A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 444 The Second Batch of Rescue

On the 29th, the second batch of assistance troops arrived one after another.

The number of people who came to support this time was dozens of times greater than the first batch.

The total number of officers who came from all over the country reached one hundred thousand.

After receiving the order to set off, these troops rushed towards Tangshan non-stop.

The cars that saw them off dropped people off at places far away from the Tangshan area.

Just because the road ahead has been damaged by the earthquake, it is no longer possible for the car to move forward.

Unlike when Li Xiang and the others arrived, part of the road surface and bridge deck were not completely destroyed at that time.

Li thought that whether they drove or walked, they would arrive much faster than the second batch.

According to the soldiers who came to report the rescue work to Li Xiang, they wasted a lot of time just crossing the river. Otherwise, they should have arrived two or three hours earlier.

Once these troops arrived, as Li Xiang expected, all important locations in the city were heavily guarded by them.

Even local police and government personnel are not allowed to approach without permission.

The common people and the rescue workers below mostly thought that they were afraid of being robbed of supplies by the public.

Because at this time, water, food, electricity, and communications had been cut off for two days.

The public can tolerate power outages and communication interruptions, but if water and food continue to be cut off, it is not impossible for some hungry people to have evil intentions.

The situation we are facing now is so severe.

Until the roads are clear and clear, large amounts of relief supplies cannot be brought in.

If you can bring it in manually, you must first ensure your own share, and then distribute it to the people affected by the disaster.

The distribution of this amount of materials is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

But the officers and soldiers had no choice. What they were doing now was heavy physical search work, and they already didn't have enough rest. If they gave up their rations again.

Soon they will fall down one after another and become the targets of rescue.

There were many people trapped under the ruins, but even more people were able to stand on the ground.

Li wanted to find an opportunity to secretly put a few rooms of food in a house that was not damaged by the earthquake before everyone arrived.

Seeing the people coming from behind, ecstatic about the extra food, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although it would be dangerous for him to take things out rashly like this, who could remain indifferent to the current situation?

Sun Guoqing, who had successfully reunited with him, came over and whispered in his ear: "You guessed it correctly, the news just came from J Nan, two agents came here by plane."

"These dogs have really smart noses. Although we have so many people stationed here, we still have to be careful of them fishing in troubled waters. People's emotions are already unstable, and if they incite them again, it will be a big problem for the subsequent rescue work. Trouble." Li Xiang turned around and walked outside with his friend.

On the way out, I occasionally encountered soldiers from the army cooking.

There are no pots now, so the cooking team can only dig a big pit on the spot and boil the settled relatively clean water and grain together.

The two walked over indifferently, as if they had not seen this scene.

It's not that they have no sympathy, but this way of eating is already much better than at the beginning.

The day before, when many soldiers were hungry and tired, they took uncooked rice and chewed it into their mouths and swallowed it. Since the second batch of rescue officers and soldiers joined in the morning, the search calls are no longer at the same level as yesterday.

In every ruin, there were people holding plastic pipes inserted into the gaps, constantly shouting inside to see if anyone was there.

These shouts have not stopped since the rescue began. When the first one gets tired of shouting, the next one will continue shouting.

If they heard a response from below, everyone would start picking it up.

This grilling is done purely by hand, without any tools.
Even with gloves on, the rescuers' hands would soon become bloody after just a few scratches.

Li Xiang had already anticipated this situation before setting off.

He found an excuse and brought all the shovels, pickaxes and other tools he could, but he could only guarantee distribution to a small number of people.

What made him most helpless was that there was no large-scale mechanical equipment that could be put into use for this rescue.

No one can give an explanation for why not. The answer Li Xiang got here is that there is nothing he can do at the moment.

The situation Li Xiang is facing now is that he has almost completed the connection between the brain and the various places, but the person who receives the information does not have the tools to take advantage of it.

You must know that it is said in later generations that communication did not reach the stage until a month later, when you asked an acquaintance to bring the letter back.

It was already remarkable that Li Xiang could lead the project team to pick up the city's communications in less than two days.

"I have to contact the steel rolling mill, and they will take the lead to help make a batch of manual cranes and send them to us." Li Xiang said in a deep voice, looking at the soldiers who were enduring the pain and digging through the rubble.

Sun Guoqing had seen the drawings of artificial cranes, and the principle was not difficult.

"Is it too late? It's already the next day." He asked with a sigh.

Generally, the golden period of rescue is 72 hours. Beyond this time, it is not that there is no need to rescue, but that the possibility of survival of most victims is very small.

It will take at least three or four days for the steel rolling mill to receive the drawings, then gather other factories, and finally rush out the production and ship it here.

Li Xiang pointed to another piece of ruins excavated by looters and showed it to Sun Guoqing.

I saw some of the soldiers operating in this area retching while digging.

"Whatever the weather is like now, the corpses buried inside are fermenting and rotting at the fastest speed. It is said that there will be a great epidemic after a major disaster. This is how it comes about. The crane is not only for those buried underneath, but also for them. "Li Xiang explained to his friend.

"The medicines and protective shields must be arranged as soon as possible. Looking at the speed, the smell will reach the ground in one day at most." Sun Guoqing looked at the ruins and murmured.

Finally, the drawings were sent back to BJ by Sun Guoqing himself.

He had also had many dealings with Li Huaide, who was now in charge of the steel rolling mill. With his intervention and Li Xiang's face, the crane production request was not met with any difficulties.

At this time, Sun Guoqing had no intention of accepting Li Huaide's invitation to exchange cups.

The two of them were just in the office, explaining everything that needed to be explained.

"Li wants to say it. This crane drawing is regarded as his payment to you. As a reward for this help, he will not let you work in vain."

"Hey~ You are treating me like an outsider by saying this. It is not right for brothers to help each other."

Li Huaide said it sincerely, and the expression on his face was also sincere.

(End of this chapter)