The dense barrage disturbed the air.

In the blink of an eye, earth and rocks splashed!

Looking at the towering rock wall in front of him and the large wave of bullets flying towards him, Qingdeng couldn't help but be stunned, and his pupils instantly shrank into pinhole shapes.

His body reacted consciously first, the cat lowered his waist, rolled to the side, and hid behind an ancient tree not far away.

However... the large army behind Qingdeng did not have the reaction speed like him.

The barrages roared past, and there was a rain of blood.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Ugh...! Damn it! I was shot in the shoulder!"

"Spread out! Spread out! Don't get together!"

Suddenly, with splashes of blood, more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground wailing.

The Changzhou Army's offensive continued.

Abruptly, Qingdeng heard a "whoosh" sound, which seemed to be the sound of something falling.

He looked around and saw black objects drawing beautiful parabolas in mid-air, and then falling straight towards their heads.

One of them happened to fall at Qingdeng's feet.

Qingdeng took a closer look - it was a grenade!

In an instant... the moment he saw this thing clearly, Qingden reached out his hand like lightning, grabbed the grenade that fell at his feet, and then threw it back with all his strength.

The grenade exploded with a "bang" before it reached the highest point in the air.

At the same time, like a chain reaction, the grenades that landed in other places exploded one after another.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the air was filled with the foul smell of gunpowder.

This time I changed to a new group and suffered damage from the "fragment" range.

Many people were injured by grenades, injured by explosions, or scratched by fragments, and lost the ability to fight.

At this time, the musketeers on the rock wall had finished reloading, and the black muzzles were once again pointed directly at the Shinsengumi below - the second wave of barrages was coming!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Another group of soldiers were unfortunately shot.

This series of offensives by the Choshu Army completely disrupted the order and formation of the Shinsengumi, and the offensive momentum was abruptly interrupted.

The terrain here is open and there are almost no decent obstacles, so there is no way to avoid it.

Upon seeing this, Qingdeng did not let his obsession with "quickly capturing Nangong Mountain" blind him, and made an immediate decision:

"Go back! Go back! Take all the injured and go back!!"

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Under Qingdeng's instructions, the team members retreated in an orderly manner and stayed away from this "rock wall".

He only focused on escaping for his own life, ignoring his injured comrades who fell to the ground... Even if he ignored discipline, military regulations, human ethics and morality, Qingdeng would never allow this behavior to happen.

Therefore, Qingdeng specifically requested that all the wounded be taken away and no one should be left behind.

The rest area Qingdeng chose was a forest not far from the rock wall.

This place is outside the enemy's attack range, and the thick trees can effectively cover the whereabouts of large troops, so that the enemy troops on the "rock wall" cannot see their movements clearly. It is a perfect hiding place and resting place.

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In this way, the large army set up a simple camp here, rested secretly, and prepared to regroup.

It's noon now.

After a whole morning of fierce fighting, the soldiers were already starving.

We can just take advantage of the current rest time to let the team members have a good meal and restore their strength.

"Get out of the way! Food is coming from behind!"

"Food?! Where is the food?!"

"No fighting! No fighting! Whoever dares to fight will have nothing to eat!"

The cooks carried baskets of hot rice balls up the mountain.

Seeing that lunch was coming, the team members were extremely anxious, but they still followed the order and lined up obediently.

After receiving the still-warm rice balls, the team members eagerly stuffed them into their mouths and swallowed them without chewing much.

This shows how intense the battle was in the morning.

In the base areas...that is, in Kyoto, Otsu and other places, Aomori was able to provide rice, miso soup, dried meat and other sumptuous meals to the soldiers.

But on the frontline battlefield far away from the base area, it is difficult to ensure the normal supply of materials.

Logistics is a university subject.

Even the top management masters in the world will feel overwhelmed by the logistical problems of the army.

The rear area is full of supplies, but they cannot be transported to the front line due to lack of transportation capacity and effective dispatch... This kind of thing is not uncommon even in modern times.

To be fair, the Shinsengumi's logistics system is still in its infancy.

Under Aoto's instruction, Yataro Iwasaki was based in Otsu and was fully responsible for the supply of supplies for this battle.

It doesn't matter if a person eats a little poorly, as he won't lose his fighting ability.

But if the gun is out of ammunition, it will be completely blind.

Therefore, all the Shinsengumi's transport capacity is given priority to supply weapons and ammunition.

As for luxury food such as dried meat and tofu, I really can’t take it into consideration.

Even Yataro Iwasaki, who was experienced and good at management, was overwhelmed by the huge workload and was so busy that he even had no time to eat or sleep.

Allowing the frontline soldiers to eat hot rice balls - this is already the limit of Yataro Iwasaki...or in other words, the current logistics system of the Shinsengumi can achieve it.

At the same time that the cooks were distributing the rice balls, another team also started taking action.

I saw a "man in white" wearing a white smock running quickly in the camp to rescue the wounded.

"Uh uh... Doctor, help me..."

"Don't move! The more you move, the more blood will flow!"

"Ahhh! My hand! My hand!"

"Quick! Here comes another person, hold him down!"

"Doctor, my shoulder bone was shattered by a bullet... Can I still wield a knife in the future?"

"I don't know. I don't know medical skills, so I can't give you an accurate answer."

They are affiliated with Shinsengumi Medical Group.

However, they are not professional doctors. Their main responsibility is to transport the wounded on the front lines to the rear for further treatment by professional doctors.

In other words, their main job is to do hard work, and only a few of them know simple medical skills that can stop bleeding and set bones.

Qingdeng didn’t understand battlefield rescue at all, but he knew the story of the famous Nightingale.

Florence Nightingale - the founder of modern nursing and nurse education, was the world's first true nurse.

From 1854 to 1856, Britain, France, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Ottoman Turkish coalition and Tsarist Russia fought in Crimea, and the Crimean War broke out.

There is no decent battlefield ambulance in the West nowadays... To be precise, there is no such concept at all!

Due to the lack of medical staff and poor medical conditions, the wounded basically did not receive good medical care.

It is no exaggeration to say that once injured, you can only lie in bed and grit your teeth. Whether you live or die depends entirely on God's will.

This kind of "free-range" management has kept the mortality rate of the wounded at a high level.

The casualty mortality rate of the British army alone was as high as a terrifying 42%.

This tragic situation changed fundamentally with the arrival of Florence Nightingale.

During the battle, Nightingale took the initiative to apply to serve as a field nurse and led 38 nurses to the front line to serve in field hospitals, provide necessary daily necessities and food for the wounded, and provide them with serious care.

Nightingale may not be a miracle doctor who can rejuvenate her body, but she is indeed a technical talent who knows both medical skills and mathematics.

She not only greatly improved the living environment of the wounded, but also used statistics in her work to treat the wounded with scientific means.

Nightingale's methods and measures cannot be compared with modern professional rescue.

However, it was these crude measures that caused the British army's casualty mortality rate to drop to 2% in just six months.

In fact, in many cases, the injured are often just short of breath.

As long as you give them a little encouragement and give them hope of survival, they can grit their teeth and survive the ordeal - the human body is so wonderful.
To be continued...