Wang Guangrong looked at the young man in front of him who was gasping for breath and wearing a miner's outfit and wondered: "Where did you come from?"

Li Rui was about to answer when he suddenly felt the rope in his waist retracting and almost pulled him to the ground. He hurriedly said, "Come and help me quickly, find a place to tie the rope, and be stronger."

Li Rui's appearance was hope for everyone. He rushed out immediately. Some helped pull the rope, some helped untie it, and some turned around and couldn't find a place to fix the rope. He used a hammer to insert an iron braze into the soil, and then wrapped it firmly around the iron braze.

After Li Rui was untied the rope, he sat on the ground and swam all the way over. He was so exhausted that he had just been swam all the way.

When those trapped miners saw Li Rui, they all surrounded him like seeing the hope of being rescued. Wang Guangrong took off a black towel on his neck and handed it to Li Rui, and asked, "Master, are you here to save us? Is there anyone behind?"

Li Rui didn't care either. He took the towel and wiped his face randomly, shook his head and said, "I'm the only one who came first. The rope was pulled just now, which means the alley outside was completely submerged. If the rope couldn't be pulled, they would know that I've arrived here and found you."

When the miners heard that the alley outside had been completely submerged, the faces of disappointment were revealed. Li Rui looked at them and said, "But you don't worry, now outside knows that you are still alive and are stepping up drainage. I believe we will be saved soon."

The miners immediately talked about it after hearing this, and someone interrupted, "Draining is not an easy thing, and I don't know when I have to wait to go out. I have nothing to eat, and the water is poisonous water and can't be drunk."

Li Rui pointed to the fixed rope and said, "You don't have to worry, this rope is our lifeline. The rescuers outside must have considered this. With this rope, they can find us along the rope. At critical moments, they can also send divers to bring food and water in."

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Gao Changlong was shocked after receiving Ji Faling's call. On the one hand, he immediately notified Sun Qinghua, the deputy mayor in charge of production safety, to rush to the accident site of the Changshan Coal Mine in Nanqiao overnight to understand the situation and be responsible for guiding the rescue. On the other hand, he immediately convened a Standing Committee meeting to inform all the Standing Committee members of the situation and studied and formulated a rescue plan.

Gao Changlong got up from the bed at midnight and went out to alarm the family. Gao Jie came out of the room and saw Cen Ailian just sent Gao Changlong out, and asked, "Mom, what happened? Dad has to go out at this time."

Cen Ailian just heard some content on the phone and said worriedly: "Your father just received a call from your Uncle Ji, saying that there was a major accident in a coal mine in Nanqiao County. More than 40 people were trapped underground, and their lives and deaths were unknown. This is a sin! Your father is rushing to the municipal party committee for a meeting."

Gao Jie was shocked when she heard this. Li Rui was the leader in charge of production safety in Nanqiao County Coal Management Bureau. He hurried into the room, picked up the phone and called Li Rui's cell phone.

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered. Gao Jie thought that Li Rui must be busy with rescue at the scene at this time, and maybe she had no time to answer the phone.

At two o'clock in the morning, the small city party building behind the Pengcheng Government compound was brightly lit. After receiving the emergency notice from the Municipal Party Committee Office, all the members of the Municipal Party Committee had to get up from the bed and rushed to the Municipal Party Committee. Similar emergency meetings were not gone, but no one complained secretly this time. After all, this entirely involved the lives of forty-six miners. Life and death were uncertain, and no one could sit still.

Things different from the previous meetings. Today, when the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee rushed to the small conference room of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Gao Changlong and Mayor Cui Ji'an had already arrived. Both of them were discussing with an extremely serious expression. Li Dequan, the commander of the military sub-district, who was rarely seen, was also sitting there in military uniforms.

"I won't talk much, now I'll ask Mayor Ji'an to introduce the situation of the accident." As soon as the person arrived, Gao Changlong announced the meeting, and there was no opening remark.

Cui Ji'an also received a call from Ji Faling as soon as possible and informed all the members of the Standing Committee of the known situation.

Then Gao Changlong said with a serious expression: "The accident has happened. According to the judgment at the scene of the accident, the forty-six miners trapped are very likely to be alive, so the first priority at present is to save people, and the key to saving people is to discharge the water from the mine as soon as possible. Nanqiao County is already actively launching rescue and requesting support from the Mining Bureau. When I came out, I had already telephoned with the main leaders of the Mining Bureau, and they also expressed their firm support for the rescue. A giant water pump with an hourly displacement of 400 cubic meters has been loaded and prepared to be transported to the accident site. Now we must set up an accident rescue, investigation and aftermath team as soon as possible. I just discussed with Mayor Ji'an, and I will serve as the leader of this group, Comrade Ji'an serves as the executive deputy group leader, and everyone here and relevant responsible persons of the municipal government serve as the group members."

