"The enemy suddenly attacked Southlake City Hospital. Go to the hospital immediately to provide reinforcement. The hospital must be protected," Caspian ordered.
"Yes, Caspian! I'll head over immediately!" Sylvia replied.
After Sylvia hung up the phone, she rushed to the hospital with her subordinates.
Near the hospital, troops from both sides started a fierce battle.
The garrison at the hospital could no longer resist.
"We'd better leave quickly!" a doctor said anxiously.
"We can't! There are a lot of injured soldiers. They'll die if we leave!" Abel said.
"We won't be able to escape when the enemy breaks past the defense! Are you saying we should sit and wait for death?" the doctor said.
"We're surrounded by the enemy. Where can we go even if we were to leave the hospital? We might as well treat the wounded patients here," Abel said.
"We're only human. Sure, we can treat illnesses and save people, but we'd only die if we were to stay!" the doctor said.
He no longer had the will to continue treating the wounded patients.
"Our duty as doctors is to treat illnesses and save people. The soldiers fought bloody battles to protect their families and the country. How can we give up on them?" Abel said with conviction.
The doctor felt a little ashamed. Abel was right.
"Dr. Hardison, the enemy troops are inhumane. It's better to let the women leave. Otherwise, they will be in grave danger when they take over the hospital," a male doctor said.
"Okay! Have all the women in the hospital leave this place! The others must stay and continue saving people," Abel said after giving it some thought.
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Carmen, an intern at the hospital, was also treating the wounded patients.
During this time, the gunshots outside were getting louder and louder.
"The enemy troops are getting closer. All the nurses and female doctors, hurry and leave the hospital!" Abel shouted as he rushed toward the people.
"Dr. Hardison, why are you asking us to leave the hospital?" Carmen asked, puzzled.
"The enemy troops are cruel. Once they break into the hospital, you and the other women would definitely be taken advantage of. So I need all of you to leave the hospital as soon as possible," Abel said anxiously.
There was not much time left. The timeframe for them to escape was getting shorter. There was not much time left for them.
"We won't leave. A lot of the wounded patients will die if we were to leave!"
"We'd rather die here. If the hospital gets taken over, we'll kill ourselves."
"Yeah. We'd rather die than surrender."
"We will not retreat under any circumstances!"
"Someone might come to our rescue!"
Carmen and the other female doctors had no intention of retreating.
When Abel saw this, he was moved.
"You're all really amazing! Since you're reluctant to retreat, I hope you can be mentally prepared!" Abel couldn't bring himself to persuade them after seeing how determined they were.
The female doctors and nurses nodded. Some of them were holding syringes, and some of them were holding scalpels.
If the hospital were to be taken over by the enemy troops, they would directly choose to kill themselves.
Everyone continued to treat the wounded patients.
As the Inspector General, Joey had also led her subordinates to fight against the enemy.
The people of Southlake City were now united in their hatred toward the enemy.
Even though the equipment of the inspectors wasn't great, they wouldn't evacuate now.
Joey was near the hospital.
"Chief Sanders, there seems to be a fight at the hospital!" said one of the inspectors.
"Let's go! Let's hurry over there and see what's going on!" Joey ordered immediately after hearing gunshots.
"Yes, ma'am!" The inspectors rushed out, following Joey.
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There weren't many troops near Southlake City Hospital. Hence, they couldn't hold on for long.
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