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The city of Milan, the headquarters of the Italian Second Army.

Upon learning of the imminent Japanese attack, the commander of the Italian army, General Luigi Cadorna, rushed to Milan and took command there. He began in the second half of 1914, but was Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Army. In the face of the extremely poor state of the Italian Army, he also worked very hard, trying to increase the combat effectiveness of the army in order to cope with the tensions in Europe.

However, the Italian army's discarded firewood was a very complicated problem, and even if he was capable, it was impossible to solve it in a short time. What's more, this General Cador is only a qualified general, not a genius commander. So after participating in the war, he was violently beaten by the Japanese and the Black Shu Millet, which also proves that his efforts in the past few years have had little effect, at least not much.

It wasn't until a short time ago that he was approached by a Mexican company called "Aegis", and it seemed that he was finally up and running.

At this time, a young man of mixed race, who appeared to be of mixed race, was sitting in Admiral Kadolna's office, talking eloquently in front of him. The man is dressed in a brown suit and wears a thumb-sized badge on his chest with a red background and a red abstract eagle emblem.

The young man said with a professional smile: "Your Excellency, General, after your army tried our company's [Source of Courage], are you satisfied with its effect?"

Cadore said with a puzzled face: "The effect is really good, your company is not lying about the effect." The soldiers did become very brave after taking the [Source of Courage]. However, it was difficult for them to command...... God, they actually charged at the machine-gun positions of the Japanese, and such courage was indeed a bit excessive. Mr. Stephen Guo, I am very happy with the effect of this [Source of Courage], but it would be nice if it had fewer side effects......"

Speaking of which, Cador was still very satisfied with this kind of thing, and if it hadn't been for it, I'm afraid the Japanese would have driven him out of Milan by now. Of course, there is no end to the human heart, and although the [Source of Courage] makes the Italian soldiers extremely brave, there are also fly in the ointment. After the onset of the drug's effects, the soldiers would become very excited and would not listen to the command at all. Don't talk about rushing the machine gun position, I'm afraid that the opposite side is a sea of fire and hell, and these drugged guys will rush into it regardless of it. Another point is that when the effect of the medicine has passed, these soldiers will become extremely tired and weak, and they will fall asleep even when they walk, and it will take at least several days to recover.

Because of this side effect, although he blocked the Japanese attack this time and annihilated nearly 50,000 Japanese troops, the Italian side also lost nearly 40,000 people. For Italy, with a population of only 38.1 million, such a war of attrition is really unbearable. But on second thought, it's much better than putting your enemies in an endless realm.

The sales manager, named Stephen Guo, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Hehe, Your Excellency General, you should know that any medicine will have side effects. We have also written this in detail in the manual, and we have not concealed it. I'm sure you're aware of the legend of the Viking Berserkers, who can even lose their minds and become indiscriminate, and our Source of Courage can at least keep the soldiers sane and not kill each other. As for charging at the machine-gun position, it is also quite normal under great courage. In the wars of the last century, it was all too common to shoot in front of the enemy......"

Finally, he spread his hands and said, "Your Excellency, there is nothing flawless in the world, and the main thing is to see how to use it, isn't it?"

Kadorna nodded and said, "Indeed, I am also asking too much, [Source of Courage] can make the soldiers painless and not afraid of death, and at the same time increase their physical quality, which is already very good." ”

He thought for a moment and said, "I need to order 100,000 [Source of Courage], can this price be lower, I admit that it works very well, but the price of three pounds a piece is really a bit expensive......"

Well, at this time the exchange rate of the pound and the lira is about 1:25. 2 or so, this price is almost equivalent to the monthly income of an average person in Italy.

Manager Guo shook his head: "This is impossible!Your Excellency, this is a potion that can change a battle, or even a battle, and this price is already the lowest price." What could be cheaper than spending tens of thousands of pounds to change a campaign?"

Kadorna thought about it for a moment and said, "Well, well, it's still the price. But I need your promise not to sell this drug to the Entente, can that be done?"

"Your Excellency, I can't guarantee that. You must know that I am only a staff member in charge of sales, and I have no way to interfere with the company's decision-making...... "Manager Guo spread his hands and said: "I can only fight for more shares for Italy at most, and I can't do anything about this request to ensure that I only supply you......

Damn profiteers!, Adorna cursed inwardly.

