At four o'clock in the afternoon, a north wind blew, and dark clouds rushed from the northern sky, mixed with lightning and thunder.

In an instant, the wind was fierce, dark clouds filled the sky, and then bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, and the tents crackled. Another thunderbolt, deafening. Suddenly, the raindrops were connected into a line, and with a bang, the heavy rain sloped down from the sky as if the sky had fallen.

The wind whipped the torrential rain like countless whips, and whipped it fiercely on the tent. After a while, the rain stars were sandwiched again, as if they were looking for something on the ground, and they slammed into each other from one end to the east and the other from the west. It's like countless pairs of invisible hands, trying to lift the tent to the sky.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the officers and men wore raincoats to protect the tents. A gust of wind blew, and the hem of the raincoat hunted with the wind. In the rainstorm that was blown by the wind like smoke, fog and dust, the more than 800 patients in the rows of tents were not exposed to the wind and rain.

As soon as Tian Wenjian finished inspecting the medicine tent, he saw two cars speeding up. A hard brake stopped, and the muddy water from the tires spilled all over him.

Political Commissar Wang on the co-pilot slammed the car door, grabbed Dean Tian's arm, and asked impatiently, "Xiao Tian, where is the chief?" ”

The old general asked Cheng Political Commissar to keep it secret, and the Air Division had to accompany him to play this scene. Because of this, knowing that he was wandering around in Ward No. 4, Master Xu and Political Commissar Wang had to pretend that they didn't know anything, and they didn't come over to greet him all afternoon.

"Tent 12 in the tumor area. Division commander, political commissar, you two can rest assured, the tents have been reinforced, and four more sentry posts have been added, so he will not be drenched. ”

Master Xu pushed away the umbrella held up by the driver, and said angrily as he walked towards the tumor ward: "You kid, I'll settle accounts with you when I go back." ”

Dean Tian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly trotted after him, pulling Political Commissar Wang, who was following Master Xu, and asked, "Political Commissar, what's wrong?" ”

Political Commissar Wang touched the rain on his face, glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "If you don't receive anyone in the capital, you almost made a fuss." After learning that we were here, Deputy Political Commissar Peng of the Region and Deputy Commander Shi of the Air Force of the Military Region were rushing to us, and it was said that even Commander Wang of the Provincial Military Region had come over. ”

The more big people come, the better, and with the old generals here, no one dares to say that the Air Force Hospital is not. But if they see that the Air Force hospital has the old general in a tent, then the problem is big. While pondering how to deal with the star-studded gathering, Dean Tian followed the two leaders to the front of tent No. 12.

Division Commander Xu and Political Commissar Wang straightened their wet military uniforms and shouted in unison at the tent: "Report!" Xu Bohua, commander of the D Division of the Air Force, and Wang Ronghai, political commissar of the Air Force, came to report for duty. ”

"Come in!"

Secretary Chen cautiously lifted the curtain and motioned for the two to enter. Dean Tian, who had been busy all afternoon and didn't have time to say a few words to the old general, was obviously not allowed to see Jin. I didn't let me in, and I didn't dare to go, so I could only hide under the eaves of the tent in front of me, and wait for the news inside.

The rain was pouring and crackling, and the rain flowed down from the eaves of the tent, and gathered into small streams on the ground, rolling up the small pebbles that had just been sprinkled in the afternoon, and rushing into the drainage ditch, and the ground gradually became muddy.

The wind was too strong, the rain was too loud, and I couldn't hear a word of what was said inside.

The walkie-talkie is public, it doesn't matter if it gets wet. The phone is your own, but it can be broken in the thousands. Dean Tian hurriedly called the soldiers on duty and asked him to send the communication tools to the on-site command headquarters. As soon as the comrades-in-arms of the Second Company of the Guards left, Division Commander Xu and Political Commissar Wang opened the curtain and walked out with a depressed face.

"Division commander, political commissar, what did the chief say?"

