Chapter 109: Ocean-like care

Medals were awarded on site. In addition to the first, second and third class merit medals awarded to combatants, in addition to field officers and soldiers, fifteen militiamen who participated in the battle received second and third class merit medals.

All combatants and soldiers and civilians involved in logistics services were awarded the First Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Victory Medal. Those who participated in the battle and logistics personnel in Chengmai also received the "Chengmai Battle Victory Medal".

After the awarding of medals, the entire army marched into battalion formations. To the sound of the Grenadier March flutes, the five battalions and militiamen lined up and passed the inspection platform. Everyone cheered three times.

After the military parade, He Ming introduced all the members of the condolences group into the officers' cafeteria. This is a place specifically for senior officers to dine. There are tablecloths and bags on the table, sunshade blinds on the windows, and the four corners and middle of the house.

There are large ice buckets placed in them, and the white cool air is slowly blowing out. As soon as you walk in, you feel very comfortable.

The orderlies have already prepared hot towels and herbal tea.

"It's nice here." Wen Desi got down and wiped the sweat from his head. Although the reviewing troops were majestic, they were neatly dressed and stood in the sun, walking around and maintaining their dignity.

Even with the most majestic posture, this life is not easy. Wen Desi thought that when he watched the video of the military parade in Red Square, the leaders of the Soviet Communist Party, all in their 70s and 80s, still stood in the cold wind for several hours.

"This is the cafeteria for senior officers and also our conference room." He Ming avoided saying the word "veteran officer" in the military camp. He believed that with the increasing number of indigenous officers, the latter should be constantly reminded to pay attention to this difference.

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After a while, the orderlies served lunch - like all canteens in the crossing group, the meal sharing system is adopted here. Each person has a wooden plate with rice, vegetables and soup.

The rice is brown rice, and the dishes include vegetables, prawn tempura, fried razor clams, kelp and tofu soup, and finally a few fried meatballs. The aroma is tangy.

In the middle of the table are rectangular wooden plates filled with crushed ice and lined with various sashimi.

"They are all things found in the sea," Zhan Wuya sighed, "I always feel that our eating habits are getting closer to the Japanese." As he said this, he took four or five pieces of sashimi.

The fishery here in Ma Niao is quite developed. The Agriculture Committee has set up a second fishery acquisition and processing plant here to use the salt here to process seafood. Recently, a large gas-fired cold storage was built here specifically to store fresh seafood.

The supply is very sufficient.

There are also many fruits from Taiwan regions filling the plate, the most popular ones are jackfruit, then pineapple, banana and mango.

Drinks are coconut water and kvass, no alcohol is served - except for kvass and beer that has not yet been produced.

"There are meatballs today." Looking at the fragrant croquettes, someone excitedly picked up the pepper and salt and sprinkled them with salt and pepper and ate them, and praised them over and over again while eating.

"What about smoked sausage, meatballs and the like? You'd better not know what they are made of." Wen Desi muttered. He ate a meatball. The spices were very strong and it also tasted like beef.

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Needless to say, this must have been done with dead cows and horses recovered from the battlefield. Although he had not been to the front line in person, he had seen the list of loot. It even clearly stated how many dead cows and horses were seized - obviously

They all came to improve the food.

"What's the afternoon activity?" Wang Luobin asked while eating.

Wen Desi said: "Distributing sympathy packages - we don't need to do this. The packages have been sent to the warehouse. The officers just press the hair on the person and send them out. We have to go to the hospital once and hold a condolence activity."

"How many wounded are there?"

He Ping, a representative of the Ministry of Health, said: "We have very few wounded, and less than 30 people need hospitalization. However, there are many seriously wounded prisoners, nearly 400, and the hospital is almost full."

"Also give some consolation gifts to the prisoners. Of course, the things should be simple. Each person can give a piece of dried fish as a snack for the evening - do you have dried fish here?"

"Yes, we have many here." Dongmen Chuiyu said.

