Personal security

Chapter 57: Fighting spirit is aroused

Fortunately, this is only a small area of ​​the mine that collapsed. The ventilation, power supply, communication and drainage systems in the mine are still normal, which provides favorable conditions for investigating the accident site.

Xinglong Coal Mine is a small and medium-sized mine of a private enterprise. People go down the mine and collect coal through the wellhead. The vertical shaft with a depth of more than 300 meters looks like a deep black hole from above, with steam rising continuously.

Sitting in a simple hanging basket welded with steel plates, as the winch started, Zhao Jianhui knew. His life is now completely handed over to the steel wire rope tied to the hanging basket. As the depth of descent continued to increase, from the small hole above the spider plant, the wellhead became only the size of a washbasin. The sunlight shone through the thick black, forming circles of colorful rainbows above the spider plant. The scene was really beautiful.

However, none of the people in the spider plant would be excited and happy about this fantastic beauty. Each of them was in a heavy mood, worried about the lives of the trapped people, and also worried about their own dangerous journey after going down the well.

Hearing a sound of water, the hanging basket stopped at the bottom of the well. With the flash of the light in the hand, facing the exit of the hanging basket, there was a deep and damp horizontal tunnel, and the lights in the tunnel emitted a dim yellow light.

Zhao Jianhui and Li Nian led eight team members out of the hanging basket.

Listening carefully, in the far distance of the tunnel, the coal wall and the roof were still creaking constantly, which meant that in the depths of the tunnel, the impact of the roof collapse had not passed, and the risk factor of rescue was still very high.

Li Nian held the blueprint in his hand, shone it with the mining lamp, and rushed into the unknown darkness ahead of Zhao Jianhui. Zhao Jianhui's heart was slightly warmed, and he turned back and said: "Keep a distance of ten meters between each person, follow closely and don't fall behind." He also strode forward without a trace of hesitation.

In the face of danger, people's instinct is to retreat. However, when facing real danger, the oil can inspire people's fighting spirit and courage. I'm afraid that Li Nian is like this now.

He walked forward for more than 100 meters, and the water on the ground had soaked his shoes. Although there was a strong smell of smoke and dust in his nose, his breathing was still smooth and he didn't feel suffocated. This made Zhao Jianhui feel a little relieved. If there was a lack of oxygen inside, the situation would be bad.

Zhao Jianhui, who was walking under the mine, didn't know that at this time, Dayun Municipal Party Committee Secretary Tao Zhenguo and Mayor Ou Changchun led all the municipal party committee standing committee members at home to the mine. Wenyuan County Party Committee Secretary Liu Yuan, County Magistrate Cao Guangli and others also rushed to the scene. At the same time, nearly 100 rescue personnel from Dayun Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, Coal Administration Bureau, Mine Rescue Brigade, Dayun Municipal People's Hospital, and Dayun Municipal Workers' Hospital had also gathered at the mine and were on standby.

The leader of the mine rescue command group was Tao Zhenguo, the municipal party secretary, and Ou Changchun and other municipal party committee members were the deputy leaders. The commander-in-chief of the command was Ma Dong, the director of the Safety Supervision Bureau, and Zhao Jianhui, who went deep into the mine, was the deputy commander-in-chief.

When Secretary Tao heard the news that Zhao Jianhui had gone down the mine, his face was as black as charcoal, and the muscles on his face trembled for more than ten minutes before he personally nominated Zhao Jianhui as the deputy commander-in-chief of the rescue.

Of course, at this time, no member of the Standing Committee raised a different opinion on this position he appointed. In fact, when those people heard that the deputy secretary-general of the municipal party committee, who had only been in office for a few days, went down to the bottom of the mine, some of them admired it, and some secretly snorted: "It's just a mess. What can he do if he goes down?"

However, when they saw Zhao Jianhui coming up from the mine with a black face an hour and a half later, many people secretly admired him. At this time, daring to go down represented a kind of courage.

Then, what was even more surprising was that it was not the technicians who followed the mine who reported the situation underground, but Zhao Jianhui. Listening to him pointing at the map and explaining, Ma Dong, the commander-in-chief, began to change his expression, and then several captains of the mine rescue team began to nod.

"According to my on-site inspection, some of the miners working underground today are trapped in this location, which is the No. 3 operation area marked on the map. This means that our rescuers must rush to this location now."

He pointed his finger at the direction of the No. 3 area: "We must enter here to find the trapped miners. There are two routes to enter here, so I have developed two rescue plans based on this situation."

He stuck out his tongue and licked his slightly dry lips. He hadn't drunk a sip of water for two hours.

"The first plan is to carry out blasting and excavation at the location of the 2nd and 3rd tunnels in the mine, which is closest to the trapped area, that is, 425 meters from the No. 2 tunnel, to connect with the trapped area of ​​the miners as quickly as possible. You can first conduct a test and drill a small hole for ventilation and oxygen supply. If there is a response, deliver food immediately. According to the distance between the No. 2 and No. 3 tunnels, it is estimated that it will take 22 hours to excavate day and night. The second plan is to maintain the collapsed tunnel and clear the coal rocks that have fallen and blocked the No. 3 tunnel after the roof has stabilized initially, and approach the trapped area. It is estimated that the collapsed coal rocks are about 500 cubic meters. According to the transportation volume of Xinglong Coal Mine, it will take about 38 hours."

