War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 128 The Killing Doctor
In the early morning of April 4, nine Jewish children, with the help of six Jewish women, cleaned their bodies in a tent, carefully applied ointment for treating eczema all over their bodies, and then put on a clean cloth. In the hospital gown, before dawn, under the cover of thick morning fog and approaching gunpowder smoke, they got into the basement in the ruins of the clinic.

In another ruins more than [-] meters away from the tent, Father Hans skillfully lit a bonfire, slowly heated up the sterilizer, and dutifully cooked all kinds of medical equipment inside.

And on another bonfire in the next room, two large pots converted from diesel barrels have been filled with clear water brought back from the river by Wei Ran and Marco not long ago. Apart from drinking, most of the water is used for drinking. It should be used to cook and sterilize the washed gauze for secondary use.

In the tent set up at the end of the alley, sleeping Mario and the little Jewish girl Mora were carried to the bed again.After Dr. Lodge covered them with a blanket, he motioned for Wei Ran to follow him out of the tent.

"It's time to collect the net." Dr. Lodge yawned, bent down and picked up the fishing net dug out from the ruins, beckoning Wei Ran to follow him to the direction of the river.

"Doctor Rocky, let me go, you haven't rested all night." Wei Ran said, taking the fishing net from the other party.

"It's ok"

Dr. Lodge waved his hand indifferently, and said while walking in front, "Before the Soviets come over, we need to stock up on more food. After we got the net back, Aunt Marko sent it over." Those who eat and drink must find a place to hide as soon as possible, we can't really expect the Soviets to forgive us for the sake of the Red Cross."

"Whoever is the first grader will be the fifteenth grader."

Wei Ran murmured to himself, silently followed Dr. Lodge over the man-made ruins, and carefully came to the river. After casting the fishing net down, he picked up the net that was dropped yesterday.

"Did we catch a big fish? Why is this net so heavy?" Wei Ran asked while tugging on the rope.

"How can there be any big fish?" Dr. Rocky frowned, turned around and dragged forward with the rope on his back.

Amidst the sound of rushing water, the fishing net was dragged ashore by the two of them, and then they noticed that apart from a few freshwater fish, there was actually a dead body wrapped in the net!
"Go behind that wall"

Dr. Rocky gave instructions in a low voice, and together with Wei Ran dragged the heavy fishing net to hide behind the broken wall on the opposite side of the road, and untied the fishing net little by little under the faint light of the flashlight.

"It's a Soviet"

Wei Ran pulled out a Bobosa submachine gun from the fishing net and threw it aside. With the help of Dr. Rocky, he freed the body that had been shot in the chest.

Carefully removing a grenade from the fishing net, Dr. Lodge stuffed the net with the small fish into his bag, and said worriedly as he walked back, "The situation is not very good, it seems that the Soviets have already hit It's across the river. We need to get Dong XZ up as soon as possible."

"I'll go to the movie theater later and call those soldiers to come over and help." Wei Ran followed up and said.

"No, they can't be used."

Dr. Lodge shook his head without thinking, and while pulling out his Luger pistol from his waist, he said, "Let the women come up, we will move those supplies to the basement. Victor, you run back now, inform Move things quickly, everyone, I will guard here, if anyone comes over, I will shoot."

"Then be careful."

Wei Ran let go of the canvas bag containing the fishing net, and returned to the open space at the end of the alley as quickly as possible, beckoning Father Hans and others to quickly transfer the supplies.

Under the relay of everyone, boxes of food and medicine were sent to the basement in the ruins of the clinic, covering a full floor of the not-so-large basement.

"boom!"

A clear gunshot came from the direction of the entrance of the alley, and everyone's hearts trembled. Wei Ran quickly put down the box in his hand, picked up the submachine gun not far away, and ran towards Dr. Rocky, while Father Hans waited. He also hurriedly organized the women who came out to help to hide in the basement again.

"Doctor Rocky, what's the matter?" Wei Ran asked while hiding behind a half-cut wall.

"It's all right, it's a misunderstanding." Doctor Lodge responded with a loud voice, "The wounded were sent by the soldiers guarding the bridge. I thought it was the Soviets who came over."

"Tell them not to shoot, I'm coming out." After Wei Ran finished speaking, he slowly raised the submachine gun in his hand, and at the same time looked in the direction of the tent behind him, until he saw the flashlight flashing in the dense fog. Stand up completely.

"How many wounded?" Wei Ran asked nervously.

"One, just one." A strange voice shouted, and then, led by Doctor Lodge, he walked out of the dense fog.

Looking at the soldier who was being carried over by two German soldiers on a stretcher, Wei Ran frowned slightly. Just looking at the ugly and heavy metal plate hanging around his neck, he knew that this was an unpopular dog on a leash.

Regrettably, the chain dog's wound was not serious, it was just hit in the thigh by a bullet.Not to mention life-threatening, even the screams are full of anger.

