Mr. Nandeao’s words reminded Gu Ji that the accompanying secretary beside the Chief Minister had also vanished.
In other words, the Chief Minister, the Water Resources Minister, and the accompanying secretary all disappeared together, and there had been a fierce argunt before their disappearance.
This inevitably raises suspicion of so hidden truth behind the situation.
Regardless of whether it’s political strife or a murder case, these matters had nothing to do with Gu Ji. With the water levels rising due to the heavy rain, he had to urge everyone to leave the building quickly.
Once the last rescuer jumped onto the rubber boat, Gu Ji raised the loudspeaker, and had just ordered an evacuation.
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound from the right side of the Geological Monitoring Bureau building.
The investigation team and the ergency rescue team reacted almost simultaneously, with seven or eight high-power flashlights shining towards the source, a cold gleam flashing in the dark rainy night.
"It’s that goalpost!!"
"Quick! Quick, get away!"
"Everyone, don’t panic! Maintain double columns, drive in an S-shape to avoid!"
Whoever shouted first, several rubber boat drivers and just-rescued governnt staff instantly panicked, for a goalpost is not like branches and trunks, it is actual tal!
At the critical mont, it was Gu Ji who used the loudspeaker to wake everyone up.
The S-shaped formation is used for ergency obstacle avoidance in practice, effectively enhancing the rescue team’s obstacle-avoidance capability.
In an instant, all 14 teams roared their engines, and with a roar, 27 rubber boats slanted through the flood, with tails swinging, churning up waves like a giant orange dragon.
Disturbed by the waves, the goalpost that was about to hit began to sway side to side.
Gu Ji seized the mont, "Team 6 move back, U-shape avoidance!"
"U-shape avoidance!"
"U-shape avoidance!!"
Everyone shouted with all their might, their growls overpowering the heavy rain. In an instant, from a third of the way back, the rubber boat team made an imdiate U-turn, creating a perfect U-shape in the flood.
The next mont, the goalpost slid past the broken area and with a thud, crashed into the distant power pole.
Seeing they were out of danger, amidst mild cheering and commotion within the team, the front slowed down while the rear increased speed, and the dragon swiftly reassembled.
In the following ti.
Gu Ji was leading the 14 teams to search the waters for trapped and missing disaster victims. Thanks to his command of the waterborne fleet and the chanisms he set, especially the backup ergency rescue team, no accidents occurred throughout the early morning, and they even assisted several other teams along the way.
The search and rescue operation continued until dawn, only then did Pradan order a halt.
After continuous back-and-forth operations, every rescuer was already exhausted, but seeing the relieved and grateful expressions of the people on the boat, they felt it all worthwhile.
Upon returning to base, Gu Ji and Fatima happened to run into Pradan, who was also returning.
Their entire team was muddy, and one of the rescuers was carried back on a stretcher, seemingly seriously injured.
Seeing the two, Pradan took the initiative to co over.
"Well, any news about Mr. Bang?"
"No."
"And the trapped victims, how many did you find in total?"
"119! It’s 119!"
This ti, before Gu Ji could speak, Singer and the other rescue mbers suddenly rushed up to answer, each face brimming with uncontrollable excitent and thrill. Gu Ji was slightly taken aback and followed suit: "Report to the fleet commander, the 14 teams found and relocated 119 trapped victims during the rescue operation."
"My God, 119 in 4 hours?"
"An average of 1.46 rescues per person, that’s a very high efficiency level..."
"The 14 teams are so impressive? Wasn’t it said that their captain was temporarily seconded by the state governnt?"
"You only focused on the transfers, you didn’t notice their captain’s ability. I heard he’s especially skilled in fleet command. Our captain learned the boat team formation techniques from the 14 teams!"
Other rescue mbers cast envious glances.
One must know, in the history of the Indian National Disaster Response Team, an average rescue of 1.46 per person in four hours is a remarkable number, especially when the team’s actions began four hours after the flood erupted, amid a rare-in-fifty-years flood plus a tropical depression rainstorm.
Pradan was slightly taken aback, licking his cracked lips, he held Gu Ji’s arms in his hands, smiling.
"I knew I wasn’t wrong about you, thankfully your 14 teams were there, otherwise, with only those ten or so people we saved, the National Crisis Managent Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs would have blad us, and the dia would have killed us!"
"Finding people in secondary disasters is exponentially harder."
As soone who had experienced underwater rescues firsthand, Gu Ji certainly knew how difficult it was to rescue anyone alive in mudslides and landslides. "But the most important thing now is how long this tropical depression will continue its activity, as it concerns Assam’s subsequent disaster relief policies and the ergency preparations in neighboring states!"
With the impressive number "119," Gu Ji’s reputation has soared, and his suggestions naturally received Pradan’s attention.
He personally introduced Gu Ji to the expert command group.
Here sat top disaster managent experts from the Indian Central Governnt. Gu Ji seized this opportunity to explain the weather predictions for the tropical depression, presented in a reasonable manner.
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