Zhao Jianhui pointed at the drawings and looked at the city leaders present with some hesitation: "It's just that this is just a calculation I made based on what I saw. If there are any accidents during the cleanup work, then we have to increase or decrease the number of cleanups." When the time comes, I personally prefer to adopt the first option. Of course, it is up to the leader to decide which option to adopt.”

Secretary Tao stared at Zhao Jianhui with sharp eyes and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure that the first option is feasible? Are you sure that it really only takes 22 hours?"

Several municipal party committee leaders standing next to him recognized Secretary Tao's words and almost laughed out loud from the bottom of their hearts. I really don’t know how high the sky is and I cannot say that all the people standing here are experts, but the main economic pillar of Dayun City is coal mines. Which of these people has not been dealing with coal mines for longer than you? I went down and took a look and you made two plans. Who do you think you are?

Alas, I am still too young to be humble. Look, is Old Tao angry?

"What I can confirm is that the first option can save more than ten hours of time compared to the second option. In rescue work, time is life." Zhao Jianhui licked his lips and thought to himself, if this is what my soldiers dig, The trenches, I said it only took eighteen hours, and they had to finish it for me before the seventeenth hour and sixty minutes. But these are local rescue teams. Who knows how well they do their jobs? Secretary Tao, if you don’t agree with my plan, why are you setting me on fire?

"Every effort must be made to seize the time to search and rescue the trapped miners, and at the same time, we must strictly prevent the occurrence of secondary accidents, and we must ensure the safety of search and rescue personnel; on the premise of ensuring safe rescue, maintain the order of the coal mine ground and organize various rescue operations; It is necessary to learn from the lessons of this accident and carry out investigation of hidden production safety hazards throughout the city. , strengthen the supervision of production safety. The commander and deputy commander of your headquarters will decide which plan to adopt, and implement it as soon as possible. I have only one request, which is to ensure the safety of rescuers and ensure the smooth rescue of many underground miners. Come to the rescue. You do the work, and I will take on any responsibility."

After Lao Tao said this, his glasses almost fell to the ground. What's wrong with this old Tao? If you were clearly dissatisfied with Zhao Jianhui just now, why should you take responsibility for him now? Let the chief and deputy commanders of the headquarters make plans? Once this plan is proven to be wrong, the commander-in-chief will bear greater responsibility. Although this guy was named deputy commander-in-chief, Ma Dong will bear the brunt of the investigation.

However, just when everyone looked at Ma Dong, Ma Dong stood up straight and said loudly: "Secretary Tao, there is no need to discuss it any more. I think the two plans designated by Comrade Zhao Jianhui are already very comprehensive. I It means focusing on the implementation of the first plan, but in order to ensure the implementation of the rescue work, the second plan is also launched at the same time.”

Zhao Jianhui looked at Ma Dong, and both of them looked at Tao Zhenguo.

Tao Zhenguo pondered for a moment and said firmly: "Then what are you waiting for? What are you, the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief, looking at me for?"

Ma Dong looked at Zhao Jianhui, and Zhao Jianhui said to himself: What are you looking at me for? Ah...when did I become the deputy rescue commander? Damn, this is really a rush. Gritting his teeth: "That's it, the two plans will be carried out at the same time, and the first plan will be promoted as the focus."

Before Zhao Jianhui's voice fell, Ma Dong continued: "Captain Li, arrange for your mine rescue team to be divided into four teams and take turns to work. We must open the tunnel and rescue the trapped people within 22 hours."

As his orders were issued one after another, the intense rescue work officially began.

The rescue work was carried out in an intense and orderly manner. Everyone ate lunch and breakfast next to the mine.

In the afternoon, State Council Member Zhang Changjiang visited Xinglong Coal Mine in person to direct the rescue work. After listening to the report from the rescue headquarters, he fully affirmed the timely rescue of the provincial and municipal party committees and governments at the three levels, and highly praised the achievements made in the rescue. He asked all personnel involved in the rescue to overcome fatigue, carry forward the spirit of continuous fighting, and make persistent efforts to open the rescue channel as early as possible and rescue the trapped miners one minute early so that they can reunite with their families as soon as possible.

At the end of his speech, Commissioner Zhang clasped his hands and said: "Comrades, I will not leave Dayun City for a day until the rescue work is over. I entrust the safety and lives of the underground miners to everyone."

What Zhao Jianhui did not expect was that the Xinglong Mine disaster would alarm national leaders. However, at that time, he was still drilling holes underground and firing off cannons.

At 6:32 pm, when the thirty-seven miners trapped underground were successfully brought out of the ground, thunderous applause erupted from the edge of the mine.

With the successful conclusion of the rescue work, Zhao Jianhui was the first official to rush to the Xinglong Mine and the first leader to personally go down to participate in the rescue. His name appeared in newspapers and televisions along with the rescue news.

The times need heroes, and Hedong Province and Universiade City need cadres and role models to eliminate the impact of this incident. Therefore, even if they wanted to run away, the name Zhao Jianhui followed the radio waves and entered thousands of households.

Ye Qiuyu reported that he bought a piece of land in the east of the city, which was originally a barracks for the troops. However, as the urbanization process of Universiade City continued to accelerate, that place was no longer suitable for garrisoning troops.