Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 309 - 153: Death by Asphyxiation

Multiple incidents combined together have thoroughly pushed Gu Ji’s prestige to its peak!

The Minister of Agriculture looked wide-eyed at Anurag and Gu Ji, somewhat regretting the promise he made last night.

Upon the Chief Minister’s inquiry, Gu Ji entered "full offensive" mode, reiterating all the points and strategies he presented at the last meeting.

But even so.

His "evacuation plan" still was not approved. The official field is often like this, everyone first considers their own interests and benefits. The evacuation plan involves too much—transportation, finance, taxation, healthcare, even the Chief Minister—no one wants to take this responsibility.

Unless "not until one sees the coffin, will they shed tears."

At noon, Gu Ji and Fatima obtained meteorological data from the Navy’s meteorological center, taking advantage of the rain stopping. The state government urgently convened another meeting, seeing that a large-scale heavy rainfall was about to hit, and this time no one could avoid it; it had to be faced directly.

Thus, after several discussions, it was finally decided to set the evacuation time at 6 PM. In the afternoon, the Minister of Transportation arranged for trains, the Minister of Finance and Taxation was responsible for setting up disaster relief centers near Qililazi and Lumding, and contacting county heads to establish refugee camps to transport essential supplies.

Gu Ji couldn’t confirm the exact time when the flood would break out, roughly around 9:30 PM.

But now, evacuating just the first batch of 90,000 disaster victims along the shore would take over 5 hours. The second batch of urban disaster victims, totaling 397,000, needed to be moved to further urban refuge points, which would take at least a day and a half, by which time the flood would certainly have submerged both banks of the river.

He considered this round already a perfect start.

Even if he returned and started over again, it wouldn’t advance much because the government is a massive organization. It’s not something he can decide with just a few words. The formation of meteorological characteristics takes time, emergency response decisions also require time from discussion, formulation, to execution; up and down, it all takes time. No matter how you calculate, it’s impossible to be earlier than 9:30.

"In other words, it’s inevitable that the people of Assam will encounter the flood..."

Gu Ji squinted his eyes, once again recalling the second task target from the last round.

No wonder.

If they obediently waited at the disaster relief center for central government rescue without an outbreak of infectious diseases, casualties generally wouldn’t exceed 400. But now, encountering the flood became inevitable, which would test their crisis management capabilities.

After much consideration, Gu Ji contacted the Police Headquarters and the Public Road Transport Department through Anurag.

The response strategy he proposed was simple.

Change the locomotive, and extend the train!

The average capacity of passenger trains is 15-20 carriages, while ordinary freight trains can have 1-60 carriages, and heavy freight trains can exceed 100 carriages. If the freight locomotives are changed to passenger trains, increasing the number of carriages, although the speed is slow, it would reduce the times needed for boarding and unloading, ultimately saving five to six hours compared to conventional methods.

Even though it’s ultimately impossible to avoid the flood attack.

But one thing not to forget: after increasing the carriages, the weight of the train will double as well!

Sixty carriages combined, fully loaded plus the train’s own weight, is at least around 3,600 tons. Generally, the flood cannot cause major destruction. Even if the train derails, it’s difficult to overturn all carriages. As long as protection is adequate, there will be basically no major casualties, unless there’s a mudslide.

As for safety and rescue, on the one hand, he had the Minister of Police immediately contact the military to have soldiers replace all the carriages’ responsible staff—at least two per carriage, equipped with walkie-talkies.

This way, even in case of accidents, communication between carriages can be maintained.

The most important thing is that the execution ability of soldiers is much stronger than government officials and police.

On the other hand, an emergency rescue team was formed to requisition the fishermen and boats in Gauhati for emergency rescue during crises!

Although these high officials didn’t know a major flood was coming.

But by relying on his flash-in-the-pan prestige, Gu Ji had long become a favorite in the eyes of the Chief Minister, temporarily serving as the Deputy Commissioner of the Emergency Management Command Center for disasters. So his words carried significant weight; additionally, for the Minister of Transportation, fewer train runs meant reduced risk of accidents en route, and for the Minister of Police, why not let the military and Gauhati fishermen handle security?

Thus, his proposal was unanimously agreed upon by both.

Before 6 PM.

The Minister of State Transport gathered all passenger carriages at Gauhati Railway Station, turning the original five trains into the current two trains.

And so, the evacuation action officially began.

Although the carriages were managed by soldiers, Indian soldiers, after all, were not like the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom, possessing disaster prevention knowledge and handling skills. Additionally, the route of Qilaliqi he had traveled required passing through a tunnel midway, which heightened the risk. To minimize casualties as much as possible, he had to personally enter the carriages to handle it.

Moreover, if he didn’t board the train, the disaster victims being transferred wouldn’t count as numbers he "led," and he wouldn’t be able to complete task target one.

So this round, Gu Ji proactively applied to Anurag to serve as the escort.

Unexpectedly, the other party still had Fatima accompany him on the team.

The two began escorting from the third afternoon after the disaster occurred.

As the first train arrived at Qilaliqi, the game prompt appeared as scheduled.

[Objective: Successfully lead at least 2,000 people out of the current disaster area!]

[Please choose your reward!]

[Lung Vital Capacity & Blood Oxygen Level Enhancement (Medium)] or [Flood Rapids Specialization (Medium)]