Holy Roman Empire

The battle of Constantinople is now up to date. I don't know how many corpses there are in the corner of the city. Without the time to deal with them, I started to rot directly.

Both warring parties just cleaned up the corpses in front of their eyes, and in the corners of the city, the residents' houses could not be taken care of.

The hot summer is coming, Constantinople in August, the whole city is permeated with a rancid smell, and the atmosphere is terrible.

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

The report on the number of casualties sent every day has long been missed by Mainshkov.Thousands of casualties are paid every day, and he has been numb for months.

The name "Constantino meat grinder" has spread all over the world. As long as there are Europeans, the brutality of this war is spreading.

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

Just because Constantinople ’s outer defense lines were all broken, it can 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 already begun, and now the two sides have entered a stage of pure desperation. The exchange ratio between the two sides has gradually decreased from the initial five to one to four to one, three to one ... Now it is 1.3: 1.

A middle-aged military officer Shen Sheng said: "My Excellency Commander, our artillery assault troops have been completely lost, and the Bulgarian guerrillas they have collected have also suffered heavy losses.

At present, there are not many young and strong men on the Balkan Peninsula. Now it is difficult to do so if we want to add troops."

Of course, there is not much left. Now that the war has been carried out, the local people have suffered the most.

The Ottomans captured the Zhuangding and the Russians also captured the Zhuangding. The British and French did not capture the Zhuangding. It was the Ottomans who helped them.

With a total population of over 10 million in the Balkans, how many are young and strong?How could it stand up to this?

Before attacking Constantinople, the Russians were mostly hard-working, and the tactics of driving the people to attack the city were still rarely used by the Russians.

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

Myshkov responded coldly: "I know, how much is counted, the cannon fodder is dead, and we are on our own.

The enemy will not be able to persevere, as long as the last city is conquered, we will win this war!

Order the Military Law Department to strictly enforce the military law, kill those who are not in battle, kill those who retreat, and kill those who disturb the military!"

No way, this war is not only related to the fate of Russia, but also to the fate of Myshkov.

If he can't conquer Constantinople, he'd better die on the battlefield, otherwise there will be many people who want to tear him.

From a military point of view alone, Mainshkov is a fool, who is completely fighting stupid battles, without regard to the casualties of the army.

In order for this war to continue, the Russian army relied on strict military law, and did a great thing in Limenshkov to execute the noble officers who violated military law on the spot!

The noble officers who died in his hands are no longer one or two, and they add up to dozens of people.

Conquering Constantinople is so easy to say that he is the national hero of Russia. These executed nobles are synonymous with cowards, and all the families behind him are despised.

If Constantinople was not captured, the situation would be different.Nikolai I ca n’t bear the consequences of the defeat of the Crimean War in history, let alone Menshkov.

Mainshkov has not lived enough, he does n’t want to die so infamous, so now he is desperate.Regardless of who it is and what background it is, as long as you dare to violate military law, it is-killing.

"Yes, Commander!" The middle-aged officer replied seriously

The fate of the high-ranking officers of the Expeditionary Force was tied together not only in Mainshkov.The battle of Constantinople is extraordinary. If you lose here, they do n’t want to have a good life.

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In the Crimean peninsula, the prevailing British-French coalition had not yet had time to celebrate, a sunny thunderbolt came, and cholera broke out in the French army barracks in July 1854.

The hot weather combined with the unhygienic environment did not wait for the coalition to react, and the plague broke out at once, spreading from the French army barracks to the British army barracks.

Flies and mosquitoes on the Crimean peninsula became the best assistants for virus transmission. A large number of coalition soldiers began to vomit and diarrhea, and then died in their tents.

The public places of the coalition forces have been running cross-country, and the sanitation system is virtually useless.The number of patients has risen sharply, and the plague has reached the point of being out of control.

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

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

Constantinople

More than a dozen French soldiers were resting on the open ground not far from the pier, and suddenly a soldier began to vomit and caught everyone's attention.

A young man asked with concern: "Alphonse, what's wrong with you?"

