Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 911 Time is life

Pump! Pump harder!

The news was quickly transmitted to the ground via walkie-talkie, and the pipeline was quickly laid to the fourth category mine.

The water pump started pumping, and streams of black water were pumped into the canal.

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Sha Ruijin looked at the passage that was already hidden under the water and stopped several workers who claimed to be good swimmers and wanted to try their luck.

"Don't worry, everyone. They're definitely trying to rescue us. The water level is just rising, and they'll be able to pump it out again soon. The most important thing for us now is to wait quietly and reduce our oxygen consumption."

Sha Ruijin had a good memory. He had estimated the approximate time it would take to pass through the channel based on the rising water level.

You need to hold your breath for at least one and a half minutes, which is basically the limit for ordinary people during exercise.

If there is any special situation over there, it will take at least two minutes, and this is under ideal circumstances.

Because once people encounter special situations underwater, it is generally difficult to keep a clear mind. Once they panic, even if they are good at swimming, they will be in danger of death.

So there is no way any of them can sneak through.

Although the workers were frightened, they soon calmed down after being comforted by Sha Ruijin.

After all, a big mayor is here, and it is impossible for the higher-ups to abandon them and not save people.

After comforting everyone, Sha Ruijin found a clean place, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest.

No one noticed the mayor's face hidden under the miner's lamp, his brows furrowed.

Things are not as simple as he said.

When arranging the workers' evacuation, Sha Ruijin did not forget to have people test the oxygen content. According to the estimate at the time, the air content here would reach a critical point after only five hours.

The evacuation just now took nearly three hours, which means they don’t have much time left.

Taking into account the reduced oxygen consumption due to the small number of people, we can only sustain this place for less than three hours.

Three hours, he didn't know if it would be too late.

According to his guess, the rising water level this time was probably because the hole blocking the Tianchi Lake was washed away again, which caused the accumulated water to seep into the mine again.

With such a large amount of water seepage, if the working platform was not located on an arched terrain, they would have been drowned by the sudden flood.

But in order to plug the hole that has been washed away again, we need to drain the water.

Three hours, that's hard!

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The fact was just as Sha Ruijin expected. When the water level rose, Zhao Anbang immediately followed Sha Ruijin's method to check Tianchi.

Soon, several gaps were found.

"One hour! These gaps must be blocked within an hour!" Zhao Anbang, who received accurate information, almost roared out the order through the radio.

Torrential rain poured down upon the Tianchi Lake like a river bursting its banks. A fierce wind, carrying arrows of rain, swept across the land, causing the water level to surge at a visible rate. A vortex, all-consuming, formed in the center of the lake, like the maw of a giant underground beast gaping open.

In this situation, ordinary fire brigades are no longer able to handle it.

Fortunately, in the history of New China, whenever a major disaster occurs, there is always a team that the Party and the people can trust and will rush to the front.

This group of people is called - the cutest people.

The horn sounding the assembly of officers and soldiers cut through the rain.

The commander of the troop stood on the muddy plateau, his voice like a bell piercing the torrential rain: "Everyone—carry sandbags! Block the gap! At all costs! Block the Tianchi!"

The moment the order was given, nearly a thousand soldiers rushed out of the camp that was sheltered from wind and rain like a green steel stream, with resolute expressions, tearing through everything and rushing towards Tianchi.

The rain stung our faces like knives, our combat boots weighed heavily on us as we trudged through the mud. Sandbags and sacks were hefted on our shoulders, bending our backs, yet no one slowed down.

Young soldier Chen Feng is a new recruit this year. He has only been in the army for a month and has just finished training in the boot camp.

It hasn't even been a week since we were divided into classes and we've encountered such a big scene.

But he was not afraid at all, because since they put on this suit, they had never been afraid, only orders and obedience!

Chen Feng took the next sandbag and ran towards the target Tianchi Lake without paying attention to the bleeding marks on his fingertips from the hemp rope.

Tianchi is like the big ponds in my hometown, but now this big pond has revealed many terrifying whirlpools.

Chen Feng aimed at the direction and threw the sandbag towards the center of the vortex, but saw that the sandbag was instantly sucked into the abyss without causing a single ripple.

Before he could pause in surprise, he heard the roar of the company commander Zhang Daming from behind him: "Quick! Quick! Don't just stand there, follow up with the sandbags!"

Chen Feng quickly made way and continued to run to the back to carry the sandbags.

The whirlpool was larger than in the early morning hours, and the water level at the edge of the pool had risen considerably.

The soldiers threw sandbags, which only caused the whirlpool to fluctuate for a moment, but it soon returned to its original state. The image of a stone sinking into the sea became concrete at this moment.

In more than ten minutes, nearly a hundred sandbags were thrown in, but the vortex did not get smaller.

Company commander Zhang Daming was so anxious that he was running around in circles. "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

But the soldiers couldn't get up quickly. They wanted to carry it up, but human physical strength is limited.

The all-night rescue efforts, coupled with carrying sandbags up the mountain, had already severely exhausted their physical strength.

Many soldiers moved slower than usual, crawling close to the ground after a few steps.

The gap in Tianchi did not wait for everyone to rest, but continued to rotate, swallowing up the sandbags one by one.

"Captain! The vortex is expanding!"

Someone shouted, but Zhang Daming's alarm suddenly went off. After careful observation, he found that the hole was indeed getting bigger. He guessed that the sandbags must have failed to block the hole, but instead made the hole of the vortex bigger.

If we continue like this, we won’t be able to complete the task in ten hours, let alone one, because no one knows what is happening underneath this vortex.

If it leads directly to the Daqing coal mine below, even ten thousand sandbags would not be enough to fill it.

Zhang Daming could no longer sit still, so he snatched two bags of sand and gravel from the two soldiers and jumped into the whirlpool.

This jump was not a big deal, the vortex grabbed Zhang Daming's legs and dragged him down.

Caught off guard, Zhang Daming choked on a mouthful of water.

But Zhang Daming ignored all this, spotted the right spot, dived into the water, and went in holding two sandbags.

The soldiers standing on the shore were terrified and jumped into the water to search.

But the company commander was nowhere to be found.

Soldier Chen Feng was even more anxious. He took a deep breath and dived into the water.

Three meters underwater, Zhang Daming was pulled to the center of the whirlpool. His arms, flailing vigorously, gradually weakened, mud and sand filling his mouth and nose. Through the blur, he saw a figure approaching, but he could no longer swing even a little.

Chen Feng grabbed Zhang Daming, but before he could feel happy, he found that he couldn't drag him away at all.

At this moment, Zhang Daming was stuck between several sandbags, blocking the leaking hole. How could he be pulled up by one person with such a strong suction force?

But Chen Feng didn't want to give up.

How can human power defeat nature?

This action is just to take another young life.

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