Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1022 Spanish Influenza

So Sophia's family settled down by the beautiful Lake Victoria.

Compared with Belgium, which is full of wars, Lake Victoria has no wars, no vicious Germans, no exorbitant taxes, and no troubles. It is indeed a paradise on earth.

The only regret is that the largest war in history broke out on the western front. Sophia's family prayed for Qin Ling every day, looking forward to Qin Ling's safe return.

Qin Ling doesn't think there is any danger in the war. He has successfully won his 350th victory and is working hard towards the goal of 400. As far as the current progress is concerned, Qin Ling can complete the task in ten days at most.

If you're lucky, you won't be able to use it all day.

The most powerful machine gunner of the Second Cavalry Division is said to have killed no less than 500 German troops, and that is the real killer.

Rock is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the British Expeditionary Force. He is more worried about the American troops. The American troops are also really unlucky. They encountered the largest battle in history when they first went to the battlefield. I hope that the Americans will not be scared out of their wits.

"General Coker is feeling a bit unwell. He went to the hospital in the afternoon and hasn't come back yet. He seems to have caught a cold." When An Qi reported to Rock, she unconsciously coughed twice.

"Did you catch a cold too?" Rock was in good health and had never had a cold.

"Who knows, there are a lot of people with colds lately—" Angie's words made Rock vigilant. It seems that Chief of Staff Henry Wilson was hospitalized with a cold last month, and now Paul Coker also went to the hospital because of a cold. Rock suddenly remembered a problem - the Spanish flu.

Strictly speaking, the Spanish flu did not originate in Spain. This global pandemic began in a military camp in Kansas, USA, and later detonated the whole world with the arrival of the U.S. military in France.

It is estimated that about one billion people in the world were infected with the Spanish flu. Don't underestimate this number. At this time, there were only 17 billion people in the world.

The Spanish flu killed 2000 million to 4000 million people around the world. Some people say that the death toll is between 7000 million and 1000 million. No matter what the number is, it is scary enough. The world war has only caused less than [-] million people. people died, even in the smallest numbers, the Spanish flu killed twice as many people as the world wars.

"Have many people caught a cold recently?" Rock was frightened even though he was used to seeing big scenes. The Spanish flu in another time and space only broke out in 1918, so Rock didn't think about it immediately.

But in another time and space, the United States only entered the war in 1918, so the outbreak of the Spanish flu in 1918 was very correct.

The world war in this time and space has been advanced by one year, and the United States' entry into the war has been advanced by another year on this basis, so calculating the time——

"It's too much, the hospital is full of people with colds, patients have to sleep in the corridors, some people don't get treatment at all, and the doctors don't have a good way to deal with it. As far as I know, people have died of colds ——" An Qi didn't know the power of the Spanish flu, and it was probably just a cold in An Qi's opinion.

The reason why the Spanish flu is called the "Spanish flu" is because during the World War, the Allied countries imposed controls on the media, and newspapers could not report news that was unfavorable to the country.

The "Black Death" has left too much shadow on European countries. As long as the news of a large-scale "plague" spreads, it is enough to cause a country to collapse instantly, so only the Spanish media dare to report.

Spain is a neutral country until now, and it has not participated in the war, so naturally there is no so-called news control and no pressure.

The idle Spanish media don't care about the brains of Britain, France, and Germany. They pay more attention to the domestic epidemic. In Spain, the "plague" caused by this cold is called "French flu".

Yes, the Spaniards called the "Spanish flu" the "French flu" because the European epidemic first broke out in France.

The French firmly disagree with this statement. It is obvious that the virus was brought by the Americans and has nothing to do with France.

However, France and the United States are allies, and France is embarrassed to directly blame the Americans, so the neutral country Spain is unlucky, because only Spanish media in the world are reporting on this influenza, so this cold is called "Spanish flu" ".

See clearly the logic of white people's naming of certain things. The truth is not important, and interests are the root of everything.

Angie didn't know the power of the Spanish flu, but Rock knew it very well.

Another time-space pandemic, the Spanish flu, was divided into three stages. In the first stage, the virus was not very lethal, and only a small number of people died, which did not attract the attention of the whole world. In the second half of the year, the virus broke out for the second time. The death toll this time is so high that the impact on the world is unprecedented.

The third stage began in the winter of 1919, and by the spring of 1920, the virus disappeared mysteriously and never appeared again.

