Chapter 171: Medical Station
Since all the vehicles were damaged in the disaster, we had to dismantle the skeleton of the car and make it into a simple stretcher to carry those who could not move on their own. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but fortunately, the nearest medical station is only four kilometers away, so we should be able to get there before it gets completely dark. And along the way, we were also discussing what was going on in the city.
"Accidents are certainly impossible." "There's certainly nothing in our town that can make such a spectacular scene," said Pusin, lying on a stretcher made of a car door, and it must have come from an attack on Kazlan." β
"But how did they do it?" Walking beside me, a man named Chilio, whom I had just met today, asked, "I myself am a weapon maker, but I have never heard of the Kazlan people making weapons of such great power.
"Maybe it's their secret weapon." Pushin guessed, "Didn't you listen to the news from the previous two days? Didn't we use secret weapons to successfully attack Kazran itself? β
"That's right." Chiglio nodded, and then he said curiously, "You say, could our secret weapon be more powerful than the one that attacked the city?" Then he asked himself affirmatively, "I think it's a lot more powerful than that." β
"No matter how powerful it is, it doesn't matter to us." At this moment, an unfamiliar voice rang in his ears, and he complained, "Didn't the spokesman at the end of that news say with certainty that the war will be won?" He even swore that the fleet that stopped over us would definitely protect our safety. But what about now? Haven't we been attacked? β
"After all, our land area is so large, and the number of warships is not very sufficient, and it is not normal for the occasional fish to slip through the net." I spoke to the man who had just spoken, and then turned my head to glance at the faint pillar of smoke, "Maybe the fleet has already intercepted a lot of attacks for us in places we didn't see, and our town just happened to be just an unlucky bastard." With a sigh, I couldn't help but say to myself, "I just hope that the unlucky town is just us, and that no other town will be recruited." But when I said this, even I didn't believe it.
"By the way, you say, you can see such a spectacular pillar of smoke from where we just looked. How destructive is the secret weapon of the Kazrans? "Chillio is still wrestling with the power of his weapon.
As soon as these words came out, the chatter around me disappeared in an instant, and everyone who could hear them next to me fell silent.
"What's wrong?" Chilio also sensed the change in the atmosphere, and he smirked, "As a researcher of weapons, it's not a normal thing to evaluate its power. β
However, after saying this, no one answered his question. Suddenly there was an embarrassed look on Chilio's face, because he was holding a stretcher in his left hand, I raised my injured right hand and touched him gently, and then whispered: "When is it, you are still concerned about the power of the weapon, isn't your home in the city?" β
After I reminded him, Chilio understood. At that moment, a gloomy look appeared on his face.
After listening to Chilio's last words, many of the people who walked around me were not in high spirits, and even the voices of the previous discussion disappeared. In the silence, I suddenly realized that there was something strange about the path we were taking. After a few seconds, I realized something unusual that I hadn't noticed before - it was so late, the street lights hadn't even turned on, and it looked like the energy system was also in trouble during the attack. If it was really dark, it would be hard for us to even make out where we were going. Seeing this, I quickly reminded the people around me loudly. This sentence was echoed by some people in the distance, who began to slowly pass the news backwards. As for my surroundings, there was still silence, but everyone secretly quickened their pace. Finally, our team made it to the nearest medical station before we could see anything.
From a long distance, I saw the brightly lit medical station ahead. But at this time I felt a little strange, it was supposed that the night there was not supposed to be like this. Instantly, I had a not-so-good premonition, and when I got closer, the bad premonition came true. At the entrance of the medical station, a long line was stretching out from there, estimated to be more than five hundred meters long. Except for the long queue, the people in the team are basically the same as ours. There were normal people, there were all kinds of injured people, and there were even a few people lying on improvised stretchers. When we appeared in the field of view of these people, all eyes were on us.
"Come and help, we have a critically ill patient in our team who needs immediate treatment." I had just approached the group, and I didn't know who was shouting in front of me. However, his shouts were not answered by anyone. Everyone in the long line still stood silently in place, looking at us indifferently. Seeing this, the voice repeated again, this time with more anxiety in its tone.
"No need to shout." After shouting two more times, one of the people in the long queue finally couldn't help but respond, "Didn't you see that there were also seriously injured in the team?" They are not obediently waiting for the people in front of them, don't think about it, no one here is privileged. I advise you to hurry up and queue up, otherwise there will be more and more people. As soon as he finished speaking, out of the darkness came two men who were supporting each other, and the two of them glanced at the line, and then decisively lined up last.
Seeing this, we had no choice but to put the seriously wounded in front and at the end of the line. It didn't take long for the length of the dragon to at least double. Everyone looked anxiously at the door of the medical station, hoping that the line would move faster. However, almost ten minutes later, I had only advanced five meters.
Half an hour later, just when I was feeling a little sleepy, I was awakened by a sudden uproar in front of me.
"What happened?" I couldn't help but ask the person in front of me, but he was also at a loss.
