Chapter 49: Rushing to Rescue (Three) Explosion Update
"Yes, yes."
"Yes."
The conversation between the regimental commander and the battalion commander ended.
The battalion commander shouted to us through a loudspeaker: "Comrades, the regiment is now trying to find a way to solve the problem of assault boats for our battalion. The new first company will stay behind, and the other companies will continue to advance from another mountain road."
The other companies left, and the regimental commander and our new 1st company stayed here waiting for support.
"Everyone is now using this time to rest in place and wait for orders," the battalion commander shouted at us.
We started by sitting on the spot and waiting...
About an hour later.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble..."
The sky was filled with the roar of armed helicopters...
In the sky, 5 helicopters flew towards the affected villages, with speedboats suspended under the helicopters.
"Comrades, hurry up and go to meet them."
Then we start sprinting towards the village.
When we arrived, the helicopter began to hover downwards. After the assault boat reached the water surface, the company commander led a group of good swimmers to swim towards the assault boat.
After taking over the speedboat, the squad leaders loosened the ropes and the armed helicopter left us.
Some of us were arranged to board a speedboat to start rescuing people.
Another group of people waited to follow Lian Chang to clean up a transfer relocation point.
After putting on life jackets on the speedboat, we sat on the speedboat operated by our class leader to start the rescue operation.
"It's been saved."
"Thank the People's Liberation Army."
"Hello, Uncle of the People's Liberation Army."
The villagers on the rooftop saw us starting the rescue and began shouting loudly towards us.
The water level of the flood has risen to more than half of the house, fortunately we arrived in time, if the water level continues to rise, the villagers will be in danger.
Our assault boat stopped in front of a house, and I and the deputy squad leaders began to pick up villagers and safely transferred them onto the assault boat.
After boarding all crew members, the squad leader began operating the speedboat to head towards the transfer point.
At the transfer point, the guide led a group of comrades to meet us and rescue the villagers.
"Thank you, thank you so much."
"Yes, without you, we might not see tomorrow."
"Thank you very much."
When the villagers landed ashore, they thanked our instructor gratefully.
The instructor replied to them: "Fellow countrymen, this is what our people's sons should do. You rest in the front hall for now, and after we soldiers set up the tent, you can rest inside the tent."
After all the villagers went ashore, I and the class leaders assisted other villagers once again.
After rescuing several batches of villagers in a row, at this time, the armed helicopters of Luhai Squadron appeared in our sky once again.
Soon after, relief supplies began to be airdropped from above.
There is food, and a simple tent, and even daily necessities.
After we rescued all the villagers, the company commander organized us to set up tents for the villagers to rest.
We all started clearing some obstacles out of the forest.
After setting up the tent, arrange the villagers to go in and rest.
At this time, Lian Zhang ordered our class leader to lead us and some classmates from Class 7 to dig a simple toilet.
We took our tools and started digging down in a place not far from the tent.
The class monitor guided us on how to dig a simple and practical toilet.
I and Hu Xingwei followed the class monitor's instructions to dig down and decorate.
Soon we will have completed all the squatting toilets and other simple toilets.
We brought over sunshades and started surrounding the toilet with them.
We even have separate "male" and "female" toilets.
After doing all this, the battalion commander took the communication soldier to the rescue point of other companies.
And we began waiting for the captain's orders.
The regimental commander told us to wait for the leaders from their hometown to take over our work.
A few hours later, the head of Xinhu Township arrived here with militiamen.
The village head grasped our company commander's hand and said excitedly: "Thank you to the army, thank you to the Party, thank you all."
"Head of the village, this is what our soldiers should do. Floods are merciless but people have feelings. Our military and civilians are originally like fish and water, a family." The company commander replied to the head of the village.
After handing over with the village head, we waited for the arrival of the armed helicopter.
After the armed helicopter arrived, we fixed the assault boat in place.
After doing all this, the armed helicopter flies with the assault boat to where it is needed.
And we, under the villagers' farewell, left here and rushed to a place that needs us more.
Time had gradually arrived at the third day of disaster relief.
Our comrades have been awake for three days already.
To be honest, we are now extremely exhausted and want to have a big bed to lie down and sleep until dawn, but the current situation forces us to lift our spirits and continue to struggle.
Because there are still more ordinary people waiting for us.
We simply ate a few bites of bread in our hands, and Classes 7 and 8 received the task assigned by the company commander.
"Seventh and eighth squads, you two squad leaders take your respective members to the front mountain to search for missing villagers."
It turned out that someone had gone missing on the mountain, and Lao Chang received orders from his superiors to start searching. Our 7th and 8th squads were assigned to search for him at the other end of the mountain, while the other squads also began their searches according to their respective tasks and directions.
Each group is equipped with a radio station, and in case of any situation, report to Lian Zhang at any time.
We started searching along the mountain road from Class 7 and Class 8.
The entire mountain was covered with our soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms, and we unfolded a blanket-like search.
Finally, a series of long reports came from the radio station.
It turned out that a comrade-in-arms in the row found the missing villager by the mountain.
When we and others arrived later, we saw a thrilling scene.
The missing villager was an old man. It wasn't until later that we found out he had been on the mountain cutting pig grass, and hadn't expected to encounter a landslide at the edge of the mountain. Fortunately, he grabbed onto a vine and struggled to tread on the edge of the rocks, barely holding on until now.
We finally rescued the old man's home smoothly. The old man was very grateful to us and said that he must make a silk flag for us to express his gratitude.
We politely declined his request and continued on our way.
Our company has fallen behind the other companies for a long time, and we must hurry up to catch up, because in Xinhu Township, all the companies of our regiment have gathered there, as it is the most severely affected area.
The villages in Xinhu Township are richer than other villages, and the buildings there are also larger than those in the village.
What's even worse is that there are several schools there, including a key high school.
Students from other villages basically all attend schools in their own countryside.
Our team quickened our pace and started another charge.
This time our speed is obviously much slower than when we first came.
After Lian Chang knew our situation, he began to let us walk and take big strides forward.
For several days and nights, we had no sleep, every day only eating some convenient food, only bread and milk, no hot meals, because our field kitchen car was left there when we took the step forward.
Only when the road is clear will our field kitchen car be driven by the driver to our cooking class.
