basically don't go down the mountain."
"Because of the complicated situation on the mountain now, we dare not rashly send personnel up the mountain to search and rescue without professional rescue tools."
Gu Chen took the list and took a look at the list of personnel and the village where they were located.
Afterwards, Gu Chen turned on the satellite map of his mobile phone, and analyzed the specific locations of other locations according to his own location.
After confirming the specific location, Gu Chen then confirmed with Xiao Jin: "Are these places?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded, and showed Gu Chen the exact location on the satellite map of his mobile phone: "This is Zhaojia Village. They are actually the closest to our Wangxian Town, and they are also the largest natural village in the mountains."
"Going further in from Zhaojia Village, there are several small roads leading to several other villages."
"And I guess, Zhao Village must have taken him first to the dangerous mountain location, which is here."
Seeing Xiao Jin mark the location, Gu Chen also saw that the satellite map was constantly zooming in, so he asked again:
"So this is where the danger happens, right?"
"Yes." Xiao Jin nodded fiercely, and said helplessly, "Originally, I wanted someone to send a drone to search for a specific location."
"But now, the drone can't take off because of the storm, and we 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 a drone to take off."
"It's pretty bad." Lu Weiwei turned on the weather forecast on her phone and said in embarrassment: "Looking at the weather, the rain may last all night, and it may not gradually decrease 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 became a little nervous.
After all, the barrier lake is no joke. If you don’t blast it, the accumulated water may accumulate to a certain extent. Once it collapses, or the blasting force is too strong, the entire flood will pour down from the mountain.
By then, the power of the mudslide will also be at its maximum, and many roads and bridges along the way may not be spared.
At that time, it will be a catastrophe.
Thinking of this, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but gasp, feeling that the situation in his heart was extremely dangerous.
"When will the blasting experts arrive?" Gu Chen asked.
"Maybe already on the road, it's almost there. Just before you arrived, I called and heard that they are still stuck in traffic, but they are already very close." Xiao Jin said.
Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then said again: "Well, first, I will bring a rescue team and satellite communication equipment, and go to the mountains to search the situation above."
"Others stay here to help you transfer and resettle the masses, 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 still familiar with it, I can take you there." Xiao Jin said quickly after hearing this.
"Let me go."
As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, Zhao Meng's voice came from the door.
Everyone turned their heads and saw that Zhao Meng was already standing at the door, looking at everyone with firm eyes.
"Zhao Meng?"
Seeing this, everyone shouted in unison.
And 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 are. It is most suitable for me to take them there."
No one expected that a senior high school girl would be so responsible.
When interviewing at the urban football field before, Gu Chen found that the goalkeeper of the women's football team seemed to speak a bit mature, and he seemed to be more mature than students of his age.
Now, Zhao Meng is going to take the initiative to act as the guide of Gu Chen's team, which still surprised Gu Chen.
"No, that's too dangerous." Although Xiao Jin admired Zhao Meng's bravery, he still refused decisively.
But Zhao Meng didn't seem to give up, so she said again: "I just hid outside and heard it. My father and my second uncle are currently missing on the mountain. I have to find them."
"Besides, you also said that a barrier lake has been formed here, and the situation is already very dangerous. The mudslide may quickly pour down from the mountain at any time. By then, the entire Wangxian Town will be in danger."
"And you, as the secretary of Wangxian Town, must stay here to preside over the overall situation. You still have to deal with those blasting experts, and they still need to ask you about the situation in Wangxian Town. You can't leave at all."
He was also shocked by the words of this senior high school girl, Xiao Jin realized that what Zhao Meng said was right.
With my current situation, I really can't leave Wangxian Town casually.
"However, it is very dangerous to be on the mountain at night, and there is a power outage on the mountain..."
"It's okay, I'm used to walking at night." Before Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhao Meng responded resolutely.
It seems that as a guide, I am imperative.
In the office, everyone looked at each other, as if they couldn't resist this girl.
Officer Wang also seemed to hesitate for a few seconds before he sighed helplessly and said, "Why don't we just let her go?"
"Old Wang, she is still a child, what if something happens?" Lu Weiwei immediately retorted upon hearing this.
But before Police Officer Wang could refute, Zhao Meng first asked Lu Weiwei: "Sister Weiwei, can you still find a suitable guide now?"
"This……"
Hearing what Zhao Meng said, Lu Weiwei thought about it for a while, and it seems that the current Wangxian Town has already become a mess.
The crowd fled in all directions, and it seemed that they couldn't find a suitable guide to take them up the mountain.
In addition, it was getting late now and the mountains were full of dangers, so no one would dare to take the risk.
Lu Weiwei froze for a few seconds, but said helplessly, "But Zhao Meng, the mountains are very dangerous."
"But there are my dad and my second uncle in the mountains. They are all my relatives. I have to find them."
Seeing that everyone was still hesitating, Zhao Meng stomped her feet impatiently, walked to Gu Chen's side, grabbed Gu Chen's arm and begged, "Officer Gu, can you let me take you up the mountain? There is no time left."
"If this drags on, the barrier lake may collapse. Even if the blasting experts come over, there is probably no way out. Now we should immediately find the villagers in the mountains and help them move out."
"After that, the danger of the barrier lake can be ruled out, right?"
"You're right." Seeing that Zhao Meng said the same thing, although Gu Chen felt helpless, he still nodded in agreement:
"That's fine, you, Zhao Meng, will be our guide."
"awesome……"
"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 us the way, and you can't act recklessly alone."
"Yeah." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Zhao Meng nodded fiercely.
