Yingxiu Town, located in the north of Wenchuan County, was the worst-hit area in this major earthquake.

However, at the beginning of the earthquake, experts did not realize this. For the sake of inertial thinking, Wenchuan County was listed as the epicenter.

Guided by this thinking, more human and material resources for disaster relief were tilted towards Wenchuan County. In the vigorous disaster relief battle between the military and civilians, Yingxiu received 24 hours later than other regions.

Fortunately, under the wise decision of the leaders, the on-site command quickly reversed its strategic goals and required the people's soldiers who had arrived in the disaster area to enter Yingxiu as soon as possible, find out the disaster situation, open up traffic roads, and take the lead in saving people and helping people.

Although this people's soldiers with glorious traditions are called "Iron Army", they encountered the greatest and most difficult to overcome.

Due to the earthquake, the damage caused by the topography here is also the most serious. The only county-level highway has been completely collapsed. The mudslides and the magma ejected from the ground have twisted and deformed the roadbed, and no means of transportation can advance. The people's soldiers can only move forward on their own iron feet. With the support of the fine traditional style of the people's army, they finally arrived in Yingxiu Town and opened the only channel for rescue.

Ren Pingsheng, who arrived overnight, was now staggering forward on this life passage with the subsequent reinforcements of the rescue troops.

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Although I have read countless reports in the media in my previous life, Ren Pingsheng has personally experienced how powerful this disaster is.

The original road had long been buried by landslides. Now the road they are marching is a road that the "Iron Army" used their feet to step out on the soil and rocks of the landslide.

The mountain road is steep and curved. While walking, you can see dense black figures on the mountain in the distance.

The commanders and soldiers leading the way told him that these were people who spontaneously went to the earthquake zone to look for relatives. They consciously did not occupy the life passage opened by the "Iron Army" and spontaneously looked for roads on the steep mountains. Because the mountains were steep, the mountain road after the heavy rain seemed narrow and slippery, and the relatives were looking for relatives lined up to climb the mountain carefully.

To prevent slipping, some people also tie some straw ropes to the soles of their shoes, or look for a stick to help them climb the mountain.

Since many places cannot climb up, everyone has to pull the branches on the roadside and move the weeds slowly. There are many pregnant women and sick elderly people. They all want to see their relatives urgently, but they don’t care about anything and head to the disaster area.

"Mr., where are you from? How is the situation there?" The person who went up the mountain kept asking the person who went down the mountain.

"It's so miserable! The entire township has become flat. You will know when you go!" The people who went down the mountain kept repeating this sentence.

Witnessing these scenes and hearing the conversations between the victims, Ren Pingsheng's already entangled heart was even more touched.

Ren Pingsheng wished he could fly directly to the disaster area, but due to heavy rain and weather conditions, the military was unable to dispatch helicopters. He could only step on this dangerous life line step by step with his own feet.

These earth and rocks are piled up like mountains, and the edges and corners of the stones are very sharp. Since it had just rained yesterday, the mixture washed by rain from time to time flowed down from the gap on the top of the mountain. On the right is the bottomless and the tumbling Minjiang River torrent.

Every step you take is risking the possibility of a mistake. If you are not careful and step on the empty space, a name will be added to the list of accidental casualties in this earthquake.

When you walk into a very large landslide, you can only allow one person to pass through. The rescue troops are crowded together. If an aftershock or landslide occurs at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

And all of this is very likely to happen. Aftershocks after the major earthquake are common sense. Since the landing, Ren Pingsheng has experienced several aftershocks and knows the power of nature.

The commanders and fighters leading the team shouted loudly: "Please observe the top of the mountain and pass quickly!" Everyone maintained a high degree of vigilance and caution. It took nearly half an hour to pass through this dangerous area.

In the middle of the journey, Ren Pingsheng saw a large hole under his feet. The magma spurted out from the ground was several kilometers long and had solidified. Later he found out that this was the epicenter of the earthquake.

After passing this dangerous place, there is still 10 kilometers ahead. Although Ren Pingsheng was physically exhausted, he relied on his tenacious willpower to support him and always maintained his speed. He had only one belief in his heart, following the rescue troops.

"Finish her, save her, take her home."

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If Ren Pingsheng had time to read Weibo at this time, he would definitely be excited about the ongoing action on Weibo.

Most people don’t know that before the “People’s Iron Army” advanced to Yingxiu, a team of volunteers had entered Yingxiu Town.

This is a civil rescue team composed of mountaineering enthusiasts and members of the outdoor extreme sports club. They are from Lixian nearby and often organize outdoor sports such as climbing Wuguniang Mountain. They are very familiar with the terrain of this area.

After the earthquake, these "hikers" (hikers) (hiking enthusiasts) spontaneously went to Yingxiu Town, which had no news during the disaster, to find the whereabouts of the survivors.

The most important reason why they chose Yingxiu is that in addition to being familiar with the geography of this area is that they are all Weibo netizens, and they all saw the first message on Weibo from the earthquake-stricken area.

The sender of this information is Xiao Xiuxiu from Yingxiu Town.

And she, like all the victims in Yingxiu Town, has been out of news for more than 72 hours.

While the Weibo official is busy organizing various donations and volunteer actions, Weibo netizens have also spontaneously organized a number of civil rescue operations.

The most popular and popular among them is the "Save Xiao Xiuxiu" operation.

On Weibo, the popular topic of #Save Xiao Xiuxiu has received tens of millions of attention. Nearly one-tenth of Weibo netizens are paying attention to Xiao Xiuxiu's whereabouts and are giving advice on how to save Xiao Xiuxiu.

The rescue team organized by Luo Geping is rushing to the forefront of the "Save Xiao Xiuxiu" operation.

After learning about Xiao Xiuxiu, Luo Gepinghe organized a team of "hikers" of about 20 people and began to go to Yingxiu.

When you reach Ziping Reservoir, vehicles will be unable to move.

Because they made sufficient preparations in advance, they brought outdoor tools such as assault boats on the car. Luo Geping decided to choose the waterway. They put a ton of assault boats on their shoulders and slowly moved them over. This step alone took five or six hours, and it took five or six o'clock in the evening to start going into the water in batches.

The assault boat arrived near Aba Aluminum Factory and was stranded. They began to abandon the boat and walk.

At this time, it was completely dark and it was still raining. Luo Geping and the others could only move forward with flashlights and climbed where they could not walk.

The bridge had already twisted into a twist. During the walk, there were constant aftershocks. The "hikers" were worried, afraid that they would encounter rolling stones or fall from the mountain.

The darkness made the team unable to figure out where they were going, and the tension was depleting people's physical strength. When they couldn't walk and sat down and rested, it was already May 14, at around 4 a.m.

When the sky was slightly white, Luo Geping and others arrived one or two kilometers away from Yingxiu. They could see that all the towns with tens of thousands of people collapsed, which could be said to have been razed to the ground. It is conceivable how slim the hope of survival of the residents under these buildings.

The surviving people gathered on the dam, and the wounded were carried to the flat dam, lined up in a row, and could not see at a glance.

Luo Geping and others immediately burst into tears. They ignored the fatigue and fatigue of traveling through mountains and rivers a day, and relied on their own abilities to join the rescue activities on the scene.

These scenes were recorded and spread by these "hikers" through Weibo, allowing countless netizens who watched on Weibo to deeply feel the disaster and rescue situation in Yingxiu Town as if they were on the scene.
Chapter completed!