Chapter 161 (Chapter 161 (Updated on the 28th...)

Chapter 161 (Chapter 161 (Updated on the 28th...)

In Changle City, after the streets became lively, another family was awakened by a knock on the door outside.

The adults in the family put on their coats and went out to inquire.

My elder sister, who had just returned from school, was sleeping in the same room with her younger sister that night. She heard the conversation between her parents and a strange man outside. She turned over in bed, saw her little sister getting up through the moonlight, and said :

"Little sister, can you take my watch and see what time it is?"

In the whole family, only my sister who is in high school has a watch. For this family, this watch is definitely a rarity. The younger brothers and sisters all like to look at it when their sister comes home.

The little girl cherished this opportunity to look at her watch openly. She immediately picked up the watch on the table and replied crisply:

"Sister, it's ten-five now."

Who would come to their house so late?

My sister was a little worried. She got out of bed and planned to put on her coat and go out to see what was going on. But before she could go out, the door had been pushed open from the outside.

The mother hurried in. When she saw that both daughters were awake, she hurriedly said: "Get dressed quickly and pack your expensive things. Something happened outside. We have to go to a safe place quickly."

The seven-year-old girl was confused, but the elder sister, who was already in high school, was frightened: "Mom, what's wrong? What is going on?"

"It seems that there is going to be an earthquake, and the country has issued some kind of disaster warning. Now the People's Liberation Army is here, and everyone in Changle City is required to evacuate to the open space."

earthquake?

The eldest daughter naturally knew how serious this was. She didn't think much about why the country could predict earthquakes in advance. Just like the Snow Penguin No. 1 before, people who don't understand this aspect would never argue "How can earthquakes be predicted?" .

If it were decades later, the Zhongzhou people who got this information would evacuate immediately.

The country sends troops to tell you that there is going to be an earthquake and people run for their lives. Only fools will not run away.

Even if you half-believe it, even if you feel in your heart that it cannot be true, your feet will definitely run faster than anyone else, and you will call your relatives and friends who are not around to inform you while running.

Of course, before escaping or on the way, you may also ask a few questions: "Can earthquakes be predicted so early now?" and "What technical means can be used to predict earthquakes?"

But the people in Central Continent are generally not well educated now, so naturally they won't have so many problems.

Most of the people in Zhongzhou were like this family. After receiving the order, they hurriedly packed up their precious belongings, for fear that they would be too late and follow the troops.

Local grassroots cadres are already walking around the streets with loudspeakers and reciting the following precautions:

"We have to use our feet to walk to the safe area. Don't bring large items that are out of reach. Take your own things at home. Don't think about asking comrades from the People's Liberation Army to help you! If there are things you can't take, forget it. Don't leave without reluctance. Life More important than stuff!”

"Standing together on the same street, let's inform each other's neighbors. What does it mean to be on the same street? It's from your street! Hey! Zhang Aiguo! Why are you carrying two bags of rice?!"

The young man who was stopped was carrying a bag of rice on his left and right shoulders. He smiled at her sheepishly and said, "I bought the new ones. I really couldn't bear to leave them at home. There were no other valuables at home, so I just carried them." "

The cadres and comrades were very helpless: "Isn't your daughter valuable? We have more than one million people in Changle City to be evacuated. There are so many people and it is a mess. What if the child is lost? You carry a bag of rice on one side and your hands on the other. Do you want to hold your daughter? You will cry when she is lost."

Zhang Aiguo obviously didn't expect this. After being reminded by the other party, he thought for a while and said, "Then I will only bring a bag of rice and free up one hand to hold my daughter."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and went home to put rice.

The cadres and comrades were even more troubled: "Hurry up, our street will leave in five minutes, and the large troops will not be waiting for anyone then."

Zhang Aiguo then changed from trotting to running very fast: "Hey, hey! Don't worry, Auntie, I'll be back soon! My daughter, please help me take a look!!"

The cadres and comrades could only hold the little girl in one hand and continue to conduct the command with a loudspeaker in the other:

"Don't bring anything you can't carry! No matter how expensive it is, don't take it! Time waits for no one! If it's too late, it will be a loss of both life and money!!"

The streets in the city are all about the same busy scene. If you look down from a high altitude, you will see people in uniforms flowing away in all directions.

With so many people to evacuate, even if the city's vehicles were sent over, there wouldn't be enough to evacuate. With only a few hours left, the government could only choose to relocate everyone in Changle City to a few areas designated by Song Yao and the others. .

If an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 or above occurs as they predict, the ground will definitely crack in some places, and the open space will not be so safe, so people can only be arranged to places where the impact is predicted to be weak.

Several troops have already gone over to clear the way and clear out those locations as quickly as possible. Fortunately, Zhongzhou is still in its early stages of development, and open areas far away from the city are still easy to find, enough to accommodate more than one million people. .

Working at the same time as them were the comrades who arranged the evacuation in the city, mainly soldiers, police, and local cadres, supplemented by volunteers, village chiefs, and clan chiefs.

