Chapter 61: The Taiping Red Cross
The way Henry Dunant treated these wounded soldiers was seen by the high-ranking members of the Taiping Army. In particular www.biquge.info many wounded soldiers are certain to die, especially in this era of lack of trauma first aid, many China do not have the corresponding trauma first aid means, so they don't have much experience in this at all. The corresponding treatment and care system has not been able to really form, so many wounded soldiers will become infected and inflamed and die. The top brass of the Taiping Army also understand this, especially these old brothers in Guangxi who die one is a loss, and as long as they have a little common sense of war, they will understand that a veteran who has returned from injury may play a better combat effectiveness than ten new soldiers. However, because of the lack of medical treatment, they do not even have medical talents, so of course they are very lacking in treatment methods. This time, seeing Henry Dunant treating the wounded soldiers, these Taiping high-ranking people immediately understood what they should do.
"Henry Dunant, do you think you would be interested in helping us treat the wounded soldiers with us, we have a lot of wounded soldiers here, because of the lack of medical knowledge and various treatment methods, so we also lack the corresponding treatment. When the time comes, I think we can treat these wounded soldiers and then let them continue to fight. Hong Xiuquan said.
However, Henry Dunant immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I don't want them to go to war, I treat them with humanitarian ideas." I'm not going to let them go to war to heal them. ”
Hong Xiuquan thought about it and knew that he couldn't choke on this, Hong Xiuquan, a magic stick, had many years of experience in fooling people, although this Henry Dunant seemed to be a Westerner, but he was only in his early twenties, and his life experience was not too much, and he was obviously fooled before Hong Xiuquan.
"Henry Dunant, we are all believers in God, and we want to build a nation for God that belongs to God's people, and then we will share peace together. And they're all wounded in the battle for God, so I guess there shouldn't be any problem in treating them, right? Also, and are you proficient in medicine? Hong Xiuquan asked.
Henry Dunant shook his head and said, "I can only deal with basic injuries, and there are some simple medicines, and I can't do too much specific knowledge." And I learned these medicines by visiting those poor people everywhere in Europe, and I don't think it's too advanced medicine. ”
"Well, but it doesn't matter, you see if we can set up a battalion here for the medical treatment of wounded soldiers. We have battalions of various units here, and even women's battalions. Except for a small number of female soldiers who go to the battlefield, the others belong to the women's battalion and are mainly responsible for some logistical affairs. Why don't you stay in the women's camp and set up a medical battalion, and select some female soldiers from the women's battalion to learn medical skills and corresponding care, so that you can rescue the wounded soldiers when the time comes, what do you think? ”
"Xuanjiao, in the future, this Henry Dunant will belong to you to take care of it! You must try to protect him and don't let him have any accidents. The role of Henry Dunant is undercounted as 10,000 old brothers. ”
Of course, Hong Xiuquan understands the role of this Henry Dunant, and can directly let him stay in this Taiping army to rescue the wounded, so that even if only part of it is rescued, it will be a great good thing. With perfect medical care, it has an incomparably huge effect on the morale of the army. In many cases, the soldiers who die in battle are not the most miserable, but the most tragic are those who are injured and have to wait for death, or even those who are disabled in the future, these are the most miserable. Being able to have perfect medical care will be of great help to the morale of the soldiers, and of course Hong Xiuquan understands this.
At present, there is a serious shortage of doctors who are skilled in surgery in China, and although Chinese medicine is extensive and comprehensive, it is indeed inferior to Western medicine in terms of surgery, which is something that anyone must recognize. When Western medicine entered China, it actually used surgery as a "scalpel" to directly open up China's medical market. In terms of surgery, it is indeed a general shortcoming of traditional Chinese medicine, as for Hua Tuo's proposal to use Ma Boiling Powder to treat Cao Cao's headache, this is not true. Even if it's true, Hua Tuo has been an ancient man for more than a thousand years, and it is useless to mention this now. People still have to look at the present, the biggest problem now is the lack of surgical ability of traditional Chinese medicine, and the most needed in the war is surgery, at this time God sent a person who is better at surgery, although it may not be very good, but it is better than nothing!
Directly belong to the women's battalion, let him be responsible for some logistics, and train a group of doctors and nurses from his own female soldiers, so that many wounded soldiers can be rescued in the future, which has an extremely important role in the strength of the Taiping Army.
"Catholic, I just want to come here to reconcile the contradictions between you, not to be a military doctor for you! In fact, no matter whose wounded soldier it is, I will also treat it, even if it is your opponent's wounded soldier, we will also treat it. Henry Dunant said immediately.
Hearing this, many high-ranking members of the Taiping Army who could speak English were almost angry, so the Qing army also had to go to the rescue? Does this make sense?
However, Hong Xiuquan, the old god, said in time: "Well, it should be so!" We must let them feel God's mercy, let them take the initiative to take refuge in God's arms, and then join us in fighting for God and building a nation together for us believers in God. "God is merciful, and I think those people should feel God's mercy and take the initiative to join us and fight for God."
Henry Dunant listened to Hong Xiuquan's drag, and his mind immediately became a piece of mush. Next, Hong Xiuquan took the initiative to give Hong Xuanjiao and Feng Yunshan a few looks, Hong Xuanjiao, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, and they came to persuade them in succession, not giving Henry Dunant a little respite at all, and Henry Dunant was quickly blinded. This Hong Xiuquan made several high-level executives use "wheel warfare" against Henry Dunant one after another, and Henry Dunant was soon "brainwashed". As for Henry Dunant, his mind is now a mess, and he began to say things against his will.
"Okay, I promise!" Henry Dunant replied.
