Chapter 2196 Strategy and Courage

The rescue operation in the mountain continued until the early morning of the next day.

People spontaneously used lights to build a bright rescue path that meandered through the entire mine. From a distance at night, it looked like a vibrant dragon of life.

The next morning, Liu Fusheng and Professor Wang finally withdrew from the front line of rescue.

It’s not that the rescue work is completely over, but that their physical strength can no longer support them.

When the two were carried out of the cave, the surrounding rescue workers immediately gave them a warm round of applause.

Professor Wang and Liu Fusheng were both lying in specially prepared sleeping bags to keep warm.

After hearing the applause, Liu Fusheng sighed and said weakly: "I've told them that there's no need for a welcoming ceremony. Saving lives is the most important thing..."

"Xiao Liu, you misunderstood. This is not a welcome ceremony, but everyone's heartfelt gratitude and admiration for you." Professor Wang said with a smile while lying on a stretcher.

Liu Fusheng said: "Professor Wang, you are still strong and energetic than young people. I wanted to hold on until you couldn't hold on any longer and let you leave the front line first, but I didn't expect that I would fall down first."

Professor Wang said in a hoarse voice: "I know you are secretly holding back a lot of energy, wanting to compete with an old man like me in willpower. Alas, I am really not good enough now. If it were a few years ago, you couldn't even see my taillights..."

Xie Zehua said, "Professor Wang, Secretary Liu, please stop talking. Your vital signs are not stable and you are overly tired. You need to rest urgently. I will take you to the camp now. Once you have recovered, there will be a lot of follow-up work for you to handle."

Liu Fusheng said: "There are still many miners here who have not been rescued..."

Wang Jian, who had been following them, said, "Secretary Liu, don't worry. I see several groups of rescuers have all entered the mine. They will not give up any hope. As long as there are still people alive, they will definitely be able to rescue them."

Liu Fusheng nodded slightly.

At this time, dawn broke in the east, and a ray of light broke through the darkness and illuminated the entire earth.

After feeling the light, Liu Fusheng slowly turned his head, squinted his eyes, and murmured to himself: "The light is so good."

……

Liu Fusheng didn't know how long he had slept. When he woke up, it was already a bright afternoon.

He was not in the makeshift rescue camp, but in the ward of Mingguang People's Hospital.

Yang Shan and Zhou Xiaozhe were chatting nearby.

Seeing Liu Fusheng wake up, they immediately stopped talking and walked over to him.

Zhou Xiaozhe asked with concern: "Secretary, how do you feel? Are you hungry? I'll go and notify the doctor right away."

Having said that, he quickly ran out of the ward without waiting for Liu Fusheng to reply.

Yang Shan gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Sheng, you are amazing. What you did in the mine is now widely known. If you hadn't risked your life, it would have been impossible to rescue so many miners."

Liu Fusheng smiled. He had indeed worked very hard, but now his whole body ached when he took a breath.

"How's the rescue operation going?"

Yang Shan said: "Don't worry, the operation has achieved unprecedented success. Except for a very few who died, most of the people trapped in the mine have been rescued."

Liu Fusheng nodded and said, "It's really God's blessing."

This is the truth. With such a large collapse accident and hundreds of miners, the death toll was kept to single digits. It's simply a miracle.

After Yang Shan finished speaking, the door of the ward opened.

The people who entered the room were not doctors or nurses, but Professor Wang in a wheelchair and Wang Jian who was pushing the wheelchair.

Professor Wang heard Liu Fusheng's words "God bless you", he nodded slowly and said: "I think this mining accident is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."

Liu Fusheng struggled to sit up and asked, "Professor Wang, have you recovered?"

Professor Wang laughed and said, "I've been awake for most of the day, but you're still snoring. I don't know how you young people get so much sleep."

When these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter. In fact, Professor Wang had also rested for a day and a night. Liu Fusheng had been leading the charge, so it was reasonable for him to rest for a longer period of time.

After laughing, Liu Fusheng asked, "Professor Wang, do you mean that this mining accident is a big problem?"

Professor Wang nodded and said, "There are only two reasons why mining accidents happen. The first is excessive mining, which causes devastating damage to the mountain structure. The second is man-made."

"Most of the miners trapped underground survived this time because, apart from a few parts of the connecting passages that were blown up, the rest of the structure was not damaged. In other words, the collapse of the mine did not cause a chain reaction."

Liu Fusheng nodded slowly. No secondary collapse was the guarantee of life for the miners.

Yang Shan said, "Professor Wang, do you think that the people who caused the mining disaster only sealed the mine completely to create the illusion of a mining disaster? In fact, the overall structure of the mine has not yet reached the standard for a mining disaster to occur?"

Professor Wang sighed, "Yes, this was a premeditated murder from the beginning to the end. Someone wanted to create a terrible mining disaster to achieve their ulterior motives."

"I just talked to a mine manager named Liang Sheng. Based on his experience, such a serious accident would not happen in a mine. Moreover, all the exits are blocked, which is inconsistent with the abnormal solidity of other places."

Liu Fusheng nodded. That was indeed the case. If it was a natural collapse accident, many people would be buried in the mountain at the first moment.

Wang Jian said angrily, "I never thought that someone would be so cruel and mad. Those are hundreds of lives. Do they still have the law in their eyes?"

Yang Shan sneered and said, "Some ambitious people have stolen high positions. They arrogantly think that they are the king and the law. In their eyes, human life is nothing at all. They don't take human life seriously."

At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open again.

Doctors, nurses, Xie Zehua, Sun Hai, Zhao Qiuwei and others rushed into the room.

The medical staff immediately checked Liu Fusheng's physical indicators.

Xie Zehua asked with concern: "Secretary Liu, how do you feel? I heard that you slept for a long time, which scared us to death."

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I feel everything is fine."

Sun Hai also said: "Master, this is the first time I see you in the hospital. The impression you gave me has always been that you are in good health."

Liu Fusheng said, "I'm just overworked. There's nothing wrong with my body. Why did you come all the way from Jiangtou City? If you don't know, you might think my condition is serious."

Everyone laughed again.

In fact, it was not just Sun Hai, even Zhao Qiuwei came over.

He said with emotion: "Secretary Liu, I used to think that you were very strategic, but I didn't expect that when you were doing big things, you had such courage to move forward. People always say that the greatest heroes serve their country and their people. I think your style is very similar to that of the great heroes in the martial arts world."