"This smell is really..."Standing in the courtyard, fanning the air around her vigorously, a middle-aged aunt who was sweeping the floor with a broom in the yard couldn't help frowning.

"Okay, don't complain," another man who was busy with other things next to her smiled wryly when he heard her complaint. This is also something that can't be helped, you don't know, now that flu has come out again, I heard that many people have died all over the world, if we are not careful, who dares to guarantee that we will be fine? You know, this thing doesn't recognize people..."

That being said, but to be honest, even he himself couldn't stand the smell.

No way, the smell of disinfectant is not very good, let alone such a wide range of use? Even if it's across a wall, just standing in the courtyard has a breathless feeling.

You can imagine how uncomfortable it must be to smell such a smell every day.

However, the residents inside have no way to complain, because the reason why the death toll in China is so low under the threat of the Spanish flu is entirely because of this seemingly simple method. If this is not the case, although the medical environment in China has improved a lot after a few years of stable development, it is still very difficult to reach the level of Europe.

Taking into account the number of people and population density, even if the death toll does not reach the terrifying Cheng dù of India, it is appropriate to exceed one or two million―――――― by the way, Yan Shao didn't even dare to park the ship in India on this voyage back to China, there is no way, the epidemic in India is too strict, and the death toll has even exceeded 10 million, and no one dares to guarantee that after the ship stops in India, there will be no big trouble.

Therefore, the cruise ship that Yan Shao took returned directly to China under the escort of several warships.

And under the escort of several battleships, there will be no trouble along the way.

Nature. Using battleships to escort the ship is somewhat extravagant, especially in the process of returning this time, the three and only three dreadnoughts of the Ocean Fleet were all dispatched, and their overall combat effectiveness is almost equivalent to half of the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht.

But in this regard, except for some boring parliamentarians, no one said anything. After all, even the president of the United States was on his way to the summit. It was also a battleship, and it was not strange that Yan Shao was escorted by a battleship.

What's more, the Ocean Fleet sent three capital ships and several other warships this time, and they were not just escorts, they also had the task of communicating with the Allied navies.

Although the strength of the 6th National Defense Army is not far from that of the great powers, the only thing that may have a gap is artillery. After all, the National Defense 6th Army has only been established for a few years, and although a few years is enough for the National Defense 6th Army to have a strength comparable to that of the great powers, thousands or even tens of thousands of artillery pieces are definitely not something that can be accumulated in just a few years...

Not to mention that in the armies of the Entente, large-caliber artillery was not uncommon ...

But the number of artillery does not represent one qiē, at least not many problems. After all, the number of artillery pieces of the Allies on the Western Front has always been smaller than that of the Allies, but the Allies have never fallen behind on the Western Front, and even at the time of surrender, the Allied armies remained in northern France.

Therefore, in terms of real strength, Yan Shao believes that his National Defense 6th Army will definitely not be inferior to the great powers.

But the words of the Navy ...

This is not something that can be caught up in a short period of time...

After all, the Navy needs to accumulate over a long period of time, and in addition, the gap in equipment is also very important. It can even be said that the importance of the Navy in terms of equipment is much higher than that of the 6th Army―――――― if it is a few years in the future. That is, when Yan Shao crossed over, the importance of equipment at sea could even be said to be higher than that of a qiē.

Of course, if it's too two hundred and five, and can't even use radar or other scum, then it's useless to give them good equipment.

These capital ships only came to Europe, on the one hand, to escort Yan Shao, and on the other hand, to take advantage of this opportunity. Some exchanges, limited exchanges with the navies of the European powers.

Although it was only a limited exchange, it still taught the Navy a lot of useful things. That's just it, even if this trip wasn't in vain―――――― at least in Yan Shao's opinion.

Let alone. In addition to the above reasons, there is another thing.

At the beginning of the First World War, in order to quickly improve the strength of the navy, Yan Shao sent many young naval officers and some more potential soldiers to serve in the British Navy and learn the advanced experience of the British Navy within the British Navy.

At least at this time, the experience of the British Navy was advanced for the Commune government.

When these soldiers served in the British Navy, the environment was relatively good. After all, at that time, the 6th Army had already fought a bloody battle with the Germans in Verdun and proved its strength, so with the efforts of the 6th Army buddies, they also gained a certain amount of respect in the British Navy.

Naturally, discriminators are certainly indispensable, but at least the environment is much stronger than when they first arrived.

But because of this, their pressure is much greater. After all, the 6th Army has proven itself in Europe, but what about them, how can they prove it? Although the relationship between China's Sixth Army and Navy is much more harmonious, a certain amount of competition is inevitable.

