Throughout the Austro-Prussian War, Austria was not always passive.
In history, Franz had a very keen sense of smell, and his military mobilization was half a month earlier than Prussia. Of course, some blind confidence was at work in this. On the other side, Emperor Pu was somewhat arrogant and was considering the possibility of negotiation at the last moment.
It was not until more than half a month after Austria began to gather troops that Prussia issued orders to distribute weapons, horses and prepare for battle.
Therefore, Bavaria's voting proposal is just an opportunity, and the two military forces have long wanted to touch it. It's just that their respective brothers have always believed that the two brothers of the German Confederation family should not be at each other's throats.
But even under such preemptive conditions, Austria's deployment was still much slower than Prussia.
He watched helplessly as Prussia occupied Hanover, swept through Hesse and Kassel, until it crushed the fleeing troops in Hanover and marched all the way to the Austrian border.
But now, due to the time advantage gained and the more aggressive attack strategy after the replacement of the marshal, the Austrian army was assembled faster than Franz originally planned. Two days before the Bavarian vote, the army had already assembled on a large scale at Olmitz Fortress. (now Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Compared to Prussia, which was more advanced and superior in all aspects, Austria had nothing to offer.
Arms and weapons were one generation behind, and 100,000 combat personnel were taken away by the Italian army. Although the assembly time was early enough, it lost railway support after leaving the Austrian mainland, and its speed was only barely the same as the opponent's. In the army, only the group armies have telegraph communication, and the units under their jurisdiction are still mainly communication corps.
Logistics support is mostly the same. Food reserves and supply lines are far from enough to support the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops. The armies of both sides purchase supplies wherever they go.
After all, Austria only has medical security to show off to its enemies.
This was partly due to Kavi's suggestion, and partly also due to Laszlo's support for Austria. Kawei doesn't understand the exchange of interests in the commercial part, but he knows very well what kind of changes this exchange can bring.
The number of logistics carriages for each German army is about 30, including field bakeries, hospital equipment and medicines, as well as engineering equipment for building temporary strongholds.
In Austria, the number is 45 vehicles, including 25 vehicles of hospital equipment and medicinal materials. These transport carriages are only responsible for hospital construction. If you include the medical bags and supplies carried by the doctors themselves, the number will only be larger.
Such a large medical transport team, like the large army, was assembled two days ago and a hospital in the town where the fortress is located was converted into a strategic rear hospital.
The trauma treatment team led by Kawei basically operates here, and the wounded will be transported from the front to the rear via horse-drawn carriages. If the front is pressed forward, the strategic rear hospitals do not need to be moved. More combat rear hospitals will be set up along the way. Kawei will also go to the further front lines to participate in treatment according to the war situation.
This is a basic medical logistics mechanism. It is much simpler than the modern multi-level evacuation mechanism of company rescue teams, battalions, regiments, division rescue stations, group military hospitals, theater hospitals, and rear-line hospitals. Its transportation capabilities are also incomparable with modern medical care. Comparable.
But at least Laszlo secured enough horse-drawn carriages for the entire military medical department, and Carvey was able to form the world's first medical fleet that could set up a temporary ambulance at any time.
"Dean Kawei, here is the steak, bread and vegetable soup you asked for." A guard brought the lunch on the train from the door and delivered it to Kawei's table. "Would you like wine? The red wine from the Imperial Train very nice."
"I don't drink." Kawei took the plate and asked Herman, who was sitting opposite him and eating, "How is the construction of the fortress hospital going? Is there any news?"
"The telegram sent back last night said that it is almost completed." Herman said, "There are 1,400 beds, and all the equipment has been prepared according to your standards. It can be put into use at any time as soon as the war starts."
Kawei nodded, swayed back and forth with the carriage, and began to cut the steak with a knife and fork: "Where is the water source? How are you finding the water source?"
Europe has always lacked clean water sources that can be directly drank. In peacetime, it can be solved with low-alcohol drinks. However, in wartime, there will definitely be problems with the supply of alcohol. In the end, it is necessary to ensure water for the army.
This is even more obvious in medical logistics, especially in the surgery department where Kawei is located. Normal saline alone requires a large amount of water.
