After the smoke of the First World War burned to 1918, the situation of the whole world changed dramatically, the United States was involved in the war, so far the world's major countries have entered the war, becoming a veritable world war, at the same time, Tsarist Russia after holding out for more than three years, completely finished, the new majority party desperately reconciled with Germany, withdrew from the First World War, and Germany finally ended the nightmare of fighting on two fronts.

And in the Far East ancient China also completely abolished all the treaties signed with Tsarist Russia, began to recover the country's territorial sovereignty, the island country of the island country in the First World War soared in strength, is also coveting the next prey, the Tsarist Russia's civil war also provided a golden opportunity, because of China's actions, so that the Ben also saw the cheap, ready to move, ready to use the support of the White Guards, expand the sphere of influence.

At this time, a new world order created by the First World War was beginning to emerge, but a catastrophe greater than the First World War had emerged, and was silently sweeping across the country, and Europe was unfortunately once again at the center of the disaster.

Since the autumn of 1917, Jiang Baili and others have noticed that some British and French soldiers have died because of the flu, but at that time it was in a fierce battle, Britain and France had no time to take care of these, if it were not for Qiao Yu's repeated reminders, Jiang Baili would not have noticed these, just after the end of the Battle of Cambrai, the Chinese [***] team began a large-scale rest, and at this time some Chinese soldiers were also infected with the flu.

Because the Chinese [***] team was prepared and immediately quarantined, and at the same time, the Chinese [***] team often took Banlan root to enhance immunity, plus sufficient supplies, the body was relatively strong and healthy, and this flu was not serious, and there were no deaths in the Chinese [***] team, but this also made Jiang Baili feel a burst of panic, he reported to the Entente on the one hand, and Qiao Yu on the other.

The top brass of the Entente obviously did not realize how terrible the demons were about to appear at this time, and they were more concerned about how to train soldiers to break through the German lines, how to produce more tanks and aircraft, in fact, it was no wonder that they were dying thousands of people every day on the front line, even tens of thousands, and the casualties of a dozen people really did not make them moved.

Compared with China's domestic actions, Qiao Yu immediately reached an agreement with Beiyang to establish a nationwide epidemic reporting system, strengthen monitoring of major cities, especially cities where foreign businessmen often come and go, Shanghai, Yucheng, Yanjing, Wuhan and other places are key monitoring areas, in addition to disease propaganda, and at the same time set up a special disease prevention and control center with 20 million, and the factories under the Southwest Pharmaceutical Company are also producing a large number of various epidemic prevention supplies.

Now there are nearly a million Chinese laborers in Europe, nearly 30% of whom have worked in French arsenals, all of whom are the most valuable skilled workers, and they are also the basic force of China's industrialization in the future, and there are 100,000 troops who have experienced the baptism of fire in World War I, which is even more important.

Qiao Yu didn't pay attention to it, Wu Liande finally rushed to Europe at the beginning of 1918, Jiang Baili and others personally took him to the middle [***] battalion, Wu Liande is also very practical, after arriving in Europe, he conducted a comprehensive investigation of the health situation of the army, and at the same time gathered the soldiers who had suffered from the flu together, learned about the situation of the flu from their mouths, and made a detailed analysis.

The results also surprised Wu Liande, although the flu found so far is not too high to cause death, and the symptoms are relatively mild, but this flu also seems to be different from the ordinary flu, the infectious surname is stronger, and the mortality rate is higher, and what makes Wu Liande even more frightened is the backwardness of Europe's poor medical conditions, all resources have been used on the war, and the war zone is full of dead bodies, once the weather warms, it is the hotbed of disease, Europe has indeed reached the edge of danger, and we must pay more attention.

"Brother Jiang, the situation is worse than imagined, this flu is ferocious, the infection is very strong, according to my estimates, there will be a big outbreak in March and April this year, and the symptoms may worsen, and the mortality rate will be even more alarming by then, although the Chinese [***] people have not died because of their adequate preparation, but they must not be taken lightly, the indifference of the British and French high-level is even more deadly, we must remind the Entente, and at the same time strengthen vigilance!"

Jiang Baili nodded slightly: "Mr. Wu, is this little flu really so terrible?" More powerful than guns? ”

"Brother Jiang, bullets and shells hit you, you can still dodge, this epidemic disease is a force of nature, far more powerful than manpower, you should have heard of the Black Death, one-third of the population of the entire Europe disappeared, to put it mildly, the soldiers who have died in the war so far are only a few million, if a serious epidemic comes down, the number of deaths will be calculated in tens of millions, especially now that the world is so closely connected, it will soon spread to the whole world, we should be glad that Junzuo has made arrangements in advance, We won't be caught off guard yet, or it will be even more terrifying! ”

Wu Liande gathered the results of his investigation together, submitted a memorandum to the high-level leaders of the Entente countries, and at the same time strengthened the management of the Chinese [***] camp and the Chinese workers' settlements, publicized various epidemic prevention knowledge, promoted Banlangen, and transferred a group of capable Chinese medicine personnel from China to prepare drugs to enhance physical fitness and prevent diseases.