So although there was always some racial discrimination or other external pressure that forced them to work hard, in this state of competition, the people of the Navy were still trying to learn the advanced technology of the United Kingdom during their service in the British Navy.

A considerable number of naval officers were involved in the Battle of Jutland, and although they were assigned only a few destroyers, at most cruiser-class warships, their tenacity and bravery were somewhat recognized...

These people are also the cornerstone of the future Defense Navy ...

In addition to escorting Yan Shao to Europe and conducting some exercises with the navies of the European powers for exchanges, the most important purpose of the navy this time was to bring these naval seedlings back to China.

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Although the smell of disinfectant is really bad, thanks to the efforts of the Kuomintang, the number of deaths in China has been lower than that of most countries during the Spanish flu epidemic―――――― average number of deaths...

And although the smell of the disinfectant is terrible, considering that this is the government's heart, it is difficult for the Chinese people to say anything. What's more, when using disinfectant, the government does not levy any additional taxes on the people at all. This makes it even more impossible for them to say anything.

After all, the government takes its own money, you can't dislike this, you can't dislike that, right?

Naturally, there are some people who think that the government should get some odorless disinfectant out, but it's a pity. The government does not have the ability and does not have the technology...

On the other hand, although the epidemic situation in the country is very good, it does not mean that this will be the case everywhere, at least some places have not yet received this treatment, such as the Middle East, which has recently been occupied by the national government...

Just when Yan Shao, Elano and others were returning to China on a cruise ship. In Iraq, the expeditionary force stationed here is also trying to find a way to stabilize the local shape.

If you really want to find one of the most widespread viruses, the Spanish flu is definitely among them. The virus is circulating on almost all continents of the world, even some islands with very small populations.

Although the climate in the Middle East is very dry and hot, the Spanish flu is still very tenacious here...

Its tenacious Cheng dù has even reached the point of being admirable.

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Baghdad. The core of the Baghdad Military District, which is also the headquarters of the Chinese garrison in the Middle East, is home to at least 100,000 6 Corps, and...

Even after the end of the First World War, Yan Shao did not mean to withdraw his troops from the Middle East, but showed signs of increasing troops in the Middle East, which naturally made many people feel a little confused. After all, that part of the Middle East is really a wasteland, and there is no product at all. Although the territory is not small, it is basically not worth occupying.

If this were not the case, when Ottoman Turkey fought against the Entente, it would not have concentrated its main forces on the Caucasian battlefield and put the Mesopotamian theater in a secondary position.

In the same way, the Entente could not have ceded such a large part of the Middle East to China so lightly, and even if China later sent troops to Russia. They didn't think of using this place to threaten China―――――― although Siberia is also a wasteland in the eyes of the world, but at least the area is large, not to mention that in addition to Siberia, at least Central Asia still has some importance.

In their opinion. Either way, China is unlikely to be threatened for the sake of those wastelands in the Middle East. At least to the average person.

It is precisely because of this that Yan Shao's intention to increase troops in the Middle East is so confusing.

Especially after that, Yan Shao even issued an order to the Baghdad Military District, asking them to build a defensive line at the junction of Iraq and the Caucasus, and at the same time build a large number of fortifications and batteries in the Gulf region, especially in Kuwait...

People can still understand the words of the former, although the intervention forces of the great powers are still active in Eastern Europe, but in the case of the successive crushing defeats of the intervention forces, I am afraid that even the great powers themselves do not believe that they can still destroy Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe. Therefore, whether it is to prevent the invasion of Soviet Russia, or for other reasons, it has become very necessary to build fortifications at the junction.

But Kuwait...

Could it be that who will take a fancy to this wasteland with only sand?

This is really confusing, but after all, this is Yan Shao's order, so in the end, they can only choose to obey...

So soon the Middle East became a big construction site in full swing, more than 100,000 expeditionary troops after the surrender of the Turkish troops, turned into engineers, began to build fortifications at the junction and Kuwait and other places, naturally, it is impossible for everyone to run to be an engineer, there must be some people responsible for stabilizing the situation in the Middle East...

But even so, the expeditionary force has become the busiest people in the Middle East after the other group, as for that group of people...

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"This smell is really bad enough..."In the building of the military district headquarters in Baghdad, fanning the air around him, Yang Shande couldn't help frowning.

"Bear with me," Wang Mingke said with a wry smile. It's not that you haven't read the newspapers, it's because of this thing that the vast majority of people in China have been saved, and now that the flu is raging, it's better to be careful, after all, those viruses won't stop you from bothering you just because you're a general..."

