The train driver in the courtyard

"Comrade Dmitry, the rescue train is currently clearing the landslide debris and cannot return immediately. Please wait a moment."

"You've delayed our trip, can you take responsibility?"

“Mr. Dmitry,” Train Commander Zhou continued to explain.

Are you sure you want to take responsibility for this? Be dismissed? Be held accountable?

"I'm sure!" Train conductor Zhou said firmly.

Dmitry stared blankly at Captain Zhou, not expecting this junior captain to be so principled.

Seeing that Train Commander Zhou was unmoved by either soft or hard tactics, Dmitry pulled open his collar, intending to shout a reprimand.

The head of the Russian delegation quickly stood up and stopped Dmitry.

He pulled Dmitri into the private room and came out alone to express his idea of ​​using the rescue train to transfer the delegation to Train Chief Zhou.

"Comrade Train Commander, we are indeed on a heavy mission this time, and we ask for your active cooperation."

“Comrade, it’s not that we don’t want to help.” Train conductor Zhou sighed and pointed to the back of the train: “The floodwaters have already risen. If the rescue train returns, it will definitely endanger the safety of the passengers on board.”

Upon hearing this news, the head of the delegation's expression changed several times, and he pressed, "Are you sure?"

Train Captain Zhou nodded emphatically: "Confirmed! In fact, we have already conducted reconnaissance twice."

The head of the delegation paused for a moment, then shook hands with Train Captain Zhou.

"I understand, Commander. We will do our best to cooperate with your work."

The head of the delegation turned and went into the private room to inform the rest of the delegation and Dmitry about the flooding.

Dmitri stood up: "Commander, I already knew the floodwaters had risen, this is our only chance to leave."

Besides, that idiot conductor and the crew will be saved too; they should thank me.

One representative raised his hand in objection: "Comrade Dmitry, the train conductor and crew cannot abandon the passengers, and neither can we."

Dmitry quickly explained, "It's not that we're abandoning them. Once we get to the capital, we can suggest increasing the rescue efforts. I'm doing this for their sake."

Dmitry was a smooth talker, and the commander knew he wanted to desert. He leaned back on the table and sat down in his bunk, glanced outside, and whispered, "They are true soldiers; they would never risk their lives for their own safety."

Dmitry grew impatient when he heard the commander spouting high-sounding rhetoric again.

"I'm going there myself to requisition rescue trains. I'm sure those guys won't dare disobey."

After saying that, Dmitry turned around and rushed out of the train.

Several flight attendants were surprised that Dmitry wanted to get off the train at this time and tried to stop him, but they failed.

Train conductor Zhou was worried that something might happen to Dmitry and wanted to take several train police officers to chase after him, but the head of the delegation stopped them: "Comrade conductor, let him go."

"Comrade Regiment Commander." Train Captain Zhou was somewhat puzzled by this approach.

"Comrade Train Commander, I admire you very much, and we will follow your instructions."

The head of the delegation patted Captain Zhou on the shoulder, left a cryptic remark, and went into the private room.

Train conductor Zhou realized what was happening and tried to chase after Dmitry, but he had already disappeared from sight.

"Train conductor, what should we do?" The train police officer was getting anxious. Although they all had issues with the Russian, they couldn't just stand by and watch him get into trouble.

"It's pitch black outside, and it's pouring rain. It's impossible to find them now. Signal the rescue train and notify them," Train Captain Zhou ordered.

"Yes!"

Liu Qingsong, who was on the other side, was arranging rescue work. After receiving the signal, he looked completely bewildered.

"Someone's running over here? They're practically asking for it!"

"He's a Russian?"

Since the signal couldn't explain the complexities, Liu Qingsong couldn't figure out the other party's identity either. He could only order his team members to pay attention to the people coming from that direction, and also notified Li Aiguo.

By this time, Li Aiguo had already cleared a large area with an excavator.

Excavators are practically made for disaster relief. With a single scoop and a gentle flick, a pile of rubble is sent flying far away.

We had to slow down because we had to watch out for the railway tracks and the loose rocks from the landslide.

The sounds of wind, rain, and the resonance of machinery mingled together.

Li Aiguo was focused on operating the excavator when he suddenly saw a figure appear above.

The figure tried to run over through the muddy gravel, but overestimated its abilities, slipped, and fell into the deep ditch beside it.

Liu Qingsong also noticed the man and quickly shouted, "That man might be the Russian that Train Chief Zhou mentioned. Try to rescue him."

save?
How to save?
The deep ditch was located on the other side of the railway, separated by seven or eight meters of loose rocks, which the rescue team members could not climb over at all.

But now rocks are starting to slide down the hillside again, and the ditch will be filled in soon.

This is definitely burying someone alive.

