Chapter 13 Dawn of the fourth quarter

After staying up until dawn, it was May 13th, and a new day came, and this new day was equally severe for them.There is no food, no water, no medicine, and the road traveled yesterday was broken by rolling stones and landslides from the mountains. When we went up the mountain yesterday, we were still a lively team full of sunshine, but today we became a team of "defeated soldiers" with heavy casualties.They were trapped here, unable to move forward or retreat, as if they were surrounded by layers of enemy troops.If you want to "break through" down the mountain, the road ahead is full of dangers. If you stay on the mountain, aftershocks will continue, and you will be in danger at any time.Several of the seriously wounded were unable to move around. It was impossible for their weak team with heavy casualties to transport the seriously wounded down the mountain.

At noon, there was another seriously wounded person who did not carry over and closed his eyes forever. It was not until the afternoon that the hope of survival came to Kang Hongwei and his party.Hu Dahai, who was waiting for them to go down the mountain at Wuling Mountain Villa yesterday, was "blessed because of his slowness". The earthquake did not turn Wuling Mountain Villa into ruins. The subject becomes a hero who saves lives.Hu Dahai did not wait for President Kang and his colleagues to go down the mountain in Wuling Villa. He waited in anxiety all night. After dawn, he still did not see the shadow of President Kang and his colleagues. Hu Dahai speculated that they might have encountered danger during the earthquake. .There is only one road up the mountain from Wuling Mountain Villa. As long as you follow this road, you will be able to meet President Kang and his colleagues who are going down the mountain.Hu Dahai discussed with Daoist Wu of the villa whether he could go to the mountain with him to save people.Dao Chang has flowing white hair and a red face. Although he is nearly eighty years old, he walks nimbly and walks on mountain roads no worse than Hu Dahai.Daoist heard that Hu Dahai was going to rescue people on the mountain, and readily agreed to go with him. Hu Dahai led Daoist Wu through the rocks and mudslides, and rushed up the mountain to find Kang Hongwei and the others at the risk of aftershocks.

Hu Dahai, who is very weak, was made fun of by everyone yesterday. No one would have thought that he could climb the mountain. Today, he actually led people up the mountain and became everyone's savior. Things in the world are so confusing and confusing. Wu Daozhang and Hu Dahai brought some food and drinking water, which finally relieved the people from their despair.Although it is impossible for them to get out of the mountains with the strength of Wu Daochang and Hu Dahai alone, people still see the hope of survival. Daoist Wu has practiced in the mountains for many years and has a lot of research on medicine.He took the pulse of Kang Hongwei and his group one by one, looked at their physical condition, and immediately asked everyone who could walk to evacuate the place quickly, and he took them to Wuling Mountain Villa to wait for the rescue team to rescue them.The seriously wounded who could not walk remained on the mountain.Daoist Wu said: "I understand the temper of this mountain. We can't all wait to die on the mountain. In the current situation, one who survives counts as one."

Kang Hongwei was very surprised that the Taoist priest said such words. He pulled the Taoist priest aside and said, "Daoist priest, we can't leave the two seriously injured people alone." The Taoist leader said: "I tested the pulses of the two of them just now, and they couldn't move. Without a doctor and first aid equipment around us, it is impossible for us to save them." Kang Hongwei understood, he knew that if there was a glimmer of hope, the Taoist leader would not leave his two lives behind.Kang Hongwei also wanted to survive, and also wanted to see his parents, wife and children again. He really wanted to go down the mountain with the Taoist priest, but he couldn't.Leaving two seriously wounded people on the mountain is tantamount to announcing their death in advance.When he returns to Wenchuan in the future, he will face the most severe moral condemnation and serious organizational punishment.It's better to fight here and act as a hero for a while than to live on.After a fierce ideological struggle, Kang Hongwei finally chose to stay with the two seriously injured female workers. After "figuring it out", Kang Hongwei calmly said to everyone: "Wu Daochang and Hu Dahai will bring all the people who can walk down the mountain first, and I will stay behind to take care of the two seriously injured and wait for rescue."

The two seriously injured female employees knew their physical condition. They were afraid of causing others to die together. They insisted that Kang Hongwei take a few lightly injured people down the mountain first. Let everyone suffer." Everyone else wanted to leave this "land of death" earlier. If they couldn't reach Wuling Mountain Villa before dark, it meant that danger and death were still ahead of them.They all said that what Daoist Wu said was reasonable, and under the current situation, they should follow what Daoist Wu said. President Kang took the people down the mountain first, and if they were worried, they could go back to the mountain to visit them in the morning.

