Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1349 1350 Hospital

 In the old capital's No. 1 Hospital, in the corridors filled with patients, groans could be heard everywhere. The lightly wounded could only lie on the mats in the corridor. Even though it was already mid-January, the cold temperature made the breath of the wounded in the corridor filled with white mist.

 But the place is still full of people, there are people everywhere. Some people's arms were broken, and some people's thighs had been sawed off. In short... there were wounded, sick, old women and children everywhere.

This is a hospital after all, not a field hospital exclusively for the military, so it does not just treat the wounded. Some old people were lying on the hospital bed, and lying on the mat next to them was a poor Qin soldier who had been shot.

 There is no way, medical support is too scarce, especially during this war period. The Tang army seemed to have no interest in the hospital in Dahua, except not to bomb it.

 So, the Qin army forcibly sent the wounded to these hospitals, and then ordered the doctors here to treat these injured Qin people.

But there are only so many medical staff in total. After treating Qin's wounded, they have no time to take care of Dahua's patients. Therefore, the Dahua aborigines in the hospital grew increasingly resentful towards the Qin people.

“Boom!” In the distance, a cannonball fell, and a black column of smoke rose again in the city.

 In the hospital's office, several doctors were explaining to Qin's officers that their hospital had reached its limit.

"We can no longer accommodate any more patients, not even one!" the leading doctor spread his hands and said helplessly: "The medicine is almost exhausted, and there are no beds."

They had previously privately discussed whether to treat Qin's wounded. Later, because of Qin's pressure and the principle of treating illnesses and saving lives, they agreed to take in thousands of Qin's wounded.

 But who could have guessed that this is just the beginning. Later, the Qin people sent nearly 4,000 wounded people, and these wounded people had already overcrowded the entire hospital.

"We are not here to add new wounded people this time." The leading Qin officer shook his head: "This is about to become a front line. We are going to set up a headquarters here and use the hospital walls and buildings. Build fortifications."

Dahua screamed when he heard the news and asked in disbelief: "What did you say? This is a hospital! How could you do this?"

 First, he really didn’t expect that the Tang troops could reach the vicinity of his hospital so quickly; second, he really didn’t expect that the Qin military officers would be so shameless that they even planned to transform the hospital into a bunker defense line.

"You can move all the patients away..." The Qin officer seemed to have given him an option.

 “This is impossible!” said the head hospital director. His hospital had many equipment imported from the Tang Empire, as well as backup generators and power supply systems. The entire building was built by the Tang Engineering Team. How could he leave with the patients?

 Half of the equipment cannot be taken away, and so much can be taken away that it cannot be moved in a short time. Not to mention the patients, this place was filled with wounded and other patients. Even if they were given ten days, they would not be able to transfer the people here to other places.

What’s more, there are other reasons that make it impossible for them to give up the hospital. An old doctor looked at the Qin officers and emphasized in a hoarse voice: "Once the Tang people discover that you are using the hospital to build fortifications, other hospitals in the city may be attacked! You can't do this!"

Hearing what the old doctor said, other department directors and doctors expressed their opinions: "We will never allow you to do this! Unless you kill us!"

"Then I can kill you now." The Qin officer drew the pistol from his waist and pointed it at the excited doctors. All the doctors were frightened and took a step back. Many people behind him tried to calm down and warned him: "Don't mess around!"

The old doctor who was pointed at the gun took a step back and calmed down a lot, and continued to say in a hoarse voice: "I'm warning you! You will get retribution for doing this!"

"For the Great Qin Empire, I am ready to die here. I don't care about retribution! Let me ask you again...will you cooperate or not?" The officer opened the safety of his pistol, and he resolutely carried out the orders of his superiors, because He is fighting for his country.

"Bang!" There was a gunshot... The Qin officer turned around in disbelief and saw a black hole in the muzzle of the gun. He looked down at his chest again and saw blood seeping out of his uniform.

"You!" He wanted to point his gun at the other party, but the other party gave him no chance to struggle. The second shot followed, and the Qin officer fell to the ground.

"Have you... all decided?" The officer of the Dahua Servant Army who fired the shot kicked away the pistol of the Qin officer who fell to the ground, looked at the several Qin officers around him, and then asked.

"It's decided, it's decided." Several Qin officers nodded repeatedly. They had discussed with the officers of the servant army in front of them to surrender together and save their own lives.

These officers were promoted from lower ranks, and the selection process was not as strict as that of previous officers, so they were the easiest to be swayed.

They were frightened by the terrifying attack power of the Tang army and had no determination to resist anymore. In fact, many troops of the Qin Army were in this state, otherwise the Tang Army would not have been able to invade the old capital so quickly.

 Many Qin troops chose to surrender along the way. There were more and more prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camps, and the attacks of the Tang troops became smoother.

"Take people to hang up the white flag! We are surrendering now! Let the brothers put down their weapons, bayonets are not allowed to be left, and the bullets are put aside..." Dahua's officers were quite familiar with the process.

Under his arrangement, several frightened hospital doctors quickly met the Tang military officers who came here to take over everything. The other party was quite polite and asked what the hospital was missing.

Before leaving, they even left some food and promised to send first aid kits and other supplies soon to help the hospital tide over the difficulties and ensure the treatment of Qin's wounded.

Several doctors felt the kindness immediately. They had been here for so long, and this was the first time they felt that someone really cared about them.

The commander of the Tang Army assured that they would not use the hospital for any military purposes and would ensure the safety of the hospital as much as possible. Even the Qin soldiers in the hospital did not make things difficult, and everything seemed so harmonious.

But the next day, when a military vehicle of the Tang Army transporting a large amount of medical supplies parked at the entrance of the hospital, the hospital was shelled by the Qin Army. More than 1,100 people died. Except for a small number of medical staff, the deceased were all Qin wounded and generals. Chinese patients…

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 The second update will be posted tomorrow…

 (End of this chapter)