First Secretary of Rebirth

I don’t know how long the shaking like a mountain shaking lasted, maybe a few seconds, maybe a dozen seconds, but the people in the epicenter no longer have the concept of time, they just feel that the ground is shaking so violently, the falling bricks The block, the cracked wall, and the suddenly collapsed building are all telling them that steel and concrete are no match for the angry roar of nature, let alone their flesh and blood?

After an unknown period of time, at least many people felt that time had stopped. They only heard the sound of buildings collapsing, and the coughing sound filled with smoke. When everything returned to silence, many people still held their heads motionless .

Is this an earthquake?Have you stopped?Will you come again?

No one could give an accurate answer. When some bold people raised their heads quietly, they were stunned by the sight in front of them.

The whole building in the distance is tilted, and the building is precarious, and it is unknown when it will fall.The concrete road in front of it was cracked wide, and these cracks were like hideous wounds all over the road.

In the whole city, the only safe place is the square they are in.People raised their heads and saw a national flag slowly raised in front of the disaster prevention headquarters not far away. The flag fluttering in the wind seemed to tell them that the government is here, so don't be afraid.

"It's Mayor He." Some people patted their chests in fear. If Mayor He hadn't forced this disaster prevention drill, he might still be sleeping at home. The old-fashioned building in their house was under such an earthquake , it might have collapsed.

"Will it shake again?" A woman's voice shouted, "My child is still in school!"

Someone took out his mobile phone to call, but the connection was no longer available.

"I want to go home and have a look!"

"No! The road is the most dangerous now!" someone stopped him.

"But where's my passbook and jewelry? I don't have any money with me!"

"Wait a minute! Is money or life more important?"

In the chaos, a pickup truck with a tweeter was driven out of the headquarters.

"Comrades, don't panic! Now that the biggest earthquake has passed, please stay where you are and don't walk around at will! Residents of all streets, please follow the instructions of the disaster prevention director of the street office!"

The pickup truck was driving in the center of the main road, and continued to shout while driving: "Everyone, please rest assured, the disaster prevention material center in the city has been activated, and food, tents and other materials will be in place one after another before nine o'clock tonight!"

"Because the communication optical cable was damaged in the earthquake, the whole city can only guarantee the smooth communication of disaster prevention and emergency communication. Citizens and friends who cannot get through the phone, please do not worry. The communication company has already started to repair it with all its strength, and will restore normal communication as quickly as possible! "

"Schools are our top priority. The children are safe now. Please exercise restraint and don't go to schools to pick up students!"

"The earthquake has already occurred, and the disaster prevention offices at all levels are requested to act quickly according to the disaster prevention plan! In addition, we want to emphasize that please ensure the personal safety of citizens first! Watch out for aftershocks!"

In the case of communication interruption, these voices representing the government undoubtedly gave some comfort to the panicked crowd. The children are safe, which made many parents breathe a sigh of relief.

The urban area of ​​Annan City is not very big, because this disaster prevention drill has been extended to every community, every sub-district office, and the disaster prevention departments at all levels have experienced four drills. After the initial panic, they finally came to their senses , Started to work in an orderly manner.

The city of Annan is not at the epicenter, and most buildings have withstood the test of the earthquake, but everyone has been frightened by the earthquake. Except for some people who live in simple houses who dare to go in to get things, none of the citizens living in buildings Dare to go upstairs.

"Mayor Li, how is the situation in Annan City?" He Chaoyang glanced at Li Yongli, the deputy mayor who was sitting behind the headquarters.

The deputy mayor is responsible for the disaster prevention work of the entire Annan city area, and He Chaoyang is quite satisfied with his work attitude.

"It has initially stabilized," Li Yongli said seriously: "I am in contact with the person in charge of the water supply and power supply departments."

He Chaoyang nodded, and said to Minister Lu of the Propaganda Department: "Minister Lu, you should spread the news of the Annan earthquake immediately. After an hour, the list of supplies that are lacking in various places will be reported, and you need to release these. In addition, To announce to the outside world, what we need now is a professional rescue team, and civilian rescue personnel and vehicles are requested to temporarily stop entering Annan, we need to keep the road absolutely unblocked!"

Before Minister Lu could react, he stared blankly at He Chaoyang.This, is this person a fairy?How could there be an earthquake?

"Minister Lu!" He Chaoyang shouted.

Lu Zifang finally recovered and said loudly, "Yes!"

The satellite phone got through, but He Chaoyang didn't call the provincial government right away. His first call was to Liu Congjian who was in Zhanggu County.

"Cong Jian, how is the situation now?"

"Mayor! The earthquake in Zhanggu was so strong that half of the buildings in the county had collapsed! The comrades stationed outside told me that the road to Zhanggu has been blocked by landslide boulders and is impassable!"

"What about casualties?"

"Basically they were all withdrawn because we took compulsory measures, and 90.00% of the comrades are safe!"

"Notify the disaster prevention offices at all levels to start work immediately. The most important thing now is to save lives!"

"Yes!"

"Is there anything else you need?"

"Mayor, we underestimated the intensity of the earthquake, food, tents, generators and other supplies are not enough!"

