After getting John's commitment, the problem of producing penicillin was gradually put on the right track.
Of course, there will be a series of areas that require Kong Jie to take the helm in the future, so that the special antibacterial drugs during the war can be officially put into industrial mass production.
It even supplied the needs of the Eighth Route Army troops to reduce casualties caused by the war.
Regarding the industrial mass production of penicillin, Kong Jie now has a fairly advanced production process provided by the system, but what is missing is some corresponding advanced production equipment.
As for the production of these advanced equipment, we need to use the highly skilled industrial production company behind John.
However, Kong Jie will naturally not be so stupid. These equipment will send out corresponding drawings in batches, allowing John to find the company behind them to produce the corresponding equipment.
Even the original equipment is produced according to different components and requirements.
After all the accessories are returned, Gao Bing will reassemble them according to the steps and put them into use.
As a result, Americans do not understand the specific purpose and usage of these equipment, and cannot even see the complete equipment. Naturally, they cannot easily steal the equipment and processes required for the industrial mass production of penicillin.
The other is to look for excellent penicillin strains.
For this reason, the medical professors and medical staff who stayed in the first team searched for nearly half a month throughout the first team and even the entire Taihang base area.
Finally, a strain with a relatively high yield of penicillin was found in the loess dug out from under the side wall of the pavilion where Li Yunlong slept.
It is said that a large hole was dug under the side wall of the bunk where Li Yunlong slept, and the cold wind penetrated directly into it when he slept at night.
Li Yunlong was so angry that he cursed his mother on the phone he called the headquarter of a team the next day.
Then I heard that a strain with high penicillin production was found in the soil dug out from under the wall where I slept.
Once penicillin is successfully cultured and purified, the lives of thousands of wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers can even be saved.
Lao Li immediately became overjoyed, and even threatened: "If you can really get this life-saving dose of medicine, you can just tear down our Lao Li's house and let us sleep in the wild, and I, Li Yunlong, won't be able to do it." Two words!"
When I looked back and thought about it, I couldn't find the high-yielding strain Kong Erzi mentioned throughout the entire Taihang base area. I found it under the wall where Lao Li slept.
What does this mean?
In the words of the brigade commander, Li Yunlong is a lucky general.
Lao Li was secretly thinking in his heart:
Could it be that it was too cold a few days ago and I was too lazy to run too far, so I peed a few times under the wall?
Hehe, what kind of penicillin strain is this? You’re so fucking knowledgeable!
Fortunately, no one knew what Li Yunlong was thinking, otherwise he would be dumbfounded on the spot.
A team headquarters.
Penicillin has been put into the stage of industrial mass production. The only difference now is equipment and time.
Kong Jie, who had been worrying about it, temporarily relaxed, and in his mind he was thinking about seizing the time and trying to get the equipment and material support he needed from American veterans before the Pearl Harbor incident broke out.
When analyzing the current international war situation with political commissar Li Wenjie and chief of staff Xu Guoan, Kong Jie decisively put forward his own views:
"Japan's domestic economy is in decline, and the war against China has gradually fallen into a protracted tug-of-war. The little devil is unable to succeed and has gradually shown its defeat.
In recent years, in order to obtain more resources to sustain this unjust war of aggression, the Japanese army has gradually set its sights on Southeast Asia.
As the Japanese military invades and expands into Southeast Asian countries, it will inevitably affect the United States' established interests in Southeast Asia. It is only a matter of time before a conflict breaks out between the two sides.
Especially in July last year, after the Japanese army illegally invaded parts of Southeast Asia, the United States responded quickly and directly froze all Japanese assets in the United States and banned the export of oil and various military supplies to Japan.
The US Army's Far East Command was even established, forming a multinational defense front to compete with the Japanese army.
By August this year, the US President officially signed a document imposing an oil embargo policy on Japan.
Now, Japan, which has extremely limited oil reserves and extremely limited mining capabilities, will inevitably fall into a shortage of oil, an extremely important military material. Not only will the huge war machine used for aggression be unable to operate, Japan's domestic economy will even be destroyed. Further impact!
You can imagine what crazy things the kid will do when the time comes. He has always had a gambler's mentality. "
"Lao Kong, do you mean that the United States and Japan will go to war?" Xu Guoan asked thoughtfully.