"Also, you must walk among us." Gu Chen said.
"Yes." Zhao Meng continued to nod.
Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Yuan Shasha, "Xiao Yuan, go and prepare a life jacket for him, and a rescue cap for her."
"No problem." Hearing Gu Chen's confession, Yuan Shasha immediately pulled Zhao Meng by the horse, and reminded, "Zhao Meng, you go down with me to get the equipment first."
"Okay." Zhao Meng nodded, and then followed Yuan Shasha out of the office.
Seeing the two leave, Xiao Jin reminded: "Officer Gu, Zhao Meng is still a student, you let her take this risk, if something happens, who will be responsible?"
"I'm in charge." Seeing that Xiao Jin was still hesitating, Gu Chen also said bluntly:
"If something goes wrong, I, Gu Chen, will be responsible. I will also protect her and not let him get into trouble."
After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "At present, 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 there is a slight difference, the entire Wangxian Town will be swallowed 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, there has been a collapse of the mountain on the mountain. No one knows what's going on up there now. We must take action as soon as possible, and we can't hesitate any longer."
Gu Chen also talked a lot, feeling very anxious.
But Gu Chen also knew that Xiao Jin was worried about Zhao Meng's safety.
However, after analyzing the pros and cons, Xiao Jin also slapped the table, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Forget it, if something happens, I, Xiao Jin, will take responsibility together with you, Gu Chen, and you will immediately bring the necessary rescue supplies to Zhao Meng will take you up the mountain."
"Okay." With Xiao Jin's consent, Gu Chen immediately led the others around the truck.
At this moment, Gu Chen selected 20 auxiliary police officers from his criminal investigation team to form a search and rescue team.
These police officers of the criminal investigation team usually cooperate with me tacitly, and everyone knows the basics.
The civilian auxiliary police of other security teams and patrol teams stayed in Wangxian Town to assist the cadres and the masses to save themselves together and transfer the masses.
In an instant, 21 people, including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, and guide Zhao Meng, had assembled near the truck.
All of them were wearing a set of raincoats and police FAST tactical helmets, and each carried a set of tactical backpacks, carrying various rescue tools, medical items, 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 is it?"
"It's pretty cool." Zhao Meng said.
"Return to the team." Gu Chen said.
Soon, everyone stood in a line, and Gu Chen and Officer Wang, as the chief and deputy captains of the criminal investigation team, came in front of them.
Police 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 atmosphere of the whole scene became tense.
When Lu Weiwei finished calling eighteen, Zhao Meng, who was standing beside Lu Weiwei, shouted nineteen loudly.
Officer Wang immediately shouted twenty, and Gu Chen shouted twenty-one.
Afterwards, Gu Chen shouted to everyone: "Our mission to go up the mountain this time, everyone must have understood that the purpose is to find those missing persons on the list and bring them down the mountain safely."
"Because the power has been cut off on the mountain, and it is stormy again, it is dangerous to operate at night, but I hope you can save the masses and protect yourself at the same time, do you understand?"
"clear!!"
As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone replied sonorously.
"Very good." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhao Meng, who was at the bottom of the line, "Zhao Meng."
"arrive!"
Zhao Meng responded loudly.
Obviously, Zhao Meng has entered the role identity.
"Get out, come to the front." Gu Chen said.
"Yes!"
Zhao Meng responded, trotting all the way to Gu Chen, and facing the crowd.
Gu Chen walked up to Zhao Meng, illuminated Zhao Meng's face with a flashlight, and reminded everyone: "You can see clearly, her name is Zhao Meng, and she is from Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley. She will be our rescue agent this time." 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 finished the college entrance examination this year. She is a sports student. She is a goalkeeper in women's football. She may be the goalkeeper of the women's national team in the future, so everyone must protect Zhao Meng. Let this women's football guide get hurt, do you understand?"
"clear!"
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: "Xiao Yuan, Zhao Meng will be taken by you, and protect her."
"Yes." Yuan Shasha readily agreed upon hearing this.
At this moment, Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and the time had come to 7:40 in the evening.
Seeing that the torrential rain was still raging, Gu Chen turned to look at Xiao Jin on the other side.
At this moment, it seems that the vehicle of the blasting expert arrived, and Xiao Jin was introducing the current specific situation to the blasting expert.
Gu Chen didn't think too much, and said directly: "Everyone, turn right, start, the target is Zhaojia Village in Xiangu."
"Yes!"
Everyone responded loudly, everyone turned right, formed a line, and ran quickly up the mountain entrance.
Zhao Meng wanted to go ahead, but was caught by Yuan Shasha, who also reminded: "Zhao Meng, follow me no matter what, when we don't know the way, you can show us the way, don't you know? clear?"
"Understood." As if knowing that everyone was protecting her, Zhao Meng nodded silently, warming her heart.
Braving the torrential rain, the 21-member search and rescue team was divided into 7 teams.
In order to save the battery of the flashlight, only one person in every three people has the light on.
In the dark night, a team of people began to move forward in the rain.
At first, everyone was walking smoothly.
Since it is the main road from Wangxian Town to Wangxian Valley, the steps are also very spacious.
Of course, there were also many broken branches blocking the way, but that was not too much trouble.
But after half an hour passed, everyone found that the steps on the road ahead were getting narrower and narrower, and all kinds of broken branches were everywhere on the steps, which brought some troubles to walking.
Coupled with the soaring river water in the mountains, these steps have already been submerged by the soaring river water.
While everyone was walking, they began to lose sight of the steps under their feet.
