Battlefield Contractor

The next day, Lin Rui and the others finished their preparations, and set off for Gray Camel Village with Professor Djerlo. Huituo Village is actually just a name given by the locals. In fact, there has been no name on the map for a long time. After entering the village, they found the local village chief.

Professor Gerlo spoke to these people fluently in the language of the locals. The village was even a little surprised that this outsider could speak the language of the Berber people in Northwest Africa. But Professor Gerlo said with a smile that he had come to Africa more than once.

"How is the situation in the village recently?" Lin Rui asked.

"It's not peaceful. People often harass us. The young people in the village organized militias and joined General Quinn's troops, but they can't stay here all the time. So sometimes the village often encounters terrorist harassment." The village chief shook his head.

"Did they attack the village?" Professor Gerlo asked.

"They fired artillery on the village. They blew up a few houses over there, two people died, and many others were injured." The village chief sighed, "My second son was also injured when he was saving people. Now, It's getting worse."

"Uh? Can you take me to see him? Because I want to know what happened during the attack, and I want to know how he was injured." Professor Gerlo asked.

"He lives in his own home now. Because I can't take care of him here. If you want to go, I can take you there." The village chief explained.

Professor Gerlo winked at Lin Rui immediately. Lin Rui nodded and followed them to the village's son's home. The village chief’s son was indeed seriously injured, but it shouldn’t look like an explosion, more like a burn.

"Damn, it's not a burn. The erythema and ulcers on the skin are not burns." Professor Gerlo immediately stepped forward, put on his gloves, and looked at the eyelids of the village chief's son. Can't help shaking his head, "Damn, I know what this is. The notorious mustard gas."

"Mustard gas?" Lin Rui frowned. "You said he was poisoned by mustard gas?"

"Yes. It is mustard gas. It should be a mustard gas bomb. Mustard gas is a very common chemical gas. It was first used in large quantities by the German army during the First World War. After that, the army of various countries followed suit and caused a large number of casualties. Its casualty rate accounted for the total number of casualties. 88.7% of 1.3 million, so it is called the king of toxic agents.

Although today, there are chemical agents that are stronger and more powerful than it, but this thing is not out of date. From the First World War to the Iran-Iraq War, practice has proved that mustard gas is one of the most effective chemical warfare agents that have been tested in the war. Professor Gerlo said in a low voice.

"Are you sure?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Although we still need to do some testing and confirmation. But from the perspective of symptoms, it should be correct." Professor Gerlo nodded, "The most obvious is his skin and eyes. The skin has no obvious symptoms of irritation when exposed to mustard gas, probably. After 2 to 12 hours, erythema will appear on the skin, with clear boundaries and burning pain.

After another 18 to 24 hours, numerous small blisters appeared in the erythema area, which later merged into large blisters, with congestion and edema at the edges, and the blister fluid was clear and amber-yellow, then became cloudy, condensed into peptone, local pain, blisters ruptured and formed ulcers. It is very prone to infection.

Human eyes are very sensitive to mustard gas, which is why this type of poison is notorious. Depending on the state and dosage of mustard gas, different clinical manifestations, such as conjunctivitis and keratitis of varying degrees, can cause conjunctival ulcers when liquid drops splash into the eyes. Corneal necrosis and perforation and panophthalmitis can eventually lead to eyeball atrophy and blindness. "Gerlo whispered.

"One of my son's eyes is out of sight." The village head shook his head, "Do you have any idea? I know you may have medicine or some other solution. Or you can send him to the city for treatment."

"I'm sorry, for his current situation, there is no way to completely treat him. It can only reduce the symptoms, but the damage caused is irreparable. The most hateful thing about mustard gas is that there is still no specific medicine treatment today, and the victims get often It's the pain of permanent disability." Gerlo shook his head.

"I don't understand, he was not hit by a shell, he was just trying to rescue a villager." The village chief murmured.

"Yes, it was not directly bombed, but he was exposed to chemical poisons. Is anyone else injured?" Professor Djerlo asked.

"There are still a few villagers who have died several times in the past few days, and they are also suffering from high fever." The village head whispered, "My son is usually in good health, so he is the one who has survived the longest. Others, have been It's all gone."

"Well, take us to the place where the explosion happened, and tell all the villagers not to get close to the place where the bomb exploded. There may still be harmful substances there." Lin Rui said to the village chief.

Professor Gerlo's team collected the necessary test specimens, and then rushed to the explosion site. This place has been blocked and local villagers are not allowed to enter. Professor Gerlo and others put on gas masks and gloves, and carefully checked the evidence.

Lin Rui was on the periphery.

"It looks like it's here. They found the remains of the explosion. It looks like an earthen mortar shell." Sausage whispered, "Boss, you better look at this." He wears protective gloves and holds an explosion charred. Fragments.

"What is this? Can the fragments of the shells be so big?" Lin Rui frowned.

"It's a small gas tank. It is a mortar shell that has been welded and canned. A large steel pipe is used as a launch tube." Sausage nodded, "This kind of thing has been seen in the rebels before. It is very convenient to obtain materials, and A little processing can be made into earthen mortar shells."

"Small gas tank, which means this thing has good airtightness and can be filled with chemical gas. Once it is launched and exploded, the chemical gas will escape and cause damage." Lin Rui nodded, "Is that what it means?"

"That's right. The similar shells we found before were all directly drilling holes in the tank body and then filling it with explosives. But this is obviously more elegant. It should be welded on the tank body to separate the explosive from the chemical agent and spread it by detonation. poison gas.

Boss, do you see the road lines on this fragment? This is a conscious cut, which makes it easier to burst into fragments when exploding. It's like a pattern of fragments on a grenade. "Sausage points to the fragment in a low voice.

"Well, then do you think those terrorists now have this kind of processing ability?" Lin Rui asked.

"It's hard to say. I don't know if they have the ability to produce poisonous gas, but they certainly have the ability to make such mortar shells. After all, the process is not complicated and can be produced in a small workshop." Sausage replied.