Chapter 803: Flames Burning the City
Chapter 786: Burning City with Flames
Exterminating rats was a traditional technique that had appeared in human civilization thousands of years ago, and the earliest rat poisons could all be traced back to the pre-Qin era.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas. West Mountain Scripture” recorded in the “Gaotu mountain” on “there is a white stone, its name is to lift, can be poisonous to rats. There is a grass, its shape such as medicine betel, its leaves such as sunflower and red back, the name is no stripes, can be poisonous to rats.
Initially utilizing plant toxins, or mineral toxins, the development of the 19th century has been a variety of different kinds of rat poison, up to hundreds of different kinds of rat poison.
The reputation of the “Black Death” was so strong that, after receiving a note from the government in Vienna, European governments expressed their support in a confused manner.
Shiploads of rodenticides were sent to Asia Minor. All kinds of strange uses, so that the Austrian army to carry out the work of extermination of rats internal collapse.
The eyes of the European world have converged, countries have sent medical experts, to come to the field to see.
Of course, this kind of hot news is never less than a reporter. After visiting the tragic situation of the Russian army camp, all kinds of suspicion are gone.
The Anti-Turkish Alliance, no matter how much fun, can not take the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers to play a bitter trick, “Black Death” name counted on the real.
The Black Death ravaged Europe for hundreds of years, but also in stages and geographical outbreaks, until the 18th century.
It was most severe from 1347 to 1353, starting in Sicily, then Italy, Austria, France, England, Central and Northern Europe …….
It was followed by the Plague of Italy from 1629 to 1631, the Great Plague of London from 1665 to 1666, the Great Plague of Vienna in 1679, the Great Plague of Marseilles from 1720 to 1722, and the Plague of Moscow in 1771.
Although considered the Black Death, there is still a difference. Whether it was a mutation of the plague virus or a new virus remains an unsolved mystery to this day.
The plague in the Near East, which has only just begun to take hold, has already erupted with incredible lethality, and it’s not unusual for it to be attributed to one of these.
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Ever since the plague had spread through the army, Marshal Ivanov, as the supreme commander, had not been in a good mood. Others could find excuses to slip away and return home, it was he who couldn’t run.
It was not easy to be the military boss, in addition to taking the battle successes, he must also have a convincing character.
Conservative Marshal Ivanov, undoubtedly a qualified soldier. After receiving the news of the plague outbreak, he rushed from St. Petersburg without stopping, assuming the responsibility of the supreme commander.
Ivanov asked with concern: “Have the medicines promised by the Austrians been sent over?”
For the sake of this batch of medicines, he had gone out of his way. In St. Petersburg there was also a big fight with the government’s top brass, the main purpose of which was to keep the tsarist government out of the way.
It is an old problem of the Czarist government to pluck feathers from geese.
During the time of Alexander II, the bureaucrats could still be deterred by ironclad methods; during the time of Alexander III, the philosophy of governance became more moderate, and the bureaucrats became bold again.
The number of medicines was already insufficient, and when the domestic gangs were allowed to pick up a layer of skin, the number of medicines that came to hand was even less.
These medicines were in high demand in the market, so it was not a problem if some of them were deducted, but if one of them had the courage to switch them, then it would take a life.
Marshal Ivanov never had any confidence in the integrity of the domestic bureaucrats.
Lieutenant General Özgür replied, “Only five thousand three hundred and eighteen were received, and the rest will have to wait until next week, at the earliest, before they can arrive.”
Hearing this answer, Marshal Ivanov’s mood became even heavier.
The Russian soldiers who were now sick were over fifty thousand, and the potion was but one-tenth of one percent. Who to give it to and who not to give it to was a headache.
“Send a telegram to the country, let the government find a way to purchase, no medicine is going to be a big deal!”
Now Ivanov’s greatest regret was returning to the country for the celebration banquet, so much so that he had wasted the best reaction time.
Theoretically, the war was over, and as the victorious nation, the Russian army could withdraw back at any time, but unfortunately reality did not allow it.
Not to mention the deal struck between Russia and Austria, the point was that the number of infected soldiers was now so high that if they went back at this time, wouldn’t they involve the mainland as well?
Moreover, staying in Asia Minor can still ask for help from the allies, but once they return home then there is no need to count on it.
Even if there is aid for medicines, it will be divided up by the powerful and rich in the country, and will not be able to take the turn of these ordinary soldiers who really need it.
Lieutenant General Özgür reminded, “Marshal, I’m afraid this is difficult to do. These medicines are produced in laboratories and have always been in short supply.
