The banquet was held at the only hotel in the city.
Of course, this hotel has long been a restaurant exclusively for officers. The distinction between upper and lower classes is truly reflected here. The officers who are eligible to attend are at least majors. Sean dares to say that most of these officers have never interacted with their own soldiers.
Dinner at the same table.
During the day, General Schmidt was still complaining about the lack of food and clothing in the army, but the dinner attended by this senior officer was as sumptuous as possible, with many vegetables that could only be found in glass greenhouses - they did not look fresh and tender.
Because we traveled a long distance.
Sean's title as commander does not count here. According to the strength of the troops, he is barely at the brigade commander level, and it is still a brigade with a small establishment.
According to the imperial military system, brigade commanders are generally brigadier generals or major generals, but there were at least twenty of them at this banquet, half of whom, like Sean, were commanders of local militia groups.
Most of these local militia commanders were from nobles and big landowners, while a few were from civilians. They were also different from officers with military backgrounds.
This makes this banquet form a subtle situation, with a group in the east and a group in the west, clearly separated.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together into groups.
Sean is an outlier, and various characters here prefer to call him by his title.
He is both a noble and a local person, but he also has serious military experience in the regular army. His status as a recipient of the Golden Dragon Medal allows him to gain the respect of senior officers with eyes on the top of their heads. In addition, he
He also holds the title of scholar.
Therefore, Sean can introduce the power operation mode of the Three Estates Conference in Genoa to the nobles, talk to local people about land management and the customs of the south, talk to the guards officers about their experiences on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, and also talk to some soldiers
People who are eager to learn in China talk about education.
When Sean's status as a scholar was mentioned, General Schmidt seemed to have just remembered it. He appointed Sean as a consultant to the field hospital on the spot and went to the field hospital as soon as possible to provide guidance, hoping to save more lives of soldiers.
In short, Sean himself was welcomed by most people at this banquet, and he himself was in a good mood. Except when he returned to the station, he found that General Schmidt sent someone to take away the 6 12-pound cannons he had captured in Moore City.
In addition to taking away 6 6-pound howitzers, partially intact guns and corresponding ammunition.
The captured guns cannot be used by themselves, because they are not the same model as those equipped by the Genoa Civil Defense Force, and the types of lead bullets used are also different, which will only bring a logistical burden to themselves. As for the artillery, this is a technical arm, and Sean is currently
There was no way to get enough artillery to use them, and when the cannons went off, money started pouring out.
But General Schmidt did this unjustly. He probably acted preemptively, so he sent his adjutant to do it when Sean was not around. How could the junior officers below dare to refuse the order of the commander-in-chief?
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This is also in line with General Schmidt's style. If there is an advantage to be taken advantage of, he must take advantage of it. He doesn't care about criticism. Besides, he held a welcome banquet specifically for Sean. This kind of treatment can be said to be enough face. Perhaps
He had already planned it.
It was difficult for Sean to pursue this matter. How could the equipment be vomited out if it fell into the hands of Schmidt, a lion?
But Sean gave his quartermasters a beating and made each of them clean the toilets for a week to show these guys whose word counts in the Civil Defense Force.
The Genoa Civil Defense Force is stationed in a small village outside the city of Lunga. The local residents have long since fled. Although the officers and soldiers had to squeeze together in the small house and the conditions were relatively harsh, it was still much better than pitching a tent in the wild.
The next day, Sean, escorted by Nelson and others, took several of his own military doctors and rode out of the station. His destination was the field hospital in the city. General Schmidt appointed him to serve as a consultant to the hospital.
The sky is overcast, the north wind is howling, and the coldest season in Guinea has arrived.
The director of the field hospital is named Sigur Gay, a veteran military doctor. Director Gay does not reject the latest medical technology. He reads every issue of the latest medical developments, but obviously facing
He was helpless when dealing with a large number of injuries and could only watch the soldiers die in pain.
This is not only due to his lack of means to deal with injuries, but also to the severe shortage of medical supplies, and the latter may be more important.
Sean's arrival gave him hope.
Because in Dean Gay's view, Sean is an academic authority. Whether it is about bacteria, human blood transfusion, or the recently very popular prevention of smallpox, he, the dean who knows only three things, worships him.
Sean also brought several pamphlets. This is a battlefield rescue pamphlet that several medical professors at the University of Poitou participated in writing. In addition to common surgical trauma treatment and operations, the prevention and treatment of major infectious diseases, and the use of commonly used drugs.
Scope and usage, etc., and also spent a lot of time discussing after-care.
The hospital is located in a small church. The environment here is poor. The window glass has long been missing and stuffed with tattered linen cloth.
