Chapter 346

"Boom— boom—!"

"We are here!"

"We are here, there are people here!"

"We are all here!"

The sound of a boom could be heard from the sky from time to time; this was the sound of a helicopter circling in the air.

At this moment, the members of the rescue team located within the coniferous forest were constantly shouting toward the helicopter in the sky.

Unfortunately, the sound of their shouting was not heard by the rescue personnel on the helicopter.

Perhaps it was because it was drowned out by the sound of the helicopter itself!

Soon, the helicopter flashed past before everyone's eyes and headed deeper into the forest to investigate.

"How many coniferous forests are there within a fifty-mile radius? Have they all been clearly investigated now?"

At this time, Wang Ming on the helicopter asked aloud.

Xiao Yi's drone broadcast room was taken away by Shen Mengsan at the time.

Therefore, it also allowed the members of the rescue team to learn through that broadcast room that the main body of Shen Mengsan's rescue team had all headed to a coniferous forest to take shelter from that super blizzard.

So, the initial task of the rescue team led by Wang Ming at this time was to investigate how many coniferous forests there were in this area that needed search and rescue.

Upon hearing this, a member of the rescue team on the side also spoke up.

"Wang Zong, we have discovered a total of seven coniferous forest areas, and judging by the distance, the rescue team could have fled into any of them to take refuge."

"If the rescue team where Captain Shen and the others are located fled to the 1st, 3rd, 5th, or 6th coniferous forest areas to take refuge, that would be fine, because these coniferous forests are not considered large, allowing us to search and rescue them quickly, and we could even search the entire coniferous forest within a day."

"But if their members fled to the 2nd, 4th, or 7th coniferous forests, that would really be enough to give our rescue team a headache."

"The area of these three coniferous forests is considered quite large, especially the seventh coniferous forest, which looks boundless."

"If Shen Mengsan and their rescue team are really in the seventh coniferous forest, I think their rescue team might have entered deeper into the forest, and at that time, our search and rescue range might have to expand beyond the fifty-mile radius."

"Of course, the most important thing is that we don't have enough manpower! We need more manpower now to help with the search and rescue."

Upon hearing Wang Ming's inquiry, someone immediately spoke up first.

With the explanation from this rescue member, Wang Ming also understood the whole situation.

It was that the land was vast and the manpower was scarce; their rescue team needed to urgently add more personnel, otherwise, they would be willing but unable to help.

After hearing this, Wang Ming actually felt a bit of a headache, but he still asked.

"If we go by our current manpower, how long would it take to finish searching the seven coniferous forests?"

"Thirty days! And that's at least thirty days, provided there are no accidents and the weather remains good!"

"The main difficulty comes from the snow on the ground, after all, snowplows can't drive into the coniferous forest, and of course, there is the fact that the areas of the 2nd, 4th, and 7th coniferous forests are indeed not small."

Hearing this, Wang Ming felt a bit desperate; if they were lucky, perhaps it would still be possible to rescue those people from Shen Mengsan's rescue team early.

But if they were unlucky and Shen Mengsan's rescue team members were only found on the thirtieth day, then it wouldn't be a rescue, but rather collecting corpses for all of them.

Originally, Wang Ming knew this was not a good mission, but now it seemed it had truly become a sadistic level.

Even now, after hearing the answer given by the rescue team members, Wang Ming felt a bit desperate.

However, Wang Ming still pulled himself together and listened carefully to everyone's opinions.

"Everyone, you are all rescue experts; I am just here to cooperate with you. If you have any opinions, you can speak freely now."

Wang Ming also knew his own situation and how much capability he had in terms of rescue.

He simply stated directly that he was here to provide support this time and would listen to the opinions of the rescue team members above all else.

Seeing Wang Ming say this, the members of the rescue team breathed a sigh of relief; they were also afraid that Wang Ming would give blind commands.

Subsequently, the captain of the No. 1 rescue team spoke up first.

"Look at the map; I think we should first check the four small coniferous forest areas: 1, 3, 5, and 6."

"Our rescue team only has thirty members here now; I plan to divide them into four groups of seven, and each group must finish checking the small coniferous forests in these four areas within three days."

