On the evening of June 5, General Desai's mixed brigade arrived at the French base camp 3 kilometers away from the southeastern suburb of Khruna three days in advance.

When Desai was eager to visit General Saint-Sil and General Vedier, the two generals looked at him silently. General Vedier handed Desai a copy of the latest battle report from the Austrian battlefield that he received the day before yesterday.

The battle report was drafted on May 25. During the Battle of Aspen-Esling, Napoleon himself suffered his first military failure. The remnants retreated to the island in the middle of the Danube, and Marshal Rana was seriously injured.

Like the original historical process, when Napoleon's army crossed the Danube one after another, it suddenly encountered a half-ferry attack from the army of Grand Duke Charles. The Austrian Grand Duke ordered the commanders of the upstream troops, such as Kolovrat, Nordman, to prepare ships, load heavy objects and arson objects, and at an appropriate time, to destroy the only bridge connecting the banks of the Danube, Napoleon's army.

As the pontoon bridge on the river was accidentally blown up, tens of thousands of reinforcements and a large number of supplies and ammunition could not be transported to the opposite bank of the Danube in time. More than 30,000 French troops, including Napoleon himself, were facing a dangerous situation of destruction. In the first place, three times the Austrian army approached, and then blocked the retreat by the turbulent river. In the time of crisis, Marshal Rana led the Second Army to resolutely resist the repeated attacks of a large number of enemies until the pontoon bridge was rebuilt, and the emperor successfully retreated to the island of Lobo in the middle of the Danube.

When the remnants of the Second Army received the order to retreat, Marshal Rana sat cross-legged on the ground to mourn the death of an old friend, but was hit by a shell, and shrapnel were scattered in his legs. Although Dr. Kava tried his best to rescue, the Marshal's legs were quickly amputated (20 hours earlier than before).

According to the clinical research of bacterial bacteria by Irish doctors, he repeatedly washed the surface of the marshal's residual limb with a large amount of normal saline, and tied up all kinds of blood vessels in his legs. The incision was not stitched, but opened the wound surface, soaked gauze and wet compress with a certain concentration of acetic acid solution, and changed the dressings daily to try to prevent the invasion of bacteria (anaerobic bacteria species, gas gangrene) and sepsis caused by the invasion of bacteria.

After the amputation, Marshal Rana was weak, unconscious, and had a low fever that continued to subside. He still had life and death unknown.

At the city of Hruna, the French offensive still made no progress, and the fortresses continued to resist the French, and the guerrillas in the nearby mountains were also extremely active. But at this time, Desai was no longer in the mood to take care of these. At the Joint Meeting of the Generals the next day, Desai made the excuse of being unwell and asked Lieutenant Colonel Rusty to attend on his behalf.

For five consecutive days, Desai stayed in the chapel in the nearby mountain village. He prayed devoutly to God for the recovery of Marshal Rana's health. It was not until two other telegrams came from the Danube front that General Desai's leisure life was interrupted. The previous telegram brought good news, which was related to Marshal Rana's health; the latter one was also a good thing, and General Desai was about to be promoted again.

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The war with the Austrians was at a stalemate. Emperor Napoleon, who failed the battle, refused to return to Vienna. He and his soldiers stubbornly stood on the island of Lobo in the middle of the Danube, and transformed the island into a French base camp and a military fortress. In order to inspire the soldiers' fighting spirit, Napoleon also named the island "Emperor Island".

After the Battle of Aspen-Esling, both the enemy and us dispatched troops in the Danube area to prepare for the next round of competition.

Next, it was also good news that Desai and others had been looking forward to for a long time. On the fifth day after the amputation surgery, Marshal Rana miraculously subsided, and all his functions in his body were recovering slowly and steadily, and terrifying sepsis did not appear. The same gospel was also conveyed to more than 20,000 injured French soldiers in the field hospital.

Due to the joint efforts of Lare military physicians and Dr. Kava before the war, sepsis did not appear in the rear hospitals of the French army on a large scale. After the Battle of Aspern Esling, in the Vienna church (located to the battlefield hospital), there were as many as 8,000 French amputations injured, and a few days later, 5,000 survived (only less than 1,500 in history); and among all 23,000 wounded officers and soldiers, the survival rate in 5 days was as high as 70% (only 30% in history could survive).

After hearing that Marshal Rana was in danger, Emperor Napoleon was very happy. He left the Emperor Island and came to the rear hospital in Vienna in person to visit his bravest Marshal, but the inspected Dr. Kava was isolated outside the ward and was not allowed to enter.

"I am the emperor, and my marshal is inside!"

"Your Majesty, the doctor has only patients in his eyes."

"Doctor, I will reward you."

"Then please come back in 10 days!"

"Stubborn Irish!"

"Like you, your Majesty!"

In desperation, the emperor could only wave to Marshal Rana on the hospital bed through the glass window, and then turned and left.

The emperor asked the Lare Medical Officer and told the latter, "I like that Irish doctor."

