bestfiction Chapter 285 A Piece of Ruins!
Chapter 285 A Piece of Ruins!
"Then I'm going too!"
Chen Yijun hit her daughter once, and she got really angry.
"What nonsense are you talking about? That's a disaster area. Your dad and Yuemin went there for disaster relief. What are you, a young woman, going there for? Stop fooling around and stay home."
"Mom, I'm not being silly!"
Zhou Xiaobai said:
“I went to the hospital today, and the director told us that they would arrange for medical staff to go to Tangshan to provide support and treat patients. I signed up, and we will leave tomorrow or the day after.”
"You... how could you not tell us about something so important? We don't know the situation over there, it's chaotic. You're a young woman... what if something happened to you?"
Chen Yijun refused.
"Old Zhou, you should quickly persuade this girl. We can't let her do whatever she wants with this."
"Mom, I'm not a child anymore, you can't do this!"
Zhou Xiaobai looked at his father.
“Dad, I am now a doctor, and more importantly, a soldier. You said that soldiers must obey orders. When the country is in trouble or the people are in trouble, soldiers must be at the forefront. This is the duty of a soldier and a doctor.”
Zhou Zhennan patted his daughter on the shoulder, "When we get there, saving lives is the top priority, but you also need to take care of yourself and not worry us."
"Got it, Dad!"
Chen Yijun was speechless; they were all incredibly stubborn.
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Forty-eight hours after the earthquake struck Tangshan, Zhong Yuemin's rescue team arrived. Looking at the endless ruins and rubble before them, were it not for the lone street sign standing by the roadside, one would have thought they had stumbled upon a battlefield, utterly devoid of life.
Zhang Haiyang said from the side:
"It's really too tragic. There isn't a single intact house. Yuemin, how many people do you think will be injured or killed?"
Zhong Yuemin shook his head. He had been in the army the whole time. Although news of the earthquake had been sent out long ago, he didn't know how many people would listen. As for sleeping on straw mats outside, that was another matter.
The troops arrived at the assembly point without time to rest, and quickly arranged disaster relief tasks, dividing into several disaster relief teams. Zhong Yuemin, as the platoon leader, led a team, with Ning Wei and Man Tun also present. Unlike later generations, the current rescue operation lacked large machinery, life detectors, or police dogs. At this moment, apart from the iron shovels and crowbars in their hands, they had nothing else but to dig with their bare hands.
The location he led his team to was a factory dormitory area, where factory workers were organizing rescue efforts. Upon seeing them arrive, they cheered.
"The People's Liberation Army comrades are here! The People's Liberation Army comrades are here!"
Zhong Yuemin inquired about the casualties on this side, and one person said,
"Thank goodness, I really have to thank that person who 'spread the rumor'!"
"What rumors? It wasn't a real earthquake, it was my savior!"
"Uh, yes, yes, my savior!"
That person changed their story.
"For those three days, most of the staff in our living area slept on straw mats outside and escaped the disaster. But some people didn't listen and ended up buried inside."
Are there many people?
"Not many. We counted about twenty people buried beforehand. Yesterday, we organized our own rescue and dug out about ten people. Five were injured, and the rest... sigh..."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Yuemin felt incredibly fortunate amidst his misfortune.
"Comrade, what's the situation on the streets around you? Are there many casualties?"
"As far as I know, thankfully, most people slept outside and escaped unharmed!"
"Alright, alright," he breathed a long sigh of relief, it seemed his 'rumor-mongering' had worked.