King of Industry

  Chapter 819 Arrived at the scene of the accident

  When the rescue team's plane landed at Ndola International Airport, two commercial vehicles from the Chinese Embassy in Zambia were already waiting.

  Ndola is the capital of the Copperbelt Province, a major mining province in Zambia. It is located in the north-central part of Zambia, adjacent to Zaire. It is the import and export gateway of Zambia and the place where the copper mine collapse accident occurred.

  Because it was clear in advance that there were comrades from the elite special forces in the rescue team, when the embassy came to greet them, they specially asked the military attache of the embassy to be the head of the senior colonel Wang Mingguang.

   After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhao Guoyang and his party followed Military Attaché Wang Mingguang into the car and headed straight to the rescue site.

   From Ndola International Airport to the incident site, the straight-line distance is 150 kilometers.

   Fortunately, the road conditions on the African continent are very good. They are all flat roads and there are relatively few cars. It only took Zhao Guoyang and the others two hours to reach the edge of the accident.

   After getting out of the car, several members of the rescue team were dumbfounded when they saw groups of foreigners surrounded by the ruins.

   A rough estimate shows that there are no less than 200 rescuers from all over the world who can be seen with the naked eye.

  The key is that this number is still growing.

  Just because Zhao Guoyang and the others were on the way, they saw a lot of rescue vehicles rushing over with the flags of various countries.

   "Old Fang, it seems we are late!"

  Seeing the crowd in front of her, Yu Hongjuan couldn't help but let out a sigh.

  Hearing her emotion, Fang Yaoqian smiled wryly and shook his head, "Hongjuan, you are wrong! This kind of mine disaster rescue is not that simple!"

   "Let's talk about the huge ruins in front of us. If we want to deal with them first, there are many obstacles..."

  While Fang Yaoqian and Yu Hongjuan were talking in low voices, Zhao Guoyang had already arrived at the station of the Huaxia rescue team under Wang Mingguang's recommendation.

  When the two entered side by side, a middle-aged man with a stern face was listening carefully to the analysis of his experts in the temporarily pulled up tent.

   "Ambassador Li, the current situation is very clear. Since there is a high possibility of landslides here, the method of underground rescue has basically been denied."

   "This result is also generally recognized by rescue teams from all over the world..."

  After listening to the expert's words, Zhao Guoyang almost figured out the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him.

   Obviously, this is Li Heng, the Chinese ambassador to Zambia.

   Several people in the tent also noticed the arrival of Zhao Guoyang and Wang Mingguang at this time, and turned their attention to them.

  As soon as Wang Mingguang personally led someone in, everyone naturally knew that this was the leader of the rescue team sent from China.

   It's just that when everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Guoyang's young face, they felt a little unsure.

   While hesitating, Li Heng asked first, "Ming Guang, this is Researcher Zhao, right?"

  Wang Mingguang had already prepared to introduce, but of course he responded at this moment: "Yes, Ambassador Li, this is Zhao Guoyang, the leader of the special rescue team sent by our country, Researcher Zhao!"

   "Ah, Researcher Zhao, hello, hello!"

  After listening to Wang Mingguang's introduction, Li Heng quickly shook hands with him as a greeting.

  As for the other people in the tent, although they were a little disapproving of this researcher Zhao being so young, they were still very polite.

  Because of the urgency of the situation, Zhao Guoyang didn't have many people to be courteous. Instead, he spoke directly to Ambassador Li Heng: "Ambassador Li, I don't know how the current situation is. Has the rescue plan been drawn up by all countries?"

  After hearing this, Li Heng smiled wryly: "Researcher Zhao, how can things be so easy!"

Pointing to the scene outside the tent, Ambassador Li sighed: "Researcher Zhao, you and the comrades from the rescue team should have seen it when you came over just now. Rescue teams from more than ten countries have assembled here. There will be many more rescues in the future." The team is on its way."

   "There are so many rescue teams, each of which has its own rescue strategy, and it is really difficult to coordinate."

  After hearing Ambassador Li's narration, Zhao Guoyang nodded in agreement and said, "Understood! It's hard to agree with everyone, and that's what I said..."

   "However, Ambassador Li, someone from the Zambian side should come out and preside over the situation! Given the friendly relationship between China and the Zambian government, our opinion should be the most important in terms of rescue!"

  Hearing what the young man Zhao Guoyang said lightly, several staff members in the tent murmured to themselves.

  The expert who had just reported the situation to Li Heng couldn't help himself, so he sarcastically said to him, "Researcher Zhao, your thinking is a bit too idealistic."

   "The place where the collapse happened is the copper mine of our Huaxia Nonferrous Metals Mining Group Company. All rescue plans should be made by our company's emergency response center."

