Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire-Chapter 87: Self-Rescue

Jiang Cheng grabbed Principal Wang and shouted loudly, "Cover your head!"

The night school students instinctively followed Jiang Cheng’s words and immediately covered their heads.

With a loud bang, the screeching sound of wheels grinding against the rails was deafening.

Jiang Cheng decisively put a backpack over her head and immediately pushed open the train window, keeping an escape route open.

Just a moment, a few seconds or several dozen seconds.

The train derailed instantly and overturned.

It was impossible to distinguish whose belongings were flying in the air, the crackling sounds mixed with the screams and cries of the crowd.

In the chaos, accompanied by a couple of thuds, objects in midair fell down with a smack.

The overturned train came to a halt.

Jiang Cheng, in a protective posture, immediately grabbed the seat to stand up.

The carriage had flipped over and was tilted at a certain angle.

One of the doors at either end had been twisted off, completely severing this carriage from the one in front.

"Those who can get up, do so quickly. If you’re dizzy, wait a moment. Exit through the door! Find a safe open area, stand firm, and wait for rescue."

Jiang Cheng repeated these words over and over.

She held onto a chair to search for the night school students.

Many people inside the carriage, having regained their senses, rushed towards the exit.

"Don’t run! There’ll be vibrations, and the carriage will keep overturning!"

"Line up and walk out!"

Jiang Cheng shouted hoarsely, but some people still ignored her and ran outside, even stepping on those who hadn’t gotten up.

Jiang Cheng grabbed a teacup and threw it accurately, hitting the person.

She jumped several steps across, ripping a strap from someone’s backpack while running.

The backpack strap fluttered behind her, creating a gust of wind.

"I told you not to run, can’t you hear?!"

Jiang Cheng used a standard grappling technique to pin the running man to the ground.

The man’s hands were tied up by Jiang Cheng with the backpack strap.

After tying him up, Jiang Cheng stood up, her eyes cold and piercing as she scanned the entire area.

"Do you want to die?"

The conscious people instinctively shook their heads.

"Good, if you don’t want to die, do as I say!"

After she finished speaking, she noticed a few people’s eager eyes and sternly spoke.

"I can’t beat all of you, but I can kick the carriage hard while you leave."

"If we can’t survive together, then we’ll die together!"

The ones who were getting restless didn’t dare move anymore.

Jiang Cheng sneered.

"Quietly walk out."

Jiang Cheng made way, and all the people who had regained their senses first held onto the seats and moved out step by step.

The rest slowly regained their senses, those injured stood up with the help of their companions, supporting each other.

The night school students were also scared, but for some reason, with Jiang Cheng there, they felt very at ease.

Jiang Cheng didn’t bother helping others; she needed to ensure the safety of the night school students first.

The night school students helped each other, with different levels of injuries, but fortunately, everyone was alive.

There were no casualties.

A few elementary students, including Zhu Pengcheng, were not hurt at all.

In the instant the train derailed, several night school students opted to protect the younger kids in the middle.

It was Zhu Pengcheng’s first time truly feeling fear, and amidst the fear, he felt indescribable gratitude.

He didn’t know what to say and just fearfully called out for brother and sister.

Jiang Cheng moved among the night school students.

Principal Wang and the teachers also checked on the students first, completely ignoring their own injuries.

With mutual help, all the night school students got off the train.

The rain continued to pour down relentlessly.

Being drenched in the rain was surely going to make people sick.

Jiang Cheng’s eyes scanned around, settling on the train carriage they just exited.

"Students, we need to push this carriage down from the slope to ensure its safety and provide us with a shelter from the rain."

The carriage was precariously on a slope, which was why they hurried to get out.

"Alright!"

"Let’s do it!"

The students, eager in the pouring rain, were organized by Jiang Cheng.

Clear the area to ensure no one was in the path of the rolling carriage.

Once everything was ready, with rain blurring their vision, they stood on the upper part of the train carriage.

"Listen to the command: one, two, three!"

"Push!"

At Jiang Cheng’s order, the night school students along with others helping exerted their strength together.

"One, two, three, push!"

The train was already teetering on the edge.

"One, two, three, push!"

With enough external force applied, with a loud bang, it rolled down the hill.

With a rumble, the carriage landed on flat ground.

A cloud of water mist arose.

Success!

Jiang Cheng instructed the students to gather stones or branches to brace under the train, ensuring safety.

Once everything was placed, the students and some of the public returned to the train carriage in groups.

Some people searched for their belongings inside; as for the night school’s luggage, some of it that was easy to access was taken with Jiang Cheng’s reminder.

The ones that couldn’t be found had to be left for now.

In the carriages next to Jiang Cheng, some people did the same, creating temporary shelters from the rain.

Those carriages that couldn’t be reused had people hiding in other carriages.

For the time being, there seemed to be no major casualties, possibly due to the train’s low speed.

After settling the night school students, Jiang Cheng told them to wait calmly for rescue.

No matter what, they must believe that our soldiers will come.

Principal Wang, seeing Jiang Cheng about to leave, caught up and asked, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Cheng smiled casually.

"I’m going to help a bit, don’t worry, I treasure my life too much to do anything too dangerous."

Principal Wang wanted to tell her not to go, but amidst the pouring rain, the cries of children, the screams of mothers, and the shouts of men orchestrated a cacophony.

He couldn’t say it.

"I’m going with you."

"Me too!"

"I’m coming too!"

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Quite a few night school students, teachers, and even strangers wanted to go with Jiang Cheng.

In the end, Principal Wang was left behind along with a few teachers and students who were slightly injured and some volunteers from the public who decided to help, following Jiang Cheng’s lead.

The self-rescue operation began in earnest.

At the same time, the train conductor and staff were also in action.

Sending messages, calling for rescue, aiding the injured, arranging shelter from the rain.

The two groups, Jiang Cheng moving from back to front, the train conductor from front to back.

The muddy path made Jiang Cheng’s feet feel a thousand pounds heavy, she bent down to scrape the mud off her shoes.

"Please, save my mom!"

An eight-year-old girl, her hair a mixture of mud and water, her hands stained with unwashed blood, knelt in front of Jiang Cheng.

She saw it.

Saw that many people were following this sister’s instructions.

She had to be the most capable person!

Her mom told her to find the most capable person to save her.

Jiang Cheng quickly helped the girl up, without a moment’s hesitation, asked, "Where is your mom?"

The little girl pointed in a direction. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"She flew out, over there! Over there!"

Following the girl’s arm, Jiang Cheng seemed to see a black shoe twitching.

Jiang Cheng pulled the girl up, calling to several people:

"Lead the way, go!"