According to the concept of modern military medicine, the requirements for water sources are very high, not only for microorganisms, but also for various trace elements, radioactive substances, heavy metals, organic matter, etc. [1].
In the 19th century, there was a lack of chemical testing tools and it was impossible to bring chemists with the army, so we had to make do with it.
However, low requirements do not mean that there are no requirements. Kawei still added his own understanding of water source requirements to the four-month intensive training of military doctors.
The first is to compare the color. The water must have no abnormal color, no turbidity, no odor and peculiar smell, and no impurity particles visible to the naked eye. The water source in the hospital area also needs to undergo a simple pH test, and the range cannot exceed the range of 6.5-8.5.
As for parasites, bacteria, etc., there are no requirements. It is better to boil all the problems directly when doing microbial culture with the team.
"The water source of the fortress is not a problem. The Morava River in the Sudeten Mountains provides sufficient water." Herman stuffed a whole piece of chicken into his mouth, chewed two mouthfuls and continued, "The military logistics force will do it according to your requirements. of water management.”
"Have you emphasized the importance of alum coagulation and filtration to them?"
"I told you."
Kavi felt a little more at ease.
Ever since he got on the train leaving Vienna, his heart had been hanging.
It’s the first time in my life that I’m on the battlefield. Although I don’t have to go to the front line to fight, there may not be 100% peace at the rear. Everything seems so strange, everything is unknown. All he can do is continue to strictly follow his daily work attitude, focus all his energy on work, and reduce the pressure caused by other things.
However, compared to those soldiers, the carriage Kawei was in was much more luxurious. At least it had a place to sleep, and at least it had glass windows to look at the scenery outside.
It’s not that Austria doesn’t have a railway network. Compared to Prussia, the railway network around Vienna was built earlier than Berlin.
It was precisely because of the transportation convenience brought by the Austrian railway that in 1850, at the Olmitz Fortress, Prussia had to succumb to the pressure of Austria and Russia and sign the Treaty of Olmitz.
The treaty stipulated that Prussia gave up leadership of other states in the confederation, gave up its plan to unify Germany, was willing to surrender to Austria, and agreed to withdraw its troops.
However, 16 years later, Austria is suffering from domestic economic recession, and the railway network is still the same size. The train Kavi was on could only take him to Malacki, north of Vienna, and then he had to drive slowly into the Olmitz Fortress by carriage.
However, Prussia's railways have been built to the front line of the war. Railway stations are located in various cities, and the transportation capacity greatly exceeds that of other European countries.
Kawei looked at the rolling mountains in the distance and asked, "How long will it take for us to reach Malacki?"
"According to the current speed, it is estimated that we will be able to arrive tomorrow morning." Herman said, "The next step is a carriage journey that lasts for 2 days and 3 nights. If the horses are okay, we will be able to reach the front line on the morning of September 30. fortress."
"By then, the battle on the Bohemian front should have begun."
"Emmmm, it's hard to say." It was also the first time for Herman to join the army. For him, this was an experience and an opportunity to earn military merit. "Don't worry, Dr. Kawei won't be the best. The escorts are all Count Morasso's elite." Choosing carefully can completely guarantee the safety of our lives.”
What Kawei was worried about wasn't his own body. He was also a person who had died once, and he had already taken these things lightly. In fact, strictly speaking, this is not a worry, it is more of a state of excitement.
If he had to look for similar feelings in his memory, it would be similar to the first time he followed his teacher into the operating room decades ago.
He pinched the knife in his hand hard, gently cut open the remaining half of the steak, and put the meat into his mouth with a fork: "What I care about is not these, but your state. What will happen when the time comes? Wounded soldiers are emergencies, and I won't give you reaction time. If you can't keep up, I will replace you, so you have to be mentally prepared."
Kawei mentioned this in previous trainings.
The trauma treatment team includes 12 surgeons, 8 surgical assistants and 30 nurses. They are divided into four teams and stick to the trauma hospital where they are located day and night.
The four core members of Kawei’s team were originally configured for Fernan’s abdominal surgery. First assistant Herman, second assistant Damirgang, third assistant Beget, and anesthetist Amor. Among them, Beget and Amor were assistant.
