After Wang Yaqiao left, Xiao Zhenlei worked for another half an hour, and when it was time for a meeting with the staff, the secretary Xiao Gao came over to inform Xiao Zhenlei, and Xiao Zhenlei came to the conference room after cleaning up.

The personnel had already arrived, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the main seat and sat down, looked at the members of the staff group on both sides and said, "The information sent by the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau must be clear to you, right?" Gentlemen of the War Analysis Division, what are your conclusions? ”

Cai Ye stood up and was just about to speak, when he coughed violently, "cough, cough, cough, cough??????", after coughing for a while, Cai Ye took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth and nose.

Yang Du, who was sitting next to him, said: "General Cai, you still have to pay attention to your body, spring is about to begin, and it's terrible to suffer from the wind and cold!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei frowned when he heard this, and then he remembered that in another time and space history, Cai Ye died in November this year, and many records record that Cai Ye died of throat disease, but there is no clear record of what the disease is, some say it is laryngeal cancer, some say it is laryngeal tuberculosis, and some say that Cai Ye himself suffers from tuberculosis, but due to long-term work delay in treatment, the bacteria infected the throat, and after going to Japan, the treatment was too late and the treatment was ineffective.

Cai Yi's throat disease has started since the end of last year, and in another history of time and space, he wrote in an article he presented to Yuan Shikai on November 22, 1915: "Since the beginning of autumn this year, I have felt that my spleen and stomach are uncomfortable, my diet has decreased, I have coughed from time to time, and I have not slept from time to time.

At that time, some people around Yuan Shikai said that Cai Ye was confusing Yuan Shikai into approving his plan to take a three-month leave to Japan for medical treatment. In fact, Cai Ye is really sick. In a telegram to Liang Qichao on June 28, 1916, he wrote: "The disease of the throat began before I left Beijing in the winter, and there was no room for treatment. Thinking has become a stubborn disease, and it seems difficult to achieve results unless it is quickly regulated by a specialized hospital."

In a letter to his wife, Pan Huiying, on April 29, 1916, he wrote: "This illness began in the winter. Due to the galloping of state affairs, the delay has not been treated, and then it lingers, and it has come gradually, and it is difficult for the treatment to be effective urgently."

Jiang Fangzhen's "Cai Gongxing's Outline" wrote: "One day in late autumn, I got up early to cross the South China Sea, and I wanted to have a strong wind and a sore throat, and I fell ill." The South China Sea here is the South China Sea somewhere in Jingshizhong, not the South China Sea. The veracity of this passage cannot be verified. However, according to Jiang Fangzhen's reputation as a modern military god and the friendly relationship between him and Cai Yi, this passage still has a certain degree of credibility.

Cough, loss of voice, decreased diet, swelling and pain, phlegm, and death within one year of onset, the general record at that time was that the death of laryngeal disease was generally recorded, but the specific cause of death may be due to the medical level and information at that time, and it may also be caused by laryngeal cancer.

However, there is another way of saying that it is an infectious disease, that is, laryngeal tuberculosis. After Cai's death in November 1916, Shi Taojun, who accompanied Cai's side, sent a letter to Zhang Xiaozhun. The telegram said: "Songpa is an infectious disease, and it is inconvenient to transport it by train and ship, and it is harmful to the national body, so please ask the movement government to use a warship to pick it up." How is it? ”

Shi Taojun and Cai Ye are both fellow villagers and classmates, they were admitted to the School of Economics by their mentor Mr. Jiang Jianxia at the same time, and later worshiped Liang Qichao in the School of Current Affairs in Changsha. When studying abroad in Japan. Although they are not in the same subject, they have also graduated one after another. The relationship is excellent, so his words are extremely credible. But it may also be a pretext for the government to send a ship to pick it up.

Judging by the level of medical care in Japan at that time. It is not possible to find out the specific cause of Cai's disease, but is it laryngeal tuberculosis or laryngeal cancer? The symptoms of these two diseases are similar, but unfortunately I can't find the medical records of Fukuoka Hospital in Japan at that time.

There are also people who speculate that Cai Jie's illness can be cured at that time, but the Japanese authorities are unwilling to cure Cai Jie, so they instructed the Japanese doctors to delay Cai Jie's illness, because Cai Yi launched the National Defense War at that time, and his reputation in China is very high.

At this time, Cai Yi coughed for a while and felt better, he picked up the teacup and drank a few sips of tea and said: "President, everyone, after our war situation analysis department got this information, we discussed and analyzed, whether the British can withstand this German operation, it depends on the second part of Germany's operation to fight against Britain, if it is against the main fleet of the British Royal Navy, then the possibility of Germany's success is very great, once the main force of the British Royal Navy fleet is bombed, with the current air defense capability of the British naval fleet, Nine times out of ten, the main force of the British naval fleet will suffer a crushing defeat, then the blockade that Britain has been holding on to Germany will be broken, and the German navy will be able to freely enter and exit the Atlantic, but in this way, the British side will inevitably be wary of Germany's air power, and on the one hand, it will use the fighters it has bought back from our country to use, and on the other hand, it will concentrate on the deployment of a large number of anti-aircraft weapons in coastal cities throughout the country."

