Chapter 379 The golden hen that lays golden eggs has finally grown up!
It would be impossible to determine the outcome of the Changsha Battle in a short period of time.

It can only be consumed slowly!
However, as time went by, Cun Yunsheng believed that the first to collapse would be the Japanese army.

Unless the Japanese army mobilizes the Kwantung Army again.

But based on various information at present, it seems that the Japanese army is indeed mobilizing the Kwantung Army.

But this time the Kwantung Army's target was Australia.

Especially after the successful landing at Darwin Port, the Japanese army used it as a base and began to land in Australia on a large scale.

This really made the Australian army very angry.

There was originally a huge conflict between the two sides.

Now that they saw the Japanese army landing, they really didn't care and kept sending telegrams to the US military, requesting them to send army reinforcements.

Since the navy had never fought, they just accepted it.

Can you at least send some army reinforcements now?
So the current situation can be said to be a mess.

Cun Yunsheng knew he had to seize the opportunity.

Otherwise, if you miss the opportunity, it will be too late to regret.

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On the other side, in the prisoner-of-war camp in Hanoi, densely packed prisoners were working intensively.

It can be seen from their clothes that they are prisoners of war.

The prisoners of war here include Japanese soldiers, some natives, and some rebels.

Their task was to build railways and roads. After all, Cun Yunsheng did not keep idle people, and it was impossible to expect to have good food and drink in the prisoner-of-war camp.

What's more, when people are idle, they will start to think about all kinds of things, so we have to find something for them to do. That way, after a tiring day, they will have no time to think about running away.

"Sir, I feel a little uncomfortable!" At this moment, a pale young man came over and said weakly to the officer in charge of supervision.

"Keep working." The officer glanced at him and said lightly.

Prisoner of war camp?
Still expecting to be a human being?
Forget it!
The reason these Japanese soldiers were not killed was simply because they were captured by people from the Fourth War Zone.

Then there was no place to guard them, and Cun Yunsheng said that he had plenty of space and could provide these prisoners with work.

At that time, Zhang Fakui did not think much about it and ordered the prisoners of war to be sent to Hanoi.

Who knew that after coming here, I would be working every day.

If he took a short break, he would be beaten.

Now someone tells him that he is not feeling well and wants to rest?

Is it possible?
"Sir, I feel really uncomfortable." The Japanese soldier who came to report said again with his head down.

He had been feeling unwell since last night.

Not only that, several other people were also running a fever.

But he still forced himself to dig the road despite his illness.

"Either work or be whipped," said the officer, and was about to whip him.

There was no choice but for the Japanese soldier to return to his post, endure the discomfort and continue working.

"Sir, something seems to be wrong today. People from several teams have expressed that they are not feeling well. Could they be infected?" At this time, a soldier nearby whispered.

Hearing this, the officer was silent for a while. Although these prisoners of war did not need to be treated as human beings, problems would arise on a large scale.

That will definitely delay the construction period.

After careful consideration, he ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on the place while he walked towards a tent not far away that was guarded by fully armed soldiers.

That's the boss of them all.

When walking into the tent, the officer was still a little nervous. He was afraid that he would be scolded for being too soft-hearted.

You should know that Cun Yunsheng has emphasized many times that the construction of railways should be accelerated.

But there are many mountain roads here, so the construction process is very slow.

"Old Li, what's the matter?" The sentry looked at the person who came and asked in confusion.

"I have something to report." The second lieutenant officer known as Lao Li hurriedly explained.

"Okay, wait a minute. I'll go in and report." The sentry nodded and motioned for another person to go in. After waiting for a few minutes, another sentry came out and said to Li Yun, "You can go in."

There was not just one person in the tent, but more than a dozen people, led by a captain who was also a veteran of the Sichuan Army.

Later, he was injured in the war and his military level was average.

But in order to take care of these old soldiers who had followed him before, Cun Yunsheng promoted him to captain and at the same time put him in charge of building the railway.

At this time, the construction of railways was carried out in stages, that is, there was a company in each area, as well as a number of prisoners and natives, and their task was to build the railway in that area.

In other words, in this area, the captain in front of him is a local tyrant, and his words decide the life and death of all prisoners.

As for the other people in the tent, they are responsible for medical care, logistics, etc.

