Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

When Lin Jinghui ordered the personnel to retreat about 20 meters, he gestured again, "Move up the sandbags."

In fact, using sandbags is the most commonly used emergency measure to prevent face bursting and collapse. However, there is a big problem at this time. No one dares to move forward with sandbags. The personnel retreated to 20 meters. This is because there are many sandbags placed in the side guide tunnel. These so-called sandbags are not real sandbags, but bags filled with cement.

If you are not careful, both the person and the sandbag will be buried in the slurry and will never be able to get out.

Lin Jinghui certainly understood this, so he continued with gestures, "Those who are willing to come forward, follow me. Move gently and in unison."

Lin Jinghui said this and walked straight forward, picked up a sandbag and walked towards Wu Yongjie. Wu Yongjie mouthed, "Don't come over here!"

But Lin Jinghui seemed not to see it. At this time, Ling Fengxi also saw that Lin Jinghui had no good solution at all. He was just fighting desperately at this moment.

At this time, the triangular steel frame had been placed. Lin Jinghui placed the sandbag at the bottom of the palm face where it was in contact with the triangular steel frame, then walked back and continued to carry another bag of sandbags forward.

But at this moment, no other workers came forward.

Seeing this, Ling Fengxi followed Lin Jinghui, picked up a bag of cement and headed towards the palm. When he put down the cement, he heard Wu Yongjie choking and saying, "Ling Fengxi, I won't let you pass. Are you stupid?"

But Ling Fengxi ignored him and just went to pick up the sandbag again.

Gradually, more workers joined in, two, three... and finally a long line of dozens of workers were like performing a pantomime. They didn't speak, they were all silent, they were all careful and yet they were all powerful. They picked up the sandbags and placed them where they should be under the command and guidance of Lin Jinghui.

No one spoke during the entire process. Even those who did not join in stood timidly at a distance, so nervous that they seemed unable to breathe.

But in the end, there were no timid people left. Instead, the workers from the mechanical department, engineering department and electrical department not far away learned about what was happening here and came over quietly.

The team swelled to more than a hundred people in an instant, but everyone tacitly worked without talking. When they reached the narrow space where they needed to pass through the steel frame, they lined up and passed through one by one in a disciplined and precise manner. At this time, Lin Jinghui was under the greatest pressure.

Because of his command, not even the slightest mistake could be made. He was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare wipe it off. His eyes were as sharp as torches, staring closely at the progress of the entire process, judging the final moment.

About twenty minutes later, Lin Jinghui placed a log on the steel frame, and with extremely slight movements and precise force, he removed Wu Yongjie's hands that were holding the grouting machine and the palm face.

Wu Yongjie carefully moved his hand away and took a step back, followed by the two workers, who also retreated in almost the same way.

Lin Jinghui said: "Stop, everyone stop... retreat..."

He felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, his eyes fixed on the palm of his hand, but he was retreating step by step.

The other workers followed his example and retreated like him.

Wu Yongjie glanced at Ling Fengxi, who was not far away from him. The two of them locked eyes, and now they both understood what the other meant, which was, "Retreat quickly, and make sure you stay alive!"

But we can't panic, because these more than 100 people came in a line. If we suddenly retreat at this time, there is a possibility of people being trampled, and if someone falls, it will be difficult to escape.

Seeing the cracks on the palm getting bigger and bigger, Lin Jinghui knew that he should shout, "Run!"

But he didn't dare shout.

He could only command the entire group to retreat, meaning everyone retreated together. If they had to run, they would start from the last person in the group. Fortunately, someone immediately understood what he meant, and people at the back of the group began to turn around and run. Three, five, ten... When most of the people had retreated, there were only about twenty people around Lin Jinghui. At this time, the chance of someone collapsing or falling was extremely small.

Lin Jinghui finally shouted excitedly, "Run!"

The remaining twenty or so people turned around and ran away regardless of everything.

"Boom--" At the same time, the palm of the hand finally couldn't hold on any longer.

First, there was a huge roar in the cave. The rocks and soil on the face of the cave lost the support of the original structure. Under the impact of the internal slurry, it was as if a huge force was pushing from behind. The rocks and soil not only fell off, but also exploded and sprayed in all directions. Wu Yongjie and others ran with their heads in their hands, still feeling the pain of being hit by the sudden rocks from behind.

The cement and other fillers that had been injected previously also gushed out in large quantities from the rock cracks and drill holes at the palm, followed by a sudden burst of mud of unknown substance.

The turbid muddy water was ejected like a spring with extremely high pressure. As the slurry surged, the surrounding ground and equipment were quickly covered, forming a crazy slurry flow.

The workers, who had been performing pantomime without making any sound at the beginning, all started screaming wildly at this moment, as if only screaming could alleviate the fear in their hearts.

Then, more than a hundred workers rushed out of the cave, yelling and tumbling...

At this moment, image doesn’t matter. Image is not important at all. No one will laugh at anyone else. Anyone who can escape is a hero.

Although Ling Fengxi is a leader, he is not someone who does physical work all year round. Moreover, he had been ill before. After running for a while, he felt exhausted. He just stopped to hold the steel frame to catch his breath when he was hit in the knee by a stone. His legs went soft and he knelt down. Fortunately, Wu Yongjie and Lin Jinghui rushed over.

Without saying a word, the two of them grabbed Ling Fengxi and ran away.

Two other workers ran too slowly and felt the slurry reaching their ankles. They were so scared that they shouted, "Help me!"

Ling Fengxi shouted, "Save them!"

Wu Yongjie pushed him and said, "Run, let's go save him!"

Ling Fengxi knew he had no choice but to run forward, because falling behind would be a burden, while Lin Jinghui and Wu Yongjie bravely turned back to rescue the two workers...

The final scene was that Wu Yongjie and Lin Jinghui pulled the two workers and ran for a while. The mud and water reached their waists. Wu Yongjie even fell in the mud and was pulled out by Lin Jinghui. At this time, the four people thought they would not survive, and Ling Fengxi was so anxious that his eyes turned red.

However, the gushing of mud also stopped at this time...

The roar stopped, the spray of rocks and mud stopped, the depth of the mud water stopped rising, and the four people dragged their heavy bodies forward.

When everyone was sure that the slurry burst had ended, workers began to go down into the mud flow one after another to help the four people "get ashore".

The so-called landing was actually just a wall made of cement and sandbags. When the equipment department learned that there was a possibility of a breakthrough, although they did not receive any orders, they also knew what to do. They quickly built a wall of sandbags at this location within ten to twenty minutes.

By stopping the mud flow here, the coverage area of ​​the mud flow can be minimized, thereby reducing economic losses and equipment losses during construction.