After a decision has been made, eight horses cannot pull it back.
Looking at Xiao Yuan, he began to give orders: "I'll give you a task. Find out before dark what medicines are most lacking in the hospital?"
Also, contact the Eighth Route Army Office. I want to see the head of the office tonight and ask for his approval."
Xiao Yuan came back at six o'clock in the afternoon, holding several lists in his hand.
"Captain, this is the information I got from a military doctor."
"What hospitals lack most are anti-inflammatory drugs, especially some special drugs, which are as expensive as gold and cannot be bought even if you have money."
"Ordinary sulfonamide anti-inflammatory tablets are also very tense. Only officers above the regiment level can satisfy them. Lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers are definitely not qualified to use them unless they are seriously injured."
"Then there's painkillers and anesthesia!"
"Except for a few senior officers who have medicine available, lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers use alcohol to numb themselves without painkillers and anesthesia, and then perform operations."
"Although other drugs are also scarce, they are not fatal, and there are many traditional Chinese medicines that can be substituted, so the situation is slightly better."
"Anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers?" Li Hao said to himself, then frowned and fell into deep thought.
Although painkillers are in short supply, they are not fatal.
Li Hao decisively chose to give up.
Anti-inflammatories are not enough. No matter if you are injured by a gunshot, an artillery shell, or a bayonet... as long as it is a traumatic injury, you cannot do without it.
Otherwise, the wound may become infected and inflamed, leading to loss of life.
Therefore, anti-inflammatory drugs are necessary drugs for every wounded soldier coming off the front line, and they are also life-saving drugs.
"Just get anti-inflammatory drugs!" Li Hao made a decision in his mind.
I quickly recalled all the information about anti-inflammatory drugs in my mind.
It will be available in a few years, and penicillin, which is already being studied by some people, slowly comes to mind.
As a miracle drug for later generations, if I remember correctly, his discovery process and extraction method are all in the junior high school biology book.
Li Hao knows very well how to extract this anti-inflammatory drug that is more effective than sulfonamide anti-inflammatory tablets. The only thing missing is production equipment, talents who understand chemistry, and production funds...
Thinking of this, Li Hao continued to ask: "I asked you to contact the office to meet with the chief, has there been any response from the office?"
"Report..." A commando walked in.
"Captain, someone from the office just came and said that the chief is free at eight o'clock in the evening?"
Li Hao's eyes lit up and he immediately made a decision: "Why are you still stunned? Make arrangements immediately to go to the office to meet the chief at eight o'clock in the evening."
In the Eighth Route Army office, when Li Hao was helped into the room by Xiao Yuan, the commander was lying on the table writing documents.
After waiting for less than five minutes, the chief put down his pen, stood up, and strode towards Li Hao: "Comrade Li Hao, after receiving your request, I was supposed to go to the hospital to see you. After all, you are now a wounded person.
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"But I don't have enough time. I have to attend a meeting at the Military and Political Department at nine o'clock, so I have to have someone carry you here!"
"Are you okay? The wound wasn't affected by running back and forth, right?"
"Your deputy commander-in-chief sent two telegrams in succession, asking us to take good care of you, a hero of the Eighth Route Army. If anything happens to you because you came to see me, I won't have the shame to see him next time."
"Hello, Chief..."
This was the second time Li Hao met the leader. His mood was the same as last time, and he was still extremely excited.
I subconsciously wanted to salute, but was stopped by the chief: "You are injured, so don't do these false salutes."
"You need to rest, and my time is limited, so let's get down to business and go directly to the topic and tell you the purpose of your request to see me."
"Yes, Chief!"
Li Hao no longer concealed anything: "I saw wounded soldiers dying in pain in the hospital during the day because there was no medicine. When I think about the same plight of our Eighth Route Army being short of medicine, I feel a lot."
"After thinking about it for a long time, I found that the two methods of seizure and purchase can only solve a very small part of the drugs."
"The Japanese have imposed a particularly strict blockade on the anti-inflammatory drugs that are in short supply, so we can get even less of them."
"However, the problem of lack of medicine in the troops must be solved."
"Otherwise, tens of thousands of wounded soldiers will be permanently disabled or lose their lives because of lack of medicine."
"My idea is that it is better to rely on others than to rely on ourselves. We produce our own products and are self-sufficient."
"Chongqing is large enough, has abundant supplies of all kinds, raw materials, developed transportation, and sufficient electricity supply. It is very suitable for establishing a pharmaceutical factory."
"So I want to ask the chief to approve me to choose a location in Chongqing, build a pharmaceutical factory, and produce medicines myself."
The chief was shocked by Li Hao's decision, and it took him a long time to react.
Establishing a pharmaceutical factory cannot be done by just talking.
Not only do you need technology and equipment, but you also need sufficient financial support.
More importantly, he has nothing to do with being unable to win the war.
For Li Hao, a military commander, to build a pharmaceutical factory and produce medicines, it would be an outrageous act, and no one would believe it.
Of course, the chief did not immediately deny it.
Li Hao is still young, has ideas, and is capable. Although this idea is a bit unrealistic, his enthusiasm deserves encouragement.
So the chief decided to change his approach and gradually dispel Li Hao's idea.
He took a deep breath and answered: "The idea is great, but producing drugs requires equipment, technology, experts, and sufficient funds!"
"These are the most basic conditions. If one of them is missing, it will be impossible to produce drugs. How do you solve these problems?"
"I just thought about it. The only way the office can help you is to find a few relevant experts."
"As for technology, equipment, and funds, the office cannot help even if it wants to."
"In addition, I can tell you for sure that not only the office can't do anything, but the Chongqing government can't solve this problem for you."
"Otherwise, the Chongqing government would have started producing drugs on its own, instead of buying them everywhere with real money every day."
Li Hao was silent. What the leader said was true, but he didn't want to give up his inner thoughts.
He frowned and thought for five minutes before replying: "The chief, the technology, the equipment, the funds, I will figure it all out myself."
"As an expert, I can also solve one or two problems. I hope the office can help with the rest."
"In this case, can the chief agree?"
The chief's eyes were wider than before, and he looked at Li Hao with his mouth open.
I don't know whether to call him arrogant or not.
How could he, a regiment-level cadre, solve a problem that the Chongqing government could not solve?
But the confidence and sincere expression on Li Hao's face made him feel sincere.
After much deliberation, I finally decided not to undermine Li Hao's confidence and let him give it a try.
Even if this attempt fails, the office will not suffer any losses.
