Chapter 21 Cowardly?
Military hospitals are not as good as local hospitals. Because they do not accept many patients, the hospital itself is not very big. They are more of a place for military medical research and practice. The highest inpatient department is only three floors.
Xiao Qiang lay on the hospital bed for a day and could no longer lie down. Besides, this is not a disease, but the mysterious space has too much traction on the soul. As long as he does not use his superpowers, the two sides will reach a balance, which will have no effect on him. So after he had dinner, he talked to Wenrong for a while, and after going downstairs to see his mother off, he would not go back to the ward immediately.
No matter how leisurely the hospital is, it will always be filled with the smell of disinfectant.
Xiao Qiang sat by the small pool in the vestibule for a while. The pool was in a semi-dry state, with only a shallow layer of water covering the bottom of the pool, which was not very beautiful, so he stood up and wandered around the hospital.
On both sides of the road, there are neatly trimmed evergreens. Under the reflection of the afterglow of the setting sun, the thick leaves are shining with a dark green oily surface.
Begonia plants are planted in clusters between the open spaces surrounded by evergreens.
Begonia are trees and suitable ornamental tree species for gardens. The branches are slender and lush, blooming between April and May, and the fruits are ripe in September. It was nearly mid-October, and the flowering period passed early and the fruits had fallen. However, its branches are clear and graceful, which is enough for people to slowly appreciate.
Xiao Qiang walked slowly along the corridor and stepped into a small courtyard.
It is said to be a small courtyard, but there is actually no wall between them. This is behind the hospital. The military district hospital is located inside the military district logistics department. Except for a few confidential units and warehouses, many internal units are mostly separated by plants. Therefore, it is really difficult to distinguish whether the hospital is still under the jurisdiction of this place.
The courtyard is quiet and there are more flowers and trees inside, just like a small garden, with plum, bamboo, ginkgo, and various ornamental plants in the garden. There are also tree root sculptures in the corners, or a ornamental pot of rockery bonsai.
Xiao Qiang recognized all these plants. The courtyard had a beautiful scenery and a quiet environment. He also walked leisurely in the garden, enjoying the fun.
In front of me is a green wall surrounded by Sadako, about one person tall, with oval fruits growing on the top.
The fruits of Ligustrum must be fully ripe between November and December. The fruits are still tender green. Occasionally, a little early-ripening fruits are dark purple-blue, which are dotted in the middle, making them very beautiful.
After crossing this tree wall, there is a small lawn with shrubs surrounding it, which is very secluded. There are one or two osmanthus trees next to it. It is the flowering season. Light yellow flowers are blooming among the branches, and the fragrance of flowers is everywhere, refreshing the heart.
There are three or five purple bamboos in the corner, covering a stone table and stone bench. The breeze passes through the top, shaking the bamboo leaves and making a slight sound. What a relaxing place.
There was an old man doing boxing on the lawn. Xiao Qiang didn't care, so he sat down on the stone bench, smelled the fragrance of osmanthus, tasted the purple bamboo beside him, and enjoyed it.
The old man's boxing was not very Tai Chi, but he saw that his movements were soothing, moderately relaxed, and had a continuous boxing intention. It was also a set of health-preserving boxing that relaxed muscles and bones. However, Xiao Qiang didn't recognize it, but he felt that it was elegant and ancient. It was far from the purpose of modern boxing to win fighting, and he was also very enthusiastic about it for a while.
Xiao Qiang looked for a while and suddenly realized that the old man's moves changed, the breath in his body seemed to be moving with the intention of the fist, and the tendons and veins kept wandering, and they were still in a state of silence. I didn't know whether it was the intention of the fist that drove the breath to flow or the illusion that the quiet environment here changed the state of mind. In a trance, the old man had already closed his fist and stood up.
The old man was wearing an old-fashioned military uniform that was washed white. Here, he was naturally an old soldier. However, he saw his hair as snow as snow, his face was red, and his skin was shiny and elastic. He was far from the dark and haggard of ordinary elderly people, and there were no traces of the old man. When his eyes opened and closed, there were gleams that flashed, which was very sharp. Although he was old now, he was still majestic. It was obvious that before he retired, he must have been an iron-blooded tiger general who killed the enemy.
Xiao Qiang grew up in the military district dean. He was used to seeing such retired leaders, but he didn't care much. When he saw the old man's collection, he nodded to him with a smile and did not go over to greet him.
These old people are full of righteousness and hate those who flatter the back door the most. If they get too close, they will be despised by the other party. Everyone just chose the same lawn to rest, and there is no need to take the initiative to step forward.
After the old man took the move, he did not leave immediately. He glanced at Xiao Qiang without saying anything. He closed his eyes and stood in the middle of the lawn, as if he was doing momentum-receiving Qigong.
After sitting for a while, seeing that it was getting dark, Xiao Qiang got up and prepared to leave.
"Are you from the hospital there? What disease?" The old man behind him spoke.
Xiao Qiang turned around and smiled politely at him: "Hello, Chief, I am hospitalized in the military hospital and I have no serious illness."
The old man glanced at him sideways and snorted: "Naughty soldier!" He turned around and left without giving Xiao Qiang time to explain. It was obvious that Xiao Qiang was in good health and actually ran to the hospital to stay, looking down on him very much.
Xiao Qiang's face stopped and smiled bitterly, but it was hard to catch up and explain that he was not a soldier. He shook his head and followed the old road back to the ward.