"Here, I want to emphasize a few points first. First, at all costs, we should strive for help. No matter what happens, we must put human life first. At the same time, the health department should organize medical teams and enough ambulances to rush to Changshan Coal Mine to prepare for rescue of the wounded, and the hospital should also vacate enough beds."

"The second point is the investigation of the cause of the accident. According to Nanqiao's report, it was initially determined that this was another safety production responsibility accident. I suggest that the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Safety Supervision Bureau form a joint investigation team to find out the cause of the accident and hold it accountable in accordance with the law and discipline."

"The third point is to carefully and meticulously do a good job in comforting the families of trapped miners. To be honest, if such safety responsibility accidents occur, no matter which level of our leaders are responsible, so we must do the comforting work of the family with a look and guilt to calm the emotions of the family."

"Finally, the propaganda department must pay attention to the control of public opinion. Without the consent of the municipal party committee, relevant reports must be strictly prohibited before the investigation of the accident is completed."

"I will talk about the above points. Please see if there are any additional additions? If there is no other opinion, we will strictly implement the division of labor according to our respective division of labor. Time is urgent, so everyone should hurry up and talk. Mayor Ji'an and I will rush to the Changshan Coal Mine in Nanqiao later."

At this time, all kinds of disputes are never allowed, and Gao Changlong showed stronger than before. Except for the commander of the military sub-district Li Dequan, the local garrison was ready to join the rescue work at any time, the others had no objection.

After the meeting, Guo Wending's face looked ugly. First, as the former deputy mayor in charge of industry and production safety, he would be blamed if there were major casualties. Second, he now regrets putting Li Rui at the Nanqiao County Coal Management Bureau. If something really happened, he would not only find it difficult to explain to his old classmate Zhang Xiuxiu, but more importantly, he is likely to lose the Zhang family as a big backer. After hearing the news, he wanted to talk to Li Rui at the first time, but no one answered Li Rui's phone.

After a brief consideration, Guo Wending hurried downstairs and rushed to the Changshan Coal Mine before Gao Changlong and Cui Ji'an got in the car and set off.

Gao Changlong nodded after pondering for a moment and said, "Okay! Comrade Qinghua has just taken over the work of safe production, and it is inevitable that there is insufficient experience in all aspects. It is best if you can get through it."

The police car drove the road along the way and rushed to Changshan Coal Mine in less than two hours. The rescue site was shining with searchlights of more than one kilowatts of night and the sound of water pumps roared. The ambulance from Nanqiao County Emergency Center was already on standby.

Deputy Mayors Sun Qinghua, Ji Faling, Yang Liqing and others who arrived first came quickly to meet him. Gao Changlong got off the car and asked with a serious expression: "How is the situation?"

Sun Qinghua wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly replied: "The current displacement has reached 150 cubic meters per hour, but the water level is still rising. According to the speed of the water level rise, the displacement must reach 500 cubic meters per hour to maintain balance. Even if the 400 cubic meters giant drainage machine from the Mining Bureau is in place, it can only maintain balance and more drainage machines are needed."

Gao Changlong's brow frowned into the character "So what is the most important thing now is how the miners trapped below are? Have you found survivors?"

"No survivors have been found yet, but no bodies of the victims have been found. There is still a new situation. Comrade Li Rui, secretary of the Party Committee of Nanqiao Coal Management Bureau, was the first to take people down to explore the situation. When the water level had not completely flooded the tunnel, he swam to the working face of the incident..."

"Swimming over?" Gao Changlong was stunned for a moment and felt a little incredible.

"Yes, Li Rui swam over his waist with the rope." Ji Faling quickly added that he was not sure about Gao Jie and Li Rui's relationship, nor did Gao Changlong know about Li Rui. "According to the miners who went down with him, if he did not find the survivor, he would come back immediately. Once he found him, he would fix the rope. When the water level completely flooded the alley, they pulled the rope hard and found that the rope had been fixed, which means that Li Rui was now with the trapped miner, and the rope was the only connection between us and them. So it seems that the situation is still optimistic now. At least we already know the specificity of the trapped miners, and they are basically temporarily safe."

Hearing this news, Gao Chiang-long and Cui Ji-an were both relieved. Gao Chiang-long suddenly felt that the name Li Rui was familiar, as if he had heard it at some point, but he had no time to think about the most important thing to save people at the moment, and then asked: "Drawings! Where are the drawings underground?"
Chapter completed!