Chapter 10: Picking Flowers - Protecting Flowers
"Liu Zhengfeng, wake up."
Liu Zhengfeng was sleeping soundly, but was awakened by Hu Tiande's violent shaking. He opened his eyes and said in a daze: "Sergeant, what's wrong?"
Hu Tiande said angrily. "Oh, you sleep like a pig. The Japanese bombs are exploding so loudly, and you can still sleep. "
On the other side of Feiying Ridge, there was continuous artillery fire and gunfire, and the smell of gunpowder could be smelled from a long distance away.
Liu Zhengfeng yawned and stretched lazily.
"What's wrong with the Japanese? Aren't we still got the Second Company to hold them? Aren't you guys doing rotation operations? Can't the Second Company hold them anymore?"
Hu Tiande smiled bitterly and said, "It's still the Second Company. The First Company was wiped out. Alas, our Second Battalion of the First Regiment was wiped out within a day. Now the First Battalion is fighting the Japanese."
"What?"
Liu Zhengfeng was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly he woke up completely and sat up abruptly.
The three regiments of Guo Wanlin's ragtag division guarded three areas respectively. His own regiment guarded Feiyingling. The second and third battalions had been severely damaged. Now it was up to the first battalion, which was most likely in danger and had to retreat.
As expected, Hu Tiande urged: "Hurry up and pack up. Everyone in our battalion will escort the wounded to the field hospital in the rear and prepare to cover the hospital's evacuation."
"good."
Fortunately, the clothes he washed at noon had already dried. Liu Zhengfeng quickly packed his luggage, put it on his back, and was ready to leave at any time.
He knew that speed is of the essence in war and that a defeat is a crushing defeat, and this battalion could be defeated at any time.
At dusk, the sky is full of red clouds.
The red light of the setting sun shines obliquely on the hillside.
Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan were carrying a wounded man who was lying on a stretcher. His shoulders and calves were injured by several shrapnel that were embedded in his muscles. He was grimacing in pain and wailing in pain all the way.
Wu Erdan frowned and said, "Brother, can you please stop yelling? It makes me upset."
The wounded soldier was grimacing, and he didn't want to scream, but the shrapnel was still in his muscles, and he was bouncing on the stretcher, how could he not feel pain? But others were carrying him, doing him a favor, and they told him not to scream, but the pain was horrible, and it was not right to scream, and it was not right not to scream, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely .
Wu Erdan was in front and Liu Zhengfeng was behind. He saw that the wounded soldier was obviously in great pain, but was afraid of offending Wu Erdan, so he forced himself to hold back and didn't dare to scream. Liu Zhengfeng felt a little bit sorry for him.
Suddenly, Liu Zhengfeng's eyes lit up. On the mountain path on the left, there were several low broad-leaved plants with flowers shaped like trumpets.
"Erdan, stop for a moment."
The two men stopped the stretcher and put it on the side of the road. Liu Zhengfeng reached out to pick the flowers on it.
Wu Erdan asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Liu Zhengfeng answered while picking flowers: "This flower is called Datura. Crush it and apply it on the wound. It has the effect of relieving pain and calming the nerves. We will apply it to this big brother and he will stop crying."
"Oh, Brother Liu, how do you know so much? Why didn't I see it before?"
As Wu Erdan spoke, he helped pick flowers, crushed them on smooth stones, and then gently applied them to the wounds of the wounded.
After doing all this, the two men lifted the wounded man and continued to move forward. The effect of the Datura flower was amazing. The wounded man really stopped screaming and even fell asleep later.
When we arrived at the field hospital, it was already completely dark.
Candles were lit in the tent. Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan bent over and walked into the tent and carried the wounded to an empty bed. There were several other wounded in the tent, but their wounds had been treated and they were in the recuperation stage.
After waiting for a while, a doctor and a nurse came in. Coincidentally, they were Li Rong and Wu Xiaoyun.
"Liu Zhengfeng, why are you back again? Did you miss me?"
Wu Xiaoyun said with a smile.
"Ms. Wu, you are right. I feel uncomfortable when I don't see you for a day. I can't eat or sleep."
