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At night in Zambia, the temperature is as low as ten degrees, which is in stark contrast to the high temperature of more than 30 degrees during the day.

Lying in the temporary tent, Zhao Guoyang felt chilly all over his body.

There was no way, because after arriving in Zambia the day before yesterday, his own speech shocked the audience. In the past two days, Zhao Guoyang was pestered by the Minister of Toulouse every day, and there was no way to go back to the embassy to rest.

After Zhao Guoyang determined the best rescue plan with a wave of his hand, the rescue operation at the mine disaster site has officially started.

In the past two days, the on-site staff successfully opened four small-caliber life-saving holes, and found some trapped people underground through holes No. 2 and No. 3.

At the very beginning of the operation, such remarkable results have been achieved. With such progress, it is no wonder that the Minister of Toulouse is very fond of Zhao Guoyang.

However, after the small-caliber life-saving hole was opened, new problems emerged.

In the past two days, because the geological structure of the mine here is very complicated, the 300 meters from the surface to the roof of the underground roadway are topsoil layer, limestone layer, sandstone layer and gypsum layer in sequence.

Except for the topsoil layer, the other three layers are mixed with limestone and have two layers of aquifers. As a result, drill bits have been stuck many times in drilling rescue on the well, seriously affecting the progress of operations.

It is relatively easy to open the small-diameter life-saving hole at present, but it is much more difficult to open a large-diameter hole that is large enough to put in the life-saving cage and rescue the trapped people below one by one.

At present, the two drilling rigs that have arrived at the rescue site in advance, the two drilling rigs of the American Caterpillar company and the Germanic Liebherr company, KBR360 and LBH200, have been proven to be unable to complete such a large-diameter life-saving hole opening task.

In the support teams of most African countries, including Zambia, Zaire and Nigeria, there is no product comparable to these two drilling rigs.

As a result, the rescue work is in trouble.

Just today during the day, the Minister of Toulouse, who was sweating profusely, called the Mutual Aid and Rescue Organization of African Countries in person and asked them for emergency support.

But it is a pity that drilling rigs that meet the requirements are hard to find on the African continent. Even the Mutual Aid and Rescue Organizations of African Countries are helpless.

As for the several powerful rescue teams, there is nothing they can do about it.

Needless to say, the two teams of the United States and Germany, KBR360 and LBH200 are already the best performance among the drilling rigs of the two countries.

But even so, they have been proven to be unable to play a role in this mining disaster site.

As for the two products of Komatsu Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in the island country, although they are particularly unique in some aspects, they are still far behind these two drilling rigs in terms of overall performance.

Therefore, when the Joint Command discussed this issue during the day, Matsushitaro did not mention this issue.

Several major powers are helpless about this, which makes Toulouse anxious.

After begging and suing the leaders of several rescue teams in the United States, England, and France to no avail, Toulouse had no choice but to turn to Zhao Guoyang again.

Thinking of Toulouse's sad face when he begged him in the morning, Zhao Guoyang had no choice but to agree to help him find a way.

Seeing that Zhao Guoyang, an important person, agreed, Toulouse immediately became a little bit alive, and even helped him arrange the tent next to the joint command center, so that he could contact the outside world through the command center's phone at any time.

At this time, Zhao Guoyang and Huaxia's rescue team lived separately for this reason.

Recalling what happened during the day, Zhao Guoyang silently thought about what to do next.

The current situation is relatively clear.

There must be no problems with his own rescue plan, and it has also been recognized by rescue teams such as the United States and Germany.

Now that the small-caliber life-saving hole has been opened, and the people trapped in the mine have been contacted, the next step must be to find a way to save people.

According to the analysis of relevant geological experts, there is a large amount of groundwater under the mine disaster site.

Its location is tens of meters higher than the trapped survivors.

In this case, if the large drilling rig cannot directly penetrate the limestone layer, sandstone layer and gypsum layer, or if the vibration is too large, it is easy to cause damage to the sandstone layer, loosen the surrounding groundwater, and cause serious consequences. .

Therefore, the biggest problem facing Zhao Guoyang is to find a suitable drilling rig.

This drilling rig must not only have powerful power, but also have sufficient stability to ensure the smooth and smooth implementation of the construction process.

It is really difficult to find a drilling rig with such high requirements in a short time.

Even the technicians of Caterpillar, one of the world's top construction machinery companies, responded that it would take at least two months of redesign and preparation time to come up with products that meet the requirements.

It took two months to design, plus the time for production and transportation, it would probably take at least three months.

