Chapter Twelve Surgery

  Several captured Red Army soldiers who put on cotton-padded clothes and drank hot soup regained some color in their faces.

  The one-armed warrior said at this time: I am Xiong Houfa. Then looked around the Red Army soldiers and said to Wang Tuanzhang: You are the Women's Regiment, aren't you surrounded in Qilian Mountain Pass?

  Commander Wang saw that Master Xiong had recognized them and excitedly said: We rushed out, it was Comrade Wu Bing who helped us break through the siege.

  Teacher Xiong glanced at Wu Bing beside him, who was wearing a different uniform, and said sincerely: Thank you, Comrade Wu Bing.

  Wu Bing hastily said: Master Xiong, don't be so polite, this is what I should do.

  Turning to Captain Wang beside him, he said: "Captain, let's leave here first! It's no longer safe here."

  After hearing Wu Bing's words, Wang Tuanzhang also knew that this dense gunfire would attract the enemy. He supported Xiong Shangzhang and said: Commander Xiong, can you still walk?

  Master Xiong stood up and said: No problem, these bandits won't kill us, they still want to take us to get the reward.

  Commander Wang immediately called over a few people to support and escort Master Xiong and several others to withdraw first. When Master Xiong saw the people supporting them, he furrowed his brow as if thinking of something.

  He looked up and glanced at the captured bandits kneeling on the ground opposite him, and said coldly to Captain Wang: "These captured bandits cannot be kept. They are all die-hard elements. Once they merge with other bandits, the entire unit will be exposed and we may fall into danger."

  Wu Bing heard Master Xiong's words and thought to himself: This Master Xiong is not very old, but he's a ruthless person. As the saying goes, "A cowardly soldier will have a cowardly general, and a whole den of them." It's no coincidence that the Western Route Army's Red 88th Division was able to heavily damage Ma Jiajun's army.

  The women's battalion has annihilated this armed militia at the cost of five minor injuries, winning the battle with sudden action, catching the paralyzed and arrogant enemy off guard. All transportable materials were taken away, and those that could not be transported were set up as landmines by Wu Bing.

  As for the several horse bandits who were captured and taken away by Wu's soldiers to be dealt with, they also laid down treacherous caltrops.

  After handling the aftermath, Wu Bing led his men to quickly withdraw from the battlefield and pursue the main force. At this time, the troops had changed their direction from west to north under the suggestion of Commander Xiong, in order to avoid the enemy's main force. That was because the direction of withdrawal for the headquarters

  It is in the west and also the direction of the enemy's main force pursuit. Continuing to advance westward, once encountered with the enemy's main force, it will cause unnecessary casualties to the troops.

  Wu Bing laid out multiple booby traps on the road while chasing after the troops. The booby traps on the road were not meant to kill or injure the enemy, but rather to alert his own troops of the approaching enemy forces. If the enemy followed the footprints and chased after them, they would inevitably trigger the traps.

  Report to the troops in front of these strange thunders.

  Wu Bing quickly merged with the main force, and soon after merging, he heard a few muffled sounds in the mountains. Wu Bing knew that it was the treacherous landmines set up on the battlefield earlier being triggered.

  Didn't dare to delay, Wu Bing directly found Commander Wang and asked her to order the troops to speed up their march. The enemy had already arrived at the battlefield where they had just been, triggering a landmine. Commander Wang also heard the explosion earlier and didn't waste any words, immediately ordering the troops to quicken their pace and increase the distance with the enemy.

  Depart, avoid unnecessary battles with the enemy. The troops did not find a place to set up camp until after dark when snowflakes floated in the sky again, and the Wu army also set up several alarm traps on the outermost periphery before returning to the camp.

  Returning to the camp, Wu Bing saw Wang Tuanzhang arranging the sentries into two layers of light and dark posts. Wu Bing went forward to remind these sentries that they must be especially careful tonight and not let the enemy slip through.

  Just as Wu Bing was about to enter the campsite, he saw Li Ping hurrying over from a distance, pulling him along and saying: Come with me quickly.

  Wu Bing was directly pulled by Li Ping into a nearby tent, and upon entering the tent, Wu Bing saw Wang Tuanzhang, Wu Zhengwei, and the special envoy all present. They were surrounding Commander Xiong Houfa who was lying on an ammunition box, with a medic beside him using a towel to wipe his forehead.

  Wu Bing asked in a low voice Wu Zhengwei, who was closest to him: What's wrong with Commander Xiong?

  Wu Zhengui turned around to see that it was Wu Bing asking him, and excitedly said: "Comrade Wu Bing, you've finally arrived. Quickly take a look at Commander Xiong, he's running a high fever now. Just now the medic did an examination and found that his left arm wound has become infected and is festering. But this medic

  The staff can only deal with simple wounds and cannot handle such serious injuries.