In fact, this is just a high-sounding consolation. The employees present knew that if they did not leave their companions on the mountain, the two seriously injured people would not be able to survive.Kang Hongwei understands everyone's mood at this time, and understands the choices of employees in the face of danger.However, in this special period, he must strengthen his beliefs.Kang Hongwei said: "I brought them here together. As long as they are alive, I will take them back together. As long as they have breath, I cannot leave them alone." Kang Hongwei looked at the two seriously injured female employees again, and saw a sense of desolation and pessimism in their sad and helpless eyes.He felt the responsibility of being a man in times of crisis, of being a president in the face of danger.He thought that he couldn't just leave them alone just to survive, and he really couldn't bear to see the lives of those who had hoped to survive.He even thought that since things were already like this, he might as well die with them.

Seeing that it was getting late, Daoist Wu had no time to explain to the stubborn president in detail, so he said to him sternly: "You don't want to die? What kind of hero are you playing at this time, and they will understand!" Kang Hongwei said: "I want to die, but if I stay, they still have a chance to live, if I leave, they have no chance at all." In fact, Kang Hongwei still has a little guilt that everyone doesn't know. Another reason why he didn't escape down the mountain is that he chose the time and place of this trip.Since the earthquake, Kang Hongwei has been constantly blaming himself, and he feels that the responsibility for this tragedy lies entirely with himself.If this tour is not organized, there will be no fatal accidents, and he feels sorry for everyone.

Kang Hongwei didn't know that if he didn't organize this trip, the workers would pay a greater price with their lives.Because the office building of the Guoxing Bank Wenchuan Sub-branch had collapsed and turned into ruins, only the small number of employees staying in the building prevented more casualties. Seeing that Kang Hongwei was not persuaded to leave, Daoist Wu respectfully cupped his fists to greet him. Kang Hongwei asked the workers going down the mountain to leave their lighters and things that could burn lights, and told them to be careful and pay attention to safety along the way.At the end of the talk, his tone suddenly dropped, and he said tremblingly: "The Taoist priest is familiar with the situation in the mountains, and he must listen to the Taoist priest's command."

It is undeniable that at the critical moment of life and death, everyone wants to escape from the scene, because danger may happen at any time if they stay here. There are "passages" for landslides on their left and right, and only a small piece of safer place is occupied by them. If it happens once Big landslide, they will be washed down the mountain together, that is, staying can mean death.Some employees even thought, aren't you Kang Hongwei the leader?You have sung high-profile songs in your daily work, right? Who will stay if the leader is not left at a critical moment of life and death?But at the moment of parting from life to death, the sadness in everyone's heart could not be restrained. They walked in front of the two seriously injured workers and said how much they cherished each other.The two seriously injured workers knew that this farewell may also become a permanent farewell. They were in grief, their voices choked up, and their tears flowed.Kang Hongwei once again said harshly: "Don't be such a mother-in-law, please! Leave me quickly!!"

Hu Dahai has never experienced the harsh environment on the mountain, nor the scene of life and death when the fire of life of his colleagues is extinguished. He is calm and sober, and he understands the president's thoughts.The employees who experienced the disaster on the mountain are already in a state of confusion.Hu Dahai pulled away the inseparable hands of the downhill worker and the seriously injured worker, clasped his hands together, bid farewell to Kang Hongwei and the two seriously wounded, and went down the mountain with the lightly wounded and Wu Daochang. Ten days after the earthquake, I found Kang Hongwei through relevant leaders of Guoxing Bank. When talking with him, Kang Hongwei told me that the night of May 13 was even more gloomy and terrifying. It was the longest and most miserable time in his life. night.In a small open space of less than 30 square meters, there were two severely wounded who could barely move, and the daunting remains of the four victims.

