Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

"You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

After seeing Ivan, Captain Haldane's first concern was his subordinate's stomach problem.

"No."

Ivan was already very hungry when he stopped to rest at two o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, both of them were exhausted and could only light two cigarettes.

Neither Grant nor Ivan had the strength to pry open the can, and recovered a lot after sending away Paul's body and begging and licking the box.

"Give you."

Captain Haldane skillfully pried open a can of ham and handed it over.

"Thank you."

Just looking at the contents of the can, some people will think that it is not much different from Spam Luncheon Meat. In fact, this stuff is the 'M unit' in the serious C-level rations, which is made with real meat as the main ingredient. Canned food, including three dishes, namely meat and beans, meat and mashed potatoes, and vegetable stew... Although it was eliminated by the army, the taste was particularly monotonous, but for those who went to the battlefield For Ma Run, it was nothing short of a delicious meal.

"Before I landed, I chose to believe in you. Facts have proved that you are right, but there is too little time left for us."

Captain Haldane's face was full of worry, "Half the soldiers in the company carry less than half of the water source. I'm afraid there won't be a drop of water left in their water bottles before night."

"Are you going to collect all the fresh water?"

Ivan said while feeling the deliciousness of the canned meat melting on the tip of his tongue, "I support this, and I also believe that those bastards won't have any objections, because they know that they still have fresh water because you are logging in. previous mandatory requirements."

If you only carry 1L of fresh water, the high temperature that the horses are under now, not to mention sticking to it until two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the whole company can still collect 10L of fresh water before noon, and everyone can comment on the little water-saving experts.

"Captain, this question should be reported to the battalion headquarters. I don't know how to reply?"

Ivan, who put down the empty can, untied the water jug ​​on his waist. There were still three jugs filled with 3L of water in total, and the remaining one filled with 1L of water was not ready to be handed over. He had to keep some for himself——Medical Soldier It takes too much fatigue to fight on the front line, and the speed and amount of sweating far exceed them.

Before people can be saved, they will lose their ability to move due to thirsty dehydration, but the gains outweigh the losses.

Captain Haldane saw that Ivan left all three jugs of water, not only could understand Ivan's behavior of leaving half a jug of water, but also felt a little owed for taking out a pack of cigarettes that only officers deserved to smoke for Ivan from his pocket.

"The battalion said it was trying to find a way, but we lost a lot of LVT amphibious landing craft during the landing process."

The evaluation of the amphibious landing craft that can carry 25 people or 2.5 tons of supplies in a single trip is a [hero].It is present in every battle in the Pacific region, helping Ma Run who landed on the island to survive one difficult day after another, but the problem is that there will be insufficient LVT in every landing battle-the capacity is limited, so give it away There is no way to send supplies up.

8. Caulterization for hemostasis

If the troops and supplies are half and half, let’s not mention the former because most of them are sending artillery and tanks to land, while the latter needs to carefully consider what supplies to send, ammunition?food?medical supplies?Daily necessities?

If LVT did not lose too much in the landing battle, Ma Run's landing battle would have been relatively smooth, and the basic guarantee of supplies would not be a big problem, but this is Peleliu Island.Starting from this battle, Ma Run and the others will face one hell after another, and every day is endless torture.

Don't forget the slap in the face when you landed-a LVT full of 25 horses was sent into the sky by a mine, and the landing craft was stuck in the reef and couldn't advance or retreat.

So far, at least a dozen or twenty LVTs have been entangled by reefs in the sea and cannot move forward and cannot retreat. If a mine explodes into the sky, it will take at least seven or eight vehicles, right?And... Some people may not believe it, but the reliability of the LVT, Ma Run's great hero, is just that. Every time it is dispatched, at least 5% of the amphibious landing craft fail inexplicably.

As a result, the already limited capacity becomes even less.

Thus, a problem that is a headache for every general commander was born-how to make the correct decision when the capacity shrinks and then shrinks?

First of all, it depends on the battlefield situation.

