Republic of China: German-equipped divisions massacred as warlords guarded the nation's borders

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Host: Chen Zijun

Identity: Commander-in-Chief of the Shanghai Garrison, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui

Current funds: £2,334,716 (+£1 per second)

Unlocked technologies:

Army: Mauser 98k rifle, MG34 general purpose machine gun, Krupp 75mm infantry gun, 105mm howitzer

Navy: German UBIII-class submarine blueprints

Military industry: Sulfonamide mass production technology (92% complete), steel smelting technology

Medical: Field First Aid Tent, Basic Military Medical Training Equipment Kit (New Unlocked)

Available for purchase (updated in real time):

German Panzer I armored vehicle: £3.8 per vehicle

British 381mm twin-mounted fortress gun: £120 million per gun

The complete set of equipment for the Krupp arms factory: £800 million

A complete production line for a medium-sized pharmaceutical factory: £15

The funds are nearly 200,000 less.

The money was spent on buying those seven warehouses in Sassoon.

But Chen Zijun wasn't bothered at all. Because two new items had appeared on the system panel: a field first-aid tent and a military medical training equipment kit.

This means the system is reminding him that the mass production of sulfonamides has entered the final sprint stage.

It's time to go check it out.

Cao Qingdi's laboratory was located in a three-story villa on the edge of the French Concession.

Despite being called a laboratory, it was actually just an old warehouse belonging to a foreign firm that Chen Zijun had bought. From the outside, it looked no different from an ordinary residential house.

But once you step inside, it's a completely different world.

The first floor had been converted into a chemical synthesis workshop, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur compounds. The second floor was the purification and packaging area, and the third floor was Cao Qingdi's private office and animal laboratory.

When Chen Zijun led Shen Li in, Cao Qingdi was wearing a white coat stained with several spots of medicine, squatting on the ground examining the wounds of a yellow-haired stray dog.

She looked up when she heard footsteps, and her eyes lit up the moment she saw Chen Zijun.

"Little Chen! You're here!"

Hearing his sister Cao call him that, Chen Zijun was taken aback, but quickly recovered.

It's been a long time since I've heard that.

However, very few people dare to call themselves that nowadays.

She didn't even have time to wipe the iodine off her hands before grabbing a glass bottle from the nearby table and running over.

The bottle contained about half a bottle of white powder.

Pure white. Fine texture. It looks no different from ordinary flour.

But Chen Zijun knew that this thing was ten thousand times more expensive than gold.

"Is this sulfonamide?"

"right!"

Cao Qingdi's voice carried an undisguised excitement mixed with a hint of exhaustion, "The purity has reached 97.3%! This is something I achieved after seventeen optimizations using the molecular formula you provided!"

She handed the bottle to Chen Zijun.

"Look at this color, pure white! Without a single impurity! I've tried it, and it dissolves in water extremely well; it enters the bloodstream within half an hour of oral administration."

Shen Li, who was listening from the side, was completely confused.

"Miss Cao, this...this is just a bottle of wheat flour, isn't it?"

Cao Qingdi turned to look at him, her eyes shining.

"Chief of Staff Shen, come with me."

She led everyone to the animal laboratory on the third floor.

There were three iron cages in the corner, and each cage contained a dog.

The first dog was trapped on the left, its hind legs wrapped in gauze, which was soaked with pus and blood. The dog lay on the ground, whimpering softly.

The second dog was in the middle, its hind legs also wrapped in gauze, but the gauze was clean. This dog was lying down, dozing off.

The third dog was on the right, jumping and frolicking all over the place.

Cao Qingdi pointed to the three dogs.

"I performed the same surgery on these three dogs four days ago. I made a one-centimeter incision in their hind legs and then injected Staphylococcus aureus into them."

Shen Li's expression changed.

Every soldier knows what Staphylococcus aureus means. For wounded soldiers on the battlefield, contracting it is basically a death sentence.

"The one on the left, we'll leave it untreated. It has a persistent high fever and the wound is festering; it has at most two more days to live."

She pointed to the middle one.

"I used traditional iodine disinfectant and alcohol to clean this area. The infection is under control, but the recovery is extremely slow. I estimate it will take at least another ten days before I can stand up again."

Then she pointed to the dog on the right that was jumping around on the ground.

"This one was injected with sulfonamide solution four days ago. The fever subsided on the second day, and the wound began to heal on the third day. Now you can see that it has fully recovered."

The entire laboratory fell silent for three seconds.

Shen Li's mouth was wide open.

"This...this can't be, right?"

"Four days."

Chen Zijun's voice was soft, but each word hit the ground like a weight: "A severe Staphylococcus aureus infection was cured in four days."

He turned to look at Cao Qingdi.

"Sister Qingdi, do you know how many people this bottle of heroin you're holding could save?"

Cao Qingdi's lips trembled slightly.

