Chen Mingxiang is no stranger to this news, the expeditionary force of the Shan Cheng government and the British army fought side by side, and fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Burma, but the problem is that although the expeditionary force fought bloodily, the British army was thin, and the situation was not optimistic.

Myanmar and India are subtropical countries, and the mountains and forests are dense, the climate is humid, mosquitoes are rampant, and the threat of malaria is particularly severe, and the number of deaths caused by malaria by the expeditionary force and the Japanese army is quite terrifying.

Quinine, commonly known as cinchona cream in China, the main alkaloid contained in the bark of the Rubiaceae plant cinchona tree and its contemporaries, chemically known as cinchonaline, is the only specific drug for the treatment of malaria, which was introduced to China at the end of the seventeenth century.

Cinchona trees are native to Bolivia and Peru in South America, and are cultivated in the cool and humid rainforests, India, Sri Lanka, Philippine and India in Asia, and a small amount in the southern part of Yunnan Province and Taiwan Island in China.

The Japanese strictly controlled drugs, such as sulfonamides and quinine, which were forbidden to be sold, and since the occupation of the public concession, foreign channels have almost disappeared.

"Your Excellency General, I thank you very much for your guidance, and I also hope to get quinine for the imperial army, but you also know that there are not many quinine on the market at all, and countries such as the origin of the Philippines and India are currently in the hands of the imperial army, are we still lacking this kind of medicine?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

Although what this old devil said was not true, and there must be something to hide, Chen Mingxiang also had to admit that these words were reasonable, and in order to gain the trust of the enemy, it was necessary to make some "dazzling achievements", which was good for himself.

Although this seems to be an attempt to finance the enemy, this kind of behavior is being done by many people in the Military Control Bureau and the Yamashiro government, and while procuring quinine for the Japanese army, it can also support a group of people for the Yamashiro government, which can finally be justified.

"When the imperial army attacked Southeast Asia, it almost destroyed the local factories, and despite the raw materials, it took time to resume production, collect and refine the bark and roots of the cinchona tree, and the field troops of the imperial army really couldn't wait." Kinoshita Eichi shook his head and said.

Wars are often accompanied by killing and destruction, and the factories that can produce cinchona are bombed by the Japanese army, many workers and technicians are also killed, machines become scrap metal, and the raw materials of warehouses are blown up, which is easy to destroy and difficult to build.

"In the past, the reason why I was able to get quinine was because relying on the British and American concessions, when ocean freighters came, they would always bring some medicines in short supply, but now the sea transportation is not smooth, just relying on the goods of French merchants, a drop in the bucket, I am also worried about medicines!" Chen Mingxiang said.

This is the real situation, the vast majority of the quinine in Shanghai City relied on the trade between Southeast Asia and the concession, and at that time belonged to the colonies of the British, American and Dutch countries, and some of them were the source of goods from the British and American countries.

But now during World War II, Britain and the United States themselves are not enough, exports are very small, and Britain, the United States and Japan are in a state of war, there is no merchant ship and Shanghai market, quinine has become a shortage of medicine.

"The reason why you don't have channels is because I didn't give you enough authority, and I don't have an open mind, I know that you have a good personal relationship with the directors of the former Ministry of Industry Bureau in the Public Concession, and this matter can be done with their communication with the government."

"Operate it well, I believe you can do it, the gendarmerie command can give you authorization, and in the future, you can have a relaxed environment for foreign nationals in the concession, and this condition is very attractive."

"In particular, you have an ocean-going freighter that can be transported to Southeast Asian countries, protected by the Imperial Navy, and unimpeded along the way, which is very important to you and me." Kinoshita Eichi said.

Paralyzed, no wonder you agreed so happily, you old devil is really insidious and vicious!

Until this moment, Chen Mingxiang didn't know why even an old qualification like Shadow Zuo Zhenzhao was so jealous of Kinoshita Rongshi, saying that he was the one who made a fuss in his stomach.

I still underestimate him, being able to be a major general of the military police, he is really not a simple person, his thinking is so fast that his mind is open, and it is indeed quite difficult to calculate such a way.

Using a few thousand foreign nationals in the public concession as a bargaining chip to force the former director of the Ministry of Industry Bureau to contact his own country is tantamount to kidnapping and blackmailing, but it is himself who has come forward to do this, and the Japanese can not admit it, this is a behind-the-scenes operation.

So is Chen Mingxiang going down this path? Nonsense, it's good for him, why not do it?

In fact, the U.S. government was no better than the Japanese invaders, and in March the U.S. government sent all Japanese Americans to concentration camps, stripped them of all rights and personal freedoms, and confiscated their property.

How can I say that Japan and the United States are one and the same, and neither side should say anything about each other, and both are thinking about their own interests.

Even in a state of war, the diplomatic departments between Japan and the United States also have ways to make contacts, which does not need to be considered by Chen Mingxiang.

"In this transaction, I only came forward to purchase a batch of quinine, sulfonamides and other drugs from American companies in the name of Huatong Trading Company, with the purpose of exchanging a little better living conditions for the British and American expatriates in the public concession, and to save everyone's lives as much as possible.

"I'm just an insignificant small businessman, mixed up to the present is just to live, from the perspective of a businessman to consider the problem, I personally think that this matter is still worth operating, now the situation in Shanghai is clear to your heart, day by day is not as good as day, it is said that the next step is to implement the ration of food."

"You need to discuss how to make a request to your own government, but the telegram is sent by an agency of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the wording must be more rigorous, and I think your government understands that it is just a high-sounding excuse."

"On March 20, the U.S. government sent all Japanese expatriates and Japanese-Americans to concentration camps and confiscated all their property. Chen Mingxiang said.

He was not worried that the former administrative officials of the Ministry of Industry would not agree, that would be impossible, and that the price would be well worth it in order to protect the lives of his nationals.

"We don't have room to think about it, this matter will be done according to the way you say, as long as we can hold out until the day of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, everything can be changed, I will write a message, but you don't seem to get anything in it." Riddle said.

Chen Mingxiang is a businessman, he will never do anything that is not beneficial, it is not easy to fight for a condition, he must have his own purpose.

"It is already a great reward to be able to get the friendship between Your Excellency and thousands of expatriates, my freighter will depart from Shanghai and go directly to the port in India to pick up the cargo, and for this, I can apply for the release of several families as witnesses of the handover between the two sides." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.