Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 57 Panic

If someone could overlook the city of Kobe from the sky at this time, he would be horrified to find that most of the land that was originally brightly lit has been plunged into darkness, and can only be vaguely seen through the light of stars.

Buildings on the ground are constantly collapsing with huge rumbling sounds.

And in the remaining areas where there is still light, it is not the warm lights, but the blazing flames! The wooden houses unique to Japan have now been transformed into countless "torches" with flames rising into the sky. It can be clearly seen that

I saw many small black figures shouting and busy in the sea of ​​​​fire. When a strong wind blows, the fire will quickly expand and spread to the surrounding areas. From time to time, there will be rumbling explosions.

Voice.

If he can see through the darkness, then everything that appears on the entire land will definitely make him stunned. The originally prosperous and prosperous second largest port in the world and the sixth largest city in Japan is known as Japan's "West Sea"

"Main Gate", the famous Kobe beef production place, and the most romantic city considered by the Japanese, has been turned into ruins! The rails on the railway have been twisted by huge forces and have been completely deformed. The viaducts in the city have

Large areas collapsed, and there were terrible cracks everywhere on the highway. In some places, a large bus could even be swallowed, and the city's port facilities were severely damaged!

For a long time, the Japanese government has always focused on how to improve the earthquake resistance and safety of urban infrastructure such as roads, railways, lifeline facilities, parks, and the overall urban framework in its urban earthquake and disaster prevention work. As for Japan's old-fashioned wooden

Problems such as poor seismic resistance of manufactured housing, narrow street streets, crowded houses and no open space were ignored. So in the epicenter of Hanshin Ojo, nature taught the Japanese a lesson full of blood and tears!

When a densely populated block of wooden houses with poor seismic resistance suffers serious earthquake damage, it is easy to cause a fire, and the remains of collapsed wooden houses block the road in the block that is not even four meters wide! Not to mention those fire trucks

and ambulance, it’s not easy even for people to get there!

The reason why the Great Hanshin Earthquake caused such high economic losses and casualties was not only because of its high magnitude, but also because it was located underground in Kobe City. It was almost midnight, many people were already asleep, and the narrow roads were blocked.

The blockage hinders the progress of emergency vehicles and rescue personnel, which in turn hinders firefighting and rescue activities, ultimately causing greater losses to the entire neighborhood. This is also one of the important reasons.

In the official residence of the Japanese Prime Minister, the current Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama is already lying on the bed. Tomorrow morning he will still need to receive senior officials from the United States. For the seventy-one-year-old man, it is very important for him to ensure enough rest.

important.

Although he also noticed that the earth seemed to shake slightly, Prime Minister Murayama didn't take it to heart. There are hundreds of large and small earthquakes in Japan every year, and there are many who feel the earthquake, so the average Japanese has already

It became a habit and he didn't care about the slight earthquake at all. But just as he fell asleep, there were several knocks on the bedroom door.

Then a hurried voice came from outside the door: "Prime Minister, there is a strong earthquake in Kobe!"

Tomiichi Murayama immediately sat up and said in a deep voice: "Come in! Repeat it!"

The person who came in was Tomiichi Murayama's secretary, and he repeated it loudly in front of Tomiichi Murayama.

"What is the magnitude of the earthquake? What are the current casualties?" Murayama Tomiichi immediately got out of bed and started dressing. After such a big event, he didn't have to think about sleeping again tonight.

"The magnitude of the earthquake cannot be determined yet, but it is conservatively estimated to be at least around seven! As for..."

"Level 7!" Murayama Tomiichi couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Murayama Tomiichi was born in 1924, and the 7.9-magnitude Great Kanto Earthquake that shocked the world occurred in September 1923, so

Murayama Fuji understands better than most Japanese people now what kind of devastating damage an earthquake of magnitude 7 or above will bring to the local area!

Kobe is an important economic zone in Japan, with manufacturing output accounting for 13% of Japan's total, steel production accounting for one-quarter of Japan's total, and machinery manufacturing accounting for one-fifth. Auto parts, chemicals

Products, papermaking, shipbuilding, etc. are also very developed. At the same time, Kobe is also the location of the largest port in Japan. It imports and exports hundreds of millions of tons of goods every year, and its population is as high as one million. Murayama Tomiichi can fully imagine that, level seven or above

How much damage an earthquake can cause to such a city! At the same time, this earthquake will also affect the cities and ports around Kobe, which will undoubtedly have an impact on Japan's economic development in 1995! This is a big problem for the country that has been in recession for several consecutive years.

Japan's economy is getting worse! This undoubtedly poses a huge challenge to Murayama Tomiichi's governance!

