Chapter Five Hundred and Forty-Three Losing Moves (Part 2)
Is it very damaging?
It is indeed quite damaging. This kind of primitive biological weapon is really harmful to the world. Li Xiao also really doesn’t want to use it.
The problem is, except for these indiscriminate tricks, it is completely impossible to kill a large number of enemies on the battlefield, but the price paid will certainly not be small.
Especially considering the losses caused by the plague in the Crimean War in history, the temptation of this low-cost and quick-result trick is still great.
Of course, this damaging move was not the first one that Li Xiao came up with. Dmitry had actually heard that the Mongols had used similar moves in history to project rats and infectious diseases into the enemy's fortified castles.
clothes and so on, those bloodthirsty barbarians can do anything.
But Dmitri still expressed doubts about whether it was effective, because there was no relevant data. After all, in history, it was a routine operation for the Mongols to massacre a city after capturing it, so who knows whether this sudden biochemical weapon was useful.
"You can give it a try!"
It's just that Dmitri obviously doesn't have as many worries as Li Xiao. He is a pure soldier and will do whatever it takes to achieve his combat goals.
Li Xiao quickly said: "If we must use it, we must do our own protection and strengthen health supervision. Otherwise, we may not harm the enemy but harm our own people!"
This point makes no sense to Dmitri, because he has already seen the importance of health work. After the military health and epidemic prevention manual written by Li Xiao was fully promoted in Wallachia, infectious diseases and non-combat attrition were greatly reduced. Even if
Some unlucky ones who were unlucky enough to be recruited would also be immediately quarantined. Anyway, in the three months since it started, he had hardly heard of any organic troops in Wallachia being defeated by the disease.
As a comparison, the main force of Duke Mikhail's Russian army was much worse than the Wallachian garrison and the National Defense Force. After three months, nearly 50,000 people were bedridden due to dysentery or other infectious diseases.
Because they did not have a pamphlet promoting Li Xiao, even though Li Xiao took the trouble to recommend it several times, senior generals such as Duke Mikhail were just not interested. For them, they did not care about hygiene such as boiling water or taking a bath.
For a small matter, it would be better to ask the military chaplain to say more masses for the gray animals and sprinkle some holy water on them!
But now that Li Xiao has brought up the old story again, Dmitri feels that it is indeed necessary to pay attention to it. The relevant data and comparisons are enough to illustrate the problem. If we do a good job of sanitation, we can avoid large-scale infectious disease outbreaks. Why not?
Why not?
So he planned to talk to Duke Mikhail and Pobedonostsev about this matter in the near future and try to promote Li Xiao's epidemic prevention and hygiene manual throughout the army.
If it can be effectively promoted, then you can really try the bad tricks Li Xiao mentioned. Maybe it will have miraculous effects?
Li Xiao didn't know what Dmitri was thinking, because there were more so-called damaging moves. Some of the damaging moves had actually been carried out long ago, but they were not stated explicitly.
For example, some textile factories in Wallachia have been producing low-quality bandages. These unscrupulous products made of low-quality cotton yarn or moldy and diseased fabrics have been secretly exported to Turkey through third parties. The casualties caused to the Turks are probably no greater than those of the Russians on the battlefield.
The military manufactures very little.
Because this was indeed too wicked and evil-hearted, Li Xiao had to put on several layers of white gloves and secretly carried out the work with Serbians. After these bandages were produced in Wallachia, they were transported to Serbia and then exported to Turkey.
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This black industrial chain has involved Russians, Wallachians, Hungarians, Austrians, Serbians and even Turks. This large group of black-hearted businessmen have made a lot of money and are extremely immoral.
Anyway, although Li Xiao dominated this black industry chain, he basically donated all the money he earned. In his own words, even though he was forced to do such a bad thing of giving birth to a son without an asshole due to the situation,
But you should never put this kind of dirty money in your own pocket. Donate as much as you can for peace of mind!
These things were done extremely secretly, and only Vishniak knew about it. Even Alexey didn't know much about it. Even here, Li Xiao repeatedly told Vishniak to keep it secret and not to expose who they were.
The mastermind behind the scenes.
Although Vishniak was a little confused, seeing how serious Li Xiao was in his work, he naturally did not dare to be careless and did everything perfectly and without leakage.
This has also kept this black industrial chain hidden in the fog of history. Even at the end of the war, when the British and French discovered that the casualties of troops using bandages purchased by Serbia were significantly higher than other troops, which was obviously abnormal, they were only suspicious.
Are the Serbians famous enough?
But after some inspections and no so-called tricks were found, the British and French just supplied Serbian bandages and other medical supplies to the Turks separately, while they themselves used bandages shipped from China. In the end, it was just a misfortune.
The Turks.
It can only be said that the poor Turks are really suffering. Not only do they have to serve as cannon fodder for the coalition forces on the battlefield, but they are also treated like stepmothers by the coalition forces off the battlefield. They can only use fake and shoddy products to survive this cruel war.
war.
It's just that the Turks didn't realize there was a problem at all at that time, because for them, soldiers were just consumables. If they could use inferior bandages, it would be considered as fulfilling their duty of healing. Even if they were used instead of not being used, they were not worthy of condemnation.
This shady story was not exposed for the first time until thirty years later, when the native Wallachian businessmen who participated in the black chain confessed their sins before they died.
Although there was a stir at that time, how could the declining Turkey be compared with the prosperous Russia, and how could the great powers that had regained their right to speak be condemned?
Naturally, fairness and justice cannot happen to the weak. Anyway, this wave of waves came and went faster. Within two weeks, it was forgotten by the common people of the Western European powers.
Naturally, these little stories have nothing to do with Nicholas I who was far away in St. Petersburg. The headstrong Tsar was still not very clear-headed. The results of the new round of diplomatic channels were very unsatisfactory, and both the United Kingdom and France were killed.
He must withdraw his troops and pay compensation, otherwise there will be nothing to talk about.
It was naturally impossible for him to agree to such a result. However, with the Royal Navy suddenly appearing in the Baltic Sea and shelling the Kronstadt Fortress, and with the deterrent activities of the British fleet in the Far East, Alaska and other places were vaguely unstable.
After a series of bad news, he thought it was necessary to ask his ministers for their opinions to see if there was any solution...