On August 10, the "New York Times" once again published the report sent by Hallet Abban. This article was called "Harbin after the Disaster—Reports from the Front Line", which without exception caused a sensation in all walks of life!

At the same time, Tu Qianjun, the commander-in-chief of this disaster relief effort, was once again featured on the cover of Time magazine! At the same time, Abban’s report was also sent to Roosevelt. After reading this report, Roosevelt pondered for a long time and was filled with emotion!

"Harbin after the Disaster - Reports from the Front Line": The most dangerous time has passed. Harbin and even Manchuria can breathe a sigh of relief. I can also continue to report the progress of the incident for everyone.

Although the disaster has passed, what is left by the flood is a mess. After the disaster, infectious diseases such as tiger fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and measles are facing the risk of large-scale outbreaks. Railways, highways, and farmland are everywhere.

, villages...etc. were extensively damaged.

More than 200,000 people can only temporarily live in temporary tents provided by the army. Unlike last year's major flood that spread to several provinces, there will be no famine here. The victims live in those who saved their lives every day.

Under the leadership of the soldiers, the disaster area was cleaned up.

Their diet was taken care of by the soldiers of the National Defense Force, and the children were gathered together to learn writing and arithmetic under the guidance of some injured soldiers. They were well taken care of.

Although we are facing an outbreak of the epidemic, fortunately, Mr. Yan Zhengqing, the Governor-General, had anticipated this situation early on. Together with Mr. Yuan Jinkai, the internal chief of Manchuria, he organized a large number of rescue teams to participate in epidemic prevention and treatment. Mr. Yuan Jinkai had already

Before the disaster, we had already purchased a large amount of medicines with Mr. Yang Yuting, the Director-General of the Ministry of Commerce of Manchuria.

Now, Mr. Yang Yuting is busy working day and night in Fengtian to collect various materials and send them to the disaster area. The damaged roads are gradually repaired with the efforts of students from Northeastern University, which has suspended classes, and the Ministry of Railways of the three northeastern provinces and the Engineering Department of the National Defense Forces.

Here I have to praise the students from Northeastern University. They are the most disciplined and responsible students I have ever seen in China. You know, when encountering such things in China in the past, students may be angry.

In his own journal, he denounced the incompetence of the authorities.

Or they may march and protest everywhere, and maybe some of them will choose to raise money for disaster relief. But this time, they have subverted my perception. Maybe they have also subverted the perception of all Chinese people.

Instead of marching and going on strike as usual, these students chose to communicate with the school. Then, under the organization of the teachers, they temporarily suspended classes and went to various places to help the railway and engineering and military departments repair roads.

The medical students, led by their teachers, applied to the governments of the three eastern provinces to go to the disaster area. After the roads were basically repaired, they entered the disaster area together with the medicines collected as doctors who were in great need in the disaster area.

They are all silently using their own capabilities to help with post-disaster reconstruction. In fact, I learned from some students that they had tried to enter the disaster area to fight floods and applied to the authorities. However, the authorities in the three northeastern provinces rejected their proposal.

The authorities told them that the roads were now severely damaged, and due to the shortage of supplies, they had to give priority to the entry of supplies. However, the authorities asked them to be prepared for post-disaster reconstruction, so the students quietly waited for the call.

This has never been seen in China before. If you know China's recent history, you will understand how unruly these students are - they even attacked and burned the houses of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs!

But now they are willingly waiting for the authorities to call them at school, which is unbelievable to many people!

Later I learned that these students had received certain military training from the National Defense Forces. And they were not just flowers outside the three northeastern provinces that just stayed on campus. During the summer vacation, they went to various levels under the organization of the governments of the three northeastern provinces.

Government agencies conduct research and assist local governments in handling some government affairs.

I was very surprised by this approach of the governments of the three northeastern provinces. But now it seems that this approach is extremely correct. I can't see the impetuosity of students in other places in these students. They have good discipline and sense of responsibility!

Because they have participated in government affairs, they are very familiar with the operation of government agencies. At the same time, they also accept the explanations from the governments of the three northeastern provinces and patiently wait for arrangements.

But compared to the students, I was most surprised by the quietness of the victims. In the entire disaster area, at least I saw no theft, robbery, rape... and other similar violent incidents. And these violent incidents, a large number

This happened during the floods that affected several provinces last year.

The people seem to have great trust in the National Defense Forces, and they are quietly waiting for the military arrangements for them, whether it is cleaning up their disaster-stricken homes or repairing washed-out road sections.

