War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 125 Ruins
On the evening of April 4, after a day of street fighting, the Soviet Red Army was getting closer and closer to the Moltke Bridge, and the number of wounded received by the clinic also exploded. Stretched beds.

But in the clinic full of bloody smell, the busy Wei Ran became more and more anxious.The Soviet Union was about to break in, but he didn't know if he had completed the task of saving Mario and Mora.Even if it was done, he now has no idea where to find a camera to take at least four pictures.

But there is no doubt that the danger of this cheating mission lured by 2 million rubles has also increased geometrically as the Soviet Red Army approached day by day.

The anxiety and torment in his heart also affected Wei Ran's work. The most intuitive manifestation is that the way of wound treatment is becoming more and more rough.But on the other hand, because of the large amount of practical experience accumulated these days and the serious shortage of medical personnel, he has even started to get involved in the work of amputation under the approval and guidance of Doctor Lodge and Father Hans.

With a "bang dang" sound, Wei Ran threw away the saw that was dripping blood constantly, and Wei Ran threw half of his arm into the iron bucket behind him with a blank face, and then quickly stitched up the main blood vessels. After he stitched up the muscles and skin, The rest of the work was handed over to the little nurse who seemed to have grown taller.

They are very busy here, but the second floor of the clinic is a different scene. Mario, wearing a uniform of the Youth League, is sitting on a chair, chatting like a youthful version of Tang Seng, and solemnly introduces him to the Youth League. The fallacies learned about Aryan supremacy were told to the bald girl Mora who pretended not to understand German, and at the same time completely ignored the expression on the other side's tight face and wanted to push him to the floor and beat him up.

As for Marco, he was lying behind the ruins at the entrance of the clinic, holding a submachine gun in his hand and staring nervously at the direction of the alley entrance, for fear that a group of Soviets or a Soviet tank would suddenly break in.

As the night approached, the firefight on the other side of the river not only did not stop, but intensified.Even from time to time, a few shells crossed the Spree River and hit the buildings on both sides of the alley.

Under the bombardment of the large-caliber artillery, the collapsed buildings completely blocked the narrow alley, and even buried a few wounded soldiers waiting for treatment.

But even so, the other wounded around were just looking for a place to hide with a numb face, and some even didn't even have to move, just staring at the empty eyes, blankly looking at the red flames above their heads. The night sky, and planes falling with black smoke from time to time.

"Bang!"

The sound of a heavy object falling caught Wei Ran's attention, and then he noticed that Father Hans, who had been busy all day, had passed out beside the hospital bed.

"Send him to rest! Prepare him a bottle of normal saline and half a bottle of glucose."

Dr. Lodge, who was busy under a high-pressure gas lamp, gave instructions without raising his head, and continued in a hoarse voice, "Victor, come and help after you finish your work."

"immediately!"

Wei Ran speeded up, and after helping a little boy under anesthesia to suture the open wound on the top of his head, he walked to Dr. Rocky's side in a nonchalant manner, put on new gloves, and under the direction of the other party, he took the wound from the abdomen of the wounded. Cut off a section of intestines that had been mashed by bullets.

It's just that before their operation was finished, the young soldier lying on the operating table had already stopped breathing.

Helping the soldier sew up the open abdominal cavity with a blank expression, Dr. Lodge took off his gloves and threw them into the trash can, "How much more?"

"There are four more, all with minor injuries." Wei Ran responded wearily.

"Go on." After Dr. Lodge finished speaking, his knees gave way and he fell to the floor.

"I'll do the rest, you guys take a break first."

After Wei Ran finished speaking, he waved to the nurse who had just helped Father Hans to the door, and the latter immediately came to help, and helped Dr. Rocky out to breathe.

After struggling to sew up the wound on the back of the last person, Wei Ran extinguished the kerosene lamp, leaned on the wall and walked out of the clinic, sat down on the wooden box against the wall, and started fighting in less than two minutes. snore.

When Wei Ran woke up again, he found that he was already lying on a hospital bed on the first floor, and on both sides of him, Father Hans and Dr. Lodge were snoring louder and louder as if they were competing with each other.

Squinting his eyes and looking out the window, he didn't know when it was dawn. The fierce firefight seemed to last all night, and it didn't seem to stop at all.

Sitting up unsteadily, Wei Ran found that the blood-stained floor under his feet had been cleaned up, and there were even slices of bread, fish and an opened canned pork on the table not far away.

But before his feet touched the ground, amidst a terrifying whistle, a shell hit the wall on the second floor with a "boom"!

Subconsciously, he rolled over and hid under the bed. When Wei Ran dragged the awakened Dr. Rocky off the bed, Father Hans on the other side had already hid under the bed.