So far, the 3-kilometer coastline has advanced less than 150 meters to the east. The fighting situation is far more intense than the generals on the warship who expected to defeat and occupy Peleliu Island in two days.

When any army in the world is engaged in fierce battles, food, water, medical supplies, and daily necessities are often not the first priority.

Soldiers, ammunition, and fuel are the only ones, especially the ammunition consumption madness of the US military. Judging from the current situation of K Company, it is best to fight another fierce battle while saving ammunition. In the absence of such violent resistance, the current landing area is relatively calm and everyone can have time to fill their stomachs. There are still uninterrupted gunfire from the 5st and 1th regiments, which represents what the battalion said. A way' is approximately equal to a 'no way'.

It is impossible for the bosses commanding in the war room not to consider the counterattack that the Japanese army has a high probability of launching, so... the big soldiers, you must be thirsty and hungry first, let me evacuate the wounded and at the same time put the Reinforcements and ammunition are delivered, I think you should understand that there is nothing more terrifying than hunger and thirst than when the Japanese army launches a counterattack, the guy in your hand becomes a fire stick because there is no ammunition.

"Sir, you don't think it's reliable, do you?"

Just by listening to the words of the battalion department, Yiwen guessed the follow-up.

"Only on your own."

Captain Haldane nodded, "Inswood, is there anything you need? I will find a way to supplement it for you. I can't just watch my brothers get hurt but there is nothing I can do. It doesn't matter if you can't save them if you try your best, but You can't just watch the wounded die in pain because of a lack of medical supplies."

"Paul is dead, and I am the only medical soldier," Ivan said.

"what......"

Captain Haldane didn't know about it yet. After all, managing a company of 190 people is not that simple.Many people think that it is not difficult to be a company commander, not to mention "I can do it myself", they think that even if they are a team leader, it is not a problem. Individuals may have various problems, not to mention being a class teacher in school.

"Sorry, I can't find another medic for you."

Captain Haldane lowered his head slowly. In just a few seconds, he thought of what it would mean for the entire infantry company to reduce the number of medical soldiers-the average time for rescuing the wounded is about 5 to 8 minutes. There were 10 wounded, and at least an hour had passed by the time Ivan came near the last wounded.

Leaving aside whether Ivan will collapse from exhaustion, whether the wounded can be carried by the medical soldiers is a huge problem, but with one more medical soldier, the 1 wounded can be treated urgently within half an hour, increasing the Their survival time and survival hope.

"It doesn't matter, just let Grant follow me, the main thing is to let the brothers understand the importance of rescue and self-rescue, and..."

Ivan emphasized one thing in particular, "You should understand the 'golden hour' in the rescue, but according to my actual rescue, the first thing after a soldier is injured is to keep calm and quiet, suppress his emotions, screaming is not a problem , but don’t make meaningless actions, and believe that I will rush over when I get help from my comrades to press the wound. I guarantee this matter and will never give up any wounded.”

Hearing this sentence, Captain Haldane nodded, but wanted to say something.

"I know it's hard to do with the injured."

The mechanism of the human body is like this. After a serious injury, you can only scream. It is often not enough to relieve minor injuries. There is one point, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If you are injured and move around blindly, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

"But you also hope that every subordinate on the battlefield can survive after being injured." Ivan said solemnly.

"I'll get the order out to everyone."

With the forced order of the cannon king, the wounded who appeared later should be less likely to turn minor injuries into near-moderate injuries like many idiots on the beach.

"Sir, I still need a lot of medical supplies."

Now Yiwen wants everything except ammunition, and even said that he is going to treat dead horses as live horse doctors for the wounded who are not bleeding from small arteries. Anyway, he carries a lighter with him... That's right, he uses the Eastern Jin Taoist theory The "burning hemostasis method" proposed by the scientist Ge Hong.

Not to mention that someone has actually used it, and it is a well-known figure-Marshal HL during the Long March used this hemostatic method.

