Chapter 459: Harvesting Mulberry Elm
Chapter 459:
Seeing Captain Kirk's excited appearance, rushing to the Third Military Hospital in Berlin against time, Xiao Mubai sighed inexplicably, he didn't expect to win the friendship of a captain officer just by relying on a few penicillins.
If this is placed in the US military, a few penicillins are not a problem at all, but at present, Germany is not only short of medicine, but also food, steel, oil, wood, water and electricity, all of which are in trouble.
In the case of Berlin, the city was devastating due to Allied air raids and the offensive of the Soviet Red Army.
On November 22, 1943, the British Royal Air Force sent 764 bombers to launch a massive bombing campaign to bomb Berlin, destroying an entire area from Tiergarten and Charlottenburg in the east to Spandau and Siemensstadt in the west.
From November 1943 to February 1944, the "Battle of Berlin" launched a total of 13 large-scale air raids on Berlin, 9 of which bombed more than 500 planes, destroying 1/4 of Berlin's urban area, more than 150 electrical, munitions, communication equipment and bearing factories in the suburbs and urban areas, killing more than 10,000 people and leaving 1.5 million people homeless.
Today, 90 per cent of the city's buildings have been destroyed, all trees have been cut down, and the water and electricity systems have been damaged.
The city of Berlin was now devastated and in ruins, and the adjectives that were common in it were so directly visible in front of him, and the people were miserable, but even so, Hitler insisted on the war.
Today's downtown area of Berlin is not at all as prosperous as usual, and it can be said that the urban area is now a chicken rib, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless, so the supplementary battalions located in the 14 suburbs are now very satisfied with the remote location, and the suburbs have small targets, and the possibility of encountering air raids is lower than that of the urban areas.
There is a better chance of surviving.
Located in the Charlottenburg district, the Quartermaster Depot of the Logistics Department of the Berlin Military Station of the National Garrison is one of the nine urban districts and one of the few industrial areas in Berlin, where military supplies, including medicines, were once produced for all of Germany.
But now, it is in ruins, and production has gone underground.
When passing through the city of Berlin, Xiao Mubai saw broken walls and ruins all the way, the upper part of many pavilions was blown off, and there were still people living on the first floor, of course, there were basements, and the basements that had not collapsed were also inhabited.
"How long do you think we can hold out?" Kirke, who was sitting next to Xiao Mubai, became calm after getting penicillin, and was silent all the way through the city, looking at the ruins on the side of the road and suddenly asked.
"I guess it's less than a year." Xiao Mubai thought that Germany surrendered to the Allies on May 8, 1945, and it was now the end of June 1944, less than eleven months.
"Really?" Captain Kirk muttered, as if asking himself.
Xiao Mubai did not answer, now almost all Wehrmacht officers are confused about the war, and confused junior officers like Captain Kirk are common, and even some people are already pessimistic about the war, and no one believes that the German army can capture the Soviet Union.
The 82-barrel cart drove all the way to the Third Military Hospital in Berlin, and when Xiao Mubai handed over the penicillin to the director, the doctor who graduated from the University of Heidelberg wept with joy, and there was nothing more exciting than giving hope in despair.
The entire Third Army Hospital was filled with hundreds of wounded, and there was a shortage of more than 100 doses of penicillin, and without these medicines, almost many of the more than 300 wounded would have died, which was a huge loss for the reserve army and for the 9,912 soldiers of the Berlin Military Station Supplementary Battalion.
"Lieutenant Heinrich, more than three hundred wounded in the Third Army Hospital, forty-two doctors and nurses, everyone remembers your kindness." Dean Oscar solemnly held Xiao Mubai's hand and gave him the greatest respect.
"Sir, I don't think anyone can be indifferent to so many lives, I have the ability, so I can take this responsibility." Xiao Mubai said righteously.
This image of Wei Guangzheng moved many people, especially the thirty female nurses in the hospital, looking at Xiao Mubai's eyes with peach blossoms, not to mention the wounded who were injured by the bombing, in their eyes, Xiao Mubai is a reborn parent.
Although it seems a bit immoral to earn enough fame because of the wounded, who let the German army lack medicine, Xiao Mubai just didn't want to accept this kind of kindness, so he could only accept it, not to mention that he didn't deserve it.
"Lieutenant Heinrich, I don't care where the penicillin comes from, anyway, thank you for the Grunavard replenishment battalion." At this time, a major walked in from outside, he obviously heard the conversation between Dean Oscar and Xiao Mubai, and as soon as he walked in, he solemnly saluted Xiao Mubai.
Xiao Mubai looked at this somewhat familiar major, although he knew that he was the major battalion commander of the Grunavard Supplementary Battalion, he just couldn't remember his name.
"Thank you sincerely, Lieutenant Heinrich." After the major finished speaking, another major saluted Xiao Mubai.
"That's so gracious, that's what I'm supposed to do." Xiao Mubai was a little confused, these major officers were all fine, and they didn't know what to do when they came to the military hospital to deal with military affairs after the air raid.
"Heinrich, this is Major Snood, the battalion commander of the Neukern Replenishment Battalion." At this time, a person suddenly squeezed in at the door and said, after saying that, Xiao Mubai looked over and realized that it was Captain Kirk, and it turned out that he was the commander of the New Kirk Supplementary Battalion.
"Major, this is what I should do."
"Lieutenant, excessive modesty is pride, and you deserve this honor, my noble German Wehrmacht lieutenant, and I am proud of you." A deep voice said.
Before the sound of people arrived, and when the light at the door was blocked again, a large black shadow appeared in front of him, and Xiao Mubai immediately saw another major of the Wehrmacht.
What's the matter today, the commanders of the three supplementary battalions have arrived, they can't have just rushed over when they heard the news, the news spread so fast, when Xiao Mubai realized this, he knew that Major Heisenberg might already be on his way.
Sure enough, before he could say anything, he heard a familiar voice outside.
"Dean Oscar, I heard that the problem of penicillin has been solved, is this true?"
Major Heisenberg was talking with some joy, as soon as he walked into the office of Dean Oscar, and when he saw Xiao Mubai surrounded by everyone, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with some surprise: "Oscar, you won't tell me that the penicillin problem was solved by my Lieutenant Heinrich, right?" ”
"Major, as you say, your lieutenant is a hero." For such a person with a noble personality, the Oscar dean did not hesitate to praise.
"Oh my God, you're done." After being stunned for a second, Major Heisenberg looked at Xiao Mubai and sighed inexplicably in his heart.
"Heisenberg, it's a privilege for you to have such a subordinate. You made Heinrich the commander of the infantry company, what a condescension. I'll apply for a transfer now, and Heinrich will be transferred to my Spandau supplementary battalion, you won't have a problem, right? Major Telto laughed.
"Heinrich, I invite you to come to the Spandau Supplementary Battalion as a captain logistics officer, and I will apply to the command for the rank of rank, you won't refuse me, right?" Without waiting for Major Heisenberg to agree, Major Terto turned his head and extended an invitation to Xiao Mubai.
"Damn, Telto, you can't do that!" Digging people in front of him, Heisenberg was already angry.
Xiao Mubai was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that he would suddenly become a sweetheart.
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