Free Web NovelChapter 467: Chapter 376 Stand Up Straight When Being Hit
Not too bad.
The magnetic field nearby is quite strong.
When the helicopter arrived, it didn’t use radio signal navigation but reached its destination by observing the terrain.
Otherwise, if we assigned these clumsy folks on the ground a surveying task and had them come over with coordinate measuring equipment to report the aircraft’s position, that helicopter would definitely have ended up in a ditch today.
Fang Huai felt inwardly that the helicopter instructor from the past two sessions might as well have been invited for nothing when he saw everyone spotting the helicopter, yelling, and waving their hands towards the sky.
It has to be said, Hu Peizhou’s method of selecting people with higher vocational education qualifications has its drawbacks. Each one learns rope techniques awesomely well, even copying notes on helicopter ground signal flags, but when it really matters, the knowledge flows through their minds yet remains as pristine as if it had never been there.
"Number 3, take out the small flags from your backpack! One arm horizontal pointing to the left, the other arm, wave repeatedly toward the indicated direction! Tell the aircraft to move to the right! Then extend both arms horizontally, wave them down to signal it to descend!
With all this noise, your shouting won’t be heard at all!"
Fang Huai leaned on a rock and shouted in disbelief as Number 3 immediately started rummaging in his backpack for the small flags.
Then, turning his head and frowning, he wavered a few uncertain waves with the small flag in his hand.
"What did you just say?"
Fang Huai’s mouth twitched, and he had no choice but to raise his hand to demonstrate.
Now paying attention, Number 3 picked it up quickly.
The others began to watch Number 3’s gestures and hurriedly started learning as if grasping at straws.
They were quick learners, but who knows if their memory would last longer than a fish’s.
The groups nearby, seeing the helicopter arriving, also walked over to observe.
The instructor wasn’t allowed to remind them to call the helicopter for rescue, but Fang Huai had just confirmed over the phone with Hu Peizhou that no one had suggested calling the helicopter, thus the task was considered a complete failure.
Now, it was time for an on-site lesson.
When the helicopter hovered in place and lowered the rope, a multifunctional stretcher was conspicuously tied to it.
The people below immediately took the stretcher that had been lowered and quickly placed the dummy on it.
After securing the dummy, they tied the stretcher up with the lowered rope and randomly gestured, asking the people above to pull.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..." Fang Huai shook his head continuously, shouting:
"Brother, is that it? Are we done here?"
Team One looked puzzled, not sure what they did wrong.
Number 9 suddenly had an epiphany and shouted:
"Right! The instructor said yesterday that before going up, we should communicate with the casualty! Tell him what to be aware of! Hurry up and talk to the dummy!"
Oh my god.
Fang Huai’s vision went dark. freewёbnoνel.com
"My friends, this is a seriously injured person! After falling off a cliff tens of meters high, if he isn’t dead, he’s unconscious — what’s the use of talking to him? The rope! That rope was lowered from inside the hatch! Do you think the people above can pull up a dummy weighing over a hundred pounds? That rope is for you to guide the stretcher! Tell the aircraft to release the towing cable!"
"Oh..."
Once he mentioned the rope, everyone recognized that it had been lowered from the hatch, the same one they had used for rope-descending that morning. To draw it back up, it had to be pulled manually.
There was just an assistant above, who definitely couldn’t pull it alone.
Team One quickly gestured to the aircraft, and a cable was finally lowered from above the hatch.
This was the one that could be mechanically retracted.
With Fang Huai’s pointers, everyone reattached the cable and the rope-descending cord to the stretcher simultaneously.
One hole, two ropes.
The cable lifted the stretcher, while the rope for rope-descending was held tightly by the team, preventing the stretcher from spinning out of control, and they steadied it all the way into the aircraft.
The mechanical cable winch was located above the hatch and could pull the stretcher up to the entrance where the people inside could pull it inside.
The other teams nodded repeatedly.
They learned something, indeed.
