After Zheng Xiuchuan and the others left, Xiao Siming didn't feel sleepy anymore, went to wash his face, and asked the guard platoon commander Chen Desheng to follow and go to the field hospital to visit the wounded.

The surprise attack on Taiyuan Airport was a quick battle, and the fight was very brilliant. However, after all, this is not an ambush war based on established camouflaged positions, and casualties are inevitable. When the Japanese planes caught fire and exploded, the onboard ammunition exploded, and the wreckage and shrapnel of the planes instantly turned into sharp weapons for killing.

Although the second and third companies that blocked the Japanese reinforcement airfield had fierce firepower and opened fire before the enemy, the Japanese soldiers had a high fighting quality, and the last desperate and stubborn resistance was also fired, which could still cause casualties to the soldiers who blocked the attack.

It's just that the results of the surprise attack on Taiyuan Airport are too great, and from the perspective of the evaluation of the results, the casualties are negligible, and they will not affect the morale of the troops!

After the seven martyrs were transported back to Mulberry Ping, they were parked in the land temple at the head of the village, ready to be buried before the troops were transferred after dark.

In this battle, the independent battalion fought beautifully, withdrew chicly, and won completely. The bodies of the martyrs can be brought back for burial, and the wounded can also be brought back for treatment.

This in itself is a thing that can increase combat effectiveness!

In war, sacrifice is a common thing, and if you are afraid, you are afraid that after death, the corpse will be in the wilderness, and there will be no one to treat the serious injury!

The field hospital of the independent battalion was set up in the home of the puppet maintenance president in Sangshuping Village.

Although it is a remote mountain village, after all, it is too close to Taiyuan, and people in the village can go to Taiyuan City to find a job or do a small job, and they have more money. A rich man like the pseudo-maintenance chairman, the house at home is built very well, the caves are all bricks, and the house is also blue bricks and blue tiles, which is very magnificent.

The field hospital was set up in a brick-built cave, and the little devil planes dropped bombs and strafed them at will, but they could not affect the operation of the wounded or change the dressing.

Wang Dao, the director of the field hospital, has been busy since he returned to Sangshuping, busy performing surgeries and treating wounds for the wounded.

The field ambulance team played a role this time, and under the leadership of captain Xu Ruping, braved the Japanese artillery fire to rescue the wounded, leaving not a single wounded or martyr's body on the battlefield.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the field hospital of the Eighth Route Army lacked medical treatment and medicine, and there was no cure rate at all. Not to mention the seriously injured, the lightly injured are also prone to wound infection and death! It is a miracle that everyone who survives the wound and returns to the battlefield!

Fortunately, Xiao Siming brought back so many medicines and medical equipment from Taiyuan City a few days ago, and the conditions of the independent battalion field hospital are now very good, and they may be unique in the entire Eighth Route Army system.

There are medicines, Japanese-made medical equipment, and a high-level dean Wang Dao who graduated from Union Medical College, and the recovery rate of the wounded in the independent battalion must be relatively high!

Those who returned from injury are veterans, and they are all the backbone of the army!

The vast majority of the current company and platoon backbone cadres of the independent battalion are the wounded of the 685th Regiment who were treated in the division's field hospital after the Battle of Pingxingguan. And one of the main reasons why these cadres were able to recover so quickly and return to the army, and were not scattered in places as they were in history, is that Xiao Siming started from the Tibetan Mountain Temple to meet the enemy, fought all the battles, and captured the medicine rescued by the Japanese army on the battlefield!

The independent battalion has not yet created its own base area, and it is still a guerrilla warfare, and the treatment and transfer of the wounded is a very difficult thing in itself.

Xiao Siming was anxious to go east, just to lay down a piece of his own anti-Japanese base and sit his ass firm. In that case, military production can be carried out, cadre training can be carried out, and the field hospital will also have a stable environment, so that the wounded can recuperate with peace of mind.

When he arrived at the field hospital, Wang Dao was undergoing surgery, and several female soldiers of the field ambulance team wore white coats and pulled a few ropes in the courtyard to cool the blood-soaked clothes and bandages that the wounded had taken off.

