Chapter 398: International Situation
Wang Haitao took everyone back to the small conference room of the headquarters and told everyone the news he got from Mao Renfeng. As soon as Wang Haitao's words fell, Tang Renli said, "Junzuo, this penicillin was developed by our Longzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, and there is no anti-inflammatory drug that can be compared with it in the country." This is a treasure, how can the government easily get it?"
Tang Renli's words attracted everyone's approval. Wang Haitao glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, everyone knows the role of penicillin, a special drug, in the war. It should have been handed over to the government to control, but it must have allowed countless wounded soldiers to escape death. But what I'm worried about is that there will be some people in the government who can even sell their ancestors for money, so that this special medicine will soon fall into the hands of little Japan. Once little Japan has mastered its recipe and production process, it will be more difficult for China to fight a war. ”
Wang Haitao's words silenced everyone, and after a while, Su Zuxin said, "Junzao, we understand your worries, but once someone comes tomorrow and finds out the intention of coming, and presses it down in the name of the government and the Military Affairs Department, how is Junzao going to deal with it?" Wang Haitao also had a headache because of this. Now is not the time to confront the Nationalist Government, and no one can afford to take down a big hat of sabotage and anti-Japanese resistance. But handing over the pharmaceutical factory like this is something that Wang Haitao is unwilling to do from the bottom of his heart.
Su Zuxin's words made everyone silent again, now the 90th Army belongs to the Central Army, and it can be said that Lao Jiang still trusts Wang Haitao's 90th Army very much. But once you resist the government, no one can afford the consequences. In the end, Wang Haitao asked everyone to go back first, and tomorrow he will deal with these people from Chongqing.
The next morning, General Wang E and his entourage came to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao had already prepared, and after leading everyone to the reception room, he asked the guards to find Su Zuxin and Tang Renli. When everyone arrived, the guards brought tea and retreated. At this time, Wang E stopped talking nonsense, and said to Wang Haitao directly, "Commander Wang, we are here this time mainly to visit the field hospital of the 90th Army, and there is intelligence that your hospital has a special anti-inflammatory drug called penicillin, which has a very good effect. That's what we're here for. ”
Wang Haitao said calmly, "Penicillin, a special anti-inflammatory drug, was obtained by several biomedical scientists when I was in the United States, and obtained the formula and test products of this drug from them at a high price. After I returned to China, I set up a pharmaceutical research institute in Longzhou, and worked hard for more than a year before I tried to produce a sample, and then conducted clinical trials in Longzhou Hospital for a long time, and then began to produce finished products. ”
There were also two experts in the medical field who came with Wang E, and when they heard Wang Haitao say this, they immediately showed their interest and repeatedly asked about the formula and the development process. Wang Haitao's reply was that these were confidential, and he didn't know much about medicine and couldn't answer. The two proposed to visit the Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and communicate with the researchers, but Wang Haitao refused.
Seeing Wang Haitao's resolute attitude, Wang E said, "Commander Wang, it is the time of war, and a large number of wounded people in the hospital die every day due to wound infection and complications. The importance of this penicillin to them and to the country, I don't need to say more, Commander Wang also understands. I hope that Commander Wang will put the country first, and for the sake of those wounded soldiers, he will hand over the formula and production process of penicillin to the country. If Commander Wang has any requirements, he can only mention them. ”
Wang E explained what he said, and Wang Haitao said after hesitating, "Everyone, I am a soldier, and I am not used to beating around the bush when I speak, since General Wang has spoken out, I will also say what I think." The role of this special anti-inflammatory drug in the war is well understood, and it stands to reason that it should be handed over to the national government. But Japanese spies are everywhere, and China can hardly have any secrets for Japan. I am worried that today I handed over the formula and production process of penicillin, and it will soon fall into the hands of the Japanese. With Japan's national strength, it will not be a few days before penicillin will appear in the Japanese army, and then the battle will be even more difficult to fight. ”
Wang Haitao's words were really heart-wrenching for Wang E and his entourage, especially Mao Renfeng and several other military commanders, whose faces changed greatly. However, too many facts tell them that Wang Haitao's words hit the nail on the head, and no one can say anything to debate. There was silence in the room. Half a day later, General Wang E spoke, "What does Commander Wang mean?"
Wang Haitao replied: "General Wang, you see if this will work, penicillin is still produced by my Longzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, and I can provide a large amount of it to the government at cost price, and in Longzhou, Japanese spies still can't infiltrate." I also feel confident that penicillin is safe. General Wang E thought for a moment and replied, "Commander Wang, this matter is too important, I can't be the master, I must report to the above, and the decision will be made by the above." ”
Regarding Wang E's attitude, Wang Haitao expressed his understanding. A day later, a telegram from He Yingqin, minister of military affairs, was sent to Wang Haitao, agreeing that penicillin would still be produced by the Longzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, but that it would be necessary to expand the scale of production, and that a special team would be sent by the military commander to protect the Longzhou Pharmaceutical Factory.