"Let's borrow four hundred dried fish first." Wen Desi thought again, "Let Pan Pan prepare the DV and shoot more material in the afternoon."

In the afternoon, we paid condolences to the hospital. Afterwards, an article titled "Ocean of Care" was published about this matter in the "Lingao Times? Public Edition":

"After the *** military parade celebrating the victory of our great regime, the condolences group had a simple lunch in the canteen of Ma Niao Base.

All the ingredients for the lunch were produced by Ma Niao's Fubo Army cadres and soldiers with their own hands. Wen Desi, Ma Qianxu, Wang Luobin, Zhan Wuya and other leading comrades admired Fubo while enjoying the simple lunch.

The military implemented the glorious instructions of the Senate to "launch a war production movement and reduce the burden on the people", and the food produced by them is delicious.

During the meal, Chairman Wen asked with concern about the condition of the wounded in the wave army.

"Their conditions are all stable," Commander-in-Chief He said. "The wounded have received good care and are recovering."

Chairman Wen proposed to visit the wounded in the afternoon and distribute to them condolences containing the deep friendship between the Senate and the people. Commander-in-Chief He said: You have already worked hard reviewing the troops in the morning, so let other leading comrades do it in the afternoon.

"We are here just to express condolences to the soldiers of the Fubo Army. Compared with the hard battles they fought, what does our little hard work in the morning mean?" He said with a hearty smile, "We'd better finish eating as soon as possible.

For lunch, I have to go to visit the wounded comrades early, don’t delay their afternoon rest.”

When Commander-in-Chief He and everyone heard these words, they were all moved and speechless. Everyone was proud to have such an approachable commander who cared for every ordinary soldier despite his busy schedule.

There is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in Ma Niao Army and Navy Hospital.

This is a brand new hospital. It was built on a deserted open space by an engineering company known for its high efficiency and high quality in just three months. Now, the hospital is equipped with the latest medical equipment from Australia. It is served by many well-trained medical staff.

The wounded had finished the nutritious lunch that allowed them to recover as quickly as possible and were preparing to take a rest. At this time, a voice came: "The Senate condolences team is here!"

Like spring rain falling on the dry land, the officers and soldiers injured in the battle excitedly supported their bodies.

"Don't get up, have a good rest." Secretary Ma kindly helped an injured person who sat up excitedly on the bed onto a pillow.

He asked the medical staff how many wounded there were in total and how their injuries were.

After getting the answer, he looked around the ward. This was a ward that contained his deep concern. At the time, the document for the construction of the Ma Niao Army and Navy Hospital was proposed by Secretary Ma, and he personally marked it on the design drawings. and modifications.

He looked around the room and said with a satisfied smile: "The hospital beds are well prepared, and a dining table cover has also been purchased."

As he spoke, he looked carefully at the small dining table on the hospital bed.

Sometimes he bent down to look, sometimes he stepped back to take a look, and suddenly asked if the dining table seemed higher.

The medical staff had not noticed this yet and could not answer immediately. At this time, he asked a wounded man who was about to recover: "Is the dining table still convenient to use?"

The wounded man sat up, put his arms on the table, and moved his body back and forth, then said he didn't feel high.

The attendants compared the sitting height of the wounded man with the height of the dining table, and then said: It seems to be suitable.

However, Comrade Ma Qianxu looked around at the height of the dining table with a thoughtful look and shook his head gently.

The cadres didn't know why he shook his head like that and stood there in confusion.

He said that the different heights of the wounded must be taken into consideration. The wounded man is relatively tall, but what about the short stature of the cadres and soldiers? Their convenience must be taken into consideration. The cadres and soldiers were injured in the line of duty and have made great sacrifices. , we must also care about their health and daily life in every possible way.

The medical staff felt so excited that their throats were clogged when they thought that dear Comrade Ma Qianxu was like a caring mother who was taking so much trouble to make all the people who came here recover.

