Chapter 1405: Controlling the Epidemic

In fact, the measures to recruit immigrants from the north have been going on for several years, during which time a large number of northerners have been conscripted into the army or entered various government departments, becoming loyal supporters of the Haihan, and many of them have been resent back to the north to carry out missions. However, if it is necessary to organize the troops mainly with northern soldiers, the army does not yet have such objective conditions, so Morgan's idea can only stay in words for the time being, and it is difficult to realize it in the near future.

However, even with Haihan's national strength, it is still a very difficult task to provide sufficient and effective logistical support for his own army in cold areas thousands of miles away from the mainland, especially since these personnel stationed in Liaodong are mainly southerners, which greatly increases the difficulty of adapting to the local environment.

Minami Takahashi was wrapped in thick clothes from top to bottom, staring at the snow-covered road under his feet with only two eyes exposed, and cautiously walked through the snow. Although the snow on the ground is only ankle-thick, the surface below the snow has formed a thin layer of ice, and if you are not careful about the slope, you will slip. Although the officer's leather boots on Takahashi's feet were well-made and warm, the non-slip was still a little less interesting. Fortunately, others are short and have a low center of gravity, and with kung fu in their bodies, the lower plate is more stable than ordinary people, and it is quite stable to walk in the snow.

Takahashi Minami has participated in countless combat operations since joining the army in Haihan, and has spent time in a variety of environments, but the troops he leads are rarely as passive as they are now. Despite everyone's efforts to hold on, the non-combat attrition of the troops was already as high as one-tenth, a frighteningly high ratio for a force in a truce. However, military doctors are obviously unprepared for this sudden outbreak of large-scale epidemics, and neither medicinal materials nor treatment measures can effectively curb the spread of the epidemic. But in the face of Takahashi Minami's anger, the military doctor was also very helpless, who would have thought that such a situation that defied common sense would cause a large-scale infectious disease to break out in such a cold season?

Fortunately, the special operations battalion is extremely strict in administering the army in peacetime, and even in the face of such an unfavorable situation, the morale of the army has not been greatly affected and it still maintains normal operation. However, after receiving advice from Shandong, Takahashi Nan still ordered to stop the group outdoor drills once every three days, and reduce the movement of a large number of people as much as possible, in order to limit the continued spread of the epidemic from the channel of infection. At the same time, some people whose conditions deteriorated were transported back to Shandong by ship, after all, the medical conditions on Zhifu Island were slightly better than those on Lushun Island, and there was only hope of a cure if they were sent back.

Of course, these measures alone are not enough, and Takahashi Minami is also waiting for Zhifu Island to send some medical personnel to help Lushun. According to the telegram received two days ago, the headquarters has organized manpower and medicine in Shandong, and it will arrive in Lushun in the near future. This made Takahashi's mood slightly better, and at least he saw the possibility of improving the current situation.

Braving the heavy snow to go out because he was going to check on the condition of the isolation ward, which was one of the daily routines. The patients who have been diagnosed are concentrated in a barracks in the northeast corner of Fort Arthur, temporarily isolated from the outside world, so as not to infect more people.

When he arrived at the gate of the quarantine area, Takahashi took the scarf off his face, took the cotton mask handed over by the medical soldier and put it on, dusted off the snowflakes on his hat and shoulders, and stomped his feet again, before lifting the curtain and entering one of the barracks.

There was a stove in the house, which was much warmer than outside, and there were ten sick people in this room, and their symptoms were basically the same, fever, fatigue, severe cough, difficulty breathing, and body aches caused by the flu. However, due to the fact that there are too few medical soldiers and military doctors here in Fort Arthur, one person needs to take care of about twenty sick people, and there is no special medicine to provide to these patients at present, so this is not so much a cure, but just a manual isolation of them, waiting for their condition to improve automatically.

It is obviously a very small event for patients to recover their health through the body's self-healing ability in such an environment, so even if some serious patients have been sent back to Shandong, the number of patients here is still increasing. However, Takahashi Minami, who is good at leading troops to fight, is difficult to play a practical role in curing diseases and saving people.

