Full text without ads Text] Chapter O66 The Age of Blood and Fire

Long Xingtian looked up at the "World for the Public" on the wall, he picked up a cigar box from the table, "smoked" one from it, and picked up the matchbox and "smoked" a match from inside.

With a stabbing sound, the match head rubbed against the red phosphorus on the matchbox, and an orange-red flame rose up. Long Xingtian lit the cigar in his hand with the match in his hand, but did not throw away the match in his hand. The white smoke of the cigar and the orange-red flame on the match "intertwined", bringing his mind into the era of blood and fire full of gunpowder smoke and war.

In July 1937, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Japan brazenly launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. In ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, no matter that war is not only a frontal confrontation between soldiers on the battlefield, but also a war of national resources. The huge amount of war materials required for the eight-year War of Resistance made it difficult to maintain the already devastated Chinese national economy, so most of the Kuomintang's anti-Japanese materials in China relied on international support to support all the war materials in the Chinese anti-Japanese battlefield and the transportation channel for economic supply in the rear - the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which provided a strong guarantee for the final victory of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance against Japan.

In order to build this material support corridor, about 20,000 laborers of various ethnic groups along the Yunnan-Burma Highway were recruited to the highway. Due to a severe lack of construction machinery, they had to build one of the world's most rugged roads, thousands of kilometers long, with their own hands. The vast majority of the laborers of all ethnic groups were the elderly, women, women, and children, because most of the young and middle-aged people in Yunnan had already gone to the Central Plains to participate in the war of resistance.

Between 1938 and 1941, the industrious and tenacious Chinese people conquered the harsh natural environment of the Yunnan-Burma border, conquered all kinds of raging diseases, and paid the price of more than 100,000 people, this material support channel was built, in the middle of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army successively cut off the supply line of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and Hong Kong and the Soviet Union's aid to China transportation was interrupted, the Yunnan-Burma Highway became the only channel for China's domestic and foreign relations.

In 1941, the Japanese army occupied Vietnam, the Yunnan-Vietnam railway was cut off, in the same month, with the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union's symbol of "sex" aid to China transportation was interrupted, in December, Hong Kong fell, Hong Kong's material supply to the mainland was cut off, that month, the Japanese army invaded Thailand before the Thai-Burmese border, eyeing Burma......

Since the "77" Incident, 100 percent of the gasoline, kerosene, diesel, rubber, and auto parts needed by the rear side of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China, and 90 percent of the "medicine" products, steel, cotton yarn, sugar, and paper had to be imported from the West. If the Japanese army cuts off the Yunnan-Burma Highway and cuts off all ties between China and the outside world, the storage of all kinds of strategic materials in China will last for a maximum of three months, and it will inevitably run out.

Between 1942 and 1944, in order to protect the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the artery for the transportation of domestic war materials, the Chinese National Government sent 30,000 well-equipped troops to Burma to fight against the Japanese army, and after paying the price of nearly 10,000 people, they completely annihilated the Burmese Japanese army, making indelible contributions to the victory of the frontal battlefield in China.

At the beginning of the Burma War, the three armies of the central government were the main forces, and the 200th Division, which was the most "elite" in the country, was the first to enter Burma to fight.

On the morning of March 19, 1942, a fast brigade of the Japanese army took 20 captured cars and motorcycles, swaggering and chasing to the south bank of the Pew River in Burma. Major Cao Xingxian, deputy commander of the advance battalion of the 200th Division, who was lying on the north bank, could clearly see through the binoculars that he put the enemy convoy into the ambush circle, and then waved his hand violently, and with a loud bang, several hundred kilograms of explosives planted in advance lifted the bridge over the Pew River into the sky, and the cars and crowds on the bridge fell down the river one after another like dumplings, and the Chinese troops who were lying in ambush on the river embankment threw a storm of machine-gun bullets and shells at the enemy, so that the enemy had no time to parry, so they threw down many corpses and cars and fled in panic. (Full text e-book free download)

However, because Joseph Stilwell, the American commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, who was fully authorized by Chiang Kai-shek, did not understand China's politics and national conditions, he had a disagreement with Du Yuming, the Chinese supreme commander of the expeditionary force, on strategic thinking, and at the same time he ignored the negative role of the British ** team on the Burma battlefield, which led to the defeat of the first expeditionary force in the Burma War.

After the expeditionary force retreated to India, according to official statistics, the Japanese army suffered about 45oo casualties, the British army suffered more than 13,000 casualties, and the expeditionary force suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

"At that time, my father and Liu Laodemon's father were the battalion commanders of the two ace battalions of the 200th Division, when they retreated to the Savage Mountain with General Du Yuming of the 200th Division, they undertook the task of blocking the pursuit of the Japanese devils in a pursuit of the Japanese devils and covering the retreat of the large army in the direction of the Savage Mountain……”

Long Xingtian closed his eyes slightly, as if recalling the hard years when his father led his troops in the deep mountains and forests of Myanmar to fight against the pursuing devils on the one hand, and the unpredictable dangers in the deep mountains and forests.