Senior Commander Xu glared, pointed at his nose, and ordered in a fierce voice: "Give you ten minutes, you have to invite the chief to the car for me no matter what." It's an order, and it can't be done...... I'll shut you up kid! ”

"Xiao Tian, you are familiar with Chen Hongjun, and your words are more effective than ours."

didn't have the ability to invite the old general back, and he actually sang with a red and white face. The division commander beat and the political commissar kneaded, and the intestines of Dean Tian were about to be broken. But thinking that everyone is a grasshopper tied to a rope, if the head of the air force of the region and the military region arrives, and the old general still stays in the tent, then everyone will be doomed.

Dean Tian nodded helplessly, walked to the tent as they had just done, and shouted, "Report!" Tian Wenjian, director of Longjiang Air Force Hospital, came to report. ”

"Come in!"

It's still that voice, and it's still Secretary Chen's curtain. When I walked into the tent, I found that the old general was idle, half leaning on a simple wire bed and reading a newspaper. Chen Hongjun sat on the side and finished his mobile phone casually, while the sturdy guard stood straight to the side.

"Dean Melon, there are no problems in the other wards, right?"

The old general's question made Dean Tian laugh and cry, and he quickly nodded and said with a wry smile: "Report to the chief, except for the water in some tents, there is no problem. ”

The old general nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "You are also here to drive me away." ”

The division commander and the political commissar were all blasted out by him, and this ideological work is really not an ordinary difficult task. Dean Tian weighed it for a while, and finally made up his mind, shaking the rain on his body, and said bitterly: "Chief, we are unlucky enough, don't make any more trouble for us if you are old." ”

"You little ghost, what are you talking about?"

The old general was not happy, sat up, pointed to the nose of Dean Tian, and said angrily: "Fellow villagers can eat, live and see a doctor here for nothing, but we pay but don't give it, what kind of truth is this?" I'm a patient too! No way...... You'll have to explain this to me. even said that I was making trouble, and if I didn't say one, two, three, four, see if I didn't break your melon into pieces. ”

Dean Tian sighed lightly, pointed to the rows of tents outside, and said solemnly: "Do you always feel that I am very lively, and the military and civilian families are very interesting?" Let me tell you now, the Air Force Hospital is a big bomb, and in seven days or ten days, my comrades and I will be blown to pieces. I don't need you to keep falling, and I'll be a broken melon. ”

"Why? Isn't that great? The old general pinched his nose and said coldly.

"What's good?" Dean Tian shook his head and explained helplessly: "Chief, we are a small hospital that pays for its own profits and losses, and we have no money and no people, how many days can we hold out like this?" Do you know where we get our money now? ”

"Tell me where it came from." After thinking about it, the old general asked with a smile.

"The funds were all donated by the officers and soldiers of the airport and the workers of the 315 factory, and hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, like the current one, were thrown into it, and millions of dollars were used up in a few days. People also have to say, it's not easy to donate a month's salary, am I embarrassed to talk to you again? ”

After a pause, Dean Tian continued: "In fact, there are more than 300 patients who can be discharged from the hospital now, but I dare not let any of them go. Put 100 today, 1,000 tomorrow, and in less than two days, the Air Force hospital will be crowded by the villagers. In desperation, I can only hold on like this, come to one by one, delay one day is a day, and close the door when the ammunition is exhausted. ”

"You dare to do it without money?"

The old general realized the seriousness of the problem, stood up suddenly, and said in a fierce voice: "The fellows have pinned all their hopes on you, is it so easy to close the door?" Since you have started this beginning, you have to close this tail. If there is a disturbance [***] and it causes any bad effects, then you kid will wait to go to court-martial. ”

"Chief, you are right to criticize, in fact we are all mentally prepared. But before that, please give us a few days to spend the money happily. The heads of the military districts and the air force of the military districts will arrive soon, if you stay here any longer than you are old...... Then I really can't do the rest of the work. ”

An afternoon is not in vain, why so many patients gather here, the old general knows it. In his opinion, the Air Force Hospital is a balloon, a balloon that will burst at any time as it blows up bigger and bigger. Once this balloon bursts, the top and bottom will not care how much they have contributed to the people, and will not hesitate to use them as scapegoats for the black cauldron.

Is it wrong to serve the people? This terrible question suddenly haunted the old general's mind. Hammering like a hammer on his heart, torturing his conscience over and over again.

"Dean Tian, when did you feel wrong?" Chen Hongjun peeked at the old general, then turned around and asked meaningfully.