After colleagues and Daoist Wu left, the sky gradually darkened, and it rained heavily again. The long night made Kang Hongwei realize what is the darkness of "his hands can't see his fingers"; his coat was used to bandage the wounds of the seriously injured yesterday , He was naked to the waist, facing the heavy rain, and felt the uncontrollable shivering that lasted for tens of seconds due to the severe cold in the dark mountains.Kang Hongwei, who survived the adventure, also experienced the terrifying hallucinations that occurred when guarding two immobile seriously injured and four corpses less than one meter away from him in the dark night of the deep mountain in a space less than 30 square meters.Kang Hongwei kept turning on the lighter in his hand, and burned everything around him that could be ignited, even the most important work permit and driver's permit.He needs light and warmth so much!Unfortunately, when his fingers were swollen and everything that could burn was burned, darkness fell mercilessly again.The night was hard, the cold was hard, the terror was hard. In the middle of the night, Kang Hongwei, who was in a daze, suddenly saw the dead Liu Hong sitting up. Liu Hong who sat up looked at him with a smile at first, but suddenly changed his appearance.The smile on her face gradually froze, and there was resentment in her eyes. Liu Hong seemed to stand up and walk towards him.Kang Hongwei was terrified and at a loss, and hurriedly said: "Liu Hong, don't scare us. I know that I have always been sorry for you. It was my fault that I punished you when you were promoted. There are still two seriously injured people here who need me." Take care. You have already arrived in that world, just leave if you want, don't scare us here." When Liu Hong heard Kang Hongwei's frank confession, she seemed to believe him, but she didn't say anything. The stiff expression on her face seemed to ease, her eyes softened, and she stood up with a wide smile.Kang Hongwei was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. He was worried that Liu Hong would jump over and stick to his body.When he was a child, he heard old people say that even a healthy person would die if a ghost fell on him.Just as Kang Hongwei was about to stand up to avoid Liu Hong's entanglement, a bright light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and Liu Hong flew away lightly. Kang Hongwei did not believe in ghosts and gods before, nor did he believe in retribution in the afterlife. He was always critical of the employees' remarks about ghosts, gods and souls.After Liu Hong left, Kang Hongwei saw the other dead standing up one after another and walking into the depths of the mountain. Every employee who walked into the mountain looked at him with cold eyes, making his hair stand on end in bursts .Every time a worker walks, a bright light appears in front of him, and a flying man appears.Kang Hongwei thought his life had come to an end, seeing so many ghosts, could he still live?After Liu Hong and the dead workers left, Kang Hongwei became sober. He suddenly realized that in such an environment, the rocks they were hiding in might collapse at any time. Are those ghosts reminding him to leave this place, or something else? hint?However, no matter how dangerous it was, he couldn't leave this place. He was too physically exhausted to move the corpse and the two seriously injured employees.Kang Hongwei has no choice but to wait here.In this extremely special situation, Kang Hongwei guarded the two seriously wounded, kept calling their names or talking to them to prevent them from falling into a coma due to the pain; once they groaned loudly because of the pain, Kang Hongwei It should be strictly prohibited to prevent them from exhausting their physical strength.In order to keep them hopeful, Kang Hongwei made up stories for them from time to time, saying that they saw the People’s Liberation Army on the opposite side of the mountain in the afternoon, and they had to take a long detour to come over; When the signal flare is fired, the searchers will come soon.Kang Hongwei fabricated all kinds of lies to deceive them, just to give them confidence to live until the rescue team arrived. In the early morning of the 14th, the two seriously injured workers were unbearably tortured by their injuries, and they also discovered Kang Hongwei's deception.Rescuers were slow to arrive, and they were desperate.One person asked Kang Hongwei to hit her on the head with a big rock so that she would not have to suffer, saying that death is better than life.Her unreasonable request was immediately rejected by Kang Hongwei, and the employee suddenly said: "Kang Hongwei, we know why you didn't leave, didn't you just think about that black hat? Isn't it because you might raise the state branch? But you Who doesn’t know about Liu Hong and you often playing mahjong? If I get out alive, I will publicize all your scandals and let everyone in Wenchuan know. Let me die or let me die. Live? With the surname Kang, you choose yourself!" She stimulated Kang Hongwei with extremely vicious language, the purpose is very clear, is to let Kang Hongwei end her life in a state of anger. Kang Hongwei knew the kindness of this employee, she wanted him to find a way out, not to wait here.At two o'clock in the morning when the wind and rain were blowing and she couldn't see her fingers, there were several corpses of her colleagues in front of her. All she could think of was a terrible scene. For a person who was seriously injured and dying, it was enough to make her see no hope. , so she asked to be executed on the spot, saying that she couldn't stand it anymore. Under her influence, another employee also asked Kang Hongwei to help him end his life.She said that if you kill both of them, Kang Hongwei will punish Liu Hong and many other things, everyone will not know. If one person is left alive, it will definitely be exposed in the future, and Kang Hongwei's president will not