"I'll go over there." Li Aiguo looked around and found that only an excavator could get close to the deep ditch.

"Is it dangerous?" Liu Qingsong knew this too, but the area hadn't been cleared yet, and even an excavator could overturn.

"How will we know if we don't try? After all, it's a human life at stake." Li Aiguo said, maneuvering the excavator toward the deep ditch.

Liu Qingsong told his team members to shine their searchlights over and try their best to help.

In the deep ditch, Dmitri lay in the cold mud, howling in pain.

I broke my leg when I fell, and it's in excruciating pain right now.

This wasn't the worst part; he had already seen the rubble flowing down from above, and his face turned pale with fright.

"Help! Help!" After shouting twice, Dmitri suddenly shut his mouth.

In this situation, it would be incredibly difficult for those rescue team members to cross the landslide area and rescue him.

I was hoping to escape before I died, but instead I ended up dying before I was able to.

Dmitri had resigned himself to his fate, staring at the dark sky and letting the raindrops fall on his face.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from not far away.

Dmitri initially thought it was a hallucination before his death, but the buzzing grew louder and louder. He struggled to sit up and made sure he hadn't misheard.

Dmitri became excited and shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'm here! I'm here!"

next second.

A strange, large shovel reached in from above.

Dmitri had no idea where the giant shovel came from, where it was going, or what it was, but he knew it was his only way out.

Ignoring the pain, he used all his strength to save the teeth of the shovel and flipped himself into it.

The shovel drew a graceful arc in the air and, with a jolt, returned to the rescue train.

The shovel flipped over, and Dmitri was thrown out like a pile of rubble.

Dmitri was thrown around in a daze, completely disoriented. When he opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by a searchlight, and everything in front of him was white.

In the blinding light, he saw a young face.

"Are you rescue workers?"

Seeing the other party nod, Dmitry immediately perked up and pointed at the rescue train, shouting:

"Comrade, I am Dmitry, an expert from Russia. I am ordering you to immediately start the rescue train and take me to Beijing! Immediately! Immediately!"

"What? The rain is too loud, I can't hear it." Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

Well, I rescued an ungrateful wretch.

Zhou Ke's expression changed slightly. The rescue had reached a critical juncture. Even if Dmitry's proposal was ultimately rejected, it would still take some time to argue, which would endanger the entire train.

His status as a Russian expert is particularly intimidating and could potentially cause trouble later.

But how should we deal with it?

"I am Dmitri." Dmitri felt that this young comrade was operating a large machine and had good skills, but his hearing was not good. He was about to repeat himself.

Sudden.

Click.

A sharp, piercing pain shot through my leg; the pain was intense, like a surging tide.

Dmitri was speaking when his voice choked in his throat, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

After learning that the man had been rescued, Liu Qingsong arrived with several team members. Looking at the unconscious Dmitry, he asked, "How is he? What did he shout just now?"

"He should be fine, just a broken leg. He probably fainted from the shock." Li Aiguo subtly withdrew his foot.

Zhou Ke nodded emphatically: "He just thanked Brother Aiguo."

"We should definitely thank him. Let's get him on the train first, and then we can keep working hard." Liu Qingsong didn't think much of it and called two comrades to take Dmitry to the train.

Li Aiguo climbed back onto the excavator. By this time, the rain was pouring down, and the excavator had to increase its digging speed.

Hundreds of rescue workers assisted and worked for nearly two hours before the last area was finally cleared.

The accompanying engineering team began an emergency inspection of the tracks and repaired the parts that had been knocked askew.

After the area was cleared, Li Aiguo and Liu Qingsong went to the side of the K3 train.

Thanks to Train Captain Zhou's arrangements, the order on the train was not affected.

"Captain Liu, the cleanup is going way too fast!" Train conductor Zhou was stunned when he learned that the cleanup was already finished.

"Thanks to Comrade Aiguo's excavator, otherwise it would have taken two days to finish."

Liu Qingsong wasn't exaggerating; those rubble stones were simply beyond what human power could clear.

"An excavator?" Train conductor Zhou didn't know what it was, so he didn't ask any further questions, but inquired about when the road would be open to traffic.

"Half an hour more."

"Okay, broadcast it right away!"

A moment later, the train's public address system came on.

"Passengers, we have some good news to report. Thanks to the hard work of the rescue team, the landslide area ahead has been cleared."

The train will depart shortly. Please rest assured, we will ensure your safe arrival in the capital.

boom.

As soon as the announcement ended, the carriages erupted in excitement.

"I didn't expect it to actually work."

"Yes, I just sneaked out to take a look, and it's a small hill."

"Our comrades on the railway are getting more and more capable these days."

(There will be another chapter tonight ^_^) (End of this chapter)