When Li Rui and Ma Xuejun, the head of the Safety Production Department, rushed to the coal mine in Changshan, hundreds of families of trapped miners gathered on the scene, crying and shouting in chaos.

"Aren't you trapped in more than 20 miners? How could there be so many people?" Li Rui asked with a frown.

Zhu Wenbing, the stationmaster of the Qingshanquan Town Coal Management Station, said with a sad face: "I used to report the number of people who work normally according to the mine plan. In fact, there are still many temporary overtime work. According to preliminary estimates, there are about 40 people."

"Forty people?" Li Rui couldn't help but scream, "Where are the boss and other managers in the mine?"

"The boss had contacted him before, but the person had not arrived yet and the phone could not be reached. Now there is only one deputy mine manager in charge of production in the mine, and he is organizing emergency rescue."

The phone could not be reached? Li Rui suddenly had an ominous premonition, but now he was the first priority to save people. Li Rui didn't care about the boss of the coal mine for the time being and said, "Have the leaders of the town come? Why didn't you see the police? Contact the local police station immediately and isolate the scene. The rescue team is about to arrive. The chaos here will only affect the rescue."

"A deputy mayor came. The secretary and the mayor's house were both in the county town and had not arrived yet. The police station had notified him and they would send someone here immediately." Zhu Wenbing said hurriedly.

"Okay! You are here to maintain order first, try to do the ideological work of the family, so that they don't worry, we will do our best to rescue the people. Bureau Du and the county leaders are also rushing over, Lao Ma and I went inside to see the situation."

Two low-power pumps in front of the mine were working rumblingly, and there were a group of people around.

"Master Jiang." Ma Xuejun met a middle-aged man in charge.

"Chief Ma, the county rescue team has arrived?" The middle-aged man hurried over when he saw Ma Xuejun.

"Not yet, but it's almost done. This is Secretary Li in our bureau. Secretary Li is Mayor Jiang Lianshengjiang of Qingshanquan Town." Ma Xuejun quickly introduced.

Because of the rumors on his first day of taking office, Li Rui was also a celebrity in the Nanqiao officialdom. Many people knew that a young party secretary and deputy director of the Coal Management Bureau had arrived. Jiang Liansheng was no exception. He shook hands and said, "Hello, Secretary Li!"

The mayor of Qingshanquan Town is now Cui Yongjiu, a classmate of Li Rui’s Party School. Jiang Liansheng in front of him is just the deputy mayor. Li Rui shook hands with him and said, “Mayor Jiang, how is the situation underground now? I heard that there are more than 40 people below?”

"Yes, I just heard that the specific number of people is still counting." Jiang Liansheng nodded with a heavy expression and then said: "According to the workers who went down to lay the drainage pipes before, the tunnel leading to the work surface has been flooded, and people cannot pass at all, and they cannot know the casualties of the trapped miners; and according to them, the water level below has risen very quickly, and it is impossible to find the specific location of the permeability point. Now they can only rely on water pumping. However, the power of the pump on the mine is too small, and now the high-power pump from your coal management bureau rescue team is urgently needed."

"The water pump and pipeline are on the way, and it is estimated that it will not last more than half an hour at most. When I came out, the rescue team had already started loading the car." Ma Xuejun said hurriedly.

"Since the alley leading to the operation surface has been flooded, will the miners trapped inside..." Li Rui didn't know much about the structure inside the mine. After all, there were more than 40 lives below, so he asked nervously.

"It's not necessarily true now." A half-old man who had just run over and had his hair grey, said, "The work surface is higher than the terrain of the alley. If the water level rises faster, there will definitely be living people below."

"Secretary Li, he is Chang'an Guangmin, the deputy mine of Changshan Coal Mine. I asked him to count the number of trapped miners just now." Jiang Liansheng asked quickly while introducing, "Have you got the specific number of people?"

An Guangmin hurriedly said: "Mayor Jiang, the number of people has been checked clearly. According to the production plan, the number of people on duty should be twenty-two, but there are actually forty-six people going down the well."

"What's going on with your Changshan Coal Mine? Why don't you strictly follow the production plan? How come so many people go down?" Ma Xuejun, who was standing beside him, said anxiously, with a frightening pale face. He was the head of the Safety Production Department of the Coal Management Bureau. If such a big thing happened, he would be held accountable. Except for the mine owner and An Guangmin in front of him, the first board might be hit on him.

