After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 283: Chapter 224 Despair, Hope

"Instructor, let me go! I’m the squad leader of the Special Duty Squad, no matter the life or death situation on the third floor, I must rescue them!"

Fang Huai thumped his chest, making a military oath.

However, Cao Yi dared not respond.

The situation at hand was one of life and death.

Fang Huai was the squadron’s hope, with boundless potential.

Losing him to injury or disability, let alone death, would be a devastating loss to the squadron’s future development.

The leadership of the whole corps might lose a lot of interest in the subsequent planning for the Second Squadron.

Fang Huai wasn’t wrong about Cao Yi; he was someone whose rationality bordered on ruthlessness.

After a long pause, Cao Yi refused:

"Little Black has just said, the inside is extremely complicated. To rescue people in the shortest time after entering, if you go and there’s an accident, it could cost you your life.

Your physical strength, in a fire scene, will not give you any advantage."

"I have it!" Fang Huai immediately shouted.

"What do you have?" Little Black, standing beside him, said as he removed his clothes, revealing the same type of physical workout gear as Fang Huai’s under his.

It was only then that the redness on his dark arms and the sizable blister on his right elbow became visible.

Little Black, who seldom was serious, said, "This all got scalded! Do you have tougher skin than me, or are you muscles harder than mine?

The temperature inside is too high!

A steam burn through overnight gear could do this to me! If something happens, you won’t be able to withstand it with even the best physique!"

People surrounding them gathered closer, looking at Little Black’s red arm and the blister.

Everyone felt a bit of heartache.

Zhang Yang, who had recently become more reticent, suddenly said.

"Let me do it! I’m very clear about the performance of these fire-fighting suits, and my strength is no weaker than Squad Leader Zhou Yong’s. I’ll go and I guarantee to rescue everyone!"

Cao Yi looked at Zhang Yang.

This guy, actually, was the new recruit he had nurtured from his first year, cursing him out. He once had high expectations for him.

Recently, he had improved a lot. Many subjects had seen significant progress, and he had become more proactive in learning about equipment, trending towards becoming an Equipment Technician.

Well done, this kid. Ever since Fang Huai left the squadron, everyone had been getting better and better.

Thinking this, Cao Yi became even more resolved not to let Fang Huai go.

"Hey, Zhang Yang, with so many Non-commissioned officers here, how could it be your turn, a conscript?"

Huang Yong said, warming up with fists and palms.

Kong Xiangzhong was not convinced either:

"Huang Yong, you short fellow, why are you competing with us who are over one seventy-five meters tall?"

Everyone got caught up in an argument.

At this moment, Hao Chengbin in the front removed his face shield and shouted anxiously:

"Can you stop being so sentimental? The fire is about to reach the second floor! I give you one minute to decide! Any later, and nobody goes up!

If we delay any longer, the people won’t be rescued, and it could cost a life in there!"

Everyone felt a chilling resolve and dared not speak carelessly anymore.

"Instructor Cao, you decide!" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"Right, whoever you choose, that’s who it will be!"

But Little Black insisted, "Instructor, whoever you find, they won’t be as familiar as I am! Only I know the situation inside the best!"

Cao Yi looked again upstairs, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Little Black, you go! Once everyone is out, I’ll go to the Detachment to request a merit award for you! If something happens to you, I’ll rescue you!"

Having said that, he turned to get into the vehicle to grab another empty call.

At this moment, seeing that no one intended to let him go, Fang Huai grabbed Cao Yi, his voice hoarse:

"I’ll go! Give me a chance! I’m just short of a second-class meritorious service!"

"You can’t go! Don’t waste time that could be used for saving lives!" Cao Yi was decisive this time and shook off his hand.

Little Black also patted his shoulder, revealing two big canine teeth with a smile:

"Don’t be too much of a hero. The squad leaders are not useless. In firefighting, you have to trust your comrades."

Fang Huai turned to see his sunny smile and suddenly felt a tranquility in his heart.

And so, he stood there frozen.

Half a minute later, when Little Black had replaced his empty call and geared up with the protective equipment, Fang Huai came back to his senses.

Before entering, Little Black came back to him again, patted him, and said in a low, husky voice:

"If something happens to me, take good care of Little White. He likes you a lot. Other than me and Director Xi, he’s never taken to anyone else. He knows people, and I trust you." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

After saying that, he hopped a bit, adjusted the straps inside his fire-fighting suit, picked up the prepared single-beam ladder and two wet pieces of clothing, and walked to the entrance of the fire scene.

According to the neighbors, that boss had two kids, one over two years old and the other over four. If they were alive, the two lightweight wet pieces of clothing might offer some protection.

Fang Huai, who had been in a daze, suddenly yelled, "Little Black, come back you bastard! Come back quickly!"

The Little Black at the door had already put on his empty call, not hearing anything, and just glanced inside before disappearing into the flames.

Hao Chengbin and Zhao Jinchen, also wearing empty calls, didn’t hear Fang Huai’s shout. They quickly shut the water gun, fearing that rising steam might hurt him again.

Only after seeing him set up the single-beam ladder at the corner of the stairs and disappear into the first floor, did they pick up the water gun again and crazily sprayed towards an unknown area inside.

The water at the entrance couldn’t be stopped for too long. People hadn’t been rescued yet and they couldn’t attack from the inside. They could only try to suppress the fire at the entrance to prevent the flames from spewing out and spreading up the outside wall.

If the flames once surged up the exterior wall, deflagration would quickly occur.

Meanwhile, Fang Huai, watching Little Black enter, clenched his teeth but couldn’t control his emotions any longer and was about to rush inside.