Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1319 - 1312: Logistics Medical

Chapter 1319: Chapter 1312: Logistics Medical

"You always have many reasons," said Zisu after hearing Luo’er’s description. "So I know I definitely can’t outtalk you." Zisu couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

"The right thing is always logical, and the wrong thing is always an excuse. I’m just standing on the right side, stating facts," Luo’er said with a wave of his hand.

After pausing, he continued seriously, "If possible, I still hope you can treat the captured people of Kyushu equally. After all, no matter what, war shouldn’t involve the civilians. They did so, which makes them brutal aggressors. I hope that when the Demon Clan’s army retaliates, they will be met with cheers."

"Your ideas are always so idealistic," Zisu commented.

"The world progresses through the efforts of idealists. If we think ideals are unattainable and don’t try, we’ll forever live in chaos," Luo’er explained.

"Will doing so really change the world?" Zisu fell into thought upon hearing Luo’er’s description.

"It will. No matter how dark the night, the sun will inevitably rise," Luo’er said.

"Okay," Zisu nodded, "I’ll try to advocate for that. When it’s time for you to step in, I hope you can keep your eloquence."

"I will," Luo’er said happily.

At this time in Lingyuan City, everyday was a day of transformation, as guests from the Western Continent introduced new technologies and ideas, gradually spreading from the military to the masses.

Through data collection, the Dwarves scientists discovered that a significant portion of the Demon Clan army’s casualties stemmed from ineffective medical treatment. They needed to prioritize the logistical and medical support of the Demon Clan’s army to enhance their combat effectiveness.

In terms of specifics, this was divided into two parts: prevention and treatment.

For prevention, they instructed the Demon Clan’s army to focus on cleanliness, to bathe regularly, and to keep their clothes clean to prevent the breeding of bacteria and parasites. They also spread the concept of separating fecal matter from oral intake in the army, demanding proper disposal of excrements and prohibiting defecation in open areas or near water sources to prevent contamination.

At the same time, they required the Demon Clan’s army to boil water before drinking whenever possible, forbidding the direct consumption of untreated river or stream water.

After analyzing past war scenarios, the scientists noticed that the Demon Clan’s army had a high rate of diarrhea, which severely impeded their marching and combat capabilities, even causing deaths due to complications arising from diarrhea. Thus, they placed great emphasis on this aspect.

Thanks to the efforts of these scientists, the hygiene conditions of the Demon Clan’s army greatly improved, and the soldiers’ health significantly improved, convincing the Demon Clan people to accept such changes willingly.

Moreover, under Luo’er’s relentless advocacy, the habit of maintaining hygiene spread from the military to civilians, sparking a hygiene revolution in Lingyuan City. Led by Luo’er, the campaigners began to educate the Demon Clan about bacteria and promoted good hygiene practices.

Due to their efforts, the formerly dirty streets were cleaned, and the Demon Clan established several bathhouses for the general public, making use of the abundant wood nearby as fuel.

As the habit of bathing took root deeply in the hearts of the people, bathing became a fashionable activity. Through Luo’er’s persistent efforts, the Demon Clan Leader, Linglan, agreed to financially support the bathhouses, offering free cleaning services to the civilians. This enabled bathing to become an affordable activity for the common people. The bathhouses were crowded from morning till evening, reminiscent of Rome in Luo’er’s eyes.

With preventative measures in place, it was then time for battlefield medical aid. To reduce the mortality rate, scientists helped the Demon Clan’s army establish a modern logistical support system, setting up medical stations to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield.

In terms of treatment, scientists had already helped the Demon Clan distill alcohol for medical use and were attempting to conquer penicillin. Once these two medications were mass-produced, the casualty rate of the Demon Clan’s army would be greatly reduced.

Generally speaking, soldiers wounded on the battlefield tend to face two types of death, either from losing too much blood and going into shock or from infections when treatments fail.

