Chapter 247： Disaster comes

The battle of Constantinople has now come to an end. I don't know how many corpses are in the corner of the city. Before I can deal with them, I will start to rot.

The warring parties just cleaned up the body in front of them, but in the corners of the city, the residents' houses could not be taken care of.

The hot summer is coming. In August, the entire city of Constantinople is filled with rancid odor, and the atmosphere is terrible and depressed.

The artillery was still roaring, leaving only the remains of a broken wall, telling the past years. The Russians have paid too much to conquer the city.

The report of the number of casualties sent every day was long gone. Thousands of casualties are paid every day, and he has been numb for months.

The name of the "Continent Meat Grinder" has spread all over the world. Wherever there are Europeans, the cruelty of this war is spreading.

If you are interested in statistics, you will find that the losses of the Russian army here have exceeded the sum of the two Bulgarian battles, but the Russians are still fearless.

Just because all the outer defense lines of Constantinople were breached, it could be said that they were bombed. After paying tens of thousands of tons of ammunition, these fortifications were turned into ruins.

The street fight has begun, and now the two sides have entered a stage of pure human life. The exchange ratio of the two sides has gradually decreased from the original five to one to four to one and three to one ... By now, it is 1.3: 1.

A middle-aged officer, Shen Sheng, said: "His Commander, our artillery fossils have all been lost, and the Bulgarian guerrillas we have included have suffered heavy losses.

At present, there are not many young people on the Balkan Peninsula. It is difficult to do so if we want to add troops. "

Of course, there is not much left. The war has now been carried out, and the most serious losses are the local people.

The Ottomans arrested the Zhuangs and the Russians also went to the battles. The British and French did not arrest the Zhuangs. It was the Ottomans who helped them.

With more than 10 million people in the Balkans, how many are young? How could it stand up to such frustrations?

Prior to the attack on Constantinople, the Russians were mostly hard-working, and the Russians rarely used tactics to drive the people to attack the city.

After arriving in this city, the situation changed, and the tragic casualties forced the Russians to use a lot of cannon fodder.

Myshkov answered in a cold voice: "I know, how much is counted, the cannon fodder is dead, and we are on top of ourselves.

The enemy is about to hold on, as long as we conquer this last city, we will win this war!

Order the Military Law Office to strictly enforce the military law, kill those who are not ahead, and kill those who retreat, and kill those who disturb the army! "

There is no way, this war is not only related to the fate of Russia, but also to the fate of Menshekov.

If Constantinople cannot be conquered, he'd better die on the battlefield, or there will be many people who want to tear him.

From a military point of view, Menshekov is a fool who fights wrecks completely, regardless of military casualties.

In order for this war to continue, the Russian army relied on strict military law, and for Liweimenshkov to do a big thing, execute noble officers in violation of military law on the spot!

The noble officers who died in his hands were no longer one or two, adding up to dozens of people back and forth.

After conquering Constantinople, it is easy to say that he is a Russian national hero. These executed nobles are synonymous with widowers, and the families behind them are despised.

Things would be different if Constantinople was not captured. In history, Nicholas I could not bear the consequences of the defeat of the Crimean war, let alone Menshekov.

Menshekov hadn't lived enough. He didn't want to die so infamously, so now he was desperate. It doesn't matter who you are and how much background you have, as long as you dare to violate military law, it is-kill.

"Yes, Commander!" The middle-aged officer replied solemnly.

Not only the Menshkov, but the fate of the high-ranking officers of the expedition were tied together. The Battle of Constantinople was extraordinary. They lost here, and they don't want to have a good life.

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In the Crimean Peninsula, the British and French coalition forces that prevailed had not yet had time to celebrate. A clear thunderstorm came, and in July 1854 cholera broke out in the French army barracks.

The hot weather coupled with unsanitary conditions did not wait for the coalition to react, and the plague broke out suddenly, spreading from the French military camp to the British military camp.

Flies and mosquitoes on the Crimean Peninsula became the best assistants for the virus. A large number of coalition soldiers started vomiting diarrhea and died in their tents.

Allied public places have always been polluted, and the health system has been rendered useless. The number of patients rose sharply, and the plague reached a level of out of control for a while.

By early August, 500 British soldiers had died in Varna. The death toll of the French army has risen to more than 60 deaths every day.

This is just the beginning. This sudden plague was not discovered initially. The plague spread to other areas along with the flow of people.

Constantinople

On the open space not far from the pier, more than ten French soldiers were resting. Suddenly a soldier began to vomit and caught everyone's attention.

A young man asked with concern: "Alphonse, what happened to you?"

The vomiting man answered weakly, "I don't know, but suddenly I feel sick and want to vomit."

