Red Moscow

"Who is it?" A vigilant voice came from the room: "It's so late, what's the matter?"

"Assia, it's me." Sokov said, "Open the door for me."

The next moment, the door opened, and Assia threw herself into Sokov's arms, and said emotionally, "Misha, why are you here?"

Sokov patted Assia's back lightly, and said with a smile, "I heard that you volunteered to sign up to come to the front line, and came here specially to see you."

The two hugged outside the door for a while, and Assia suddenly remembered that this is the dormitory of the field hospital. There are people coming and going, and if others see it, they will inevitably gossip, so she quickly greeted Sokov: "Misha, it's too cold outside. , let's go inside and talk."

Sokov followed Asya into the room, feeling that the room was warm, looked around and found a stove in the middle of the room. It was precisely because of the existence of this stove that Sokov could feel the heat after entering the house.

Seeing Sokov noticed the stove in the house, Asiya explained to him: "The dean said that it is cold at night, and if there is no heating, I can't sleep at all, so I specially installed a stove here. You still Needless to say, after the stove is lit, the room is very warm."

Sokov found a place to sit down, and asked Assia with concern: "Assia, I heard that you performed surgery on more than a dozen wounded today. How are you doing, are you tired?"

"It's a lie to say I'm not tired." Assia said: "After a day of surgery, I feel like I can't even stand upright. But when I think of the wounded who have been treated by myself, there is a chance to return to the battlefield after recovery." , I feel happy in my heart."

After hearing Asiya's words, Sokov couldn't help saying with emotion: "It would be great if every wounded person was discharged from the hospital."

"Misha, what you said is every doctor's dream, but it's impossible." Assia said with a gloomy expression, "Among the wounded I treated, many of them got off the operating table without any problems. Not long after, he died of a wound infection. This damn infection has caused so many of our officers and soldiers to die in vain."

Speaking of wound infection, Sokov unconsciously thought of Vatutin. You must know that the general’s injury was actually not serious. The reason why he died in the end was entirely because of the wound infection after the operation, and he did not use appropriate anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment, which led to the tragedy.

"What anti-inflammatory drugs do the wounded usually use?"

"Dithiosulfonamide." Assia replied, "This drug has a good anti-inflammatory effect, and we basically use this drug."

"Compared with the previous drugs, disulfiramide is indeed a good anti-inflammatory drug." Sokov said: "But to effectively prevent postoperative infection, the anti-inflammatory effect of this drug is still a bit worse."

"Is there a better anti-inflammatory drug than disulfiramide?"

"Assia, why did you forget?" Seeing that Assia did not remember the best anti-inflammatory drug, Sokov reminded her: "When I was hospitalized in Lubyanka last time, the penicillin I used was the best anti-inflammatory drug." Its anti-inflammatory effect is far better than that of disulfiramide."

"Misha, I remembered it after you reminded me." Assia nodded and said, "Your condition was dangerous back then, and the doctor took a huge risk to give you penicillin. I just didn't expect it." The effect is so good, it not only avoids postoperative infection, but also greatly shortens your hospital stay.”

"Assia, since you know that penicillin has a good anti-inflammatory effect, why don't you use this drug on the wounded?"

"Misha, it's not that I don't want to give penicillin to the wounded." Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Assia said bitterly, "It's because the director didn't allow it. It was put into use hastily without going through strict human experiments. If it is used on the wounded, it may bring unexpected consequences.”

Sokov didn't expect the director of the field hospital in his army to have such a muddled understanding. Their self-righteousness will cause a considerable number of our soldiers to die due to postoperative infection. These experienced soldiers did not fall on the battlefield with the German army, but died in the pain of postoperative infection. Thinking of this, Sokov felt that it was necessary for him to talk to the director of the field hospital in order to correct his erroneous views.

Thinking of this, Sokov raised his hand to look at the time, thinking about whether it was appropriate to talk to the dean so late. When Asiya saw Sokov checking the time, she immediately misunderstood: "Misha, are you rushing back?"

"No, I'm just checking the time." Sokov quickly explained to Asiya, "Since I'm here, I want to stay with you for a while."

