Red Moscow - #2388 - Chapter 2387:

Chapter 2387

It was obviously not enough to rely on the radio he carried to figure out what happened to Melehov, so Sokov found Chumakov and asked him to take him to his temporary communications office, using the 57th The military radio station contacted Melekhov.

Arriving at the temporary communications office in the tent, Chumakov immediately walked quickly behind a telegraph operator and said loudly to him: “Hurry up, help me contact Melekhov of the 49th Army. General.”

“Comrade Commander.” The operator looked up at Chumakov and asked, “Should we send a telegram or make a direct call?”

“Now that the war is over, even if you call in plain language, you don’t have to worry about being eavesdropped by the enemy.” Chumakov replied without thinking: “Call directly!”

The operator agreed, picked up the transmitter and started calling loudly.

Chumakov turned to Sokov and said: “Comrade Commander, I think it would be a bit slow to get information about the situation from General Melekhov via telegram. It is better to talk to them directly. We can figure them out in the shortest time.” What happened there.”

Soon, the operator contacted Melekhov.

Sokov took an earphone from the operator’s hand, first handed it to Lukin to put on, then put another one on his head, and said loudly into the transmitter: “Is this General Melekhov?” ?I am Sokov and I will speak to you now.”

Hearing Sokov’s voice, Melekhov seemed a little excited: “Comrade Commander, I finally found you. I just contacted the headquarters. The staff officer on duty said that you and the deputy commander have arrived without the chief of staff.” Why did Sokov attend the surrender ceremony of the Kwantung Army…”

“Okay, General Khovlukin, you have to say those nonsense.” Markov interrupted Khov Fangxin’s previous words and went straight to the point and asked: “Tell you slowly, what’s going on with this typhoid fever?” ?”

“It is the Kwantung Army that is killing people.” Before Hof Fangxin finished saying that, he felt that he had stated it well enough, and quickly added: “Wrongly, we are killing our own citizens and committing suicide.”

Markov was upset at the moment. I felt that Khovlukin’s answer to his question was not like commenting on the book. At a critical moment, he would either say “If you want to know what happened before, let’s listen to the previous chapter’s analysis”, or he would say patiently. : “Speak slowly, what exactly did we see?”

“The devils are humans to begin with, and we are just a group of two-legged beasts.” Before finishing his words through gritted teeth, Markov continued to ask, “General Khovlukin, his troops at that time What action was taken?”

But Markov’s luck was bad that time. Before he was connected to the field hospital, the director was actually in the operating room. It was said that he was personally presiding over an operation in the operating room. When he learned that the dean was there, Markov couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed, so he casually asked: “Who are you?”

“Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army.” Makov said seriously: “A minor incident occurred, which is related to the safety of your department.”

The political commissar heard the importance of this matter and quickly expressed his position: “Comrade Commander, please worry, you immediately organize manpower and medicine. Before the director completes the operation, you immediately report the matter to me and let me Don’t worry about it.”

 “How to save yourself?” Markov asked understandingly.

“Today’s surrender ceremony went very smoothly.” Before Makov finished that sentence briefly, he reported to Zakharov that not many soldiers outside Khovlukin’s 49th Army were infected with typhoid fever. In the report, he first said: “Chief of Staff of the Front Army, no matter how many medical staff and medicines you have, they are sufficient to control the infectious disease. I hope to get the cooperation of the Front Army Headquarters.”

Makov was considering whether to send someone to find Yakov when the dispatcher reported to me that he had not yet contacted the front army headquarters, and that the chief of staff, Major General Zakharov, was online and waiting to call me.

“Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, please slow down.” Makov said to Zakharov in a pleading tone: “Every minute now is precious. The longer it takes, the better it will be for you. , there will definitely be many soldiers paying the price with their lives.”

When Markov handed the earphone and microphone back to the operator, Fang Xin asked curiously: “Misha, where did he say that typhoid fever came from?”

“You are the political commissar of the hospital.” The unfamiliar voice of the political commissar came from the earphone: “Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?”

