War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 431 Warmth and Coldness in and Out of the Operating Room
In the early morning of July 7, a shell landed near the field hospital, after taking away a tent of wounded, it also woke up Wei Ran and others by the way.

Amidst the sound of cursing at the top of their throats, the pastor Tom and the stretcherman Randy rushed out of the tent carrying the stretcher. Marshall also greeted the wives, daughters and mothers of those who fired the shells, and put on their helmets cursingly. He rushed out shirtless.

As for Wei Ran, who was left at the end, he put on his helmet without haste, picked up two biscuits and a bag of candy from the ammunition box that served as a table, and stuffed them into his mouth for a crucial breakfast.

Before he could swallow the food in his mouth, the female nurse who brought him over yesterday rushed in, and after seeing Wei Ran, she immediately shouted, "Dr. Victor, come with me to the operating room! "

"Don't I have to go to the front line?" Wei Ran said as he walked out with the other party.

"There is no shortage of medical soldiers on the front line, but there is a great shortage of doctors who can perform surgery." The female nurse explained quickly, and trotted to take Wei Ran to an operating room built in a trench .

Compared with yesterday's simple operating room, the environment here is much better. Although it is still a large trench with an added roof, it has a large tent inside. Earth from the explosion fell into the wound.

Not only that, but there is even a layer of flooring that I don't know where I got it under my feet, and there is even a metal cabinet full of medical equipment near the door.But the only thing that remains the same is the unconcealable pain and panic of the wounded lying on the simple operating table.

Taking advantage of the effort to put on the surgical gown with the help of the female nurse, Wei Ran said loudly, "Give him blood plasma! Also, what's your name?"

"Jenny!"

While the female nurse was speaking, another female nurse who was also helping in this operating room quickly took out a can of plasma powder from the box, mixed it with distilled water and hung it on the hook above her head.

After the light yellow plasma was delivered into the blood vessels of the wounded, Wei Ran also put on a mask and rubber gloves.Under the almost numb eyes of the female nurse named Jenny, she brutally rescued the wounded on the operating table.

I have to admit, at least from yesterday afternoon's experience, Wei Ran himself has realized that his rescue success rate has improved a lot, basically as long as he is carried into his place, except when he leaves, it may be less than half. A leg, or the absence of an arm, survives most of the time.As for those with abdominal injuries or head injuries, they would not be sent to him at all.

The main reason for this is the unlimited supply of morphine, penicillin and the cans of freeze-dried plasma powder.

The first two are fine. The so-called freeze-dried plasma powder is actually freeze-dried plasma, just like the female nurse did. When using it, just mix it into sterile distilled water according to the proportion, and shake it a little. Immediately transported into the body of the wounded to replace whole blood.

The most important thing is that this thing not only has a longer shelf life, but also does not require refrigerated transportation, and does not need to check blood types. These advantages alone are destined to be used on the bloody battlefield. Of course, this technology itself is also Invented for the battlefield.

As for Wei Ran, the significantly improved success rate of treatment also invisibly lightened his psychological burden.

Of course, the psychological burden is a psychological burden, but the physical fatigue will not be relieved by the increase in the success rate of rescue.

Ever since the bomb that hit the hospital in the morning exploded, Wei Ran never stopped. Not only was he thirsty and hungry, he was satisfied with the water and chocolate brought to his mouth by the two nurses, he even had to pee. Didn't move anywhere, all peed in the pants.

Fortunately, the wounded who were sent in almost in line, and the strong smell of blood in the operating room also covered up Wei Ran's embarrassment.

Wei Ran, who never stopped to rest for more than five minutes, can't remember how many wounded he treated on the operating table in front of him, let alone how many arms he saw off. leg, or declared how many times the treatment failed.

But the sound of artillery and the roar of planes outside the operating room has never stopped, and the wounded who were sent here have never stopped. Gradually, the physical fatigue has been exhausted to the limit.

Almost mechanically completing the rescue work again and again, Wei Ran basically relied on the willpower that was tortured by those teachers in Hongqi Forest Farm in different ways.

"Is there any more?" Wei Ran asked hoarsely after suturing the wound in twos and threes.

The nurse named Jenny turned her head and looked outside the operating room, and she also breathed a sigh of relief, and also replied in a hoarse voice, "It's gone, it's finally gone."

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the floor covered with bloody footprints.

Taking a breath, Wei Ran, who had been standing on the edge of the operating table for a whole day, stood up with the help of the nurse named Jenny.Staggered out of the stuffy operating room.

When the sea breeze mixed with fishy smell blew on his face, Wei Ran also saw the stars all over the sky. It wasn't until this moment that he realized that he had been busy all day in the operating room.

"Let's eat something." Nurse Jenny took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket, peeled it off and brought it to Wei Ran's mouth, and then untied the water bottle and handed it over.

"Thank you" Wei Ran ate the chocolate in the opponent's hand, took the kettle and filled it up.