Seeing Xiao Siming, several female soldiers saluted Xiao Siming and shouted a report in a proper manner, and then greeted him gossipily.

These female soldiers are all girls recruited from Yuxian County with a primary school and junior Chinese level, and they are not very old, about the same size as Xiao Siming. But Xiao Siming is the commander and instructor of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army, who has gone through the Long March, full of tricks and invincible, and is the leader and backbone of the independent battalion.

If it weren't for the cadres and soldiers of the independent battalion who knew a little bit about Xiao Siming and Mei Ying, maybe a female soldier full of dreams would have bravely gone to Xiao Siming to report her thoughts!

The girls who dare to join the army to fight devils are all good girls who have ideals and are not afraid of death!

Mei Ying was also in the field hospital, and she was called by Xu Ruping to help take care of the wounded.

Hearing the salute of the female soldiers, Mei Ying walked out of a brick cave, leaned on the door frame of the cave, looked at Xiao Siming at the gate of the courtyard, and asked softly: "Are you here?" ”

Just this low, soft "You're here" sounded so clear in Xiao Siming's ears, it was like a loud military horn!

Xiao Siming arrived in front of Mei Ying in three steps and two steps, and the speed was so fast that Chen Desheng, the guard platoon leader who had been following him, couldn't catch up with him at a trot!

Looking at each other, Mei Ying's pretty face blushed slightly, and she opened her mouth to report that two of the six seriously injured had completed surgery, one was undergoing surgery, and two needed surgery, and one did not need surgery. The remaining fourteen lightly wounded were in stable mood.

7 were sacrificed and 20 were wounded, which is equivalent to a platoon of the average Eighth Route Army unit!

The muscles on Xiao Siming's face twitched involuntarily!

This is still a surprise attack, poison gas bombs were used in advance, and there were so many casualties, no wonder Xiao Siming felt a pain in his heart!

In fact, Xiao Siming already knew the casualty figures on the retreat and march last night, and it was too late for Mei Ying to report at this time, just that, listening to it at this time, Xiao Siming was still a little painful!

No way, this is war, you live or die, bullets don't have eyes.

During the assault on the station, the Separate Battalion suffered 22 casualties, of which 10 were killed and 12 wounded. These 12 wounded people are still in the Mafang area to recuperate!

Mei Ying added that of the 20 wounded, nine were villagers from the former branch of Sangshuping Village, and two of them were Baoding of the maintenance association.

Needless to say, these former fellows were all scratched by shrapnel from the burning of the Japanese plane, which caused the explosion of the onboard ammunition. They have no battlefield experience, and in that case, the casualty rate is naturally a little higher.

Among the seven martyrs who died, three villagers from the former branch of Sangshuping Village were all killed on the spot when they were hit by shrapnel.

Seeing that Xiao Siming didn't say anything, Mei Ying whispered that two seriously injured people woke up from a coma and were in a bad mood.

Xiao Siming asked what the situation was?

Mei Ying said that one of the two seriously wounded was named Ma Wanxiang, who joined the army in Yuxian County, and the soldiers in a platoon of a company had their left arm blown off by a shell, and after the hemostatic bandaging treatment, they did not need surgery, but they did not eat, drink, or say anything, and did not say anything. Another seriously wounded person was the deputy squad leader of the second platoon of the first company, named Liu Shucheng, a former straggler of the 17th Division rescued from Yuxian County, a native of Shaanxi, whose left leg was broken by a heavy machine gun bullet from Wohu Mountain, and he was the first to have his leg amputated. After waking up just now, he saw that his left leg was gone, so he committed suicide with a pistol, but fortunately he was found and stopped.

This is a serious injury and disability, no wonder the wounded are in a bad mood!

Xiao Siming was silent for a while, and said, "Take me to see!" ”

Mei Ying was secretly in love with Xiao Siming at this time, and when she met her sweetheart, she didn't know how much she wanted to say. It's a pity that at this time, Mei Ying didn't care about saying more intimate words, nor did she care about her eyebrows, so she turned around and led Xiao Siming into the cave.