Hong Xiuquan smiled, although this guy is a foreigner, he is just a guy in his early twenties and a heart of benevolence and righteousness, full of humanitarianism, such a person is easy to fool. Hong Xiuquan has been a god for twenty years, and he has encountered many more diehards than this Henry Dunant. And this Henry Dunant is just a young man, not to mention that he is also a Christian, Hong Xiuquan packaged this worship of God as a Christian-like religion, so Henry Dunant was born with a great affection. So it really doesn't have to be too simple.
Soon this Henry Dunant was also sent to the women's battalion and directly belonged to Hong Xuanjiao to manage. Although some of the Taiping soldiers were women, the vast majority of women were still engaged in some logistical affairs, and the female soldiers who fought on the front line of the battlefield were only a few elites. Therefore, it is not surprising that this medical battalion is also subordinate to the women's battalion. What's more, women are more careful, and it is normal for this person to be in charge of medical care, so this medical camp is a very good choice. As long as there are officers with some brains, they will know the importance of military doctors to the army. Although the military doctor may not kill the enemy himself, the effect is no worse than killing the enemy. There are many arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the army who even dare to contradict the officers, but they are obedient to the military doctors, because their lives are in the hands of the military doctors! Whoever dares to despise military doctors in the army is definitely problematic in his brain.
Henry Dunant was taken to the women's camp by Hong Xuanjiao, and Henry Dunant said with great emotion: "War should let women go away, not let them go to war!" ”
"Henry Dunant, I think you should set up this medical camp as soon as possible. Only by forming a medical battalion as soon as possible can we have more wounded soldiers back to the battlefield, and then we can better protect women! Otherwise, we will not have enough men, then we will naturally have to let women go to war. If you want women not to go to war, then the best way is to avoid the death of men! Hong Xuanjiao continued to flicker.
Henry Dunant thought for a moment, and seemed to be the same reason, but then said: "But in the future, I think we can also treat the wounded soldiers on the other side, that is, the soldiers who fought against us." I have always insisted on humanitarianism, whether I am a believer in God or not, I will go to heal. ”
Hong Xuanjiao didn't care and said: "Yes, when the time comes, they will definitely be grateful to God and join us in believing in God." ”
Absorbing the captured enemy into their own army and government is a phenomenon that has existed in China since ancient times, so even the Taiping army would not mind recruiting prisoners from the Qing army to fight for themselves. This kind of thing was not the same even in the later revolutionary era, and even during the liberation period, a large number of officers and soldiers of the enemy side joined the PLA, so this kind of civil war has always been like this, and it does not mind recruiting talented soldiers from the enemy.
Not even to mention this, even if it is also true in foreign countries, it is simply too much to recruit people of the same language and race from the enemy's side in the civil war to serve themselves.
"Well, I'm going to pick some people right away and let them form a group of nurses first. Only in this way can we avoid problems, as for learning medical skills, I will teach some basic wound disinfection first, as well as daily bandaging! I don't know anything else, and I don't have much medical equipment and medicine. Henry Dunant said.
Henry Dunant selected dozens of women from the women's camp as candidates for the first batch of medical staff, which was regarded as a medical camp. This medical camp is directly under the management of the women's battalion, and Hong Xuanjiao is Henry Dunant's direct boss, and even this Henry Dunant has received great attention from Hong Xiuquan and other high-level officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is very important. Now there is a medical team in the middle of the war, which has an extremely huge impact on the morale of the army.
"Henry Dunant, I think you should put up the banner of your own medical camp. The armies led by those of us who are different from the army all have their own banners, and you should also put up your own banners. According to our Chinese tradition, each general's troops have their own flag, either named after their surname, or with a special pattern, what flag do you want? Hong Xuanjiao brought a piece of white cloth and said.
Hong Xuanjiao brought a piece of white cloth and asked Henry Dunant to give the medical camp a banner. In China, every army of a certain size has its own independent banner. Of course, this medical battalion was originally only a few dozen people, and it was not qualified to have its own independent banner. However, Hong Xiuquan and the others attach great importance to this Henry Dunant, so they set up a banner for themselves, which can be regarded as representing the importance of military medical treatment.
Henry Dunant looked at the rectangular white cloth and was thinking about how he would design the banner. It is impossible for him to name after his surname because he does not understand Chinese. Of course, if you make an English, no one else knows, so he decided to use a pattern to design.
"I don't want to make the pattern too complicated, I'm a medical place, and I have to make it easy for the injured to understand that this is a hospital, a place where they can be treated, so the pattern is as simple as possible. If the pattern is too complicated, it will not be easy for others to understand. What simple pattern should I make? Henry Dunant thought for a moment.
However, Henry Dunant looked around, it was a group of black-haired and black-eyed Chinese, and he suddenly felt a little homesick.
"I am Swiss, and since I have come to the Far East of China, I will use the flag of my motherland Switzerland as a banner in honor of my motherland Switzerland. The Swiss flag is a white cross on a red background, so I will use the cross as the pattern. And here are believers in God, and the cross is also something that everyone is very familiar with, and everyone is familiar with the use of the cross. However, this piece is a white cloth, so naturally you can't use a white cross. I hope you can see it from a distance, and you can easily find it from a distance, so naturally you should use more conspicuous colors. Then I will use red, and I will use the red cross for my future flag. ”
Henry Dunant pondered for a moment, and quickly brought a brush and drew a large red cross on the white cloth.
When Chen Dingtian learned about this "story" later, he was almost stunned, he didn't expect that the history of the establishment of the famous "Red Cross" would be changed like this. However, the history of the Red Cross has changed since then, and the Red Cross has been founded in distant China, not in Europe. Later, the "Red Cross", which spread all over the world, had an alias, called "Taiping Red Cross".