"Okay, I'll dispatch supplies to you right away." He Zhaoyang finished speaking in a deep voice, and then instructed, "Be careful."

"Yes!" Liu Congjian's eyes were wet after hearing He Chaoyang's order, "Thank you, Mayor!"

He Chaoyang's second call was to Ishikawa County, which is the closest to Zhanggu.

Although Shi Chuan was not the epicenter of the earthquake in the previous life, he also suffered heavy losses. After asking the cadres who stayed there, he asked the correspondent to dial the phone to the governor's office.

"What did you say?" After receiving a call from He Chaoyang, Liu Tao, Governor of Ningbei Province, changed his voice, "A major earthquake occurred in Zhanggu County? How is the situation in Zhanggu now? How are the casualties?"

"Reporting to the governor, we were conducting a disaster prevention drill when the earthquake occurred. Most of the personnel had already evacuated the building. Now all places are counting the number of people and self-rescue. The specific number cannot be reported yet."

"Are you conducting a drill?" Governor Liu Tao was in a roller coaster mood. When he heard that most of the personnel had evacuated the building, he almost exclaimed God bless him!

It doesn't matter if the landslides happen, or if the building collapses, but if there are too many dead people, it's really troublesome.Although natural disasters are ruthless, it is more important than anything else to save more lives.

"Comrade He Chaoyang, I will leave for Annan immediately. If you have any urgently needed supplies, you can report them to me immediately."

"Yes, Governor Liu, I have received reports from Zhanggu and Shichuan counties. Because the earthquake intensity is underestimated, the disaster area now needs a lot of relief supplies such as food tents. In addition, the road to Zhanggu and Shichuan has been blocked due to landslides. We need large-scale excavators to rush through the roads leading to these two areas!"

"Okay! I'll arrange this matter!" Liu Tao paused, and said, "This matter must be reported to the Central Committee immediately!"

"Yes!"

He Chaoyang didn't take the matter of reporting to the central government to heart. He entrusted the matter to Ma Yuehong and took his people to Zhanggu.

Ma Yuehong almost suffered a heart attack in the earthquake just now. He Chaoyang pushed Ma Yuehong, who was about to get up, onto the chair, told him to rest well, and then resolutely embarked on the journey to the most dangerous place.

Ma Yuehong looked at his leaving back, speechless in a daze.

"Secretary?" Minister Lu called softly.

"Zifang, why did you say there was an earthquake?"

Lu Zifang was in a complicated mood and couldn't utter a word. They had read all the reports from the Earthquake Administration, and no one took the reports with a few percent chances seriously. Only He Chaoyang, who didn't know what Mayor He was thinking, insisted that The force of one person forced departments at all levels in Annan City to participate in the exercise.

Many people have already made wishful thinking. As soon as the fourth exercise is over, the letter of complaint will be sent to the desk of the superior immediately.

How can there be four exercises in two months?It's simply a waste of time and money for not doing a proper job!

But when the time for the fourth exercise was over and the earthquake struck, Lu Zifang believed that many people must be panicking like him, but they were also thankful that He Chaoyang had conducted this exercise, otherwise, with such a strong The magnitude of the earthquake, Annan does not know how many people will die!

Life is at stake!If the money is gone, you can make it again, if the building collapses, you can rebuild it, if the people are gone...

Thinking of her family, Lu Zifang finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

After this earthquake, He Chaoyang will become the unique leader in the Annan region, and no one can compete with him anymore.

"Mayor, the car can't go any further!" Xiao Tan looked worried at the road ahead covered by collapsed stones.

"Get out of the car and have a look." He Chaoyang opened the car door.

"Mayor, please walk along the periphery of the road. The landslide has not stopped yet, and it is very dangerous!" The commander of the Annan military division hurried to him.

"It's okay." He Chaoyang looked at the road blocked by the landslide, and said, "The situation of Zhang Gu is still unclear, I want to go in and have a look."

"Mayor, go in after the excavator arrives! It's too dangerous now!"

He Chaoyang looked at everyone's worried expressions, shook his head, and said, "The comrades from the Earthquake Administration reported to me that the epicenter of the earthquake was in Zhanggu. I don't feel relieved if I don't go and see it with my own eyes."

As he spoke, he said to the people surrounding him: "Deputy Mayor Huang and Zhou Jun are waiting for the engineering team here, and the rest will walk into the mountain with me."

"Mayor! I'll go with you!" Zhou Jun was anxious.

"You stay here and wait!"

"mayor!"

"This is an order!"

Zhou Jun was so angry that he slammed on the car door. He knew that He Chaoyang was protecting him, but in the face of a catastrophe, he was willing to stay around the mayor, even if it was to cover the mayor from falling stones?

He Chaoyang's approach is very risky, a mayor must naturally put the overall situation first.

But without having personally experienced the earthquake, it is difficult to understand people's panic after the earthquake. The epicenter was in Zhanggu, so he, the mayor of the city, had to go to Zhanggu.

If he didn't come to the front line in person, and didn't see Zhang Gu after the catastrophe with his own eyes, he didn't feel at ease.

