Chapter 44: A Reunion in the Smoke of a Foreign Country
At this moment, Li Yi felt his insignificance and powerlessness ()!
Under the high-tech modern warfare, in the face of the collectivized steel monster, the individual liliang is so insignificant.
The growing development of high and new technology has brought great convenience to people, and has also brought countless pains and disasters to this shijie!
On the battlefield, life is like an ant! Human life is cheaper than paper!
At no time will there be real peace on this shijie, only relative temporary tranquility! If a country wants to avoid the baptism of war, it must be self-reliant and arrogant, arm itself with more advanced weapons and equipment, so that others will not dare to provoke and attack easily! And once the war starts, it can also suppress the opponent and win at the lowest cost.
Like this war, NATO only dispatches its air force to bomb, which can completely suppress the opponent, so that the opponent will be beaten passively but will not have the ability to fight back!
"The enemy has long since begun to bomb the bungalows, and the condemnation of the international community is simply useless. NATO's military operation was not approved by the United Nations. They also simply do not care about the pressure of the United Nations and international public opinion. The female reporter said: "Even if they blow up all the civilian areas, they only need to use a sentence of bombing error or miscalculation to gently erase the fault." ”
Li Yi said in a deep voice: "In this powerful society, you can only speak with your fists ()!" Whoever has a hard fist is the overlord of this shijie! can dominate the fate and joys and sorrows of small countries! ”
"Let's go." The female reporter said: "Otherwise, the next round of bombing will come again." ”
A few people moved forward quickly.
The beautiful Sava River runs through the city. Dividing Belgrade in two, with the quaint old town on one side and the new town with a cluster of modern buildings on the other.
The female journalist was very talkative, saying: "About the origin of the name Belgrade. There is a local legend that a long, long time ago, a group of merchants and tourists traveled by boat to the place where the Sava River meets the Danube. A large white house suddenly appeared in front of me, so. Everyone shouted: 'Belgrade! ''Belgrade! 'Bel' means 'white', 'Glade' means 'castle' and 'Belgrade' means 'white castle' or 'white city'. ”
On the north bank of the Sava estuary is the new urban area, with a cluster of buildings nestled in greenery, towering skyscrapers, straight and wide roads, and neatly arranged modern residential clusters of new styles. The exterior walls of the building are painted in a variety of bright colors, especially the roofs and balconies that make people look good. I think it's elegant but not vulgar.
Crossing the mouth of the Sava River and walking to the south bank, the old town is crossed by the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, where the streets are mostly narrow and undulating with the terrain.
"In the past, there were a lot of people here, similar to our capital. Women walk around the street holding men's arms, and children frolic happily in the streets. The female reporter kept talking as she walked, describing the grand occasion of the past to Li Yi and others.
"I've been here before and I've written a couple of stories. The people here are hospitable and even friendlier to the people of our country. Coming here is as free and casual as coming home. She said with emotion, "But, look at it now, it's completely depressed." The war changed everything. ”
Li Yi thought to himself, it would be nice to have an extra free tour guide.
In front is the center of the street, and there is a circular fountain in the middle, but at the moment the fountain is not opened, and the pool is also a jar of stagnant water.
Li Yi said: "Wait. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket, soaked it in the pool, dried it, and handed it to the female reporter: "Wipe it." ”
The female reporter smiled: "In this kind of place, unkempt hair is the norm, and I don't pay so much attention to it, because I don't know when I have to kiss the earth with my face." ”
She said playfully, but she still took Li Yi's handkerchief and carefully wiped the cigarette ash on her face.
A beautiful pink handkerchief immediately turned jet black.
"It's not your handkerchief, is it?" She asked with a smile, and put it in the water to wash it, but the handkerchief was no longer clean, so she said, "It seems that I have to keep it, and I will return it to you when it is cleaned." ”
Li Yi said: "It's okay. ”
In the old town of Sava estuary, there is an ancient castle built during Turkish rule, with tall walls and turrets that have survived centuries of wind and rain, but have been well preserved to this day.