In this way, notification can be achieved quickly, order can be maintained, and some people who live in remote areas will not be left behind.

Especially the elderly whose children are not at home, half-year-old children whose parents are not at home, disabled people who are disabled and unable to move around, and patients lying in the hospital.

These require vehicles to be transported, and those patients who require medical machinery to sustain life will be carefully transported to medical tents in the refuge area.

At this moment, a team of soldiers was escorting patients in the hospital with the help of doctors and nurses, and medical tents were being set up nervously and quickly on the selected temporary refuge sites.

Song Yao and the others were also busy in front of the control stage: "Yes, this is the position."

The young man next to him immediately wrote down the position of Song Yao's finger in his notebook.

"And here, here, did you find anything else?"

A comrade standing next to Song Yao nodded: "I also found a point."

He looked at it carefully, turned to look at the map of Changle City, and drew with a red pen: "Please note this location as well."

Song Yao stretched his slightly stiff neck and yawned: "The people in Changle City should be evacuating already, right?"

Yuanjiang replied: "It's in progress."

Song Yao touched the strip in his pocket and was a little worried: "We are running out of time. I don't know if there will be enough time for everyone to evacuate."

Those are ordinary people, not well-trained soldiers. If so many people get together, it will definitely delay time.

In addition, they had to be escorted all the way to various temporary shelters, and the time of a few hours was too tight.

The child couldn't help but sigh: "The predicted time is still not advanced enough."

The original version could predict twenty hours in advance.

And they tried their best, but they could only make it four or five hours in advance.

Predicted earthquakes can be good or bad at night. The advantage is that everyone is sleeping at home at night. To find someone, you only need to knock on the door and notify. The disadvantage is that there are no street lights in Changle these days, and it is dark everywhere. It can be illuminated by the flashlight brought by the soldiers.

In such an environment, it is unknown to everyone whether everyone can be successfully evacuated.

Song Yao turned around and asked, "Has the epicenter been predicted?"

"Not yet. According to estimates, it will take another hour."

The child nodded and continued working on the console.

He has done everything he can, and the rest is up to the state.

Tang Le was anxiously running around. His home was in Changle, and his parents, wife, children, relatives and friends were all there. Now that something was going to happen in Changle, even if he knew that the government had rushed over to arrange evacuation, the worry in his heart was not so easy to let go.

At 10:23 and 5 seconds that night, the first batch of Changle residents, totaling 56,321 people, rushed to the temporary disaster refuge under the guidance of the army.

At 12:01:30 in the evening, the last batch of Changle residents set off.

Helicopters flew over the dark sky, illuminating the way forward for the people below. The family was awakened early. Because they had to go with the elderly in the village, the family of five who fell into the last batch was among the crowd.

The youngest girl was carried on her father's back. There were many children around her who were similar to her and being carried on their backs by adults. They didn't quite understand what was happening. Some were crying endlessly on their parents' bodies, and some fell asleep. Some were looking around like the little sister.

People were very close to each other. Fortunately, the comrades in military uniforms kept shouting hoarsely to maintain order, so nothing happened.

Even if there were any quarrels due to various squeezes, they would be quickly calmed down by the troops.

Someone held a loudspeaker and kept telling everyone: "Comrades, time is life now. Don't waste time on other things. Nothing is more important than life. What we have to do now is to work together to reach the disaster evacuation location. Everyone will take care of you." Good old people and children around you, move forward!”

The little girl looked around and saw that although the surroundings were bright, all the adults had serious and heavy faces, carrying large and small bags, and some even carried pots on their backs. She was a little scared and hugged her father's neck tightly:

"Dad, where are we going?"

It was very noisy around, and my father could only respond loudly: "Let's go to a safe place, be good! Don't sleep at home tonight!"

The eldest daughter and the second brother, who is already in junior high school, and their mother support the elderly on both sides. They are more sensible than the younger sister and know that they should obey the adults now.

The second brother was not so afraid. He admired soldiers very much. Seeing so many soldiers around him felt relieved and excited. He would raise his head from time to time and try to follow the helicopters flying above with his eyes.

"Sister, have you ever seen an earthquake?"

"No, but I have learned in books that earthquakes are terrible. I heard them say that the People's Liberation Army will finally retreat. I don't know if they have come out now."

The eldest daughter said, looking down at the time: twelve thirty five minutes and six seconds.

At the same time, in the urban area of ​​Changle, a group of soldiers responsible for the finishing touches walked through the streets as fast as possible.

At 12:46 minutes and 6 seconds, the soldiers who had finished in the surrounding rural suburbs evacuated.

At 12:59:17, all major teams responsible for searching for any remaining residents evacuated.

They boarded the last remaining military vehicle and headed to the temporary refuge as quickly as possible.

At one point, five minutes and eight seconds, all the emergency helicopters landed smoothly.

At 1:30 and 29 seconds, all soldiers arrived at the temporary refuge safely.

At 1:31, formally reported to the Central Committee:

The citywide evacuation operation in Changle City has been completed.