Chen Weixiong didn't know when he fell asleep, but he had an unusually accurate biological clock for many years in military career.

At 3:30 am on July 28, 1976, Chen Weixiong woke up. He did not hesitate, put on his military uniform and tidied up his pistol, and when he saw the time, it was only 2 and a half minutes. Chen Weixiong was obviously satisfied with his ability to maintain this speed. After walking out of the garage, Chen Weixiong looked at the time and it was already 3:33.

"Dou,Dou,Dou,Dou..." Chen Weixiong blew a short and powerful whistle. When Chen Weixiong was asleep, the entire 305th Regiment began to sound the same short and powerful whistle one after another, so the soldiers knew that the emergency assembly had begun.

No one spoke. In the dark, the soldiers of the 305th Regiment, including Captain Wang, were quickly putting on their pants according to the regulations, running towards the door, and wearing tops. Because they had notified today that there was no need to wear backpacks for today's emergency gathering, everyone's movements were much faster.

Chen Weixiong stood on the commander's stand in the playground of the regiment headquarters, looking at his watch, calculating the time it takes for the whole regiment to gather.

The first to arrive at the playground was the 1st Battalion and Company of the 305th Regiment. After all, they were the unit closest to the playground. When Chen Weixiong saw the time, fortunately, the company had already arrived in less than three minutes. With the continuous reporting words, more and more units began to arrive at the playground.

Commander Wang arrived at the playground at 3:38. He was a little confused. Why was Chen Weixiong not late for an emergency gathering? Now that he was talking, wouldn’t everyone have no way to rest on this night? But he didn’t expect that this time was exactly what Chen Weixiong had decided in the future, because he knew that this time was the time when people slept the most. If an emergency gathering was held at this time, a group gathering and a whole group was held for another five kilometers, the sky would basically be dawn. If the earthquake occurred after dawn, most people would have started walking on the way to work, and there would be no casualties. If a problem occurred during this period, the whole group Mashan could be taken out for emergency rescue and disaster relief, so Chen Weixiong set the emergency gathering earlier.

Although Captain Wang had some thoughts in his mind, he soon came to the emergency meeting. No matter what, since Chen Weixiong had already greeted him, he would already give him face. Even if he didn't say anything, he would choose any time to blew the whistle of the emergency meeting, he would have nothing to say.

The troops were concentrated very quickly. At 3:41, the entire regiment had already arrived at the playground and they were arranged according to the unit.

"The whole regiment has it! Stand at attention!" The on-duty staff issued a command for the entire regiment. After waiting for a while, the on-duty staff member turned around and ran to the commander's station in accordance with the requirements of the queue regulations.

"Report to the leader, the entire 305th Regiment has been assembled. Please give me instructions! The staff officer on duty! The report is completed!" The report words of the staff officer Liu Wei are as standard and powerful as his queue movements.

"Count the number of people in the battalion, report the situation of the post, and organize the dress!" Chen Weixiong issued an order. Commander Wang was puzzled at the time. According to the normal instructions and orders at this time, he should be done with the dress. But why did Chen Weixiong add the previous two orders? Commander Wang believed that Chen Weixiong, who had been a soldier for decades, would not issue the wrong order in this regard. So that means he had his intention. If Commander Wang knew why Chen Weixiong asked for an emergency gathering today, I believe he would figure it out.

The on-duty staff officer issued orders to count the number of people, report the situation of the post and organize the dress.

"There are all first battalions (second battalions and third battalions). Each company counts the number of people and reports the situation of the post!" The battalion commanders issued orders respectively.

Chen Weixiong and Regiment Commander Wang stood still on the commander's stand, waiting for the reports from each battalion.

"Report..." Just as the first battalion commander ran out of the queue and started reporting, the ground began to tremble, and the entire playground seemed to be on a roller coaster, rising and falling down. The earthquake began. The first battalion commander was obviously caught off guard by the sudden earthquake, and the report words also survived.

"What are you doing?! Let's report!" Chen Weixiong scolded sternly. No one expected Chen Weixiong's mood at this moment. The earthquake relief plan for the past few days has not been in vain. Chen Weixiong understood that the key now is to quickly stabilize the morale of the army so that everyone can have a backbone.

"Yes!" After all, it was still a soldier. The first battalion commander quickly adjusted himself, regardless of the vibration of the earth and the screaming sound caused by the earth's vibration, and then reported: "Report to the leader, the first battalion should have reached 305 people, and actually 287 people were there. Among them, 12 people were on the post and 6 were sick leave. After the report was completed, Xue Dengke, the battalion commander of the 1st battalion of the 305th Regiment, please give instructions!" In order to allow Chen Weixiong and the regiment commander to hear their report clearly, Xue Dengke almost shouted out.

"Order the platoon leaders of your battalion to quickly return to the barracks and take out the earthquake relief emergency plan under my pillow and join the list." Chen Weixiong ordered. The officers and soldiers, including Commander Wang, were shocked by Chen Weixiong's calmness. No one left his position due to the earthquake. Chen Weixiong's order shocked everyone even more. No one expected that there would be an earthquake relief emergency plan under his pillow. The army is the army, and the quality of the soldiers determines their habit of firmly obeying orders.

