Thirty or forty miners gathered in front of the mine. Some of them lived in the mine, while others came to help after hearing the news.

"Brothers of miners, I am the Party Secretary and Deputy Director of Nanqiao County Coal Management Bureau. My name is Li Rui." Li Rui jumped to a mine car and shouted at the crowd. The originally noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, and their eyes were all on Li Rui standing on the mine car.

"Everyone knows that now we have forty-six miners trapped under the well. We need to understand the following situation, the rising speed of the water level, the reasons for the water permeability, and where is the specific water permeability point..."

"When we went down just now, the alley leading to the work surface was flooded. How can we check if we couldn't get through..."

"That's right, who knows if there will be water permeability in other places?"

"If the groundwater is really dug, it will collapse if it is not done well. Wouldn't we be asked to die?"

Li Rui's words were interrupted by his words.

"Everyone is right!" Li Rui raised his voice and said loudly: "Your Mining Manager An told me just now, but these are all possible. And our forty-six brothers are really trapped below, and their lives are at risk at any time. Maybe some people have already... But no matter what, we can't watch these brothers die."

Then Li Rui slowed down and said, "Everyone works in the same mine. They are very familiar with the brothers below on weekdays. Some may have relatives, and some may drink and play cards together. Do you ignore the lives of these forty-six brothers just for some possible dangers?"

"Isn't the rescue team coming soon? Why don't you let the rescue team go down and insist on us going down?" Another voice came out to question.

"Who said that the rescue team cannot go down? How can I save people if I don't go down? But someone just said that the situation below is very complicated. It may take several hours or even a day to go down to find out the situation. But you are different. You have been working under the lower for many years and are definitely more familiar with the situation than the rescue team. Also, Mining Commander An will go down. He is the old wizard here, and may be the most familiar person, and I will go down. But relying on the two of us alone is not enough. Now I only need three people, three people who are familiar with the situation below. Find out the water-permeable situation so that the rescue team can immediately start rescue and save people as soon as it arrives. Brothers, we may lose a life if we delay a minute. I need three people. I would like to stand up."

"I'll go, my cousin is still down there, he must be still alive." The first person stood up.

"I'll go too, there is my second uncle below. Their family is all up to my second uncle. If he has any problems, the pillars of their family will collapse. I must rescue my second uncle." Someone came out again.

"I'll go."

"I'll go too. People who are officials are not afraid, what am I afraid of?"

"Yes, we'll all go."

Seven or eight people stood up from the crowd at once.

Li Rui stood on the mine cart and laughed: "Okay! Everyone is good! But there are not enough people to use, three are enough."

Jiang Liansheng, who was standing aside, couldn't help but say to Ma Xuejun beside him: "Your Secretary Li is really a little trick. These bastards just now all pushed and stopped them and didn't dare to go down."

Ma Xuejun also said sincerely: "Of course, even I heard what I said just now. If I were a few years younger, I would definitely go on."

Li Rui changed into the clothes of a miner, wearing a safety helmet and a mine lamp on his head. For the sake of security, An Guangmin specially picked four people, all of whom were strong and familiar with the situation below. He also carried a rope and emergency light that was long enough.

Because the power supply in the distribution room below was cut off, the six people could only walk down along the tracks of the mine truck. Although the searchlights were turned on outside and the searchlights were shining in, as they went deeper and turned, the searchlights were not illuminated soon, leaving only the mine lights on their heads and the emergency lights in their hands.

"Everyone be careful." An Guangmin led the way in front, and Li Rui walked behind him to support him. The old man was old and had already been out of breath with his mental tension.

When he walked nearly one kilometer in the dark and the altitude dropped by about three or four hundred meters, An Guangmin stopped, "The water has already spread here."

An Guang civilians carefully used emergency lights to reflect the surrounding situation and said with a grim expression: "There should be a distribution room in front of you. The terrain here is about two meters higher than the distribution room..."

A young miner following behind came down when he installed the drain pipe before and said in surprise: "The water comes so fast! When we got down, the water had just arrived at the door of the distribution room."

"When you came down, you've been down for almost two hours. You're still pumping water outside. The water level rose by one meter in an hour. The height of the working surface is about ten meters higher than the tunnel." An Guangmin closed his eyes and calculated, "Even if the high-power drainage pump of the rescue team is in place after an hour, it will probably take two to three hours to install the pipe, and then drain it..."

An Guangmin opened his eyes and said with a sad face: "There can be up to 30 hours in the workplace, unless the drainage capacity outside can reach 500 cubic meters per hour. But if you want to rescue people, even if the displacement is doubled, it will take at least 70 to 80 hours. The people inside have no food or drinks, and they don't know how long they can last?"

"In the 72-hour golden rescue period, even if you don't have anything to eat, as long as you keep everything in hand, you should still have hope. Moreover, there is no shortage of water here, even if it is a little dirty, it can at least quench your thirst." Li Rui patted An Guangmin's shoulder and comforted.

"Water?" An Guangmin was stunned for a moment, then squatted down and picked up the water from the mine pit, carefully observed the color of the water under the mine lamp, and then tasted it again.

"Bah! Bah!" As soon as the water was drunk, he spit it out quickly. "It's bitter and astringent, and the color is red. This is the old empty water of the kiln." An Guangmin said with annoyance, "I didn't pay attention to it when the water was just being pumped out. Now it's clear that they must have encountered the old kiln while drilling. I've told them that coal has been mined in Changshan since the Qing Dynasty. When digging, you must pay attention to these old kilns and do a good job of waterproofing. They just don't listen. Boss Chen doesn't take it seriously. Is something wrong now?"

"What is Xiaoyao Lao Kongshui?" Li Rui really knows nothing about the professional names in these coal mines.

Before An Guangmin answered, a miner next to him said: "Xiaoyao Laoying Water is the goaf that was dug in the past. Over time, it will be filled with water. It is equivalent to a small underground reservoir. If you accidentally touch the edges of these goafs during excavation, it is very easy to cause water permeability. Moreover, this kind of water is stagnant, with high acidity and astringent taste, and you will be poisoned if you drink it."

It’s really rainy and rainy. If you don’t have anything to eat for three or four days, it will be a big problem if you lack water. And you still have so much poisonous water. If you are afraid that someone can’t hold on, it will really become a poison to quench your thirst.

"No!" An Guangmin suddenly exclaimed again, "Once the old hollow water in Xiaoyao suddenly comes, it will be very fierce, and someone will definitely be washed away. Didn't you see anyone when you came down to lay the pipe just now?"

"No." The young miner shook his head and said, "There was still electricity below at that time. We looked carefully. We didn't see a single figure, and no one answered the call. We kept finding the lane leading to the working face. The water there was no more than two-thirds of the height of the lane. People couldn't get through, so we returned."

Li Rui also understood it, and at the same time felt a chill on his back. Once the old empty water in this small kiln was permeable, it was like a small underground reservoir breaking the dam. The water rushing out was extremely fierce. As long as someone on the work surface, it would definitely be washed away, which means that there may be major casualties.

Li Rui took a deep breath and said, "Since we are here, let's go to the alley leading to the flooded work surface to take a look."

An Guangmin and Li Rui were also eager to take a look with the same idea, so they quickly ordered the ropes they brought were wrapped around their waists, leaving two people to stay here, and the other two who had come down before walked slowly towards the direction of the work surface with them.

As the terrain fell, the water slowly disappeared from the ankle to the waist, and it felt like the water flow was very turbulent, and it might be washed down by the water if you were accidentally killed.
Chapter completed!