"I know that, too," he said, looking at his old partner. Yang Shande said helplessly. "It's just that I can't stand the smell of it." After speaking, Yang Shande couldn't help but sigh. "I don't know when this ghost disease will be a head."

"Who knows..."Hearing Yang Shande say this, Wang Mingke couldn't help but sigh. Last year, the disease began to make trouble, and it lasted until the end of the year, and many people died, I thought it was finally over, but who would have thought that this year it would be again..."

Speaking of this, Wang Mingke hurriedly asked as if he had remembered something. "That's right. A telegram to the country, right? When will the new batch of disinfectant arrive? ”

"That's it," Yang Shande began. Yesterday, the country said that it will take at least a month, let's save some money..."Speaking of this, Yang Shande was a little helpless. "Don't we save yet, now this thing is only used in the barracks, and if it's okay, I don't even dare to let the soldiers go outside the barracks. Fortunately, the rebels here have been almost cleaned up by us, otherwise it would be a bit of trouble..."

Like all regions of the world, the Spanish flu epidemic in the Middle East is very prevalent, killing many people. Sanitizers have proven to work―――――― at least when you don't have any other means. The problem is simply that it's too expensive. If it's just a city or a province, forget it. But right now, what they need to face is a country, a population of 500 million...

It is almost impossible to meet the needs of such a country.

Even now, the country can only ensure the disinfection of cities and some counties and towns, as for the countryside, this is really a little helpless, after all, China has just entered industrialization in this era, and has not yet reached the point of urbanization. The vast majority of the population lives in the countryside, but there are too many villages in the country to count, not even including some Taoyuan villages. Fortunately, there is not a lot of communication between the countryside and the outside world in China, but even so, the virus still takes many lives.

In a situation where even the country can hardly be satisfied, the expeditionary force is located in the Middle East. Apparently there is some trouble too...

Although in order to ensure the safety of the officers and men of the expedition, a large number of epidemic prevention tools were also transported from China, but the number was not very large. At present, the expeditionary force can only be satisfied with the various military camps scattered throughout the Middle East, and then the construction sites where the soldiers who have become engineers are busy. I just can't take care of the rest of the place...

And this has led to the high death toll in the Middle East, although places like Iraq and Kuwait certainly do not have as many people as in the country, but they are also a region with a long history.

Similarly, in order to prevent the soldiers from contracting the flu, Yang Shande also ordered that the soldiers were not allowed to leave the barracks at will. After all, if a soldier catches the Spanish flu because he is out and about, it doesn't seem that he is very far from the whole battalion when he returns to the barracks.

At the beginning of the Spanish flu epidemic, there was a similar example in the United States...

Now Yang Shande, the only thing they are glad about is that the rebellion in Iraq has almost been suppressed by them.

As outsiders, the expeditionary force is bound to be opposed by the locals, especially when the locals have been hungry for independence. Therefore, when the expeditionary force first occupied Iraq, it did suffer a lot of trouble, especially on the Arabian Peninsula.

Although Yan Shao signed a secret treaty with the Entente, the Arabs still learned from various sources that Yan Shao had received a promise from the British that he could share a part of the territory of the Arabian Peninsula―――――― according to the investigation of the Special Bureau, the possibility that this news was personally revealed by the British to the Arabs is very high, but there is no evidence for the time being.

Therefore, it is natural that there are often rebellions in Iraq, and in the Arab region, because of the support of the Arabs behind them, there are vigorous rebellions.

Originally, the government of the State and Social Affairs did not have much interest in these two places, but Yan Shao expressed his ambition for these two areas. Therefore, counterinsurgency was inevitable, especially after the signing of the armistice treaty between the Central Powers and the Entente in 1918, the expeditionary force and the Expeditionary Force devoted almost all their energy to counterinsurgency...

And its means are similar to those in the outer northeast, which are to catch the rebels, either shoot them or pull them to do coolies. And those who dare to hide the rebels, or those who support them, will be relocated to Sakhalin, thousands of miles away...

Under these means, the Middle East has been able to calm down.

In particular, the rebels, most of whom were fooled by this method, fled to Sakhalin. Although there are definitely some fish that have slipped through the net, it is difficult to make any waves with such a small shrimp, even with the support of the Arabs...

On the other hand, while Yang Shande and Wang Mingke were still complaining there, a staff officer suddenly ran in from outside and said to them. "Report to the commander, chief of staff, president, their ship is almost here..."

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