"I know."

Her voice was a little hoarse. "In the lab, I've tested it fifteen times. Every time, the result is the same. This medicine... it can kill almost all bacterial infections. Tetanus, sepsis, pneumonia..."

She took a deep breath.

"Xiao Chenzi, if this drug can be mass-produced, at least 70 percent of the wounded soldiers on the battlefield can survive."

Chen Zijun stared at the bottle of white powder and remained silent for a long time.

He had read in his university history textbook in his previous life that during World War II, after the U.S. military used sulfonamide drugs, the mortality rate of wounded soldiers dropped from 35 percent to 4 percent.

Thirty-five percent to four percent.

This is not a difference of a number; it's a difference of millions of lives.

And now, this miracle has appeared before him a full twelve years ahead of schedule.

"Sister Qingdi."

"Um?"

What do you need right now?

Cao Qingdi bit her lip.

"Equipment. My current lab is too small; it can only produce a maximum of thirty grams of sulfonamide per day. To achieve true industrial-scale production, I need a proper pharmaceutical factory, large-scale distillation and purification equipment, and at least twenty assistants with chemical training."

She hesitated for a moment.

"Conservatively speaking, the initial investment... will be at least £100,000."

"One hundred thousand pounds?"

Cao Qingdi quickly explained, "I know this amount is large, but..."

"That's too little."

Cao Qingdi was stunned.

Chen Zijun took out a business card from his pocket, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to Shen Li.

"Shen Li, inform Mo Huixin to allocate an additional £200,000 in cash to Dr. Cao's pharmaceutical project. Continue to invest in production as needed. No further approval is required."

"Two hundred thousand?!" Cao Qingdi was so shocked that she took a step back.

Two hundred thousand.

Chen Zijun's tone left no room for argument, "Ten thousand to build the factory, another ten thousand to buy equipment and raw materials. You start choosing a location today, Shanghai or Zhejiang are fine, I'll have someone assist you."

Cao Qingdi's eyes were a little red.

Shen Li watched from the side and couldn't help but grin.

The young marshal, who spends millions of dollars on all kinds of equipment without batting an eye, is he short of your two hundred thousand pounds?

What followed was not so heartwarming.

Chen Zijun's face immediately darkened after he left the laboratory.

"Shen Li."

"Your subordinate is here."

"From today onwards, this laboratory and the future pharmaceutical factory will be under military management. Bring over a German-equipped infantry company, working in three shifts, 24 hours a day. Set up a perimeter cordon, and no unfamiliar faces are allowed within a radius of 500 meters."

Shen Li stood at attention.

"yes!"

"besides."

Chen Zijun's eyes turned cold. "Make it clear to the company commander that anyone who tries to approach the pharmaceutical factory to spy on information should be shot on the spot without asking for permission."

Shen Li shivered.

"Young Marshal, is this medicine... that important?"

Chen Zijun stood at the entrance of the Western-style building, looking at the alleyway under the twilight.

"Shen Li, let me tell you a story. Twenty years from now, the foreigners will wage a major war that will kill tens of millions of people. In that war, whoever has this drug can reduce the number of their soldiers killed by 70%. Tell me, if the foreigners knew we had this drug now, what would they do?"

Shen Li's expression changed.

"They will stop at nothing to steal it."

"Therefore, this pharmaceutical factory is the second life of my Chen family army. Anyone who touches it will suffer the same fate as touching my armory."

"You know, sometimes medicine is more coveted than weapons!"

Shen Li didn't say another word.

He turned and left to mobilize troops.

Just as Chen Zijun got into the car, a messenger rode a bicycle and rushed over from the alley entrance.

"Commander! Urgent report!"

Chen Zijun took the note, unfolded it, and immediately frowned.

Shen Li turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Feng Yong's men have reported this." Chen Zijun clutched the note in his hand, his voice as cold as ice, "Those bastards from Sassoon & Co. have cut off the food rations and dock access permits for four thousand laborers in the southern part of the Sixteen Wharf."

Shen Li's face also darkened.

"Four thousand people have no food?"

"It's not just about not having enough to eat."

Chen Zijun sneered, "Without the dock access permit, these four thousand men can't even work. They have elderly parents and young children to support; without food, they'll cause trouble within three days. Sassoon is forcing them to go to Feng Yong for an explanation. What they want isn't to kill these four thousand men, but to make them turn against them."

He got into the car and slammed the door shut.

"Go back to headquarters."

The car started.

Chen Zijun glanced at the unassuming little villa through the car window. In the afterglow of the setting sun, it looked ordinary, just like any other old house in the alley.

But he knew that in that building, something powerful enough to change the entire Far East and even the world order had just been born.

What he needs to do now is to keep the secret of this thing in his own hands forever.

As for those blind fools like the Sassoon...

They will soon learn that the cost of going against this warlord is not just losing a few warehouses.