"Boom!"

The wooden floor on the second floor was crushed by the collapsed brick wall, and it was smashed down, burying several wounded who hadn't had time to react in the center of the clinic.

Not daring to come out from under the bed at all, the three hurriedly crawled out of the clinic along the space under the bed amidst the steaming smoke, and hid by the ruins in the middle of the alley with their heads in their arms.

"Where's Mario and Mora?"

Wei Ran reacted, and was about to rush into the ruins shrouded in smoke and dust even while rolling and crawling.Everyone else can die, but these two must not!Otherwise, I can only be left here forever!

"Victor!"

Father Hans reached out to grab Wei Ran, but then he found that Wei Ran, Dr. Lodge, the little nurse, and Marco, who had been on guard outside, rushed into the collapsed clinic desperately!

Amidst the steaming smoke, a wall slapped hard on the open space in front of the clinic with a bang. Father Hans kicked his hands and took a few steps back. rushed in.

In the ruins of the clinic with only three walls left, Wei Ran and Marco stepped on the ruins and climbed up to the second floor to look for the two children, while Dr. Rocky and the little nurse rushed towards the bathroom desperately. .

"Mario! Mora!" Wei Ran and Marco called the names of the two children one after another, and then heard faint cries and responses in the corner of the ruins.

"Mario, where are you?!" Marco yelled at the top of his throat, and then he was coughed repeatedly by the smoke.

"Here! We are here!" Mario responded with a cry and successfully guided the two of them.

Wei Ran was the first to react, and carefully walked around a cabinet with only half of his body left. After walking through the gap in the corner of the wall, he found Mario under the bed with two broken legs, and the girl in his arms. Little girl Mora.

"come out faster!"

Wei Ran struggled to move away the debris in front of him, stretched out his arms and grabbed Mario's ankles, and pulled the two of them out from under the bed.

"Are you injured?" Wei Ran asked while stepping back.

"Ass! Ass hurts!" Mario responded, wailing.

Along the legs all the way up to touch Mario's butt, Wei Ran immediately felt the wet and warm touch.

"Don't be afraid!"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he first pulled Mo La out and handed it to Marco behind him, then picked up Mario, stepped on the ruins and fled away from the ruins.

After leaving the collapsed clinic completely, Wei Ran tore open Mario's pants, and then saw a small piece of broken glass stuck on his left buttock.

Under the influence of the sequelae caused by the continuous treatment of a large number of wounded in the past two days, Wei Ran almost lost his mind, and without saying hello to Mario, he directly pinched the half of the tail of the broken glass and pulled it out.

The little guy who was originally lying on Marco's lap was stunned for a while, then his eyes widened, and then he wailed even more fullly.

Marco hugged his younger brother distressedly, and kept complaining, "Victor! You bastard can't be taken lightly!"

"I'm already very gentle." After realizing it, Wei Ran threw the broken glass aside in embarrassment, "I'll give him two stitches later, and then give him another injection of anti-inflammatory drugs. By the way, Rocky Where's the doctor?"

"They also rushed in," said a wounded man lying on the open ground, pointing to the ruins of the clinic, "They all rushed in."

"Mola, are you injured?" Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then turned and asked the little girl sitting on the side. This little guy is really unlucky. It's only been a few days, and it's the second time he's been buried .

Maura, who was only in her pajamas, shook her head, showing the bruises on her arms. "I'm fine. Mario was teaching me how to hide."

"You can speak German!" Mario, who was crying, had an expression of grievance after being cheated by a woman on his face.

"I'm from Berlin too." Moura rolled her eyes.

"It's fine as long as it's fine." Wei Ran took off his white coat and put it on Mo La, and kept saying, "Marco, you take them outside and I'll go in to help."

"I"

"Don't let other people in, it's too dangerous." Wei Ran said with an emphasis, while pressing Marco's arm hard.

Realizing something, Marco nodded, "Okay"

Not having time to listen to him, Wei Ran rushed into the ruins of the clinic once again.At the same time, in the corner of the first floor of the ruins, after finding the buried toilet, Dr. Lodge and the little nurse immediately went crazy and hurriedly cleaned up the broken bricks and collapsed walls that blocked the way.

And after a few simple inquiries, Father Hans took off his blood-stained white coat without hesitation, turned on the flashlight hanging on his waist, and began to help, completely ignoring the danger that may arise at any time.

"Father Hans, what are you digging?" Wei Ran followed the sound and walked around the collapsed consultation room, while fanning the dust that hadn't calmed down yet.

"Come here and help." The ashen-faced Doctor Lodge turned around, lowered his voice and said very seriously, "There are still people down here!"

(End of this chapter)