Here, they don’t have to worry about running out of food and drink. The National Defense Force will cook for them at regular times every day. Government officials from the three northeastern provincial governments explain the government’s disaster relief measures to the victims. They tell them that the government will provide free seeds and give them to them before harvesting.

Funding.

With the help of soldiers, some houses have been repaired, and those collapsed houses have also been cleaned up. What is most lacking now is disinfectant and building materials. The building materials are pretty good. After all, the two buildings directly built by the United States Steel Company in Manchuria

The blast furnace, which is said to have a daily output of 300 tons, has been put into operation.

Disinfectant water is still lacking, but the Chinese have their own solutions. The legendary Taoist priest Ge Yuetan came to Harbin with his disciples and many traditional Chinese medicine doctors. Their treatment and preventive measures seemed simple but

Very effective.

Taoist priest Ge Yuetan used his power to buy a lot of garlic and brought it to the disaster area. By the way, he asked the governments of the three northeastern provinces for help and also bought a lot of garlic! I had doubts about the medical value of this condiment at first, but

The information about the missionaries in Harbin shocked me!

Priest Astor, who participated in the rescue operations in World War I, told me through his experience and books that Pasteur in France had discovered the antibacterial activity of garlic as early as the 19th century.

Later studies confirmed that garlic has inhibitory and killing effects on many intestinal pathogenic bacteria, such as common Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, etc.!

Garlic also enjoys the reputation of "gastrointestinal disinfectant". The most surprising thing is that bacteria have almost no resistance to garlic.

Priest Astor also told me that during the First World War in 1918, the number of wounded on both sides of the war was increasing day by day. Coupled with the hot weather, the wounds began to become infected and suppurated, and the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

But the infection of the wounds treated with garlic juice was quickly controlled, and garlic was called a "life-saving ingredient" by the frontline officers and soldiers at that time. When I excitedly took these and tried to explain it to the Chinese doctors, their response was to sneer!

Later, the kind-hearted Taoist priest Ge Yuetan explained to me. Ever since Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty brought garlic back to the Central Plains in 113 BC when he was on a mission to the Western Regions, the edible and medicinal uses of garlic have been studied.

Mr. Ge Yuetan took out several books, all of which recorded the emergence of garlic as a medicine and the protagonist in preventing epidemics. "Bie Lu" in the Han Dynasty, "Bing Bu Hand Collection" by Li Jiang in the Tang Dynasty, until the Ming Dynasty

It is recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Even Li Xun, a native of the Song Dynasty, wrote a special book "On Garlic Money Moxibustion". After reading this, I couldn't help but be stunned! I somewhat understood why the Chinese doctors who came with this Taoist priest were so surprised by my discovery.

Sniff it. Their ancestors had discovered and recorded the usefulness of garlic thousands of years ago.

The funny thing is that I am still questioning the role of this. After that, I never dare to underestimate these Chinese medicine practitioners. But I still can't figure out how they can distinguish those medicinal materials.

Because I often see them just wandering around in the mountains, bringing back a lot of bark, flowers and plants, and then boiling them into soup for the victims to drink.

I am also forced to drink several bowls every day because I often have to appear in disaster areas. Whether it is out of awe of thousands of years of mysterious medicine or fear of epidemics, I have to drink it anyway. To be honest, the taste is really good.

Not very good.

But these should really have an effect, at least I have hardly seen the occurrence of epidemics.

The one that has moved me most recently is a soldier of the National Defense Force named Su Haoxuan. In fact, I have been hesitating whether to write his story before. But after thinking about it again and again, I decided to write his story. Because this may explain why the National Defense Force's

The power is superior to that of the Central Army and other warlords.

Su Haoxuan is the platoon leader of an ordinary company of the National Defense Force. He is a very handsome boy! He is tall and has a round face that reveals beautiful white teeth when he smiles.

The first time I saw him was when a levee had burst and their company was fighting to build a second line of defense.

On this day, I roughly estimated that he carried at least 600 bags of sandbags alone. His crotch was bruised with streaks of blood, and his hands were covered with blood blisters. His feet were ulcerated, but he still persisted in working.

He encouraged his comrades around him from time to time.

At first, I just thought he was just a very responsible soldier, but then the arrival of General Su Zongzhe, Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces and Commander of the First Army, told me that this was not the case.

I saw this young platoon leader happily calling him: Dad! Only then did I know that this general was his father!

