Under Qiao Yu's guidance, China Pharmaceutical Company became the first country in the world to master the production technology of penicillin, and also achieved large-scale industrial production, becoming the world's largest producer of antibiotics.

After the outbreak of World War II, when there were countless wounded in various countries, the demand for penicillin was almost limitless, and the price continued to rise, Chinese pharmaceutical companies made a lot of money, and then invested in the development of other types of antibiotics, making China the world's largest producer of antibiotics.

With the guarantee of antibiotics, China's plan to migrate to the South Seas is smoother, and the first thing to be solved when coming to an unfamiliar area is the problem of water and soil, without good medical care as a basis, immigrants often suffer serious losses, and even hurt the enthusiasm of the people, so adequate preparation is very necessary.

The Chinese government has dispatched nearly 10,000 medical personnel from various places, prepared a large number of medical equipment and medicines, and built a large number of temporary hospitals to provide health protection for migrants.

The common people have also gained a lot of benefits from the immigrants in these years, such as the development of the northeast has brought countless business opportunities, and the fertile black soil has provided a large amount of food, which is also the first time in many years that the Chinese do not have to worry about starvation, which is definitely a major progress.

In the traditional agrarian society, the output of land is limited, and it is impossible to outpace the increase in population, followed by a large-scale famine, at this time there are displaced people, and the growth rate of the displaced people is completely geometric multiples, and the social production capacity can not keep up, and the imperial court will collect more taxes in order to suppress the displaced people, and as a result, more displaced people will be created, as if a chain reaction. There is no control at all. Eventually, the change of dynasty became irreversible.

This law was almost unsolvable in the agricultural era. This is the reason for how many times China has risen and fallen in chaos, and as for the West at the same time, it has no reference, and they are even more chaotic.

It wasn't until after the industrial age that a solution was found to this dead knot. In particular, the advent of chemical fertilizers has allowed the rate of grain production to outpace the rate of population growth for the first time, which indicates that the population can increase massively without worrying about food shortages, and the society will be stabilized.

China also took advantage of the Great Depression to import a large number of Western technologies. A large number of fertilizer factories have been established to ensure the stability of agriculture, of course, it is obviously not enough to pin all hopes on chemical fertilizers, and it is also necessary to have enough reserve land, and only with room for maneuver can we truly ensure that food security will always be guaranteed.

The large-scale development of Nanyang has long been a set goal of the Chinese government, and the Chinese population has also grown rapidly in recent years, and there are a large number of surplus laborers in the rural areas. After the large-scale migration began, they were able to find work in Nanyang. At the very least, you can become a small landlord with a few hundred acres of land.

This allure is still very great, and the Nanyang islands with sufficient rain and heat can be harvested three times a year. The output is very impressive, most young people have signed up, and many people in the northwest and Central Plains have applied for immigration with their families.

However, the most active of all the regions are Guangdong and Fujian, which are the traditional hometowns of overseas Chinese and have been in the habit of going to Nanyang for hundreds of years, and there are still a large number of Chinese in Nanyang. They are different from the people in the northwest and the Central Plains, these people not only go to farm, but also to do business, they all have some capital, can build factories and mines, Nanyang is still a virgin land, business opportunities are very huge.

The Chinese government did not expect that the people would sign up so enthusiastically, and immediately formulated a large-scale investment and construction plan, to overhaul transportation in Nanyang, build airports and wharves, and develop railways and highways. The rebuilding of war-torn cities is a huge investment, and of course the returns are staggering.

This investment plan not only attracted the attention of Chinese businessmen, but even the Americans were salivating, the war brought unprecedented prosperity, and the production of all countries increased wildly, but with the beginning of the counteroffensive of the allies, the defeat of the fascist side was assured, and without the strong demand of war, the economies of all countries would face the problem of depression.

If you want to get out of the depression, you have to create new economic growth points and find new areas for investment, and China's large-scale investment in Nanyang is a very good choice, and the Americans also want to get a piece of the pie, although they recognize China's sovereignty over Nanyang, but they want China to cede some of its economic interests.

The Chinese government, including Qiao Yu himself, is extremely disgusted by this kind of demand, how can the Americans pick up the territory that China has worked so hard to build, and besides, China has a strong enough production team and technical reserves, and there is no need for the Americans to participate at all.

In the end, Qiao Yu only promised to spend 10% of all projects for international bidding, and these bidding also allow Chinese and foreign companies to compete on the same stage, and the Americans will definitely not get a lot of shares, but there is another advantage of doing so, that is, it will form a pressure on Chinese companies, if they do not work hard, the share in their hands will also be snatched away.

