Chapter 548: Condition

"I am Crown Prince Yannick."

"!!" Little Hepburn opened her mouth slightly, eyes widened, and stared at Yannick blankly without blinking.

Yannick waved his hand in front of her eyes and asked with a smile. "Didn't you guess it already?"

After recovering from the shock, Hepburn was a little overwhelmed and wanted to salute. "Your Highness..."

Yannick stretched out his hand to stop her. "No need to call me Your Highness, just continue to call me brother."

Little Hepburn asked in disbelief. "Is it really possible?"

"Of course. But little Hepburn, do you know that you have to keep this matter a secret? You can't mention it to anyone, including your mother."

"Well, I will keep it a secret." Little Hepburn nodded vigorously, and then said with some doubts. "But brother Yannick, why are you so nice to me?"

"..." This stopped him, it couldn't be said that he wanted to marry her when she grew up, right? After thinking for a while, Yannick ruffled her hair. "Because little Hepburn is a good boy." After saying that, he quickly changed the subject, took the box he brought, and put it in front of little Hepburn. "Look what I brought you."

"Thank you, Brother Yannick." Little Hepburn opened the box carefully. When he saw the gift inside, he covered his mouth with his little hand in surprise and let out an exclamation. "Wow! So cute!"

Inside is a small corgi, only half a year old. Different from other corgis, this corgi has snow-white fur, which is quite rare.

Little Hepburn carefully touched Corgi's little head with her hands. Corgi stuck out his tongue and licked her fingers, making her laugh happily.

At this time, on the other side of the Atlantic at the White House in Washington, President Roosevelt was sent to the emergency room.

As early as 1932, Roosevelt's campaign office issued a statement stating that Roosevelt's blood pressure had reached 140/100mmHg, but he had not received any treatment.

Because the common view in the medical field at this time is that after arteriosclerosis, higher blood pressure is needed to allow blood to pass through the narrowed blood vessels. Therefore, high blood pressure is an important compensation for people and should not be intervened. Due to such misconceptions, the majority of patients with hypertension fail to receive necessary antihypertensive treatment and eventually become victims of complications from hypertension (in the 1940s, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death in the United States (accounting for 1% of all causes of death). half). Because little is known about preventing and treating cardiovascular disease, most Americans believe that dying from heart disease is inevitable).

In 1933, Roosevelt hired an otolaryngologist as his personal physician because headaches and sinus problems were thought to be the main problems at the time.

In the following years, President Roosevelt's blood pressure gradually increased from 13Hg to 188/105mmHg. Although President Roosevelt's blood pressure gradually increased, his personal physician insisted that "the President was not sick and was in good health" based on the medical standards of the time.

As a result, the supreme leader of the richest and most powerful country in the world has been exposed to the poison of hypertension for a long time.

When President Roosevelt was admitted to the emergency room, cardiologist Dr. Howard Brune noticed that the president had mild cyanosis (cyanosis refers to the bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes, often appearing on the lips, tongue, oral mucosa, tip of the nose, cheeks, and earlobes) It is most obvious at the ends of the fingers (toes). The main reason is abnormal hemoglobin in the blood caused by hypoxia or other reasons. After measuring blood pressure and taking X-rays, Dr. Brun diagnosed it as "hypertension and hypertensive heart disease." , heart failure”.

Roosevelt's think tanks had already gathered at the entrance of the emergency room. They watched Dr. Brun come out and hurriedly gathered around him. "Dr. Brun, how is Mr. President?"

Dr. Brun shook his head. "It's not life-threatening, but it's not optimistic. Mr. President's blood pressure has reached 18Hg, and the chest X-ray shows that the heart shadow has increased. But there is no good treatment method at present. I can only prescribe him digitalis medicine, and he needs to reduce his salt intake. Ingestion will help the condition."

Marshall asked. "Dr. Brun, is there really no other treatment?"

"Other methods?" Dr. Brun shrugged and said helplessly. "Yes, there are, but they are with the Germans."

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned. "Germany?"

Dr. Brun nodded. "Last year I went to Europe to attend a medical seminar and talked with several German experts. Their surgical treatment plan has entered clinical practice and successfully cured several patients with heart disease."

"..." Everyone looked a little ugly. Even if Germany really has a treatment, the two countries are at war now. It's strange that Germany can provide help.

Just as everyone was sighing, Kretschmer's Tiger Shark submarine had arrived at the outskirts of the Brooklyn Naval Base.

This base has a long history, dating back to 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. After the independence of the United States, the shipyard here built frigates for the navy. In 1801, the U.S. government acquired the Brooklyn Shipyard and expanded it.

In the 1850s, with the advent of the steam battleship era, Brooklyn Shipyard began to manufacture large steam battleships for the U.S. Navy, and has since embarked on the path of large ships and huge guns. Most of the early battleships of the U.S. Navy (called Dreadnoughts at that time) were manufactured by the Brooklyn Shipyard. For example, the main navy ships "Maine" and "Connecticut" at that time were all manufactured by the Brooklyn Shipyard. .

During World War II, Brooklyn Shipyard focused on manufacturing giant warships, including several "Essex" class aircraft carriers and the "Iowa" battleship. In order to fully support the front-line battlefield, Brooklyn Shipyard shortened the construction period as much as possible while ensuring quality. In the end, it was able to complete an "Essex" class aircraft carrier within 12 months, from the beginning of construction to launching and rushing to the front line, and multiple warships were built at the same time. Brooklyn has made an indelible contribution to the "Essex" class aircraft carrier becoming the largest first-class aircraft carrier in the US military.

The last time U-47 attacked Scapa Flow at night shocked the world. Countries have been strictly guarding against their own port bases, and it is basically impossible to sneak in again. However, Kretschmer did not intend to sneak in. He sneaked to the periphery of the base entrance and exit and began to lay mines.

This is a new type of acoustic mine, which is detonated by a combined acoustic and magnetic fuse. The sound field and magnetic field act on the mine in sequence, causing the mine to explode. Because the acoustic fuze receives signals at a longer distance than the magnetic induction fuze, the acoustic fuze is usually used as a duty fuze for searching targets; while the magnetic induction fuze can only receive the magnetic field near the ship, causing the mine to explode at the bottom of the ship, so it is called a combat fuze. Normally, the circuit of the acoustic mechanism is unobstructed and can receive acoustic signals at any time. When the ship approaches, the sound wave receiver first connects to the current and starts working. When the ship approaches the top of the mine, the magnetic induction turns on the explosion switch, the electric detonator detonates, and the mine explodes.

There are three entrances and exits in this base, and they have laid a total of 15 mines.