First Secretary of Rebirth

No matter how careful the arrangements were, He Zhaoyang always felt uneasy in his heart.

"Are you nervous?" During the daily routine phone calls, Ling Wei could hear something was wrong with him.

"It's not really nervous, it's just..." He Chaoyang frowned and thought for a while, "It's just that I don't feel at ease."

"Why don't I go and see you?" He Chaoyang was conducting a vigorous exercise recently, not to mention causing the entire Ningbei Province to look sideways, and even Ling Wei got some news from some secret channels.

"Don't come here, I really can't get away recently." He really wanted to see Ling Wei, but as the date of the earthquake approached, Annan had become the most dangerous city.

"Okay then." Ling Wei sighed, and comforted him: "Don't demand perfection in doing things, just have a clear conscience about some things."

"Weiwei..." He Chaoyang sighed, not knowing what to say.

"Well, don't be afraid, I'm with you."

Words like coaxing a child came out of Ling Wei's mouth, and He Chaoyang's depressed mood was swept away. "Weiwei, I really love you to death!"

On August [-]st, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the fourth disaster prevention drill in Annan officially started.

He Chaoyang was sitting in a tent in front of the government square. He wanted to go to Zhanggu, but that would be too obvious, as if he already knew that the epicenter was in Zhanggu.After much deliberation, He Chaoyang restrained his impulse and did everything he could. No matter how worried he was, he still had to do his job well as a commander.

Ma Yuehong neither supports nor opposes the exercise he conducted, and is purely an attitude of staying out of it.The first three exercises were all organized by He Chaoyang, and Ma Yuehong only participated in a regular meeting and gave some words of encouragement.

By the fourth exercise, Ma Yuehong already had the mentality of watching the excitement.No region would hold four disaster prevention drills in a row within two months. Once this drill is over, some provincial leaders will come to talk to He Chaoyang soon.

What does a mayor look like if he does not focus on the economy or government affairs, and conducts exercises all day long!

"Secretary Ma, the exercise is about to start. Do you have any instructions?" He Chaoyang asked Ma Yuehong's tent before the exercise.

Ma Yuehong raised his head from the newspaper, and said with a smile: "I'm a layman to these things, let the mayor do it."

Seeing that Ma Yuehong still didn't want to get involved, He Zhaoyang nodded and said, "Then I'll announce the start."

The opportunity has been given to you, if you don't seize it, don't blame me.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the exercise officially started.

He Chaoyang sat in front of the command platform with a solemn expression, and there was hardly any noise in the entire command post.

After two months of education, the various functional departments have basically been twisted into one rope. Because you don’t do a good job, Mayor He won’t let you go. These chicks had to deal with it with 12 points of energy.

Sometimes people are like this. Although they complain, but when there is pressure, motivation will come.

The cadres in Annan City are like this.He Chaoyang repeatedly exerted pressure, almost reaching the bottom line of their tolerance.However, Mayor He also said that this will be the last exercise, and normal order will be restored immediately after the warning time given by the Earthquake Administration has passed.

With this carrot hanging in front, cadres at all levels have to work hard.The dawn of victory is just around the corner, go, comrades!

Amidst the long blare of air defense sirens, people everywhere in Annan began to take action.

They came out of work units, factories, and schools, some gathered in the open field in front of their homes, and some chose the empty road. Under the command of the teacher, the children gathered in the school playground in an orderly manner.Among them, the students of No. [-] Primary School are the most concerned. Because the school playground is occupied by shops, the children can only go to the street under the guidance of the teacher.

Fortunately, because the whole city is conducting drills, in order to give the students of the Second Primary School enough escape space, the road in front of the Second Primary School has been closed to traffic.

"Haha, it's really fun." The children gathered together and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands at first. Most of the children also wore cotton hoods made by their parents.But as time went on and there was no sign of an earthquake, many children couldn't hold back anymore.

"Students, stay where you are and keep quiet!" The teachers immediately began to maintain order.

"Teacher, will there be an earthquake?" A bold student asked.

"Regardless of whether there will be an earthquake or not, the higher authorities have not issued an order to complete the exercise, so the students must stay where they are." The teacher said seriously: "What we have to do now is to listen to orders at any time."