Liu Zhengfeng had a good impression of this nurse. She was lively and cheerful, liked to joke, and it was very comfortable to be with her.
Li Rong walked straight to the wounded man's bed and checked the condition of his wound. She was surprised to see a layer of datura flower powder on it.
"Who put the mandragora flowers on it?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said, "Rong'er, it's me."
This time, Li Rong didn't dwell on the fact that he called her Rong'er, and asked, "Do you also know medical skills?"
Liu Zhengfeng touched his nose and said, "I know a thing or two."
Li Rong nodded, her eyes suddenly becoming gentle: "The hospital's anesthetics have long been used up. Can you help me pick some herbs that have anesthetic or analgesic effects?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said, "I will definitely do what Rong'er asked me to do."
Li Rong's eyes lit up with joy, and she said softly, "Thank you."
Wu Xiaoyun rolled her eyes at Liu Zhengfeng and said, "Rong'er, Rong'er, you are not afraid of being corny. I feel jealous just listening to it."
Li Rong said seriously, "Xiao Yun, light a few more candles and prepare for the operation. Other irrelevant people please leave."
"yes."
Wu Xiaoyun made a face at Liu Zhengfeng and began to prepare for the operation.
Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan walked out of the tent. Liu Zhengfeng asked Wu Erdan to go and report to Hu Tiande, but he was unwilling to leave and waited outside the tent.
"Doctor Li, Doctor Li."
I don’t know how long it was, but suddenly the battalion commander of the guard battalion, Zhou Liankai, hurried over with a lunch box in his hand, lifted the canvas of the tent and got in.
"I'm still in surgery, get out."
Li Rong's delicate voice came from the tent.
"Oh, then I'll wait for you outside. I brought you dinner."
Zhou Liankai came out of the tent again and waited obediently.
Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said, "Sir, I haven't eaten either. Can I have this lunch?"
Zhou Liankai then noticed Liu Zhengfeng and was startled. He asked, "It's you? What are you doing here?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said, "Wait for someone."
At this moment, Li Rong and Wu Xiaoyun came out of the tent.
Li Rong took off her mask and exhaled gently. Under the dim light, her delicate and fair face seemed to be glowing with a sacred glow, which was breathtakingly beautiful.
Zhou Liankai was stunned. It took him a while to come to his senses and he handed the lunch box to Li Rong with both hands.
"Ms. Li, I know you haven't had dinner yet, so I brought you some food. Eat it while it's hot."
Li Rong frowned and shook her head.
"Thank you, Captain Zhou. I'm not hungry."
Zhou Liankai refused to give in. When he saw Li Rong trying to move around him, he immediately blocked her way.
"How can you not be hungry? You've been busy for eight hours."
Li Rong was helpless and said, "Is it okay if I don't have an appetite?"
Zhou Liankai persisted: "Man is made of iron and rice is made of steel, you should eat a little."
Li Rong raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "Captain Zhou, please go away and don't delay my work."
Zhou Liankai said anxiously: "Ms. Li, no matter how busy you are at work, you still have to eat."
Liu Zhengfeng said quietly: "If a person has no shame, he will be invincible in the world."
Wu Xiaoyun couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing. Suddenly he felt something was wrong and quickly covered his mouth with his hands.
Zhou Liankai realized that he was mocking him and immediately became angry and embarrassed.
"You are just a private, and I am a major of the Communist Party. How dare you interfere in my affairs? Are you really that bold?"
Liu Zhengfeng said coldly: "Whether you are a major or a lieutenant colonel, what does it have to do with me? You can't control me, so don't show off in front of me."
The other side was just an ordinary soldier, but he was so tough that Zhou Liankai was furious.
"Disrespecting your superiors is a crime that will get you into trouble."
Liu Zhengfeng sneered, "I have killed no less than thirty Japanese in the past two days. How can a man who has waded through mountains of corpses and seas of blood be afraid of something like you?"
Zhou Liankai shouted, "No matter how many Japanese you kill, you can't do whatever you want. I'm going to report to the division headquarters and let the division commander deal with you."