He came to the ward every day to make rounds, mainly to calm people's hearts, but it was difficult to hear any good news from here, there were very few cures, and almost every time he came over, he only received bad news such as the addition of a few patients today. Today is no exception, according to the report of the medical soldiers, five more people have been diagnosed today and need to be admitted to the quarantine camp, and two others are in aggravated condition and need to be sent back to Shandong for treatment as soon as possible.

After listening to the report, Takahashi only subconsciously frowned, but did not give any further orders to the medical soldiers, because he knew that with the current conditions of Fort Arthur, it was difficult to have any real treatment methods that could be used on the sick number. Outside, the road was closed by heavy snow, and it became very difficult to dig herbs in the wild, and now we can only hope that Shandong's help will come soon.

He didn't give any morale-boosting speeches to the patients, just silently helped the medics deliver a steaming bowl of potion to each patient. Guizhi soup is the most effective medicine that can be provided locally at present, and only five flavors of cinnamon branch, peony, licorice, ginger and jujube are needed, which can still play a role in suppressing the disease for some mild diseases. However, there were not many left, so the military doctor had to reduce the concentration of the medicine when decocting the medicine, so that the same amount of medicinal materials could be decocted to produce more medicine and provide it to more patients.

The battalion commander personally distributed medicine to the patients in the ward, in fact, there was no need to say anything more to show his attitude, and the soldiers could naturally feel the attention from their superiors.

After Takahashi Minami distributed a few wards, news came from his subordinates that his own fleet had entered Port Arthur. Takahashi Nan knew that the fleet should have arrived from Shandong, so he immediately asked people to prepare carriages and horses and rush to the port to meet them. The telegram he received said that the chief would personally come and take command, which must be neglected, and he had to pick it up himself.

Half an hour later, Takahashi Nan rushed to the port of Arthur Bay, and saw that four sailing ships were slowly docking, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally caught up with it. Takahashi Minami was immediately refreshed when he saw Morgan appear, he knew that this chief was not only a sniper instructor, but also a medical expert, and with him in Lushun, things would be much easier.

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In fact, the measures to recruit immigrants from the north have been going on for several years, during which time a large number of northerners have been conscripted into the army or entered various government departments, becoming loyal supporters of the Haihan, and many of them have been resent back to the north to carry out missions. However, if it is necessary to organize the troops mainly with northern soldiers, the army does not yet have such objective conditions, so Morgan's idea can only stay in words for the time being, and it is difficult to realize it in the near future.

However, even with Haihan's national strength, it is still a very difficult task to provide sufficient and effective logistical support for his own army in cold areas thousands of miles away from the mainland, especially since these personnel stationed in Liaodong are mainly southerners, which greatly increases the difficulty of adapting to the local environment.

Minami Takahashi was wrapped in thick clothes from top to bottom, staring at the snow-covered road under his feet with only two eyes exposed, and cautiously walked through the snow. Although the snow on the ground is only ankle-thick, the surface below the snow has formed a thin layer of ice, and if you are not careful about the slope, you will slip. Although the officer's leather boots on Takahashi's feet were well-made and warm, the non-slip was still a little less interesting. Fortunately, others are short and have a low center of gravity, and with kung fu in their bodies, the lower plate is more stable than ordinary people, and it is quite stable to walk in the snow.

Takahashi Minami has participated in countless combat operations since joining the army in Haihan, and has spent time in a variety of environments, but the troops he leads are rarely as passive as they are now. Despite everyone's efforts to hold on, the non-combat attrition of the troops was already as high as one-tenth, a frighteningly high ratio for a force in a truce. However, military doctors are obviously unprepared for this sudden outbreak of large-scale epidemics, and neither medicinal materials nor treatment measures can effectively curb the spread of the epidemic. But in the face of Takahashi Minami's anger, the military doctor was also very helpless, who would have thought that such a situation that defied common sense would cause a large-scale infectious disease to break out in such a cold season?