An officer-like man said: "It may be a cold. Pay attention to yourself. If it doesn't work tomorrow, then you can go and see the military doctor."

Obviously, he just thought that Alphonse had a cold. We usually rely on the body to resist this kind of minor problem, and then we would go to the military doctor if it was serious.

Although the French army is better at logistics than the British, medical resources are also very scarce. Unless it is a middle or upper rank officer, ordinary soldiers are also very difficult to obtain effective treatment.

Then another said, "No, I'm going to make it easier."

After finishing speaking, I ran to a short distance to solve it without looking back.

Such vignettes will obviously not attract everyone's attention. They were reinforcements who had just arrived a few days ago and are now adapting to the climate of Constantinople.

Because of some adverse reactions to soil and water, we all see more. Usually it will be fine as long as you stay for a while. If it is not possible, you can only be repatriated.

However, most people are unwilling to be repatriated because of this, even with the high casualty rate in Constantinople.

Because the body is unable to adapt to the climate, causing adverse reactions, usually it is impossible to return home safely, and most of them will die on the road.

The sea in this era is not easy to mess with, and the environment on the ship is quite bad. In the case of lack of medical treatment and medicine, once you fall ill, you step into the ghost gate.

Looking at the increasing number of sick people, the French commander Emmaboule Jean-Jacques Perlisier finally found something wrong, but it was too late at this time.

There were too many people killed in Constantinople. In order to defend the fortress city, more than 100,000 French soldiers had fallen. The Russians would only die more, and the civilian casualties in the city could not be counted.

Because of the war, the French army had no way to clean up the corpses in the city. In fact, many of the corpses were buried in collapsed buildings, and they could not be cleaned up.

This created a superior living environment for rat flies. This summer, the number of rat flies in Constantinople broke a record high, as if they were the masters of the city.

Perissier named the guards: "Please come to Dr. Ambroise and give him the information."

Despite suspicions, Perlisier was uncertain about the outbreak. Until this time, no news of the plague in the Crimea had been notified to him.

Busy in Constantinople's defensive battle all day, Pellissier didn't have the energy to pay attention to the gossip, of course, he may not be able to pay attention to it.

The coalition forces have been plagued by illness since the Crimean Peninsula. This is no longer news. Everyone has been used to it for a long time.

What's more, the coalition forces on the Crimean Peninsula determined that the plague was only a few days earlier than Perlisier, and the virus had entered the city before that.

Because of the war, a large number of people die every day here. As time goes by, people's spirits become numb to death. What's the matter of being sick?

...

Ambroise said solemnly: "Her commander, I just went to the hospital to take a look. Based on this data, we can make a preliminary judgment that the plague is coming!"

Perissier's face sank, and the worst happened. Constantinople is connected to the sea. Whether it is reinforcements or supplies, it may be sent continuously. As long as he is willing to die, he has the confidence to stick to it.

The only exception is the plague. Humans are fragile in the face of disease, and Perissier can defeat the Russians, but is helpless in the face of illness.

"Can you control it?" Perisier asked with concern.

It was just control, he was no longer expecting treatment. Infested with the plague this time, you can only follow the fate of God, without any special medicine.

Ambroise said after thinking about it, "Sorry, Commander, I cannot answer this question for you.

This depends on the spread of the plague, and how many people are infected with the virus before a conclusion can be reached.

But now is the time of war, the army is moving too frequently, our number of doctors is seriously insufficient, it is impossible to spread to the army for diagnosis and treatment, it is impossible to determine which are common colds and which are plagues.

In fact, from the symptoms, the common cold may also have these symptoms. If it is not too high, I suspect that this is just a highly transmitted epidemic cold. "

The plague is plagued by the speed of transmission and the high mortality rate.

Perissier continued to ask, "Can you determine the nature of this plague?"

There are also different types of plagues. Different classifications have different lethality.

Ambroise shook his head and said, "At present, there is too little information in our hands to determine the source of the plague and the route of transmission. It is not ruled out as the possibility of plague.

From a professional perspective, I personally think that Constantinople is no longer suitable for staying.

There are too many people dead in the city. Many times we can smell the rotten corpse in the stinking ditch. War is the source of plague. "

Perissier smiled bitterly and said, "Well, Dr. Ambroise, I have given you the task of investigating and controlling the plague.

As for the question of the inhabitability of Constantinople, I cannot answer you. This is not only a military issue, it also involves politics. "

Constantinople is not suitable for staying. This principle also knows that Perlisier has a plague outbreak and is definitely not suitable for staying.

But the consequences of abandoning Constantinople were too serious. At least he was not enough as an expeditionary commander, and he didn't even have a say on this issue.

Ambrovaz replied: "Well then, Your Excellency Commander. I can only say that I did my best, the final result cannot be guaranteed!"

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