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

A man who looked like an officer said: "It may be a cold. You should pay attention to it yourself. If it still doesn't work tomorrow, then you can go to the military doctor."

Obviously, he just thought that Alphonse had a cold. This kind of small problem usually depends on the body to resist the past, and the serious one will go to the military doctor.

Although the French army is better than the British in logistics, medical resources are also very scarce. Unless it is an upper-middle-level officer, it is also difficult for ordinary soldiers to obtain effective treatment.

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

After talking, I didn't look back and ran not far away to solve it.

Such an episode obviously won't attract everyone's attention.They were reinforcements who had just arrived a few days ago and are now adjusting to the climate of Constantinople.

Everyone has seen much because of adverse reactions due to water and soil.Usually as long as it stays for a while, it will be fine. If it is not possible, it will only be repatriated.

However, most people are unwilling to be repatriated as a result, even though the rate of casualties on the battlefield of Constantinople remains high.

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

The sea in this era was not easy to provoke, and the environment on the ship was quite bad. In the case of lack of medical treatment and medicine, once I fell ill, I stepped into the ghost gate.

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

There are too many people dead in Constantinople. In order to guard this fortress city, the number of French soldiers who have fallen alone has exceeded 100,000. The Russians will only die more, and the civilian casualties in the city cannot be counted.

Because of the war, the French army had no way to clean up the corpses in the city. In fact, many corpses were buried by the collapsed buildings, and it was impossible to clean them.

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

Pelicier named the guards: "Dr. Ambroise, please come and give him these materials."

Despite some doubts, Perissier was still not sure about the outbreak of the plague.Until this time, no news of the outbreak of the Crimean peninsula had informed him.

All day busy with the Constantinople guard battle, Pelicier did not have the energy to pay attention to the gossip, of course, if he wanted to pay attention to him, he might not be able to pay attention.

Since the Crimean peninsula, the coalition forces have been plagued by diseases. This is no longer news. Everyone is used to it after a long time.

Moreover, the coalition forces on the Crimean peninsula determined that the outbreak of the plague was only a few days before Pericier, and the virus had entered the city before this.

Because of the war, a large number of people die every day here. After a long period of time, the human spirit is numb to death.

...

Ambroise said seriously: "His Commander, I just went to the hospital to take a look. Combining this data, we can preliminarily judge that the plague is coming!"

Perissier's face sank, and the worst happened.Constantinople is connected with the sea, whether it is reinforcements or supplies, it may be sent continuously, as long as he is willing to casualties, 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 he is helpless in the face of illness.

"Can it be controlled?" Perissier asked with concern.

Just for control, he no longer expected treatment.Infected by the plague in this era, you can only follow your destiny, without any special drugs.

After thinking about it, Ambroise said, "Sorry, Commander, I can't answer this question for you.

It depends on the spread of the plague and how many people have been infected with the virus before reaching a conclusion.

However, it is now the time of war, the army is mobilized too frequently, and our number of doctors is seriously insufficient. It is impossible to disperse the troops for diagnosis and treatment, and 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 the mortality rate is not too high, I suspect that this is just a pandemic with a high spread."

The reason why the plague is terrible is the speed of spread and the high mortality rate.

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

The plague is also classified, different classifications, the final lethality is not the same.

Ambroise shook his head and said: "At present we have too little information to determine the source of the plague and the route of transmission. It does not rule out the possibility of plague.

From a professional point of view, I personally believe that Constantinople is no longer suitable for continuing.

There are too many people dead in the city. Many times we can smell the carrion in the stinky ditch. The war is the source of the plague."

Perissier smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, Dr. Ambroise, I have given you the task of investigating the plague and preventing it.

As for the question of whether Constantinople is suitable for living, I cannot answer you. This is not just a military question, but also involves politics."

Constantinople is not suitable for staying any longer. This reason Perissier also knows that there is an outbreak of plague and it is definitely not suitable for staying.

But the consequences of giving up Constantinople were too serious. At least he, the commander of the Expeditionary Force, could not hold it up. He did not even have a say on this issue.

Ambroise replied: "Well, sir, commander. I can only say that I did my best, and the final result cannot be guaranteed!"