Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The advanced helicopter slowly took off from the ground and headed straight towards Xichuan in the southeast of Ducheng Province.

Duan Jianghe, who was on the plane, was holding a high-power military telescope in his hand and observing the movements underground. He seemed to be afraid of missing something, and was very careful and cautious along the way.

At this moment, in Taohua Town, which was the worst hit by the disaster at the epicenter, the situation has improved to a certain extent thanks to the efforts of Feng Sizhe and others throughout the day and night.

Of course, the rescue force was limited. There was only one regiment of soldiers and hundreds of people led by Feng Sizhe. After all, the capacity was limited. Although a certain number of people were rescued, there were still many people buried on the ground, eagerly waiting for rescue.

But many touching stories happened in just one night.

For example, more than ten hours after the earthquake, a boy from Xichuan with blood all over his face was rescued from the ruins. Just as the PLA soldiers were preparing to transfer him to a safe area, he struggled to raise his right hand, which was still able to move, and weakly but standardly saluted the Young Pioneers. The little boy on the stretcher did not forget to salute the soldiers who rescued him, and his gesture of gratitude deeply moved countless people.

There is also a little girl named Meimei in the ruins, and she is still reading. "Meimei, that beautiful and studious girl, have you seen her?" At the rescue site, Li Hong, the head teacher of Class 1, Grade 7 of Taohua Town Middle School, has been caring about a girl named Wang Meimei: in her heart, this little girl from a poor family often reads with a flashlight on her way home.

When Wang Meimei was rescued by PLA soldiers, Li Hong and the soldiers were moved by the fact that this strong girl was still reading a book with a flashlight in the ruins when she was rescued. She said, "It was pitch black down there, I was scared. I was cold and hungry, and I could only read to ease my fear!" Her honesty moved everyone to tears. Li Hong immediately hugged Wang Meimei and burst into tears: "Good girl, as long as you can come out alive, it's better than anything else."

The main teaching building of Taohua Town School collapsed by more than half. At that time, more than 100 children were trapped underneath the building during class. They were all elementary school students. Some soldiers who seemed to be firefighters had already rescued more than a dozen children and more than bodies from the rubble.

However, at the most critical moment of the rescue, the ruins of the teaching building suddenly moved due to aftershocks and crane operations, and there was a possibility of collapse again at any time. Entering the ruins for rescue was extremely dangerous and almost tantamount to suicide. The fire commander at the time gave a death order, asking those who had drilled into the ruins to withdraw immediately and wait until the collapse stabilized before entering again. However, at this time, several soldiers who had just come out of the ruins shouted that they had found the child again.

A few soldiers heard it and ignored it, turning around to drill in again. At this time, a collapse occurred. A huge concrete block was sinking. The soldiers who turned in were immediately held tightly by other soldiers. The two groups pulled on top. Finally, the soldiers on the ruins were dragged to a safe area. A soldier who had just brought a child out of the ruins knelt down and cried, saying to the people dragging him, "Please let me save one more person, please let me save one more person! I can save one more person!"

Everyone cried when they saw this, and the ruins collapsed for the second time. Later, the children were dug out, but only one was still alive. When the reporters saw the young soldiers holding the surviving little girl and running towards the rescue tent in the rain, they burst into tears.

Touching scenes were happening one after another, and Feng Sizhe and everyone else were moved to tears.

It has been many years since Feng Sizhe had cried so freely, but today, his tears really flowed from the corners of his eyes again and again. He knew that it was because he was moved by the lovely soldiers, and he knew that his soul had been baptized once again.

Because Taohua Town was damaged too badly, Duan Jianghe and others on the plane simply jumped over here and headed towards Xichuan.

In fact, along the way, the plane first passed over Wanxian, Taohua Town, and some other towns, but they did not stop at any of them, because comparatively speaking, Xichuan had the highest population density, with more people there, and that was the place they were concerned about.

The helicopter flew all the way to the sky above Xichuan City, where Duan Jianghe saw a scene that surprised him.

Originally, in Duan Jianghe's impression, Xichuan should be in a mess, and even full of wailing. Although Feng Sizhe had prepared a disaster drill before, the situation should not be too good. Without support and suffering such a strong earthquake, I am afraid that everyone will not be in a good mood, and the natural order will not be too good.

It can be said that Duan Jianghe had already made the worst plan before coming here. But when he really arrived over Xichuan, he never expected that when he looked down from the plane, the entire Xichuan city was indeed a sea of ​​red flags.

