Chapter 203 Seriously Injured
Seeing Song Yuanchao nodded, Luo Lin suddenly realized. No wonder Song Yuanchao appeared in the Chuncheng Military Region Hospital.
But think about it, it's normal for him to come here. After all, Song Yuanchao is Lin Yan's boyfriend. The last time she met Lin Yan at Lao Mo, she and Lin Yan secretly talked about Song Yuanchao. She knew that their relationship had been confirmed and had also been approved by Uncle Lin.
Lin Yuhang had been sent to the military hospital not long ago, and Luo Lin had just heard the news from her comrades two days ago. After receiving the news, she rushed to the military hospital to accompany him.
Since Lin Yuhang was already in hospital, and his previous injuries were so serious, plus Lin Yuhang's rank, it was natural for Lin Daoyuan and his wife in Yanjing City, including Lin Yan, to know about it. As Lin Yan's boyfriend and Lin Yuhang's future brother-in-law, Song Yuanchao was the most suitable person to come to Chuncheng to see him when the Lin family was not convenient to visit him at this time.
Luo Lin also grew up in a compound, and she herself is a soldier, so she quickly figured out why Song Yuanchao appeared here.
Although he had only met Rowling once, Song Yuanchao still had a good impression of Rowling. In addition, given the relationship between Lin Yan and Luo Yang, Rowling was not an outsider.
What's more, now that he knows that the reason Rowling is here is to take care of Lin Yuhang, Song Yuanchao has an even better impression of Rowling.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the time when he first met Lao Mo. He had heard Luo Lin and Lin Yan chatting about Lin Jianhang and Lin Yuhang. He knew that they had known each other since childhood and had a good relationship with each other. But after meeting today, Song Yuanchao felt that Luo Lin's feelings for Lin Yuhang seemed to be a little different.
However, Song Yuanchao would not deliberately ask about such privacy, especially since the other party is a grown girl.
"How is second brother Yuhang doing?" Since he knew that Luo Lin had been taking care of Lin Yuhang these days, Song Yuanchao was not in a hurry to go to the ward and asked her directly about Lin Yuhang's condition.
Rowling's face darkened slightly: "The situation is not good..."
"Didn't they say that the critical period has passed?" Song Yuanchao was stunned and asked hurriedly. Could it be that the disease has relapsed again?
"He was seriously injured. He was only breathing his last breath when he was carried down from the front line. We had great difficulty in rescuing him, and he...he..." When she said this, Rowling burst into tears and even couldn't help sobbing.
At this time, many people subconsciously looked towards them, and even a few young soldiers in military uniforms stared at Song Yuanchao angrily, clenching their fists as if they wanted to rush up and beat him up.
When Song Yuanchao saw that the situation was not good, he was worried that he would be misunderstood and beaten up, but it would be in vain, so he quickly reminded Luo Lin to pay attention to the occasion.
After being reminded by Song Yuanchao, Rowling realized that her crying had caused people to misunderstand Song Yuanchao. She quickly explained to the soldier who was walking towards them that this was her friend and that she was crying because a comrade was seriously injured and hospitalized, and it had nothing to do with Song Yuanchao. In this way, she avoided any trouble.
"Let's go outside and talk." Looking around, Song Yuanchao suggested that this place with so many people coming and going was not a suitable place to chat.
Luo Lin nodded, and went out of the building with Song Yuanchao. They walked forward for a while and sat down on a bench near the garden.
"Do you have a cigarette? Give me one." Rowling suddenly asked this question as soon as she sat down.
Song Yuanchao didn't say anything. There were many women smoking in this era, but they were all older women. A young girl like Rowling was the first one he had seen.
He handed a cigarette to Luo Lin, who lit it with the match struck by Song Yuanchao, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled the smoke.
Judging from the way she smoked, this was definitely not the first time, which made Song Yuanchao a little surprised.
"I smoked when I was a kid. I remember I was only about seven or eight years old at that time. My elder brother Jianhang and my second brother Yuhang were already in junior high school at that time. They loved to play mischief since they were young. Yanzi and I liked to play behind them. Oh, and there was also Luo Yang. But this kid was very gentle at that time. He was obviously a boy but his personality was a bit like a girl. I took him to play a few times but I found it boring and later stopped taking him to play..."
Looking at the cigarette in her hand, Rowling's thoughts seemed to go back to the past, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Big brother Jianhang has been brave and smart since he was young, and he can often come up with some strange ways to play. As for second brother Yuhang, he is more careful and smiles more than big brother. Many times, when big brother Lin starts playing, he doesn't care about me and Yanzi, and it is always second brother Yuhang who thinks about taking care of us..."
"One day, elder brother Jianhang and second brother Yuhang secretly took Uncle Lin's cigarettes. The two of them hid in a corner of the compound and learned to smoke. I found them, and I threatened them to tell Uncle Lin. They panicked after hearing that..." When she said this, the smile on Rowling's face became even wider.