But the meeting between father and son was not warm. As a father, the general just looked at his son and said: "Look at your hands, you are not as bad as me."

It's that simple, it's that direct. There is no trace of affection or reluctance. Even after saying this, the general left here with his staff to go to other dams.

As a son, Su Haoxuan looked at his father and smiled sheepishly as before, and continued to carry sandbags and rush up to the dam. In fact, I know that in his company, he has been recognized as the "chief" by the soldiers.

He was the blackest person in the entire company who was tortured.

This pair of father and son may illustrate some problems. During these years in China, I have met many so-called "gongzi". They rely on the power of their fathers and do evil unscrupulously! There are cases of eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and even raping women.

occur.

But this second lieutenant platoon leader was doing the hardest work in the most dangerous place with the rank of second lieutenant. His lieutenant general father did not transfer him away from the disaster area, and he himself had no intention of leaving.

His father may not know that Su Haoxuan's height of 1.78 meters and his weight of only about 100 kilograms due to long hours of super-intensive labor.

As his son, Su Haoxuan didn't even know that his father, a general at an age, had not gone to the toilet, closed his eyes, or even eaten anything for three days and three nights on the flood-fighting front line.

The general had blisters on his face.

But I know all this because I have been running between the dikes on the front line and the headquarters. What surprised me most was that when I wanted to write about their deeds, the father and son unanimously asked me not to describe them.

them.

"You should interview our soldiers and see what they are doing. Listen to what they are saying. Record them." The general and his son said at the same time.

"We hope that people outside will remember what our soldiers have done. They are the heroes, and we just did something trivial and responsible."

But I felt that I should write about this father and son. So, against their wishes, I recorded their affairs in this report.

Tomorrow, I finally have time to take a rest. Because most of the disaster relief work has been completed, what is left is post-disaster construction. The last railway has been opened by the National Defense Forces, and construction materials will be continuously sent here.

The students who have taken over the work of the National Defense Force have already set off. They will handle some government affairs and construction matters with the assistance of some of the remaining National Defense Forces. The remaining troops will evacuate here, and they will return to the station for temporary repairs.

Then back to their base, the construction work was mostly completed by the engineering and military departments of the National Defense Forces.

Finally, I congratulate the Commander-in-Chief of the Tigers for being on the cover of Time magazine again! I have a lot of credit for this. Maybe I should apply for a medal from this Commander-in-Chief!

——Hallet Abban, recorded in Harbin after the flood.

This report was extremely rare and was reprinted in full by Nanjing's "Central News Agency". At the same time, "Shenbao", "Ta Kung Pao", "The Times"... and other famous domestic and foreign newspapers also reprinted in full!

Once again, the names of the National Defense Forces and the Far East Tigers resounded throughout the world! The day after the report was issued, a U.S. spokesperson stated that Congress was discussing strengthening cooperation with Manchuria and was preparing to provide a US$200 million state loan.

The British Parliament also stated that it is also considering increasing cooperation with Manchuria and providing a state loan of 80 million pounds.

As the Governor-General of the three eastern provinces, Yan Zhengqing naturally understands what it means to reciprocate kindness. After Britain and the United States announced to strengthen cooperation and provide loans, Foreign Minister Yang Yuting announced that he would strengthen cooperation with Britain and the United States. He also expected to hire more than 100,000 British workers and technicians.

and projects came to Manchuria.

The quota for the United States is 60,000! Of course, Yang Yuting also announced that this is only temporary. With the development of the three northeastern provinces, the number of external personnel will gradually increase.

The British were overjoyed to have received the quota of 100,000 people. They quickly organized a business investment group and a military mission to visit Manchuria. Of course, the British would never say that one of the two Elizabeth-class battleships in the military mission was So I had ulterior motives for going there.

Shen Honglie, the commander of the Navy of the National Defense Forces, who received the visit application, was beaming. Two battleships! Thinking about it, the veteran navy was drooling, so he went to Yang Yuting's house overnight and forced him to sign and agree immediately. Yang Yuting slept during this time. He didn't even have time. Being harassed like this by Shen Honglie, he could only smile bitterly and scold him for being an old bastard and then sign the matter.

Now the Americans couldn't sit still, and they quickly asked Governor Roosevelt, who had visited China and was proficient in Chinese, to organize a new business team to visit Manchuria.

After the British Macdonald Cabinet obtained the recruitment quota, their support rate obviously increased by several percentage points. Unemployed British people all hope to get a job, and going to Manchuria has become the wish of many people.
To be continued...