The Americans knew that Nanyang could not succeed, so they set their sights on another place, that is, Europe, which was most damaged by the war, and the areas that needed to be rebuilt were the most, and the business opportunities were also the greatest.

The United States is already planning its own calculations, and Western Europe must be in the hands of the United States, and it is precisely with this intention that the counterattack on Europe is also imminent, but before landing in France, the United States and Britain decided to launch a landing operation in Sicily now, and solve the rice bucket of Italy first.

Italy was not easy to calculate, before the war was the fourth largest power in Europe, second only to Britain, France and Germany, but after the war, it showed its vulnerability, and was defeated by the Abyssinian army in a few days, completely losing all its colonies in East Africa.

Historically, whites have bullied blacks and killed them at will, and Italy was the first power in history to lose at the hands of blacks. The defeat on the battlefield in East Africa still had a serious impact on Italy, with more than 300,000 soldiers killed and more than 100,000 wounded and disabled. Such heavy losses cast a shadow over the hearts of the Italian people, who increasingly opposed Mussolini's rule.

Mussolini also felt an unprecedented crisis, he could only hope that the North African battlefield could win, but what awaited him was still a crushing defeat, especially after the United States entered the war, Britain was no longer alone, the equipment was more and more advanced, and the supplies were also very sufficient, Mussolini rushed to invite Rommel from Germany to invite the savior Rommel also suffered a crushing defeat, and the entire colony on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea was lost.

Mussolini had always wanted to restore the majesty of ancient Rome, but at this point the imperial dream had been completely shattered, and Mussolini was shocked that he not only had his dream shattered, but even killed himself. The Allies issued a declaration that all fascist countries must surrender unconditionally, and also decided to punish war criminals.

Mussolini calculated that he was definitely one of the culprits, and he could not escape death, so he had to gamble all his belongings and fight again, and Italy's victory or defeat was pinned on the Germans. Italy handed over the remaining main forces to Germany, and participated in the attack on the Soviet Union, trying to change the unfavorable status quo of the fascist bloc by defeating the Soviet Union.

However, this proved to be a wrong choice, as hundreds of thousands of Italian troops were killed at Stalingrad, and Mussolini's adventure not only failed to save Italy's fate, but on the contrary dragged Italy into the abyss from which it will never recover.

The opposition in Italy has swelled up, and they have realized that if they want to change the fate of their demise, they must cut off from Germany, and if they want to cut off from Germany, they must get Mussolini down and blame Mussolini for all their sins, so that Italy can be saved.

In fact, according to the original agreement, the United States and Britain did not choose to land in Italy in the Mediterranean, and the same was true of the meaning of China and the Soviet Union, advocating that all forces should be concentrated to attack Germany, and as long as Germany was defeated, Italy would naturally not be a problem.

However, after the Turkish campaign, the Soviet Union successfully took control of the Turkish Straits and landed on the Balkan Peninsula, which completely irritated the United States and Britain. The leftist forces in Greece also began to move closer to the Soviet Union, and soon Greece would fall into Soviet hands, much to the anger of Roosevelt and Churchill.

They initially calculated that China would fight the Soviet Union, and in their opinion China had a pathological obsession with land, and Turkey's position was so important that China would never give up. Who knew that Qiao Yu let go lightly, and there was no contradiction with Stalin at all, so Meiying had to jump out.

If the Soviet Union directly occupies Greece, then the next step is Italy, and if this momentum continues, half of the Mediterranean Sea will be the footbath of the Soviet Union, can the United States and Britain stand it!

Therefore, they decided to launch a landing operation in Sicily to keep the Soviet power out of Western Europe, so the two sides decided to attack Sicily, the largest island in Italy, and use it as a springboard to occupy all of Italy and force this waste snack out of the war.

Both the United States and Britain sent their best generals, Patton and Montgomery commanded 160,000 American and British landing troops, divided into 3,200 warships and transports, and landed in the southwest and southeast of Sicily under the cover of 1,000 aircraft.

The icy Mediterranean Sea boiled in an instant, the well-trained and well-equipped Allied troops quickly rushed to the beach, and the Italian troops on the coast were demoralized and scattered with only a weak resistance.

The fiercest resistance in the battle was the German 15th Panzer Division, which braved the heavy bombardment of Allied planes and desperately launched a counterattack on the beachhead, trying to drive the Allied forces into the sea, while the Italians were like a herd of lambs, completely disorganized.

So the Germans almost vomited blood, you must know that we are helping you to defend your own homeland, the host does not know how to try, and let the guests fight hard, Italy is also a wonder.

In the end, the Allies relied on the suppression of naval artillery to push back the German armored forces and successfully landed in Sicily, and Mussolini's fate entered the countdown. (To be continued.) )