"At the same time, because the unrestricted submarine warfare in Operation Flying Tiger will inevitably anger the Americans, and the Americans will definitely not let their interests be damaged, so they are likely to declare war on Germany, once the United States declares war on Germany, then the war situation will inevitably change, at least with the United States joining, the Entente will have the motivation to persist even if it is not good!"

"Of course, there is also a possibility that before the United States entered the war, the British could not withstand the bombardment of the Germans and surrendered, but judging from the pride and strength of the British, this is unlikely!"

Xiao Zhenlei smoked a cigarette and thought, he didn't expect the Germans to prepare for a decisive battle against the British so soon, which was somewhat unexpected to him, but it seemed inevitable, after all, the Germans would sooner or later realize that the British were the biggest obstacle to his domination of Europe, and it was a matter of time before they directly attacked the British.

After the meeting ended, Xiao Zhenlei remembered Cai Yi's illness, so he left him behind and asked in the office, "Songpo, are you okay?" ”

"What?" Cai Ye was very surprised.

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "I heard that you coughed badly at the meeting??????."

Cai Ye hurriedly said: "Oh, thank you for the relationship with the president, it's just a little cold, it's not in the way!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said: "Don't take a minor illness seriously, a minor illness will become a major illness if it drags on for a long time, I think you should find a doctor to take a look and check it in detail, although things at work are also very important, but your body is more important, how can you do a good job without a good body?" You're right? In this case, I will find you a doctor for a detailed examination."

Cai Ye didn't expect Xiao Zhenlei to attach so much importance to his illness, and hurriedly excused himself: "President, you really don't need to be so troublesome, it's just that you have a little cold, and you will be fine if you ask a doctor to prescribe two pairs of medicines!" ”

"Okay, okay, I don't know you yet? I will work day and night, this matter is so decided, I will go to the hospital tomorrow morning for a detailed examination, and then talk about it when the results of the examination come out, don't say it, this is a military order."

"Yes!" Cai Ye saw Xiao Zhenlei carry out the military order, so he had to agree.

After sending Cai Ye away, Xiao Zhenlei brought Xiao Gao over and instructed: "You say hello to the hospital, tomorrow Cai Songpo will do his best to get the results after the examination, once the results come out, show them to me first, don't tell Cai Songpo for the time being, let them send a wise doctor to come over with the test results!" ”

Xiao Gao promised: "Okay, big president!" ”

Two days later, Xiao Gao came to report that the hospital sent a doctor with the test results, and Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked Xiao Gao to bring the doctor to us.

The doctor is a young man in his thirties, who looks very energetic, Xiao Gao introduced: "President, this is Dr. He Xinming sent by the hospital, who studied in the United Kingdom and is the most authoritative in the research of Western medicine bacteriology in China!" ”

He Xinming hurriedly bowed and said, "Hello President!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei got up and raised his hand and said, "Okay, Doctor He is here to sit!" ”

"Thank you, President!" He Xinming was a little nervous.

After the two sat down, the secretary Xiao Gao quickly asked people to bring two cups of tea, Xiao Zhenlei stretched out his hand and said, "Doctor He, please drink tea!" ”

"Thank you, President!" He Xinming said a word, remembering his mission here, and hurriedly said: "President, you are busy with work, let me introduce General Cai's illness to you, right?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "It's okay, you can say it!" ”

He Xinming took out a few examination reports and a medical record from the briefcase he was carrying and said: "President, according to our physical examination of General Cai, we found that General Cai had a cough, loss of voice, decreased diet, swelling and pain, and a lot of phlegm, we found blood streaks from General Cai's phlegm, and the lesion of his body was in the throat, we examined his throat and found redness and swelling, at first we suspected that it was throat inflammation, but we examined General Cai's phlegm, under the microscope, We found that there is a large number of special bacteria in the sputum, we found that this bacterium is the same as the bacteria in the sputum of tuberculosis patients, that is, tuberculosis, and later extracted a small amount of cell tissue from General Cai's throat for microscopic analysis, and also found a large number of the same bacteria, so it is certain that General Cai is not infected with wind and cold as said in traditional Chinese medicine, but laryngeal tuberculosis, for tuberculosis, now doctors all over the world do not have a very good way, because there is no medicine to kill this germ, can only use drugs to delay the disease, Therefore, it is best for General Cai to be hospitalized immediately for conservative treatment! ”

Xiao Zhenlei's face was solemn, although the words of this Dr. He have ruled out the possibility of cancer, but tuberculosis is still a terminal disease in this era, and having tuberculosis is equivalent to a death sentence. (To be continued......)