An Guangmin cried out: "This is all arranged by Boss Chen. The sales have been good during this period, and the boss asked him to spend more coal. I have advised him before, but Boss Chen didn't listen. Although I am a deputy mine manager, I am also a working person after all. The boss must insist on me and I will do it."

Ma Xuejun couldn't help but curse: "Male Gobi, this Chen Taizhong is really a damn lady. He hasn't appeared yet. What a damn..."

"Okay, what's the use of cursing now? I'd better think about how to rescue people first." Li Rui frowned and interrupted him, asking An Guangmin, "You just said that if the water level rises fast, there will definitely be living people below?"

"Yes! Secretary Li" An Guangmin didn't know Li Rui, but when he heard Jiang Liansheng call him Secretary Li just now, he guessed that he was probably the leader from the county. He was still thinking that Secretary Li was too young and didn't know where he was? But he hurriedly said: "If the water level rises, and the drainage speed outside can speed up the drainage speed, the person can be rescued. But if the water level rises faster than the drainage speed, then the people below will be in danger. Once the working surface is submerged, then..."

An Guangmin didn't say anything further, the answer was obvious. Li Rui frowned and thought, "Where is the current rate of water level rising?"

Jiang Liansheng interrupted a little embarrassedly: "The underground distribution room has been flooded. Although the power supply has been cut off, it is now dark and no one dares to go down."

"Isn't there still a mining lamp? Why don't you dare to go down? This is a matter of life. Can you just watch the trapped miners below die?" Li Rui said angrily.

"The situation below the mine is complicated. Without lighting guidance, you will get lost if you don't do it well. Moreover, when you went down to lay the drain pipe for the first time, you didn't find the cause and specific location for water permeability. They were all worried about collapse or secondary water permeability, so they didn't dare to go down." An Guangmin lowered his head and whispered.

"Minister An, are you familiar with the situation below the mine?" Li Rui looked at An Guangmin and asked.

"This... is familiar, that's familiar, that's..." An Guangmin hesitated.

"Lao An, you worked in the Changshan coal mine before Chen Taizhong took over. It has been at least 10 or 20 years, right? You must be well aware of the situation below. Just take a few people down to understand the situation, isn't it over?" Ma Xuejun said anxiously.

"Chief Ma, you see, I'm so old... Besides, I can't go on alone, at least five or six people." An Guangmin looked hesitant.

"Minister An, the situation is imminent now. We must understand the following situation clearly and buy time for the rescue team that is about to arrive. There are more than 40 lives below. If all of them are killed, you, the deputy mine manager in charge of production, will have to be in prison for at least ten years. If you think it clearly, I will go on with you." Li Rui said with a solemn look on his face.

"No, no! Secretary Li, you can't go down, it's too dangerous!" Ma Xuejun quickly persuaded him.

"If I can't go down, can you go down?" Li Rui turned his head and smiled.

"Me? Well..." Ma Xuejun's throat suddenly stuck. He really didn't have the courage to say what I said.

"Secretary Li, why don't I go down with you?" Jiang Liansheng, who was standing up unexpectedly and said.

This is also the most test time. Jiang Liansheng not only rushed to the scene to actively organize rescue, but also took the initiative to stand up. Li Rui couldn't help but feel good about him. But he shook his head and said, "No, there are many families of trapped miners gathering outside. Someone must come forward to do their work to stabilize their emotions and not let them affect the rescue work. This work needs to be done now. Lao Ma, responsible for coordinating work outside, and the rescue team is about to arrive soon. If we have not come up by then, you can introduce the specific situation to them."

"Secretary Li, why don't I still..." Ma Xuejun stammered and hesitated.

"Stop talking about Lao Ma, we two must keep one outside. Mining Commander An and you are all this old, so I won't feel at ease even if you go down." Li Rui smiled and then said to An Guangmin: "Mining Commander An, how about it? I'll go down with you."

An Guangmin thought that Li Rui was right. If all the more than 40 miners underground were killed, the responsibility would be great. Not to mention being in prison for ten years, it would not be too much to even shoot him. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Secretary Li, I will go down with you. However, it is not enough for us alone, at least three or four people will need."
Chapter completed!