rebirth of change

When Chen Kangjie and the others entered the urban area, they felt a depression. The shops on both sides of the road were basically closed, and there were a lot of rubbish scattered on the road, and no one cleaned it.Even the green street trees growing on the side of the street have broken and drooped branches.

The residential areas that the convoy passed by were still well preserved, but the government buildings were more mixed. It seemed that they had been bombed, and there were traces of bombs everywhere. There was only a ruined wall of a compulsory military service station. Not at all.

This season was supposed to be full of vitality, but it felt lifeless to Chen Kangjie and the others. Occasionally, some pedestrians could be seen on the side of the road, but they were walking in a hurry. As for some cars parked by the side of the road, they turned into a pile of waste. The iron was smashed and burned beyond recognition, and it was basically impossible to drive away.

After Chen Kangjie and his convoy arrived at Zrenjanin's destination, they were able to see many people.

The work place provided by Nanguo to the International Red Cross is a middle school located in the west of the city. The main building of the school is still intact, but the school has been closed and it has been divided into shelters.

Under the leadership of the army, the ICRC motorcade drove straight to the playground in front of the school building.Before the vehicle stopped, a large number of local people poured out of the teaching building, especially the large group of children at the front, who happily ran to the motorcade and twittered around the vehicle. These innocent children seemed to think that this group of strangers Visitors come to hand out candy to them.On the faces of these children, there was not much sorrow at all.

Chen Kangjie got off the off-road vehicle, and immediately the military officer who came to greet him at the border brought several officials to meet him. As for the ordinary people, they were blocked by the guards.

After being introduced, Chen Kangjie knew that these officials included the local mayor, the local police chief, the local and education director, and so on.Chen Kangjie smiled and shook hands with them one by one. At this time, the people behind did not know who recognized Chen Kangjie and shouted "long".

What followed was shouts one after another, and people rushed forward one after another while shouting Chen Kangjie's name.At this time, the reporters who followed the Red Cross delegation had surrounded them.

"Long, I didn't expect that all the people here know you and like you so much. Hehe, by the way, you have come from afar. We arranged a light meal in the school cafeteria. Let's go eat something first." Mayor Zrenjanin, who was beside Chen Kangjie, said with a smile.It may be that there are reporters, and Mr. Mayor is very optimistic.

Chen Kangjie took off his sunglasses and waved to the people, then said to the mayor and Bradbury, "I'm not hungry, Mr. Bradbury, you're getting old, you should go eat something first and take a rest." Bar."

"Mr. Mayor, first find someone to deliver the goods, that is, the goods of the four cars behind, and the remaining four cars, we will send them to the capital of your country tomorrow morning. Let's have some food first, and then the medical team will start working. You will distribute supplies to residents in the afternoon.” Bradbury first arranged the work, the reason why the supplies were distributed in the afternoon instead of handing them over to the local officials was that they hoped that the supplies could be completed under the supervision of the International Red Cross Distributed to prevent relief supplies from entering the pockets of individual people.

The local officials had no objection to Bradbury's arrangement. The mayor arranged for the team of soldiers to maintain order on the spot, and other officials arranged for manual transportation. He accompanied Chen Kangjie and the others to dinner first.

Just as Chen Kangjie and the others walked into the building from the crowd, the enthusiasm of the local people became even higher, and they stretched out their hands one by one, wanting to shake hands with Chen Kangjie. <", the only thing Chen Kangjie could understand was when those people called him by his own name. Others, they all used the local dialect. Chen Kangjie couldn't understand a word, and there was no translator to explain it to him.

Chen Kangjie smiled and shook hands with the local residents one by one. There were too many people, and Chen Kangjie and the others were surrounded.

"For so many days, it's rare for these residents to show a collective smile on their faces." The mayor said sadly by Chen Kangjie's side.The mayor may have taken care of Chen Kangjie's needs and spoke English, so Chen Kangjie could understand him.

It was indeed the case, Chen Kangjie saw joy on every face, very few people showed decadence and pain.

"Are you ok?" At this time, Chen Kangjie asked the crowd loudly, regardless of whether the locals could understand or not.

Perhaps this English sentence is too simple, so many young people can understand it, and they all responded "i'm ok", and some people spoke the local language that Chen Kangjie could not understand.

"They said thank you for coming to see them. They were very happy to see you. Some people said that they hoped that you could stay here for a while, and that they could chat with you." The mayor helped Chen Kangjie translate some words he could not understand. language.

