You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

"Neither."

The representative shook his head, his tone slightly strange.

"It came from the Far East, from a local warlord in the Great Xia Kingdom."

Now, this warlord is offering exorbitant salaries to recruit medical experts willing to work in Daxia.

"As long as you're willing, you can use this miracle drug for clinical research without any restrictions."

Upon hearing this news, several medical enthusiasts who were currently facing research bottlenecks immediately raised their hands.

For them, access to this revolutionary drug was far more appealing than staying in New York on a fixed salary.

As for the war in the Great Xia?

What a joke! They didn't even think the Japanese would dare to lay a hand on these noble white people.

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At the same time, high-ranking officials in the White Eagle Army also took notice of this drug called penicillin.

In the Special Administrative Region, the Pentagon that would later become famous had not been built 38 years later.

The total size of the White Eagle Army is actually less than 200,000 people, which is only slightly more than Lin Feng's 33rd Army Corps.

At this time, the strongest military force in the White Eagle was the navy, so the War Department (later the Ministry of Defense) and the noble naval offices were both located in the Quartermaster Building in the Special District.

As for the weak army?

Naturally, you should go wherever it's cool and comfortable...

As a last resort, the Army had to rent 17 buildings around the Supply Building as office space, and many Army staff had to run back and forth between the buildings to get to work.

At this moment, in a conference room at the Army Department, a group of high-ranking officials with stars on their shoulders are having a meeting.

As May 1938 approached, the situation in Europe became increasingly tense.

Hans's military buildup is no longer concealed; the size of his armored divisions and air force is expanding every day.

While the White Eagle government maintains a neutral stance and champions isolationism, the military has secretly begun assessing the risks of future war.

Army Chief of Staff General Marin Craig sat at the head of the long conference table, holding a top-secret intelligence document.

"General, the intelligence department has confirmed it."

A major general from the military intelligence agency stood up and pointed to the world map on the wall.

"The Hans are sparing no expense to acquire this antibacterial drug called penicillin from the warlord of Great Xia in the Far East."

They used their foreign exchange reserves, and even traded their most advanced machine tools for this drug.

According to reports, this drug has a life-saving effect on battle wound infections.

The senior generals in the conference room whispered among themselves, discussing the matter animatedly.

General Craig put down the documents in his hand and glanced at everyone present.

"Gentlemen, the wars of the future will be cruel meat grinders."

Whoever controls this drug will be able to bring more battle-hardened veterans back to the battlefield.

This is a strategic resource capable of shifting the balance of power in war.

General Craig tapped the table, setting the tone.

"We must get it."

Ideally, we should acquire the complete set of production technology and process drawings directly.

If that warlord of the Great Xia doesn't sell the technology, then buy the finished product first.

After purchasing them, they were handed over to domestic pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Eli Lilly.

Let them organize their top chemists to try to analyze and reverse engineer it.

At this moment, a logistics lieutenant colonel who was sitting in the corner stood up.

"General, I have consulted with microbiology experts in China about this drug."

The lieutenant colonel opened his notebook:

Professor John Alexander Fleming discovered the bactericidal effect of penicillin many years ago.

However, this substance is extremely difficult to extract from nature.

Large-scale production and purification are simply impossible under current industrial conditions.

The lieutenant colonel arrogantly concluded:

"What that warlord of Great Xia brought out was most likely just some exaggerated substitute."

Upon hearing this, General Craig's face darkened.

"Is it difficult?"

General Craig grabbed the clinical report from the table and slammed it down in front of the lieutenant colonel.

"You tell me it's difficult, but now the people of Great Xia on the other side of the Pacific have done it!"

They conducted clinical trials, and our people obtained the clinical reports. All ten critically ill patients who were on the verge of death recovered.

Are you telling me that our outstanding American scientists are inferior to those Asians who can't even build a rifle properly?!

The lieutenant colonel was so embarrassed by the reprimand that he stood there awkwardly, unable to utter a word for a long time.

He was extremely dissatisfied, but faced with the irrefutable data, he had nothing to say.

"General, since the Great Xia people have mastered this technology, we can send out commercial spies."

The intelligence bureau major general made a suggestion.

"Infiltrate Qingcheng Port and steal their secret formulas and production processes."

General Craig nodded.

"Agreed. Arrange for intelligence personnel in the Far East to carry it out immediately."

"General, I have another suggestion."

A radical staff officer stood up.

"This medicine is too important; it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Hans."

If the technology theft fails, we should deploy a small number of elite troops or hire local armed forces.

Go directly to bomb Lin Feng's pharmaceutical factory.

To physically eliminate this potential threat.

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

General Craig looked at the staff officer as if he were a fool.

"Are you crazy?"

General Craig unleashed a torrent of abuse without holding back.

"They are far away on the other side of the sea, and they are powerful warlords who control the entire Jiaodong Peninsula!"

He has at least tens of thousands of fully armed elite troops under his command.

Even the North China Area Army of Japan suffered heavy losses at his hands.

How many troops would we need to send to blow up a pharmaceutical factory that is heavily guarded?

Or are you suggesting we send the entire battleship squadron of the Pacific Fleet from Hawaii to bombard Qingcheng Port?

The staff officer shrank back in fright and quickly sat down.

"So what should we do?" someone asked.

"Price increase!"

General Craig slammed his hand on the table, revealing his true nature of being wealthy and arrogant.

"A minor warlord of the Great Xia Dynasty, even if he happened to stumble upon a stroke of luck, developed this miraculous drug."

Given its industrial base, its production capacity could not possibly be very high.

I'll report directly to President Luo and request a special military allowance so we can buy all his medicine at a higher price.

"If we buy them all, then the Hans won't be able to buy any more, right?"

The White Eagles have no shortage of money.

Although the army currently only has a little over 10 troops and not much money, President Luo has money in his hands!

In their view, using a knife and gold to knock out a warlord of the Great Xia Dynasty was the simplest and most effective method.