Because of our marshal’s foot that has been crossing mountains and ridges every day, a big gash has been oozing out. As long as sulfa powder is sprinkled on the top and bandaged under pressure, the problem can be solved by changing the medicine three or four times at most, even if there is no medicine on hand. Resting for a few days is not a problem, but our conditions at that time were too difficult, with neither medicine nor recuperation conditions.

So the marshal thought of a rather ruthless method. He first put Vaseline into the wound and then lit a match to burn the flesh of the wound, so that he could stop the bleeding for a while.

That's right, it's not used to heal wounds, but to deal with it for a while. According to records, our Marshal still used Vaseline in the early days. After a while, he directly burned it with fire when there was no stock on hand.

If you look at that period of history, you can always see similar stories of ruthless people, such as direct surgery without anesthesia is already a norm.

However, there is one thing to be aware of - cautery to stop bleeding can only be used for capillary bleeding or venous bleeding, but not only is there no effect for small arterial bleeding, but it will aggravate the wound problem.

Then, some cuties who have watched too many film and television works will naturally think of sprinkling gunpowder on the wound.

Not to mention, the training instructor in Ivan's memory mentioned this kind of hemostasis method. When he mentioned it, the instructor reminded the medical soldiers in a very serious voice that it was a completely wrong and irresponsible hemostasis method for the wounded.

The hemostasis method of pouring flames on the wound is essentially the same as the cauterization hemostasis method. It seems to be more efficient than direct fire or smeared with Vaseline and then ignited, but don't forget that the bullets and shells of bullets are not so good Separation, and secondly, it can only deal with capillary bleeding and venous bleeding.

There is no way to deal with small arterial bleeding, and it will also cause huge burns to the wounded, as well as very terrible infection problems.

Another one - blood usually contains 80.00% water, are you sure it can be ignited after pouring gunpowder?

Therefore, watching tough guys doing this in film and television dramas is purely artistic processing, and it is actually not practical at all.

The biggest reality is that among the wounded that Ivan encountered during the several hours of rescue on Peleliu Island, few had capillary hemorrhage and venous hemorrhage.

Bullets, shell fragments, no one thinks that the damage to the human body of this thing is like the power of a fixed value in the game, right?

Therefore, what the medical soldiers often rely on is finger pressure to stop bleeding and pressure bandaging, and use a tourniquet with one less. I have to say that this thing is consumed very quickly. The wounded soldier untied the belt to deal with the hemorrhage of the limbs, and there were several broken arms and legs, which forced Ivan and Grant to take off the leggings from the wounded.

Compared with the foot wraps that can be used as tourniquets, bandages, and triangular bandages on Maozi, let’s not mention whether the leggings on the US military’s side are dry or not. In short, there are no such terrible bacteria as foot wraps.

"Morphine, first aid bandages, sulfonamides, tourniquets..."

Yiwen proposed the important supplies that are currently lacking like reporting the name of a dish.

Not to mention people who don't know much about it, even the company commander who has to understand it will feel dizzy for a while-have you used up all the things you would carry before?

"I will find a solution for you, and I will definitely find a solution for you." Captain Haldane said vowedly while maintaining the appearance that he could solve all problems.

How many things can be obtained, no one knows.

It's not that Ivan didn't ask the logistics staff who were still busy on the beach, so he almost didn't have the money to bribe those guys who wouldn't even give them a roll of first aid bandages.

"There is one more thing to bother you."

"Aye aye, sir! Outside>*group

"

There is nothing to hesitate, and Ivan has no reason not to cherish the officer in front of him.

The reason why Ma Run of Company K likes this officer so much is that he seldom talks about the word 'order', his tone and attitude are approachable, and he is not at all like an officer in the US military.

Most armies in the world have a strict hierarchy. Subordinates must never disobey their superiors. Even if there is a mountain of swords and fire in front of them, as long as there is an order, you have to rush forward. into court martial.

Therefore, officers like Lieutenant Colonel Puller, Captain Haldane, and Captain Huckleberry are rare. It is definitely the happiness of the soldiers to meet such officers.

