Chapter Eighty-Six: The Miracle Drug Penicillin

September 3, 1940, Qijiang County Wharf, Warehouse District

Just when General Chen was thinking about whether to promise Zhao Gang, he saw a young female soldier of the Eighth Route Army running over, and it can be seen from the red cross armband on her arm that this should be a medical soldier of the Eighth Route Army, but in front of so many people, let a female medical soldier break indiscriminately, this provisional 68th Division is really unruly, and many people began to slander.

However, with the approach of the female soldiers, General Chen recognized it, Zhao Xiuqin, Li Yunlong's wife, and she had drunk the wedding wine of the two, it turned out that in this provisional 68th Division, she was just a medical soldier, alas, this is simply unimaginable in other units of the National Army, and the wives of the officers like to go to the hospital to show off, but which one can really do this all the time, the Eighth Route Army is indeed different.

"Old, old Zhao, it's effective, Commander Wang Fugui's fever has subsided." Zhao Xiuqin said with a happy face, today Li Yunlong went to the Zhongba Naval Academy to attend classes, Cheng Shifa personally led the marine police team to violently enforce the law in the waters of the Qijiang River, and as for the other regiment commanders, they are all stationed outside the city to train troops, so there is something in this military hospital, Zhao Xiuqin can only discuss with Zhao Gang.

Wang Fugui, the company commander in her mouth, is the previous captain of the Sandaogou District of the Ping'an County Brigade, because of his outstanding performance in the battle, he was transferred to the 1000th Provisional Regiment after the war, and later the unit was expanded, and was promoted to lieutenant company commander by Li Yunlong.

Because it was really Guizhou Province at that time, the handling was also very rough, so Wang Fugui had been in a high fever since he sent it back, and he couldn't do it when he saw people.

After Wang Yue learned of this, he provided them with a new drug from the umbrella company, which was said to be better than sulfonamides, and the two of them were used, and it was only more than an hour later, Wang Fugui's high fever actually subsided, no wonder Zhao Xiuqin was surprised, the effect of this medicine was too amazing, and she needed Zhao Gang to help her make a decision, so that all the wounded could use it.

"That's great, I'll go to the hospital in a while, I don't have to wait for the dean to come back, just hurry up and give the soldiers all new medicine." Zhao Gang is also very happy, there are a lot of sulfonamides in the provisional 68th Division, but the effect of sulfonamides is limited, it is useless for some critically ill patients, not to mention, there are side effects, and now with this new medicine, many soldiers who could not be saved before have also been saved.

"Hey, I'll go!" Zhao Xiuqin happily turned around and left, and she was also happy when she had turned into a medical soldier.

"Chief of Staff Zhao, do you have sulfonamides?" General Chen has always known that the provisional 68th Division has sulfonamides, but how to say it, because he has never heard of the Eighth Route Army pouring this thing out, so he really didn't think about buying sulfonamides through the Eighth Route Army, and when he saw Zhao Xiuqin and Zhao Gang talking about this, he asked by the way.

The price of sulfonamides is too expensive, in the past, three tablets of sulfonamide could be bought for five oceans, but since the outbreak of the European war, the price has risen to ten oceans and three pieces.

"Sulfonamides are naturally available, but in many cases, the effect of sulfonamides is average, and what Comrade Xiuqin said just now is a new foreign drug, penicillin, we call it penicillin." Zhao Gang patiently explained that penicillin is said to be not sold in the world at present, and can only be produced in small batches in the laboratory, which is extremely expensive, if it is not for Wang Yue to give them a trial, they can't afford to use it, in fact, not only penicillin, but also sulfonamides, without Wang Yue's help, the Eighth Route Army also can't afford it and it's difficult to buy.

"Penicillin? Does it work well? General Chen's heart was also moved, anti-inflammatory drugs that are better than sulfonamides, he heard about it for the first time, and he became curious.

"Minister, why don't we go to the military hospital together?" Zhao Gang also saw General Chen's curiosity, in fact, he was also very curious, so he invited the other party to take a look.

"It's an honor." General Chen smiled and took a group of people to follow Zhao Gang to the military hospital, leaving only those bitter haha from the Ordnance Industry Department to organize transportation there, according to General Chen's instructions, in addition to the 100 heavy artillery, other weapons must be sent to the garrisons of various units today for the troops to train, can not be in a hurry, after getting the weapons, it is estimated that it will not take a month or two for these troops to go to the front line.

Thanks to the newly built gravel road, the group took a car and soon arrived at the military hospital in the city, where General Chen saw ten kilograms of sulfonamide powder in addition to penicillin.

There is also the kind of new drug called penicillin produced by the "umbrella company", a small bottle, just a little white powder, can be injected into the body, half an hour can make the soldier reduce the fever, too fast, General Chen's understanding of sulfonamide is not so fast, in terms of fever reduction speed alone, it can be called magical.

After learning that the supplier of the Eighth Route Army could supply sulfonamides and penicillin in unlimited quantities, General Chen did not stop, left Qijiang County with the samples, and galloped to Chongqing by car.

In fact, since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the national army's drug supply has never been sufficient, the anti-Japanese war is prosperous, the national government has been working hard to build a military medical system, but on the contrary, the supply of drugs has become more tight, not to mention soldiers, even those seriously ill grassroots officers many times can not get sulfonamides, most of the time, injuries and death are the same, under the vicious circle, grassroots soldiers are even more reluctant to work hard.

That night, General Chen got the test results of the General Army Hospital, and the quality of the sulfonamides he took back from the "umbrella company" was very good, compared with imported sulfonamides, the purity was higher, the effect was better, and it was not easy to be allergic, and it was the best quality sulfonamide seen in China at present.

As for the new drug called penicillin, the effect is even more miraculous, after using it, the effect is particularly fast, the effect is particularly good, and the indications are more extensive, all the wounded who participated in the drug test have improved significantly, and even several seriously injured people who have been given up before have improved, which can be regarded as getting rid of the danger of life.

Dr. Han Siguo of the Army General Hospital was also shocked, because penicillin in his knowledge should only exist in the laboratory, and there are no conditions for large-scale preparation at all, compared to sulfonamides, which can already be prepared industrially, this thing is definitely more expensive than gold, or even more expensive than gold, and even so, no one will spend a lot of resources to purify penicillin.

At that time, General Chen couldn't sit still, and he couldn't take too much care of it, and even if he went to the Huangshan Mansion, he had to report the situation today to the highest authorities as soon as possible, whether it was a newly bought cannon or a medicine, he needed to report, uh, and the less important Xie Jinyuan.

Some people died, but not completely......