The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 392 "Dandelion Project"

I originally thought that I would issue a notice and guarantee free treatment to all infected people in Changchun City, and that the board, lodging and medicine expenses during the treatment period would all be paid by the Governor's Office...

But it still couldn't resist the rumors in the city - now the whole city was in a panic, ordinary people were hiding the sick in their families, and the lower-level soldiers were not very willing to go to the isolated epidemic area for centralized treatment.

"The weather will soon warm up, and the equipment and raw materials we bought will start arriving at the factory—"

Yan Ziwen was worried. "Except for the pharmaceutical factory, which has been completed, all other factories have stopped working. I have talked to the foreman, who said that there are diseases everywhere and it is difficult for them to find people."

The epidemic has already spread. This large-scale mass health incident has led to economic restrictions... and will soon threaten political security;

This happened just after he officially took office.

Fortunately, the epidemic has only occurred in Liufangzi County and Changchun, and has not occurred in other cities or counties.

After investigation, no cases of typhoid fever were found in Siping, the closest city to Liu's house, and nearby Liaoyuan.

This indirectly shows that the outbreaks in the two places must have been caused by someone.

Facing his staff, Jiang Cheng continued, "I'm afraid that we can't control the epidemic situation in the two places just by relying on our 29th Division."

Although the number of his troops far exceeded that of a division, after this incident, it was seen that although the combat effectiveness of his troops was top-notch among the Fengtian Army, there was still a considerable gap in the so-called modern troop construction.

"I have requested assistance from Rehe. Changchun and Liufangzi counties are all under wartime military control."

Jiang Cheng, who was sitting at the head of the long table, slapped the table in front of him and said, "All import and export personnel, including those at Kuanchengzi Station and the Japanese-controlled areas, must implement wartime preparedness."

“In addition, all the city police chiefs will report the number of patients within two days, and Zhang Fushan’s brigade will check the people entering the city and send them all to the quarantine area.”

"Every village head who does his job well will be rewarded with ten dollars, and anyone who doesn't do his job well will be shot on the spot... There's nothing to say."

Jiang Cheng gave out orders one after another, and all the staff stood up and shouted, "Yes, my command!"

On the same day that martial law was ordered for the Japanese-controlled territories, Suzuki Hiroshi, the highest officer of Kuanchengzi Station, announced the closure of the station.

"Damn the Chinese, how dare they extend their hands into Japanese territory!"

He paced back and forth on the ground with an angry look on his face.

But he really didn't dare to bring his men to confront the young Jilin governor openly... Even though this guy was not even twenty years old, after dealing with him twice, he found that he was extremely ruthless, and he had more soldiers and equipment than himself -

In addition, a large number of Japanese troops went south to Qingdao to fight, and he also knew that if he was beaten, there would probably be no one to reinforce him.

"That Jiang Cheng reacted really quickly. He centralized all the patients in the city for treatment. I'm afraid the 'dandelion' that Commander Fukushima mentioned won't spread!"

An aide reported carefully, "Now all water sources in the city are under control, and the mining area is also completely closed. Jiang Cheng seems to be determined to stop the spread of the virus at all costs. We..."

Suzuki Hiroshi gave him a sidelong glance.

In fact, the highest official also knew that Governor Fukushima was planning to start with the typhoid virus, first forcing Jiang Cheng to close the coal mine, and then disrupt Changchun... When the city is in chaos, people will flee, and the weather will naturally become warmer and warmer, which will naturally be conducive to the spread of typhoid bacteria. By then, Jilin will be full of typhoid bacteria.

However, this "Dandelion Plan" had little effect. The only goal achieved was the closure of the Liufangzi Coal Mine. But whether in the county or the big city, the patients had been managed by the army and were quarantined in large numbers.

In addition, this kid seemed to know a lot about typhoid bacteria and actually paid attention to all the key points of epidemic prevention: without human intervention, the spread would not be possible.

"This kid, you really can't underestimate him."

Suzuki Hiroshi clenched his fists little by little, but he soon sneered, "In that case, let's implement the second and third steps of the plan mentioned by Commander Fukushima."

"We have completely closed the station - Jiang Cheng's wishful thinking for transferring supplies here is just wishful thinking."

"Order your assault team to attack the convoys transporting supplies along the way tomorrow night... Also, didn't Commander Fukushima deploy typhoid medicine in the area in advance? Now, we can contact Nakamura, the owner of Guangjitang, and sell a large amount of medicine!"

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Just as Rehe called back and Gao Wensheng and Li Shitou led reinforcements into the city, Jiang Cheng received some news.

"It is certain that the spread of typhoid bacteria this time was caused by those damn Japanese people."

As a top student at Yenching University, Sun Zhengnan always spoke elegantly. This was the first time he swore at Jiang Cheng. "The South Manchuria Railway has closed the approval of military trains. Staff Officer Gao and his men will have to delay their departure to Changchun for at least two days."

Jiang Cheng stared at the paper he handed over and sneered, "Not only that, you see, there are troubles in the Japanese-controlled areas every day. In addition to the restrictions on the movements of the overseas Chinese who protested the martial law, it was also revealed that there are patients in their area, and they asked us to treat them as well."

Sun Zhengnan cursed: "What are you trying to do! Are you just trying to get some random people into the quarantine area and spread some rumors to muddy the waters?"

Seeing the rare anger of this trusted civil servant, Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled: "Not only that, if he also causes some sabotage, such as setting off a fire poison or something, how can we carry out our work?"

"And look at this. The Japanese pharmacy Guangjitang in Changchun City has actually started selling so-called 'special medicine'... According to the tip-off, these people are actually raising the price of the medicine to two hundred dollars."

"Whether ordinary people can afford to eat it is another matter, but if the rich people in the city really eat it and it works, who would they think of as good?"

Sun Zhengnan clenched his fists and said, "Master Jiang, I understand what you mean. How could Guangjitang prepare a large amount of medicine for cashing out so quickly? Didn't they know the information in advance?"

Jiang Cheng nodded in approval: "Smart! But I secretly sent someone to get some medicine. Some people who are willing to try the medicine are indeed slowly recovering after taking the medicine sold by the Japanese."

"It is useful, but I asked our foreign partners to take a closer look: this batch of medicine is not produced by the Japanese themselves, and the Japanese do not have the technology to do it."

"This batch of medicine for treating typhoid fever should have been bought from the British."

The European battlefield has been fought for many years. The conditions on the front lines during the war were very different. All kinds of diseases emerged, and typhoid was just one of them.

Therefore, these European masters do have some outstanding qualities and have developed many special medicines to fight diseases.

(End of this chapter)