Chapter 119 Highly Sought-After Beds
Chen Yuezhou led his men on a long trek back to base on foot, while the entire Chengfeng 2 team, except for Tang Long, returned by car.
Qi An and Su Qingran are both medical personnel and can accompany the injured to provide medical care. The other three are slightly injured and can serve as drivers and bodyguards.
Moreover, Team Chengfeng 2 is the only local team, so it will be more convenient for them to go back and handle matters.
After a two-hour rest and a one-hour transfer of the seriously wounded to the vehicles, the convoy set off with enough water filtered by a portable water filter, enough insect oil fuel extracted, and the remaining compressed rations and all the medicines.
Fortunately, one of the seven vehicles was a military truck with armor plating. It was fully loaded with supplies and had a large capacity, enough to carry at least 10 wounded soldiers. Otherwise, many of the wounded who needed to lie down or crouch would not have been able to be transported back with just these few vehicles.
Qi An still sat in the lead car at the very front.
Lin Jiaran was at the very front of the crowd seeing them off. When the vehicle started moving, she took several steps forward to follow.
"Help me pick some pretty flowers to take back," Qi An called out to her, sticking his head out of the car window.
The slightly uneasy look on Lin Jiaran's face disappeared, and she nodded vigorously.
As the vehicles traveled further, many eyes followed them until the convoy became a tiny dot on the horizon.
Those seeing them off were filled with worry.
Because they were out of ammunition and the journey was chaotic, everyone was worried that the more than 20 wounded and 10 guards would not be able to return to base.
Almost every squad had seriously wounded people in the vehicle.
Of the eight members of the Martial God Team 7, four were instantly killed by the White Priest. Later, during the second wave of Fallen Insect attacks, another member was corrupted, and the remaining two were among the seriously injured.
The only remaining young team member looked at that tiny dot where the sky met the earth, and his heart, which had been numb, seemed to stir, surging with immense, heart-wrenching grief.
There was also deep anxiety and hope. She couldn't help but clasp her hands together, hoping that at least the few remaining companions could be saved!
Perhaps it was the prayers and hopes of these many people that worked, because the convoy traveled safely all the way!
They avoided the waves of fallen insects they encountered thanks to Qi An's senses, and after a day and a night of driving, they returned to the base safely!
However, the interior and exterior of the Central Plains Base No. 3 were no longer the familiar sights of the team.
Several defensive outposts to the west were destroyed, and the further the convoy went, the more land Qi An saw riddled with scorched craters and honeycomb-like bullet holes.
Within a 5-kilometer radius, there were teams collecting insect oil, picking up spent bullet casings, and inspecting remaining equipment, as well as fully armed close-quarters patrol teams.
The base suffered another large-scale attack from the Fallen Insects yesterday, resulting in heavy losses!
Once the team entered the intranet's reachable range, everyone took out their phones and called close friends or acquaintances to confirm their safety.
Even Zhao Bohan, who didn't seem to care much about his brother, called immediately.
The man's face was tense before the turn, and you could see the veins on his hands as he gripped the steering wheel. After the turn, his back relaxed noticeably.
Qi An confirmed that Teacher Tang was safe before getting off the bus with the rest of the team and verifying their identities at the checkpoint.
They returned victorious, but perhaps because they had just been attacked, the atmosphere inside and outside the base was heavy, and the guards did not show any welcome.
The convoy entered the base, where there were few pedestrians on the roads, but many vehicles were shuttling back and forth at the Dongying gate.
"Zhuang Xiao, go to the military hospital to get a stretcher. Lao Zhao, you should also go check on the civilian hospital," Yu Shuang called out, her tone somewhat grave.
After every major battle, hospitals are always overflowing; it's likely that military hospitals have run out of beds.
The two responded and ran off quickly.
They had several wounded, such as Qin Tianshuo, who was pierced directly by the blade tentacles. Although he received emergency surgery, he suffered a severe infection and even went into shock due to lack of medicine and the bumpy journey.
But a moment later, news came back from Zhuang Xiao and Zhao Bohan that both military and civilian hospitals were full and there were no beds available, and of course, no ambulances or stretchers could come to pick them up.
Yu Shuang frowned. Su Qingran got off the truck, her eyes bloodshot. "If there are no beds available, we can add extra beds. We can use empty storage rooms, garages, canteens—anywhere can't we add beds?"
After a series of battles, Su Qingran had only slept for half an hour in a day and a night, and was now exhausted and irritable.
"Advance to the battalion, drive down to the military hospital building," Yu Shuang said.
The area downstairs from the military hospital was a chaotic mess of people and vehicles, making it difficult for the convoy to get close. Qi An and Su Qingran, who had worked there before, made their way through the crowd to the emergency room.
Qi An saw the head of the emergency department as soon as he saw him, stepped forward to stop him, and said quickly:
"There are 22 seriously wounded people outside, half of whom have been shot in vital areas or suffered severe penetrating wounds."
I'm requesting to add 22 beds in the underground parking garage or storage room. Please contact the cleaning and disinfection personnel.
The director, who was in his early forties, did have some impression of Qi An. "Young... Dr. Qi?"
Which unit are you from? We haven't even fought today yet, have we?
His tone was also a bit urgent, and the character "川" (river) was deeply etched between his brows.
"We're an action team that went out on a mission and just got back. Don't delay, contact the people quickly," Qi An said anxiously. He was worried that the wounded soldiers didn't dare to be cleaned too deeply, and he didn't dare to remove the wriggling granulation tissue from their wounds, for fear that if they were completely removed, the people would die.
"Are they all from our base?" Director Yang asked again.
Qi An was momentarily surprised, "The action team is a mixed formation of squads from various bases..."
"We can add more beds; there might be a few left in the warehouse, you can go and move them, but we really don't have any medicine or manpower." Director Yang had just finished a pericardiocentesis, and he was reluctant to take off his disposable sterile gloves.
These gloves will last at least half a day.
The large amount of medical supplies stored in the base have been continuously sent to the front line, and the supplies promised by the base, such as Zhongyuan No. 1, have not been delivered. Therefore, infection is not a problem that should be considered at the moment.
Su Qingran's eyes seemed even more bloodshot. She habitually thought the worst and couldn't help but look out the window.
Those vehicles of theirs are not visible here; they must be the most dilapidated and broken-down vehicles in the entire battalion.
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