"Help me go on a patrol, look at the boys, and confirm their physical and mental conditions. I always have a bad feeling—"

Captain Haldane walked up to Ivan, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and looked very serious: "I will let the 'Old Gun' take you, let the boys not relax their vigilance, the Japanese army may launch a counterattack."

"Aye aye, sir!"

The "Old Gun" mentioned by the gun king is a treasure of K Company. Elmer Harney, a veteran who participated in World War I, is serious during training and combat but cares about the recruits in the company. He is like a nanny in charge of all aspects .

Ivan’s deepest impression on him was when he was training in front of the cannon king. The reason was that the M1911 in the latter’s hand was not closed and the gun was pointed at the recruits. That’s a lot of people. It was the first time I saw an old gun fire so much.

"Next time, I'll put the muzzle of a gun in your asshole!"

These were the exact words the sergeant major had said to a platoon leader, and Ivan remembered them quite well.

When the bumpkin pitifully hoped that the cannon king would make the decision, he was told——Old Gun did nothing wrong, and I won't cover you up because of your mistakes.

This has won the respect of many recruits. Although the country bumpkin was brought up by the cannon king, he didn't take it as his own wings to protect him in all aspects, and engaged in gang formation that is common in the army... This is very strange. Not the US military.

In fact, the phenomenon of gang formation in many armies in the world is common and rare. Little Japan is a battle between sea and land, and the bottom-level officers are fighting against the guys who occupy the latrines. The U.S. military has sea, land, air and various strange factions De San is a dispute between the famous Junker nobles and Bavarian corporals.

"Is it serious?"

Carrying Ivan's old gun, he couldn't help asking.

"You mean the battle situation?"

"All of them." He wiped his sweat, "I checked the ammunition before, and we still have less than three-fifths left."

"That's all there is to medical supplies."

Ivan ripped open the satchel and showed it to Old Gun.

"My God, my God."

Lao Qiang exclaimed, "How intense will it be to consume only these?"

"It's almost 03:30, and the day will be over soon. If you rush forward, you don't know how many wounded people are behind."

Ivan lowered his body and followed the old gun to the left wing. "Fortunately, the main problem is not too serious for us. At least after the centralized distribution of fresh water, everyone can have a few sips at night."

As soon as the words fell, I saw Lecky and others lying near the rocks-according to the original plan, the landing area of ​​Company H was close to the 5th Regiment, but it was unlikely to appear on the 5th Regiment's side, but the reality was that it was the same as the 5th Regiment 3 Battalion K company posted together.

Yi Wen only saw Scud, Smiling Tiger, Lai Ji, Nan Qiang returned to China as an instructor, and there should be a mountain man in the five-member team.

9. The little devil's counterattack is like a joke

Unable to hold back, he crawled over and asked, and learned the news that the mountain man was injured and carried back.

The first reincarnation left a deep impression on Ivan. Even after experiencing more cruel things, he still can't forget the good time with Lai Ji and the others, even if they don't know themselves now.

"Fuck!"

Scud, who was lighting a cigarette, couldn't help cursing, "I've ruined their whole family—send us here without giving us water!"

"Brother, is there any water?"

Looking at Lai Ji's begging eyes, Yi Wen softened his heart and handed over the 0.5L military water bottle, but he did not forget to ask important things.

"Moisturize your mouth and throat, and leave half of it for me, it will be used to save lives."

Lecky, who was just about to take the water bottle, saw the medical bag slung over Ivan's body, and retracted his hand that had already touched the water bottle. At the same time, Smiling Tiger and Scud shook their heads and refused.

What this group of rough embryos looked like in the past is what they look like now.If Yiwen was not a medical soldier, they would definitely not be polite.

Because these guys know that the fresh water carried by the medical soldiers is for the wounded, so they would rather be thirsty and curse here than grab the fresh water of the wounded.

"It's okay, you have a drink."

Ivan pushed the kettle over again, but Lecky and the others firmly refused.

Noticing that they seemed to have misunderstood something, he immediately explained but was unwilling to drink even a sip of water from Ivan's side.