crisis management game.

Chapter 177 Panic in the whole city
Om-!
Just when the group of Hindus were arguing most intensely with the drivers, suddenly, a shrill buzzer siren reverberated over the entire city, resounding throughout Calcutta.

It's an air raid siren! !

Everyone stopped what they were doing, their whole bodies were tense like the strings of a bow were stretched, they raised their heads stiffly and looked up at the sky, their cheeks seemed to be dyed with different colors in fright. Take Erqing, full of panic.

This is also normal. The air defense alarm is used for civil air defense during wartime, and it is used for disaster forecasting and emergency notification in disaster relief and emergency situations in normal times. Even if it is a simulated air defense alarm that is not a real situation, it will also make people contact disasters. Occurrence, due to the human nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, panic is a normal physiological reaction.

hum~bum~
Ding!
In the next second, drivers, passers-by, and Hindus fumbled for their trouser pockets one after another, and even the mobile phones of several people in the military vehicle vibrated with news.

He and Fatima took out their phones and saw that it was a text message.

"According to the Central Cabinet Disaster Relief Team, at 10:17 a.m. on October 5, the water storage in the Falaka reservoir area had seriously exceeded the standard, and damage was found at the east connection point of the dam body, which may cause continuous bursts of the Hooghly River. , in order to ensure the safety of the people in Metropolitan Calcutta and effectively reduce the harm caused by floods, starting from 49:2024 on October 10, 17, a level I response to natural disasters will be launched, and the main urban area will be temporarily closed. The matters are notified as follows:

[-]. All stores, shops, hotels, restaurants, enterprises, factories (except food, power supply, water conservancy) and schools in the main urban area will be closed to ensure the basic supply of daily necessities. ;

[-]. Road traffic control is implemented throughout the main urban area, and passenger lines, urban buses, and taxis are suspended, except for military vehicles, police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances, medical vehicles, engineering rescue vehicles, and those who hold the pass of the Municipal Disaster Emergency Response Headquarters Except for official vehicles, guaranteed vehicles, and special circumstances, motor vehicles are prohibited from driving on the road;
[-]. All Kolkata municipal government office staff, district committee office staff, police, fire, traffic, medical, Indian Army Eastern Command, are all involved in emergency response operations;
[-]. All residents in the main urban area shall move to the safe area planned by the disaster emergency headquarters in an orderly manner under the command of the nearby police, fire, and disaster emergency headquarters staff;
Calcutta Municipality Disaster Response Command, West Bengal;

Calgary agrees to a joint prevention and control mechanism for rainstorm and flood disasters;

January 2024, 10. "

"I didn't expect the municipal authorities to move so quickly..."

After reading the text message, Fatima was not surprised by the content.

Because whether it is the air defense warning or the blocked text messages, it was all discussed by Gu Ji in a meeting with the state government officials on the airport runway just now. Not only text messages, but also radio, TV, and all information media channels are currently all Temporarily controlled by the command set up by the municipality.

If we want to transfer more than 600 million people, the conventional emergency response plan will definitely not be able to do it. It is necessary to achieve unified command, hierarchical and sub-departmental responsibility, and the joint efforts of the city's party, government, military and civilians, and all walks of life. Only then can it be possible in the shortest time Finish.

Before these operations can be carried out successfully, traffic must first be regulated.

"My God! The flood is coming!"

"Let's go! Run! Everyone, run!"

"No, I'm going to pick up my child from school, my child is still in school!"

"I still have a lot of valuables at home, get out of the way, I'm going home right away to pack my things!"

"What do you care about at this time, life-saving is the most important thing! Run away! Police! Police, where is the safe zone, tell us quickly..."

For a moment, all the people fell into panic. Most of the people on the river bank rolled and crawled, fleeing the bank like a plague god. The vehicles at the intersection honked their horns frantically, trying to quickly escape from the water. There were several collisions in a row.

But at this time, everyone didn't care whether their vehicles were damaged.

Seeing that the vehicles could hardly move, some drivers gave up decisively, opened the doors and fled to the south. At this time, those motorcycles and yellow-green tricycles became the only means of transportation that could barely move.

"Brother! Wait, please take me, I'll give you money!!"