"Yes!" At this time, the first battalion commander was like a ignited fire, and his mental outlook suddenly became different. Even giving orders to the platoon leader was so powerful. The soldiers were ready for war at any time, but every soldier hoped that they would engage in a prepared war. Just like now.

Looking at the commander standing on the swaying commander, all the soldiers became firm. They believed that with such cadres, there was no difficulty that could be defeated by them.

The battalion commanders of each battalion made a report. Chen Weixiong seemed to deal with it very normally. At this time, Chen Weixiong believed that no one would be more prepared for the earthquake. Therefore, after the report of the battalion, he took over the command directly. Commander Wang had no objection at all. In his opinion, for all this, people who were more prepared should have been dealt with, let alone Chen Weixiong was still from the military organs.

"I'll order now!" Chen Weixiong did not discuss with Captain Wang, because according to his plan, especially at this time, unified command was the most important.

"Each battalion runs back, so the commanders and soldiers fill their kettles! The regiment logistics opens the combat readiness warehouse and loads all the combat readiness dry food. The regiment is so activated, bringing all jacks and crowbars and other tools. All officers of the regiment headquarters bring pistols. Each company sentinels and sending bullets to guard the camp closely. Those who do not listen to advice can fire a warning, and those who do not listen to warnings can be killed on the spot if they do not listen to warnings. All personnel bring all lighting tools. The units that have completed the preparations quickly go to the playground to gather. The following orders are executed, and each battalion brings back!" Chen Weixiong's order is firm and decisive, which is entirely due to the plan written a few days ago.

When the battalions heard the order, they quickly brought their troops back. Chen Weixiong and Regiment Commander Wang stood on the commander's stage without moving, and the regiment political commissar did not move either.

"Captain Wang, I'm sorry, you should have given this order, but I..." After the battalions were taken away, Chen Weixiong wanted to explain to Captain Wang, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Captain Wang.

"Director Chen, don't say this. If it were me, I wouldn't know how to issue an order for a while. Don't worry, the political commissar and I will definitely cooperate with you!" The political commissar who was standing on the side nodded and firmly supported the decision of Captain Wang.

At this moment, a row of leaders ran to the commander's front with the "Earthquake Rescue Emergency Plan" that was taken out from under Chen Weixiong's pillow.

"Report to the chief, the plan is brought!" A platoon led a big hole in the military uniform. It is conceivable how he was swaying in the barracks holding danger and swaying.

"Okay, go back immediately, fill the kettle with water, organize the troops, and come back quickly!" Chen Weixiong did not give the rank leader more time, nor did he ask about his clothes. These are all trivial matters.

Captain Wang took advantage of the faint moonlight and looked at the plan that Chen Weixiong handed him casually, and asked, "Director Chen, how could you have such a plan? It's rare that you know there will be an earthquake today?" Indeed, no matter who it is, he was surprised that Chen Weixiong was able to come up with such a copy.

"It's been a long story, I'll tell you later." Chen Weixiong smiled bitterly and didn't know how to explain. It's rare to say that he wrote it to deal with his son. He quickly recalled the preparations and precautions that he should have done. Chen Weixiong discovered that he still had many things he had not done, such as the preparation of first aid medicines and the arrangement of communications. The key now is to rescue where to first. So far, the shaking of the earth has not stopped, but deciding to rescue first has become Chen Weixiong's most concerned thing, because no one knows where the disaster is the worst. But Chen Weixiong knew that he could not wait any longer, and it was even more impossible for him to wait for his superiors to arrange it, because this would waste time in vain. Now, time is life.

"Captain Wang, I think we should immediately take the troops to Tangshan City for disaster relief. We are the closest troops to Tangshan. We all feel such a strong earthquake here, and the situation in Tangshan must be even worse!"

Commander Wang was surprised: "Director Chen, is it so difficult that we should not go to Beijing or Tianjin first? Or should we wait for the order from our superiors?" In that year, the Tangshan area was so close to Beijing and Tianjin, so Commander Wang's consideration was not unreasonable.

"No, let's go to Tangshan! If something goes wrong, I'll be responsible!" Chen Weixiong knew that there were troops looking around Beijing and Tianjin. Even if the 305th Regiment arrived in Beijing or Tianjin now, it would be more than ten hours. But Tangshan is different. In just over 40 minutes, the troops can all move into Tangshan.

"Okay, today our 305th Regiment will obey your order!" Captain Wang didn't say anything...

Just as the kettle that Chen Weixiong and Commander Wang discussed with each other, troops had already returned to the playground one after another. The first troops were sent by Chen Weixiong to the regiment's health center and all the companies, and took away all the JIPs in the drug regiment and turned into a moving company. After receiving the order and collected all the medicines, they immediately chased the troops in Tangshan. At this time, people from the communications department of the regiment also came over to report that all the telephones were disconnected, and the radio was seriously disturbed and could not communicate. After ordering a staff officer to arrange a car to carry the radio and generators, Chen Weixiong ordered that one of the troops coming would count and run closer to Tangshan.

Commander Wang was the barracks that left with Chen Weixiong, and the political commissar was left to organize the troops behind.

At 4:15 am on July 28, 1976, the first anti-earth and disaster relief unit entered Tangshan City.
Chapter completed!