The military officer shook his head apologetically, "Doctor Kava is the private doctor of Little Desay. They have a five-year contract."

When it was Lare's turn to report to the emperor about the battlefield hospital and achieve all the amazing achievements, Napoleon became increasingly grateful for everything Dr. Cava did, but except for the reward of francs, the emperor could not give any position to the doctor because it was limited by that contract. Unless Little Dercy asked Little Derby to voluntarily give up his contract with Dr. Cava.

But the emperor could not do this. Napoleon has long described himself as Rousseau (the French revolutionary thinker, author of social contract theory) the most loyal believer and best practitioner. He must not violate his creed, at least not openly violate it.

Therefore, the military officer of Lare suggested that Emperor Napoleon, "Your Majesty can consider promoting the rank of Derby Little Desay. In fact, Dr. Cava's achievements are derived from the help of Derby Little Desay. From Zaragoza to Vienna, the set of surgical disinfection and hospital care regulations they advocated have saved the lives of thousands of French soldiers, and even more in the future!"

Soon, Dr. Cava received the emperor's reward of 50,000 francs. The little Desai, more than two months later, was promoted to another level, from a brigade-level brigade general to a division major general. But the emperor seemed to have forgotten one point intentionally or unintentionally. He did not ask the Paris Army Department or the French Chief of Staff of Madrid to assign one soldier to the future Desai division.

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The small mountain village chapel where Desai communicates with God is also called the Church of St. Mary. It is as famous as the Church of St. Mary in the city of Khruna several kilometers away. The former was built spontaneously by villagers 50 years ago, and the latter dates back to the ancient Roman era. As for the scale of the building, interior and exterior decoration, and cultural collections, they are not the same.

A few days ago, when Desai came to this chapel, he could not find a priest or priest. Even most of the young people in the village ran to the city of Hruna or the nearby Santa Barbara Mountain to join the team to resist the French, leaving only a group of orphans guarding the village. The French army, who had arrived here before, failed to find young women and food and wine in the mountain village, so he voluntarily gave up the occupation and allowed a team of military police companies in the Desai Brigade to control.

But when Lieutenant Colonel Rusty, who was tired, found General Desai, a comedy was normally performed in the church. Since there were no priests or priests, Desai asked his adjutant to take on this role, because among the servants around him, only Captain Charles understood the bitter and difficult Latin language.

The young pseudo-priest, wearing a black robe and military boots, showed his bitter face. He stood in front of the cross and muttered the quotes of God. General Desai lay on the bench in front of the shrine, closing his eyes to rest.

Since receiving the news that Marshal Rana was finally rescued, Desai has completely abandoned his humility towards God. The reason why he asked the adjutant to play the role of a priest and recite scriptures was that Desai personally felt that this would make him sleep easier and he would no longer have to consider the reality that the French and the Spanish were still fighting fiercely a few kilometers away.

The arrival of the chief of staff rescued Captain Charles in the suffering. When the latter saw General Desay and Lieutenant Colonel Rusty start talking, he quickly took off his black robe of the priest and crawled out of the church gate. The military policemen on duty outside the door laughed and laughed loudly.

"So, except for the four golden threads on my shoulder stamp that turned into five golden threads, and the monthly military pay and allowances were more than enough, I was still a brigade commander with the title of division commander?" Major General Desai asked his chief of staff in confusion. He felt that the emperor was absolutely uneasy.

The expenses for forming the Desai Brigade have already cost about half of the army (not counting as war horses). In addition to other expenses, the Desai Brigade can only maintain 4 months of military pay, wartime allowances, logistics supplies and other consumptions. If the Desai division is built, the two brigades will prepare Desai to go bankrupt.

The scenery in the area of ​​Hruna is indeed good, surrounded by soft and green hills, with olive branches and vineyards on it. Various stone buildings are scattered everywhere, as well as rustic farmhouses, farmhouses, and square tower fortresses. Typical plantation economic zones. But in other words, they are sparsely populated and small-scale ghost places.

This is not Zaragoza, where handicraft workshops are developed, Madrid, where wealth is concentrated, nor Barcelona, ​​or the shipping center. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you can't find Guirial.

The commander of the war zone, General Saint-Sil, is definitely not a good bird. His grudge against old Desai seemed to continue to his head. After recruiting the Desai Brigade from Zaragoza, even a Riyal was reluctant to give it to him. In addition to the promised losses, even the logistics supplies and soldiers rewards must be resolved by the Desai Brigade.

General Saint-Sil suggested that General Desay send teams to nearby towns and villages to rob, or take the initiative to participate in the siege of Hruna, because all the spoils belong to the robbers themselves.

For this, the Desai brigade complained and refused to go to the battle. General Desai found a good excuse and went to the church to recuperate. The soldiers also learned and used it. With the indulgence of the officers, they had a "rugby battle" between France, Ireland and Poland. Of course, this was another boring work of the time traveler. In the latter's view, it was more suitable for the army to emphasize team cooperation and fight against the intense atmosphere of "British rugby".
Chapter completed!