The human body is both fragile and resilient, as long as the bleeding can be stopped, there is a high chance of saving a person. If the problem of wound infection can be addressed, then the mortality rate of soldiers would drastically decrease.

Due to a shortage of manpower, logistics and medical roles, which do not require heavy physical strength, recruited a large number of women from the Demon Clan, indirectly promoting women’s status, a near unimaginable notion in the feudal era.

These women of the Demon Clan were gathered and taught emergency treatment methods by scientists. In wartime, they would become the strongest supporters of the Demon Clan’s army, being aptly called angels in white.

In terms of military reforms, the most significant change was the widespread adoption of the flintlock gun and the attempt to implement the line infantry tactics, commonly known as the volley fire technique.

The Demon Clan’s army adopted a tactic of three lines alternately shooting. After one line of soldiers fired their bullets, they automatically retreated to the third row, allowing the second row to continue firing. This cycle maximized the sustainability of their firepower.

The reason for forming three lines was to withstand possible cavalry charges. Facing the towering Dongsheng cavalry, only a three-line wall formation could barely withstand the charge, as once the defense was breached, the only fate awaiting the infantry was death.

Moreover, because the Dongsheng cavalry were indeed too powerful, behind the three lines of rifleman, the fourth line consisted of pikemen to counter the cavalry charges.

The Demon Clan’s advance team was positioned in the fifth row, ready to strike immediately if the Dongsheng General initiated an attack, cutting off their advance and preventing them from overwhelming the ranks of riflemen.

Because of the limited accuracy of muskets, the Demon Clan’s army had to close in to a sufficiently near distance to fire effectively. During this time, they had to withstand charges from the cavalry and the generals, as well as brace themselves against the Dongsheng army’s crossbow shots.

Therefore, in order to avoid such situations, dwarf scientists specifically developed a shield generating device for them, concretely, a large defensive magic Rune. Thus, the Demon Clan’s army was not purely a modernized army but a modernized army augmented with magic.

When the Demon Clan’s line advanced, the shield bearers responsible for defense activated the shields, covering the advancement of the line infantry who would then proceed to a distance of about twenty meters from the Dongsheng army before opening fire.

Of course, if the Dongsheng army took the initiative to attack, then the Demon Clan’s army would be at an advantage by waiting passively. Rather than launching an offensive, a defensive stance better exploited the strengths of their muskets.

With the deepening of military reforms, traditional melee combat units were phased out. Musketeers, as the absolute main unit in the war, not only had to be bold in firing their weapons but also in engaging the Dongsheng army in hand-to-hand combat.

For this reason, dwarf officers began to focus on training their bayonet fighting abilities. Only by daring to engage in bayonet fights could the Demon Clan’s army be considered a qualified modernized army.

Besides the reforms in military tactics, the reform of military weapons also deepened. Flintlock guns had been mastered, and at this stage, there was no need to consider next-generation weapons, as flintlock technology was adequate for the Demon Clan’s army for decades to come. Hence, scientists shifted their focus to developing heavy support weapons such as artillery.

They improved the Demon Clan’s existing artillery, optimizing the barrel strength, allowing the use of improved gunpowder as propellant.

However, the existing artillery of the Demon Clan was still too cumbersome, so scientists helped the Demon Clan develop infantry guns to support infantry warfare.

At the same time, they began developing a new type of long-range artillery, namely the mortar, planning to use this type of artillery to launch fragmentation grenades, directly changing the course of the war.

For the dwarves, the motivation for reform stemmed from their resolve for revenge. Unlike the Advance Team, which suffered no casualties, the High-peak dwarves sustained significant injuries in this war, many compatriots perished with the fall of the Helrandum, entangling them in deep hatred with the Dongsheng Empire.

Thus, to put it bluntly, if given another chance, even if the Advance Team sided with the Dongsheng Empire, the High-peak people would without hesitation stand with the Demon Clan people, firmly opposing the Dongsheng Empire.