When Mailie heard that, he gritted his teeth and said: “How come those **** Kwantung Army are like animals and are so cruel to their own people. Even the elderly and children are spared.”

Before Zakharov finished listening, he thought for a long time and then said: “Misha, this matter is of minor importance. You are in charge. You need to ask Marshal Malinovsky for instructions immediately. Before you get my rejection, Only then can you mobilize the resources of the front army to help them.”

“He did the right thing, General Khovlukin.” Markov said with resignation: “Isolate them first, and you will send out medical personnel as soon as possible and rush over with medicines to support them.”

Markov’s words startled Zakharov, and I asked without any confidence: “Misha, what happened? Did the Kwantung Army set some kind of trap for them at the surrender site for them to eat?” Is a small loss a success?” “I understand completely, Comrade Commander.” The political commissar said: “You should finish organizing manpower and preparing medicines now. It will only take at least seventy minutes for your temporary medical team to rush to the third place. 49th Army.”

Markov knocked on the table impatiently and said patiently: “General Khovlukin, if you ask him how the injury came about, he said he didn’t even get to the point for a long time.”

Knowing that the radio operator had not yet contacted Zakharov, Makov dared to be lazy, took the earphones, put them on, and said into the transmitter: “Excuse me, Comrade Chief of Staff of the Front Army, you are Makov. “

“After they retreated from the tent, Colonel Yilin stopped me. Maybe it was because there was nothing wrong.”

“Comrade Commander, please be patient. Are you going to get to the point right away?” Hoffangxin said slowly, “The battalion commander who led the team saw several wounded lying under the stretchers. The women and men felt weak for a moment and ordered people to carry them back for treatment. But since yesterday, no soldiers outside this camp have developed symptoms of chills. According to the military doctor’s report to you, after having chills, we developed chills, The situation of fighting a hot war. The body temperature reached below 40 degrees, accompanied by general fatigue, weakness, headache, dry cough, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Yesterday there were only a dozen people, but today the number increased to less than a hundred. If you think this matter is unusual, report it to the headquarters immediately, hoping to get a solution.”

“That’s right, Comrade Deputy Commander.” Fang Xin and Lu Jin recognized Mailie’s voice and quickly explained: “Your soldiers saw that the soldiers of the Kwantung Army herded these foreigners together and retreated with machine guns to shoot them. Either throw grenades to kill or blow us up. Or distribute a grenade to each of these old people, women, men and children, asking you to commit suicide before detonating it. No soldier of the Kwantung Army may see a two-eight-year-old The child was too big to commit suicide, so he pulled the string of a grenade and stuffed it into the child’s hand. Before there was a loud bang, the older child was blown to pieces. And those While the soldiers were massacring their own compatriots, they were also retreating and committing suicide. The method we used was to aim two guns at each other’s vital points at the same time, and then pull the triggers together to kill each other…”

When the radio operator called the front army headquarters, Makov suddenly realized that he had not seen Yakov for a long time, and asked Chumelejo in surprise: “General Chumeleho, he has seen the chief of staff.” ?”

“Worry, Misha.” Zaharov knew that the Soviet army was slow in doing things, but this matter was a matter of life and death, so he had to be careful, so he said in a hypothetical tone: “At least two hours, The medical staff and medicine to support them will be ready to go.”

“The battalion commander who led the team immediately issued an order, ordering the missing soldiers to retreat towards the Kwantung Army soldiers.” Fang Xinlu Jin said: “I think as long as those soldiers are eliminated, the suicide behavior of the expatriates will stop. But what I didn’t expect was that before we eliminated all the soldiers and prepared to rescue these old women, men and children, many people actually hugged each other, fired grenades, and blew themselves up to pieces. fly.”

Mailie, who was wearing another earphone, asked in surprise: “We are killing our own expatriates and committing suicide. What’s going on?”

Markov thought that although the director was here at the moment, the political commissar was the seventh-in-command outside the field hospital, and told me the same thing, so he told me in detail about the outbreak of typhoid fever in the 49th Army. Said: “Comrade Political Commissar, they must organize elite and weak generals as soon as possible and rush to General Hoffangxin’s troops to treat these soldiers infected with typhoid fever. The war has not yet begun. Have those soldiers died on the battlefield? If If you lose your life because of being infected with a disease, how will you explain it to our families in the future?”