Kong Jie said: “Such a result is obvious, and we are not the only ones who can infer such a result.
During the last meeting at the headquarters, didn't the boss and brigade commander also foresee such a result?
It's just that I can't determine the specific time. "
Li Wenjie's face became a little more joyful, "If the United States also goes to war with the Japanese army, it will definitely have a positive impact on China's Anti-Japanese War."
Kong Jie does not deny this.
"But in the final analysis, if we want to save our motherland and nation, we can only rely on ourselves. Don't expect that the United States will be able to reverse the war situation between China and Japan after joining the war. We must rely more on our own continuous struggle."
Changing the subject, Kong Jie added: "Analyzing the possible future evolution of trends between the United States and Japan is mainly to consider the subsequent change of business partners of our team.
Once the United States goes to war with the Japanese army, the American businessmen in the concession and their industries in China will inevitably be impacted, and may even be forcibly seized by the Japanese army.
Around April this year, the Soviet Union signed a Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty with Japan.
Therefore, we still follow the original plan to attract more Soviet businessmen as our business partners and stabilize some of our industries in the Japanese-occupied areas. "
Li Wenjie expressed hesitation: "Do the Japanese really care about this contract?"
Such doubts are not unwarranted.
For example, when have the internationally signed Geneva Conventions been observed since the Japs invaded China?
Kong Jie knew the final result. It was not until around April 1945 that the Soviet Union unilaterally tore up the Soviet-Japanese neutrality contract.
Prior to this, the Japanese had always abided by this contract.
Therefore, Kong Jie was very confident about this: "In the Battle of Nomenkan in 1939, the Japanese army was defeated at the hands of the Soviet army. I personally saw the strength of the Soviet military. For the little Japanese who have always bullied the weak and feared the strong, the impression was... Profound.
This is one of them.
The Japanese army, which is afraid of the Soviet military power, has also been worried about the Soviet army assisting us in China. Therefore, the Japanese will never break this neutrality treaty easily. This is the second reason.
Third, Japan relied on the Soviet Union in diplomacy.
Based on these three points, at least what we can be sure of is that in a short period of time, the Japanese army will never ignore the Soviet-Japanese neutrality treaty and easily offend the Soviet side.
At least this is the current situation. Even in the occupied areas, anyone flying the Soviet flag can be protected by the Japanese army. However, all Soviet businessmen have always been able to flow unimpeded. There is no reason to say that it was deliberately done by the Japanese. Difficult.
The attitude of the Japanese has explained everything.
Therefore, if we want to gain protection from our commercial base in the Japanese-occupied areas, we must use tiger skin as a banner and rely on the golden signboard of Soviet businessmen. "
Li Wenjie and Xu Guoan suddenly realized this, and both expressed their gratitude to Kong Jie for his far-sightedness.
It is true that time flies like an arrow and the sun and the moon fly by.
At this time, it was almost the end of October, and the temperature across northwest Shanxi dropped sharply. The weather in the morning and evening could make people shiver with cold, and the cold wind blowing over was as sharp as a knife.
Only when the sun shines down at noon, you can still get a moment of warmth.
In the biting cold winter, one cannot distinguish between friend and foe.
For the Japanese, this winter in northwestern Shanxi is difficult to endure.
This is especially true for the Eighth Route Army troops.
It was another cloudy day today. When a gust of cold wind came in through the crack in the door, Xu Guoan couldn't help but shiver. Then he tightened his clothes and said, "This winter seems to be colder than last year!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "We are cold, and so are the little devils. The material conditions of our Eighth Route Army troops have improved this year, but the little devils in the occupied areas, let alone the First Army currently stationed in Shanxi, can be said to be short of food. Clothes.
This winter, our lives will be better than in previous years, but the Japanese will be even more miserable than in previous years.
Under the circumstances, Lao Xu, tell me, wouldn’t this winter be very interesting? "
Xu Guoan was stunned for a moment, but he immediately keenly captured the meaning of Kong Jie's words. He asked tentatively: "I mean, Lao Kong, are you trying to do something else this winter?"
Kong Jie did not answer directly, but sighed to himself: "Winter is good, especially this winter, when the heavy snow falls, it will be extremely good.
