Free Web NovelChapter 767: Chapter 505 Deputy Commander Fang_2
"Mayor, can the preparation plan I just proposed be implemented?"
The mayor put his face onto the table and stood up.
At this, everyone put down their bowls and stood up straight.
"The proposal just mentioned by Comrade Xiao Fang, including the timely calculation of the mountain collapse, I believe he has addressed the core issue! Each point must be implemented accurately! I will handle the mobilization of the excavators and the application for helicopters! For all other matters, your respective departments and units will handle them! Those without a dedicated department will be managed by Command! Work is to be assigned to individuals; whoever messes up will be responsible!"
"After dawn, we will summarize the data for the underground rescue plan, and by 8 o’clock, we will determine the most effective plan and begin implementation!"
"Good!" Everyone responded in unison.
Fang Huai even saluted, "Yes! Mayor, I will arrange the platform work right now! If any leaders are unclear or need to coordinate personnel, just find me outside!"
With that, he lowered his hand and turned to leave like the wind.
Three seconds of silence lingered on the spot.
The mayor looked outside, then at everyone, and then at his watch, his tone becoming colder. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"I think our bureau leaders and various committees and offices should organize more visits to the Troops to offer condolences and to learn, to see if we can pick up some of their swift and decisive action? It’s already 8:15. Of the units notified by the Municipal Government, which have not yet arrived?" freewebnovel.cσ๓
There was silence for a moment, and the bowl of noodles in everyone’s hands, which had been cooking since the afternoon, was also getting hot.
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On this night, the surroundings should have been silent, with the occasional bark of a dog possibly echoing back.
But tonight’s barking sounded as if at a meeting.
And planes replaced birds, dancing in the sky.
The rescue dogs had arrived, and several helicopters from the city were called to transport supplies.
Fang Huai did not know how this was handled in his past life or how many people were saved, but he only hoped to do better, so he busied himself, preparing everything to perfection before dawn.
Thousands of people gathered from Chongqing, including soldiers from four detachments of the People’s Armed Police, Hydropower Troops, firefighters from the whole corps, militiamen, and hundreds of locals who had come on their own initiative, were mixed and assigned by him into groups - allocated to platforms, rescue efforts, equipment logistics, and the repair of access roads for large machinery so that when the machinery arrived, it could smoothly travel from the platform to the blast site for excavation.
He also arranged for some people to set up camp to rest, ready to take over after dawn.
The entire rescue line, established about three or four hundred meters below the mountain slope based on Fang Huai’s planning, was like a map in his mind.
Commander Chang, also standing next to the landslide site, was discussing countermeasures with Fang Huai.
"Corps Captain, before dawn, we must complete the construction access road and the search and rescue! There are plenty of people but not enough dogs; people can rest, but dogs must not stop, and life detectors must not either! To be honest, from my experience, detectors may not work well here, especially the thermal imaging ones. It’s mainly relying on dogs!"
"The efficiency of rescue dogs might decline after working for a long time, right? Should I call in some more police dogs?"
"That would be best! Besides those from the mine, possibly 27 locals, the data might not be complete yet! So far, we’ve only found 8! We need to find the rest quickly, before we start large-scale blasting!"
"Um, I suggest we hold off on the blasting, or at least not blow up the mountain yet! I think there could still be survivors!"
"Commander Chang, there’s no time left. The rain is coming; arranging for blasting is even more dangerous! If we decide to go with my plan, we must blast all areas at risk of secondary collapse tomorrow morning and eliminate all risks before going all out to rescue the 27 miners underground! People buried on the surface, even if alive, are likely to be seriously injured. If they don’t make it through tonight, they probably won’t survive!"
"...I’m going to call in the police dogs now! Little Wei, fetch me a China Unicom cell phone!"
Commander Chang shouted.
Fang Huai also picked up his two-way radio and said:
"Rescue team, there has also been a collapse next to the Barrier Lake; why haven’t you searched there yet? He Zhijun, take people to check!"
"Received!"
High above on the platform, Commander Chang and Fang Huai observed the entire scene, issuing commands. The contrast between Commander Chang’s shoulder insignia and Fang Huai’s youth was stark, and everyone knew that the young man who had a complete grasp of the scene had been appointed Deputy Commander of the frontline.
The Troops were all astounded; the more they understood the military system, the more they felt it was exaggerated.
The Command was a Corps Captain, the kind adorned with a Wheat ear.
The Deputy Commander was actually just a Squadron Captain, at most a junior officer?
Ba Yi hero, Tangjia Mountain Assault Team, a national pilot Squadron for specialized rescue, living up to its reputation!
Some of the conversations from the People’s Armed Police Firefighting reached the ears of the Second Squadron, and their soldiers laughed proudly.
Yes, yes, praise us more!
Only Ye Jiahong, who was leading people to fill holes with earth at the edge of the mountain, cursed.
Squadron Captain?
Bullshit!
I’m the Squadron Captain! That guy is the deputy!
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One o’clock in the morning.
Commander Chang, approaching retirement age, could hardly stand and went to rest at Command.
However, the orders from Command seemed to never stop, continuously being issued.
Experts from the Land and Housing Bureau, address experts, meteorological experts, one wave after another arrived at the scene.
At the 800-meter away junction, lights suddenly flared up, and excavators at the edge of the road turned on their searchlights and started to enter the site.
Facing the wide and long sections of huge boulders, the Municipal Government seemed to also rise up with the resolve to confront them, and the small junction without much working space was traversed by a dozen excavators stepping over the farmland below, with drill heads and digging buckets beginning to press forward and push.