"If you have something to do, go get busy." But Asiya obviously didn't appreciate it, and even said to Sukov: "Don't delay the business because of me. We are still young, and we will spend a long time together in the future. It's on."

Hearing that Assia's words clearly contained elements of chasing guests, Sokov really couldn't laugh or cry. He just raised his hand habitually to check the time, which caused Assia to misunderstand. But since she let herself go, it's obviously inappropriate to stay. So Sokov stood up and said to Assia: "Okay, Assia, then I will go first and come to see you when I have time."

Seeing Sokov leave Asiya's residence, Koshkin immediately greeted him and asked with concern: "Comrade Commander, shall we go back now?"

"Wait a minute, Koshkin." Sokov thought of the conversation with Asiya just now, and felt that it was necessary to talk to the director of the hospital to save the lives of more wounded: "I want to talk to the director Tell me, do you know where he is?"

Hearing what Sokov said, Koshkin immediately misunderstood what he meant. He thought he wanted to tell the dean to take care of Asia, so he took the initiative to say: "I know, Comrade Commander. If you want to see him, I can take you there now."

"Take me there." Sokov said, "I have something important to talk to him about."

A few minutes later, Sokov sat face to face with the dean.

"Comrade Commander," the dean said respectfully, "Why did you come out so soon?"

"I wanted to talk to you, so I came out." Sokov had precious time, and he didn't have the mind to go around in circles with the other party, so he said bluntly: "I want to ask, since your hospital has the Army Command Why isn't the penicillin given to the wounded?"

The dean had the same idea as Koshkin, thinking that Sokov was talking to him to tell him to take care of Assia, but he didn't expect that the other party would directly talk about penicillin. He hesitated for a while, and then said: "Comrade Commander, I don't use this drug for the wounded, it's for their sake."

"What, you don't use this best anti-inflammatory drug for the wounded, or are you thinking about them?" Sukov sneered after hearing this, "I heard it right, right?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander, you heard me right." The dean said convincingly: "As far as I know, the penicillin provided to us by the Allied Forces was hastily pushed out without human experiments at all. We don’t want our commanders and fighters to be their guinea pigs.”

"Comrade dean," Sokov said angrily after the dean finished speaking, "I don't know who put such absurd ideas into your mind. I was seriously injured last year. If I hadn't used it A large amount of penicillin prevents wound inflammation, and I may have died of postoperative wound infection. I have personally experienced the magic of penicillin, and its efficacy is several times better than that of disulfiramide used today."

"But Comrade Commander," the dean said aggrievedly after hearing what Sokov said, "we have just popularized anti-inflammatory drugs like disulfiramil, and we have not had time to promote them on a large scale. Is this appropriate for a new drug with unknown side effects?"

"Very suitable, Comrade Dean." Sokov, who came from later generations, naturally has a clear understanding of the efficacy of penicillin. He felt that to reduce the postoperative infection of the wounded, penicillin must be used on a large scale. For penicillin wounded, the chances of postoperative infection will be greatly reduced..."

When Sokov explained the superiority of penicillin, although the dean kept nodding to express his approval of Sokov's statement, he was full of disdain in his heart, secretly saying that you are not a doctor, so what right do you have to criticize here. If Sokov hadn't been his superior's superior, he might have left long ago.

When Sokov's words came to an end and he picked up the teacup on the table to drink water, the dean asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, use penicillin for all the wounded. Our stock is obviously not enough. So I plan to only What do you think about using penicillin for some of the seriously wounded and disulfiramide for the rest of the wounded?"

Seeing the dean asking himself for instructions in such a low voice, Sokov couldn't say anything more, so he could only nod his head and said, "Okay, Comrade Dean, then you can try it on some seriously wounded people first, and see if they use penicillin. What is the effect."

After persuading the chief to treat the wounded with penicillin, Sokov and Koshkin returned to the headquarters with the guard company.

Seeing Sokov's appearance, Sidolin immediately went up to him and asked with concern, "Comrade Commander, are you all right?"

