Beacon 1937

September 1937, [-]

Since the spring of this year, there have been signs that Europe is rapidly falling into turmoil.Japan launched an active diplomacy with Germany, and negotiated several times to try to form an alliance.The Second World War is quietly kicking off, but Britain and France, who dominate the international order at this time, are thinking of compromise...

On September [-], the British Prime Minister went to Germany to meet Hitler and made efforts for peace, even at the expense of the weak Czech Republic.

On September [-], the Czech Prime Minister rejected Germany's annexation of the Sudetai region of the Czech Republic.

On September [-], the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy met in Munich and signed the Munich Agreement, agreeing to cede the Sudetai area to Germany.

There was a fire at the door, and they actually felt that they had gained a century of peace.

What is even more ironic is that before Germany and Japan formally formed an alliance, China received the largest arms support from Germany, followed by the Soviet Union.But the good times didn't last long. It was also in this year that Hitler quickly adjusted his policies. Although he had not formally formed an alliance with Japan, he openly stood on Japan's side.

At this time, Wuhan, China was the most stalemate and tragic stage during the Wuhan campaign, and the Japanese army even expressed the conclusion that "the enemy is not the enemy, and the terrain is the enemy".Because China has learned the lessons of Songhu and Nanjing, and the Japanese army did not fight in the outskirts of Wuhan, but in the distance where the lakes and hills are densely covered.Fighting in complex terrain caused heavy losses to the Japanese army.

On October [-], the cholera epidemic in Shanghai reached its peak.Since they belonged to the same area and the same water source, the French Concession was not spared after all, and the number of Chinese patients in the concession was as high as [-].

This time, Koji Ito made a concession.He realized that in order for American doctors to stay in Shanghai willingly, Aiwen must be given something to do, and another cholera outbreak in the French Concession is the best chance, so he agreed to let Aiwen join the Red Cross temporarily. Of course, the requirement must be ... cannot leave the Shanghai French Concession.

For Aiwen, Koji Ito's obvious change of attitude made him feel very weird, and he couldn't figure out what the Japanese officer was thinking.Koji Ito will still come to the door every now and then as before, but Li Ran is not there, and after the episode of the failed escape, some things have changed significantly:

For example, Aiwen lost the right to drive Japanese soldiers out of the clinic because of his previous record of fleeing.

For example, when he went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee, he was suddenly hugged from behind. If he tried to break free, a pistol would immediately be on his waist.In fact, Koji Ito would not press him down and touch and bite him like that night, but just hug him and bury his face in his hair, smelling him.The muzzle at the waist forced Aiwen to resist the urge to give him two punches, and he could only stiffen his body and be hugged by him. The atmosphere was weird.

For another example, Koji Ito sometimes stayed overnight at the clinic, sleeping in Li Ran's now vacant room.On such nights, the clinic was surrounded by plainclothes Japanese soldiers, in case the Kuomintang military commander and the Communist underground party tried to assassinate their chief.Aiwen, who has the habit of waking up at night, would be horrified to find Koji Ito sleeping beside him the moment he opened his eyes.If he tried to leave the bed, a gun was pointed at him immediately.

It wasn't until the cholera outbreak in the French Concession in late October that Aiwen was able to get rid of this torture.Although Koji Ito was uncharacteristically allowed him to enter and leave the epidemic area wearing a Red Cross armband, but Ai Wen, who was in the working state, had no time to take care of other things.

The most basic treatment for cholera is to replenish the patient's electrolytes (Note [-]).Frequent vomiting and excretion will lead to dehydration and loss of a large amount of electrolytes. For patients with serious conditions, infusion must be given to effectively replenish water and electrolytes.The second is drugs: atropine can stop vomiting, and patients with severe dehydration causing muscle spasms need hot compresses, massages and injections of calcium gluconate.

The above is all that Ai Wen and his team can do in the early stage, because each patient has a different physique, and most people can improve their condition by continuously replenishing electrolytes through infusion, but some people may not be able to survive the dehydration period at all.For patients who cannot pass this stage, Ai Wen and the others cannot give them final treatment.

This period seems to be the time when the cholera virus was at its most rampant in Shanghai. This demon claimed hundreds of lives, but quickly disappeared.

Note [-]: Electrolytes are the most important components of body fluids, which help the body regulate nerve and muscle functions and maintain the body's acid-base balance.In fact, salt and sugar contain the main electrolyte components of the human body. Many sports drinks on the market are composed of a certain proportion of sugar and salt mixed with water.As for the ratio between sugar and salt, and water, Nika, I really don’t know. I just remember that a certain medical drama mentioned the production process of the infusion against cholera, but it didn’t seem to say what the ratio was.