Free chapter--To the knights in the mountain city of Chongqing.
I am from Chongqing.
In this difficult August, the people of Chongqing are having an extremely difficult time.
Continuous high temperatures and droughts exceeding 43°C, continuous epidemics, and continuous forest fires.
Picking out any one item alone is enough to make people feel overwhelmed.
But in this city, these things happened at the same time.
The high temperature is bearable, and at least the air conditioner can last.
It's an epidemic, it doesn't matter, just don't gather.
The sky has been cloudless for a month, and even artificial rainfall cannot be implemented, so just bite the bullet and treat it as rain.
The people in mountain cities are open-minded, and all suffering and inconvenience can be overcome with patience.
But forest fires affect the hearts of all Chongqing people.
Chongqing has high mountains and steep slopes, dense primeval forests, and deep trees. Mountain fires are extremely difficult to extinguish - the fire head may be tens of meters high. Helicopters dare not stay over the fire peaks, and water from the river is only a drop in the bucket.
--Salute to all the fire fighters and forest rangers who are fighting on the front lines!
You fought all over Chongqing for more than a week, rushing to several fire scenes and never being able to evacuate.
Wherever you are, there is a high-risk zone for wildfires, a dangerous environment that could explode at any time.
You fought day and night on the worst battlefields, slept on the ground when you were sleepy, ate lunch boxes on the spot when you were hungry, and withstood the most severe disasters in the most difficult places.
Many people don't know that even if the fire on the front line is determined to be unable to be extinguished, you must suppress the fire line so that the rear can have time to build an isolation zone.
You all know that could kill you.
But you are still there.
You are the heroes of this country.
It's the real Royal Knights.
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There is no water or electricity in the forest on the mountain, and vehicles cannot pass through. In many places, crawler excavators cannot go up, so most of the time the isolation belt can only be cut manually.
In a high temperature and dry environment, the isolation belt needs to be 35 meters wide to be effective.
But in the virgin forest on a steep slope, if you want to quickly cut out the isolation zone, you can only use a chain saw, a rechargeable hand saw, or even an ax and a hoe...
--Salute to all the volunteers who are building the isolation belt on the front line!
You braved the hardships and braved the scorching heat of a century, and used the most difficult method to open up a second battlefield in the mountains and forests.
This is a war against the front line for time. You lack everything, but you don't back down.
I know you are just henpecked people, small shopkeepers on the street, ordinary people who play mahjong, and people around you who make a living just like everyone else.
There is no spotlight on you, no attention, no news.
But the way you bend your body and walk up the mountain, your soaked footprints and the way you wield the chain saw, that is what a warrior looks like.
I will remember that there was your roaring voice in the mountains and forests. It was the horn of the guardian and the long song of iron and blood.
Who says that only those who stand in the light are heroes?
You are the Rangers of this city, the sentinels who protect your hometown.
He is a true nobleman.
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Cutting out an isolation zone in the mountain forest means that a large number of fire extinguishers, diesel, tools, protective clothing, masks, as well as machetes, shovels, drinking water, food and other materials need to be transported to steep cliffs with no roads at all.
After there are no roads at the bottom of the mountain, the last kilometer up the mountain is often a chasm that cannot be reached by excavators and any type of material vehicles.
But just after a report from the front line was forwarded in the motorcycle friends group, more than 500 off-road motorcycles appeared on the slopes of Jinyun Mountain within an hour!
And after various motorcycle groups continued to forward it, more and more riders rushed to the scene of the fire!
--Salute to all the motorcycle riders who braved the Chongqing wildfires at all costs!
You have built crazy off-road motorcycle transportation lines one after another in the mountains and forests and steep slopes using difficult hill climbing methods that are rarely seen in mountain competitions.
From night to day, under the scorching heat, you carried dozens of kilograms of supplies on your back and rushed up the steep cliff on your motorcycle.
You keep going back and forth on steep slopes of more than 50 degrees, running wildly in dangerous environments without any regrets.
Fight for your life against heaven and earth.
Charge to the line of fire!
It's you who transport the supplies, and it's you who transport the defense personnel.
The people who built the isolation zone on the front line would change their positions in batches every 12-18 hours. You drove them up and down the mountain, but you did not evacuate.
You said you were here to support us all night long, but you have been marching against the wildfires for 60 hours.
The car won't stop until the fire goes out!
Almost every one of you has crashed on a steep mountain because the panniers on your back lost balance. Many of you didn't sleep for two days and three nights. Many of you were so tired that you fell asleep while riding the bike. Countless mountain bikes that you cherished as your lives were damaged on difficult hillsides.
The scars on your body and the dust on your car bear witness to your glory.
But you still haven't stopped charging.
Everything is just to race against wildfires, and tools and materials for opening isolation zones will be quickly sent to every fire scene.
The diesel fuel, mining lamps, drinking water, chainsaws, shovels, machetes needed by the front line are delivered in time by charging up the fifty-degree steep slope again and again.
The way you rush up the steep slope and face the line of fire without looking back is what a true knight looks like!
Be brave and fearless when called upon, be chivalrous and righteous, keep promises and trust without asking for anything in return.
I know that you are those young people who love to play, you are the explorers who usually ride motorcycles around, you are the childish teenagers who occasionally like to show off your skills.
They are also ordinary people around us.
But at this moment, in the face of disaster and in danger, you have shown the true spirit of chivalry to the world.
You are the glory of this mountain city.
You are Ranger Corps from Fog City.
He is the knight of the mountain city.
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I hope the Beibei Jinyun Mountain fire will be extinguished as soon as possible.
May the mountain city not suffer any more suffering.
This is a city guarded by true knights, a place where God breaks the whip.
Since ancient times, it has never been captured by any enemy.
Nor will I give in to natural disasters.
Early morning on August 25, 2022.