"What's the matter, Li Yun?" The captain, named Wang Jin, looked at Li Yun and asked in confusion.

Hearing this, Li Yun honestly recounted what had happened. To be honest, he didn't expect what would happen. After all, it was not a big deal.

It's normal that just a few prisoners feel uncomfortable.

Every day someone is lazy.

"You are not the only one who has reported this. The same situation has occurred in other teams as well." Wang Jin said with a worried look on his face.

"How about this, you go back first and let those who are feeling unwell rest first, I will send someone to treat them."

Originally the death of one or two prisoners was not a big deal, but now there are obviously dozens of them.

What if they all died!

It will greatly delay the construction period!

So no matter how much Wang Jin disliked these Japanese soldiers, he had to heal them first.

"Yes." Li Yun responded quickly.

Soon, the sick prisoners returned to the camp to rest, and doctors soon treated them.

Fortunately, during this period, Cun Yunsheng has been vigorously training doctors.

In addition to bringing in a group of medical students from Southwest Associated University, they also spent a lot of money to hire doctors from everywhere.

In particular, some famous doctors from Southeast Asia were all invited.

At the same time, expand the scale of doctors.

Thanks to Cun Yunsheng's support, Southwest Associated University had a much better time.

There was no need to worry about food and drink, and students all received subsidies, so the scale expanded rapidly.

Of course, most of these students were reserved by Cun Yunsheng.

Not only that, Cun Yunsheng also sent a group of talents for further study.

That is why, although doctors are scarce in other places, they are not too scarce in the Nanyang Task Force.

And there are also various indigenous people to practice with.

After all, being a doctor is a long-term career that requires constant accumulation.

The emergence of doctors and medicines immediately saved these people from danger. In this era, antibiotics have already appeared, but antibiotics like sulfonamides are very expensive, and they have great side effects.

"What? Sulfonamide doesn't work? The fever hasn't gone down yet?" Wang Jin asked in a daze when he received the report.

"No, it can only have a suppressive effect. The fever will return immediately once you stop taking the medicine." The doctor who came to report explained.

Hearing this, Wang Jin frowned. If this was the case, then it would be troublesome.

"Sir, I'm afraid we can't solve the problem at hand. We must report what happened here." The doctor reminded again. "Okay, I understand." Wang Jin took a deep breath and immediately asked someone to draft a document. He wanted to write down what happened here in detail.

Not long after, Cun Yunsheng received the telegram.

"A large-scale outbreak of epidemic? Is it a plague?" Cun Yunsheng looked at the telegram in his hand and looked at Meng Fan.

"It should be. I suspect it was caused by drinking raw water or acclimatization. Currently, sulfa drugs are not effective and some prisoners have died." Meng Fanle explained.

"It's possible that there was a problem with the bodies buried earlier and they still need to be burned." Cun Yunsheng shook his head.

After a great disaster there will be a great epidemic.

During the war, problems would still arise if the burning or burial was not done properly.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The most important thing right now is to contain the epidemic and never let it spread.

At the same time, find ways to treat these people.

Since sulfa drugs cannot effectively curb the disease, the only solution is to inject higher units of antibiotics.

The only antibiotic with a higher level of activity is penicillin.

Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng pondered the penicillin factory he had built.

If I remember correctly, penicillin will be put into large-scale production this year.

Previously, he sold a batch of penicillin produced by the system, which did make American pharmaceutical companies nervous.

But later, there was no large-scale occurrence, and the other party breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, the pace of research accelerated.

So Cun Yunsheng thought that it was time to list the stock ahead of time and make a fortune first.

"Okay, I understand about this. Let someone send the penicillin over." Cun Yunsheng ordered.

"Yes!" Meng Fanle responded, then hesitated.

"In mass production?"

"It's almost there, but the effect may not be as good as the original. However, it should not be much different. It's just right to use these prisoners of war for experimentation." Cun Yunsheng waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Can this be cured?" Meng Fanle became even more curious.

"I don't know, let's give it a try. It doesn't matter anyway." Cun Yunsheng said casually.

He had been looking forward to this thing for a long time. After all, it was called liquid gold and was simply a miracle drug on the battlefield. Especially those who were hit by artillery shells and bullets often died of postoperative infection.

