Chapter 39: The battle is big, and that means an unprecedentedly huge number of casualties
As for actually becoming a war medic, I can't tell whether I am more excited or nervous, whether I am more expectant or more afraid. Now looking at my eldest brother's worried and concerned look, I suddenly realized that in fact, I don't think I take life and death as seriously as I imagined. Maybe I've been hesitating because I'm afraid my family won't be able to bear the pain of losing me.
On the third day after this conversation ended, I received a notice that it was finally time for us to show up for a thousand days. Because I was in such a hurry, I didn't even have time to wait for my mother to finish packing up, so I grabbed two sets of clothes and put them in my suitcase and went out. At that time, I didn't know anything about the cruelty and bloodshed of war.
Luck is such a thing, it is really indescribable, but it has great power in the dark. I still don't understand the cause of this series of coincidences, so it can only be attributed to luck.
Originally, I was one of the first members of the ambulance regiment to go to the front, but I don't know why, but before I left, I fell on the ground and sprained my foot. I've never been a slender and delicate person, and a sprain of this magnitude should have recovered quickly. But I didn't expect it to hurt strangely this time, and after a while, my ankle swollen into a steamed bun, and I couldn't walk anymore. The regiment commander had no choice but to temporarily replace me and let me bandage the lightly wounded in the rear.
This time, I was really frustrated and gritted my silver teeth, and I scolded all the gods in the sky in my stomach. I couldn't stop hoping that my foot injury would heal soon, so that I wouldn't miss the opportunity to go to the front.
The battle was really hard, and although it was what they called the "lightly wounded" who were brought here, Rao was accustomed to seeing strangely shaped wounds, and I was also speechless by the tragic shape of the wounded. And those reserve members who had almost no experience were obviously frightened, and they were at a loss for what to do, and some even couldn't help but vomit on the spot.
The head of the regiment had no choice but to transfer the professional medical staff who had been arranged to act as teachers to the front line. For this decision, he can be said to be heartbroken. Because it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, it is a virtuous circle for these teachers to train a steady stream of ambulance personnel to be delivered to the front line of ambulance.
So, when I could basically walk, I once again solemnly made a request to the regiment commander that I wanted to go to the battlefield.
The regiment leader's surname is Jin, and he is a tall northeastern man. Usually the old people in the group call him Lao Jin, but those of us who were temporarily recruited into the group used to call him Jin Commander. Although the Manchu government lost its power after the overthrow of the Manchu government, it also responded to the old saying "a hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff", and the foundation of the family is not thick. So when he was young, he went to school in Russia, not only to learn the more advanced Western medicine at that time, but also to learn a gentleman's style.
He listened to me and looked embarrassed. He took his hands and said after a long time: "Xiao Zhu, I know your determination, and I am really ashamed of you for letting you do some simple bandaging these days." However, you see, the current situation is that there is no shortage of people who have the courage to go to the battlefield, but there are very few ambulance crews with experience and skill. Speaking from the heart, I'm not afraid that you will say that I am selfish, I really hope that you can stay and work as a surgical assistant to the doctor. ”
As soon as I heard this, I shook my head into a rattle: "Captain, you think too highly of me." I'm only a little older, and I didn't graduate from a professional school, so if one accidentally has a loophole, it's a matter of life. ”
Lao Jin obviously didn't do it on a whim, but after careful consideration, where would he let me go so easily. He looked at it with a smile but a little ill-willed, and his acting skills were exaggerated, so he almost pointed to his nose and said, "Little sister, open the door, Grandma Wolf, I'm coming."
But Lao Jin obviously didn't realize this, straightened his back, and said to me: "Xiao Zhu, don't you know, since the Japanese invaders rode to Shanghai, several cities around here have really suffered heavy casualties. You have seen this scene of missing arms and legs, can't you imagine how tragic the battlefield is? We, the Nationalist Government, are ruthless in guarding against Shanghai, and we absolutely cannot allow the Japanese to take over the largest city in the Far East. Now that the elite troops on all fronts have been sent to Shanghai, we are safe for the time being, but do you know what that means? ”
I shook my head as he wished.
He obediently said: "If the battle is big, it means an unprecedented huge number of casualties." The battlefield was really full of bones and corpses, and there were too many wounded soldiers to count. But if you look at the manpower and equipment we have now, how can we handle such a large rescue need? People like you are now considered one in a hundred, and they can't easily go to the battlefield to take risks, but they should save more people. ”
Now it seems that the reason why Lao Jin was able to sit in the position of head of the regiment should be attributed to his eloquence rather than medical skills. I was praised by him, and I was immediately refreshed and refreshed, and immediately patted my chest and said that since he looked up to me so much, he naturally wanted to make a contribution. But I secretly wondered in my heart, even if he valued me, those doctors were not stupid, and the operation was too late to even turn around, who would have nothing to do to cultivate an inexperienced high school student
But things in the world are so strange, but there are doctors who don't believe in evil and fall in love with me at a glance. In Lao Jin's words, that is: "You, a little girl, are destined to have noble people to help you." I just showed a few doctors the roster, and one of them immediately decided to make you your deputy. ”
I actually know what he said, since the Japanese hit the edge of Shanghai, Shanghai's large and small hospitals have organized elites and backbones without saying a word, and have devoted themselves to the operation of rescuing the wounded free of charge. However, the battle was so fierce that these doctors were nailed to the operating table for several days and nights without rest, and they still couldn't keep up with the speed at which the wounded arrived. Later, under the call of radio and newspapers, many doctors rushed to Shanghai to participate in the rescue by various means, including many elites who returned from abroad.
Thinking of this, my mouth was idle again. I quipped, "That doctor is really an unpredictable prophet, and you can tell me by looking at the roster." After saying that, he didn't take this matter too seriously, and went about his own business.