So this can understand why someone thinks that as long as the weather gets warmer, the virus will mysteriously disappear.

Now it seems that it should be the first stage of the virus. Although the impact of this stage is not large enough, Rock can't take it lightly. There are about one billion masks on the expeditionary force's material purchase list.

"Why do you need to buy so many masks? It's summer now." Paul Coker, who was wearing a mask himself, looked puzzled. He has been diagnosed with a cold, but his condition is not serious and he does not need to report to the hospital every day.

According to Paul Cocker's understanding of Roque, unless it is in Paris or London in winter, Roque will not wear a mask, nor will he ask the staff around him to wear masks. Roque is very abnormal today, Paul When Cocker came to work in the morning, he found that almost all the staff members of the command were wearing masks.

Even including Rock.

"Are you aware of the influenza reported by the Spanish media?" Rock planned for a rainy day. If he didn't buy a mask now, he would be unable to buy it if he wanted to.

Of course, Rock has also sent a telegram to Anton that Nyasaland needs to set up more medical supplies factories, especially for military and civilian products such as masks, and increase production.

As for how much Anton can comprehend, this is not a problem that Rock is worried about. Anyway, there is also the Johannesburg Textile Company.

"Not sure—" Paul Coker answered honestly. Not everyone is in the mood to pay attention to what news is reported in a neutral country's newspaper every day. In fact, Rock has never read a Spanish newspaper, and he can't understand it. , but this does not prevent Roque from acting like that.

"This influenza is very dangerous. We must pay more attention, even more important than the ongoing war." Rock's words are definitely putting the cart before the horse in Paul Cocker's view. Millions of German troops are fighting more than 200 miles. launched a full-scale attack on the front of the British Expeditionary Force, but Roque, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was worried about an influenza——

If this story gets out, it may be another scandal from the British Expeditionary Force. Paul Cocker can imagine the headlines in the newspapers: Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force who is not doing business!

"Paul, do you want to make money?" Rock said with a teasing look on his face. Now Rock can be sure, what are the most in-demand supplies in Europe in the second half of the year?

Not food, nor ammunition, but masks.

Why is history always surprisingly similar!

"Of course, not everyone has endless money like you—" Paul Cocker half-truthfully complained. In fact, don't think that Paul Cocker and his senior officers have no extra money. According to Rock As we all know, the Second Cavalry Division secretly evacuated a private museum in Brussels.

Of course, this kind of bad behavior will definitely not be done by the [-]nd Cavalry Division, only the evil Germans can be so hateful.

Moreover, this kind of organized "evacuation" cannot be done by one or two people.

"Then buy some masks and stock up, don't say I didn't warn you, this is a good opportunity to make money." Just like Paul Cocker said, Rock now has money that can't be spent, so Rock doesn't care These three melons and two dates.

If you stock up on masks now, you can sell them when the price of masks rises in the second half of the year.

Then next spring, the virus will disappear temporarily, and the price of masks will drop at that time, so we can take the opportunity to stock up on them and wait until next winter to sell them.

This time and again, it is really easy to earn three to five times, don't even think about ten times, and the federal government of southern Africa will not allow such a large-scale hoarding and reselling.

No matter what you do, you must know when enough is enough.

"Really?" Paul Cocker was still a little skeptical. This poor guy has never done business in his life. If Stoudemire was here, he would never ask if it was true, but acted immediately.

Rock smiled and said nothing, and Paul Coker suddenly realized it.

Rock is also nicknamed the God of Wealth in southern Africa. If you do business with Rock, you will make money. Look at Henry and Christian.

Stoudemire doesn't count, even without Roque, Stoudemire is still the leading rich man in southern Africa.

Looking back, Roque did not forget to remind his officers and soldiers, especially the expeditionary force to the neighboring southern Africa with the US military positions, to be careful when in contact with the US military.

Rock did not forget to send a telegram to remind Ade that from now on, southern Africa will implement stricter health policies. In the past two years, due to the outbreak of the world war, southern Africa has relaxed some regulations when implementing some regulations, and it does not matter if other aspects are relaxed. The requirements from the government must not be relaxed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the federal government must further strengthen the hygiene awareness of southern Africans, especially those new immigrants who have just arrived in southern Africa. It is not easy to correct the bad habits they have developed all along. It's an easy job.

(Sorry, I spent half the night yesterday, and I took a nap after lunch, but I accidentally overslept——)

(End of this chapter)