Chapter 779 Visiting the Wounded

Jinling Theater General Hospital.

Soldiers wounded in action were transferred here to receive the best possible treatment.

Including Battalion Commander Li Gaoliang who received Lu Zhou and others last time...

Although Wang Peng did not suggest that Lu Zhou come here, under Lu Zhou's persistent request, he still asked his superiors to get the application and brought him here.

According to Lu Zhou, no matter what, the other party was injured because of his own project. If it was too far away, it would be fine. If he did not go to Jinling, it would be too cold-blooded.

After passing through the access control, Lu Zhou followed Wang Peng's footsteps and came to the inpatient area that was not open to the outside world.

Looking at the soldiers on duty at the entrance of the corridor, and the strict layout here, Lu Zhou asked casually.

"Is there anyone still on duty here?"

"That's for sure," Wang Peng nodded. "If you don't keep it secret, the news will spread everywhere."

Nodding his head in understanding, Lu Zhou followed behind Wang Peng and soon arrived at the door of the ward.

Wang Peng showed the letter in his hand to the guard standing at the door. After the guard checked it carefully, he raised his hand and gave a military salute to the two, then stepped aside.

Following Wang Peng into the ward, when he saw Li Gaoliang lying on the bed and his obviously shortened legs wrapped in bandages, Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and said .

"Your leg……"

"Cut it off," Li Gaoliang looked at Lu Zhou who walked in, and opened his eyes in surprise, "Professor Lu? Why are you here?"

"I'm here to visit you." Putting the fruit and milk in his hand on the table, Lu Zhou said in a complicated tone, "I'm sorry to see you like this..."

With an embarrassing expression on his face, Li Gaoliang looked aside and said, coughed lightly and said, "Please don't do this, it's me who should say sorry... I'm sorry, I failed to protect the experimental facilities and let down the country and the people expectations."

Lu Zhou shook his head: "The laboratory is a trivial matter, as long as the people are still there, it will be fine."

Although distressed is sure.

But, nothing is more important than people.

As long as people are okay, everything is fine, at most it just takes more time.

Li Gaoliang sighed, looked at Wang Peng who was standing beside him and said.

"Can you light a cigarette for me?"

Wang Peng shook his head and said, "When I came here, the doctor specially told me that you just had an operation and you can't smoke."

Li Gaoliang pursed his lips: "Just one sip, I'll get addicted to cigarettes, it doesn't get in the way."

"No," Wang Peng flatly refused, "Not even half a mouthful!"

Seeing that this guy didn't get in, Li Gaoliang turned his eyes to Lu Zhou in desperation, smiled embarrassedly and said, "Well, Professor Lu, you see, I've been holding back for so many days, can you Borrow a fire..."

Wang Peng coughed and said, "Don't think about it, he doesn't smoke."

Li Gaoliang stared blankly, and subconsciously said: "Are there any men who don't smoke?"

Lu Zhou was speechless and said: "...Yes, I don't smoke, what's the problem?"

Li Gaoliang coughed embarrassingly: "No, I didn't mean that..."

Lu Zhou shook his head: "These are trivial things... If it is convenient, can you tell me about the situation at that time?"

After hearing Lu Zhou's words, Li Gaoliang suddenly fell silent.

After a while, he spoke.

"...I only say what I can say."

Lu Zhou nodded.

"no problem."

Li Gaoliang turned his gaze to the drip bag, and a hint of memory gradually appeared in his pupils.

"It was around five o'clock in the evening, and a sandstorm blew up on the desert. The wind outside the base was so strong that you couldn't see your fingers."

"They hijacked the water truck and took advantage of the sandstorm to approach our checkpoint."

"The situation at that time was very dangerous. Fortunately, the soldiers on duty saw the problem when passing the checkpoint, but at this moment..."

The process of the matter is very simple, so simple that a few words can explain the whole story clearly, but the dangers experienced in it are far from being explained in just a few words.

The soldiers on duty at the checkpoint had just discovered a problem and secretly pressed the alarm, but the other party was not a good person, and when they sensed that the situation was wrong, they immediately tore off their disguise and launched an attack.

