Chapter 1401: The British Empire's Straw in Asia
?“ What's the great news? ”
Churchill snorted with his pipe: "Did Hitler have a wind or were all the German tanks taken away by aliens?" I don't know anything else that's really good news......"
"Neither, it's penicillin!"
The secretary general said embarrassedly, obviously a little uncomfortable with the prime minister saying such absurd and unincompatible words that did not conform to the image of a gentleman, and only after a while: "The urgent information sent back by the missionaries from the Chinese side has appeared, penicillin, a special drug that can quickly control the inflammatory complications of trauma!" ”
"Is it true? How could those ignorant Orientals invent such a drug? ”
As soon as he heard this, Churchill immediately became calm, and now that there were so many wounded, he knew too well how much impact it would have if there was such a drug.
"It's true, it is said that ****** has personally sent someone to verify the efficacy!"
The secretary general said with tears in his eyes: "Since the empire entered the war, more than 10,000 wounded have died because of uncontrollable wound infections...... It is said that this penicillin was invented in Trojan County, which is far away! ”
"Invented over there?"
Churchill's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.
A year ago, not many people knew Lu Yuan, even if all they could remember was the bad behavior of this guy who poisoned 3,000 Japanese recruits back then, it was by no means a good reputation, and the British gentlemen who were known for their gentlemanly demeanor would even feel that mentioning this name was dirty their mouths.
But all this, after the publication of what Snow Agris saw and heard in Trojan County was published by the Washington Post, and in particular, the story of Lu Yuan, which Glace told with the characteristic affectionate touch of women, and the story between him and his two wives Long Yun and Lin Shiwen, caused great repercussions throughout Europe and America.
In Agrice's story, she tells everything from her acquaintance with Lu Yuan on the Jiangsu Plain, to the bloody battle of the tiger's mouth, to Nanjing, to Trojan Horse County, etc., from Long Yun's perspective, Lu Yuan's bravery, fearlessness, tenacity, justice, and fearless spirit for the whole country and nation make Lu Yuan simply the embodiment of the perfect man in the hearts of women in the entire European and American continents.
Of course, the women are concerned about Lu Yuan's people, while the men, especially those generals, are more concerned about what Lu Yuan has done, and the battles he has experienced, especially the fact that he broke into Tianjin single-handedly, captured Umezu Mijiro and Kazuki Seiji and a cadre of Japanese imperial families, and with more than 1,000 troops, he moved to three provinces in just two months, and broke out of the encirclement and returned to Muma County in the encirclement and interception of hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops.
This battle, which did not cause much turmoil in China, was thoroughly studied by the generals of Britain, the United States, France, and other countries, and was regarded by the military as a textbook-like battle command art.
Even Churchill himself could only write a big word about the subtlety of the command of this campaign.
It can be said that the name Lu Yuan is definitely a thunderous existence in the ears of military strategists in the entire Europe and the American continent, but because the information of this era is not developed and domestic public opinion is deliberately suppressed, Lu Yuan himself does not know.
"Yes, it was invented by that guy from Lu Yuan, it is said that this guy asked people to take penicillin to find ******, and the dog scolded by the leader of the branch was bloody......
Thinking of the scene depicted in the telegram, the secretary-general's face was full of fat, and he could think about how embarrassed Mr. Chiang was at that time.
"The way it is now, the people's livelihood in China is a mess, Jiang has to bear a large part of the responsibility for these, Lu Yuan, this guy didn't scold the wrong person!"
Churchill also laughed for a while, and then said: "Pass my order, immediately send someone to contact Lu Yuan, purchase penicillin from him at all costs, and tell him that as long as he is willing to hand over the formula of penicillin to our British Empire, we support him to replace Chiang as the leader of China, and it is not impossible to ......"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
The secretary general nodded, and said with a strange face: "What if this guy doesn't want to be the leader of China and only wants Hong Kong?" ”
“……”
Churchill's face sank suddenly, according to the telegram of Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi, since May, there has been a person named Luo Qinghu who has repeatedly found him, wanting to buy a large amount of land in Hong Kong.
Of course, Churchill could not agree to this kind of thing, and even directly sent someone to investigate thoroughly, and then found that this person named Luo Qinghu was inextricably linked to Lu Yuan in Trojan Horse County and the Nanqiao General Association organized by the Chinese people.
Where would he not know that the other party did this to definitely try to plot against Hong Kong at a very small price.
At the beginning, the reason why the empire would cut off and lease Hong Kong from the Qing government was not only to consider immediate interests, but to take into account the interests of a hundred or hundreds of years!
Europe and Asia are thousands of miles apart, with the vast Pacific Ocean in between, and Asian spices, tea, and rubber minerals are all coveted by the empire, not to mention that in addition to these, the use of trade is also a continuous source of plundering from Asia to endless wealth.
Hong Kong, although it is only a small piece of land on the edge of China, is like a nail, or a huge straw, absorbing endless nutrients from the Asian continent, feeding the empire, allowing the empire to continue to develop and grow, so that it will always be at the top of the earth's biological chain!
If there is any war in Asia, Hong Kong can become a military support point, and it can garrison troops and launch military strikes directly!
"He can do whatever he wants, but Hong Kong must not give it!" Churchill Road.
Churchill and the British Empire would never have given up such a strategically important site, even if it was just a small fishing island, and they would rather support Lu Yuan as the leader of the government in China than give up Hong Kong.
"Your Excellency, I also know the importance of Hong Kong - but the importance of penicillin is no worse than that of Hong Kong, it is related to the lives of countless soldiers!"
The secretary general said: "But have you ever thought that now Hitler is invincible, the empire is too busy to take care of itself, Hong Kong has only two or three thousand imperial garrisons, and the Japanese have long been eyeing Hong Kong, and they may send troops to Hong Kong at any time...... If you want me to say, we might as well use Hong Kong and exchange penicillin with Lu Yuan! ”