Chapter 1227: An Oral History of Those Who Witnessed It

When Li Mu said the name of the Flying Tigers, the electronically controlled silk cloth on the background wall was released in an instant, and all the background was revealed.

The media reporters present had the opportunity to see the background picture that had been obscured, and when the old photo with the huge Flying Tigers fighter plane with the shark tote was displayed, everyone couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

This cartoon totem designed by Disney is perfectly integrated with the fighter jet, and in the eventful years of bullets, there is such a cartoon totem, but it does not make people feel disobedient at all, but gives people an indomitable determination.

Many people have heard of the history of the Flying Tigers for the first time, whether it is Li Mu's introduction or the background picture in front of them, they have been greatly shocked.

"The film "Flying Tigers" will be jointly created by companies in China and the United States, and jointly created by actors from the two countries, and in the next filming and production process, all the cast and crew related to "Flying Tigers" will do their best to make this film well, and we will respect the real history to the greatest extent, and show the real and cruel war in history, so that everyone knows that just 60 years ago in China, there was such an extraordinary true story. ”

Li Mu said, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Today we are very fortunate to invite Mr. Chennault's daughter and two American Flying Tigers who have followed him in the skies over China to fight against the Japanese invaders.

Mr. Chennault's daughter and the two elderly Flying Tigers took the stage hand in hand, and Li Mu bowed to them one by one on the stage and walked down from the stage, leaving the stage to the three old men and the host.

After the introduction, he first asked Mr. Chennault's daughter, "As Mr. Chennault's daughter, how do you feel when you see that a movie like "Flying Tigers" is about to start?"

Mr. Chennault's daughter breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes were red and she said: "It's hard to describe my current mood in words, when I was a child and when I was a teenager or even a young man to middle age, I complained a lot about my father, when I was a child, he went to Huaxia, I don't know what he was doing there, and then I knew that he went to Huaxia to form a volunteer flying team, but I still don't know what this organization is doing, until last year, I went to Huaxia ......"

The host asked in surprise, "You went to Huaxia last year?"

"Yes, last October, I first went to Sichuan Province, and then to some cities in the southwest, which are the places where my father used to fight, and the local government of Huaxia introduced me to some surviving members of the Huaxia Flying Tigers, and when I heard from them what great deeds my father did back then, I really understood him and understood what he did back then. ”

"After returning to China, I found some American Flying Tigers, and looked up a lot of information about my father and the Flying Tigers, and then I felt more and more that in that era, they Americans could abandon their families and children to go across the ocean to fight the invaders for justice and peace, which is a very, very great thing, and I also very much hope that this real history can be known to the world, so "Flying Tigers" This movie means a lot to me, this movie is my greatest wish about my father, and now this wish is finally coming true, I only hope that I can live until this movie is released, and I must bring my family to see it when the time comes. ”

The host said: "You will definitely live a long life, not only to see this movie release with your own eyes, but also to see more movies related to your father and related to the Flying Tigers in the future!"

The old lady thanked the host, turned her head to the side and wept silently, and then the host began to interview the two American Flying Tigers who had experienced the war.

These two Flying Tigers members are basically eighty or ninety years old, and when they talk about the war back then, they both talk endlessly.

One of the old men recalled: "In 1941, I was flying a small plane to spray pesticides on farmland at the Country Flying Club in Texas, and suddenly one day, David Cruise, a student pilot of the club, came to me and said that someone was recruiting fighter pilots, and my biggest wish at that time was to join the United States Air Force, but I had not been able to pass the medical examination of the United States Air Force, so as soon as I heard that someone was recruiting fighter pilots, I almost immediately decided to try." ”

"When I took David's car to the registration office, I didn't know who was recruiting pilots, and I didn't know where I was going to go after being recruited, David told me that if I passed, I would go to China to fight the Japanese, I was still very surprised, I had never been to Japan, I had never been to China, I didn't even know where these two countries were, and I didn't know what the war between them was, why I went to China to fight with the Japanese, and finally I decided to go to China, mostly because Mr. Chennault gave me a good salary, and that salary was in the United StatesIt's impossible to earn it in Texas. ”