"I'll bring you a clean set of clothes later"

Nurse Jenny took off the nurse's cap on her head, wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with emotion, "Even when Pearl Harbor was bombed, I never received so many wounded in one day."

"Are you from Pearl Harbor?" Wei Ran asked curiously after returning the kettle to the other party.

"We all come from local hospitals in Hawaii." Jenny pointed to the surroundings. "Although the process of coming here was very difficult, we did come here."

"So you know Tom? Reverend Tom?"

"Of course I know." The female nurse Jenny took out a small and exquisite Browning pocket pistol from her pocket and shook it. "My fiancé bought this gun from Tom's store and gave it to me before he joined the army."

"It's great to meet acquaintances," Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"On the contrary." Jenny shrugged and said after putting away the pistol, "I don't want to see anyone familiar on the operating table."

"It's true." Wei Ran smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, Dr. Victor, can you go back to the tent by yourself?" Nurse Jenny pointed to the white alkali on Wei Ran's crotch, "I'll go find you a set of clean clothes, or when Mr. Tom comes back, you will become a The butt of their laughing stock.”

"Then trouble you, I can go back."

Wei Ran grinned in embarrassment, and walked slowly step by step to the tent not far away, while Nurse Jenny next to her, seemed tireless, trotted and disappeared into the night dotted with stars and artillery fire.

In less than ten minutes, Jenny came to Wei Ran with a brand new military uniform from inside to outside, and brought him a towel, a piece of soap and a bucket of water by the way.

After thanking the careful Jenny, Wei Ran simply took a shower with the bucket of water and changed into clean clothes. Then, according to Jenny's previous request, he put the changed clothes into the bucket and delivered them to the other party.

Although I don't know whether the service of washing clothes is a tradition of silly beauty or an additional service of Nurse Jenny, but Wei Ran really doesn't want to move, so he enjoys these little conveniences with peace of mind, and at the same time he is also anxious. Waiting for Tom and others to come back.

However, within half an hour before and after, Jenny came up again, "Victor, the latest order, the third marine regiment has captured the beachhead heights, and our hospital needs to move forward. We will set off in ten minutes."

"it is good!"

Wei Ran, who had just filled his kettle with beer in advance, quickly responded, but after the other party ran away, he found that he didn't know what to do.As for Tom and others, none of them came back.

After walking around in the tent, seeing that there were no personal belongings belonging to the other three people, Wei Ran simply waited for the order to break out of the camp.

It didn't take five minutes at all, several trucks had parked near the field hospital one after another, followed by several of the trucks jumped off one by one black soldiers, and quickly helped carry various items including tents and beds. kinds of medical supplies.In this group of people, he also saw the black Will again.

"Hey! Will!" Wei Ran stepped forward and greeted the other party actively.

Hearing someone calling him, Will subconsciously stood at attention and saluted, but after finding out that the person calling him was Wei Ran, Will looked around, hesitated for a moment, and still held Wei Ran's hand that he offered to shake gently. shaken.

"Victor, glad to see you're okay."

Will said happily, then lowered his voice, "I heard that several black people got your help yesterday, Victor, thank you."

"Nothing, how are they doing?"

While Wei Ran was speaking, he also untied the kettle full of beer from his waist and handed it to the other party, "Change our kettle, be careful when you unscrew the lid, it will spray out."

The black Will was stunned, not only did not answer Wei Ran's question, but asked in a low voice in surprise, "You want to change the water bottle with me? Are you crazy?"

"Where are so many words"

Wei Ran directly stuffed the kettle into the opponent's hand, and reminded in a low voice, "Smell the smell."

Hearing this, Will put the kettle under his nose and sniffed it vigorously, and then immediately realized what was in it. The slightly brown face also showed a complex expression of surprise, excitement, and emotion.

"Can you answer my question now?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.

"Ok, Ok!"

Will accepted the jug full of beer and Wei Ran's kindness with some apprehension that he shouldn't have, but after hesitating for a moment, he didn't pass his jug to Wei Ran, "The one who was rescued by you Those people are all in pretty good condition, except for the one whose stomach was cut open and still has a fever, the rest are in good condition."

"That's good." Wei Ran nodded, "Will, where is your camp?"

“It used to be over there”

Will raised his finger in the direction, and then said, "But the latest order we received is to move forward with the hospital, and we should probably stay in front."

"I also want to move forward with the hospital. If you need my help, you can come to me."

Before Will agreed, Nurse Jenny ran over from a distance. Although the only lights in this camp were the headlights of those trucks, Wei Ran still saw the obvious disgust in her eyes. .

"Victor, it's time for us to go."

Nurse Jenny pointed to the truck not far away, "We need to rush there immediately. There seem to be many wounded there. Although the journey time is not long, you can rest for a while."

"Okay, okay." Wei Ran glanced at the silent Will, and followed Jenny helplessly into the truck.

　Thanks to Hua Bixie for the Silver Alliance,

　　Writing the first silver league in two years, I am really ashamed and don't know what to say.

　　In short, let’s try to code another one, and I will try to write as much as possible in the past few days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)