The next morning, the doctors conducted a check on him as usual, but still did not find the cause of Xiao Qiang's illness. This is natural. The pathology is due to superpowers, and it is not surprising that they cannot find the reason. By the way, Xiao Qiang's heart was relieved. Since it was said through the instrument that he was as healthy as a calf, it means that as long as he did not use superpowers in public, others could not see what was unique to him.
The days of hospitalization are boring, especially for people with good health.
There is no TV, even if there are only one or two, there are not so many journals and magazines. The few magazines my mother brought last night were also pure literary books such as "Zhongshan" and "Wenhui". Until now, scar literature with the theme of reflection* is still popular in the literary world, and there are also several novels that reflect the rural household contract responsibility system after the reform and opening up. Overall, the content of the article seems outdated and lagging, without any fun, and makes people drowsy.
This is also a feature of this era. Not to mention that he is hospitalized, even when he returns home, his poor entertainment method is unrest.
Xiao Qiang was bored in the ward, talked to the nurse, borrowed a copy of the local provincial capital evening newspaper, and headed straight to the small lawn last night.
There is no one here during the day, and the elderly are not there. The October sun is no longer as hot as summer. Bathing in the sun, it looks warm and naturally has a lazy smell.
Xiao Qiang first sat on the stone bench, but then he simply lay on the lawn with newspapers on his head.
There are only eight pages in the newspaper. The front page is the news that the heroes and models of the Southern Xinjiang Self-Defense Counterattack War toured the city, and the second and third pages are the specific stories of the heroes.
He skipped these reports and first looked at other pages, half of the international news, and the others were all local news. After watching it for a while, under the warm sunshine, people began to feel a little sleepy.
When he turned around and looked at the reports of the heroes in southern Xinjiang, the sleepiness disappeared and he read every word and sentence very carefully. After reading all the reports, his eyes were covered with tears, and he didn't know when he was already full of tears.
The self-defense counterattack in southern Xinjiang began in 1979, and the most intense large-scale battle was the first month. After that, there have been frequent conflicts on the border, which have been on and off to this day, almost ten years.
The self-defense counterattack is not so much a territorial war as it is to safeguard the dignity of a great power.
From ancient times to the present, the conditions for geographic survey in ancient times have been limited. The boundaries of the central dynasty have always been firm in the big picture and blurred in the small area. During the long history, there have been frequent invasions of foreign races, and the efforts to maintain boundaries are always powerless. This has also made the countries bordering the dynasty accustomed to adopting the small-scale embezzlement model and gradually encroaching on the border.
Therefore, since the founding of New China, in order to maintain the complete historical borders, armed conflicts have occurred with several countries. This is not surprising.
However, unlike other border conflicts, the battle in southern Xinjiang is simply unbearable.
The neighboring countries in southern Xinjiang are a country with great combat experience. For national liberation, from 1945 to 1975, they fought with France and the United States for thirty years. In this process, in addition to the bloody battles between the military and civilians of the country, they also soaked up China's support for decades of implementation.
We need people to give people, paving roads, building bridges, air defense cover at the rear, etc.; we need things to give people, food, and ammunition, and we never stop.
Even at the lowest point in the Liberation War of neighboring countries, China did not give up its assistance to friends, helped them train batch after batch of troops, provided him with full equipment before sending them back to their country, and even sent a military advisory team to give them advice. They also personally commanded a series of battles such as the border battle, the three major battles of the plains, the Northwest battles, and the Laos battle, destroying a large number of French troops. The Chinese military advisory team demonstrated their superb command art, trained a large number of soldiers and commanders with combat experience for them, and finally achieved a great victory in the battle of Dien Bien Phu, making the greatest contribution to the final drive of the French out of territory.
In 1954, the Americans took the initiative to intervene out of the need for power expansion. The neighboring countries in southern Xinjiang believed that they had established a strong army and, with strong vigilance towards China, refused China to send ground troops to participate in the war, but kept asking for a large number of supplies. At that time, in line with the friendship between generations of neighboring countries, even in three years of natural disasters, China tightened its belts across the country and transported trucks of steel, cement, weapons and ammunition to neighboring countries. Each of the bags of white rice was saved by hundreds of millions of people from their mouths and was reluctant to eat them. Each grain was soaked in everyone's deep friendship for "comrades and brothers".
At that time, hundreds of millions of people in China were still struggling with hunger!
When the last US helicopter left over Saigon, the smoke of the war against the United States had not completely dissipated. At this time, the neighbors of southern Xinjiang, which had completely defected to the Soviet Union, began to use guns and artillery against the former "comrades and brothers". From acknowledging China's territorial sovereignty over the Xisha Nansha Islands to invading the Nansha Islands, a 180-degree turn was made, and a large-scale anti-China and anti-China operation was launched in China. A large number of overseas Chinese were deprived of their property and drove them away from their homes. Countless Chinese border residents fell under the guns of the other party, staining the border with blood.
The governments of neighboring southern Xinjiang also openly declared that the Chinese government is the most direct and dangerous enemy! They tore off the last fig leaf!
At the same time, the Vietnamese army, which received the $10 billion arms left by the US military, took action against Cambodia, which was fighting against the US military side by side, and tried to establish the "Indochina Republic", clamoring that they were the third military power in the world and that a Vietnamese soldier could defeat ten Chinese soldiers!
What do Chinese people hate the most, and the ungrateful wolf the most!
When the Chairman of the Military Commission visited the United States, he laughed: They are disobedient, we must teach them a lesson!
Chapter completed!