Chapter 6: Heavy casualties

"I've got you, roll in hard!"

was dragged in by Li Mingbo, turned over and sat on the floor, Bai Zhizhan breathed a long sigh of relief, and was even more grateful to Li Mingbo for saving his life.

Li Mingbo was so unimpressed, and after patting Bai Zhizhan's shoulder, he got up.

At the beginning, if it weren't for Li Mingbo's quick reaction, Bai Zhizhan would have been thrown out of the lookout by the blast wave.

Falling from a lookout platform dozens of meters high, even if it does not fall on the deck, but falls on the surface of the sea, will also fall to pieces.

What's more, the battle is not over yet, and the battleship will not stop to salvage the officers and soldiers who have fallen overboard.

It's only a matter of a few seconds, and it feels like a blink of an eye.

After taking a few deep breaths, and after his mood stabilized a little, Bai Zhizhan got up.

Seeing the situation outside clearly, Bai Zhizhan suddenly stood on the spot.

On the outer wall of the lookout, dozens of shrapnel of different sizes are densely inserted, and the entire lookout is like a steel durian.

Although the armor that wrapped around the lookout was 50 millimeters thick enough to hold the shells of a small-caliber machine gun, several large pieces of shrapnel penetrated the armor. Fortunately, because the shrapnel was irregular, it got stuck in the armor and did not enter the lookout.

In fact, when he flew out of the lookout, Bai Zhizhan felt something flying past him, but he didn't expect it to be shrapnel from an artillery shell.

Luck is indeed good, if it is a little off, even if it is only a few decimeters, it will be hit by shrapnel.

It's just that the officers and men in the navigating bridge below are not so lucky.

The shell hit the bridge of the navigation ship with accuracy, hitting the right side of the bridge, most likely above the side, and after piercing the armor, it exploded inside the bridge.

Looking down from the lookout, it's like being bitten by a huge, friendless monster!

The explosion destroyed most of the bridge, but fortunately it did not cause a fire, and there were several places on fire, but the fire was not large, and the first damage management personnel had already arrived.

"You stay here and report back to the Commander's Bridge."

"Brother White!"

Before Li Mingbo could speak, Bai Zhizhan had already slid down the straight ladder.

Although Bai Zhizhan was subordinate to the detachment command and was not included in the establishment of the "Beihe", the fact that he was saved now had nothing to do with the establishment.

After coming down, Bai Zhizhan found that it was not only the navigation bridge that had been destroyed, but also the telecommunications center behind the navigation bridge, which was half a story high.

Several damage management personnel were using hydraulic shears to disassemble the deformed hatch, which was actually cutting the hinges on the hatch.

Bai Zhizhan didn't ask much, and immediately ran over to help.

Soon, everyone worked together to cut the last hinge, and the captain in charge of the command pushed the others away, and only then did they remove the baffle against the hatch.

Losing support, the hatch collapsed on the deck with a "bang".

"Take it, put on the mask!" The captain grabbed Bai Zhizhan and handed him a gas mask and a flashlight. "Rescue the wounded first, and if you can do that, send them directly to the medical cabin. If one can't do it, shout loudly or use a flashlight to signal it, understand? ”

"Understood!" Bai Zhizhan nodded vigorously.

Damage management and salvage is a skill that any naval officer and sailor must master, and before becoming a navigational staff assistant, Bai Zhizhan was responsible for the damage management of the commander's bridge.

Putting on a gas mask and trying a flashlight, Bai Zhizhan followed the damage management team into the telecommunications center.

It was a modest compartment, just below the Commander's Bridge, between the Nautical Bridge and the Commander's Bridge, to be exact.

In this small cabin, there are more than a dozen radio stations densely placed.

At any given time, there are more than a dozen telecommunications officers and soldiers here. In the event of a war, the number of personnel will at least double because more telegrams are sent and received.

The power supply has been interrupted, but the smoke and dust in the cabin have not dissipated.

Ahead, someone was striking a metal object with a wrench or something, making a sound like a ghost knocking on the door.

A beam of light shot over and shook back and forth a few times.

Bai Zhizhan immediately quickened his pace and walked in the direction of the beam.

It was a damage management officer using a flashlight who found a casualty who had been crushed by a fallen cabinet and asked to help lift it.

Fortunately, the cabinet is not heavy.

After Bai Zhizhan lifted the cabinet, the damage management officer dragged the wounded out.

Subsequently, the two men left the telecommunications centre with the wounded.

"There were a couple of broken bones and a couple of broken ribs. You hurry to the medical room and let the military doctor treat the wound and fix the chest cavity with a bandage, otherwise the lung membranes will be punctured. ”

With that, the damage management officer entered the telecommunications center again.

Five minutes later, Bai Zhizhan took the wounded to the medical center, next to the medical center's cafeteria to be precise.

Now, here is a makeshift hospital.

The damage management personnel had already sent more than a dozen wounded, all of them seriously wounded, almost all of them officers and soldiers of the navigation bridge, and Bai Zhizhan knew a few of them.

Several medics are busy.

Many of the wounded were left untreated, and the cabin was filled with the smell of blood and disinfectant, the moaning of the wounded, and the occasional screaming of the wounded.

As Bai Zhizhan placed the wounded on an empty table, a nurse-like paramedic ran over.

Don't get me wrong, there are no women on the battleship, even if they are nurses, they are male nurses.

"Where is his injury?"

"Comminuted fracture of the left leg, the left rib was hit, there must have been a rib that was broken......"

"There's a bandage over there, so I'll fix my chest first. The leg wound doesn't need to be treated for the time being, you go find a splint and talk about it later. ”

Bai Zhizhan wanted to say something, but the nurse had already turned around and walked away.

Obviously, in the nurse's opinion, a fracture is not a serious injury and does not require immediate treatment.

Compared with those who are missing arms and legs, or even dying, just a few fractures are indeed not serious injuries, at least not life-threatening.

Bai Zhizhan did not delay, and went to find bandages and splints.

Bandaging and treating wounds is a first-aid skill, and first-aid measures are a necessary ability for damage management.

While Bai Zhizhan was splinting the wounded's left leg, the telegraph soldier woke up.

Actually, I was woken up by pain.

If you don't get anesthetic, you will definitely die of pain.

When Bai Zhizhan was wearing bandages, the telegraph soldier gritted his teeth, and the moans kept rolling in his throat, but he never rushed out.

Bai Zhizhan was very flustered, he just wanted to tie the bandages quickly and relieve the pain of the wounded, but he made several mistakes, which delayed more time.

By the time Bai Zhizhan had put on his bandages, he had passed out again.

A man!

Imperial soldiers, shed blood without tears!

Brother, hold on, it will be fine!

Just as Bai Zhizhan was about to leave, several damage management personnel rushed into the restaurant.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way. Where's the medic officer, where is the medic officer? ”

In the back, two damage management personnel carried in a wounded man covered in blood.

When passing by, Bai Zhizhan clearly saw that the wounded man was wearing a colonel's epaulettes.

Captain!?

On this battleship, there were two colonels, one was the operational staff officer of the detachment, and the other was the captain.