It was a few minutes before the news came from the front. A notice was issued at the medical post refusing to help those who were seriously wounded, and only those with minor injuries were allowed to enter.
"Why is this happening?" The news was surprising, and I subconsciously asked.
"According to them, it was because there were so many wounded here that the medical station was too busy, and in the end it was decided to treat more people. And they also said that the seriously injured would require them to spend more time on treatment, and that in the same amount of time, they could handle at least three minor injuries. After a pause, the person in front of me said something that chilled my heart, "In the end, they said that even if those seriously injured were saved here, the fate of most of the seriously injured could only be to go to the unemployed area (slum). Anyway, it's a waste of national resources, and it's better to give up treatment. β
Although it seems that this sentence does make sense now, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart. But there was no way, since the decision had been made inside the medical station, most of the people lying on stretchers could only be placed on the ground next to them by their companions. They also seemed to recognize their fate, and those who were still conscious just lay there silently without saying a word.
After removing these seriously wounded, the whole team did not shorten much, but the speed of progress was significantly accelerated. After following for some distance, I saw a familiar person on a stretcher next to me.
"Pusin, you-?"
Pu Xin glanced at me and said with a wry smile: "No way, a comminuted fracture, even if it is cured, is at least a lame, so I was given up." β
"Can you still stand up?" I didn't care what he said, but reached out to him, "Let me help you in, perhapsβ"
"Forget it." Before I could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Pu Sin, who did not react to my outstretched left hand, "They are right, even if I am cured, I am not going to the waiting area." The country doesn't want a wreck like me, and it's better to die here than to die miserably there. β
Just as I was about to say something, Pu Xin waved his hand at me, "Don't waste your time on me, don't delay your own treatment, keep up with the team, I'm glad you think this for me." β
At this time, some of the people behind me were already showing impatient looks, and some had even begun to urge. I could only be ruthless and turn around and follow the team. At the same time, my heart suddenly became heavy, as if I had lost all my ability to think, and I could only follow the team abruptly.
Nearly an hour passed, and I finally walked into the medical station, and in just a few minutes, my injured elbow was taken care of. During this process, I didn't even feel any pain, except for mechanically following the doctor's instructions. There was only one thought in my mind, "The seriously wounded are useless, so they can only be abandoned." "I'd heard of similar behavior before, but I couldn't accept it happening in front of me and the sheer number of people at once.
Because there wasn't much space left in the medical station, those of us who had finished the treatment had to come out of it. At this time, my mind was still full of the same thought as before, but under the subconscious drive, I still walked back to Pusin's position mechanically.
Before me, there was already a survivor in the same car who had completed his treatment and returned to Pusin, his name was Tammy.
"Is it already bandaged?" The first time he saw me, Pusin asked. At this moment, he looked as usual, as if he was not injured at all. There is even a mood to joke, "The doctor who bandages you is not beautiful." β
Hearing his voice, I finally came to my senses, forced a laugh, and I replied, "Yes, just bandage it, soon." As for whether the bleaching is pretty, I didn't look closely. Then, after a moment's hesitation, I asked, "That'sβyour legsβ"
"It's so much better than just now." He glanced at his injured left leg, "At least I don't feel anything anymore." β
When I heard that this was not good news at all, I didn't know how to answer at all. At this time, Tammy said hatefully, "It's all to blame on the damned Kazlans, if it weren't for them, Big Brother Pusin and the others here wouldn't be like this." β
I silently glanced around at the nearly 100 seriously wounded lying around me, and the same thought came to my mind. However, Pusin's next words surprised me a little.
"I'm afraid - there are a lot of people in Kazlan like me." He uttered the words slowly.
"Why worry about them?" Tammy exclaimed, "This war was not started by the Kazrans, and they deserve to die no matter how many people die." β
"It's been so long, it's been a long time since this kind of thing is settled." At this time, another familiar voice sounded in my ears, "Even if the war was started by the Kazlan people at the beginning, didn't any of the subsequent wars be provoked by us on our own initiative?" For example, wasn't this attack on us because we first took the initiative to attack the mainland of Kazran? When I looked back, it turned out to be York, who was in the same car. He came up with a bandage around his head.
"But, but." Tammy blushed and tried to retort, but he couldn't find any suitable reason for a long time.
Admittedly, there is some truth to York's words, but I have never thought about it in this way before. However, the hatred of the family and the country that has been instilled since he was sensible is not something that can be easily eliminated by his words or two at this time, but I can't help but have contradictions in my heart. Therefore, not only me, but even Pusin, who had casually mentioned the Kazlan at the beginning, also had a confused look on his face.
As if knowing what kind of ambivalence lies in our hearts at the moment, York continues: "When this thought first came to my mind, I was just as conflicted as you. On the one hand, there is the hatred of the family and country that is really showing in front of our eyes, and on the other hand, there are the strange ideas that have just popped up, and it is self-evident that the weight is greater. So, after that, I desperately tried to put this inexplicable thought behind me. But the more I tried to forget about it, the more the thought lingered in my mind. It wasn't until after this attack that I finally figured it out......"