And they managed to avoid being scolded, which was nice.
Number 1 doesn’t usually look fierce, but when he curses, his expression is just too damn ferocious...
Group one was also scolded to the point of frustration, but what could they do, after all, he knew his stuff. If today had been a real rescue, without Number 1, they’d all have been lost here.
Having the resources and not knowing how to use them, although they had been taught. frёewebnoѵēl.com
Just taught yesterday.
This mistake, they all had to admit, and stand straight while being reprimanded.
The indignation in their hearts turned into a warning, bit into their teeth, and etched into their minds.
They must not make this kind of mistake again!
Those without traction tasks had already taken notebooks out of their bags and started to look through them.
Fang Huai saw this scene and his expression softened slightly.
Elite old soldiers were indeed much easier to lead. If it were those from Second Squadron with their thick skins, I’m afraid they wouldn’t wake up from just scolding.
When we get back, I’ll have to properly train them.
The quality of soldiers, it’s also very important.
I probably need to talk to Hu Peizhou about this, propose some soldier recruitment policies to the Ministry, the next thirty to be supplemented, we need to get some elites, with role models, the follow-up implementation of this pilot will be much easier.
Over the years, the Guizhou Brigade has been sending out elites, quite a few were transferred to other brigades; it’s time they paid back.
As Fang Huai thought about this, he surveyed the surrounding people, and his smile became more genial.
When everyone saw him smiling again, they began to panic inside.
Oh my god, how can this guy switch from fierce to smiling? Why is he so twisted?
...
By noon, the plane had unloaded all the dummies at the campsite and then returned to an open space on the highway to land.
After talking on the phone with Hu Peizhou, Fang Huai gathered everyone together and announced the results of the rescue.
"Today’s second task, complete failure for everyone!"
Below, there were some disappointed expressions.
But for the most part, they showed reluctance. Some wanted to ask why the rules hadn’t been clarified in advance, but recalling the phrase "in accordance with real rescue regulations," they decided not to speak up and risk getting an earful.
Fang Huai continued, "However, the second task was designed as a lesson!
From now on, remember! Rescue forces must be dispatched rationally based on the disaster situation and reinforcements requested!
This applies equally in your own detachments!
Don’t think we’re lacking this or that. When there is a real emergency, you’ll find that the government has everything! And if they don’t, they’ll borrow from the military district!
Not just airplanes, but also vehicles, rain-increasing bombs, and even howitzers! If it comes to a point where the disaster cannot be controlled, every available tool that can help contain the spread should be requested. Approval and consideration of public sentiment are someone else’s concerns!
We are only responsible for annihilating disasters!"
Fang Huai continuously reshaped their thinking with the knowledge from his future experiences.
But as soon as he finished, there were some who began smirking below.
This has to be nonsense! How can firefighting use these things? Our equipment is water guns and water cannons! The most awesome we get is a ladder truck!
Of course, Fang Huai noticed, but simply could not be bothered to explain.
In a few more years, even the Meteorological Bureau wouldn’t dare claim to be the number one civilian armed force in front of the Firefighting Corps.
Shoulder-fired fire-extinguishing rocket launchers, 119mm-caliber long-range firefighting cannons, grenade-style high-rise building powder fire trucks, Katyusha rocket launcher models for launching platforms, firefighting mortars, fire tanks...
These things were in use before the reform, and after the reform, there were still more: firefighting electromagnetic guns, precision-guided firefighting missiles, bombing drones, integrated reconnaissance and firefighting drones, unmanned vehicles...
They just happened to be painted red but had weapon calibers identical to those made for destruction. Just change the paint on the warhead, and they’d be genuine weapons of mass destruction.
The Meteorological Bureau’s batch of anti-aircraft guns can only achieve firepower coverage, while the high-end equipment of the Firefighting Corps can effectively occupy territory.
"Starting from the next task, everyone is allowed to make use of reinforcements, but remember, it must be reasonable!
Now, everyone board the plane and head to the next task location!"
