Chapter 175 Dam Crisis

The moment he saw the water storage value of the reservoir, Gu Ji finally couldn't help but curse.

The official rated water storage capacity of Farakka Dam is 9.5 billion cubic meters, but the millimeter wave water level monitor in front of us shows that the actual capacity of the reservoir area has exceeded 10.3 billion cubic meters, which is close to 10% of the standard, which is a serious exceedance.

All 12 gates of the dam body were opened, and the average flow rate was 1,243 cubic meters/second, while the precipitation increase monitored by the water and rain monitoring system was 1,365 cubic meters/second.

In other words, even if the heavy rainfall from tropical storms no longer increases, the dam will not be able to complete its self-discharge.

This is the real reason why Gu Ji made up his mind to blast the dam!

"Monitoring technician! Where are the dam structure monitoring, seepage flow monitoring and seepage pressure monitoring values!"

"I-I'm a technician."

Gu Ji shouted twice in the control room, and then a middle-aged man with dark skin wearing a blue uniform trotted over.

Maybe he also knew that there was something wrong with the reservoir value, so he wiped the sweat from his forehead in a panic.

"The leader of the report said that the Farakka Dam was built too early and was only completed in 1971. Therefore, no pressure measuring pipes were installed during the construction. The only way to do this was to use hydraulic methods and make certain simplified assumptions on the seepage conditions.

, conduct simple calculation and analysis.”

But in order to shorten the distance, Gu Ji had to take this risk.

"That means you can't accurately calculate the dam infiltration line now?"

Seeing the critical situation, Fatima also rushed out of the dam command center with Gu Ji. The two of them spun along the fire stairs and ran to the top of the dam.

The villagers at the bottom of the mountain are just like them.

Marlow listened for a moment, his brows became more solemn.

Under the premise that the current reservoir water storage capacity seriously exceeds the standard, the dam safety monitoring center does not know the specific value of the infiltration line at all, which means that they cannot grasp the current safety of the dam body at all.

"Be careful of the strong wind!"

Gu Ji raised his wrist and glanced. Although he was also very nervous, as one of the emergency commanders, he had to show a calm and calm state, otherwise even he would be afraid and the entire team would disperse immediately.

"Vidi, I'll go with you!"

Riverside cities have high population density.

The wetting line is the intersection line between the free water surface and the cross section of the dam formed by the water seeping from the earth-rock dam to the downstream through the dam body. It is the basis for calculating the leakage of the dam and reviewing the anti-sliding, anti-seismic and anti-seepage capabilities of the dam slope.

The main basis is that every 1 meter increase in the infiltration line can increase the static risk factor of the dam body by 0.05 or even more.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz..."

As a flood disaster expert, she also knew a little bit about dam safety information, so she naturally understood why Gu Ji asked about the "soakage line".

Marlowe was not a fool. He immediately understood the meaning of Gu Ji's words and hurriedly pressed the intercom headset to contact Colonel Swaraj who was still outside.

He suppressed the chill in his heart, pursed his lips and murmured repeatedly, with many plans for dealing with heavy rain and flood disasters flashing through his mind.

"It's raining so heavily outside, it's difficult to take off, and the line of sight is severely obstructed. It's almost like flying blind!"

While he was reporting to Colonel Swaraj, Gu Jize ran down the mountain again.

The more Fatima listened, the more her heart sank.

There are not that many warriors in this world. Except for those dead warriors controlled by drugs under Dahai in the underground building levels, Gu Ji has never seen anyone who is truly not afraid of death.

"Transfer, transfer fifteen million people?!"

The most important thing is that this explosion will kill at least hundreds of people!!

Fortunately, he had good luck this round.

In other words, the weather software on the mobile phone calculated the sunrise time very accurately. Gradually, through the windshield of the cockpit, everyone saw a piece of fish belly white floating in the eastern sky, and the earth gradually became brighter, although the sky was still gloomy.

, it’s raining heavily, but at least it’s not as dark as before, as if it’s being swallowed by a demon.

The two of them cautiously arrived at the east side of the dam. Driven by the strong wind, the flood peak rushed towards the connection between the cofferdam and the high concrete wall in waves. Gu Ji turned on a strong flashlight and scanned it towards the location Marlow just mentioned.

, there are indeed traces of landslides at the internal joints of the dam body, and as the waves hit, mud-like yellow water is sprayed out.

After all, they are flying in heavy rain. According to the Mi-17 military flight manual, the minimum visibility for night flight must not be less than 1,500 meters, and the daytime visibility must not be less than 800 meters. It can be estimated that the visibility outside the world is now also

It's only a few hundred meters away.

Facing Gu Ji's question, the technician just lowered his head and refused to answer.

"Wei, Weidi, the connection point between the dam and the mountain has been damaged. This dam may collapse at any time!"

By this time, Marlowe had already driven the pickup truck down the mountain.