Even with the existence of life-saving holes now, it is impossible for the people underground to survive for such a long time.

After all, the air content below must be insufficient. When the concentration of carbon monoxide is too high, it is likely to cause large-scale casualties.

According to the speculation of life experts, the air in the underground mine can last no more than a month at most according to the demand of 70 or 80 people, and this is still under the condition that the life-saving hole is kept ventilated.

The difficulty is now obvious, let's see how to solve it.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Guoyang dared to agree to Toulouse also had a certain amount of confidence.

His confidence lies in the new SMS company.

In fact, what many people don’t know is that “SMS Construction Machinery Group Corporation” had obtained 60% of the shares of “Daewoo Heavy Industries” as early as last year, and became the actual control of “Daewoo Heavy Industries” By.

And Zhao Guoyang, the chairman, personally holds 55% of the shares, and is the largest shareholder of Daewoo Heavy Industries.

Therefore, many products of Daewoo Heavy Industries are now actually products of SMS Company in terms of affiliation.

As the parent company, SMS Company has never stopped the technical interaction and joint development with Daewoo Heavy Industries.

It seems that the crane transported from Zaire before was jointly designed and researched by the two companies on the basis of a heavy-duty crane from Daewoo Heavy Industries.

After the past year, there are as many as five or six new products designed by the two companies, and the sales volume of each is very good.

But as far as drilling rigs are concerned, neither SMS nor Daewoo Heavy Industries has produced any new products in the past year.

If you want to come up with a suitable product in such a short period of time, you can only rely on the old products of the Daewoo Group for improvement.

Originally, I planned to think about it carefully before calling Jin Xiuzhu. But Zhao Guoyang thought about it, and it is better to ask some things clearly first.

So after tossing and turning for a while, he still felt like getting up and going to the joint command center next door to make this call.

As soon as Zhao Guoyang got up and went out, he ran into the dusty Toulouse head-on.

The Minister of Toulouse was taken aback when he noticed the coat Zhao Guoyang was wearing.

Uh, Mr. Zhao, I was thinking about waking you up. I didn't expect you to wake up by yourself. It's great!

After being slightly startled, Toulouse hastily held Zhao Guoyang's hand, for fear that he would run away.

Zhao Guoyang smiled and said: Mr. Toulouse, don't worry, we Huaxia people are the most important promise, and we will never be 'deserters'! I have promised you, and I will definitely do it!

Ah, that's great! Toulouse nodded repeatedly.

After chatting with this man for a few words, Zhao Guoyang explained his reason for coming.

That's right, Mr. Toulouse, I just thought about it carefully, and I still need to get the big drilling rig done first, so I decided to call my business partner and ask her for help!

Toulouse did not expect that Zhao Guoyang would take the initiative to mention this matter, and he was overjoyed at the time.

He took Zhao Guoyang's arm, shook it violently and said, That's great, that's great, Mr. Zhao! You want to make a long-distance call, right? Then go inside and make a call quickly, and I'll guard you outside!

Seeing that the minister wanted to guard the gate for him personally, Zhao Guoyang was a little bit dumbfounded.

He shook his head helplessly and said, Mr. Toulouse, you can just stay in the room. There is nothing shameful about my phone calls with my friends!

No, no, that's not what I meant! Toulouse touched his smooth forehead in embarrassment, but didn't move.

Zhao Guoyang gave him a gentle smile, and then walked to the place where the telephone was placed over there.

After picking up the phone, Zhao Guoyang quickly dialed Jin Xiuzhu's number.

I'm Jin Xiuzhu, who are you?

Hearing Miss Jin's lazy voice from inside, Zhao Guoyang's face became a little more gentle.

Miss Xiuzhu, you went to bed so early. It's not even eight o'clock on your side?

Ah, Guoyang? Hearing Zhao Guoyang's voice, Jin Xiuzhu was obviously a little happy.

Well, it's me! Zhao Guoyang replied with a smile.

Guoyang, why do you have time to call me today. Oh, I see, you have bribed one of my subordinates, you know that I will go to your Huaxia next month, right?

Zhao Guoyang really didn't know anything about Jin Xiuzhu's plan. He denied it with a slight smirk: No, Xiuzhu. I called you because I have something important to tell you, and I want to ask you for help!

Hearing Zhao Guoyang's solemn words, Jin Xiuzhu was taken aback.

However, she quickly reacted and said: No problem, Guoyang, if you need help, just tell me, I will do my best!