Soul to the Rhine

Chapter 18 Adversity
The hospital still stands as it was before, seemingly untouched by the war.It was only when Rosia walked in that she discovered something was different. The corridors were empty. There were no patients walking through the corridors and wards, and no nurses were gathering together to chat anymore. Many of them had not even returned to work.

However, this "desolation" will not last long. As long as there is a war, the hospital will never be idle.

When Rosia found Henry, he was already tired and fell asleep on the table. It seemed that he had undergone an extremely strenuous operation overnight.

However, she was safe, so she didn't linger any longer and went directly to the dean.

Director Fritz did not go home yesterday. He had been sitting on the top floor of the hospital, as if listening to the entire bombing process. He looked a little tired, but still energetic. His face was calm, and as usual, it was impossible to guess. Toru what he was thinking.

"Hey, little girl from West Asia, you came so early again, you know, even if you work so hard, I won't give you an additional salary of [-] zloty." Dean Fritz joked.

Rosia was not in a relaxed mood. However, at this time, an elder's joke could easily dissipate those depressing clouds. She couldn't help but point to the window and replied in the same tone: "Dear Dean, on your desk The clock must have broken again, and if you would look at the sun you would see that it was lunchtime."

Dean Fritz was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Hahaha, okay, I will treat the cute little West Asian girl to a big meal!"

Rosia smiled. This ordinary conversation relaxed her tense nerves, as if nothing happened today, as if everything was as before and there was no war.

In the afternoon, the silence of the hospital was finally broken, and Polish soldiers who were seriously injured and not dead began to be brought in.At first, there were not many people, and the hospital had enough staff, but as more and more wounded soldiers gradually became overwhelmed, Rosia, who was the assistant to the dean, had to come down to help.

The quiet atmosphere of the hospital completely disappeared, and all kinds of sounds were mixed together, giving people a splitting headache.But they couldn't stop them. No one could stop the soldiers who had broken arms and legs, or even had half of their bodies blown off, from dying and wailing. The only thing they could do was to check their chances of survival and catch the most promising ones for rescue.

Rosia specializes in thoracic surgery, and the wounded soldiers she has seen so far are pretty good, with no particularly tragic casualties.But the desperate noise outside continued to disturb her mind.

She began to feel a little dazed, feeling as if she was in Poland or a medical school in Germany.For a while, it seemed like I was back in modern times again.

Her hands were skillfully sewing up the wound, and the thick black blood stained her clothes.There were even shrapnel taken out, and the instruments kept being passed around her were eating away at her soul step by step.

I feel like I am myself, but not myself anymore.

She had some doubts about her identity, and she suspected that she was not a time traveler, but a person of this era.But after a while she seemed to wake up again.And firmly believe that he is Rosia, not Rosia.Franti.

But she is obviously not dead in modern times, so why is she here?
The constant doubts and switching thoughts greatly consumed her energy. Her hand holding the knife began to tremble, and her eyes were so dry that they seemed to bleed.

Henry next to him noticed that something was wrong with Rosia. He changed his clothes and stepped forward to take over her work, and sternly ordered her to go back and rest.

Rosia didn't insist that the surgeon must be in the best condition. She couldn't hold on anymore and was not suitable to continue the operation.

On the way back to the attic, she saw a lot of blood dripping from stretchers in the corridor. The nurses didn't have time to clean it up. Everyone was coming and going in a hurry, and the footsteps of the passing people trampled the blood drops into hideous bloody marks. .

Rosia couldn't bear to cover it again, so she found a mop and cleaned as she went.

By the time she returned to the attic, it was already an hour later, she couldn't hold on any longer, and fell asleep.

It was already the next morning when she woke up, feeling much better. Although she was a little hungry, it did not prevent Rosia from feeling refreshed after a deep sleep all night.

After walking out of the attic, I found that the atmosphere in the hospital was completely different from yesterday. It seemed that the nurses and doctors who passed by were very happy. Rosia was puzzled and pulled a nurse to ask.

"The United Kingdom and France have expressed their position today. They gave Germany 48 hours to withdraw from Polish territory, otherwise they will declare war on Germany. Poland will be saved!"

Although Poland had lost a large area of ​​land in one day, the declarations of Britain and France gave the Poles renewed confidence. They believed that Germany would withdraw its troops under pressure from Britain and France, and they believed that Poland would not perish.

In this regard, Rosia could only remain silent.

Although she didn't know the specific time when the Polish Blitzkrieg started, she still had a general understanding of the situation on the European battlefield.In the early stages of the war, Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement, declaring war in vain but not sending troops, while Germany continued to advance with a nonchalant attitude.The Polish army was pressed step by step and found itself in trouble.

Two days later.

September [-], [-].

The German army annihilated three armies on the Polish border, and some troops began to advance towards Warsaw. Poland further fell into dire straits.

At the same time, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

The loudspeakers on the streets and the broadcasts on the radio broadcast crazy live broadcasts of the war situation every day.And for Poles, every day brings bad news.

A certain Polish regiment encountered German armored forces and was completely annihilated; a large area of ​​land was occupied by Germany, and the Poles were expelled; some railways even had trains from Germany, and the cars were all filled with German soldiers participating in the war.

The hospital also fell silent with the war situation. Many people's relatives, lovers, friends, and children died on the battlefield.And they have to save other people's relatives, lovers, friends, and children every day.

Many people died before being rescued. For the people in the hospital, they were not directly exposed to the cruelty of war, but they were more directly faced with the cruelty, death and sacrifice of war.

There are many people in the hospital who are Polish. They don’t know how to express their emotions after the fall of their motherland. They don’t know how to express their pity and sympathy for the seriously injured Polish soldiers. They even don’t know how to face the German Fritz. long.

But when an injured German officer was admitted to the hospital, they would still treat him with all their heart.

War is cruel, but it cannot destroy humanity.

But the bad news still keeps coming one after another.

(End of this chapter)