"Pull me! Pull me!! I'll give you money!"

"3000 rupees per person! The last parking space is left! Who wants to get in?"

"3000 rupees! You are too fucking black!"

"Damn boar! Get out of here! This car is my own now!"

"Ah! My motorcycle! My car! Don't run!"

……

Fear drives people crazy.

A three-wheeled taxi that usually only sells for 12 rupees per kilometer now dares to ask for 3000, and some young and middle-aged people with strong physique even go to grab other people's vehicles on the spot. The weak old people are pushed aside, and the young children Sitting on the ground crying, panicked men and women with disheveled hair, rolling and crawling in the stagnant water, like hell on earth.

Fatima seemed to be frightened by the crazy scene in front of her, her tongue was a little stiff.

"How did it become like this..."

"It's normal. When people are worried and afraid, they will forget themselves and everything. They can only lose their minds in their sensory fears, subconsciously vent their emotions and protect themselves, purely out of instinct."

Gu knew a long time ago that doing so would cause panic among the people, and violence, looting, and crimes might all happen.

But he has no choice. If he does not tell the people the truth, or uses some mild words, which cannot express the seriousness of the catastrophic flood at all, many people may not pay attention to it. They either go home slowly or refuse to cooperate with the government army. Come on, the only ones who get hurt are themselves.

In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be taken.

"Marlowe!"

"understand!"

Hearing Gu Ji's shout, Marlow made a "click", loaded the AK-203 neatly in his hand, switched the speed machine to single-shot mode, pressed the window of the car, and poked out the muzzle of the gun, da da!

The movement of the AK gun system was not small, and the rapid gunfire exploded over the intersection, like a switch, shutting down the whole world.

It seemed that even time had stood still.

The street that was noisy and smashed just now is now only the ticking sound of heavy rain. Those mobs who are rushing wildly and ignoring the rules and regulations of the disaster emergency response of the headquarters are secretly moving to the side bit by bit, trying to avoid horses. Luo's muzzle shot at the circle, and more people lay on the ground with their heads in their arms, not daring to move an inch.

Or the military is in control.

Taking the opportunity, Gu Ji took out the loudspeaker, opened the car window, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Listen everyone, we are the staff of the disaster emergency response mechanism. I hope you will immediately abide by the provisions of the response notice issued by the municipal authority, immediately park your vehicles on the side of the road, and resume traffic. Everyone must trust the government and the military. I believe we have the ability to deal with this disaster, but if anyone dares to disobey the notice order or take advantage of the chaos to commit a crime, we will never let it go and will take tough measures immediately!"

"Sir, where should we go now?"

"Can't motorcycles go?"

"Sir, my son is still in school, I...I have to pick him up! He's only eight years old, he can't do it alone!"

The red and white faces of Marlowe and Gu Ji frightened the panic-stricken citizens to regain their sanity on the spot, but there were still many people who were worried about this and that, and surrounded the military vehicle they were in, chattering and asking non-stop.

Fatima also drilled out and explained:

"Everyone, please rest assured that whether it is a school or a hospital, the municipal government has arranged for corresponding management personnel to transfer and evacuate in a unified manner. If you rush over now, you will only waste time. Therefore, for your own safety and for the sake of your family, please Rush to the nearby command point as soon as possible, and follow the emergency response staff to arrange evacuation!"

After the earnest persuasion of the two men and the black muzzle of Marlowe, the people restored order.

At this time, the municipal traffic police also arrived at the scene, and the drivers returned to their vehicles one after another. Under the command of the traffic police, they began to stop on both sides of the road, and all the traffic lights at the intersection turned into red lights.

da da da da...

In the sky, military helicopters flew overhead one after another. Gu Ji glanced at the direction. It was heading north. There was a slum area in Calcutta, and it was also the most densely populated area. Something serious must have happened. .

Because he noticed that the task progress bar in the lower left corner had changed:

[Current death toll: 2/200]

Just at the beginning, there have already been two deaths. Gu Ji couldn't imagine that if he hadn't blown up the two dams in front and forcibly persuaded those high-level officials of the West Bengal government to carry out emergency response transfer, what would have happened to this disaster? How many people died!
"Move the car in front, drive over immediately!"

