When Gu Xi and others arrived, the scene before them deeply hurt everyone's eyes and hearts.
This city with a population of one million was almost razed to the ground. The disaster was extremely severe. Brick and earth houses all collapsed, and even reinforced concrete structures were not spared. The railway tracks became twisted, the ground became uneven and even developed wide cracks, and the bridges collapsed.
Countless people were trapped under the rubble, and the situation for those who survived was not good.
All volunteers were taken to an open space. "Hello, I am the person in charge of this volunteer group. My name is Zheng Qiang. Because the situation is urgent, I will directly assign tasks. Those who can drive should raise their hands first."
Everyone looked at each other. In this era, few people could drive. Ye Xinchen raised his hand and asked, "Does it count if I can drive a jeep and a sedan?"
Zheng Qiang made a note in the notebook: "For the time being, we need someone who can drive a truck to transport supplies, but you are not considered for now. I will find you when I need you. If no one can drive, the men will stand in a row and the women will stand in a row. The men will go with me to rescue people directly at the collapsed site, and the women will go to train in basic trauma bandaging and the distribution of supplies.
If anyone knows how to make steamed buns, please raise your hands. Someone will take you to the kitchen to help make steamed buns. There are too many victims and it is simply too late. "
Except for Gu Xi, Lin Ling, Ye Qiu and Li Tong, all the other female comrades knew how to make steamed buns and were directly taken away.
The male comrade and Gu Xi and other four people knew how to provide first aid and treat trauma, and were immediately taken to the front line of disaster relief.
When distributing medicine boxes, Hong Qin happened to come over to deliver supplies: "Gu Xi, why are you here? Didn't Wang Xu forbid you to come?"
Gu Xi didn't have time to pay attention: "Brother Hong, I'm here to volunteer. Human lives are at stake. How is Wang Xu?"
Hong Qin shook his head to indicate that he didn't know: "As soon as we arrived, we were assigned to various rescue operations. We didn't encounter any more. There are constant aftershocks here. You must be careful."
Gu Xi nodded: "I'll go get busy first, Brother Hong, you should be careful too."
As soon as Gu Xi went out, someone called her over: "Hey female comrade, come quickly, this guy has just been rescued, please help take a look."
Gu Xi walked over quickly and saw a teenage girl. Her feet had been pressed for too long, her leg bones were twisted, and the wounds had become inflamed due to the hot weather.
This was the first time Gu Xi had seen such a serious injury. She was terrified, but now was not the time to be pretentious. She quickly opened the medicine box and touched the wound: "Are you feeling anything?"
The girl was still conscious and strong: "I can't feel anything, sister, is my leg going to fail?"
Gu Xi didn't dare to look up at her deer-like eyes: "The doctor will do his best. Staying alive is the most important thing. I'll help you deal with it first. You need to be sent to the doctor for surgery. It may be a little painful. Just bear with it."
Gu Xi poured iodine on the wound, then tied a bandage tightly around the wound. After simply stopping the bleeding, he asked them to carry the patient to the doctor's tent immediately. During the whole process, the little girl kept biting her lips to endure the pain. She only groaned when she could not help it so as not to cause trouble for Gu Xi.
This patch of ruins is a multi-story building, so there are a lot of people trapped under the rubble. Now is the golden 48 hours for rescue after the incident. No one dares to relax. The army has also sent the best soldiers, and even the deputy commander of the Beijing district has come to the scene to command in person.
There were no more advanced rescue equipment at that time, and most people had to carry the things manually. The hands of the soldiers and volunteers were covered in blood, but no one cried out in pain or felt tired. All they had was a desire to save people. As long as everyone could move a brick, there would be one more hope of being rescued.
Most of those rescued were seriously injured. Gu Xi hated herself for not studying medicine. Apart from simple bandaging and CPR, she couldn't help much more.
Gu Xi didn't raise his head for a long time and kept treating the wounds of the injured. All the people who came together dispersed, and he didn't meet Wang Xu, but met Yue Hongming first.
The bandage on Yue Hongming's finger was stained with blood, and his forehead was hit by rocks that fell due to the aftershock. He came over to deal with it and change the bandage: "Why are you here? You are just fooling around. Go back quickly."
Gu Xi treated the wound on his forehead expressionlessly, cleaning it with iodine, applying mercurochrome, and then putting on gauze: "You'd better save your energy. I won't listen to you. Just take care of yourself."
When treating the wound on his hand, the torn gauze stuck to the flesh. Gu Xi felt a little sorry for it and looked up at Yue Hongming: "It will hurt a lot, but the wound must be treated, otherwise it will get infected in the hot weather."
Yue Hongming just frowned slightly: "You handle it, I can bear it."
Gu Xi dealt with several soldiers today, some of whom were only seventeen or eighteen years old, and no one cried out in pain. Some even consoled Gu Xi: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt, just rest assured."
How could it not hurt? It was just that this military uniform gave them a sense of mission, and they used this armor of flesh and blood to prop up hope on this ruins.
Gu Xi continued to treat them while blowing on them, hoping to relieve their pain.
Yue Hongming has been working non-stop since then without a rest. When he is really tired, he lies on the ground to rest for two hours, and then gets up to continue the rescue. There are still countless lives waiting to be rescued. He only rested for a dozen minutes, and looking at Gu Xi helped him relax. He didn't have the energy to think about anything else. After bandaging the wound, he quickly got back to the new rescue.
Unexpectedly, in the evening, the person being treated was Ye Xinchen, who was hit by rocks that fell during the aftershock. In order to save an old man who had just been dug out, the old man was lucky and only had minor injuries. Ye Xinchen's head was smashed and his shoulder was dislocated. Gu Xi could only help him fix his shoulder: "Go find a doctor to help you recover. Fortunately, it's not serious, but you can't lift heavy objects with your arms these days. You can't rush in again. Find something that doesn't require much strength to do."
Ye Xinchen hummed perfunctorily: "Don't tell Lin Ling, so as not to make her worry, I'm fine."
Gu Xi glanced at him unhappily: "If you're afraid she'll worry, then protect yourself."
It was almost 7 o'clock in the evening when I got my first steamed bun of the day after being busy all day. I finally remembered that I hadn't had a drop of water all day, so I quickly used the kettle I brought to get some water. My lips were already dry and chapped.
The steamed buns were made of mixed grains. I swallowed them one mouthful of steamed bun at a time, sips of water at a time. I felt tired and hot, and I could only eat half of it and couldn't eat any more.
There were children not far away looking at the half steamed bun in Gu Xi's hand. Gu Xi did not dare to act rashly. Although she felt distressed, she was not worried about the lack of money but the uneven distribution of the money. How could half a steamed bun be enough for so many children to share? She was afraid that it would lead to a bloody incident because of half a steamed bun.
I got up and went to find the person distributing the supplies to ask about the situation: "Auntie, I want to ask, what's the situation with those children? They seem very hungry. Aren't there any food distributed to them?"
The elder sister looked at the children in the distance and sighed, "They distributed a steamed bun to each person, but the family only gave them half of it, and the other half was reserved for the laborers at home. There were too many people, and there was no time to make steamed buns. Each person could only get one, and the laborers could not eat enough. The rescue work took a whole day, so the family decided to keep half of the bun for the elderly and children. The half-grown children are in the period of growth and have a good appetite. It's pitiful."
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