"Dr. Victor, go and continue to sterilize the instruments. I'll operate on him." There was even a trace of indifference in Dr. Rocky's plain tone.

"it is good"

Wei Ran suppressed the weirdness in his heart, watched the two soldiers send the wounded into the tent, and then found Father Hans who continued to sterilize the medical equipment.

"What did you say? Send a chain dog?" Father Hans frowned first, and then a strange look appeared on his old face.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ran took the medical equipment handed over by the other party and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing." Father Hans waved his hand, "Go and send it to him."

He sneaked into the tent with doubts, and the chain dog had been tied with morphine.And Dr. Rocky was unhurriedly cutting the clothes near the wound.

"Light the gas lamp for me and go out," said Dr. Rocky without raising his head.

Wei Ran, who was about to ask something, nodded, silently helped to light the gas lamp, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Almost at the same time as he stepped out of the tent, Dr. Lodge had already picked up a scalpel, roughly opened the wound, and accurately found the vein on the thigh.

The sharp scalpel cut lightly on the blood vessel, and the dark red blood gurgled out with the beating of the heart.But Dr. Lodge poked the scalpel into the wound, then lit a cigarette, stood by the bed, and quietly looked at the leash dog lying on the bed.

Time passed by second by second, and the blood flowing from the wound had flowed along the edge of the hospital bed into the small bucket under the bed, and the chain dog began to tremble continuously.

Throwing the burnt cigarette butts into the iron bucket, Dr. Lodge looked indifferently at the chain dog on the hospital bed, then crossed his hands and pressed on the other's chest in the way of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pressing hard again and again, assisting the other's The heart beats to pump more blood out of the severed vessels at the wound!

Finally, when the leash dog's wound could no longer bleed any blood, and when he completely stopped breathing, Dr. Lodge pulled out the scalpel from the wound, picked out the bullet inside, and then picked up the corpse The blood-stained bed sheet underneath was rolled randomly.

"Soldier, carry him out." Dr. Lodge explained with regret, "His blood vessel was broken, and I couldn't revive him."

The two soldiers who had been waiting outside the door got into the tent when they heard the words, looked at the corpse wrapped in sheets with regret, and silently carried it to the stretcher by the window and sent it out of the tent.

Watching the two soldiers carrying the corpses disappear into the morning mist, Dr. Lodge, who didn't even wear gloves, took off the stethoscope hanging around his neck, and left a clear mark on it with the blood-stained scalpel. mark.

There are also two shiny rings on the spring piece of this stethoscope.As the scalpel left marks on it, the two rings also collided with each other and made a pleasant sound.

Throwing the scalpel directly into the iron bucket under the bed, Dr. Rocky hung up the stethoscope again, then pulled open his collar, took out a heart-shaped lady's necklace and looked at it, a big smile briefly appeared on his no longer young face. The color of relief that revenge is rewarded.

"The 28th"

Dr. Lodge tucked the necklace back into his neckline, walked out of the tent filled with the smell of blood and nicotine in a daze, staggered and sat under the ruined brick wall of the clinic, and muttered to himself madly, "Not enough, it's still far away." not enough."

Behind the broken wall with a bonfire burning in the distance, Wei Ran looked at Father Hans, who sighed, turned around and sat by the bonfire, and continued to cook the equipment waiting to be sterilized. After a long time, he talked to himself Ban explained, "Dr. Lodge's wife and daughter were killed in this alley by the chain dog. Before he took office, the chain dog was even his neighbor."

"This..." Wei Ran opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Okay, let's send these over."

Father Hans didn't expect Wei Ran to say anything, he used two tweezers to lift the tray out of the sterilizer, poured all the steaming medical equipment into a large chrome-plated metal box and handed it to Wei Ran.

When he came out of the ruins carrying the hot metal box, the red sun also emerged from the horizon, reflecting a half-circle silhouette in the thick fog.At the entrance of the alley, the two soldiers who were left behind by Wei Ran yesterday to carry the stretcher also walked over from the dissipating mist, ready to start their new day of work.

"It's the 28th, and the war is about to end."

Wei Ran glanced at the direction of the alley entrance, the Soviet Red Army will be able to take the Moltke Bridge tonight, and it might be occupied by tomorrow morning at the latest.

"Yeah, it's almost time to end."

Dr. Lodge walked over from the side, "Victor, after the war is over, do you want to come to work in my clinic?"

"Go to work in your clinic?" Wei Ran looked at the ruins behind the two and couldn't help asking, "After the war is over, are you still planning to open a clinic?"

Dr. Lodge spread his hands and asked with a happy face, "Why not? This is a very fulfilling job, isn't it?"

Wei Ran smiled, "As long as you don't dislike my suturing skills."

"You reminded me." Dr. Rocky patted his forehead angrily, "If I didn't say it, I really can't stand your suturing skills."

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