Although with Bergt's work experience, it is not a problem to become a doctor in the army, but here he is not qualified to hold a scalpel.
There is a simple competition mechanism among the four squads, and everyone can participate in the rotation. As long as an obvious mistake is made, the level will drop one level, the chief surgeon will become an assistant, the first assistant will become a second assistant, and so on.
This includes Kawi himself.
"I'm eager to give it a try"
Heman looked at Kawei's young and immature face, and rarely regained his confidence. But his innate personality made him quickly discouraged. The whole mental journey was ups and downs faster than a roller coaster: "I know it's impossible to replace you. I just want to be the chief surgeon of another team if possible."
"It doesn't matter, there will be a summary meeting every day, and I will make fine adjustments." Kawei took out the sketch of the Orgi abdominal surgery from his pocket again, "I haven't done the previous operation process of liver removal. It’s time to explain everything clearly to you.”
"well!"
Herman stuffed the last bit of food into his mouth, pushed the plate aside, and looked at it carefully: "What I'm more confused about is how to deal with a ruptured spleen. When should it be sutured and when should it be cut out?"
"In this case, you have to check whether the spleen capsule is intact."
The train was carrying Kawei towards the northern fortress, and inside the fortress, a large number of troops had already been assembled.
Archduke Brecht's command was far more advanced and more offensive than Ludwig's. Just after receiving the telegram last night, which made it clear that Prussia had declared war, he ordered the troops to move north, preparing to capture the important northern town, Breslau, the capital of Silesia, as soon as possible. (now Wreclaw, Poland)
Unlike director-level doctors stationed in strategic rear hospitals, young doctors without much experience and status must move with the army. The comfortable city life makes it difficult for them to adapt to the wild, and the fear of war is slowly changing their determination to be loyal to the empire without realizing it.
There is a typical young military doctor in the Klavow Infantry Battalion of the Third Army.
He is from Graz, graduated from Graz Medical School and has only been working in clinical practice for two years. The surgeries that the surgeon can perform are limited to general epidermal tumor removal, and amputation is rare, but the success rate is not high.
Three months ago, the hospital in Graz where he worked received a notice: all doctors were obliged to sign up to become reserve military doctors.
In the context of nationwide mobilization, this brief but extremely confusing notice made the restless "sincere heart" in the young doctor's chest burn. He felt that joining the army was the obligation of every doctor, so he immediately went to the Graz recruitment office to register, and got on the train to Vienna the next day.
But there are very few young people who plunge into the army like him. When reporting at the military medical office, there were only a few people sitting around, and almost all of them were elderly veterans. Some are even over 50 years old, not only suffering from chronic cough, but also neuralgia and enteritis.
And their medical experience was only as hospital assistants when they were soldiers, or they just helped pull hooks on the operating table.
Once they leave the special environment of the military, their academic qualifications and medical knowledge are simply not enough to become doctors. But when the war came quietly again, they became an indispensable part of the military medical team. As for the rest, who could care about it.
In this way, amid hesitation and disappointment, the young military doctor completed his simple military medical training in August.
He obtained the rank of second lieutenant and was incorporated into an infantry battalion of the Third Army as a "military doctor." A few days ago, he came to the Olmitz Fortress with the large army and directly entered the fortress Army General Hospital to work.
Unfortunately, the secure job ended quickly.
At dawn today, his Third Army received the commander's order and immediately set off to move north. As the medic of the infantry battalion, he was naturally no exception.
"Doctor Litokwa!"
"I am here!"
The young military doctor is riding on his own military horse. This is the only benefit brought by the rank of second lieutenant. In addition, as a military doctor, he was required to lead a mule carrying necessary medical supplies. 【2】
Major Klavow personally slowed down the speed of his army horse, came to his side and said: "According to the commander's order, my troops need to move forward quickly to help the engineering troops establish a stronghold in the front. Please speed up your speed! "
"yes!"
Seeing his delicate face, Klavov shook his head inwardly: "There may be a battle ahead, so please be careful."
"yes!"
But as soon as they finished speaking, there was a faint sound of cannons in their ears.