Every room in the Ma'an Army and Navy Hospital is filled with the veterans' love and meticulous care for the people.

Comrade Zhan Wuya, who serves as the manufacturing director, immediately said: After returning, he will improve the hospital bed and add adjustable mechanisms so that every sick and injured patient can recover happily in the most comfortable environment.

"Although the matter is small, our soldiers are the treasures of the regime and cannot be ignored for a while," he said.

Later, the condolence group distributed condolence items to the wounded who were gloriously wounded in the battle. Although the condolence items were simple, they were full of the deep affection of the Senate and the people. Such a heavy grace shone like the sun on every wounded and sick person. 's heart.

A soldier with a broken arm was wearing a thick plaster and needed help from a nurse to eat and dress. When this condolence package full of care from the Senate and the people was delivered to his bedside, he was able to pick it up with his own hands.

I received a heavy package of condolences.

When he walked to the lounge, Comrade Ma Qianxu suddenly asked: Why don't the wounded living in other buildings distribute condolences?

"The people living there are all enemy prisoners who came to invade us," the person in charge of the hospital said.

"In this case, we should also give them some condolences."

People around were surprised.

In history from ancient times to the present, injured prisoners always had to die in the end. But in Lingao, they received the best treatment.

Someone said incomprehensively: "They are enemies, enemies who want to harm the people of Lingao. It is the greatest grace for us to save them and keep them alive."

"Even those who were once enemies and have now laid down their arms and surrendered to us must be treated equally," said Comrade Ma Qianju. "This can fully demonstrate our broad mind of embracing the world."

All the people accompanying him were impressed by the broad-mindedness of the elders.

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The reality is not so dramatic. The condolence team only inspected the wounded prisoners for about fifteen minutes and gave a simple speech. This speech really touched the hearts of many people and made them extremely grateful, but it was not just a snack at night.

Something like drying a fish.

The core of Ma Qianzhu's speech was the issue of a way out. He promised that once all the wounded recovered, the Australian and Song Dynasty regime would hire them and give them a job so that they could support their families.

A few days ago, Ma Qianzhu had learned from He Ping's report that about one-third of the wounded soldiers admitted to the hospital would suffer from varying degrees of disability. Prisoners without disabilities were directly sent to serve in the labor corps after recovery.

However, it was difficult for disabled people to survive in ancient times. At that time, most of the people who were willing to serve as soldiers were from poor families who could not survive. Returning disabled would be a dead end.

It was in this aspect that he moved the hearts of the captives and allowed them to fully feel the differences between the old and new societies. This group of wounded prisoners later became the most resolute supporters of the new society.

After the inspection, Ma Qianzhu asked the temporary director of the hospital: "How is the mortality rate?" He was very interested in the hospital's treatment efficiency.

"It's very low. As long as they can be treated in time, they can basically survive. It should be said that the two magic weapons of antibiotics and tetanus serum have saved many people's lives." As the health team returned to Ma Niao's Tranquility Sea, he said, "But the two magic weapons are antibiotics and tetanus serum."

The effectiveness of cold serum is not high yet. Some batches have low effectiveness, while others have high effectiveness. Overall, it is about 70%."

"It's two-thirds effective, which is pretty good."

"Yeah, I can only look at it this way." Tranquility Sea is not very used to such rough standards, "It's just that there is a shortage of veteran doctors and nurses. The conditions here are relatively poor."

"The conditions are bad, can we create good conditions?" Ma Qianzhu touched his pocket, took out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff, "The conditions here are not good, and no one is willing to come, so why don't you be the horse?"

How about the director of Niao Hospital?"

"Me?" Ning Jinghai was a little hesitant. He was indeed a doctor. He studied medicine and worked as a clinician for several years, but his career was not medicine. Whether it was medical treatment or health management, he was already very unfamiliar with it.

"Yes, aren't you a doctor?"
To be continued...