In the end, everyone could only use trekking poles to explore the road ahead bit by bit.
And everyone supported each other, taking every step with extra care.
It seems that if one foot is in the air, he is about to fall down the steps.
For the sake of safety, Gu Chen was on the first step and asked everyone to rest and adjust their status.
And it is required that the three members of each group must be fastened with a safety rope.
That way, if someone stumbles, the other two can use the rope to help.
And in groups of three, everyone can support each other.
Gu Chen squatted at the first stop, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang immediately understood, and directly covered Gu Chen with a raincoat.
Gu Chen called Zhao Meng to her side and asked her, "How long will you go to Zhaojia Village?"
Zhao Meng looked up at the steps in the distance, thought about it and said, "From here, there are probably still four miles to go."
"Is it right to walk straight along this step?" Gu Chen confirmed again.
"Yes." Zhao Meng nodded silently, and then said: "Usually, when it doesn't rain so heavily, it doesn't take long to walk, but tonight, the steps have been submerged by the river, so everyone should be careful."
"Yeah, I can't see the road now. Everyone is walking on the steps, and the river is almost submerged to the knees. If there is another wave of flood peaks above, it is estimated that half of our waists will be soaked in the water. I have never seen it before." This kind of situation has passed." Lu Weiwei was also quite worried when talking about this matter.
Zhao Meng quickly answered, "Don't say it's you, I've lived in Wangxian Valley Zhaojia Village for so many years, and I've never seen such a heavy rain or flood."
"That's because of the continuous disasters caused by landslides." Officer Wang took a deep breath and began to worry about the dark road ahead.
Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and continued to remind: "Stop resting, everyone keep going, we must hurry up, otherwise Wangxian Town below will be in big trouble."
"Yeah, we have to act quickly and find those villagers who have lost contact as soon as possible, otherwise Wangxian Town will really be submerged by the barrier lake."
Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's tone and simply repeated it.
The police officers, who were a little tired, immediately stood up straight.
Due to the turbulent river flowing down from the mountains, it brings strong resistance to everyone's walking.
So now every step we take seems to be a huge challenge.
But time is not waiting for us, everyone knows the current level of danger on the mountain.
At this time, another wave of flood peaks crossed the border, and the two team members who were exploring the way ahead accidentally fell on the steps.
Because the sudden flood peak was too fierce, the two fell several times in a row, but fortunately the last team member pulled the guardrail, and then they stabilized their position.
There was chaos in the front, and all the people behind immediately stopped moving forward. Everyone just grabbed the damaged guardrail and dared not take a breath.
I am afraid that I will be involved in the flood in this mountain in an instant.
A few minutes later, it seemed that this round of flood peak had passed, and the river again fell to the waist and down to the knees.
Many team members began to tremble with fear. After all, no one had encountered such a horrible natural disaster before.
"Is everyone alright?" Gu Chen called out loudly.
"it's okay no problem!"
Responses continued.
Gu Chen said again: "Keep going."
I don't know how long I have been walking in this dark and terrifying environment. Everyone just feels that all their bodies are floating.
It seems that as long as you lift your legs a little, the whole person will float on the water, so everyone walks with extra care.
The pathfinding team in front changed from batch to batch.
It is mainly the forward pathfinding team, which is 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 change the pathfinding formation constantly to reduce the psychological pressure and physical strength of the front team members.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the three police officers who were exploring the road in front suddenly stopped, and shouted to Gu Chen who was behind him: "Captain Gu, there seems to be a village ahead."
"It's Zhao's Village, it's my home."
Before Gu Chen could speak, Zhao Meng behind him hurriedly replied.
"Are you sure it's here?" Gu Chen said.
"Sure, this is the territory of Zhaojia Village, it's on the right." Zhao Meng said with certainty.
"Let's go, let's go to Zhaojia Village." Gu Chen waved his hand, and the three police officers who were on standby immediately turned their heads away 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 Zhaojia Village is only relatively speaking.
The houses here are built along the hills and are relatively scattered, but there is still a small activity center with the name of the village in the middle area.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and came to the activity center to rest and recuperate.
Having escaped the immersion and washing of the flood, many police officers stopped in their tracks, but found themselves trembling all over.
It seems that he has not recovered from the terrifying environment just now.
Seeing that Police Officer Wang beside him was also trembling all over, Gu Chen couldn't help asking with concern: "Senior Brother Wang, are you alright?"
"It's okay, maybe it's a natural reaction of the body. Damn, my legs and hands are still shaking non-stop. There were several times just now, and I was almost washed away by the flood. Huh..."
Speaking of this, Police Officer Wang let out a long and heavy breath, as if recovering from the state of shock just now.
It can be said that the flood just now was turbulent, sometimes over our knees and sometimes over our waists.
Due to the turbulent water flow, and over the waist position of everyone, the steps in front are not clearly visible.
Therefore, everyone walking, everyone is worried.
Everyone knows that as long as you don't pay attention, you may be swept away by the flood.
Moreover, there were originally some guardrails near the steps, but many guardrails were damaged due to the impact of the flood.
Everyone can only rely on the position of the wall on one side, holding on to the direction of the wall.
Not even a rock to hold on to while walking.
On such an uncertain journey, we finally overcame difficulties and arrived at the first collection site, Zhaojia Village.
At this moment, everyone who had regained their senses realized that everyone's body was already soaked, and many people were shivering. This seemed to be a normal reaction of the body.
Before everyone had 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 hide from the rain, this is my home."
"Let's go." Gu Chen panted, and immediately led everyone to walk quickly.