be able to do it anymore; Kang Hongwei's best choice It is to kill them all, and then go out to report the news alive. If you want to accumulate virtue, you can take their bodies down the mountain with someone.They said, if you don't leave, everyone will die here, and the corpses will be left unattended, and the animals will eat them.The voices of the two were hoarse and weak, and their speech was very miserable.Kang Hongwei's tears flowed down involuntarily, feeling that he was in a dilemma.He thought that his political career had just started, and he had been the president of Wenchuan Branch of Guoxing Bank for three years, so he could run for the vice president of Aba Autonomous Prefecture this year, and this happened.If the two employees survived and returned to work and said something unfavorable to him, his career in official career would come to an end.If they were crushed to death in the mountains, no one would be suspicious if they were said to have been killed by stones rolled down from the mountains during the aftershocks.They were two people who were about to die. To be able to stay with them under such circumstances has already shown an attitude. Who can doubt his harmful actions?Seeing their pain, Kang Hongwei softened his usual stern attitude towards the workers. He thought of Liu Hongfei's eyes when he left in the hallucination, and thought of the families and children of the four dead workers.He thought, he already owed so many family debts, should he continue to owe it for personal gain?Under such circumstances, it is impossible for any conscientious person to kill them or abandon them.Even in the face of death, we must unite together.Since I stayed on the mountain, I must not shake my determination and belief just because of their words.In order to prolong their lives and prevent them from losing their confidence in living, Kang Hongwei cheered up and pretended to be optimistic and joked with them: "If I execute you now, the government will execute me tomorrow when I go down the mountain. I still want to Live. If you die, maybe I won’t be able to survive tonight. We all want to live as long as we have a breath. I stayed on the mountain just to let everyone live. If you don’t live strong, I will die first. You see." After Kang Hongwei said these words, he really lifted a stone and wanted to throw it on the head. He wanted to scare them with this method, so that the two of them would not continue to quarrel.Sure enough, when they saw Kang Hongwei's actions, they all told him to put down the stone in his hand, saying that they would never mention death again.Seeing that they had changed their minds, Kang Hongwei put down the stone that was raised above his head.The three were silent for a moment, and the two seriously injured encouraged each other.They all said that their family members would definitely come to find them, and the People's Liberation Army would definitely come too!When they were not talking, Kang Hongwei deliberately asked them if they had watched the TV series "Golden Wedding" and how many years did they live together before it was considered a golden wedding?The two seriously wounded were married women with children, and they had deep feelings for their families. In the face of the disaster, they missed their husbands and children, and their desire to survive returned to them.Time passed in the torment of second by second. At 4 o'clock in the morning, one wounded was already unconscious and started talking nonsense, all of which were conversations with the dead. Kang Hongwei and another seriously injured employee were in a heavy heart. The tough time has come!Kang Hongwei believed that it was a miracle that the two continued to talk before the rescuers arrived. On May 14, when the weather improved, the rescue team organized by Chongzhou City, Sichuan Province opened up the rescue channel at 10:00 am. They first took the people from Wuling Villa to the mouth of Jiulonggou, and sent them to the hospital for treatment by ambulance.Then, the rescue team and doctors came to Zhuantian Peak. At this time, the two seriously injured people guarded by Kang Hongwei were unconscious and dying.When the rescue team and doctors carried them onto the stretcher, Kang Hongwei's nervous mood relaxed and he fainted briefly.A rescue team member immediately supported Kang Hongwei and gave him his thumbs up. At this moment, Kang Hongwei's mental pressure still exists. He thought that when he returned to Wenchuan this time, he would definitely be dealt with by his superiors.Kang Hongwei smiled at the rescue team members who gave the thumbs up and said, "I don't want to be meritorious, but I want to be innocent." Kang Hongwei and the two seriously injured workers finally passed the most difficult moment.The rescue team carried the two seriously injured down the mountain, and Kang Hongwei also went down the mountain with the rescue team.He was full of sorrow along the way, and when he arrived at Mizoguchi, an ambulance took him to the hospital.In fact, Kang Hongwei did not have serious physical injuries, but he was extremely weak due to excessive physical strength and mental stimulation. Later, his colleagues said: Kang Hongwei was still waving his hands in his sleep, I don't know if he thought of the scene of rescuing the employees, or thought of what he would defend after being dealt with by his superiors.After waking up from the dream, Kang Hongwei once told his colleagues in frustration that if I go back this time, I will be punished with a major demerit, or I will be dismissed from my post. My political career is over! After staying in the hospital for a day, Kang Hongwei rushed to Wenchuan with great anxiety.His mind still reverberated from time to time with the tragic cries of "President Kang, President Kang" and cries for help all over the mountains and plains.He had already forgotten about the punishment or dismissal, he thought, as long as he could live, it would be better than anything else!