Chapter 108 Factory Rescue(1/2)
“Buzz——!”
In an instant, the piercing buzzer of air raid sirens sounded over the entire city.
The shock wave of the factory explosion was very scary.
Even Gu Ji, who was three kilometers away, felt a strong wind hitting his face.
"Immediately notify the command center, city hall, fire brigade, and chemical detection posts to rush to the explosion site. They say that a violent explosion occurred in the east district factory of BASF's production base. Large areas of buildings on site were damaged and there is a risk of chemical leakage. Hurry!!"
Gu Ji called to the sentry beside him.
The young sentry didn't understand at first why this officer had to run up to the sentry tower so early in the morning, but he thought the other person was a sergeant and a hero who had just won the Iron Cross on the battlefield, so he still
agreed.
Fortunately, there is a commander here, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do.
As a recruit who had only served for half a year, he had never seen such a horrific scene.
It wasn't until Gu Ji shouted "Hurry" for the last time that he reacted, immediately picked up the phone and turned the dial wheel.
Gu Ji ran away after giving the order.
at this time.
There was chaos in the entire military area. The recruits thought it was an enemy attack, so they hurriedly put on their clothes and ran out of the dormitory wearing helmets.
Some of them were scared, some were panicked, but most of them were excited, as if they finally felt that they could fight for the empire and gain honor.
Gu Jigang ran to the training ground.
They met Luca and the other three who were coming out of the cafeteria to eat. They ran over anxiously.
"Herman, did you hear the explosion?"
"I heard it. It was an explosion at the BASF factory. We need to get there quickly!"
"Is it the Eagle bomber group that is attacking?"
"No, it was an explosion at the production base."
"It scared me to death. Let me tell you, how could the Eagle Army be so stupid as to dare to invade the empire's airspace in broad daylight?"
Everyone followed Gu Ji, talking as they walked.
After Eugen was sure that it was just a simple factory explosion, he immediately stopped Gu Ji.
"Chief Herman, since it has nothing to do with the military, let's not go into this muddy water. Production accidents should be under the jurisdiction of the city hall and the fire brigade. We soldiers are used to fight. The weather is nice today. Why don't you give us more advice?
Shall I take command?"
"Do you know how many residents live around the BASF factory?"
Upon hearing this, Eugen was slightly startled.
Before he could answer, Gu Ji turned his head and glanced wide-eyed.
"55,000 people! I just saw with my own eyes that the explosion cloud in the East District reached a height of nearly 100 meters. This accident is beyond the control of the city hall and the fire brigade. The duty of soldiers has never been to fight, but to protect their families.
There is no country in Weiguo without its people. If you don’t want to go, then you can stay here, don’t hinder me, get out of the way!”
This was the first time Eugen saw Hermann angry.
That cruelty was like an evil spirit that had broken free, roaring and wandering in his heart, making him want to shudder.
"Without people, how can there be a country..."
When Leer heard these words, he murmured subconsciously, and his pupils seemed to have caught something, glowing with light, "Herman, I'll go with you!"
"Let's go together, we are a team."
Even Luka patted Gu Ji on the shoulder and seemed to be moved by his words.
Eugen was like a child who had made a mistake. He lowered his head and was a little at a loss. He had no choice but to follow the crowd and run towards the military vehicle.
But along the way, I kept repeating the last few words of Gu Ji.
His eyebrows were raised, and he always felt that something was wrong.
It was three kilometers from the military zone to the BASF factory. Gu Ji drove all the way, but it still took nearly 20 minutes.
There is no way, heavy industrial cities are densely populated.
In addition, the sensation caused by the explosion was too huge, and a large number of busybodies stayed in place along the way to watch the explosion clouds and thick burning smoke in the distance.
"Give way!"
"Step aside!"
"All civilians should leave here immediately. The scene is very dangerous and there may be a secondary explosion!"
Compared to Luca and Leer’s scolding.
Gu Ji almost roared.
When the civilians saw his status as an officer and the Iron Cross on his collar, they did not dare to say anything and could only retreat symbolically.