"I remember that day very clearly. Big brother Jianhang was so scared that his face turned pale. Second brother Yuhang was not much better. He kept begging me to keep it a secret. Later I made a request to them, that is, they could keep it a secret, but they also let me take a few puffs to taste what the cigarette tasted like."
"Did you start smoking later?" Song Yuanchao asked.
"Yes, of course." Luo Lin nodded with a smile: "If they didn't smoke, Uncle Lin would have beaten their butts to pieces. But I only took a puff at that time, and it made me cough for a long time. At that time, I thought this cigarette was not good at all, it was spicy, choking and uncomfortable, but so many people loved to smoke it."
"But as I grew up and became more sensible, my perceptions of many things changed. When I was young, I always looked forward to growing up, but when I grew up, I missed those days. People are so greedy, because when I grew up, I found that I lost the carefree days of my youth and had more worries of adults. I don't know when I slowly learned to smoke, but I smoke very rarely, only when I am very upset or can't sleep. After all, cigarettes are not good things, and they are not good for my throat..."
Listening to Rowling's words, Song Yuanchao nodded silently. He understood Rowling's feelings a little bit. It was indeed like this for people. The carefree days of youth gradually faded away as they grew older, leaving them with only the various worries of adults, including the mess of life.
Wasn't that what he was like back then? As a person who had experienced this, Song Yuanchao immediately understood Luo Lin's feelings, but he couldn't say anything to comfort her.
"By the way, what about second brother Yuhang's situation...?" Fearing that Rowling would continue to be so sentimental, Song Yuanchao changed the subject and asked about business.
"Brother Yuhang's life is not in danger now, but his previous injuries were very serious. Even if he is discharged from the hospital in the future, he will not be able to return to the army..." Crystal light flashed in Luo Lin's eyes. She suppressed the pain in her heart and slowly told Song Yuanchao about Lin Yuhang's situation.
On February 17 last year, the self-defense counterattack war on the border officially broke out. The team to which Lin Jianhang and Lin Yuhang belonged was one of the first batches to arrive at the border and was directly involved in the first counterattack.
The first war ended on March 15 last year. Our attacking troops withdrew on their own initiative when they had the upper hand and announced that the war was over.
But in fact, the overall war did not end because of the voluntary withdrawal of our troops. In the following days, wars of all sizes continued on the border. At the same time, in order to deal with this war, the central government decided to adopt a rotation method and thus adjusted its tactical strategies.
Lin Yuhang's troops were the first to participate in the rotation war, and because they were the first to intervene in the war and already had experience in facing the enemy, so according to the original rotation war arrangement, his troops should have been withdrawn last month and replaced by other newly arrived troops. But in the end, the front-line command took into account the current complicated war situation and it was not appropriate to replace the front-line troops immediately under such circumstances, so they deliberately suppressed the matter.
Lin Yuhang is the battalion commander of the main regiment. He is responsible for guarding an unnamed hill on the front line. When the war suddenly broke out again last month, the unnamed hill where Lin Yuhang was located suddenly became the enemy's main target of attack because it was located in a salient. As long as they took the hill where Lin Yuhang was stationed, they could break our army's defense line in the shape of a T-shaped product with their high terrain, thus forming a gap and forcing our entire defense line to waver.
When the enemy's intention was discovered, in order to ensure the overall situation, the superiors issued an order requiring Lin Yuhang's troops to hold the high ground at all costs and wait for reinforcements.
Lin Yuhang, who took on the mission, and his comrades held the high ground for a full seventy-six hours in the face of the enemy's endless bombardment and crazy attacks. They used these precious seventy-six hours to buy ample adjustment time for the friendly forces behind them, thus breaking the enemy's plan and winning the final victory.
During these seventy-six hours, an understaffed battalion under Lin Yuhang's command was directly defeated. The entire battlefield was littered with corpses of both sides. The blood of the fallen soldiers flowed like a river, dyeing the entire high ground red. Lin Yuhang's deputy battalion commander, instructor, company commander, platoon leader and others died one after another in the battlefield. When the enemy charged for the last time, Lin Yuhang led the last dozens of soldiers to hold on desperately, and finally repelled the enemy's attack again, thus completing the task of holding on.
However, when the mission was completed, Lin Yuhang also fell down. The troops taking over the high ground quickly sent people to carry the dying Lin Yuhang and the remaining soldiers off the battlefield. When Lin Yuhang was sent to the field hospital, his whole body was like a blood gourd, and even his face could not be recognized.
The field hospital immediately performed emergency surgery on Lin Yuhang, during which nine shrapnel of varying sizes and five bullets were removed from his body.
In addition, Lin Yuhang suffered serious injuries to his right chest, arms, and thighs. His left eye was blinded by shrapnel, his index and middle fingers on his right hand were missing, and he suffered fractures and heavy bleeding. He was barely saved.
Due to his severe injuries, the conditions in the field hospital were really limited and the first operation could only barely maintain his body functions. So with the approval of his superiors, the seriously injured Lin Yuhang was transferred from the field hospital to the rear military hospital for treatment overnight. After another long operation, Lin Yuhang was finally pulled back from the arms of death.
