The sun is high - #159 - Chapter 158 “How strange”

The field hospital in Brown Hill Town finally welcomed its “guest”.

They were all wounded who had been evacuated from the “Silver Corridor”. The number was so large that it almost immediately reached the capacity limit of the field hospital in Brown Hill Town.

Although the young doctors had received emergency training before, when they actually faced these wounded people, they still inevitably felt a deep sense of fear.

Adaptation takes time.

When those soldiers who had become miserable and terrible due to various injuries were sent to the hospital bed, few of them could still maintain absolute calmness and calmness.

The number of wounded was so great that even military mages like Shuge had to go to the field hospital to help after completing the daily maintenance of the protective ritual. Once this kind of work started, there seemed to be no end.

The power of magic has been completely integrated into all human activities during the long development and history of Van En. Therefore, even if Xiuge’s understanding of medicine is very limited, he can still complete many auxiliary tasks according to the requirements and guidance of doctors. .

Stop bleeding, immobilize, relieve pain, make the wounded unconscious or keep them awake…

When necessary, he even needs to summon several mage hands to help deliver various tools or supplies.

At the same time, the scale of the field hospital began to expand. A large number of temporary tents and houses were built near the original hospital. They would be used to house soldiers with relatively minor injuries. In the process, Xiuge We had to work with other mages to “expand” the original protective ritual to a certain extent so that all the medical tents that were added later could be covered.

In the past ten days, Xiuge had witnessed a large number of tragedies.

Before magic was used for medical treatment and rescue, it was first used to cause harm and death.

From a certain perspective, magic and magic are similar to weapons such as firearms. They are both tools that can be used by humans to kill similar or other intelligent beings. Moreover, the history of magic has been too long, so people know it very well. How exactly should it be used.

It is precisely for this reason that even though there are many members of the 5th Chasseur Regiment who are good at healing magic, and there are senior doctors like Professor Meyer in the field hospital, for the soldiers who were sent here, Survival rate is still a big, big problem.

The trauma soldiers suffer on the battlefield is often not limited to flesh wounds.

Injuries based on magic such as magic explosions and crystal shrapnel often bring a lot of trouble. For example, Shuge saw such a case with his own eyes: a young soldier’s body was injured by the shrapnel of a crystal shell. That shell contained The shrapnel of chaotic magic power stayed directly inside his body, and when Professor Meyer tried to remove the shrapnel, he discovered that his body and internal organs had already shown signs of necrosis under the influence of those chaotic magic powers.

In this case, no matter how many potions and healing magics are used, they can only barely extend his life…

There are countless others who lost their limbs due to the firing of crystal cannons during the battle, or whose brains and spirits were damaged by the explosion of cannonballs.

Among such a group of soldiers, those who have broken bones can only be regarded as cowards, and those who are missing two fingers are considered qualified soldiers for the time being. But if someone with missing arms and legs stands there, everyone will be willing to lose.

Even though they were injured and left the front line, these young people were still full of confidence in this war. The victory of the “Silver Corridor” with less and more made them extremely excited, and they were also full of enthusiasm for the next form of war.

But in fact, the “defense” craze has already surged.

Under the current circumstances, the benefits that an active attack can bring are too limited. The offensive of the St. Steele people in the north has begun to slow down. When reinforcements from other principalities arrive at the Isa River, the advancement of the St. Steele people will change. It has to be more difficult.

From Alfred’s mouth, Shuge learned that those northern soldiers had actually suffered extremely exaggerated casualties, but the royal family and government of the St. Steele Kingdom had too high expectations for this war. They were currently No valid real numbers and information are allowed to be transmitted to the outside world at all.

Now that the old tactics were completely shattered, everyone began to become conservative.

The Delan army was undoubtedly the most conservative party.

Tens of thousands of people were lost in one day’s offensive. Such exaggerated casualty figures had never appeared in the past. Let alone the Delan people, even the citizens of Votel would show fear when they heard the news.

This means that on the battlefield, the speed at which people kill each other will increase as never before. For ordinary people, this means that it will be more difficult for their loved ones or themselves to survive after arriving on the battlefield.

No one wants to die as a cold number, not even the brave and militant Votels.

The order from Bolden allowed each unit to find a breakthrough, so a term that Shuge was extremely familiar with and extremely resistant to appeared in the mouths of the officers of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment.

That’s the “trench.”

“A fucking magic-reinforced trench?”

When Shuge got the brand new manual distributed by the council, he couldn’t help but cursed in his heart, because the cover of the manual clearly said: “How to build and protect a trench.”

This manual was jointly written by the Votel Military and the Mage Council. It introduces how military mages should help the army build strong and safe trenches and bunkers, and maintain them for a long time.

This manual was obviously written in a hurry, but the content contained in it was already very comprehensive. Xiuge even saw the content about “how to reasonably build a toilet” in it. Obviously, in the eyes of the commanders, Here, these trenches are not only bunkers for soldiers to resist artillery fire, bullets and magic, they are very likely to become the residences of soldiers.

Even a long-term residence.

What arrives with this manual is two things.

The first is a mobilization order for the Fifth Chassis Regiment. According to the requirements, all members of the Fifth Chassis Regiment need to complete the assembly and preparation of personnel and materials within two days, and wait for the next order at any time.

Secondly, there is a batch of brand new ordnance supplies.

However, after Xiuge saw the contents of this batch of supplies, he couldn’t relax at all.