"I'm fine." Sukov replied casually, realizing that Sidolin's questioning method was abnormal, and quickly asked back: "Chief of Staff, why are you asking me like that?"

"The reason is very simple." Sidolin said: "I heard that you encountered an enemy disguised as our army on the way to the town of Pultusk. Although the enemy was quickly wiped out, I still stand for your Security concerns."

"Chief of staff, thank you for your concern." Sokov replied with a smile: "With the protection of Koshkin and the guard company, I will be fine."

"By the way, Chief of Staff." Sukov remembered that he had let the field hospital of the 6th Guards Division use penicillin to treat the wounded, and quickly said to Sidolin: "I plan to let the field hospital of the 6th Guards Division use penicillin to treat the wounded. , use penicillin to treat the wounded commanders and fighters. They must not have a lot of penicillin in stock. Later, you call the later minister and ask him to send someone to send a batch of penicillin to the field hospital of the 6th Guards Division. "

Sidolin did not understand the name of the drug that Sokov said, and asked back: "What to send to the field hospital of the 6th Guards Division?"

"Penicillin." Sukov thought that Sidolin hadn't heard what he said clearly, so he repeated it, and finally said: "This is a particularly effective anti-inflammatory drug. If it is used on the wounded, it can greatly reduce the pain of surgery. Possibility of subsequent infection."

"Is it really that amazing?" Sidolin asked in amazement.

Sokov nodded, and continued to talk about his understanding: "You know, General Vatutin was attacked by Bandera elements and was unfortunately injured. In fact, his injury was not serious, but why did he die later? The main reason was postoperative infection. After I was seriously injured, I was sent to the underground hospital in Lubyanka. If penicillin hadn’t been used, even if I could survive, the recovery period would have been greatly prolonged.”

Sokov was injured and hospitalized, both Ponejielin and Sidolin knew about it. At this moment, hearing Sokov say that he can recover and be discharged from the hospital, Penicillin took a lot of rent. Sidolin nodded: "Okay, Comrade Commander, I will call the Minister of Logistics immediately and ask him to arrange a vehicle as soon as possible to send the penicillin to the field hospital in Puutusk Town."

"In addition to the 6th Guards Division, there are also the 1st Guards and 120th Guards Divisions, as well as the field hospitals of the 3rd Infantry Division, and some penicillin should also be sent to them." Sukov told Sidolin: "Use penicillin. The more wounded there are, the more commanders and fighters can return to the battlefield."

"No problem," Sidolin replied: "I will discuss with the Minister of Logistics a distribution amount to ensure that each division's field hospital can be assigned a sufficient amount of penicillin."

"You can figure it out." Sokov reminded Sidolin specifically: "After the penicillin is distributed, special personnel need to be sent to watch over it to ensure that several field hospitals are using penicillin to treat the wounded for anti-inflammation."

"That's for sure, Comrade Commander." Sidolin said: "I'm worried that some people will pretend to use this precious anti-inflammatory drug to the wounded just to perfuse you, but they actually use other cheap products, so they will be treated with Supervision is absolutely necessary."

Sokov raised his hand to check the time and saw that it was almost midnight, so he said to Sidolin: "Chief of Staff, it's getting late, I will be on duty for you tonight, you can go back with peace of mind." Rest, you must be exhausted after working for so many days."

Faced with Sokov's kindness, Sidolin was naturally very grateful, but he still rejected Sokov: "Thank you, Comrade Commander. We just launched an attack on the German defense zone today, and there are many How can I, as the chief of staff, leave my post without authorization at such a time?"

Seeing that Sidolin insisted on staying on duty, Sokov couldn't say anything more, so he nodded at him and said, "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, then you are still on duty tonight. If there is anything urgent Happened, no matter what time it is, remember to send someone to wake me up, understand?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Sidolin replied, "I will handle general affairs. If there is something that cannot be handled, I will send someone to call you."

Sokov suddenly realized that he had been back for such a long time, but he still hadn't seen Ponejielin. He couldn't help asking: "Comrade Chief of Staff, why didn't I see the deputy commander? Where did he go?"