  Wu Bing hastily went forward to examine the wound on Master Xiong's broken arm, and saw that there was still some festering blood oozing out of the wound, emitting a foul odor. The muscles above the wound had already begun to wither and turn black. Wu Bing felt Master Xiong's scorching hot head.

  After the examination, he turned his head and said to the crowd: The wound has become purulent, and the muscle on the injured part has atrophied and died. The situation of Master Xiong is very dangerous now. If surgery is not performed, it may not be possible to hold on for a few more days. It is necessary to amputate this dead arm immediately, otherwise there will be life-threatening danger.

  "How could it be so serious? We just saw Master Xiong and he was fine, wasn't he?" Wu Zhengwei asked anxiously.

  Wu Bing thought for a moment and said: Perhaps the low temperature outside and the highly tense emotions suppressed his worsening condition, but after being rescued by us and feeling safe, his tense emotions relaxed, and he was transferred to a very warm environment, causing the originally suppressed condition to suddenly worsen.

  Comrade Wu Bing, can you perform surgery on Director Xiong? Captain Wang asked.

  Wu Bing shook his head and sighed: Although I have received emergency training on the battlefield, I haven't learned or trained in this area. I'm afraid that if something unexpected happens, I might not be able to handle it.

  "How confident are you if I let you do it?" Captain Wang asked.

  Wu Bing lowered his head and thought to himself: Although I haven't received training in this area, at least I have some understanding of it. Compared to the medical staff here who don't understand anything and only know how to do simple bandaging, I'm stronger, let alone when looking at Master Xiong's appearance, not doing surgery might

  Can't hold on much longer? Ah, it's really like driving ducks onto a perch!

  He raised his head and said to Captain Wang: I don't dare guarantee it, but I will try my best.

  After Wu Bing finished speaking, a brief silence appeared in the tent. After a while, Wang Tuanzhang broke the silence again. As if he had made up his mind, he said to everyone: "Those who agree to let Master Xiong perform the surgery now, please raise your hands."

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised their hands. Captain Wang looked around and said to Wu Bing: "Comrade Wu Bing, the women's team has been operating on Commander Xiong through you. If anything unexpected happens, we will take responsibility. You can rest assured and perform the operation on Commander Xiong!"

  Alright! I'll give Master Xiong an antibiotic injection first and see if it can bring down the fever. Wu Bing said.

  Wu Bing gave Master Xiong an injection of antibiotics, and the effect was very obvious. Within two hours, Master Xiong's fever had subsided, and he became much more lucid.

  It's just that people nowadays haven't been exposed to antibiotics and the like, so their efficacy is more pronounced, unlike in Wu Bing's era when antibiotics were everywhere.

  Commander Wang told Captain Xiong about the amputation surgery and its risks after he woke up. Captain Xiong, who had just woken up, also agreed to let Wu Bing perform the surgery on him.

  Wu Bing took the backpack off his body, reached in with his hand and summoned the surgical instruments into the backpack with his consciousness. He then placed the surgical instruments on top of the nearby ammunition box, and everyone who had seen Wu Bing's magical backpack before was somewhat used to it, so no one said anything.

  Wu Bing said to everyone: "Everyone go outside and wait! Let the medical staff help me here."

  Everyone came out of the tent, leaving only the sanitation worker behind. The horse lamp hanging on the pole was adjusted to its brightest, and a tactical flashlight was also taken out and hung on the tent to increase illumination.

  After giving the anesthetic injection to Master Xiong, Wu Bing took advantage of the time before the anesthetic took effect to instruct the medical staff on a few points.

  Wu Bing squeezed Commander Xiong's left arm a few times with force and found that Commander Xiong had already fainted and lost consciousness.

  Turning to the sanitation worker next to him, he said: Let's get started!

  Wu Bing used a belt to tie up the armpit of Master Xiong, letting the medical worker support him, preventing accidents and reducing bleeding. Putting on medical gloves, he began to use a surgical knife to make an annular incision in the muscle at the upper end of Master Xiong's severed arm, separating it into tendon flaps to cover the bone ends when suturing the wound.

  After the muscle was cut open and retracted to both ends, Wu Bing used a surgical knife to cut open the periosteum and expose the humerus underneath. He then began sawing through the humerus with a saw, amputating the affected limb. Next, he doubly ligated the arteries and veins between the humerus and muscle, cleaned up the wound surface, and started suturing the wound closed.

  After finishing suturing the wound, Wu Bing covered the wound with a medicated cotton pad and finally wrapped the broken arm layer by layer with gauze.

  Wu Bing let the medic slowly loosen the belt tied around Xiong Shilang's armpit, and after a while, he saw that there was no bleeding from the wound.

  After nearly two hours of surgery, the dead arm of Master Xiong was finally cut off successfully. Wu Bing let out a sigh and sat down on the ground with a thud, panting heavily to catch his breath.