Because this was not a regular supply at all, Shuge saw that in this batch of supplies, there were not only the “Kalfan Heavy Machine Gun” that shined brilliantly in the “Silver Corridor”, but also a sufficient amount of alchemy bombs, magic books, and various types of ammunition. As well as dozens of sets of spellcaster equipment that are comparable to the sword-wielding hermits of the Legal Council, including special armor that can protect against ordinary crystallized ammunition and portable arcana that can resist conventional magic.

This is obviously ready for the Fifth Chasseur Regiment to gnaw on a hard nut.

Xiuge’s premonition was perfectly fulfilled two days later.

…

Except for a few alchemical doctors who needed to maintain the operation of field hospitals and take care of the wounded, all members of the Fifth Chasseur Regiment boarded steam transport vehicles in the early morning two days later and headed towards the designated location.

Sally’s name undoubtedly appeared on the list of the alchemy doctors who were left behind.

This is the result of the cultivation suggestion.

Similarly, Professor Meyer did not want the student he loved very much to take risks on the front lines with the 5th Chasseur Regiment.

When the Fifth Chasseur Regiment set off, the girl who had gone through a rough experience finally couldn’t help but shed tears, but she could only watch with the other people who stayed behind and the residents of Brown Hill Town as they watched the passengers carrying their friends and teachers off. vehicles drive into the distance.

After the last car disappeared from sight, Sally wiped away her tears and silently prayed several times in her heart for Shuge, Meyer, Weilin and more members of the 5th Jäger Regiment, and then She returned to the field hospital in silence. She still had many things to do, and today was just a new beginning.

Meyer and Sugar were riding in the same car, and they were talking while feeling the cold wind blowing across their cheeks.

“I have left a lot of topics and tasks for her, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

Hearing Meyer’s words, Shuge was a little surprised: “Professor, are these two things directly related?”

“Ha, there are not only medical topics, but also some articles I have written and collected before… This girl is really smart. My intuition tells me that her achievements should not be limited to the medical field. She is in other fields. The place should also be able to develop.”

Hearing this, Xiuge was slightly startled: “It’s a very high evaluation, so what you are saying is that it is possible for Sally to become a scholar like you?”

Meyer seemed to have an insight into Shuge’s thoughts. He smiled and said: “Her origin is not important, and her past knowledge is not important. She is very young and very smart. As long as she is given appropriate guidance, she will naturally start. Growth… is like a sapling that has been dry for a long time and finally receives rain.”

“I can’t argue with you.”

Xiuge also laughed. He looked at the soldiers riding in the same vehicle with him, then looked at the front of the vehicle, and then said: “Professor, I remember you said before that you want to see this war.” changes and development?”

“Yes.”

“Do you still think so now? You have seen those refugees and those injured soldiers…”

Shuge stared at the man next to him and asked: “Have you not changed your mind? As long as we reach the front line, we will be the enemies of the Delan army and other plain principality armies. I am an accompanying mage, so I will definitely become a hero in their eyes.” murderers and butchers, and although you are a doctor, all the soldiers who have been rescued and recovered will also return to the battlefield and create new carnage and death… What do you think of this?”

Meyer looked around and blinked at Shuge, so Shuge raised his hand with understanding and quickly constructed several magic patterns, and the sound-blocking ritual immediately enveloped the two of them.

The soldiers were not surprised by Xiuge’s sudden spell casting. It was quite normal for a mage to behave like this.

What’s more, Xiuge has a closer relationship with them than other military mages – after all, most young people here have heard of Xiuge’s name, and they are even proud of it.

“You can say it now.”

Meyer nodded, looked at the young faces on the vehicle, and then sighed: “I don’t resist war, or in other words, I don’t resist… a war that can bring ‘justice’ and ‘progress’ .”

“oh?”

Meyer’s words surprised Sugar. His views are completely different from those of other doctors whose mission is to save lives and patients.

“The forms and causes of war are diverse, including territory, resources, nationality, hatred… The bloody conflicts that have occurred have occurred countless times in the past in Van En, but how many of them can be for Van En, or What about bringing blessings to the vast majority of intelligent races living in Van En?”

He shook his head: “There are only a handful of them.”

“This war is very special. It is different from all the wars in the past… After interviewing those refugees, I thought a lot, and I suddenly discovered that even if the influence of the Black Sun Society is stripped away, this war will still happen. .”

Meyer looked at Shuge: “I think this is a contradiction that will inevitably arise when Van En reaches a new stage of development, and the Black Sun Society, no matter what their purpose, only intensifies the development of this process.”

“But obviously, the nature of this war is not ‘just’. Everyone has become an accomplice in this war. You, me, and these young people… I do not doubt their love for Votel and the Plateau. They do not deny their belief in the giant eagle, but this has nothing to do with the essence of this war.”

“This is a war between robbers and robbers. Everything they fight for and fight for revolves around their own interests. They hope to re-divide everything in the past and push their rule to a new peak. In order to In all this, they will even ignore the crises that are very close at hand and may threaten the entire Van En. Naturally, they will also ignore the suffering suffered by the ‘majority’ in this war and turmoil.”

Meyer’s words caused Shuge to fall into silence.

Setting up soundproofing magic was the right thing to do. If these soldiers knew that Professor Meyer, whom they respected, would comment on this war like this, then they would most likely express some emotional excitement.

But then, Sugar heard Meyer’s question: “Mr. Sugar, you don’t seem to object to my point of view?”

“Um?”

Shuge turned his head, and then he saw Meyer staring at him closely. The professor said: “Do you know? Even the friends who founded the newspaper with me in St. Steele can’t You completely agree with my point of view, but you… seem to be able to accept it? How strange.”

Shuge shrugged: “Yeah, that’s weird.”