This has become a temporary shelter for everyone, as well as a place for supplies.
But Zhao Meng did not stop, but quickly searched for his father's trace.
"Dad, where are you, Dad? Come out quickly, I'm here to find you, come out quickly, Dad."
There was a lot of shouting, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
...
Although Wangxian Town is a mountainous area, the transportation is quite convenient on weekdays. It takes about an hour to drive from Jiangnan City to arrive. But now the heavy rain and traffic jams have made the entire road leading to Wangxian Town extremely congested. Many residents of Wangxian Town tried to drive away from the disaster-stricken area, but rescue convoys continued to arrive. Therefore, as long as there is a slight collision and friction of the vehicle, the entire road will be congested. Gu Chen led a team to Wangxian Town for disaster relief, originally thinking that the car accident just now was just a small episode. Unexpectedly, as the convoy traveled all the way, there were three small car accidents of various kinds, which delayed everyone's rescue work a lot. When the vehicle came to the central area of Wangxian Town, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening. At this moment, everyone parked their vehicles at the gate of Wangxian Town Central Primary School. This is the relatively open area of the entire Wangxian Town. Wangxian Town is located in a mountainous area, so the buildings are built on the mountain, which looks patchy. The main cause of the disaster this time is the Wangxian Valley, a scenic spot in Wangxian Town, where landslides occurred, causing the river to be sandwiched with gravel. Sliding and quickly destroying some buildings. Due to the great power of the mudslide, it also blocked the river and destroyed a newly built antique landscape bridge. The torrential rain also made the entire Wangxian Valley extremely dangerous. The flood continued to flow down from the mountains, and many people even walked down the steps. It became extremely dangerous. The steps are slippery due to the flood, and the impact force is strong. If you are not careful, you may be washed down the steps. Fortunately, maybe with some minor injuries. If it is serious, it will be washed down the steps and fall into the river beside it. In addition, there were many natural villages around Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Therefore, 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 save themselves. However, due to the lack of some necessary rescue equipment, they had to ask the city for help and dispatched some more professional rescue forces to participate in the rescue. After Gu Chen parked the car, he signaled everyone to get off. At this moment, the police officers who had already put on their 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, hurried over with an umbrella after being introduced by an assistant. "Hello, comrade police, which unit are you from?" said the man with a bandage on his head. Gu Chen turned around and immediately introduced himself: "Hi, we are from the 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." "It turned out to be the rescue team." Seeing that Gu Chen was the rescue force dispatched by the Furong branch, and the man with a bandage on his head, he hurriedly shook hands with Gu Chen. The man was young, he seemed to be about 30 years old, and he looked capable, like a senior intellectual. The young male assistant on the side hurriedly introduced: "This is our secretary of Wangxian Town, Xiao Jin." "Hello, Secretary Xiao, what's going on with you?" Seeing that the person who came was the secretary of Wangxian Town, Gu Chen hurriedly asked about Xiao Jin's injury. Xiao Jin waved his hand and said, "It's not a problem. When I was rescuing the masses, I accidentally fell and scratched my head, but it's not a problem." "That's good." Seeing that Xiao Jin's injury is not serious, Gu Chen asked again: "Then what is the situation like now? 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 the current situation in Wangxian Town? I still don't know anything, just like asking Xiao Jin about the situation at the scene. Xiao Jin said with an ugly face: "There was a sudden mudslide in the mountains, destroying some buildings, and along the way, the mudslide also destroyed the bridge, blocked the river, and caused the river to be congested." "The high water level has overflowed the river bank 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, the river is flooded everywhere. If the river is not dredged, the flood may flood our Wangxian Town forever." "Is there no other measure?" Officer Wang asked. Xiao Jin shook his head: "It is estimated that the bridge destroyed by the mudslide is sandwiched with many large pieces of building ruins, and the river channel is somewhat blocked, which is likely to form a barrier lake." "I have already contacted my superiors, and I heard that they will send blasting experts to investigate the situation. If it is really dangerous, blasting measures may be taken." "However, first of all, the people on both sides of the downstream must be dredged to avoid being affected by the barrier lake, so..." Having said this, Xiao Jin's face gradually became heavy, as if he was not feeling well. "Then now..." Lu Weiwei also saw Xiao Jin's worry. Xiao Jin nodded: "The notification has been made, so you must have seen a lot of fleeing 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 investigate yet, and there are still many people who have lost contact upstream. I am worried, and I am worried about the comfort of those people who have lost contact." "Especially now, we are in short supply of rescue equipment, at least not even a decent life jacket." "Then you don't have to worry about it now." Seeing that Xiao Jin is a clever woman who can't live without rice, Gu Chen directly opened the skylight and said the truth: "We came here this time and brought the rescue supplies from our Furong branch, including a large number of life jackets. You can arrange personnel to pick up the goods on the truck and distribute them to these disaster relief cadres and the masses." "Really?" Seeing that Gu Chen came prepared, Xiao Jin's eyes lit up. And seeing the driver master open the iron door of the truck, and when a truck full of supplies was placed in front of him, Xiao Jin was suddenly overjoyed, and hurried forward and said: "Great, we are short of these things now, I will immediately organize personnel to help you unload these materials." "Secretary Xiao." While Xiao Jin was still arranging personnel, Zhao Meng was already standing behind everyone holding an umbrella. Xiao Jin turned his head to take a look, and then said: "It's Zhao Meng? Why are you back?" "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. She has participated in the provincial middle school women's football league and the national middle school women's football league. She has won good awards. score." "His father also told me that he will let his daughter join the national team in the future to contribute to the Chinese women's football team. Zhao Meng is a little celebrity in our Wangxian Town." Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng was still a little embarrassed. She lowered her head shyly and said shyly, "How can Secretary Xiao say so much? That's my dad's bragging." "Don't, you have this strength." Xiao Jin said. Zhao Meng suddenly remembered what happened to him just now, so he hurriedly asked Xiao Jin: "By the way, Secretary Xiao, where is my dad? I haven't been able to contact him, nor can I get through to my family. When I get nervous, I come here in a police car." gone." When Zhao Meng mentioned her father, Xiao Jin was a little embarrassed, and said in retrospect: "Your father seems to have lost contact on the mountain." "Lost contact?" Zhao Meng immediately asked with a heavy face when she heard this, "Is...is there an accident or lost contact?" "It's lost contact. I can't contact him for the time being. The last time I talked to him was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon." "At that time, he told me that there seemed to be signs of a collapse in the mountain, so he took a few villagers to patrol the mountain and asked me to pay more attention." "But later, the mountain collapsed and the mudslide broke out. I contacted your father again, and he was already out of contact." "Then my dad, will he..." Hearing what Xiao Jin said, Zhao Meng's eyes turned red, and she was about to cry out of grievance. Seeing this, Yuan Shasha quickly hugged Zhao Meng and comforted her, "Zhao Meng, don't worry, your dad probably lost his phone, or his phone ran out of battery, don't worry, maybe he will go down the mountain by himself after a while." "Yes, Zhao Meng, don't worry, don't you still have us?" Seeing that Zhao Meng was in a bad mood, Lu Weiwei hurried over to comfort her. Police officer Wang glanced at Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin immediately understood, and quickly told the assistant beside him: "Xiao Jin, take Zhao Meng to a safe place quickly, the cargo is being unloaded here." "Okay." Hearing the words, Xiao Jin's assistant quickly supported Zhao Meng, and after a few words of persuasion, he immediately took Zhao Meng away from the scene. Gu Chen reminded, "Zhao Meng's luggage is still in our car." "Don't worry, just let it go, anyway, Zhao Meng can't go home now." Xiao Jin said. Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask him: "Secretary Xiao, what's going on on this mountain? Zhao Meng's father, what's going on now? Can you tell the truth now?" "What I just said is the truth." Xiao Jin was also a little helpless, so he quickly explained to Gu Chen and the others: "Zhao Meng's father is the village head of Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley Scenic Area. Zhaojia Village is also the largest natural village in Wangxian Valley." "Before this, he called me and said that there were signs of a 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, and I don't know what the danger is in the mountains?" "As soon as this old Zhao heard about it, he volunteered to organize several people from the village and went to the mountains together, but there is no news yet." "How many people have gone to the mountain?" Officer Wang asked. "There should be... there should be four or five." Xiao Jin said. "Four or five?" Lu Weiwei couldn't believe it when she heard it: "That is to say, before the mudslide happened, four or five people, including Village Chief Zhao, all went to the mountains, and now everyone has lost contact? " "Uh" Hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Xiao Jin hesitated for a few seconds before slowly nodding his head: "Although no matter how I try to beautify this matter, the fact is that none of these four or five villagers has called so far." "Actually, even if a person's phone fails or has no power, he can use other phones to call. Although the signal is not good in the mountains, the phone can still be connected." "But now, we've been waiting in Wangxian Town for a long time, until now it's dark, and there's no news of them. I guess...it's probably a bad luck." "Ah?" Hearing Xiao Jin's words, Lu Weiwei was stunned and said, "Then, Zhao Meng's father and those villagers may be really in danger?" "Yes." Xiao Jin seemed powerless to refute, so he could only silently admit it: "Maybe... maybe the person is gone now." Speaking of this, Xiao Jin was also red-eyed, and said a little sadly: "Mr. Zhao is the first bosom friend I met when I was transferred here as a selected transfer student from the province." "Because Village Chief Zhao has a lot of contacts in Wangxian Town's generation, so when I visited Zhaojia Village, Village Chief Zhao helped me sort out various problems in Wangxian Town, and brought me a lot in my future work. convenient." Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jin said sadly, "Old Zhao has a strong sense of responsibility. This time he went to the mountains to investigate, and he also proposed it on his own initiative." "Because apart from Zhaojia Village, some other natural villages live in lonely old people, and they rarely go down the mountain." "Generally needed daily necessities, Village Chief Zhao will send them there. This time, Village Chief Zhao went to investigate the situation, on the one hand to give an early warning of landslides, and on the other hand to transfer the lonely elderly in other villages." "Because once a dangerous situation occurs in the mountains, it is difficult for these lonely old people on the mountains to save themselves, so..." Having said this, Xiao Jin's eyes were already red. He tried his best to restrain 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 volunteered: "We can go up the mountain to search and rescue those trapped people, but first, I need the specific list and location of those trapped on the mountain." "Leave this to me, Officer Gu, come with me first." After Xiao Jin finished speaking, he was about to take Gu Chen to the office building beside him. While Police Officer Wang ordered everyone to unload the rescue supplies, he also followed them. In the secretary's office, Xiao Jin opened the drawer, quickly found a contact form in a transparent folder, and handed it directly to Gu Chen: "The above is the list of residents on Wangxian Valley Mountain. The ones circled by the red pen are those lonely old people. They basically don't go down the mountain." "Because of the complicated situation on the mountain now, we dare not rashly send personnel up the mountain to