Penicillin perfectly solved this problem.

More importantly, we can now mass-produce it, so it doesn’t matter even if the unit quantity is not high.

You can completely dump it at a low price.

As long as it’s cheaper than what the Americans have, it’s just stealing money.

As for the penicillin previously sold, will the Japanese army produce it?

What a joke.

This thing is so easy to produce.

If you don’t know the specific formula, you’re really in the dark.

"How is the extraction of penicillin going?" Cun Yunsheng picked up the phone and called a group that was researching penicillin.

"It has been refined to ten units, and it will be able to reach thirty units in a few months." A middle-aged man said in a low voice on the other end of the phone.

"Ten units, that's a very fast speed." Cun Yunsheng nodded and said, after all, the most important thing about penicillin is purification and increasing the unit problem per unit area. As long as these are solved, it is actually very simple.

Compared with the millions of units that came later, ten units of penicillin may have been low-level, but it was formed after countless accumulations, and being able to achieve ten units at that time was considered impressive.

After all, his foundation is weak.

If the Germans hadn't provided a batch of experimental equipment, and I knew the formula for purifying penicillin.

It’s a joke to think that you can develop penicillin in just a few months.

"Send a batch of medicine first. Some patients here need penicillin." Cun Yunsheng ordered.

"But human trials haven't been conducted yet." The man on the other end of the phone said anxiously.

"Don't we have it now? Don't worry, it's okay!" Cun Yunsheng said confidently. The side effect of penicillin is allergy, but there are very few people with allergies, and most of them have no problem.

As for allergies?

There is nothing we can do about that!

Unless erythromycin can be developed!
But with the current level, it is impossible to develop erythromycin!

I'm afraid it will be very difficult.

After all, this thing is really more difficult than penicillin.

"Yes, I understand. We will arrive with the car in two hours." The man on the other end of the phone responded loudly.

Only when more and more prisoners fell did Cun Yunsheng realize the seriousness of the situation.

Fortunately, the measures he took were very timely.

There is no sign of outward spread yet.

At the same time, Cun Yunsheng guessed that it should be influenza.

This reminded him of the Spanish flu more than a decade ago, when a lot of people died.

Fortunately, with the arrival of penicillin, this miracle drug began to play its huge role.

Previously, the injured soldiers of the Sichuan Army used penicillin donated by the system.

But the quantity is scarce, and they are rarely taken out unless the patient is seriously injured.

Now that large-scale mass production is finally possible, Cun Yunsheng's mood is naturally different.

It means that we no longer have to worry about the wounded.

When ten units of penicillin plus saline were injected into the bodies of these critically ill patients, they calmed down.

Except for a few accidents, the vast majority of them have turned danger into safety.

There is no way. In this era when bacteria are not yet resistant to drugs, the effect of this thing is simply unexpectedly good.

The successful experiment of penicillin also made Cun Yunsheng very excited, as it meant that he would have another golden goose that laid eggs. Moreover, Lin Yi had complained to him more than once that he was out of money and asked if he could slow down the pace of attack, or he would go bankrupt if he continued.

Now that we have penicillin, it means that there will be a steady stream of money pouring in.

With the 100 million oceans seized, he wouldn't have to worry about money, at least for a long time.

Penicillin is not only very effective in treating infections, but also has good effects in other aspects.

"Find a way to sell this penicillin to the Japanese army." Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fanle and expressed his thoughts.

"What? Sell it to the Japanese army?" Meng Fanle was completely confused.

Isn’t this capitalizing on the enemy?

"Sir, have you forgotten that Shancheng has urged us to ship the goods more than once?" Meng Fanle reminded in a low voice.

They had previously sold a batch of penicillin to Shancheng, and because the effect was so good, the other party placed another order.

result?

Cun Yunsheng said the quantity was too small and it was not possible to sell on a large scale for the time being.

Now that it’s in mass production, shouldn’t it be sold to Shancheng first?

"There's no need to rush over to Shancheng. The current batch of penicillin is not purified enough and may have side effects. It's just right to sell it to the Japanese army. We'll sell it to them when the technology is mature. If nothing unexpected happens, the American Biopharmaceuticals Company should also be able to mass-produce it. Shancheng still has a lot of options." Cun Yunsheng said meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)