In the old town, there is an old street called "Skadarlia", which is a narrow and curved, cobblestone-paved and antique street, which is a favorite place for tourists.
The street is lined with neat red-tiled bungalows and chic buildings in the style of 19th-century Serbian architecture, which are particularly distinctive against the backdrop of the modern high-rise buildings in the vicinity.
If it weren't for the war, it would have been nice to have a visit.
Coming to an old-fashioned red-tiled bungalow, the female reporter said: "The person you are looking for is probably here." Check it out. ”
Li Yi nodded and stepped forward ().
The door was hidden, and it opened with a slight push, it was very messy inside, and many people who looked like reporters were busy inside, Li Yi grabbed a person and asked, "Does Guo Xiaoling live here?" ”
It was a Caucasian man, he glanced at Li Yi and said, "Guo Xiaoling? Who are you? ”
As soon as Li Yi saw that there was a play, it seemed that Guo Xiaoling was indeed here, so he asked, "I'm her friend." ”
When the Caucasian man saw Qian Duo and the two soldiers who walked in with Li Yi, his face changed, and he said, "I don't know any Guo Xiaoling." You're in the wrong place. ”
The female reporter from Xinhua News Agency stepped forward and said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm also a reporter, this is my friend, he just came from China to look for Guo Xiaoling." He is reporter Guo's boyfriend. ”
Only then did the Caucasian man see clearly that the outfits of the two soldiers were indeed not the style of the local army, but the equipment of the Chinese soldiers, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought you were government troops and came to drive us away." Guo Xiaoling's boyfriend? However, she told us that she didn't have a boyfriend! ”
The female reporter of Xinhua News Agency looked at Li Yi. I blinked, thinking to myself how you explain it!
Li Yi was not embarrassed and said, "That's the case, I'm her ex-boyfriend." ”
The female reporter pursed her lips and smiled: "I see." I can't see it, but you don't change your mind and break up for a few months. He also ran to the battlefield to find her. If it were me, I would have been moved by you to throw myself back into your arms. ”
The Caucasian man then said, "She went out for an interview." ”
Li Yi looked at them. "Are you packing up your things and getting ready to leave?" ”
The Caucasian man said, "Yes, we're leaving today." ”
Li Yi said: "The war is not over yet, and your reports are not over yet, weishenme is leaving?" Are the authorities driving you away? ”
The Caucasian man shrugged, looked like he had nothing to say, and hurried away to go about his business.
The female reporter said: "Do you continue to look for it, or wait here?" ”
Li Yi thought to himself. These people, like Guo Xiaoling, are also reporters sent by those newspapers in the United States, perhaps their newspapers have received some kind of order to transfer all the reporters here back, which also indicates that in the next two days, there will be a very important military operation in the United States!
So where did Guo Xiaoling go?
Li Yi found the Caucasian man who was talking to him just now and asked him, "Where did Guo Xiaoling go for an interview?" ”
"You go to the hospital and look for it. She said she was going to interview the injured civilians. The white man said.
Li Yi asked, "Will she retreat with you?" ”
"We're not calling it a retreat! Just leaving for the time being, we will be back. If you don't understand, don't ask again! The Caucasian man said impatiently, packing up his things.
Li Yi said: "Can I read the report you wrote?" I mean learning. ”
"Nope." The Caucasian man glanced at Li Yi with his blue eyes and put away the stack of manuscripts on the table.
Li Yi turned around and asked the female reporter: "Have you read the New York Times?" What did they say about the war? ”
The female journalist said: "The press cannot be completely free. It is a tool and mouthpiece of state propaganda. The news media of every country will inevitably be branded with the political imprint of that country. You can imagine how the newspapers of their rice country would describe this 'ending the war by maintaining the peace of shijie'! ”
Li Yi nodded and walked out with heavy steps.
He is a smart person, and it can be seen from the scene just now and the reaction of the Caucasian people that although Guo Xiaoling is working for the Times in New York, these Chinese people don't care about her, including her political opinions and her personal safety.
Guo Xiaoling is an idealist, and the reason why she came to the United States and here is completely to really report on this war.