search and rescue without professional rescue tools." Gu Chen took the list and took a look at the list of personnel and the village where they were located. Afterwards, Gu Chen turned on the satellite map of his mobile phone, and analyzed the specific locations of other locations according to his own location. After confirming the specific location, Gu Chen then confirmed with Xiao Jin: "Are these places?" "Yes." Xiao Jin nodded, and showed Gu Chen the exact location on the satellite map of his mobile phone: "This is Zhaojia Village. They are actually the closest to our Wangxian Town, and they are also the largest natural village in the mountains." "Going further in from Zhaojia Village, there are several small roads leading to several other villages." "And I guess, Zhao Village must have taken him first to the dangerous mountain location, which is here." Seeing Xiao Jin mark the location, Gu Chen also saw that the satellite map was constantly zooming in, so he asked again: "So this is where the danger happens, right?" "Yes." Xiao Jin nodded fiercely, and said helplessly, "Originally, I wanted someone to send a drone to search for a specific location." "But now, the drone can't take off because of the storm, and we 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 a drone to take off." "It's pretty bad." Lu Weiwei turned on the weather forecast on her phone and said in embarrassment: "Looking at the weather, the rain may last all night, and it may not gradually decrease 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 became a little nervous. After all, the barrier lake is no joke. If you don't blast it, the accumulated water may accumulate to a certain extent. Once it collapses, or the blasting force is too strong, the entire flood will pour down from the mountain. By then, the power of the mudslide will also be at its maximum, and many roads and bridges along the way may not be spared. At that time, it will be a catastrophe. Thinking of this, Police Officer Wang couldn't help but gasp, feeling that the situation in his heart was extremely dangerous. "When will the blasting experts arrive?" Gu Chen asked. "Maybe already on the road, it's almost there. Just before you arrived, I called and heard that they are still stuck in traffic, but they are already very close." Xiao Jin said. Gu Chen hesitated for a few seconds, and then said again: "Well, first, I will bring a rescue team and satellite communication equipment, and go to the mountains to search the situation above." "Others stay here to help you transfer and resettle the masses, 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 still familiar with it, I can take you there." Xiao Jin said quickly after hearing this. "Let me go." As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, Zhao Meng's voice came from the door. Everyone turned their heads and saw that Zhao Meng was already standing at the door, looking at everyone with firm eyes. "Zhao Meng?" Seeing this, everyone shouted in unison. And 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 are. It is most suitable for me to take them there." No one expected that a senior high school girl would be so responsible. When interviewing at the urban football field before, Gu Chen found that the goalkeeper of the women's football team seemed to speak a bit mature, and he seemed to be more mature than students of his age. Now, Zhao Meng is going to take the initiative to act as the guide of Gu Chen's team, which still surprised Gu Chen. "No, that's too dangerous." Although Xiao Jin admired Zhao Meng's bravery, he still refused decisively. But Zhao Meng didn't seem to give up, so she said again: "I just hid outside and heard it. My father and my second uncle are currently missing on the mountain. I have to find them." "Besides, you also said that a barrier lake has been formed here, and the situation is already very dangerous. The mudslide may quickly pour down from the mountain at any time. By then, the entire Wangxian Town will be in danger." "And you, as the secretary of Wangxian Town, must stay here to preside over the overall situation. You still have to deal with those blasting experts, and they still need to ask you about the situation in Wangxian Town. You can't leave at all." He was also shocked by the words of this senior high school girl, Xiao Jin realized that what Zhao Meng said was right. With my current situation, I really can't leave Wangxian Town casually. "However, it is very dangerous to be on the mountain at night, and there is a power outage on the mountain..." "It's okay, I'm used to walking at night." Before Gu Chen finished speaking, Zhao Meng responded resolutely. It seems that as a guide, I am imperative. In the office, everyone looked at each other, as if they couldn't resist this girl. Officer Wang also seemed to hesitate for a few seconds before he sighed helplessly and said, "Why don't we just let her go?" "Old Wang, she is still a child, what if something happens?" Lu Weiwei immediately retorted upon hearing this. But before Police Officer Wang could refute, Zhao Meng first asked Lu Weiwei: "Sister Weiwei, can you still find a suitable guide now?" "This" Hearing what Zhao Meng said, Lu Weiwei thought about it for a while, and it seems that the current Wangxian Town has already become a mess. The crowd fled in all directions, and it seemed that they couldn't find a suitable guide to take them up the mountain. In addition, it was getting late now and the mountains were full of dangers, so no one would dare to take the risk. Lu Weiwei froze for a few seconds, but said helplessly, "But Zhao Meng, the mountains are very dangerous." "But there are my dad and my second uncle in the mountains. They are all my relatives. I have to find them." Seeing that everyone was still hesitating, Zhao Meng stomped her feet impatiently, walked to Gu Chen's side, grabbed Gu Chen's arm and begged, "Officer Gu, can you let me take you up the mountain? There is no time left." "If this drags on, the barrier lake may collapse. Even if the blasting experts come over, there is probably no way out. Now we should immediately find the villagers in the mountains and help them move out." "After that, the danger of the barrier lake can be ruled out, right?" "You're right." Seeing that Zhao Meng said the same thing, although Gu Chen felt helpless, he still nodded in agreement: "That's fine, you, Zhao Meng, will be our guide." "awesome" "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 us the way, and you can't act recklessly alone." "Yeah." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Zhao Meng nodded fiercely. "Also, you must walk among us." Gu Chen said. "Yes." Zhao Meng continued to nod. Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Yuan Shasha, "Xiao Yuan, go and prepare a life jacket for him, and a rescue cap for her." "No problem." Hearing Gu Chen's confession, Yuan Shasha immediately pulled Zhao Meng by the horse, and reminded, "Zhao Meng, you go down with me to get the equipment first." "Okay." Zhao Meng nodded, and then followed Yuan Shasha out of the office. Seeing the two leave, Xiao Jin reminded: "Officer Gu, Zhao Meng is still a student, you let her take this risk, if something happens, who will be responsible?" "I'm in charge." Seeing that Xiao Jin was still hesitating, Gu Chen also said bluntly: "If something goes wrong, I, Gu Chen, will be responsible. I will also protect her and not let him get into trouble." After a pause, Gu Chen said again: "At present, 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 there is a slight difference, the entire Wangxian Town will be swallowed 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, there has been a collapse of the mountain on the mountain. No one knows what's going on up there now. We must take action as soon as possible, and we can't hesitate any longer." Gu Chen also talked a lot, feeling very anxious. But Gu Chen also knew that Xiao Jin was worried about Zhao Meng's safety. However, after analyzing the pros and cons, Xiao Jin also slapped the table, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Forget it, if something happens, I, Xiao Jin, will take responsibility together with you, Gu Chen, and you will immediately bring the necessary rescue supplies to Zhao Meng will take you up the mountain." "Okay." With Xiao Jin's consent, Gu Chen immediately led the others around the truck. At this moment, Gu Chen selected 20 auxiliary police officers from his criminal investigation team to form a search and rescue team. These police officers of the criminal investigation team usually cooperate with me tacitly, and everyone knows the basics. The civilian auxiliary police of other security teams and patrol teams stayed in Wangxian Town to assist the cadres and the masses to save themselves together and transfer the masses. In an instant, 21 people, including Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha, and guide Zhao Meng, had assembled near the truck. All of them were wearing a set of raincoats and police FAST tactical helmets, and each carried a set of tactical backpacks, carrying various rescue tools, medical items, 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 is it?" "It's pretty cool." Zhao Meng said. "Return to the team." Gu Chen said. Soon, everyone stood in a line, and Gu Chen and Officer Wang, as the chief and deputy captains of the criminal investigation team, came in front of them. Police 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 atmosphere of the whole scene became tense. When Lu Weiwei finished calling eighteen, Zhao Meng, who was standing beside Lu Weiwei, shouted nineteen loudly. Officer Wang immediately shouted twenty, and Gu Chen shouted twenty-one. Afterwards, Gu Chen shouted to everyone: "Our mission to go up the mountain this time, everyone must have understood that the purpose is to find those missing persons on the list and bring them down the mountain safely." "Because the power has been cut off on the mountain, and it is stormy again, it is dangerous to operate at night, but I hope you can save the masses and protect yourself at the same time, do you understand?" "clear!!" As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, everyone replied sonorously. "Very good." Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhao Meng, who was at the bottom of the line, "Zhao Meng." "arrive!" Zhao Meng responded loudly. Obviously, Zhao Meng has entered the role identity. "Get out, come to the front." Gu Chen said. "Yes!" Zhao Meng responded, trotting all the way to Gu Chen, and facing the crowd. Gu Chen walked up to Zhao Meng, illuminated Zhao Meng's face with a flashlight, and reminded everyone: "You can see clearly, her name is Zhao Meng, and she is from Zhaojia Village in Wangxian Valley. She will be our rescue agent this time." 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 finished the college entrance examination this year. She is a sports student. She is a goalkeeper in women's football. She may be the goalkeeper of the women's national team in the future, so everyone must protect Zhao Meng. Let this women's football guide get hurt, do you understand?" "clear!" 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: "Xiao Yuan, Zhao Meng will be taken by you, and protect her." "Yes." Yuan Shasha readily agreed upon hearing this. At this moment, Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and the time had come to 7:40 in the evening. Seeing that the torrential rain was still raging, Gu Chen turned to look at Xiao Jin on the other side. At this moment, it seems that the vehicle of the blasting expert arrived, and Xiao Jin was introducing the current specific situation to the blasting expert. Gu Chen didn't think too much, and said directly: "Everyone, turn right, start, the target is Zhaojia Village in Xiangu." "Yes!" Everyone responded loudly, everyone turned right, formed a line, and ran quickly up the mountain entrance. Zhao Meng wanted to go ahead, but was caught by Yuan Shasha, who also reminded: "Zhao Meng, follow me no matter what, when we don't know the way, you can show us the way, don't you know? clear?" "Understood." As if knowing that everyone was protecting her, Zhao Meng nodded silently, warming her heart. Braving the torrential rain, the 21-member search and rescue team was divided into 7 teams. In order to save the battery of the flashlight, only one person in every three people has the light on. In the dark night, a team of people began to move forward in the rain. At first, everyone was walking smoothly. Since it is the main road from Wangxian Town to Wangxian Valley, the steps are also very spacious. Of course, there were also many broken branches blocking the way, but that was not too much trouble. But after half an hour passed, everyone found that the steps on the road ahead were getting narrower and narrower, and all kinds of broken branches were everywhere on the steps, which brought some troubles to walking. Coupled with the soaring river water in the mountains, these steps have already been submerged by the soaring river water. While everyone was walking, they began to lose sight of the steps under their feet. In the end, everyone could only use trekking poles to explore the road ahead bit by bit. And everyone supported each other, taking every step with extra care. It seems that if one foot is in the air, he is about to fall down the steps. For the sake of safety, Gu Chen was on the first step and asked everyone to rest and adjust their status. And it is required that the three members of each group must be fastened with a safety rope. That way, if someone stumbles, the