The little Japs were locked in the room, unable to move. In the freezing and snowy environment, even the mechanized advantages the Japs had always had were gone.
Maybe even the fuel in the tank of the Japanese bomber was frozen.
Under such circumstances, what advantage does the little devil have compared to us? "
Xu Guoan was a little surprised and said: "Lao Kong, are you trying to take advantage of this winter to send out troops to sneak attack on the little Japs?"
Kong Jie shook his head, with a bright smile on his face.
"Sneak attack? What's the point of such a small fight?"
Hearing this, Xu Guoan's face was even more stunned.
Kong Jie continued:
“Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, our Red Army has accepted changes, joined the national army’s battle order, and has persisted in fighting the Japanese army behind enemy lines.
In terms of the general battle situation, it has always been the little devils who bullied us. This year has been endless, with spring sweeps, summer sweeps, and from time to time, autumn crusade, winter offensive and the like. "
His words suddenly changed, and his words gradually became more passionate and sharp:
"Now the situation is different, the situation is changing, it's time for us to kill the little devil's arrogance.
Especially since this year, our team, including our entire Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang Base Area, has developed quite rapidly and made great progress.
In contrast, the Japanese army was unable to succeed and supplies were becoming increasingly expensive.
Especially the little Japanese around the base area of our first team, they don't have enough food and clothes today.
After winter, the weather was extremely cold and covered with heavy snow. Let alone fighting, these Japanese and puppet soldiers could be considered good if they could shiver at home without freezing to death.
This is the best fighter plane God has given us! "
Having said this, Kong Jie finally expressed his attitude:
"I plan to use our first detachment as the main combat force this winter, when the time is right, to launch a major winter counterattack into the Japanese-occupied areas around the base area."
When these words came out, it was truly shocking.
Xu Guoan and Li Wenjie's jaws almost dropped to the ground.
All along, the Eighth Route Army has been constantly attacked by the Japanese army in the strategic defensive stage.
The stage of strategic stalemate is actually basically the same.
As for some counterattacks, most of them are small fights, or gradual encroachment, or covert actions, or some guerrilla warfare or ambush warfare.
As for a comprehensive counterattack?
At least Xu Guoan and Li Wenjie haven't thought about it at all.
After being surprised, Xu Guoan couldn't help but ask: "Lao Kong, is this too hasty? After all, the main strategy of our army is to defend at the moment.
I'm afraid our troops haven't reached the stage of strategic counterattack and regaining lost ground, right? "
Seeing Xu Guoan's surprised look, Kong Jie knew that Xu Guoan had gone astray, and he explained with a smile: "Old Xu, what are you thinking about?
The winter counterattack I am talking about is naturally not to directly launch the main force and launch an attack on key counties in the Japanese-occupied areas without mercy.
Not to mention directly conquering Yangquan, conquering Shouyang, or even conquering Taiyuan as you imagined! "
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Xu Guoan breathed a long sigh of relief, touched the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead, and said happily: "It's okay if it's not.
Lao Kong, you might as well finish your words at once. These half-baked words can really scare a person to death. "
Kong Jie said: "That's what I think. The current international situation is complicated and changeable, and the Japanese army's combat operations are gradually showing weakness.
No matter who the little devils will fight in the future, they will continue to fight with us in China or with the United States.
At least near the base of our first team, only if we take the initiative to open up an extra inch of land, will the Japanese retreat an inch of land.
Today, the size of our team is still growing, but the base area is still mainly established in the vast rural areas.
To be honest, our land is no longer sufficient.
Land is needed for basic industrial land, basic agricultural land, including military garrisoning and training.
So I thought, we will not become a big fat man in one bite and directly launch attacks on the main counties and towns of the Japanese army, breaking our general strategic policy.
But can we take a step forward?
First, we will target some of the more remote towns and villages of the Japanese, capture these towns, expand the territory of our base, and continue to strengthen the foundation and strength of our team.
And the best time, I think, is this winter, when the Japanese are unable to activate mechanized superiority or even air superiority. "
"We launch a major winter counterattack targeting the Japanese army's remote villages and towns!"
The last sentence, Captain Kong said was extremely confident and domineering...