"If we can find the members of Old Shen's rescue team, that would naturally be a cause for celebration; if not, then we will go all out to conquer the three larger coniferous forest areas."

"Of course, according to my estimation, the supplies carried by Old Shen's rescue team members are relatively sufficient."

"If they haven't had too many supplies taken away by the blizzard, I think the food for Old Shen's rescue team should be able to last their entire team for seven to ten days. Now, let's set our golden rescue time at seven days, and no later than two weeks."

"I agree with the captain's proposal; I support searching in batches like this."

"I also agree; this might be the best rescue plan."

"I also agree, but Wang Zong, I hope to contact Li Zong at the base to dispatch as many rescue team members as possible, because we really don't have much time left."

"That's right, although this search and rescue area is not large, the environment here is too harsh, which greatly limits our search and rescue work."

Seeing the captain of the No. 1 rescue team suggest this, other members of the rescue team soon expressed their support.

Of course, there were still people urging Wang Ming to contact the base as soon as possible to dispatch more manpower to participate in the rescue.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ming also spoke up.

"Let's do as Captain Liu just proposed. As for the matter of adding rescue personnel, I will also report to Li Zong as soon as possible to dispatch more personnel."

"As for the questions of how to group and how to rescue, let's leave everything to Captain Liu's arrangements."

Wang Ming also knew that the rescue mission could not have two voices giving commands at the same time, so he simply gave all the command authority to the captain of the No. 1 rescue team.

Upon hearing this, the others also looked at Wang Ming with higher regard, and their eyes even carried appreciation.

In fact, the members of the rescue team were also afraid of laymen commanding experts; doing so might not only fail to save people but could also end up getting themselves trapped.

As for Captain Liu on the side, he had no intention of refusing, and subsequently began to arrange the groupings.

Of course, not everyone was on this helicopter, and some were still investigating on the ground.

But everyone had walkie-talkies, and soon Captain Liu's arrangements were transmitted to everyone.

Regarding this arrangement, everyone naturally had no objections; after all, this was much better than their aimless search for rescue just now.

"Then how should we rescue Captain Shen and Hong Liu?"

Just after Captain Liu had made all the arrangements, Wang Ming couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Hearing this, Captain Liu also felt a bit of a headache.

It was fine for the other members of the rescue team; at the very least, they knew that as long as anyone was alive, they would definitely be in these few coniferous forests.

But as for Shen Mengsan, even Captain Liu felt a bit bewildered.

Not to mention how many bear dens were in this area, even if there were few, where were these bear dens?

And in that blizzard, whether the bear den where Shen Mengsan was located had been blocked, the rescue team knew nothing about it now.

Even though they still had environmental screenshots of the last location where Shen Mengsan and the other were seen.

But now that this blizzard had passed, the whole world had long since turned into a silver, earth-shattering landscape.

Even though everyone knew that Shen Mengsan and Hong Liu had finally found a bear den and even killed a black bear inside, Captain Liu was actually not very optimistic about their chances of survival.

So now, most of Captain Liu's focus for the rescue was naturally placed on the main body of Shen Mengsan's rescue team, where there were many people.

Because there were many people there, and they had entered the coniferous forest, the chances of those people surviving were greater.

However, since Wang Ming had asked about the situation, Captain Liu naturally was not unprepared, and subsequently spoke up.

"For Captain Shen, we need three helicopters to constantly circle in the sky to search. Captain Shen is also an old hand with rich survival experience. Based on my understanding of Captain Shen, if he survived, he would definitely leave us a mark that he is alive and waiting for rescue."

"This is what we can do now; otherwise, in this snow-covered wilderness, to search for Shen Mengsan and the other indiscriminately, unless the program team can drop another thirty helicopters and dispatch a professional rescue team of two thousand people."

Hearing this, Wang Ming suddenly gave a bitter smile; if it were in the country, with the energy behind Douyin, there might really be hope, but this was Maple Leaf Country!

Although the Yinfu headquarters and even the program team were not short of money, such things could not be settled in a short time even with money.

Unlike in the country, where perhaps a few phone calls could increase the number of search and rescue personnel significantly.