other two can use the rope to help. And in groups of three, everyone can support each other. Gu Chen squatted at the first stop, Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang immediately understood, and directly covered Gu Chen with a raincoat. Gu Chen called Zhao Meng to her side and asked her, "How long will you go to Zhaojia Village?" Zhao Meng looked up at the steps in the distance, thought about it and said, "From here, there are probably still four miles to go." "Is it right to walk straight along this step?" Gu Chen confirmed again. "Yes." Zhao Meng nodded silently, and then said: "Usually, when it doesn't rain so heavily, it doesn't take long to walk, but tonight, the steps have been submerged by the river, so everyone should be careful." "Yeah, I can't see the road now. Everyone is walking on the steps, and the river is almost submerged to the knees. If there is another wave of flood peaks above, it is estimated that half of our waists will be soaked in the water. I have never seen it before." This kind of situation has passed." Lu Weiwei was also quite worried when talking about this matter. Zhao Meng quickly answered, "Don't say it's you, I've lived in Wangxian Valley Zhaojia Village for so many years, and I've never seen such a heavy rain or flood." "That's because of the continuous disasters caused by landslides." Officer Wang took a deep breath and began to worry about the dark road ahead. Gu Chen looked down at his watch, and continued to remind: "Stop resting, everyone keep going, we must hurry up, otherwise Wangxian Town below will be in big trouble." "Yeah, we have to act quickly and find those villagers who have lost contact as soon as possible, otherwise Wangxian Town will really be submerged by the barrier lake." Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's tone and simply repeated it. The police officers, who were a little tired, immediately stood up straight. Due to the turbulent river flowing down from the mountains, it brings strong resistance to everyone's walking. So now every step we take seems to be a huge challenge. But time is not waiting for us, everyone knows the current level of danger on the mountain. At this time, another wave of flood peaks crossed the border, and the two team members who were exploring the way ahead accidentally fell on the steps. Because the sudden flood peak was too fierce, the two fell several times in a row, but fortunately the last team member pulled the guardrail, and then they stabilized their position. There was chaos in the front, and all the people behind immediately stopped moving forward. Everyone just grabbed the damaged guardrail and dared not take a breath. I am afraid that I will be involved in the flood in this mountain in an instant. A few minutes later, it seemed that this round of flood peak had passed, and the river again fell to the waist and down to the knees. Many team members began to tremble with fear. After all, no one had encountered such a horrible natural disaster before. "Is everyone alright?" Gu Chen called out loudly. "it's okay no problem!" Responses continued. Gu Chen said again: "Keep going." I don't know how long I have been walking in this dark and terrifying environment. Everyone just feels that all their bodies are floating. It seems that as long as you lift your legs a little, the whole person will float on the water, so everyone walks with extra care. The pathfinding team in front changed from batch to batch. It is mainly the forward pathfinding team, which is 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 change the pathfinding formation constantly to reduce the psychological pressure and physical strength of the front team members. After walking for an unknown amount of time, the three police officers who were exploring the road in front suddenly stopped, and shouted to Gu Chen who was behind him: "Captain Gu, there seems to be a village ahead." "It's Zhao's Village, it's my home." Before Gu Chen could speak, Zhao Meng behind him hurriedly replied. "Are you sure it's here?" Gu Chen said. "Sure, this is the territory of Zhaojia Village, it's on the right." Zhao Meng said with certainty. "Let's go, let's go to Zhaojia Village." Gu Chen waved his hand, and the three police officers who were on standby immediately turned their heads away 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 Zhaojia Village is only relatively speaking. The houses here are built along the hills and are relatively scattered, but there is still a small activity center with the name of the village in the middle area. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and came to the activity center to rest and recuperate. Having escaped the immersion and washing of the flood, many police officers stopped in their tracks, but found themselves trembling all over. It seems that he has not recovered from the terrifying environment just now. Seeing that Police Officer Wang beside him was also trembling all over, Gu Chen couldn't help asking with concern: "Senior Brother Wang, are you alright?" "It's okay, maybe it's a natural reaction of the body. Damn, my legs and hands are still shaking non-stop. There were several times just now, and I was almost washed away by the flood. Huh..." Speaking of this, Police Officer Wang let out a long and heavy breath, as if recovering from the state of shock just now. It can be said that the flood just now was turbulent, sometimes over our knees and sometimes over our waists. Due to the turbulent water flow, and over the waist position of everyone, the steps in front are not clearly visible. Therefore, everyone walking, everyone is worried. Everyone knows that as long as you don't pay attention, you may be swept away by the flood. Moreover, there were originally some guardrails near the steps, but many guardrails were damaged due to the impact of the flood. Everyone can only rely on the position of the wall on one side, holding on to the direction of the wall. Not even a rock to hold on to while walking. On such an uncertain journey, we finally overcame difficulties and arrived at the first collection site, Zhaojia Village. At this moment, everyone who had regained their senses realized that everyone's body was already soaked, and many people were shivering. This seemed to be a normal reaction of the body. Before everyone had 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 hide from the rain, this is my home." "Let's go." Gu Chen panted, and immediately led everyone to walk quickly. This has become a temporary shelter for everyone, as well as a place for supplies. But Zhao Meng did not stop, but quickly searched for his father's trace. "Dad, where are you, Dad? Come out quickly, I'm here to find you, come out quickly, Dad." There was a lot of shouting, but it didn't seem to have any effect. ...
