Battlefield Priest's Diary

Chapter 19 Seizing Power
Under the moonlight, the group ran toward the gathering place of the seriously wounded. In their excitement, two of their attendants stumbled and fell several times along the way.

The young medic got up from the ground and looked ahead. The priest remained calm and composed, taking steady steps forward, as if everything was under his control.

Of course he remained calm, because this situation was exactly what Qin Hao had anticipated.

The document contained a mixture of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic powder in a hidden compartment. Qin Hao rubbed the powder to dissolve some of it into the water.

Although the amount dissolved in water could not be too large, people in this era had never been exposed to antibiotics and had almost no drug resistance.

Therefore, even a small amount of medicine can have a significant effect.

At that time, there were at least 200 wounded people in the entire treatment center, and half of them had infections as their main problem.

After this bucket of "antibiotic holy water" was administered, it was entirely expected that some people would show improvement overnight.

Qin Hao had originally expected that rescuing just three to five people would generate a positive response. However, when he arrived at the scene, he found that the situation was even better than he had imagined.

While Pavka was running over to deliver the news, several more wounded soldiers showed signs of life, and the number seemed to be increasing.

The soldiers felt that the fact that so many seriously wounded soldiers, who were about to be abandoned, were suddenly showing signs of recovery was almost like a miraculous comeback.

Everyone saw that the wounded recovered after drinking water that had been soaked in the priest's "ritual implements".

A person who can share the joys and sorrows of soldiers can be called a soldier's friend.

The one who can bestow good fortune upon warriors is the priest.

What are people who can perform miracles called?
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the same words came to many people's minds.

"Father, what should we do?" With so many people suddenly waking up, the medics were at a loss for what to do.

Qin Hao first pulled Pavka aside and instructed him, "Go and call a few guards to come and help. No one should sleep tonight. I will personally deal with anyone who wakes up."

Then, after thinking for a moment, he added, "Go to the kitchen and wake someone up. Cook a pot of wheat porridge, a thicker kind."

Pavka was taken aback by the two requests, hesitated for a few seconds, and then turned to carry out his "orders".

Watching the veteran's figure disappear into the distance, Qin Hao nodded silently. His two requests were actually a "test of authority and obedience."

The redeployment of guards involves military security, while contacting the kitchen is a logistical matter. If an ordinary soldier can carry out these two orders smoothly without the commander's permission, it means that Kazman's authority as a commander has been completely shaken by his own actions.

A dozen minutes later, a squad of soldiers arrived at the wounded soldiers' camp to help, and half an hour later, a bucket of cooked thick wheat porridge was brought up.

As they watched Father Putin personally examine each of the waking wounded soldiers, and then blow on the porridge to cool it down before feeding them spoonful by spoonful, all the soldiers felt a special emotion welling up in their hearts.

The figure in black robes and black hair slowly patrolled the camp, carrying a lantern. People looked up at him, and some even had an urge to kneel down and worship him immediately.

If you can successfully create momentum, there will be no shortage of clever people in the world.

Seeing this, Pavka first looked around, his eyes darting around involuntarily, and after a brief struggle, he suddenly knelt down in front of Qin Hao with a thud.

Then the veteran bent down and kissed the black-clad priest's fingertips.

This is the courtesy that believers show to the most revered priests.

Once the first person starts it, the domino effect begins.

The second to kneel was a young medic, who devoutly prostrated himself on either side of the black-clad priest like a believer. The third, the fourth, the fifth… some knelt, some bowed, and all the soldiers and lightly wounded on the scene lowered their heads considerably. And at the very center of everyone stood the priest, carrying a lantern and dressed in black.

Or rather, at this moment, he is more like a…

saint!
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When Lieutenant Colonel Kazman woke up, he found that his soldiers seemed to have completely changed.

Those pigs who couldn't even tell left from right and only knew how to slack off suddenly became very active. Everyone took the initiative to busy themselves with their work. Some people carried logs and walked in one direction, constantly muttering things like "miracle".

"Did these idiots eat too many potatoes last night?" the lieutenant colonel muttered, turning to leave, but then he suddenly realized something!

Damn it! Who ordered them to do this?!

He reached out and stopped a soldier carrying timber, grabbing him by the collar and demanding, "What are you doing?!"

The soldier saw that his superior was clearly confused and stammered, "Build, build houses, build houses for the wounded."

"I mean, who gave you the orders to do this?!"

"It was Father Putin, he said..."

"Damn it! What do you take your superior for!" The lieutenant colonel angrily shoved the other man aside and strode toward the dressing station.

When he arrived at his destination, he found that the once empty dressing station had been turned into a construction site.

Soldiers, carrying tools and logs, chanted in rustic dialect as a simple flat-roofed wooden hut was nearing completion, with someone erecting a flagpole beside it.

Seeing all this, the flames of anger finally burned through the threads of reason, and the lieutenant colonel suddenly erupted.

"Stop! Everyone stop! Everyone stop!" the lieutenant colonel shouted angrily at everyone.

It was as if the power had been suddenly switched off; the once bustling scene suddenly fell silent. The soldiers put down what they were holding and turned to look at their commander.

Although he was an incompetent fool, Kazman was, after all, the legitimate commander of this unit, and his long-standing authority still held sway, with most of the soldiers showing expressions of fear.

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, I sent the soldiers to help. It was my fault that I didn't ask for permission beforehand because you were still resting." The black-haired priest appeared before the crowd, taking the blame at the opportune moment.

The other party took the initiative to admit their mistake and left a way out, but the lieutenant colonel still felt an inexplicable anger surging in his chest.

He said in a deep voice, “Father, if you need help, you can ask me anytime. There’s no need to go to such lengths.”

"Please forgive me, the situation last night was very special. About 30 seriously injured people suddenly recovered, and we had to temporarily add a building to take care of them. This situation will not happen again next time," Qin Hao assured with a smile.

“Thirty-odd?!” Kazman repeatedly checked to make sure he hadn’t misheard. He had never imagined that someone on the verge of death could be saved.

The next second he hurried into the tent, where a young medic was feeding porridge to several wounded soldiers wrapped up like mummies. He could see the wounded soldiers swallowing the porridge in small sips, their eyes still moving.

But yesterday he clearly saw those people lying there motionless!

Thinking back to yesterday's scene, and those cups of "holy water" that had been poured down his throat, the lieutenant colonel felt a strange sensation rising in his heart.

"Next time something like this happens, be sure to tell me." The lieutenant colonel said this and left with a stern face.

"Yes, please rest assured, there won't be a next time." Watching the other person's departing figure, a subtle smile appeared on Qin Hao's lips.

(End of this chapter)