Fortunately, the special operations battalion is extremely strict in administering the army in peacetime, and even in the face of such an unfavorable situation, the morale of the army has not been greatly affected and it still maintains normal operation. However, after receiving advice from Shandong, Takahashi Nan still ordered to stop the group outdoor drills once every three days, and reduce the movement of a large number of people as much as possible, in order to limit the continued spread of the epidemic from the channel of infection. At the same time, some people whose conditions deteriorated were transported back to Shandong by ship, after all, the medical conditions on Zhifu Island were slightly better than those on Lushun Island, and there was only hope of a cure if they were sent back.

Of course, these measures alone are not enough, and Takahashi Minami is also waiting for Zhifu Island to send some medical personnel to help Lushun. According to the telegram received two days ago, the headquarters has organized manpower and medicine in Shandong, and it will arrive in Lushun in the near future. This made Takahashi's mood slightly better, and at least he saw the possibility of improving the current situation.

Braving the heavy snow to go out because he was going to check on the condition of the isolation ward, which was one of the daily routines. The patients who have been diagnosed are concentrated in a barracks in the northeast corner of Fort Arthur, temporarily isolated from the outside world, so as not to infect more people.

When he arrived at the gate of the quarantine area, Takahashi took the scarf off his face, took the cotton mask handed over by the medical soldier and put it on, dusted off the snowflakes on his hat and shoulders, and stomped his feet again, before lifting the curtain and entering one of the barracks.

There was a stove in the house, which was much warmer than outside, and there were ten sick people in this room, and their symptoms were basically the same, fever, fatigue, severe cough, difficulty breathing, and body aches caused by the flu. However, due to the fact that there are too few medical soldiers and military doctors here in Fort Arthur, one person needs to take care of about twenty sick people, and there is no special medicine to provide to these patients at present, so this is not so much a cure, but just a manual isolation of them, waiting for their condition to improve automatically.

It is obviously a very small event for patients to recover their health through the body's self-healing ability in such an environment, so even if some serious patients have been sent back to Shandong, the number of patients here is still increasing. However, Takahashi Minami, who is good at leading troops to fight, is difficult to play a practical role in curing diseases and saving people.

He came to the ward every day to make rounds, mainly to calm people's hearts, but it was difficult to hear any good news from here, there were very few cures, and almost every time he came over, he only received bad news such as the addition of a few patients today. Today is no exception, according to the report of the medical soldiers, five more people have been diagnosed today and need to be admitted to the quarantine camp, and two others are in aggravated condition and need to be sent back to Shandong for treatment as soon as possible.

After listening to the report, Takahashi only subconsciously frowned, but did not give any further orders to the medical soldiers, because he knew that with the current conditions of Fort Arthur, it was difficult to have any real treatment methods that could be used on the sick number. Outside, the road was closed by heavy snow, and it became very difficult to dig herbs in the wild, and now we can only hope that Shandong's help will come soon.

He didn't give any morale-boosting speeches to the patients, just silently helped the medics deliver a steaming bowl of potion to each patient. Guizhi soup is the most effective medicine that can be provided locally at present, and only five flavors of cinnamon branch, peony, licorice, ginger and jujube are needed, which can still play a role in suppressing the disease for some mild diseases. However, there were not many left, so the military doctor had to reduce the concentration of the medicine when decocting the medicine, so that the same amount of medicinal materials could be decocted to produce more medicine and provide it to more patients.

The battalion commander personally distributed medicine to the patients in the ward, in fact, there was no need to say anything more to show his attitude, and the soldiers could naturally feel the attention from their superiors.

After Takahashi Minami distributed a few wards, news came from his subordinates that his own fleet had entered Port Arthur. Takahashi Nan knew that the fleet should have arrived from Shandong, so he immediately asked people to prepare carriages and horses and rush to the port to meet them. The telegram he received said that the chief would personally come and take command, which must be neglected, and he had to pick it up himself.

Half an hour later, Takahashi Nan rushed to the port of Arthur Bay, and saw that four sailing ships were slowly docking, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally caught up with it. Takahashi Minami was immediately refreshed when he saw Morgan appear, he knew that this chief was not only a sniper instructor, but also a medical expert, and with him in Lushun, things would be much easier.

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