"Good captain!"

Under the command of the traffic police, the intersection was finally cleared. After Marlow gave an order, the driver stepped on the accelerator and turned into the edge of the river on the left.

clap la la...

Affected by the heavy rain, the water of the Hooghly River became extremely turbulent, and the waves kept hitting the stone embankment on the shore. At this moment, many firefighters were busy evacuating the Hindus who were praying.

Yes.

Even under the premise that the air defense sirens sounded, the municipal authorities announced, and the people rioted and rioted, there were still some people who refused to leave the edge of the river bank. They seemed to be isolated from the world. The outside influence had nothing to do with them. They just closed their eyes. Squatting in the stagnant water on the bank, holding the mud in the river bank, and smearing it on your body, even if the heavy rain will wash it away soon, at the same time, you still don’t know what to say in your mouth.

Gu Ji never believed in these things, but he respected beliefs.

But the situation is really urgent now, he raised the loudspeaker to explain the seriousness of the matter, and these devout believers were still unmoved, "There is no way, Marlowe, you immediately lead someone to forcibly take these people away from the river bank! "

"Okay! Teams one to five come with me!"

Today, the troops of the Eastern Indian Military Region have already entered Calcutta. Marlowe now controls not only the two special border force groups of the 57th Mountain Division, but also an entire army column with nearly 1500 people.

"Let go of me! Don't disturb my prayers to Lord Shiva!"

"let go!"

"You vulgar soldiers, let me go! I won't leave here until my prayers are finished!"

"Ah! Damn it!"

The soldiers did not expect these believers to be so determined, and even an old Indian man in an orange robe bit the soldier's wrist on the spot.

At the moment when the soldiers were about to fight back, Fatima yelled in time:
"Stop! Elderly, for your safety, you must leave here immediately. The flood is about to pour into the city of Calcutta. By then, the Ganges will be everywhere. As long as you are sincere, you can continue to pray in the safe zone!"

Needless to say, her words really moved many believers.

Gu Ji held out a thumb.

"Okay, Fatima, you can steal this concept!"

"The fact is that the Hooghly River they pray to is not a tributary of the Ganges, so the flood that the Hooghly River pours into the city is also Ganga water!"

Fatima stroked the ends of her hair that were wet by the rain, "Vidi, after the riverside matter is settled, what should we do next? Is there really time for the transfer?"

"I don't know either. The main key point is the transfer speed of the slums in the North District."

Although Gu Ji arranged for technicians to stay on the hillside near the Falaka Dam to keep an eye on the situation of the dam body and report to him and the headquarters, no one can predict when the embankment will break.

Fifteen minutes later, with the cooperation of firefighters and army soldiers, there was finally no one staying within 15 meters of the river.

Gu Ji immediately asked Marlowe to lead the army to the slums in the North District for support.

"Now it's mainly a vehicle problem. Even though the traffic has been closed and controlled, there are still too few buses. Especially in the hospitals in the North District, the medical conditions are poor, there are many critically ill patients, and under the premise of lack of medical equipment, forced transfers are likely to happen on the road. will die, so the evacuation speed is very slow!"

"Then think of a way to draw 10 more passenger cars from the central and southern districts, as well as ships, so that three more rounds can be added to the northern section of the voyage. In addition, 10 transport vehicles from the military district will also be drawn, and all of them will be transferred to the north." District, hurry up!!"

On the off-road military vehicle, Gu Ji was busy talking with Chief Secretary Ranat.

Today, the streets of Calcutta have been completely taken over by the Traffic Bureau of the Police Department. Private cars, motorcycles, tricycles, bicycles and other vehicles are all parked on both sides, and the middle of the road is smooth. It is hard to imagine that India, one of the most congested countries in the world , there will be such a smooth day.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he hung up the phone, Fatima on the side handed over the phone anxiously, "The technician in charge of monitoring the Falaka Dam just called and said that there was a mountain on the east side of the dam. Landslide, I'm afraid the dam won't last long!"

"Now the main city has just transferred half of the population..."

Gu Ji gritted his teeth. If this progress is followed, it may be difficult to complete the action plan before the flood.

rumbling...

(End of this chapter)