The days passed peacefully one by one, and in the blink of an eye it was the end of July, the hottest summer season, when a rare natural catastrophe suddenly struck the earth.
A strong earthquake struck in the middle of the night and the troops received an emergency dispatch order. The Seoul Military Region acted quickly and gathered overnight to provide support.
Lu Jingchuan left in a hurry, and Gong Linglong only prepared two sets of clothes for him, a box of medicine prescribed by his mother, and a bag of dry food and biscuits.
The troops acted quickly and the Ministry of Civil Affairs also became busy. Gong Linglong received an important task when she arrived at the office in the morning and hurriedly drove a large truck out to collect supplies.
Food, drinking water, medical supplies, tents, etc. are essential for earthquake relief. Fortunately, they had experience in disaster relief before, and the units supplying supplies had also received emergency support orders, so they were able to collect supplies relatively smoothly.
Truckloads of supplies were delivered to the train station, then loaded onto trucks and sent north, where they were then arranged by the local government for delivery to the disaster area.
The disaster situation at the front is urgent. This time, Gong Linglong has put all the nearly 100,000 kilograms of grain stored in the storage space into disaster relief. Bai Shuixian is also helping in the space. The tens of thousands of kilograms of potatoes, sweet potatoes and vegetables shipped by train tonight were all grown by her.
After work that evening, the Civil Affairs Department held a meeting. Secretary Yan made the arrangements: "Gong Linglong, we will leave for the disaster area tomorrow to provide support. You will stay in Seoul and continue to supply supplies."
"Secretary Yan, I'm going to the disaster area to provide support. Please let someone stay in Seoul."
Gong Linglong had discussed this with her mother today, and the two planned to go together. "Secretary Yan, my mother will come with me. She's a doctor, and she can help save lives. I'll be driving and delivering the supplies. Don't worry about my health; I'll do my best."
Her work ability is unquestionable. The disaster area really needs people like her who can drive to support it. Secretary Yan thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay, you go. Try not to lift heavy objects and focus on driving and delivering supplies. Let the men do the physical work."
"Okay." Gong Linglong responded.
The mother and daughter did not return to the military district’s family compound at night. Gong Linglong called home and asked Yuan’s mother to help look after the house.
The disaster was serious, and the military district family compound also responded actively. The commander's wife mobilized and organized 20 military wives to go to the disaster area for support. They will also set off tomorrow morning, and the trivial matters of the children at home will be entrusted to the other military wives who stayed behind.
Gong Linglong and the others were on the same train with the military wives. They were all acquaintances and could take care of each other on the way.
There was no direct train from Seoul to the disaster area, and because of the earthquake, traffic problems occurred in cities near the disaster area. It took them more than two days to reach the disaster area, a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers.
Mountains collapsed, the earth cracked, houses collapsed, broken walls and ruins were everywhere, and the scene was devastated.
Everyone who rushed here saw the tragedy before their eyes, their eyes turned red and tears flowed out.
They ignored their fatigue and sadness, and immediately obeyed the army's command and arrangements, and took the lead in their work and started working.
All the military wives were arranged to work in the cafeteria. Bai Shuixian, who knew medicine, was sent to a temporary medical aid center. Gong Linglong, the commander's wife, and several people from the civil affairs department who could drive were arranged to transport supplies.
"teacher."
As soon as Bai Shuixian arrived at the medical aid point, she saw Professor Shui and his two grandsons.
Professor Shui didn't expect her to come too, "Wantang, when did you arrive?"
"I just arrived with Linglong and the other comrades from the Civil Affairs Department."
Bai Shuixian strode over and patted the shoulders of the two grandsons of the Shui family, "Jiezi, Binzi, you have grown a lot taller during this period."
"Auntie Bai." The two children were very happy to see her.
"Two good boys."
They were not afraid of danger and accompanied Grandpa to support him. Bai Shuixian praised them. Seeing the wounded being sent in continuously, she hurriedly said, "Teacher, I will go register first and then join your team later."
"Okay, okay, go ahead."
They were proficient in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was quite marginalized due to policy reasons in recent years. So even though they had great skills, they were not taken seriously. Both the master and the apprentice were arranged to do simple nursing and medicine-making work.
Professor Shui and Bai Narcissus didn't care about the work assignment. A lot of Chinese medicinal materials were dispatched this time, and they were put to use immediately. They quickly set up their own tents and big pots and started working.
Gong Linglong also started working. Donated materials from all over the country were delivered one after another and had piled up like a mountain. She drove her car and followed the team to haul the materials.
"Comrade, we are volunteers. Can we give you a ride to the disaster area?"
At dusk, Gong Linglong was about to deliver a truckload of medical supplies to the rescue center when she heard a familiar voice. She immediately leaned out of the car, saw who was speaking, and shouted happily, "Taozi."
"sister in law!"
Song Tao looked shocked and rushed over with his simple luggage, "Why are you here?"
"Disaster relief. I arrived this morning."
"Aren't you pregnant?"
Song Tao learned the news from his mother and looked worried: "Sister-in-law, you are pregnant, why are you here?"
"Yes, I'm pregnant, but the baby is stable. The situation here is serious and we need help urgently. My mother and I came here with our colleagues and leaders. Brother Jing arrived two days earlier than me and is currently helping with rescue efforts at the front."
Gong Linglong saw that he wasn't alone, and that there were five or six young people with him. She guessed they were his schoolmates, so she didn't say anything else. She urged him, "It's getting late. Hurry up and get in the car. The girls can sit in the passenger seat, and the boys can squeeze into the back car. I'll take you there."
"Okay, get in the car."
Song Tao is the captain of their small team, and they spontaneously organized themselves to serve as volunteers.
After everyone got in the car, Gong Linglong immediately started the engine and started driving, loudly asking the person behind him: "Taozi, do you know how to drive?"
"Sister-in-law, I will."
All of Zhou's grandchildren can drive, and it is a skill they must learn.
"We're in urgent need of drivers to deliver food and water to the soldiers. Take a few male students with you tomorrow to deliver the supplies, and the female students can stay and help out at the cafeteria and medical aid station."
"OK."
Song Tao agreed without hesitation and told her, "Sister-in-law, when I was changing trains in Shi City this morning, I called my grandmother. Brother Yang and the others are here. They should have arrived the day before yesterday."
"I didn't see them. There are four rescue zones here. We are in the East Zone. They should be in other zones."
"Have you seen Brother Jing since you came here?" Song Tao asked loudly again.
"No, I was assigned to transport supplies when I arrived here. I didn't see any troops from the Seoul Military Region."
Gong Linglong also asked people during the day, but no one knew. In fact, she was quite worried. She heard that there were continuous aftershocks in the past two days, and their soldiers must be on the most dangerous front line.
Natural disasters are ruthless. Human beings are really small and powerless in the face of natural disasters. I just hope they are safe.
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