Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 220: Explosive Penicillin

Under the authorization of Chen Feng, Wu Lien-teh announced to the world the results of the rediscovery of penicillin, and at the same time released a large amount of clinical data.

At first, countries in the world did not believe that the backward Chinese could make such amazing discoveries in medicine, but there is Claire, this American girl is one of the direct beneficiaries of penicillin, if it is not for the existence of penicillin, She might have become a lonely soul in a foreign land outside the city of Zhangjiakou.

With a large number of photos and the testimony of Wu Lien-teh, a well-known medical expert in the world, many people couldn't sit still.The drug penicillin appeared ten years ago, but no one paid attention at that time.What really made penicillin famous was the publication of the research results of biochemist Dr. Erst Chaine a few years ago. Due to the special study of lysozyme, they rediscovered the antibacterial effect of bacteria.Therefore, it was decided to focus on the research of antibacterial substances, and the discerning Rockefeller Foundation of the United States provided this funding.When searching the literature, Chain and others accidentally discovered an article on penicillin published by Fleming 10 years ago.They acted decisively and immediately turned all their work to the special research on penicillin.In the same year, Chain and Florey discovered an oxidase culture of Penicillium staphylococcus in Oxford, which was exactly the same as the Penicillium specificum first discovered by Fleming.Chain finally succeeded in isolating the cornstarch-like xanthopenicillin powder and purifying it into a drug.Experimental results prove that these yellow powders are still effective when diluted 3000 million times.Its antibacterial effect is 9 times greater than that of the most powerful sulfa drugs.It is a thousand times more effective than the penicillin powder purified by Fleming, and it has no obvious toxicity.

Such an obvious bactericidal effect shocked the medical community, but the problem is that penicillin can only meet the needs of a small number of patients only by laboratory extraction.In order to completely rescue human beings from the threat of various diseases and infectious diseases, penicillin must be industrially produced on a large scale.

Moving from a laboratory to a factory for mass production is not a simple change of site, at least Fleming, the inventor of penicillin, and Dr. Chain, the rediscoverer of penicillin, did not do it, but through their efforts However, the drug penicillin has long been famous, and it has also become a life-saving drug for the rich.Its price was hundreds of times that of the best antibacterial drug sulfamate at that time.Even the not-so-pure drug penicillin was too expensive to afford for the average wealthy.

However, the news that penicillin can be mass-produced in China, which is now backward, has made many people feel that God is crazy.For a while, many famous medical experts sent telegrams to the National Government through the embassies or consulates of various countries in China, requesting confirmation from the National Government.

In fact, the national government had known the news a few months ago, but it didn't know it in detail.At that time, Kang Ze's Blue Clothes Club sent back a message. The No.40 Army used a new drug in Zhangjiakou.The situation in Zhangjiakou was brought under control in a short period of time, but the highest authorities of the national government didn't pay much attention to it. They thought it was just a medicine that could restrain the plague.Now it seems that this should be penicillin.

But the national government still needs to confirm, so the old man personally sent a telegram to Chen Feng. On the one hand, he thanked him for cooperating with the Central Army in the previous war. At the same time, he also hoped that Chen Feng could provide another batch of weapons for the party-state as soon as possible. equipment.In the end, the old man talked about the confirmation telegrams sent by the consulates of various countries, and asked Chen Feng to give an accurate answer, whether the mass production of penicillin was real.

Chen Feng is also short of weapons and equipment. Jidong has increased nearly [-] troops at once. The weapons and equipment are indeed expensive, and there are still surplus weapons and equipment for sale. However, Chen Feng called the old man back, saying that he can give the Central Army Provide a batch of high-performance submachine guns, and also provide them with the weapons and equipment of a heavy artillery brigade. As for ordinary light weapons, it is really impossible to provide them now.

Regarding the telegrams sent by the consulates of various countries, it is true that Chen Feng asked the old man to call back directly. At the same time, he asked the old man to send an invitation letter to those medical experts on his behalf, welcoming them to China for inspection. The No.40 Army can provide them with a batch of Specialized penicillins and patients for their clinical research.

Following the National Government's response, medical scientists from various countries became restless. In just a few days, Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union and other countries each set up a medical expedition team and applied to the National Government one after another. , Even a non-governmental medical organization in Japan applied to the national government for inspection. At the same time, the governments of various countries also informed Japan, hoping that the inspection team could be protected from Japanese attacks when they were inspecting in China.

Except for Japan, the applications for inspections from other countries were quickly approved.

Regardless of whether the Chinese can mass-produce penicillin, or whether the effect of penicillin is really as bad as the Chinese promote, it is undeniable that penicillin is really popular, and it is still popular.

1938年8月15日，在民众以及各国记者的注视下，No.40集团军对478名日军俘虏进行了公开枪决。

Before the shooting, the temporary military tribunal formed by the No.40 Army held a public trial against 478 Japanese prisoners of war, and issued a verdict to each prisoner of war, except for 24 soldiers who were not yet 18 years old, so they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Others are sentenced to death and executed immediately.

After the presiding judge read out the 478 verdicts, 454 prisoners of war were tied up and escorted to the execution ground. After a burst of gunshots, they were all shot, including Lieutenant General Gong Chun, the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army Garrisoned in Mongolia.

The media from all over the world rushed to report on this incident. For a while, the topic of the No. 40 Army's execution of prisoners of war was once again turbulent. Some people believed that the execution of prisoners of war violated international conventions and was immoral.However, some people think that this is a punishment for the Japanese army's repeated violations of international conventions and should be advocated.Some people think that in such a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, try not to use this extreme method, otherwise it will attract crazy revenge from the Japanese.

Chen Feng didn't care about the quarrel outside. At the same time as the execution of the Japanese prisoners of war, he received a system prompt in his brain that the reward was coming.

"The system prompts, the host completes the task and decides to fight Suiyuan, the system rewards a chance to draw a lottery."

"The system prompts that the host has regained the provincial capital city of Guisui, and the system rewards a chance to draw a lottery."

"The system prompts that the host has captured a Japanese lieutenant general, and the system rewards a lucky draw opportunity."

"The system prompts that the host has wiped out more than 15 enemies, and the system rewards a chance to draw a lottery."

"The system prompts that the host has completed the hidden mission to support the Xuzhou battle, and the reward system will be 250 points."

In addition to the system rewards in July and August, this time Chen Feng got 7 lucky draw opportunities and 8 system rewards.

After reading this system prompt, Chen Feng was greatly surprised. He never expected that there would be a hidden mission, and the point reward would be so high.After thinking for a while, Chen Feng asked, "Why are the reward system points so high this time? Is there anything special about it?"

The smart elf didn't hesitate at all, and replied directly: "Because of the side support of the No.40 Army, the North China Front Army was unable to concentrate on dealing with the Chinese squadron on the Shandong battlefield. As a result, the Japanese army lost 2.8 times more in the Battle of Taierzhuang than in history. The loss of the government was one-third less than in history, which made the westward Japanese army unable to break through the national government's defense line in Kaifeng. Also due to the containment of the No.40 Army, although the Japanese No.14 Division captured Taiyuan, However, it was unable to go south, let alone broke into the territory of Henan. The direct impact was that the national government did not use water instead of soldiers as it did in history, blowing up the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou and saving tens of millions of lives. It will be 10 times the original size.” (To be continued..)