"Captain Li, fortunately, the injury on your leg did not damage the bones, but it will take half a month to a month to fully heal. I suggest you rest for a month, and do not do strenuous exercise during this period."
After a doctor took out the bullet from Li Hang's leg, he quickly treated the wound and did not forget to give some instructions at the end.
To be honest, he didn't want to see a pilot like Li Hang, who defended his family and country, suffer serious injuries. But there is no way to fight without getting injured. At least, I have only been slightly injured so far, so I won’t lose my life.
"Thank you, doctor." Zhou Zhikai thanked him quickly, and then said to Li Hang with a sigh of relief, "Captain, it's okay, it doesn't have much impact. I'll just take a good rest this month."
"Are you okay?" Li Hang looked at Zhou Zhikai.
"It's okay." Zhou Zhikai jumped a little as he said this.
Soon, Li Hang was carried to a separate ward to rest.
This airport hospital is not inside the airport, but outside, but next to the airport. We also receive medical treatment from the outside, but mainly serve the air force at the airport and the army in the city.
"I have nothing to do here. You go back to the airport first to avoid anything happening in the brigade."
"Captain, I'll just stay here with you. Nothing will happen for a while."
"Go back first, as long as there are others here. I only injured one leg, and it's not like I can't move. I don't need you to guard me here."
"Okay, then I'll go back to the airport and take a look. Don't eat the three meals a day from the hospital. I'll bring them to you from the airport. Eat well to help your recovery."
Seeing Li Hang's resolute attitude, Zhou Zhikai could only do the next best thing.
When leaving the ward, he did not forget to warn the soldiers at the door.
As an airport hospital, the floor they were on was dedicated to serving the Air Force, especially in wartime like this.
In order to protect the safety of these pilots, soldiers are on duty at the stairwells and national highways, all transferred from the airport garrison.
Li Hang was lying on the hospital bed, but because he had difficulty moving and had just undergone surgery, he couldn't run around, so he picked up the newspaper next to him and started reading.
In addition to the common official newspapers of the National Government, there are also private newspapers. What surprised him even more was the Xinhua Daily.
See Xinhua Daily in the core area of the National Government?
But he soon figured out that only this newspaper could do it, but not others. And this newspaper has been around for a while, it was from early February, and it has obviously not been updated.
There was a lot of content in the newspaper, but there was one item that made him take a second look, and that was about the New Fourth Army headquarters.
Only then did he learn that the New Fourth Army headquarters had moved from Hankou to Nanchang last month, which meant that there were many people from the New Fourth Army headquarters in Nanchang.
This was still the honeymoon period of the second KMT-CCP cooperation, and the conflicts between the two sides had not yet become apparent. It was normal to have a copy of Xinhua Daily in a place like the hospital.
He watched for a while, and was soon attracted by the chatter outside the door.
"Erhu, have you heard?"
"What did you hear?"
"The Air Force suffered heavy losses this time, and it was the Fourth Group."
"The most powerful people are lying inside, how can it not be miserable?"
"The person inside is actually fine. He is still alive after all, and his injuries are not too serious. But Captain Li and Captain Lu have not been found yet. With the addition of this person inside, the Fourth Brigade has lost three generals at once. .”
"Really or not? One of those two is the captain and the other is the squadron leader. Is something really wrong?"
"Anyway, the plane hasn't come back, so it's just a departure..."
There was a creaking sound.
Before the man could speak, the ward door was opened from the inside, "Who did you say didn't come back?"
Li Hang stood at the door with a serious look on his crutches, staring at the two of them.
The two leading soldiers quickly stood up and saluted, "Sir!"
"Who did I say didn't come back?" Li Hang asked again.
The two soldiers looked at each other, and one of them hesitated for a moment and explained, "Sir, the report is from Commander Li of the 4th Brigade and Commander Lu of the 23rd Squadron. We only heard about it, so we can't take it seriously."
"impossible!"
Li Hang didn't want to admit it, but he remembered the scene when Liang Tiancheng went crazy. Before that, he also saw the I-16 fighter jet that disintegrated in the air.
He quickly used his crutches to leave the ward to verify the authenticity of the news. He did not want to believe that the two of them would really die in battle.
They were fine when they set off, and the two of them were not bad in skills, so they wouldn't have died like this.
"Sir, you just had surgery on your leg, so you can't move it around."
"Sir, don't embarrass us two. If something happens to you, both of us will have to be prosecuted by military law."
Li Hang originally didn't want to stop, but after hearing these words, he hesitated.
Looking at the two panicked and even crying soldiers, Li Hang stopped.
"Sir, our mission is to protect you. You just had an operation on your leg and you need to take good care of it. If there are any sequelae, we will not only be punished, but we will also become criminals."
"Yes, sir. If sir wants to confirm the news, we can help him find out."
Li Hang didn't want to drag down the two of them because of his own affairs, so in the end he could only return to the ward with the help of the two.
And his newly stitched wound had some threads broken, and blood flowed out. The frightened soldier quickly went to find a doctor to prevent himself from being in a hurry, and then re-treated the wound.
But all three of them were scolded by the doctor, including Li Hang.
But at this time, Li Hang's mind was on the airport, and he wanted to know more news.
The two soldiers did not dare to leave at the same time and could only inquire about the news in the hospital. After all, there were other injured pilots in the hospital.
But these people didn't know much information. Some said they parachuted, and some said they both died in the battle.
. . . . . .
"Haven't you found it yet?"
At the airport, Mao Yingchu, the deputy captain, asked Dong Mingde and Liu Zhihan anxiously.
Both of them shook their heads and looked even more depressed.
The battle had ended for half an hour, but they still had not found Li Guidan and Lu Jichun who had not returned.
"Captain Lu was definitely killed in action. Many pilots, including Liang Tiancheng and others, saw Captain Lu's plane disintegrate to see if the wreckage of his plane could be found.
As for the captain's plane, some said that his plane was also destroyed, while others said that the captain parachuted out, but we are not sure yet. "Dong Mingde couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this, and obviously couldn't accept the result.
"Where is Li Hang? How is his injury?" Mao Yingchu asked about another more important matter.
If something happens to three important people, who in the Fourth Brigade can accept it?
"Li Hang is fine. He was just hit by a bullet in the thigh. No bones were injured, but it will take at least half a month for the wound to heal."
Lu Jichun died in battle and Li Hang was injured, which was undoubtedly a big blow to the 23rd Squadron.
Just when everyone was thinking about how to report to their superiors, good news suddenly came.