In order to keep warm, horse dung was burned here, and the smell of blood and urine made the air inside the house extremely polluted.
Sean frowned. If the field rescue center in the Civil Defense Force was like this, he would kill someone.
There has been no fighting recently. In the words of some people, they are all dead. Most of the soldiers lying here suffered non-fatal injuries half a month ago, but their wounds have become inflamed, causing many complications.
The soldiers suffering from dysentery were not isolated from other patients and lived in the same room.
The hospital is short of doctors and medicines. There are two doctors and three nurses. Counting Dean Gay, there are only six people in total. There are nearly 500 patients, and the medicines are even more pitiful.
"I know we need to disinfect and sterilize, but we don't even have firewood to boil water, so we can only collect horse dung." Dean Gay complained, "As for medicines, there are even less."
"Okay, the Genoa Civil Defense Force can provide some medicine, alcohol, bandages, gauze, and scalpels. My military doctor will stay to help you, and I will send another company of soldiers to help you clean this place thoroughly.
Soldiers suffering from dysentery must be separated. In short, there must be no peculiar smell except the smell of medicine." Sean said, "I am going to see General Schmidt now. He must support the construction of a field hospital."
"Thank you, sir!" Dean Gayi was very grateful. He paused and said softly, "Your Excellency, the commander-in-chief, has a bad temper."
Sean waited outside General Schmidt's headquarters office for nearly an hour before being allowed in. Before that, Sean saw several groups of people being scolded by the general and leaving with red faces.
When Sean explained his purpose, General Schmidt shook his head:
"Viscount, supplies are extremely scarce right now. The first thing I need to ensure is food and ammunition. Do you understand?"
"It allows soldiers to receive the best care, which is also the best care for them." Sean said, "General, when soldiers know that they will receive excellent care if they are injured, they will be more brave on the battlefield."
"I know that too, but you and I are both soldiers, so we should know that death is inevitable..."
"But battlefield ambulance can greatly reduce mortality, can't it?" Sean retorted.
Schmidt said: "I know the situation in the hospital. The conditions of those soldiers are very poor. We can barely keep them alive. Dean Gay told me that their death is only a matter of time."
Sean said: "What if I guarantee that in a month, at least 60 of them will be alive again? This is 500 soldiers, oh, maybe there are officers among them, some of them may be sitting in your seat twenty years later
If someone gives orders, a single decision can lead to the death of many people."
Schmidt is obviously a person who is unwilling to control his emotions. He heard the sarcasm in Sean's words:
"Then you also want to sit in my seat?"
"Who says I won't in the future?" Sean was not to be outdone, "But at least I will not ignore the life of any soldier. Of course, on the fierce battlefield, our military doctors must make difficult choices, let a person's life, or
Let a person die. A military doctor will not save someone who is destined to die, but if possible, he should do his best to save anyone who may survive, instead of standing aside and watching indifferently!"
Schmidt rested his arms on the table. He was extremely tall. Even in this posture, he could look down at Sean:
"You said you could guarantee that at least 60% of the soldiers would be reborn?"
"Yes, General." Sean nodded.
"Very good, but I don't have supplies for you! I allow you to visit every munitions warehouse. If you like anything, just take it." Schmidt acted rogue.
"The Genoa Civil Defense Force just presented a donation of 200,000 to the Crown Prince. I think those checks are still in Lieutenant Frank's pocket." Sean said, "If the general dares to use this money, I can ask the Genoese businessmen to provide it."
Materials are paid with one hand and delivered with the other hand, and their business channels are now basically unimpeded."
"Haha..." Schmidt laughed, "Did you think about it earlier?"
"No, I just thought of it." Sean told the truth.
"Then I'll make a compromise. I'll only pay afterwards, because I want to see whether the results you promised are realized or not." Schmidt played a trick. Sean said:
"Then let the crown prince come as a witness on behalf of Lieutenant Frank. Anyway, the check is also on him."
"Viscount, you can't trust me?" Schmidt looked unhappy.
"No, no, a businessman told me that he only paid for the contract. I think this is of great significance in the current situation. Besides, I didn't have to get involved in this matter. What does the death of those soldiers have to do with me?" Xiao
Endao, "But it's different now. General Schmidt is pregnant with
With a kind heart, he did not hesitate to withhold the crown prince's funds just to save the lives of ordinary soldiers. This is a very noble act. And the Genoese businessmen also got money and prospered the damaged economy, so they
We also have to pay more taxes to the empire."
General Schmidt raised his head, looked at the person with his chin, and said:
"Viscount, no, Sean, I really want to shoot a guy like you a hundred times."