"Let's do as Captain Liu just said, and I will also contact Li Zong to try to find some professional rescue personnel to come and help."

Upon hearing this, the members of the rescue team did not say anything more.

Subsequently, the three helicopters all gathered toward one place.

Because everyone needed to use the helicopters to send the grouped rescue teams to the coniferous forests they needed to investigate.

Soon everyone gathered together, and according to Captain Liu's idea, they headed toward the areas where the four coniferous forests were located.

Only Wang Ming was left here with a few base staff members who had followed to set up tents.

This could also be considered the general contact point for their rescue personnel, and Wang Ming, seeing Captain Liu and the members of the rescue team all leave, was also a bit dazed, and subsequently contacted Li Yong at the base.

"Wang Ming, how is your rescue work going at the moment?"

Just after connecting, Li Yong spoke up and asked directly.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Yong still had to deal with various inquiries from the outside world and within the Yinfu company, he would have gone there himself to sit in command and preside over the rescue work.

However, he was truly unable to be in two places at once, just as he wanted to know the rescue situation here at every moment.

Some media from the outside world, as well as some people within the Yinfu company, were also paying close attention to the progress of the rescue at all times.

Even selecting personnel and contacting rescue equipment, etc., required him to keep an eye on things at all times.

"Li Zong, based on wind speed and time, we have fixed the rescue distance within a fifty-mile radius around Xiao Shen's camp, and in this area, we have identified seven points where the rescue team is most likely to be. Now our people have already..."

At this time, Wang Ming naturally had no intention of hiding anything and recounted everything Captain Liu had just said to Li Yong.

Hearing this, Li Yong also understood just like Wang Ming; in all of Wang Ming's words, there was only one meaning.

He was lacking everything there at the moment!

Lacking professional rescue members, lacking helicopters, lacking medical personnel, lacking large snowplows, and even lacking supplies...

"Don't talk so much nonsense, give me a reasonable list, and I will satisfy you as much as possible."

Li Yong said with a headache; this was the reason he couldn't leave the base, because there were too many things he needed to coordinate now.

"Li Zong, if possible, I hope to conduct a large-scale search; this way, we can reduce our search and rescue time, so, can you give me five hundred more professional rescue team members?"

"How many?"

Hearing this, Li Yong roared directly; he was a bit suspicious that something was wrong with his ears just now.

Or was this Wang Ming asking for the moon?

"Cough, cough, three hundred people would also be fine!"

Hearing this, Wang Ming gave two awkward coughs and then said cautiously.

However, he sighed in his heart, "Captain Liu, I am really trying my best to fight for it now."

Seeing Wang Ming say this, Li Yong was silent for a moment.

Only then did he speak up, "At most two hundred people, and they will arrive at your location within two days."

"You have to understand my difficulties; having these two hundred people is only because the Maple Leaf Country police are willing to support one hundred professional rescue team members."

"And the other one hundred people are the seven rescue team members who returned to the country that I had rush back at the fastest speed, and they will arrive here at the earliest tomorrow."

In their program team, a full-strength rescue team member count is fifteen, and the seven rescue teams that returned to the country had exactly one hundred and five people.

And this time, wanting to invite everyone who had returned back was not so easy; being able to get one hundred people to come should already be considered the best situation.

Wang Ming also knew that if two hundred professional rescue members could really rush over directly tomorrow.

Perhaps, this was already the most people Li Yong could find with his current energy.

Of course, it was not impossible for Li Yong to find more professional rescue team members, but time was too urgent.

If Li Yong were given two weeks, he could even recruit two thousand professional rescue personnel to come for the rescue.

But in two weeks, they could already be collecting corpses for all the members of Shen Mengsan's rescue team.

"Li Zong, I also need helicopters, the more the better!"

Seeing that the problem of rescue personnel was solved, Wang Ming hurriedly continued, without any intention of being polite.

Wang Ming had not forgotten what Captain Liu had just said.

To find Shen Mengsan and the other who were separated from the main group, perhaps they could only use helicopters to constantly search for their traces from the air.

"Ten, there will be ten helicopters joining you tomorrow to follow you in the rescue."

Seeing Wang Ming finish speaking, Li Yong said directly again.