After entering the cave, Mei Ying preemptively said: "Squad Leader Liu, Xiaoma, Camp Commander Xiao has come to see you!" ”

The strength of the anesthetic medicine on Liu Shucheng's body should not have completely dissipated, the pain was not strong, and he struggled to sit up and salute Xiao Siming!

Ma Wanxiang did not undergo surgery, and after the wound was cleaned and bandaged, he lay on the kang, his painful forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, and he turned his face when he heard the words.

Mei Ying is very good at taking care of the wounded, and after speaking, she walked over to help Liu Shucheng, did not let him salute, let him lie down, and then went to wipe the sweat beads on Ma Wanxiang's forehead with a towel.

Xiao Siming checked the bandages of Liu Shucheng and Ma Wanxiang, then sat down by the kang, took out a cigarette and took two puffs, and then said: "It's normal to be injured in battle, and you can still go to the battlefield to kill devils after taking care of your injuries!" The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are not afraid of death, what is a little injury? Is it worth shooting yourself or not saying a word? If you want to die on the battlefield, and die with the little devils, that is the real man, the real warrior! ”

Liu Shucheng said: "The leg is gone, it is crippled, and it has become a burden, I don't want to drag down the troops!" ”

Xiao Siming didn't answer Liu Shucheng's words, and turned to Ma Wanxiang: "What about you?" What's going on? Lose your arm and lose your soul? ”

Ma Wanxiang finally spoke, because the wound was too painful, the words he said trembled and slow, a bit like a see-saw: "My arm is gone, I can't fight with a gun and a bayonet, I'm a waste, and the Eighth Route Army won't want me." After the transfer of troops, I will definitely be left to recuperate from my wounds. When I meet the little devil again, I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of being captured! ”

It turned out that the two of them had the same idea, they were both afraid that the Eighth Route Army would not want them!

Xiao Siming stood up immediately, laughed, pointed at Liu Shucheng and Ma Wanxiang and said, "You two comrades, you are thinking wrong!" There is no rule for the independent battalion to leave the wounded, where the troops go, where the wounded are taken! Don't think that the 12 wounded who stayed in Mafang to hide and recuperate last time were left behind by the troops, it's nothing! We're going back to the horse shop and take them with us!" Being disabled by an injury, that is a sign of meritorious service in fighting devils, is a hero, how can an independent battalion leave its own hero? Besides, you can't fight devils with less arms? Brigadier Commander He Bingyan of the 120th Division is a one-armed general! It's nothing less than a leg, in the future we want to get a prosthetic leg to connect it and walk like that! ”

Liu Shucheng slumped and almost cried: "Battalion commander, you are coaxing Russia!" ”

Xiao Siming said: "Okay, you Liu Shucheng, coward!" I'm telling you, you can't be in the combat company with a few legs, but you go and guard the rear assembly for Lao Tzu, right? Back we created our own base and built our own arsenal. You go to guard the arsenal for Lao Tzu! Don't say you can't shoot a gun if you have one less leg! ”

When Liu Shucheng said this, he had the spirit when he got up, and he actually got up from the kang and said loudly: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Xiao Siming nodded and turned to Ma Wanxiang: "What about you?" ”

Ma Wanxiang's sweat beads rolled in pain, but he still replied: "I am a soldier of the Eighth Route Army alive, and a ghost of the Eighth Route Army when I die!" ”

Xiao Siming nodded with satisfaction and instructed Liu Shucheng and Ma Wanxiang to recuperate from their injuries and strive to recover and return to the team as soon as possible!

After seeing the other wounded again, seeing that Wang Dao was still undergoing surgery and had no time to see him, Xiao Siming told the phantom that the troops would be transferred at night, and there was not much time left for Wang Dao, so he had to finish the surgery that had to be done before the troops set off to ensure that the wounded could be transferred with the team. (To be continued.) )