Seeing the teacher's serious expression, the troublesome student obediently kept his mouth shut.

Anyway, if you stay up for another 10 minutes, the exercise will be over, don't be afraid!

The staff of the municipal office also share the same concept as the elementary school students.

They gathered in the square not far from the city hall, and while waiting for the exercise time to pass, they whispered, "Why do you think Mayor He is so keen on conducting exercises? Could it be possible to achieve political achievements by conducting exercises?"

"Who knows! I heard that Mayor He used to work in the capital. Could it be that this is the fashion in Beijing?"

"Don't be joking! My uncle is in the capital now, why didn't I hear that there is this in the capital?"

"Not to mention, I think Mayor He made a big fuss this time. Didn't the Earthquake Administration say that there is a chance of an earthquake, but the intensity and intensity of the earthquake are not sure. It's fine to inform everyone to make preparations. How can the whole city The activities of the company have all stopped, and all the staff are engaged in exercises? If the higher-ups blame this, can he afford it?"

"It's better if you can't afford it!" Someone winked and said: "Lao Ma has been so aggrieved recently, I guess I have wanted to take him for a long time!"

The whispers in the square were spectacular. There were not only government officials, but also some people living nearby. Annan was originally a multi-ethnic mixed area, and the voices complaining about He Chaoyang's fuss were not only in Chinese.Everyone knows that disaster prevention is very important, but there are not many leaders who are as crazy as He Chaoyang.

Or rather, they've never seen it before.

"What do you think Mayor He is thinking!" A member of the Qing family complained, "I still have to go to the countryside to visit my parents today."

"Yes! Our hometown is in the mountains. I heard that the people in the mountains will gather in the town today." Someone said angrily: "Yesterday, my mother called me and said that the cadres in the village insisted on using a stretcher to carry my grandma from home. Arrived at the temporary medical point in the town. They are so reckless, after the drill is over, I have to talk to the government!"

This person's anger immediately got the response of most people. Everyone was dissatisfied with this mayor who made a big fuss about the earthquake. Isn't it just an earthquake with a probability of only a few percent?As for making the exercise so big?Quan'annan City has seven counties and cities under its jurisdiction, none of which can escape, and even the work is done deep in the mountains. Mayor He Aiyan really played big this time!

"Mayor He, I have led my troops to the designated location." Tang Xiaoli briefly reported as agreed.

"Well, be on call at any time, pay attention to personal safety."

"Yes."

After the official report was over, Tang Xiaoli hesitated again. He dragged the team to Zhanggu for field training this time, and he was not embarrassed by the superiors.However, He Chaoyang conducted larger-scale drills in Annan, but the members of the Annan City team accounted for their mistakes. If there is no earthquake, I am afraid that Mayor He will not be able to explain it to the top and bottom.

But as He Chaoyang himself said, if the earthquake doesn't happen, then what if the black gauze is discarded?He couldn't afford to bet on the lives of more than 200 million people in Annan City.

"Brother, do you think an earthquake will really happen?" The drill is coming to an end, the sky is clear, and it is really not a day when an earthquake will happen.

"I don't know either." He Zhaoyang said calmly, "Do your best and know the destiny."

At this moment, the time has pointed to 32:[-], and the earthquake in the previous life happened at this time.He Zhaoyang looked at the clock on the wall, the pointer was still beating every second, He Zhaoyang stared at it closely, concentrating on it.

Zhou Jun was by his side, a little worried, is Mayor He in a daze?

"mayor?"

He Chaoyang didn't move.

"Mayor? Have a drink?" Zhou Jun said softly.

He Chaoyang acted as if he hadn't heard of it, and watched the pointer pass by 32:33, and gradually jumped towards [-].

Could it be that the earthquake really won't happen?

"Teacher, my feet are numb, can we go back?" A student looked up pitifully and asked.

"The order to end the exercise hasn't been issued yet, so just wait."

The teacher looked at the children who were getting impatient as they waited, and felt a little anxious. Why didn't the higher-ups notify them?It's not a problem for so many children squatting on the road!

Compared with the anxiety of the teachers, the hospital is almost in chaos.

