"Young driver, that's okay. You have pretty good eyesight."
The first person to break the silence was Swallow.
"Put away your fire pokers!"
"I will never see you again who dares to point a fire stick at our investigation team."
"I will send you to the south to defend the island!"
She jumped down from the rock in large strides, grabbed the rescue team member's pistol, removed the magazine and threw it to the ground.
He walked quickly to Li Aiguo, his eyes widened: "Little driver, tell me, sister, how did you tell that the top of the cave was about to collapse?"
When Commander-in-Chief Zhang heard this, he also cast doubtful eyes on Li Aiguo.
In fact, in order to prevent accidents, the rescue team established an observation team composed of five rescue team members before starting excavation.
Observers are specially trained.
Both his hearing and eyesight are far superior to those of ordinary people, and he has helped the rescue team avoid many accidents.
The only task of the observers is to pay attention to the situation at the top of the cave and be ready to sound the alarm.
Unexpectedly, a young driver took the lead.
After a series of actions, Li Aiguo also broke into a sweat.
He stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mom and Dad, for giving me a pair of bright eyes."
swallow:"."
Commander Zhang: "."
Rescue team members: "."
The unexpected collapse of the cave brought the rescue team's rescue work to a standstill.
Commander Zhang ordered the rescue to be suspended.
The team leaders of the rescue team and several experts returned to the tent to re-plan the rescue plan.
Due to his outstanding performance, Li Aiguo was specially named by Commander Zhang to participate in the formulation of the rescue plan.
Inside the tent, smoke filled the air.
The team leaders of the rescue team all looked sad.
"Commander-in-Chief, according to the instructions for the exploration and rescue excavation equipment provided by experts from the Soviet Union, the equipment is limited to digging caves with collapse of five meters. Once the distance exceeds five meters, the cave may collapse again due to the looseness of the rock."
A rescue team leader wearing glasses and looking like an engineer gave the cause of the accident after reading a thick Russian book.
"We have already mastered this situation."
Another rescue team leader stood up with a solemn expression: "It's just that when we made the plan, we didn't expect that the collapsed area in the cave would be more than five meters away."
A researcher dressed as an old scholar stood up:
“Caves with structures like this are made of basalt, a basic volcanic rock with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale.
We have created a stress map of the cave.
According to data calculations, even if a magnitude 8 earthquake occurs here, the cave will not collapse on a large scale.
A collapse distance exceeding five meters is almost impossible and is not scientifically established.
"
Li Aiguo was sitting at the door of the tent, listening quietly.
It seems that the rescue team did not expect the secondary collapse, but they did not expect such a large-scale collapse to occur.
Presumably, caves with this type of structure are all created by changes in the earth's crust.
Caves have existed on the earth for millions of years and have gone through countless years of wind and frost.
How could it collapse so easily?
Li Aiguo silently remembered this information in his heart and was about to stand up.
Commander Zhang waved his hand and said: "As for investigating the cause of the collapse, this is not the task of our rescue team. The most critical thing now is how to avoid a second collapse and seize the time to rescue the comrades of the rock physics team."
"Today is the sixth day they have been trapped, and they only carry enough food and water for ten days."
At this point, he could say no more.
Thinking of the possible consequences of a failed rescue, I felt a shudder in my heart.
If, as their superiors speculate, the petrophysical team has clues to the new oil field, they will become the sinners of the nation.
The leaders and researchers of the rescue team also know this.
If they can save the experts at the cost of their lives, they won't even frown.
But.
There was no detection equipment in this era, and no one could be sure how far the collapsed cave was.
If you act rashly, not only will you not be able to save people, but it will make the situation more serious.
The atmosphere in the tent became solemn, and even the chirping of mountain insects became more harsh.
"Ahem"
A slight cough broke the dull atmosphere.
Everyone turned to look at Li Aiguo.
The train driver had been silent since entering the tent.
Now that you suddenly speak, do you have any ideas?
After experiencing the train's sudden reversal and the extremely fast rescue in the cave, the leaders of the rescue team felt that there was something unusual about this train driver.
I have long since put away my initial thoughts of being underestimated.
Commander Zhang smiled at Li Aiguo: "Comrade driver, what do you think?"
"Leader, you also know that I am a train driver and I don't know how to rescue." Li Aiguo stood up and said slowly:
"But he knows how to dig tunnels.
Our railway troops will take some protective measures once they encounter a collapse area when digging tunnels.
For example, different combinations of concrete, steel mesh, steel arches, anchors, etc. are used to construct tunnel linings.
Then a five-center circle structure is used to change the propagation path of the force. "
A rescue team leader frowned: "Comrade driver, your idea makes sense, but it is not practical. Our rescue team members have not received similar training."
"You can't do it, but the railway soldiers can do it. You can ask them to do the construction." Li Aiguo chuckled.
A railway soldier who was shopping in the county town suddenly felt an inexplicable cold and sneezed violently.
Commander Zhang’s eyes widened little by little, he patted his thigh and said excitedly: “Why didn’t I expect that!
There is a regiment of railway corps stationed next to the county town more than two hundred miles away from here. We can ask them for help. "
In this era, all the people are focused on finding oil. Everything must be done to make way for finding oil. The level of the rescue team is also very high.
Commander Zhang picked up the red phone on the table, shook it for a while, and contacted the superior department through the dedicated line.
After revealing his identity and explaining clearly the difficulties he encountered, the other party agreed without hesitation.
Commander Zhang hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief, lit a cigarette, and started smoking slowly.
A moment later, the red phone dinged again.
Commander Zhang jumped up as if being burned by fire, grabbed the phone and put it to his ear.
"Yes, we are the rescue team. We are currently located in the No. 2 Valley of Alashan. We are in urgent need of your help."
I don’t know what the other party said, but Commander Zhang was overjoyed: “On behalf of all the members of the rescue corps, I would like to thank you.”
After putting down the phone, Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Aiguo knew that the railway corps had agreed to the rescue team's request for help.
According to the style of the railway soldiers, they will definitely come over overnight.
In fact, the railway soldiers arrived earlier than Li Aiguo expected.
It was just getting dark and the rescue team members were setting up stoves to make food. The red phone in Commander Zhang's camp rang again.
The railway soldiers have already taken the train to the foot of the mountain.
"Little driver, come on, come with me to meet the comrades from the railway soldiers."
Upon hearing the news, Li Aiguo stuffed the steamed buns and vegetable dumplings into his mouth and quickly followed Commander Zhang down the mountain.
(End of chapter)
