Chapter 154: Difficult Task
However, Tang Ming and his fourth platoon at the First Army Command Academy did not receive any mission orders.
This made Tang Ming a little confused, "Chief, which area are we responsible for?"
Tang Ming looked at the leader responsible for arranging tasks and asked.
"Comrade Tang Ming, there is a difficult task here that requires you and the soldiers of your platoon to carry out it."
"This mission is very dangerous, and there is a high possibility of casualties. You and your soldiers are both excellent. After comprehensive consideration, we have decided to let you carry out this mission."
"How's it going? Can it be done?"
The chief looked at Tang Ming solemnly and said.
"No problem! Please give instructions, chief!" Tang Ming replied loudly without hesitation.
"Good! As expected of a soldier from the First Army Academy!" The commander was deeply pleased. "About ten miles away from here, there is a village called Shangtang Village. Due to the long period of heavy rain, landslides occurred."
"Half the village is trapped on the hillside and we need you to rescue them. However, the surrounding terrain has become very fragile due to years of mountain development."
"A second landslide may occur at any time, making rescue difficult and dangerous. At the same time, there is also a cutoff under the mountain, and the water depth reaches four to five meters."
"The water flow is very fast. Once you fall, the chance of survival is almost zero, which is very dangerous. You and your soldiers must be careful. While rescuing the villagers, you must also ensure your own safety."
"clear!"
Tang Ming didn't hesitate, and the row of soldiers behind him didn't show any timid looks.
Their strength is the most powerful among these warriors. If they can't get up, no one will get up.
Then those trapped people will have no choice but to die.
"I won't say much else. Go ahead. I believe you and your soldiers can complete this mission."
The chief patted Tang Ming on the shoulder and entrusted him with the important task.
Tang Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, chief. As soldiers, we understand the responsibilities we bear on our shoulders."
"Even if it costs our lives, we will rescue the trapped people."
After saying that, Tang Ming and the four platoons of soldiers got back into the car and rushed towards Shangtang Village quickly.
More than ten minutes later, due to a landslide, the road into the village was blocked by rocks and mud, and the truck could no longer move forward.
Tang Ming and the others had to get off the car and walk into the village.
At this time, the half of the trapped villagers were gathering on the mountainside, where there was an open space of about 100 square meters.
It was a temporary place dug and built in the quarry to transport stones, and it became their temporary shelter at this time.
However, it is not safe here. In the surrounding mountains, the rocks are exposed, there is no vegetation at all, and the environment is severely damaged.
Because it is a rocky geology, it is fairly solid and there was no landslide here during the landslide.
The village chief took the villagers to hide here.
A few hundred meters away from them, houses in the village had been swallowed up by mudslides.
Below, there is a rapid flow, and there are still pieces of wood in the flood, and furniture is floating and rushing downstream.
On the mountain next to it, small landslides occurred from time to time, and stones continued to roll down from it.
Heavy rain continued to wash away the rock wall, and the villagers could clearly see that many cracks had appeared on the rock wall.
If the rock wall behind collapses, there will be no place for hundreds of people to escape.
By then, they will all be buried alive under the rocks!
Most of the people left in the village are elderly women and children. It would be difficult for them to evacuate on their own.
The road up the mountain has long since disappeared. If you head down the mountain hastily, you will accidentally slip into the broken stream below.
So no one dared to take risks. They all huddled in this small area, with faces full of fear and helplessness.
"Village chief, please call the government again and ask them to send people to rescue us immediately!"
"If no one comes, we will all die here!"
A rural woman in her forties said to an old man with gray hair on crutches.
The village chief was so anxious that he stamped his feet. He looked at the scene in front of him, and when he was about to take out his mobile phone to make a call, a sharp-eyed child suddenly pointed down the mountain and shouted.
"Look! Look! Uncle PLA!"
When they heard that the People's Liberation Army was coming, all the villagers became excited and looked in the direction of the child's finger.
"Where? Where? Where is the People's Liberation Army?"
"God bless! It's finally here! Now we are saved!"
"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army! We are here! Come and save us!"
Tang Ming and the others also heard the villagers' cries for help, and immediately sped up and rushed up the hillside.
However, due to the loose soil and the steep slope, their walking was not stable.
He almost reached the side of the villagers one step at a time.
"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army, you are finally here! We all thought we were going to die here this time!"
As soon as Tang Ming and the others arrived, the old village chief excitedly held Tang Ming's hand, with tears streaming down his face, and said with gratitude on his face.