In the face of the catastrophe, those who have nowhere to turn to because of the earthquake need a benchmark and a backbone. At this time, the presence of Annan's top leader in the worst-affected area can give the masses a belief.

The mayor is here, the government is here.

Accompanying him were also reporters from the Municipal TV Station and the Daily News. He Chaoyang was not praising his own merits. He had to spread the situation of the disaster area as soon as possible.He believes that no amount of language can give people an intuitive understanding as a real image.

It is his responsibility as the mayor of the city to let the people and officials across the country know what happened here and how serious the situation is, and to release urgently needed supplies in the disaster area in a timely manner.

Before the exercise started, some supplies had already arrived in Zhanggu County, but because it was an exercise, they were not prepared according to actual needs. He Chaoyang knew that the supplies in Zhanggu County were definitely not enough.

Passing through this pass is Zhanggu County. He Zhaoyang left Deputy Mayor Huang and Zhou Jun behind, and led a small group of people into the mountain.

He Chaoyang was young, with good physical strength, and he kept helping the reporters with him carry things while walking.

"Mayor." The reporter's eye circles were red.

When conducting the exercise, they were also very reluctant in their hearts, and some even wrote spare manuscripts, ready to criticize this exercise that mobilized teachers and mobilized people.

But when they stopped their work and reluctantly came to the open space outside, when everyone was laughing at He Aiyan's obsession, the ground suddenly started shaking.

Now, regardless of his own safety, the mayor walked to the area where the earthquake was the worst. He even entrusted him with how to reflect the real situation in the disaster area along the way. Tightening his skin, "What time is it now? The situation in the disaster area is more important than anyone and everything! If you want to interview, go to those people in need! Go to interview the troops who rushed to the disaster area for rescue!"

The reporter who wanted to take the opportunity to flatter him lowered his head in shame.

How can the mayor who can put his personal safety out of the way and rush to the worst-hit areas in the first time be a politician greedy for personal honor?

If there were no problems exposed by drills, and if there was no experience accumulated in drills, many people would not be able to escape even if someone told them that an earthquake was about to happen.

In any case, the people in Annan should be most grateful to Mayor He who turned the tide by himself.

When He Chaoyang arrived at Zhanggu County, it was just getting dark.

At the same time, Ma Weichao, secretary of the provincial party committee, and Liu Tao, governor of the province, also rushed to Annan. After learning that He Chaoyang had entered Zhanggu on foot, the two top leaders of Ningbei Province were stunned at the same time. Strong, I didn't expect this guy to be so courageous!

"Isn't this nonsense?" Ma Weichao said with a serious face: "He is the commander of the Disaster Relief Command Office, so what's the matter if he ran to Zhanggu regardless of his own safety?!"

Seeing Ma Weichao's angry face, Li Yongli took a step forward and said loudly: "Report to Secretary Ma, Mayor He made arrangements for Annan City and other counties and cities that were not so severely affected before going to Zhanggu. Gu is the area most affected by the earthquake, and Mayor He is worried."

"Yes, Secretary Ma," Ma Yuehong also had to speak for He Chaoyang, "Although Comrade He Chaoyang's action this time was a little thoughtless, he is also worried about Zhang Gu's disaster!"

Ma Weichao looked at the cadres staying behind in Annan City, calmed down his anger, and said seriously, "How is the situation in Annan City now?"

"The disaster prevention plan has been launched. Because Annan City is still some distance away from Zhanggu County, the disaster situation is not too serious. Our communication with each district office has been restored. The district office will urge the sub-district office to manage the residents in each jurisdiction. At present, the municipal gymnasium has been opened, the exhibition hall has taken in the victims of the disaster, and tents have been set up in the city square, the playground of Annan Middle School and several elementary schools for residents to take shelter nearby."

"How is the situation in Zhanggu and Ishikawa counties?"

"According to the information sent back by Mayor He, the people in the disaster-stricken area are relatively stable, but the two counties and the towns below have different degrees of shortage of supplies."

"Have the roads to Zhanggu and Ishikawa been cleared?"

Speaking of this, Li Yongli had a bitter face, "At five o'clock in the afternoon, the road leading to Shichuan was cleared, but only half an hour after it was opened to traffic, a newly rolled boulder blocked the road again, and now we are contacting the Engineering Corps to implement blasting."

"Where's Zhang Gu?"

"The situation in Zhanggu is the same. An aftershock at [-]:[-] stopped the cleaning work just started."

After hearing Li Yongli's report, Ma Weichao said to Liu Tao: "Governor, I think we need to go to Zhanggu to have a look."

Liu Tao nodded.

"Secretary Ma, Governor Liu, the road to Zhanggu hasn't been cleared yet, and it's getting dark now, it's too dangerous!" Ma Yuehong hurriedly stopped.

"Mayor He can go to the front line under such a difficult and dangerous situation. As the leaders of Ningbei Province, we can naturally." Ma Weichao looked at Annan's cadres and walked out first.

But just as he was walking out, his secretary suddenly received a call, "Secretary, please stay!"

"what happened?"

"It's Prime Minister Liang!"

Ma Weichao's pace stopped suddenly, he answered the phone, and said in a solemn tone: "Hi, Prime Minister, I'm Ma Weichao!"