In addition to traditional Chinese medicine, also convened a group of famous Western doctors, jointly formulated various policies and strategies, China's actions such as facing the enemy naturally also alarmed the Entente, Britain and France have not yet had specific action, but the Americans can not help but make a move, Pershing's rigor and rigidity played a great role, he also imitated some of the strategies of the Chinese side, strengthen management, March 4 said that the first batch of flu patients appeared in the military camp in Kansas, USA, their symptoms are not serious, but Pandora's box is opened, Soon the French side also found flu patients.

In fact, there have been flu patients in France for a long time, but they have been treated as ordinary flu and have not attracted attention, and now that the flu has begun to spread widely, the French top brass has finally been shaken, and Wu Liande's earlier suggestion has been re-focused at this time.

However, the war continued, and despite the efforts of France, it was not possible to contain the spread of influenza on a large scale, and it was followed by influenza in all major belligerent countries, and cases of influenza in China, mainly by merchant sailors traveling between Europe and Asia.

Immediately afterwards, Ben was not spared, there was a flu pandemic all over the world, but the symptoms of this wave were not serious, and the number of deaths was not very large, and the top leaders of the Entente were also worried at first, but then relaxed, thinking that this year's flu may be more serious than before, but it is definitely still within the scope of bearing, but Qiao Yu knows very well that this is just an appetizer, and the big meal is coming soon.

In fact, the second wave of the flu came at the end of August, first infecting merchant sailors, then dock workers, and then a frenzied contagion, which swept the world in September.

The second wave of influenza is different from the epidemic surname cold in the past, and the mortality rate is particularly high among young adults aged 20~35 years, and its symptoms include high fever and headache, as well as blue face and coughing up blood. Many people are normal in the morning, get sick at noon, and die in the evening. Many cities have restricted citizens from going to public places, and movie theaters, dance halls, sports venues, etc. have been closed for more than a year. October of the same year was the darkest month in American history, when 200,000 Americans died, and the average life expectancy in the United States in 1918 was 12 years less than usual.

A large number of soldiers rushed to the front line in the morning against guns, and fell down at night, and the corpse collectors on the battlefield became the busiest group, and the whole car was transported out and incinerated, and soon these people who carried the corpses also fell down and became corpses, and at this time the Allies finally woke up.

It turns out that the flu is so terrible that the most effective weapons invented by mankind, tanks, airplanes, and even chemical weapons, are too backward to be worth mentioning compared to the power of nature.

Hundreds of soldiers fell, the last breath of British and French vitality was exhausted, and there was nothing left, and at this time Germany had forced Soviet Russia to sign the Brest Peace Treaty, which could be free to move to the Western Front, and began a large-scale counterattack, and the German army was once again approaching Paris, France.

At this time, it was the Chinese and American armies that saved the Entente, and these new forces finally contained the momentum of the German attack, forcing the Germans to begin to retreat sharply, and this time it was not the combat effectiveness of the Chinese that shocked the world, but the ultra-low infection rate of the [***] squadron.

Not only the Chinese team, but even the infection rate of Chinese workers is far lower than that of Europeans, and the mortality rate is less than three per thousand, although this number is more than three times that of the common flu, but it is ten times lower than that of Europe, and the same is true for China itself, although there are a large number of infected people, but due to the establishment of an early warning mechanism and quarantine measures, the mortality rate is far lower than the world average.

In the eyes of the Western medical community, this is simply a fantasy, and China is undoubtedly synonymous with backwardness, how can such a country with such weak medical conditions withstand the ferocious flu? Soon they discovered the secret, Chinese [***] laborers often take Banlan root to boost immunity.

This is also the mystery of the infection rate of Chinese is lower than that of Europeans, and some black Chinese herbal soups do have amazing therapeutic effects, and in an instant Banlan root has become the most sought after thing in the world, and the originally ordinary things are quickly hyped to sky-high prices.

The United States is the hardest hit area of the flu, and the Americans' pockets have also become bulging because of the First World War, so they have spared no expense to buy Banlan root, Southwest Pharmaceutical Company hoarded a large number of Banlan root, and now it is sold at a high price, Banlan is a very ordinary Chinese medicine at all, and the output is definitely not low, but Southwest Pharmaceutical Company deliberately released some news that the inventory was exhausted, and the banlan root was quickly pushed to a sky-high price, and a lot of real money and silver also fell into the hands of China.

However, after all, there is a serious problem with banlangen, that is, it can only be prevented, and it is more difficult to treat it once it is infected, and at this time, Southwest Pharmaceutical Corporation has launched a miraculous drug, which immediately caused a shock to the world.

(To be continued)