Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 67 Battlefield First Aid Concept
3pm.

The soldiers outside were busy.
Wang Feng sat in the command center, browsing the telegram from the 14th Army.

In the telegram, Wei Lihuang first expressed his dissatisfaction with Yan Laoxi's overstepping of his authority in command.

This has happened more than once or twice.

This Commander Yan, like the Chairman in Nanjing, likes to "micro-manage" the front-line troops.

He often stepped in and directly commanded regimental combat units, bypassing all levels of troops.

At the end of the telegram, there was another sentence.

[Niangziguan is in danger. It concerns the overall situation of Shanxi's war of resistance. We must not lose it! ]

Although Wei Lihuang was very disgusted with such acts of exceeding his authority, this was indeed a rare opportunity.

Anyone who knows a little about military affairs can understand the importance of the Niangzi Pass line to the Xinkou Defense Line and even the entire Shanxi Province.

But at the pre-war meeting, no matter how Huang Shaohong persuaded him, Yan Laoxi insisted on not defending Niangzi Pass.

In the end, they were forced to send a weak team to hold up the situation.

It's more of a show in front of friendly forces.

Until noon on the 18th, it was not known whether Yan Laoxi did it for the sake of face or for other reasons.

No matter how Huang Shaohong asked for help, the Niangzi Pass defense line was always ignored.

It was not until Wang Feng's troops entered Jinzhong that the idea of strengthening the defense of Niangzi Pass suddenly came to his mind.

No one can do anything about this kind of theater commander.
Now that he had finally given in, Wei Lihuang acquiesced to the North China Battle Group's move to Niangzi Pass.

Wang Feng shook his head and sighed: "What nonsense!"

"Using business methods to command a large army is no different from sending soldiers to their deaths!"

This naturally refers to Yan Laoxi.

It’s too late to make amends!
If it was at the beginning of the war, they would have set up defenses at Niangzi Pass and cooperated with the more than 100,000 garrison troops in Shijiazhuang. With the combined efforts of both sides, not to mention that the defense line would be impregnable, it could at least hold out for a month.

To dispatch the North China Battle Group to reinforce the defense only now is tantamount to a last-ditch effort.

Lang Shaohua knocked on the door gently: "Sir?"

Wang Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "You are here, come over and tell you something."

It is said that an army of thousands is easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find.

In Wang Feng's opinion, a regular field hospital is more valuable than some generals.

After the field hospital was incorporated into the North China Battle Group, the data on the system panel showed obvious changes.

The most obvious thing is the recovery rate of wounded soldiers, which has increased from negligible to 15%.

This means that 15% of the wounded soldiers can return to the combat sequence after receiving treatment.

The second is organization. Just a field hospital increases the organization of three regiments by 10 points.

The organization recovery rate also increased by 0.1. It seems that after the hospital was built, the soldiers fought more bravely.

Wang Feng: "Sit down, don't be too restrained."

Lang Shaohua sat down upright.

Wang Feng said slowly: "How many medical staff are there in our hospital at present?"

That day Wei Lihuang only mentioned a specific number, and he didn't have time to ask for the exact number.

Lang Shaohua: "53 doctors and 287 nurses."

Wang Feng nodded, thinking secretly in his heart.

Such a large number of field medical personnel should be enough to deal with the current North China battle group.

But there is a very important point to note.

A field hospital, such a vital institution, cannot be stationed at the front line and must be deployed in the rear of the troops.

There are many cases where soldiers died due to excessive blood loss due to the long time on the way to field hospitals.

If these soldiers' wounds are treated promptly and they rest for a period of time, they can actually return to the battlefield.

In such circumstances, the importance of battlefield emergency medical care becomes apparent.

The person who was saved was not just a soldier.

This is a veteran with battlefield experience. Under the current circumstances, as long as he can survive a battle, he can be directly promoted to an officer.

At least he is a squad leader.

Grassroots officers are trained bit by bit in this way.

Wang Feng took a sip of tea and said, "Shaohua, I plan to select a group of soldiers from the army and send them to your hospital for training."

"You don't need any profound medical knowledge. You just need to know how to bandage first aid and treat wounds urgently."

Lang Shaohua immediately agreed: "No problem, sir, as many as you want will do!"

A soldier's duty is to obey orders, and a doctor's duty is to save lives and heal the wounded.

This is the most basic professional ethics, and as a military doctor, both of these must be observed.

Since returning from studying abroad, I have served in several military units.

This is the first time I have seen a general like Wang Feng who attaches so much importance to field medical care.

Most military field hospitals serve officers.

Due to the scarcity of medical supplies, it was a mercy for ordinary soldiers who were shot to be given a bandage. The vast majority of soldiers could not even get to the hospital, so if they died, they were dead.

What China lacks the least is people. Infantry is not a technical branch of the military. They can go to the battlefield as long as they are given a gun.

Regarding the indifference of the senior military officers, Lang Shaohua could not help but often sigh: "Studying medicine cannot cure the Chinese people."

(End of this chapter)