"Yes, Prime Minister. The specific magnitude of the earthquake is still being determined nervously. The casualties in the earthquake area are not yet known, but there have been water and power outages, traffic paralysis, and communication interruptions in Kobe! Because of gas leaks, some

Fires have broken out in the neighborhoods, and the north-south highways and railway transportation arteries of the archipelago have been cut off. The huge reinforced concrete piers under the highway bridges have been twisted, some tunnels have collapsed to varying degrees, and the port has also been severely damaged.

, transportation connections with the outside world are interrupted!”

Tomiichi Murayama's long eyebrows have become twisted into a ball. He has been to Kobe and knows that some of Kobe's traffic arteries must pass through tunnels and viaducts. Now the viaducts and tunnels are paralyzed, and the ports and airports are certainly no better.

Where to go, it can be said that whether it is the people of Kobe who want to get out or the rescue workers from outside who want to get in, it is an extremely difficult task.

"Inform the Self-Defense Forces and ask them to immediately prepare helicopters to transport medicines and first aid personnel to the disaster area first! At the same time, assemble the team and prepare for departure. Once the order is issued, I ask them to leave immediately!" Murayama Tomiichi walked and put on his coat.

, while saying in a deep voice, "Also, you should inform immediately and summon the cabinet ministers to come to the Prime Minister's residence for a meeting to discuss how to carry out disaster relief! Damn it, aren't those earthquake experts saying that a large-scale earthquake is unlikely to occur in the Kansai area?

?”

Among Japanese earthquake researchers at the time, many Japanese scholars believed that large-scale earthquakes would not occur in the Kansai region of Japan. This also led to the lack of adequate prevention measures and disaster relief systems in the area. Local Japanese residents

Generally speaking, people are not very prepared for earthquakes.

This also resulted in the fact that when the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck, many Kobe citizens did not have any material reserves for future disasters. Of course, there is also a big reason for this, because since January, due to Fang Mingyuan’s “prophecy”

For this reason, in many media, gods from all walks of life have appeared on stage to refute Fang Mingyuan's "prophecy" as worthless and worse than shit.

Between a comic and game creator and many well-known experts and professors, the Japanese people naturally trust professionals more than Fang Mingyuan, a young boy. So after such a long debate, everyone is quite relieved. The result

A sudden "direct city earthquake" completely shattered their dreams!

The news quickly spread among the high-level officials. As for the common people, since the communication between Kobe and other places was almost completely interrupted, and it was midnight, most people had already rested or were about to rest, so the news was still temporary.

It did not spread. But the Japanese cabinet officials headed by Tomiichi Murayama knew very well that by early the next morning, the news would be known to the people.

They only have a few hours to discuss and arrange matters related to rescue and disaster relief. If they cannot come up with a resolution before the public knows about it, I am afraid that they will be criticized by the public as a disaster relief operation by the Japanese government.

Slowness! It will greatly affect the approval rate of the cabinet, or it may be overthrown!

Moreover, such a serious earthquake disaster is bound to have a huge impact on the Japanese stock market. For the Japanese economy, which has been in trouble for several years, this will undoubtedly be a huge problem at the beginning of the New Year, when the happy atmosphere of the New Year has not completely dissipated.

The Japanese gave him a hard blow on the head!

And just before the Kobe earthquake broke out, officials in the conference room of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had been busy all day, still had to stay in the ministry at this time because there was an extremely difficult matter that had reached an extremely serious level.

to the point of not paying attention.

"This is the third civil protest letter from the Japanese Embassy, ​​and more and more social groups and celebrities have signed it. If this continues, the situation will be difficult to control!" said the Director of the Asia Department worriedly,

"Although, so far, this news has not spread widely in the country and has not attracted the attention of a large number of people, but it will be a matter of time. If it comes to February 1st, I'm afraid..."

Although he did not continue, everyone understood what he meant. If there is still no earthquake in Japan on February 1st, then while the Japanese people are angry at Fang Mingyuan, will they turn their anger on China, thus affecting the relationship between the two countries?

Diplomatic relations.

"Director Ma, I think you are a bit unfounded!" Chai Yan, the director of the general office, said disapprovingly, "This is just a civil dispute between the two countries. The protest submitted was also a Japanese civil society, not the Japanese government.

.If a few civil society groups in Japan randomly come to protest, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs should discuss and resolve it in such a serious manner, wouldn’t it be making a fuss out of a molehill?” Chai Yan naturally knew about Fang Mingyuan’s matter for a long time, and specially made it for this.

She had a formal meeting and discussion with Fang Mingyuan. Although in the end she did not understand why the always steady Fang Mingyuan suddenly went crazy on this matter, she could see that Fang Mingyuan was obviously very interested in this matter.

confidence!