These militants have obviously received formal armed training, and they are far different from those ordinary terrorists in terms of reaction and combat literacy.

However, this is also to be expected. After all, it is impossible for ordinary terrorists to target such research facilities hidden in the desert, and those stragglers who have not undergone formal training will never be able to hijack the water truck and touch it. Such a close location.

Obviously, they have been observing for at least a month, and they did it only after careful planning, and it is not even ruled out that they bribed insiders...

But fortunately, the 4th Battalion stationed there is not a vegetarian either. When the militants in the car tried to drive a modified water delivery truck to break through the checkpoint railing and rush directly to the experimental facilities in the camp, the guards on duty The sniper responded quickly and killed the driver with one shot.

Fierce battles broke out between the two sides inside and outside the checkpoint checkpoint. One of the heavy-duty RPGs even blew up the outer wall of Biosphere A, ignited the lithium-sulfur battery connected to the solar panel, and caused the facility to catch fire.

The most unbelievable thing is that a total of 12 militants fought to the last moment. Even when they were surrounded, none of them surrendered. The gunfire in the camp did not stop until they were all killed.

As for Li Gaoliang's legs, they were not wounded in the battle, but were broken by falling concrete blocks when he and the soldiers rescued the experimental equipment on fire.

After listening to Li Gaoliang's narration in silence, Lu Zhou asked in a heavy tone.

"How many casualties did we have?"

This time Li Gaoliang didn't speak, just looked at Lu Zhou silently.

Gently patted Lu Zhou's shoulder, Wang Peng sighed and said, "Don't embarrass him..."

From Wang Peng's eyes, Lu Zhou understood something.

Some things cannot be made public.

Or, at least for decades, there is no way to be made public.

It was not easy for Wang Peng to get the authorization to bring him here to visit the wounded soldier.

In short, regardless of the casualties, the sentinel on duty who first discovered the problem must have been killed.

Lu Zhou still vaguely remembered that when he went to the desert to choose a site for the Tinder Project, the young man saluted him. He didn't expect that he would be buried in the sand in less than a year...

"……Feel sorry."

After waving his hand with the drip still inserted, the dark-skinned man shook his head, grinned and said, "There's nothing to apologize for. Defending the family and the country is the bounden duty of a soldier. If you don't even realize this, you can still be a P The country will take good care of the families of the brothers, even those like me who have lost both legs will basically have no worries about food and clothing in the next life, and it is good to provide for the elderly in advance..."

Although he is smiling.

But Lu Zhou still read the heaviness and depression from the radian of the strong support.

Presumably his mood was not as relaxed as his face showed.

Not just the comrades who died in battle, but also his legs...

Perhaps for him, dying in that battle or fire would be more enjoyable, and spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair would be more like torture...

Seeing the seriousness on the faces of his former comrades-in-arms, Wang Peng didn't say anything.

After being silent for a while, he said, "Let me know if there is any inconvenience in your life in the future, and I will fly over to help you no matter how far away."

Li Gaoliang smiled heartily, and said: "Haha, I will remember your words, and when I really look for you, don't you not know me!"

Wang Peng said solemnly: "I promise you."

"Okay," Li Gaoliang shook his head, "I just broke two legs, so I don't need you to wait on me, just have a few drinks with me, a lonely family, when you have time. It's time for the nurse to change my medicine in a while, and you've seen enough." Then take Professor Lu back, don't waste time with me."

Wang Peng nodded, turned around and walked to the door.

At this moment, the door of the ward opened, and a doctor and a nurse passed by Wang Peng and entered the ward.

Looking at Lu Zhou who was standing there without moving, the young female nurse said politely.

"Sir, may I trouble you to go out for a while? We need to check the patient's body and change the bandage..."

It seemed to be awakened by the nurse's voice.

Lu Zhou, who had been standing by the hospital bed and lowered his head in meditation, suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Gaoliang who was lying on the bed and said.

"Maybe it's not that bad."

"Maybe... I can get you back on your feet."