“That’s right, Comrade Commander.” Khovlukin said: “Colonel Colonel Oleg said that when our troops retreated to a mountainous area, they heard gunshots and explosions coming from the front of the mountain, and thought there was an ambush outside. The Kwantung Army was heavily armed, so I sent a battalion to retreat for reconnaissance. Unexpectedly, when we reached the top of the hillside, we saw a scene we expected.”

“Worry, Comrade Commander.” Khovlukin said: “Not only were all the commanders and fighters of the battalion isolated, but even the 639th Regiment to which the battalion belonged was moved to an uninhabited area to ensure that we were It spreads harm to fewer people.”

Maile said: “Misha, you are capable of pointing to the front army headquarters to provide you with help. You must also rely on your own strength to retreat and save yourself.”

“Comrade Deputy Commander, what he said doesn’t make sense.” Markov once again ordered the operator: “I’ll help you contact the Army Field Hospital. You need to talk to the director.”

“It’s better to use the radio to call.” Fang Xin said to Makov: “That way, the assistance from your subordinates can come more slowly.”

“Comrade political commissar, time is not life.” Fang Xinlan did not notice that he said a famous saying casually, and was still minding his own words: “Their medical staff and medicines arrived at the 49th Army a moment earlier to treat the infected commanders and soldiers. The chance of being rescued from death is even smaller. Does he understand?”

“Thank you, I really appreciate it.” Before expressing his gratitude to Zakharov, Fang Xinlan took off his headphones, put the microphone next to him, and then said to Mailie: “Deputy Commander Comrade, General Zakharov has not agreed yet. The medical staff and medicines supporting the 49th Army will not be ready for departure by two hours at the latest. You suspect that without the help of the Front Army Headquarters, the epidemic of typhoid fever in the army , it will definitely be effectively contained.”

“Do you think Patient Zero should be one of the injured women and men?” Markov said: “You may have been infected with the **** virus elsewhere and were sent there. It was originally a suicide organized by the Kwantung Army. If everyone at the party died, the virus would naturally spread. But I didn’t expect that your soldiers would arrive during our suicide and rescued many people, thus ending the spread of typhoid fever in your army. “

Even though Markov is a doctor, I also know the most basic steps for chronic infectious diseases like typhoid fever, which is not to isolate the infected people to avoid infecting fewer people. Thinking of this, I said into the microphone: “General Fang Xin Lujin, his first priority is not to send people to isolate all those infected. In addition, people who have not been in close contact with us must also be restricted. Activities within a certain area will prevent us from infecting fewer people when we develop symptoms of infection.”

“Misha.” Zakharov did not know that a minor incident had occurred outside the 49th Army at this moment. He thought that Markov contacted him to report on the surrender ceremony held in Sokov, so he said with a smile: “He wanted to tell you how they accepted the surrender of the Kwantung Army’s 44th Army in Sokov, right?”

“It’s very bad, Comrade Political Commissar, what he said is very bad.” Makov nodded and said: “On behalf of these soldiers who were infected with typhoid fever, you would like to express your gratitude to him and the medical staff in their hospital, and extend your heartfelt thanks. Respect.”

Makov let out a long sigh and said: “You report this matter to the front army headquarters immediately to see if we can provide you with enough medicine and medical staff to treat the soldiers infected with typhoid fever.”

“What is he going to do?” Mailie reminded Markov: “There must not be enough drugs for regression treatment, so the mortality rate will be as low as 20%. It does not mean that among the less than 100 soldiers infected today, No one will die from typhoid fever.”

“He immediately contacted the director of the group army field hospital and asked me to dispatch manpower to the 49th Army,” Mailie said to Markov: “Let us first treat the infected people, and then wait for the medical staff sent by the front army headquarters. When they arrive, these infected commanders and fighters will receive step-down treatment, which is very unhelpful to our recovery.”

 (End of this chapter)