Chapter 773: Gunpowder therapy

The disconnection is something that will happen sooner or later. It just depends on the situation of the Qi army. Qin Jun’s military connection is basically completed by laying cables, that is, maintaining wired calls. Although wireless technology has reached the broadcast level, the application of wireless technology in the military field is obviously not as extensive as in civilian use, especially in the front line of the Qin Army. The army has very few places equipped with radio equipment.

In fact, Qin Jun has noticed that radio equipment may bring about tremendous changes in the military field. Especially in military operations, when fighting in the vast Western Regions, the troops are often distressed by the mutual connections between the troops.

Especially the communications force. Sometimes they need to send several groups of people in a row to get in touch, and the communications unit is the arm with the most missing persons. Because communication personnel usually act alone. Individual action means that it is difficult to get timely assistance after an accident. For example, natural disasters are either intercepted by the opponent's patrol. And this possibility is very high.

Later Qin Jun chose to use the liaison machine. But even using the contact machine can not achieve precise contact, because some troops have to be in a hidden state, and if they want to contact, they must actively expose their position.

Not only that, but the liaison machine is affected by the weather. Especially the weather in the Western Regions. When the weather in the Western Regions changes especially. The strong wind of level 8 can easily dismember the aircraft. Not only that, the engine parts of the aircraft are very worn out in bad weather. And some special terrain areas. The liaison machine could not go further. Therefore, the liaison machine is not the best choice, and it is precisely because of this that Qin Jun is interested in equipping the radio. But the radio really has many limitations, especially the high tower receiving device is very few. Only in a big city like Xianyang in Qin State. Because there can pay the high cost of steel brackets. But not in other places, you know. There is only one country producing steel. At present, there are only three places where steel is produced, Guanzhong, the north of Qin State, and Taiyuan. It was barely able to produce in the Shangdang area, but because of the traffic conditions there, a lot of equipment was not invested. Therefore, that area was temporarily forgotten.

Now, Qin Jun is about to face the dilemma of no connection.

If you send manpower to complete the communication, it is not a good choice.

"Look, we can arrange barbed wire, and the enemy will do too, and they have more barbed wire than we have. It is very difficult to pass through these deadly barbed wire." The major took his binoculars and saw that Qi Jun was gathering up. The arranged wire wooden frame was thrown out. These wooden shelves are enough to keep the Qin army's communications soldiers busy.

The appearance of barbed wire has made the battlefield more and more complicated. And the requirements for infantry are getting higher and higher. At the same time, the threat to the cavalry is huge. According to an incomplete statistics. As long as the Qin Army defends on the spot, especially for long-term defense, it will arrange a large number of such barbed wire fences. Especially at the beginning of industrial civilization, only machines could manufacture this kind of barbed wire in large quantities. The wire drawing machine can draw thousands of wires per hour. It can be said that the cost is very low. But the threat of this weapon is great.

In the northern grasslands, this arrangement of barbed wire can greatly reduce the charge of the Huns cavalry. Their horses can't get over the wire fence that overlaps more and more. If the impact is forced, the damage to the horses will be very great.

Therefore, the living space of the Huns that was repeatedly compressed by the Qin army due to this cheap defense weapon, the barbed wire fence would be difficult to dismantle without special infantry equipment.

However, once this weapon is used on the infantry battlefield, the weapon becomes another situation. The barbed wire will push the war to an extreme. Because this is a defensive weapon, it is very beneficial to the defensive side and very unfavorable to the offensive side. In addition, the rate of fire of the rifle is getting faster and faster. Barbed wire became synonymous with death.

On the battlefield, a large number of soldiers died in front of them because of the appearance of barbed wire. At present, except Qin State issued a clause on infantry crossing the barbed wire, no other countries have specifically dealt with the defensive weapon of barbed wire. However, this defensive weapon has not yet attracted enough awareness. No one thinks this is a threat, they just think it is an obstacle. Yes, obstacles are just obstacles.

"Bang." There was a clear gunshot. The Qin Jun's position was in a commotion.

"Ah," a soldier of the Qin Army wailed.

"Come on. Medical soldiers. Quickly." A soldier shouted loudly.

"Come on. Someone is injured here. Hurry up." The soldier shouted loudly.

"Come on. Who is injured." The medical soldiers ran at the fastest speed.

"Oh. Damn it." The medic looked at the wound. The bullet hit the soldier in the shoulder. The injury is not a major problem.