"Then let the government officials and policemen from the Midnapur area, as well as the landowners, come in and let them see with their own eyes the location of the damage to the dam, which is on the east side of the dam body. I believe they must not have

If that person has the guts to stay here, the main messenger will run away, and other villagers will definitely follow suit!"

"Once the dam breaks, it is very likely to cause continuous floods downstream. There are five counties in the general management area. The first four counties have a total population of only 30 million, while the city of Kolkata has a population of 1,600.

There are tens of thousands of people and the population density is extremely high. We must move all the people in the town to safety before the flood breaks out!"

"Did you tell them that we were going to stop blasting and that the dam was going to collapse?"

Fatima hurriedly took out her cell phone from her pocket, and after Gu Ji said this, she turned around and returned the way she came.

Once a flood breaks out, it will be the most severely affected area!

Fortunately, compared with the previous towns in Assam, as the third largest city in India, the urban construction of Kolkata closely follows the Indian capital New Delhi and Mumbai. In addition to some exotic historical buildings, slums, parks, and

Many modern high-rise buildings have a sense of pitiable poverty and broken British Raj-era gems, vast gardens and historical colleges are inexplicably intertwined.

The corners of Gu Ji's eyes twitched, and his scalp was numb. Unexpectedly, things had reached the worst point. Now they were stepping on an unpredictable landmine, never knowing whether it would explode in the next second.

"What!?"

Many local Indian believers who get up early have to pray even in the heavy rain.

Marlow pointed to the vast ocean outside the glass and shook his head, "Now we can only find a way to use helicopters to replace drones for low-altitude observation!"

Thanks to the continuous investment in the natural disaster system, and Gu Ji's strengthening of reaction and crisis management thinking, in a few breaths, he had an idea in his mind, and with a stern look, "Fatima, give it to the state chief immediately.

The secretary called and asked him to tell the anti-riot troops to evacuate all nearby villagers as soon as possible! Quick!"

So they are flying on the edge of a knife and may crash at any time.

The villagers who made trouble inside the dam were all confused and somewhat confused. However, there were also some people with sharp ears who heard the words "dam collapsed" and their faces were uncertain, and they were obviously a little panicked.

Because the dam may break at any time in the future, it may be an hour later, it may be a certain charging hole drilled by the construction team, or it may be, the next second!

Gu Ji immediately left the monitoring room and found Marlow who was stopping the villagers.

After observing for two consecutive times, a reply came from the intercom headset.

He also noticed that Calcutta has a very strong religious atmosphere. Hindu gods and statues can be seen everywhere in parks, roadsides, squares, and residential streets.

Kolkata is the capital city of West Bengal, India. It is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The city is very large and is the third most densely populated urban area in India. It is also the main commercial, cultural and educational center in East India. It is also the oldest in India.

one of the ports.

The pilot picked up the walkie-talkie and began communicating with the Calcutta airport tower.

This is also the main reason why Gu Ji rushed here directly after learning that the dam broke.

"Vidi, the pilot of Hippo 4 sent news that the rain was too heavy and the visibility was not good. It was impossible to see whether there were any cracks on the dam body. However, they found that there were cracks on the east side of Farakka Dam where it was connected to the mountain.

There are traces of small-scale landslides.”

"I told them, but they just didn't listen and said we were lying to them!!"

At this time, the pilot's warning came from the cabin:

It turns out that it is already 6:20 in the morning.

Not only him, but also the soldiers in the cabin, Gu Ji and others also looked grim.

Therefore, he is well aware of the principle of "herding effect". Once the leader runs away, panic will quickly spread to the entire crowd.

Two Mi-17/171 helicopters braved the rain and waves, slowly rising and flying towards Kolkata in the south.

From getting up early yesterday to make the plan, to the Prime Minister's review, to meeting up with the special border troops to carry out the blasting mission, before they knew it, they had been working continuously for a day and a night!

During this period, the two people's nerves were always in a state of tension, so much so that they only noticed their fatigue now.

"Let's talk as we walk!" Gu Ji pulled him and rushed to the helicopter landing point.

Rumble——!

Unexpectedly, as soon as the reminder was given, the fuselage shook violently, and the cabin materials collided with the iron sheet, making a violent sound. Lanata turned pale with fright and closed her eyes tightly.

"Report! There is a thunderstorm ahead, the wind speed exceeds 19.2 meters/second, there may be turbulence, everyone must sit tight!"

"You mean...Colonel!"

In the current situation where the dam may break at any time, every minute and second is very precious to him.

Fatima looked straight at the cave-in, her face turned pale, and she didn't know whether the sweat on her temples was rain or cold sweat.

While flying over the town, Gu Ji wrote down the locations of these buildings one by one. At the same time, he took out the satellite map on his mobile phone and marked them according to the distance to the river bank and the height of the terrain.

This is extremely dangerous.
To be continued...