That’s right, a sea of ​​red flags.

The bright five-star red flag and the D flag fluttered in the wind, standing in every corner of Xichuan City. Looking from the sky, it looks like a sea of ​​red.

It turned out that since Feng Sizhe planted fifty red flags and formed fifty temporary disaster relief and self-rescue D teams, Hong Weiguang, Zu Jie, Ya Yunlong, Chen Ping and others who stayed in Xichuan at the command center followed suit. They also took out more red flags from the warehouse and planted red flags wherever there were D members. This gave countless people confidence and made everyone clear that the D organization was still there and the people here had not been abandoned. They were still cared for and were still organized people.

Suddenly, seeing so many bright red flags standing everywhere, Duan Jianghe on the plane also became excited, and tears of excitement and emotion stopped in his originally deep eyes. He really did not expect that the leaders of Xichuan City could think of such a solution. He did not expect that in the face of such a big disaster, Feng Sizhe could organize the cadres here to come up with such a way to unite the people. It seems that Xichuan’s problem is not a big deal.

"Good, good, good, Comrade Feng Sizhe did a good job, the leading cadres of Xichuan City did a good job, and the Xichuan Disaster Relief Exercise Command Center made an indelible contribution." On the plane, Duan Jianghe made a direct judgment in excitement.

Hearing Manager Z praising the leaders of Xichuan City, Zu Youjing on the side was also extremely excited.

Before the New Year, Feng Sizhe made a special trip to visit him and said that he hoped to transfer Zu Jie to work in the capital province, and that he would give him a great achievement. At that time, he didn't quite believe it, but he thought that it was not a good thing for his son to stay in Kyoto all the time, and he should go down to train, so he agreed.

In the following period, Feng Sizhe's situation was not very good. Because he always focused his energy on Xichuan, his position in the capital province was always unstable, and even his post as governor was suspended. At that time, Zu Youjing even wondered if he trusted Feng Sizhe too much. He was also prepared that if the situation in the capital was really bad, he would use his connections to transfer his son away.

But he never expected that everything would happen so quickly. Feng Sizhe was under great pressure and was even on the verge of collapse. The earthquake he predicted really came. After all his preparations, the terrible earthquake did not bring the expected disaster. Now, looking at the red flags planted all over Xichuan below the plane, he can feel that the order in Xichuan is not disturbed and all the work here is in order.

Of course, Feng Sizhe has made the greatest contribution, but it cannot be denied that his son, as the mayor of Xichuan, has also made great contributions.

Thinking that he must show this scene to the leaders, comrades, and everyone else, so that they would know what happened here and the contributions made by the cadres here (including his son, of course) at this special time, Zu Youjing loudly ordered the reporters around him, "Quick, quick, take pictures of all this, take pictures."

The bright red flags deeply embedded in the ground were photographed, and I believe it will soon reach the eyes of everyone who cares about the people of Xichuan.

"Commander, Commander, the weather station just sent a message saying that there will be showers in a while. Now the airport control tower requires us to fly back immediately. Please give us your instructions, Commander." Suddenly, the front cabin door of the plane opened, and a co-pilot in an air force uniform came out and took the initiative to ask for instructions.

"What? Didn't they say that the weather is good today and suitable for flying?" Duan Jianghe's face darkened when he heard the report from his subordinates. It was obvious that he still wanted to observe Xichuan City carefully and had not thought about going back so soon.

"Yes, that's what the previous forecast said. However, the weather in the earthquake zone is changeable, so it's normal for the weather to change temporarily. First of all, please give your instructions now." The pilot said quickly. Soldiers are supposed to obey orders. Even if the leader orders them not to leave, even if their lives are in danger, they will not leave. This is the soldier of the Republic.

Duan Jianghe sighed helplessly. Although he wanted to observe Xichuan's situation, he thought that if it rained, the danger would still exist. Moreover, he was not the only one on the plane. He also had to consider the safety of other comrades. So he had no choice but to say, "Okay, let's go back."

Among the Xichuan disaster relief commanders below the plane, Hong Weiguang, Zu Jie, Chen Jiahua and others were also looking up into the sky.

"That should be a plane sent by our superiors. I believe they should feel more at ease after seeing the situation in Xichuan." Zu Jie said with some emotion as he looked at the helicopter high in the sky.