But there must be some sort of conflict between her philosophy and the Times where she works.
Her work here is not necessarily recognized.
Li Yi and others left the house where Western journalists gathered and came out onto the street.
Li Yi looked up at the sky covered by sentry smoke, and thought to himself about war, aggression, who is right and who is wrong? Is there a right or a wrong in this? Is there fairness and justice? For those innocent people, perhaps only pain is the most real.
Li Yi asked the female reporter: "Where is the hospital?" ”
The female reporter said: "All I just now is a small hospital, Guo Xiaoling is definitely not there, she wants to interview, she should go to the largest hospital in the city, which houses a lot of wounded soldiers and civilians." ”
Li Yi said: "I'm going to trouble you to take us again." ”
The female reporter took out the handkerchief that Li Yi gave her and said, "Your face is also dirty, I'll wipe it for you, otherwise, she won't recognize you." As he spoke, he didn't care whether Li Yi agreed or not, so he wiped Li Yi with a handkerchief.
This is a woman who is too assertive and too self-conscious!
But it is undeniable that this is another woman with a lot of taste and easy to get close to ().
Li Yi dodged for a moment, was held down by her neck, did not let him move, and then carefully wiped the dirt on Li Yi's face.
She didn't return the handkerchief to Li Yi, and stuffed it directly into her pocket. Because she said that she would return it to Li Yili after washing it!
When I arrived at the big hospital, it was already early. With the encounter of the air raid just now, Qian Duo and the two soldiers did not leave Li Yi's side by inch, ready to block shrapnel for Li Yi at any time.
The courtyard of the hospital was full of wounded people, and several nurses were taking care of them.
Generally speaking, bombers do not bomb hospitals, which are humanitarian zuihou refuges.
The people of the United States are shouting about human rights every day, and this war is also to maintain the peace of Shijie, if the hospital that saves lives and helps the injured is also bombed, then it will be difficult for them to justify themselves.
As a result, hospitals are safer places to evacuate than other places. Many civilians and displaced refugees also seek refuge in churches and hospitals.
Li Yi asked several nurses in a row, but none of them knew Guo Xiaoling that Li Yi said.
Just as we all look at foreigners, they also think we Chinese are the same, right? So it's hard to tell who's who.
Li Yi and the others had to look for it layer by layer.
The world is so magical, when you don't want to find someone, he appears in front of you almost all the time, and when you are so 97ks.net and want to find someone, you can't always find her.
With great joy and passion, Li Yi jumped up and down in the hospital like a lion with a full head, and asked people about Guo Xiaoling's photos when he met people.
There were many people who replied that they seemed to have seen the journalist, but they did not know where she was at the moment.
can be sure that Guo Xiaoling is in this hospital, Li Yi put his mind at ease, he asked Qian Duo to wait at the door, for fear that Guo Xiaoling would leave and he would not know.
Li Yi continued to search in the hospital.
Female reporters from Xinhua News Agency also helped in the search.
When passing through a row of wards, Li Yi glanced inside, but his footsteps kept moving forward, but he suddenly pulled his body back and stood in front of a certain ward like a clay statue bodhisattva.
It was a military ward, and the beds were filled with wounded soldiers.
A slender figure, with his back to the door, was interviewing a soldier.
They communicated in English, but the soldier could only speak simple English, so she took a dictionary and communicated with the soldier.
It's her! You can't be wrong this time.
She did cut her long hair, and the crisp ponytail was gone.
"It's her." The female reporter of the Xinhua News Agency smiled slightly: "Don't go in yet?" ”
Li Yi's legs suddenly became as heavy as lead, and his chest was filled with a kind of excitement, as if he had a thousand words, but at this moment, his mind was blank.
"Hey, don't stand in the way!" A nurse came over with a plate and said in English.
Guo Xiaoling, who was inside, unconsciously glanced back, then turned her head, but her head bounced back like a spring, and looked at Li Yi standing at the door with dementia.
There was an uproar, the dictionary and paper in her hand were scattered on the ground, how could she believe that Li Yi was actually standing in front of her, in this foreign land where artillery was roaring everywhere! rq