Chapter 757 - 501 Peril at Jiwei Mountain_3

"Ah?" Fang Huai’s eyes sharpened, "Are there people trapped?"

"Don’t know! The leadership called last night, ordering our squadron to support Yunyan! They haven’t come back yet! All the squad leaders went out!"

Fang Huai listened and, while taking out his cell phone to go upstairs, waved to the guard post.

"Stand guard well!"

The three new recruits immediately went back to their own tasks.

As Fang Huai ascended the stairs, he was unable to get through to Cao Yi’s phone.

Several squadron cadres couldn’t get through either.

Probably they were in the water for emergency rescue, phones all left in their vehicles.

Thinking it over, such a citywide flood disaster likely meant the Full Attendance Command was onsite. He picked up the phone, pondered for a moment, and dialed Chen Zhechang.

The call connected quickly.

"Hello! Staff Officer Chen!"

The voice on the other end was somewhat noisy.

"Fang Huai! What made you think to call me? Have you returned from the Military Academy?"

Fang Huai immediately smiled, "Thank you for your concern, Staff Officer! I just arrived at the squadron! I wanted to ask, are our people next to you?"

"It’s good you’re back!" Chen Zhechang didn’t answer but instead shouted loudly, "The Regimental Commander was just talking about you! It’s great that you’re back! Hold on, don’t hang up! I’ll report to the Regimental Commander!"

Fang Huai was taken aback.

The tone sounded very urgent.

Guiyang, after all, is a provincial city, and the city’s drainage system should have a considerable degree of resilience. At most, it could temporarily flood the lower-lying underground garages and tunnels. The water on the city streets couldn’t remain indefinitely, could it?

But with the rustling on the other end, all he could do was stop in his tracks and wait at the top of the stairs.

After a long while, a burst of voices came from the other side, followed by the Regimental Commander’s voice:

"Little Fang, where are you?"

"Reporting to the Regimental Commander! Just arrived at the squadron!"

&"Good! It’s good you’re back! Now, there is a daunting task for your Second Squadron!"

Fang Huai immediately stood at attention, "Yes, sir!"

"You’re from Chongqing. Have you been to Wulong Jiwei Mountain?"

"...I know it! I’ve been there once! I have some recollection!" Fang Huai quickly recalled some scenes in his mind, thanks to his strong memory.

That place was a county, which was later upgraded to a district. In fact, it’s quite remote and not part of the main city area. Jiwei Mountain, he vaguely remembered; he had visited once as a child and heard about it growing up, something about a park having been built there.

"Alright, listen carefully, in Wulong Jiwei Mountain, a very serious landslide occurred an hour ago! A mine and a village have been buried, and now the ground transportation is completely cut off! Just a few minutes ago, the department directly ordered us! Specifically, you! To immediately deploy a helicopter for the rescue mission! Spare no effort and open a lifeline for the disaster-stricken villagers and workers!"

Fang Huai’s right eyelid suddenly twitched several times.

He looked at the time, 16:12.

"Regimental Commander, there’s no problem with the flood in the city, right?"

"We don’t need you here anymore! I have called in a squadron from the county! You guys focus on handling this matter, the leaders from Beijing might already be en route! You need to reach there as fast as possible!"

Fang Huai felt a chill in his heart. As he walked outside, he said:

"Received! Please have our people return to the squadron immediately!"

"They’re out on police dispatch! Can’t contact them by phone or two-way radio, they’ve been out for a day and a night, the two-way radios probably have no battery left! Someone has already been sent to the dispatch location to find them!"

"Okay! I’ll start arranging the equipment to be loaded onto the helicopter (vehicle)! Please have the Command Center compile the weather data for the nearby area and send it to me to ensure flight safety!"

After Fang Huai spoke, he didn’t wait for a response on the other end and hung up, then began dialing the drivers of each vehicle.

As he dialed, he shouted at the three new recruits in the courtyard,

"Are there any other people in the squadron? Call them all out! Breaching equipment, load it all onto the helicopter!"

The new recruit in front of him was a bit confused, "Captain... everyone’s gone out, only the Cooking Squad... Squad Leader Chang and Squad Leader Jiang are here."

Fang Huai’s mind quickly turned for two seconds, then said,

"Call those from the Cooking Squad too!"

"What’s going on, what’s happening?"

Chang Ming heard the commotion, came out, and was about to greet Fang Huai when Fang Huai interrupted him.

"Pack up your pots and pans, all the essential cooking items, and come with us on the dispatch!"

Chang Ming pointed at himself incredulously, "Me? I’m going too?"

"Yes! You’re going too!"