"Eight days ago."

Tian Wenjian couldn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly said: "Before this, we had only admitted patients in difficulty from three counties, but that day there were sixty-four patients from other counties at once, and they were from different towns and villages ranging from dozens of miles to hundreds of miles away. If there had been no incitement by ill-intentioned people, this would not have happened.

But considering that it is indeed not easy for the villagers, we did not delve into it, but treated it equally. Speaking from the bottom of my heart, I wish this rain would never stop, or patients would have flocked from all directions. After all, we have organized all the forces we can organize, and we will continue like this...... We can't hold it anymore. ”

The old general paced back and forth twice in the damp tent, and suddenly asked, "Have you reported this situation to the local political axe?" ”

"The head of the report, the leaders of the Municipal Health Bureau and the District Health Bureau came in the morning. They comforted the medical staff, left us 100,000 yuan and left, and said nothing else. ”

100,000 yuan is a drop in the bucket for nearly 3,000 patients. What's more, patients with difficulties are still flocking from all directions. No one knows the people of Longjiang better than the old general, and in his opinion, the villagers will never be cheeky enough to take advantage of the People's Liberation Army unless they have to, they are all poor!

"Alas......!" The old general sighed and asked thoughtfully, "Then what do your division commanders and political commissars think?" ”

"Report to the chief, Longjiang Air Force Hospital is an out-of-establishment hospital, and the members of the hospital's party group unanimously believe that there is no need to report to the division leaders." Dean Tian peeked at the old general, and seeing that he was not angry, he continued with a wry smile: "We are already unlucky enough, but we can't affect others anymore. ”

"Melon, melon, you were born at the wrong time!"

The old general patted him on the shoulder, and after saying a meaningful word, he immediately turned around and ordered: "Secretary Chen, pack your luggage, don't make trouble for others here." ”

"Yes!"

"Red Army, you know the local affairs, you stay and see if there is anything you can help with."

"Yes, Chief."

The wind was still blowing, and the rain was still howling. When the curtain was opened, the white flowers were all water, and the ground became a flowing river, on which countless splashes scrambled to bloom. In the distance, the buildings and trees were blurry, and nothing could be seen clearly.

As soon as the old general got into Commander Xu's car, Chen Hongjun turned around, looked like he hated iron but not steel, and asked angrily: "Why are you so stupid?" Now that the hole cards are revealed, how do you play next? ”

Dean Tian sat down and said heavily: "Mr. Chen, the former director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Second Provincial Hospital and the current professor of infectious diseases of Jiangcheng Medical University, found three special patients in the afternoon. The person has been transferred to quarantine, and the blood sample will be on its way to the medical university laboratory. If the results of the experiment four hours later confirm Professor Le's judgment, then the Ministry of Health will come tomorrow. ”

"What contagion?"

"HIV infection, which is the AIDS in the movie!"

The disease, which grows only in the dirty capitalist countries, has been discovered around him! Chen Hongjun was taken aback, and couldn't believe that this was true.

Looking at his unbelievable appearance, Dean Tian sighed lightly and said solemnly: "The three suspected patients are all farmers in Panshan County, and they are not the kind of people we imagined to mess with the relationship between men and women, let alone have the spare money to take drugs. They are all donors of the county people's hospital, that is, people who sell blood.

According to them, there are thousands of pulp suppliers like them in Panshan County. If Professor Le's concerns are confirmed by the medical university laboratory, it means that the number of virus carriers will be far more than the three of them. ”

AIDS that has no cure, AIDS that can only wait to die, AIDS that can be contagious! It was terrible, Chen Hongjun was frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Tian, what should I do now?" ”

"The expert team is studying countermeasures, Director Kang and Professor Liu are personally responsible for caring for the three patients, and Professor Le is leading his students to comb the ward in the rain with the assistance of security personnel, and once they find a pulp donor, they will be immediately isolated."

After a pause, Dean Tian continued: "Except for the members of the expert group, only you and I know about this matter. Even if the diagnosis is confirmed in the laboratory of the medical university, it needs to continue to be kept strictly secret, otherwise it will cause a huge panic. ”

(To be continued)