Even if the government is willing to spend money to buy them, they can only acquire a small portion from the black market at a high price, and it still won’t be able to fulfill the demand.”
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Ankara, the city has been completely deserted since the withdrawal of the Russian army.
As the birthplace of the epidemic, it has become a top priority for rodent extermination, and Austrian airship units have dropped dozens of tons of rodenticide from the sky down.
The former command of the Anti-Turkish Alliance coalition forces was now turned into the command of the anti-epidemic work. Albrecht, the commander-in-chief of the extermination of the Ottoman Empire, became the commander-in-chief of rodent extermination.
This is the inevitable result, the soldiers are on the peninsula, if the top officers run away, the military will be scattered.
Albrecht: “The current extermination efficiency is too low, it is winter rats stored enough food, out of the activity frequency is not high.
In order to maximize the elimination of rats before the end of winter, we have to use more aggressive measures.
Who knows how many rat-raising basements the Ottomans have prepared, and the current situation is not suitable for sending soldiers into the city to search, I propose to directly use fuel oil to burn the city.”
Opposition was naturally impossible. Now all these places were Austrian territory, and in order to combat the epidemic, Albrecht was going to burn his own city, and naturally people would not have a problem with that.
If they were uninformed, they might even be very moved, thinking that Austria had made a great sacrifice.
After all, the burning of the city, are their own property. Even if there is some damage in the war, but the general framework is still good, repair and resurrection.
Albrecht was aware of the situation, and it became clear early on that the Vienna government’s Near East development program did not include a restoration plan for the old city.
Either a new area was chosen to build a new city, or a large-scale remodeling, in any case, it would end up being completely disfigured, and it would not hurt to add a little more fire to it.
Russian Marshal Ivanov: “Your Excellency’s proposal is very good, the Russian Empire is willing to provide 200,000 tons of kerosene.”
British representative Shelle Eberly: “Britain is willing to provide three hundred thousand tons of kerosene to be used to eliminate the hidden dangers.”
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This was not a matter of one family and one country, for the sake of their own safety, the European countries had a rare chance of not tearing each other apart this time. Regardless of ability, everyone contributed in one way or another.
The countries provided quite a lot of fuel, but those are theoretical values, when it can be in place, or depends on the bureaucrats’ knuckleheads.
As the host, Austria had to take responsibility. Fortunately, electricity has been popularized in most of the cities in the country, otherwise the people would not even be able to buy lamp oil.
Ever since the Epidemic Defense Command made the decision to burn the source of the disease in flames, Austria has been running out of oil.
There was no way around it, Austria did have a lot of oil, but the problem was that it was all buried under the ground, and it was impossible to dig it out at a moment’s notice.
The production capacity provided by those few oil fields in the Romanian region alone could not satisfy Austria’s needs at all.
From five years ago, until now, Austria is the world’s number one oil importer.
Prime Minister Felix: “The government has done its best, and all the fuel that could be raised domestically was sent to the Near East.
The international spot has also been swept away by us, and along with it, international fuel prices have risen dramatically.
But this is still a drop in the bucket, the European countries have promised to provide quite a lot of fuel, but unfortunately their efficiency is too low.
By the time their supplies are in place, it will probably be almost summer, and the epidemic in the Near East does not allow for delays.”
After hesitating for a few moments of effort, Franz slowly said, “Then we will use our strategic reserves to eliminate Ankara as the source first.”
If there was another point in time, Franz would never give up the national strategic reserve oil so easily.
To this day, oil is an important source of energy for Austria. The internal combustion engine industry that emerged in the Second Industrial Revolution was all about oil to carry it.
Without enough oil supply, Austria in the second revolution in the establishment of industrial advantage, directly will bury half.
But not now, with the international situation easing, the European continent will not break out into war for a while.
Especially after the annexation of the Ottoman Empire, Austria’s strategic security has been guaranteed, the government can rest assured that the development of the Middle East oil.
Just need to last through the toughest period of time again, the back of the Middle East oil was extracted, will never have to worry about the lack of oil.
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Ankara, became the first city to be burned by fire. Rolls of smoke rose, and endless evils were reduced to ashes in the flames.
This was just the beginning, and wherever there was a large-scale epidemic, nearby cities became targets for purification.
Throughout 1884, the work of the General Command of Epidemic Prevention consisted of setting fires and dropping rat poison. By the end of the epidemic, twenty-three cities had been baptized by fire.
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The plot was set up in the outline, a year earlier, with the ambush buried in front of it, and originally planned for fifty chapters.
How to catch up ……
Forget it, just skip it ????
(End of chapter)