"When I arrived in China, I really understood how cruel the Chinese people's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was, the brutality of the Japanese army is unimaginable, when we trained, we often heard that a village was shot or even buried alive by the Japanese army, the Japanese army in China almost killed people on sight, even the Japanese Air Force planes most of the time are specifically aimed at civilians to launch attacks, at the beginning of many American pilots, including me, are still holding the attitude of hanging a child to go to China to mix a high salary, but when we see these with our own eyes, each of us has undergone earth-shaking changes, in order to fight the Japanese armyWe began to train and fight hard, sometimes flying several take-offs and landings a day to fight against the Japanese Air Force......"

"Before going to China, we didn't experience the cruelty of war, I was just a country boy in Texas who could spray pesticides on small planes, but when I arrived in China, I realized that I was not just a country boy, I was also a pilot who fought for justice, every time we took off, we didn't know if we could come back alive, but when we thought that every time we took off, we were able to defend the people of China and save some people from being killed by the Japanese Air Force, we felt that even if we paid for our lives, it was worth it, because in our lives, we finally found something worthy of our lives to defend。 ”

"As early as ten years ago, I had already made a will, I was too old to accept organ donation, so I asked my children to let them cremate me after I died, half of the ashes were buried in Texas, and the other half of the ashes were taken to China and thrown in the place where I had fought, and thrown in the river where David Cruz crashed I don't know what to name......"

Speaking of this, the old man choked up, stretched out two fingers, and said: "In 1941, two young Texas men who could fly planes, packed their luggage, Leaving home and going to China, they fought side by side in China for seven months and thirteen days, fighting together 107 times, one of the young man's plane was shot down by the Japanese invaders' plane and crashed into a river located in the southwest of China, and the other young man returned to the United States alone after the war, married and had children, and took care of the young man's mother who could not come back, until she died in 1963, the young man's biggest regret was that he could not bring his good friend back, and his greatest wish was to go to the river, personally send him a bouquet of flowers, and after death, let the ashes go there to be his companion……”

The memories of the old man have tears in the eyes of many people, and many female reporters have burst into tears, if they have not experienced the cruelty of war, they will never be able to experience it, and listening to the story of those who have experienced it, they can only experience some of the skin of the war, but even so, this story of two people leaving home and returning alone still makes people feel sad.

The host then interviewed another member of the Flying Tigers, that is, the old man named Paul Crawford, when asked what the old man thought of this movie, the old man was full of emotion, and said: "I am very grateful to the director Spielberg, he took the initiative to show us the script of "The Flying Tigers", what I never dreamed of was that there is a story in the script of this movie that is so similar to my experience back then......

"I asked Spielberg if I could tell this story at today's press conference, maybe it would reveal some of the content of the movie script, Spielberg's answer touched me very much, he said: The film we want to make is based on real history, not made up out of thin air, history cannot be concealed by anyone, in any form, so you can say everything you want to say. ”

Speaking of this, the old man smiled slightly and said, "So I decided to share this personal experience that I will never forget for the rest of my life." ”

"In 1945, between Sichuan and Chang'an, I was responsible for defending the B-29 strategic bomber base where the United States bombed the Japanese mainland, and in an operation in July, my fighter plane was shot down by the Japanese army, and my crew and I were forced to parachute, when the Japanese army discharged a large number of troops to search for our whereabouts, and the American and Chinese pilots at that time were almost 100% killed as long as they fell into the hands of the Japanese It was death, it was the people of China who spontaneously organized at that time, dared to rescue us before the Japanese army found us, and always protected us and desperately sent us back to the base, I lived with them for three weeks, I swear, it was the warmest three weeks of my life......"