He also understood that this kind of exclusive monopoly would definitely be difficult to talk about, and if Aegis was Italian, he would have ordered the entire enterprise to be packaged long ago. But this Aegis company is not an Italian company, and there is no way to forcibly restrict them. Besides, it is really impossible to offend them now, and if they are offended, not only will Italy no longer have access to this medicine, but these profiteers will even sell it to Italian opponents in large quantities, and that will be a real disaster.

After a few pleasantries, Stephen Guo took his leave.

As soon as this man left, Cadorna immediately wrote a letter to the king, called his confidants, and handed him the information about the [Source of Courage] and the mention he had just written, saying: "Report this matter to His Majesty the King immediately, and see if you can use diplomatic means to get the Mexican government to intervene to restrict this Aegis company......"

"Damn, how could these Mexicans who can only eat cacti and corn still invent this potion!" Cadore slapped the table fiercely and scolded angrily: "We so many pharmacists and chemists in Italy, are they all waste!"

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While Kadorna was depressed, his opponent Yoshiko Akiyama was in a good mood.

"What, you've found the origin of this drug?" asked Akiyama in surprise. He really didn't expect it, he just asked someone to check, and he didn't have much hope, but in less than half a day, there was news from the 13th Division.

Sure enough, the old subordinates are reliable!

A lieutenant staff officer named Ando handed over a packet: "Yes, Your Excellency Deputy Commander. Look at these ......" As soon as he got the news, he immediately arrived by plane from the 13th Division with evidence.

Akiyama opened it and looked at it, but it was a pile of advertising prints. Well, it's similar to the small advertisements of "old military doctors" posted on the street corners in later generations. Of course, the quality of these prints is much better than that of the "old military doctor", at least they are still color printed, and the paper quality is also very good.

The content on these prints is much the same, they are all selling things like "Source of Courage", and even the graphics are similar to those on the bottles. On top of that, there's also the merchant's contact details on it. According to the advertisement, the "Source of Courage" is a product from a Mexican pharmaceutical company that is "a mysterious recipe from the mysterious ancient Inca country".

Staff Officer Ando explained, "Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, after receiving your order, we found this kind of thing on the street. According to the locals we asked, they said that the ads had been posted for a long time, at least a few months......"

"Damn, why did you find out now!, are you all blind?" said Akiyama angrily.

"Your Excellency, this ...... The vast majority of our officers and men do not understand the Italian language. If you hadn't provided the picture on the medicine bottle, you might not have found it until now, and you wouldn't have paid attention to this kind of advertisement...... Staff Officer Ando carefully explained: "Besides, Your Excellency, the content of this advertisement is too bizarre, even if some officers and soldiers who know Italian characters see it, they won't take it seriously......"

Akiyama thought about it for a while, and felt that he was a little impulsive, so he waved his hand and said: "Well, you have a point, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there was such a thing, and I really can't blame you for being careless......"

"So, have you been able to contact this merchant?"

"We have already found a local office of a company according to the address above, but at the moment their manager is not there, it is said that he is going to Rome......" Ando staff officer replied: "Your Excellency, we have already taken control of the place, as soon as the manager returns, we will send him to you immediately......"

"Well, you're doing a good job. But remember, this manager is our honored guest, so be polite! There is absolutely no room for rudeness!" Akiyama Yoshiko hurriedly admonished.

In fact, the Japanese army is now also taking drugs, but they are not using this, but such things as "refreshing pills" and "energy tonics". The uses of these drugs and, as their name suggests, are all about boosting the spirit, increasing concentration, anti-fatigue and the like, but there is really no such thing as increasing courage.

As a result, after seeing the advertisement of this SHIELD COMPANY, AKIYAMA KOSHI KYOKU realized that he was outdated, because there were more than a dozen kinds of drugs on those advertisements, and [Source of Courage] was just one of them.

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Hankyung.

After Gu Xiaolu read the report on the battle of Milan, he asked with some curiosity: "Husband, what is the source of courage?"

"Well, it's the compound methamphetamine syrup developed by 616......" Wen Deji said with a smile. The official name of the 616 Institute of the Academy of Engineering is the "Institute of Military Special Drugs", which is responsible for the development of various military special drugs.

"Methamphetamine, this kind of thing works so well?" Gu Xiaolu was a little strange. She also knows this kind of thing, but it doesn't seem to be so powerful.

"Methamphetamine alone is certainly not so good, at least it doesn't have a pain-relieving effect yet. So it's a compound, and there are some amine and peptide stimulants that inhibit pain, are intensely excited, and increase aggression, and I can't remember the specific formula...... I didn't expect this thing to work so well. Wen Deji smiled happily