"Mr. Mayor, please tell them that I am happy, and then please arrange for an interpreter who can understand English, French or Spanish, so that I can communicate with the locals."

Before the mayor agreed, Chen Kangjie heard a sentence in Chinese, "Let me be your translator, I understand Serbian."

Chen Kangjie looked up, and it turned out that the speaker was a reporter from Xinhua News Agency who had asked Chen Kangjie questions in Timisoara.

Chen Kangjie smiled at him, nodded his head, and agreed.There is a Chinese-speaking fellow who is willing to act as an interpreter for me. What's wrong with that?

The reporter named Huang Sheng got excited, turned around immediately, and told the local people what Chen Kangjie meant in Serbian.This time, the people around were even more excited.

"Long, let's have dinner first, and then you can interact with the local residents in the afternoon. We have a lot to do." Bradbury, who had figured out the situation, pulled Chen Kangjie's clothes at this time, and whispered in her ear. road.

"Mr. Bradbury, take everyone to eat first. I'm not hungry. If I'm hungry, I can just eat some dry food. My job is different from yours. My job is to contact the local people and understand Local conditions," Chen Kangjie told Bradbury.

"Long, what do you need to know? I can tell you." The mayor interrupted.

"Mr. Mayor, all you can tell me are blunt numbers, but what I want to know are vivid stories, which are different."

In this way, Bradbury and the others, who still had a lot of things to do in the afternoon, went to eat, while Chen Kangjie chatted with the locals in the outdoor playground.In order to hold this "symposium" well, the mayor arranged for Chen Kangjie and the others to move out dozens of chairs and several tables. Of course, the table was placed in front of Chen Kangjie. Chen Kangjie gave it to those naughty children.Those who didn't get the stools stood around. Around Chen Kangjie, not only Xiong Ziqiang and others were protecting him, but also a dozen policemen were responsible for maintaining order.

After chatting with these people, Chen Kangjie knew why they didn't live at home, but came to live at school.It turns out that the whole city has been without electricity for more than half a month now, and the water has been without water for more than ten days. It is very inconvenient to live at home without water and electricity.More importantly, the current food supply is tight. Most people have no rations, and almost all the shops in the market are closed. Even if those shopkeepers still have food, they will not sell it, and will only keep it for their own use.Especially half a month ago, there was a smashing and looting on the street. Those young people forcibly robbed some shops and supermarkets, and no one dared to open the door again.

In order to solve their living problems, citizens can only move to the school to live. Although the supply system is implemented here, at least two meals a day can be guaranteed.Moreover, only the school is equipped with a diesel engine, which can provide lighting at night, and the school's tap water is pumped from groundwater by itself, so the water supply here is the only one in the whole city that can be normal.

As for work, don’t think about it now. Zrenjanin originally owned industries such as machinery manufacturing, agricultural and animal husbandry product processing, textile and wood processing. Due to the destruction of the power plant, these factories had to stop working. It was bombed and stopped production, and a fire broke out during the bombing, killing more than forty people.

According to the local people, it is actually not safe to live in residential areas. Those residential areas are mixed with government departments. The bombs dropped by NATO fighter planes are sometimes inaccurate. There have been several cases of residential buildings being destroyed. It was regarded as the bombing of the government office building, which killed hundreds of people. For safety, everyone moved to the middle school in the west of the city.The surrounding area is relatively open, so far no bombs have fallen here.

Chen Kangjie asked those who were injured what to do?The local people told him that those who were slightly injured were in the nearby elementary school, while those who were seriously injured were in the hospital.The reason why minor injuries can only be arranged in the primary school is because there is only one hospital in the local area, and the hospital is already overcrowded. The key is that there is a shortage of medicines, so minor injuries can only be supported by themselves.

"Long, let me tell you, our place is pretty good. After all, the city is small, the population is not large, and there are not many valuable strategic targets. I heard that the capital is devastated, and most of the bombings are in the capital and its surrounding areas. , there are at least hundreds of sorties to patronize every day, hey, who have we offended?" At this time, a middle-aged man said with a sigh.

As the conversation deepened, the originally happy atmosphere gradually became sad, and the faces of the people around were covered with deeper and deeper sorrow.

Although NATO did not invest in any ground troops in the Ikori War, it is really terrible to be bombarded like this.According to the data, NATO dropped hundreds of millions of kilograms of bombs on the Southland during the bombing for more than two months, with an average of one million kilograms of bombs dropped every day. It is indeed unbearable for a small country like the Southland.