   "But this rescue matter has nothing to do with face and face. The rescue teams from European and American countries are more experienced and capable, so of course they must occupy a natural dominant position..."

  After hearing what this so-called expert said, Zhao Guoyang frowned.

  Although what this guy said was true, Zhao Guoyang was still a little dissatisfied with his words of "increasing the ambitions of others and destroying one's own prestige".

  He turned his head and glanced at Wang Mingguang, naturally hoping that he could introduce the person in front of him.

  After Wang Mingguang came over, he quickly said: "Researcher Zhao, this is the deputy director of the emergency response center of Huaxia Nonferrous Metals Mining Group Co., Ltd., and Wei Donghai, the chief safety officer of the copper mine in Zambia. Expert Wei..."

After listening to Wang Mingguang's introduction, Zhao Guoyang cast a sideways glance at Wei Donghai, and said indifferently, "It seems that expert Wei doesn't have much trust in the rescue level of our Huaxia mine disaster. If so, you will be in this rescue operation this time." Just help take care of it by the side, and leave the specific work to our rescue team!"

  Zhao Guoyang's words were heard by Fang Yaoqian, Yu Hongjuan and others who had just entered the tent.

  For a while, the rescue team secretly praised the young team leader for his straightforwardness.

After saying this, Zhao Guoyang didn't care how ugly the expression on the face of any Wei expert was, he turned directly to Ambassador Li Heng and said, "Ambassador Li, let's continue with the question just now! Zambia should have a joint command center that specializes in Is it responsible for unifying the actions of the rescue teams? If it is convenient, I want to go and have a look!"

  Li Heng also woke up from the astonishment at this time, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, Researcher Zhao, I will take you there to meet Mr. Christopher Toulouse!"

   Zhao Guoyang showed gratitude, nodded to Ambassador Li, and followed Li Heng and Wang Mingguang out of the tent without even looking at the expert Wei.

   Chatting with Li Heng along the way, Zhao Guoyang finally had a general understanding of the situation at the scene.

  It turns out that the Christopher Toulouse mentioned by Ambassador Li is the Minister of Mines and Mineral Development of Zambia and the commander-in-chief of the rescue operation.

  Scene This rescue operation has rushed to the scene to participate in the rescue team, a total of twelve teams.

  Among them, most of them are rescue teams from developed countries such as the United States, France, England, Germany, island countries, and South Korea.

   There are also a small number of African neighboring countries, such as South Africa and Nigeria's rescue teams.

  Because of the friendly relationship between China and Zambia, the Toulouse Minister and Ambassador Li Heng have a very good personal relationship. A group of several people went directly to the command center at the landslide site without reporting.

   After entering this simple command center, Zhao Guoyang first saw the black man in a suit surrounded by four or five white people.

   Obviously, this must be Christopher Toulouse, Minister of Mines and Mineral Development of Zambia.

  As for the four or five white men, it goes without saying that they must be the leaders of the national rescue teams in Europe and America.

   It can be seen that the atmosphere in the command center is a bit hot, and several white people refuse to give in to each other, and you are accusing each other without saying a word.

   But Toulouse, the "host", seemed to be undecided, watching these "fairy fights" in front of him in a dilemma, unable to think of any way.

  At this time, the people in the room also noticed Zhao Guoyang and his arrival.

  Christopher Toulouse, who was surrounded in the middle, showed surprise on his face, and asked, "Dear Li, didn't you just leave, why are you here again?"

Li Heng was thinking about how to introduce him. After hearing the question from the Minister of Toulouse, he quickly gestured towards Zhao Guoyang and said, "Minister of Toulouse, this Researcher Zhao Guoyang is the leader of our China Rescue Team. Came here from home…”

   "Ah, it turned out to be Researcher Zhao. Hello, hello! Thank you very much for your country's attention to this rescue work. You have worked hard all the way, Researcher Zhao!"

   Toulouse spoke very politely to Zhao Guoyang, probably because of his love for the house and his crow.

   On the other hand, when the white men around him saw this situation, they all looked at me and you with a look of disdain.

   After Toulouse greeted Zhao Guoyang, they quickly invited him and Li Heng inside.

While walking, he introduced in fluent English: "Researcher Zhao, the current rescue work has encountered great difficulties. No, the leaders of the rescue teams from the United States, England, and France are all here at the moment. Here, I want to determine the final rescue plan."

   "It just so happens that you, Researcher Zhao, are here too. Let's sort out the situation together and see if we can come up with a proper plan!"

  Just after Toulouse finished speaking, there was a tall, burly, blond middle-aged man with a cropped cut, and he groaned: "Huaxia's rescue team? What's the use of that? It's not messing around!"

   "Millhouse, you just said so much nonsense, I couldn't listen to a single word. I only agree with this sentence!" The curly-haired white man in a white suit next to him echoed.

  (end of this chapter)