With great difficulty, we managed to squeeze in near the east area of the factory's production base.
The tragedy of the scene almost shocked the four of them.
They just visited this place yesterday and marveled at the splendor of the BASF production base, but now it is in ruins.
Thick smoke billowed from the core of the explosion, and the surrounding houses were destroyed or collapsed by the shock wave. Seven or eight trucks parked nearby were all set on fire, and cables and pipes were blown to the ground, causing fire, making the disaster even more tragic.
At this time, a man's screams were heard from the edge of the ruins and debris. After hearing the sound, a worker was climbing out of the ruins. His head was smashed so hard that blood flowed. Two more people were pressed under the boulder and were unable to break free.
See this scene.
Luca and Leer seemed to think of their comrades who were burned to death by tank explosions on the battlefield.
Gu Ji rushed straight in.
At this moment, there were many security personnel wearing blue and black work uniforms, who were running away in panic.
He grabbed one of the pockmarked security guards and asked, "Why are you running away? What's going on inside?"
The pockmarked security guard instinctively wanted to break free, but when he turned around and saw the officer's uniform, he said in panic:
"Sir, there was an explosion in the synthetic rubber factory in the East District. The entire building and several nearby factories are gone. The fire is burning too hard. Run away!"
"Synthetic rubber factory? The main raw material of synthetic rubber is butadiene..."
Thanks to the "Hazardous Chemicals" treatment, the chemical properties of butadiene instantly appeared in Gu Ji's mind.
Flammable gas, colorless, insoluble in water, slightly aromatic, slightly toxic, most importantly:
It is extremely unstable at room temperature, easily decomposes and explodes, and is extremely powerful!
Generally speaking, the combustion heat of hydrogen is 241kJ/mol, the combustion heat of methane is 893kJ/mol, and the combustion heat of butadiene is as high as 2541kJ/mol, which is more than 10 times that of hydrogen. This means that the explosion of butadiene will release a large amount of heat, which is much higher.
Explosive to methane and hydrogen.
In 2021, a building of a chemical technology company in Ludong Province suddenly exploded, and a large three-story factory building was almost razed to the ground. The "culprit" was butadiene!
"Immediately notify Manager Golin to put the entire factory on alert, immediately cut off the production power supply, cut off the chemical gas pipelines, and conduct emergency safety management of the chemical storage warehouse."
"In addition, the security manager was notified to quickly mobilize all security guards and divide them into two groups. One group used the fire-fighting equipment around them to rush to the fire scene to participate in the fire fighting, and the other group did a good job of maintaining order at the fire scene and evacuating irrelevant personnel."
After a few words, the pockmarked security guard was stunned.
He turned around stiffly and pointed back at the blazing fire behind him, "Sir, how do you want us to save such a fire? Run away!"
"You are a security guard! This is your responsibility!"
Gu Ji glared and shouted coldly.
Seeing the officer getting angry, the pockmarked security guard had no choice but to call out to his companions, but no matter what he said, everyone ignored him and just focused on escaping.
See the situation.
Gu Ji took off a black Walter PP pistol from his waist.
This was the gun specially given to him by the Bearded General Staff after he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. It was also one of the mainstream military guns of Hans during World War II.
Turn off the safety, pull the slide, and pull the trigger suddenly into the air:
boom!
The moment the gunfire rang out, the panicked crowd instinctively squatted and stopped in place. Even the civilians watching outside shivered in fear.
"Everyone, listen, the military garrison, government police, and fire brigade will be here soon. The whole factory will be on alert immediately, put out the fire immediately, and work with me to rescue the trapped imperial compatriots!"
In order to reduce the fear in the hearts of security personnel and workers and increase the sense of security.
As soon as Gu Ji opened his mouth, he brought up the news that "government military support is on the way."
As a result, combined with his behavior of leading the charge, he immediately attracted many security personnel with a sense of justice.
People follow the crowd.
Seeing that many people were willing to follow Gu Ji, the other security personnel were embarrassed to continue escaping, not to mention that he still had a gun in his hand.
But what Gu Ji didn't expect was...
To be continued...