Chapter 3916

When Deputy Mayor Jiang Jianhua of Yuzhong City asked clearly that Su Xinghui was the leading leader of the Linshan rescue team and was the mayor of Linshan City, he walked towards Su Xinghui, extended his right hand to Su Xinghui, and said, "Mayor Su, nice to meet you!"

Su Xinghui hurriedly shook hands with Deputy Mayor Jiang and said, "Mayor Jiang, nice to meet you!"

Although Jiang Jianhua was a deputy mayor, Yuzhong City was a municipality directly under the central government, so his rank was deputy ministerial level, one level higher than Su Xinghui. Therefore, Su Xinghui respected Jiang Jianhua very much.

Jiang Jianhua said, "You are the first rescue team to arrive here."

Su Xinghui was stunned for a moment and said suspiciously, "Really? We are the first rescue team to arrive here?"

Jiang Jianhua raised his wrist and said, "Yes, it has been less than twenty-four hours since the earthquake occurred yesterday."

Su Xinghui then checked the time. Sure enough, it was only past one o'clock in the afternoon, and it had been less than twenty-four hours since the earthquake occurred. He didn't expect their efficiency to be so high.

Their efficiency was so high, which was inseparable from many people. First was Yu Ruizhi, second was Xie Zhibin and Xu Zhenlin, and third was Fang Zhonglin. They all played an important role, and these rescue team members themselves also made the greatest efforts to save time, which allowed them to arrive in Yuzhong in such a short time.

Su Xinghui said, "Although we are the first rescue team to arrive here, there is still a distance from here to the disaster area."

Jiang Jianhua said, "You are already amazing enough, but there is indeed a distance from here to the disaster area. I won't delay your time. I wish you a smooth journey and arrive at the disaster area as soon as possible!"

Su Xinghui nodded to Jiang Jianhua, got into the off-road vehicle that Yu Ruizhi was sitting in, and other rescue team members also got into other off-road vehicles and vans, driving towards Western Sichuan.

Those fifty large trucks were waiting at the entrance of the Chuan-Yu Expressway. When Yu Ruizhi's motorcade drove to the intersection, the large trucks also got on the expressway and drove towards Western Sichuan.

These fifty large trucks were fully loaded with various supplies, and each truck was inserted with the flag of "Linshan City Earthquake Rescue Team". With this flag, the toll station of the expressway did not charge them any road tolls.

The drivers found by Yu Ruizhi's subordinates were all experienced old drivers. They had excellent driving skills, so they drove very fast on the expressway. Because a great earthquake occurred in Western Sichuan Province, there were not many cars driving towards Western Sichuan now, and there were no obstacles on the road, so the cars naturally drove fast.

It was only about 300 kilometers from Yuzhong to Shudu, and only about 100 kilometers from Shudu to the epicenter Huanchuan. Driving on the expressway to Yuzhong City only took about three hours, which was relatively fast. It was expected that they could arrive at the disaster area before dark.

They rushed on the road without stopping, even if they were iron men, they would be a little tired. Therefore, after Su Xinghui and Yu Ruizhi got on the car, they seized the time to lie down and rest. The off-road vehicle they took was Ernest brand, the body was very wide, the road surface on the expressway was smooth, and it was not bumpy when driving, so they soon fell asleep.

When they woke up again, they had already arrived in Shudu City.

Western Sichuan Province sent a deputy governor named Xi Xu to receive the Linshan earthquake rescue team. He shook hands and thanked Su Xinghui repeatedly. You know, Linshan City was so far from Western Sichuan, but they were one of the first rescue teams to arrive in the Western Sichuan disaster area. Another rescue team was a rescue team from Hong Kong. They arrived more than an hour earlier than the Linshan rescue team and had already set off for the disaster area.

However, this Hong Kong rescue team also flew over by plane the whole way. They did not have to escort fifty trucks of disaster relief supplies like the Linshan rescue team, so the speed was faster.

Xi Xu was really moved. He also knew Su Xinghui's status. With Su Xinghui's status, he actually personally led the rescue team to the disaster area for rescue. This was really too difficult.

After Su Xinghui exchanged greetings with Xi Xu, he said to Xi Xu, "Governor Xi, I won't be polite with you. We will go to the disaster area now. I hope you can arrange a disaster area for us so that we can immediately invest in rescue. Also, please arrange a guide for us."

Xi Xu said, "You don't have to be so urgent, right? It's almost five o'clock now. If you go to the disaster area now, it will be dark, and you can't do anything. Why don't you rest in Shudu for one night and rush to the disaster area tomorrow morning?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "No, saving people is like fighting a fire. We can rest here for one night, but those people buried under the ruins can't wait. Let's go to the disaster area now. Please arrange a guide for us."

Seeing that Su Xinghui's attitude was very firm, Xi Xu could only say, "Okay, then I will let Cai Jingsheng, deputy director of the General Office of the Provincial Government, take you there."

Cai Jingsheng was the deputy director of the General Office of the Sichuan Provincial Government, in his forties. He had been standing behind Xi Xu. Now that he heard Xi Xu name him to take the Linshan rescue team to the disaster area, he hurriedly stood out and said, "Mayor Su, then let me take you to the disaster area."

Cai Jingsheng should be a native of Western Sichuan. He spoke Sichuan Mandarin with a heavy Western Sichuan accent, but Su Xinghui could still understand it. He said to Cai Jingsheng, "Director Cai, then I will trouble you."

Cai Jingsheng also knew Su Xinghui's status. Facing Lu Zhenghong's son-in-law and a mayor of a prefecture-level city, he naturally said very politely, "Don't dare, don't dare, Mayor Su, you have come from afar to participate in the rescue of the Western Sichuan disaster area. As a Western Sichuan person and a cadre in Western Sichuan, I should express my gratitude to you."

Su Xinghui then asked, "Governor Xi, then where are we going?"

After pondering for a moment, Xi Xu said the name of a county. As soon as Su Xinghui heard it, this county was in the suburbs of Shudu City, very close to Shudu City. He shook his head and said, "Let's go to Huanchuan."

Although Shudu City was also affected by the disaster, the situation was not very serious. Xi Xu did this of course to take care of Su Xinghui. First, Su Xinghui was a guest from afar, and he felt that they should not be allowed to carry the heaviest burden. Second, Su Xinghui's status was different. He was Lu Zhenghong's son-in-law. If he went to the epicenter and something went wrong, no one could afford the responsibility.

Xi Xu said, "Mayor Su, you'd better not go to Huanchuan. It's about 100 kilometers away from Shudu, and it's all mountain roads. Many places have been collapsed by the earthquake. I estimate you can't arrive today, and it's too dangerous there. In just one day, there have been more than a dozen aftershocks there."

Su Xinghui also knew that the road to Huanchuan had been collapsed by the earthquake, and the road was completely broken, and there was more than one break. Their rescue team could indeed not arrive. Therefore, he no longer insisted on going to Huanchuan and said, "Then we must also try our best to go to a place relatively close to Huanchuan. Since we are here, we must play our due role."

Xi Xu was a little embarrassed, but Su Xinghui's attitude was so firm that he could only re-select a place for Su Xinghui and the others.

After several rounds of bargaining, the two sides finally reached a consensus, and the Linshan Earthquake Rescue Team went to Xingfu County to participate in the rescue.

Xingfu County was a county dozens of kilometers southeast of Huanchuan. It was also near the epicenter of this earthquake and was one of the severely affected areas. However, because it was relatively close to Shudu, and part of the southern part of Xingfu County was also on the Shuzhong Plain, the road to Xingfu County had not been broken, and the motorcade could drive in.