Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 106: Meeting an Old Hero

The originally narrow aisle was squeezed like this, and there were complaints everywhere.

But the chubby waitress seemed to be accustomed to this and just pushed the cart forward. She didn't really care whether anyone bought anything or not. She just considered pushing the cart back and forth as completing a task.

However, the number of times they go back and forth is subject to assessment standards and is linked to bonuses.

This will make life difficult for passengers who don't have seats.
"Don't push, don't push over here!"

"Ouch, who stepped on my foot!"

"Who are you? What are you touching?"

Suddenly, a burst of crying was heard. It turned out to be a little girl about three or four years old who was squeezed and crying by the crowded crowd. Her mother obviously didn't buy a ticket, so she could only use her thin body to protect the child tightly to prevent people from squeezing and hurting her.

But how does this young mother have the strength to support so many people?
Finally the child couldn't stand it anymore and started crying.

Chen Jiang felt a little sorry for what was happening and immediately shouted, "You guys are crowding the children, make way!"

The people in the carriage were selfish and indifferent. Although Chen Jiang was a soldier, no one paid any attention to him, with an expression of "Who do you think you are?", so no one was willing to give way.

Chen Jiang couldn't use force, and found that the cart could pass through the path, but he couldn't squeeze through. It was really weird.

"Brother, it's okay. I'll just comfort the child for a while." The young mother gave Chen Jiang a grateful smile and then quickly comforted the child.

"Oh, someone fainted!"

Suddenly, someone in the carriage exclaimed.

Following the crowd's gaze, everyone saw an elderly man who seemed to have fainted and collapsed in the aisle of the train.

The people around him suddenly burst out with amazing energy at this time. Everyone tried their best to move to the side, creating a vacuum zone around the old man, for fear that they would have anything to do with him falling to the ground.

This is in stark contrast to the refusal to give in just now.

"Everyone, please make way. I have learned first aid!" Chen Jiang stepped forward again, but this time no one made things difficult for him. Everyone made way for him, so he easily squeezed next to the old man.

Seeing this, the passengers nearby hurriedly distanced themselves from the matter.

"Comrade from the People's Liberation Army, this has nothing to do with me. He fell on his own."

"Yes, yes, we all saw that he fell down on his own."

"Shut up, everyone! Go get the flight attendant!"

Chen Jiang didn't bother to pay attention to these people. He saw that the old man's eyes were closed and his chest was still. His initial judgment was that this person should have suffered cardiac arrest.

Urgent rescue is needed!
So he leaned over and called out to the old man loudly, while patting his shoulders, trying to wake him up, but the old man seemed to have no response.

After he confirmed that the old man was no longer breathing, he knew that he had to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation immediately, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Everyone, please make way. I need to perform CPR on him. People who know first aid should line up behind me. If I can't hold on any longer, someone needs to take over!"

After saying that, he began to check the old man's mouth to make sure there was no foreign object blocking it, then he straightened his jaw to open the airway, and then he unbuttoned the old man's shirt to make it easier for him to find the right position to apply force.

Chen Jiang learned first aid when he was in the special police team, so he was well aware of the "golden four minutes" after cardiac arrest.

That is, when a patient suffers cardiac arrest, someone must provide assistance within 4 minutes, otherwise even if the patient is rescued, irreversible damage will be caused.

What surprised Chen Jiang was that the old man had many scars on his body, which were obviously gunshot wounds. He never expected that the old man was actually an old soldier.

Then this first aid is even more meaningful. To do CPR properly, you must press your palm down 5 cm and ensure the frequency and force are just right. This is a very physically demanding job.

There were a lot of people watching the excitement around, but no one was willing to step forward. Of course, it was also possible that no one knew first aid. Chen Jiang's arms felt a little sore, but the old man still didn't react.

The more times like this, the more we must persevere. The miracle of life often happens in these critical one or two minutes.

Finally, Chen Jiang saw the old man's lips move out of the corner of his eye, and his confidence suddenly increased. He pressed down twice more, and the old man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh my! He was saved by the PLA comrades! This guy is so lucky!"

"After all, the PLA comrades are the most reliable!"

The people around were talking at once. Chen Jiang didn't even have time to take a breath and rest. He hurriedly called out to the old man. After the old man slowly sat up, Chen Jiang slowly stood up and moved his extremely sore arm.

At this time, the train conductor and a conductor finally arrived.

Seeing the old man recovering from his shock on the ground, he immediately went forward to check on him.
The old man ignored the conductor and just kept shaking Chen Jiang's hand, "Thank you, young man!"

Chen Jiang immediately saluted the old soldier and said, "Old man, you are our role model. This is what I should do!"

Seeing that Chen Jiang knew he was a soldier, the old man did not continue to be humble. He just straightened his body and returned a solemn military salute.

The train conductor insisted that the old man get off at the next stop to be taken to the hospital for examination, but the old man refused, thinking that he was no longer seriously injured and that if he wanted to be examined he should go to Nanjing to see his son before making any plans.

In the end, Chen Jiang showed his ID and said that he was also going to Nanjing and was willing to accompany the old man for a detailed examination there. Only then did the train conductors make concessions.

But in order to prevent the old man from making any more mistakes, the train conductor decided not to let him continue to stand in the crowded and stuffy aisle of the carriage, but quietly invited him to the dining car.

Of course, it's a corner spot.

The old man was reluctant to go at first, but later put forward a condition, that is, Chen Jiang, who saved him, also had to go to the dining car.

The conductor thought about it for a moment, and finally could only smile reluctantly, "Of course, we should give a seat to the hero who saved others. We can't let the hero down!"

In this way, the two were taken by the conductor to the innermost position of the dining car.

The dining car on the train is standard, but it is very strange.
No matter how crowded other carriages are, there are basically no people here.

Because the things sold here are very expensive, not to mention migrant workers, even passengers on soft sleeper buses rarely come here to eat.
Salaried workers can’t afford it, and white-collar elites think the food on the train is really unpalatable, and most of the truly rich people choose to fly.

So over time, the dining car on the train became a temporary shelter, and Chen Jiang and the old man whose life he saved became the "private" guests here.

Chen Jiang originally thought that since he was sitting in the dining car, he had to order something to eat, because if he came to the dining car, he had to consume something, which was the "rule of the trade".
But the old man stopped him.
"Comrade, I see you're just a cadet soldier. How much allowance can you possibly get? Try to be frugal with your spending! After all, they invited us to come here, not us asking for it ourselves."

Under the old man's insistence, Chen Jiang had no choice but to come and "take the throne".

Fortunately, there were not many guests in the dining car, and they were in a corner, so no one bothered them. The conductor even sent someone to provide them with hot water. The two chatted while drinking and soon became familiar with each other.

It turned out that the old man was an old hero who had fought in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. His name was Zhong Shengli. After returning from the Korean battlefield, he had been working in the Nanjing Military Region. Later, in response to the call for "millions of disarmament", he took the initiative to return to his hometown to farm.

In that era, there were indeed many such seniors who sacrificed themselves for the public good, and their spirit is worth learning from.

The old man was greatly impressed when he learned that Chen Jiang was a college student at Nanjing University, who signed up to join the army midway, started as an ordinary private, and finally stood out. He was not only selected for the special forces, but also successfully promoted to officer.

"A good man should temper himself in the melting pot of the army while also defending his country!"

The two of them got along better and better as they talked. The old hero had his own unique views on the current international military landscape, and some of Chen Jiang's novel and bold military views were also highly recognized by him. The two felt that they had met too late.

(End of this chapter)