"Dean, I have two emergency surgeries in my hand, and it's almost the end of the exercise, can we enter the operating room?" The director of orthopedics has already run to the dean twice.

The dean looked at his watch, then at the phone, and shook his head. "hold on."

"If you wait any longer, the patient will have to amputate his limb!"

This one is also in a hurry.His face was red and his neck was thick.

"Isn't there an emergency plan? Otherwise, we will do it in the tent hospital first."

"Dean, it's already the end time, why didn't the higher-ups issue an order? Can the tent operating room be compared with a specialized operating room? Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?"

The dean had a serious face, finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'll ask for instructions first."

The children in the school are losing their temper, and the patients in the hospital are feeling emotional.

However, what is even more overwhelming is the crowds gathered in various township governments.

Most of these people were brought to the township government by village cadres from remote mountainous areas. As mentioned earlier, some sick elderly people were carried out by cadres semi-forcibly.

Faced with the helpless and angry eyes of the masses, the village cadres and township cadres are not without guilt.

But these are all orders from above!No one dares to joke about his own future, right?

Isn't it just an exercise?Isn't it just a toss?I heard that I will stop tossing this time after the tossing, and give the fellow a smile, say a few more good words, and fool me.

Just as the villagers gathered around the cadres to explain, He Chaoyang also started to move.

The clock had already pointed to 35:2, and there was no movement in another [-] minutes, just... He Zhaoyang looked at the clock with complicated emotions. At this moment, he really didn't know whether he was sad or happy.

The expected earthquake did not come, maybe it was God's blessing!

"Mayor." Zhou Jun looked at the mayor who was suddenly sad and happy, and called out worriedly.

"Yeah." He Chaoyang was very calm, "How's it going outside?"

"The masses are a little anxious." After waiting for such a long time without any movement, the higher-ups did not say how to deal with it, and it is not to blame that the masses have ideas.

"Is the department at all levels operating normally?"

"Normal." Zhou Jun glanced at him and whispered, "Many cadres have asked for instructions on when to end the exercise."

He Zhaoyang looked at the clock on the wall until the clock reached 42:[-], his brows furrowed tightly.

It has been 10 minutes, and it seems that Annan really avoided it this time.

"Mayor!" While he was thinking, the curtain of the command post tent was lifted.Ma Yuehong walked in with a smile, "The deputy governor Sha of the province called me just now. Governor Sha heard that you are conducting an exercise again, so let me specifically ask you that the exercise should be held, but it should not affect the normal situation." production life."

He Chaoyang nodded and said, "Thank you, Governor Sha, for your concern for me."

Looking at Ma Yuehong's smiling face, he knew that this was just an eyedrop the old guy gave himself in front of the provincial leaders.

The large-scale exercise is useless, there is no earthquake at all, and now even the provincial leaders have expressed concern about it, let's see how you turn around this time, He Chaoyang!

"Mayor, it's almost three o'clock." Zhou Jun reminded in a low voice.

He Zhaoyang glanced at the clock, it was already pointing to 47:[-], he pursed his lips tightly, and turned on the microphone on the podium.

"I'm He Chaoyang, and now all the drillers are listening to my orders..."

Before He Chaoyang could say that the exercise was over, his feet shook suddenly.

"Mayor!" Zhou Jun grabbed the corner of the table.

Following his scream, a dull thunder-like sound pierced the air from a distance.While shaking, Zhou Jun seemed to see a huge fireball ignited in the sky.

The ground shook violently in an instant, and He Chaoyang supported the table, trying to stabilize his body.

Ma Yuehong stood at the door of the tent, staggering, with a look of disbelief.

At this moment, the outside is already in chaos. Laughing children screamed among the falling bricks and tiles. The doctor who wanted to force his way into the hospital building staggered back. The villagers who besieged the village cadres were all stupid Suddenly, they opened their mouths wide, looking at the government gate that collapsed into ruins in the blink of an eye...

In the shaking ground, in the smoke and dust of the collapsed buildings, the power of nature oppressed everyone. They never thought that an earthquake would be like this. They couldn't move, and they could only let nature vent its anger.

Horror gathered on their faces, and everyone realized one thing.

This is not a drill, this is an earthquake.