Wang Haitao saw the meaning of this telegram, and this should be Chiang Kai-shek's idea. As long as the pharmaceutical factory is caught, it doesn't matter where it is. And Wang Haitao's worries, Chiang Kai-shek will not ignore it, this telegram should be a two-way solution, Wang Haitao no longer insisted, because he didn't want to take penicillin, but he couldn't let him fall into the hands of little Japan.
After Wang Haitao agreed to do the matter according to the telegram, he immediately ordered the drug training institute to be moved to the pharmaceutical factory to facilitate unified protection, expand the scale of the pharmaceutical factory, increase the output of penicillin, and at the same time mobilize a battalion of the guard brigade to protect the pharmaceutical factory. After inspecting the Longzhou Hospital and the pharmaceutical factory, Wang E and his entourage also returned to Chongqing with a batch of penicillin, but only Mao Renfeng and the military commanders stayed, and he could not leave until the special team of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau arrived and arranged everything.
The matter of the pharmaceutical factory came to an end, the training of the army was carried out regularly, and the arsenal of 75-caliber field guns also reached the monthly output of 30 guns, and the troops were being equipped in 6 years. In this peaceful day, Wang Haitao received two pieces of good news, one was from Germany, Wang Haitao provided two kinds of weapons, the German army produced products, and put them into actual combat.
A rocket artillery battalion armed with ten rocket launchers destroyed a French armored regiment in a few salvos, and this achievement made the German Yuan Hitler extremely excited, and he personally named this rocket artillery Buran. A large number of orders were sent to Krupp, for which Director Alfred Jr. was awarded the Iron Cross of the Holy Knight.
Out of gratitude to Wang Haitao, Alfred Jr. provided Wang Haitao with fifty of the latest 1O5 caliber self-propelled howitzers, twenty Gepard tanks, ten Buran rocket launchers, two hundred heavy trucks and twenty heavy armored vehicles. The weapons and ammunition have been loaded onto ships and will arrive at Saigon Port in 40 days.
Another piece of good news is that Aunt Feng is happy. This news is more important to Wang Haitao than any news, after traveling to this time and space, Wang Haitao always has a feeling of unreality, this feeling is still there when he fought fiercely with the Japanese army, but when he learned that Feng Gu was happy, a sense of realism of blood inheritance replaced that unreal feeling, so that Wang Haitao really integrated into this time and space.
The news of Wang Haitao spread throughout the Ninety Army like a wind, and everyone was happy for Wang Haitao, and Tang Lao was even more excited and resolutely resigned from the position of director of the pharmaceutical factory, and took care of Aunt Feng at home, waiting for the birth of his nephew. Wang Haitao felt even more pressure while being excited, and grasped the work of the 90th Army more tightly, because in this era, the 90th Army is his foundation, and without the 90th Army, Wang Haitao will lose everything in China.
After a year of peace, the Japanese army finally pointed the spearhead at Southeast Asia under the unfavorable situation of attacking westward. At this time, Germany also occupied France, and unlike history, because of the existence of Wang Haitao, the German army surrounded more than 400,000 British and French troops in Dunkirk, and used a large number of artillery and rocket artillery to carry out a covering bombardment of the coalition army. As a result, more than half of the Anglo-French troops died, and more than 100,000 Anglo-French troops became prisoners.
The German front was directed towards the English Channel, which made Britain nervous. Fortunately, after Hitler occupied France, he turned his attention to the Soviet Union, which made Britain breathe a sigh of relief. In this year, as in history, little Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, severely damaged the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and then moved to Southeast Asia and occupied Vietnam. The march to Burma continued.
After declaring war on Japan, in order to hold Japan down and buy time for the restoration of the Pacific Fleet, the United States and Britain provided a large amount of military assistance to the Chinese government, and the purpose was also to hope that the Chinese government would contain the Japanese from the front. Because Vietnam was occupied by the Japanese army, aid had to be shipped to Burma and then to Yunnan by road and rail from Burma. Seeing that the Chinese government could receive supplies from Burma, the Japanese army immediately ordered the commander of the Southern Command, General Terauchi Toshiichi, to send troops to Burma.
After Wang Haitao received the news of the Japanese army's successful sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, he knew that the Japanese army would send troops to Southeast Asia and usher in their final madness. Unlike in history, because Germany moved World War II in advance and occupied France more quickly, and the Anglo-French alliance was also heavily damaged, Japan also had no scruples about the American, British, and French colonies in Southeast Asia, and also launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in advance.
In this case, the squadron's first expedition to Burma will also begin. Historically, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was a very miserable force, the first time it entered Burma to fight, the three armies of more than 100,000 troops, due to various reasons, can withdraw less than half of the country, even General Dai Anlan also died in Burma. If Chiang Kai-shek was ready to form an expeditionary force to Burma again, Wang Haitao hoped that his 90th Army would be able to fight in Burma, and he would never have fought so badly and sacrificed so many Chinese people in history.