"It hurts. It hurts me to death. Damn Qi people, I'm going to kill him by myself." The soldier yelled for pain while shouting at Qi Jun. The medics could not say anything. You can only look at the wound to see if the bullet is left in the body. Fortunately, it is not.

"Hold it up." The medic looked at the paratrooper.

"Fortunately, the bullet did not stay in the body." The medical soldier said after examining the wound.

The medical soldiers of the Qin State first came from the spontaneous behavior of the soldiers of the Qin Army. There were a large number of wounded and sick in the northern Qin Army. Especially non-combat attrition. While continuously improving the logistics facilities, Shangwen also ordered the soldiers to select some careful soldiers from ten to twenty soldiers to learn some medical knowledge, and then let them provide medical assistance to other soldiers in peacetime. Gradually, Qin The army began to appear specialized medical soldiers in the subsequent organizational system. Medical soldiers must not only take on the task of healing and rescue during wars, but also care about the physical and mental health of soldiers during peacetime. Ensure that every soldier is free from illness.

It can be said that the Qin Army was the first army to popularize medical assistance.

"Hold it up, I need to heal you. It will hurt. But it's good for you, listen, trust me." The medical soldier looked at the wounded soldier.

"Really?" The wounded looked at the medics at a loss.

"Hurry up. Do it." The veteran on the side couldn't stand it.

Speaking, the medical soldier nodded. He took out a bottle of gunpowder from his medical kit. Then sprinkle gunpowder on the wound. Then take out the lighter. Light a wooden stick.

"Oh. Stop it, what are you going to do." The wounded soldier watched in horror as the medical soldier approached the wound gunpowder with the ignition stick.

"Get away quickly, or I will kill you. I..." the wounded soldier shouted loudly.

"Ah..." the wounded soldier yelled.

Afterwards, the wounded were unconscious.

"Puff." The gunpowder reacted violently on the wound. Then there was a smell of barbecue in the air.

"Huh." The medical soldier breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to bandage. Qin Army medical soldiers generally used this method to treat wounds. In fact, Qin Jun can use normal saline and alcohol to disinfect the wound. However, the frontline of the Qin Army could hardly provide such convenient conditions. First of all, saline is only available to the wounded who have provided infusions on the front line. In order to provide a certain amount of energy. Normal saline has always been used as energy water. As for alcohol, it was regarded as a pastime by the soldiers and fell into the hands of the soldiers. Therefore, doctors do not have a good disinfectant to treat wounds. But if the wound is not treated in time, it will soon become infected. Then the soldiers had to dig out the carrion, and severely had to amputate their limbs.

However, in an accident, Qin Jun found another quick way. That is, a Yanjun soldier's bullet belt was hit. The gunpowder in the bullet was ignited. The place where it was lit was the wound, because there were a lot of wounded soldiers at that time. Qin's doctor did not provide timely treatment, but a few days later, the doctor unexpectedly discovered that the wounded soldier who had not been treated was healed. So he checked the wound and asked some questions before he understood. There were serious burns in the wound, which were caused by the ignition of gunpowder, but the high temperature of the gunpowder and the sulfur in the gunpowder played a good role in sterilization and disinfection. But the doctor doesn't know this. He knows that if you use gunpowder to ignite the wound, it can be disinfected well. And it is extremely easy to avoid secondary infection of the wound. This discovery was quickly promoted.

Qin Jun didn't know. Spreading sulfur powder on the wound can also be disinfected. They mistakenly believed that igniting gunpowder can be sterilized.

As a result, this method began to spread on a large scale. Especially the medical soldiers, they all received short-term training. Learn to spread this method, and then use this method on wounded soldiers. For this reason, medical soldiers call it gunpowder therapy as a method.

But this method has a big disadvantage. That is, soldiers receiving treatment often have to endure great pain. Especially the burning sensation that occurs when the gunpowder is ignited. This kind of huge pain is not something ordinary people can tolerate. Therefore, many soldiers screamed after igniting gunpowder, and then fainted. But the medical soldiers saw more. If a soldier does not faint after being injured, and can persist. Then this person can be called a real man. Because few people can bear it.

Shang Wen didn't know this cruel medical treatment. If he knew it, he would suggest the use of sulfur powder. But now, this method can greatly reduce the casualties of soldiers, especially the chance of secondary infection. In contrast, Qi Jun is much miserable. They still don't know that this cruel method can save their lives. And many of them died of this secondary infection.