"My father and grandfather Liu led their troops to drill in the mountains for more than a month, all the way south to a seaport in the southern Xinjiang of Myanmar, when they arrived there, their troops were almost out of ammunition and food, in order to get rid of the pursuers behind them, they risked robbing a Burmese warship in the harbor, and drifted at sea for a long time, maybe God blessed, they miraculously got rid of the encirclement and interception of the devil navy, and finally came to this island, at that time there were only some local indigenous people on the east of the island, and the west of the island was completely a barren mountain……”

Long Xingtian took a deep breath of cigarette, he took out a photo album from the "drawer" drawer on the table in front of him, opened it and handed it to Li Yan, Li Yan took the album, and now there was a yellowed black and white old photo inside, in which two young officers wearing Kuomintang military uniforms stood side by side in front of the big "door" of the Whampoa Military Academy, and their eyes looking directly into the distance showed their confidence in the future strength.

"The one on the left is my father, he and Liu Laodemon's grandfather are classmates of the same class at the Whampoa Military Academy, and after graduation, they served together in the 200th Division, the most "elite" unit of the Republic of China at that time, and were promoted to battalion commander together, and they formed a deep friendship that those of us who have not experienced the war can not understand...... "Long Xing Tiandao."

Li Yan closed the album in his hand and handed it to Long Xingtian.

Long Xingtian carefully put the album into the "drawer" of the desk, and continued the topic just now.

"After my father came to the island, he did not give up the idea of going home for a moment, but at that time, the navy of the Japanese devils completely blocked their way home, so they waited for a few years, during which my father and Liu Laodemon's grandfather and most of the brothers they brought over married wives on the island and settled down, I was also born in those years, and then the Japanese devils surrendered, just when they thought they could go home, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party fought again, and they were used to the comfortable life on the island They decided to wait for the domestic situation to stabilize before going home, and this wait was another few years。

Later, Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and fled to Taiwan, and his father was afraid of the domestic situation, coupled with the reluctance to give up the foundation of the business here for many years, and the heart of returning home gradually faded.

Since I was a child, my father taught me to keep in mind that my roots are in China, and I am a descendant of Yan and Huang, and if I have the opportunity, I must go home and repay the nurturing grace of the land of China. ”

Long Xingtian pointed to the world for the public and said: "Father said that Mr. Sun is the person he admires the most in his life, Mr. Sun has been running for the people of China all his life, and the world is a portrayal of his life, he asked me and my children and grandchildren to use the world for the public to demand themselves, think about these actions of me and Liu Laoyou over the years, all for some 'private' interests in the fight, it's really ashamed!"

"The word loyalty is a portrayal of my father and grandfather Liu's loyalty to China and the righteousness of their brothers, and this Zhongyi Island was also named when they were given, and the army on this Zhongyi Island does not strictly belong to the Zhongyi Gang, they should be called the Zhongyi Army.

The rare earth mine in the west of Shuanglong Island is a chance to be discovered by an expedition team from the United States, after the discovery of this rare earth mine with huge reserves, it has brought huge profits to Shuanglong Island at the same time, but also brought a huge crisis to Shuanglong Island, and some foreign forces have never given up their coveting of the mines here.

In order to protect Ssangyong Island, the two old men and his brothers who had put down their swords and guns had to pick up their guns again, and the Loyal Volunteers were also established at the beginning of the mine, and the purpose of the establishment of the Loyal Army was to protect the mines of Ssangyong Island. ”

"Uncle, was the mine owned by both of you at that time?" asked Li Yan, taking the opportunity.

"Do you want to ask how the mine in the west of the island became the family of Liu Laoyou?" asked Long Xingtian with a smile.

"Huh. Li Yan scratched his head with a smile, he looked at Long Xingtian, waiting for his answer.

"The mine was indeed owned by the two families when my father and Liu Laodemon's grandfather were alive, as the saying goes, the brothers settle accounts, and before the death of the two old men, in order not to make the descendants of the two families turn against each other because of the profits of the mine, they divided the property of the entire Shuanglong Island into two, and distributed it to the children of the two families in the way of drawing lots, when Liu Laodemon's father caught the mine, I caught all the hotels and entertainment venues on this Zhongyi Island and the east of the island, and all the best deep-water ports on the island. Long Xingtian explained.

"What about the Loyal and Righteous Gang, the Longxing Gate, and the Brotherhood Alliance?" asked Li Yan.

"The situation in the east of the island is far more complicated than in the west of the island, because the brothers who followed my father and grandfather Liu lived here, and the Loyal Gang was the force established by my Long family on the island, and the Brotherhood Alliance and the Longxing 'Gate' and some large and small forces were established by my father's subordinates back then. "The dragon walks in the sky.

"That's how it was. Li Yan finally understood why the Loyal Gang had such a powerful armed force as the Loyal and Righteous Army and was suppressed to a precarious situation by the Longxing "Gate" and the Brotherhood Alliance, but he thought that he had caused the destruction of the Longxing "Gate" and the Brotherhood Alliance, and he didn't know if Long Xingtian would blame himself, so he smiled embarrassedly: "Uncle, according to your meaning, I have become a sinner in the east of the island." ”

"I can't blame you, it's they who don't follow the rules, the rules set by the old people back then are that the east of the island and the west of the island operate separately, and they must not collude with each other to suppress and suppress, the Brotherhood League and Longxing 'Gate' colluded with Liu Lao Demon to jointly suppress the Zhongyi Gang, it was they who did not abide by the rules first, and now the Brotherhood League and Longxing 'Gate' Most of the minds are not those old people back then, so you don't have to feel guilty, otherwise I wouldn't let Jun'er use the Loyal Army, Shuanglong Island has experienced so many years of division of things, and it should be time for reunification, but your appearance has made this reunification a few years earlier, as for you killed Liu Laoyou, then he is also to blame, I have seen all the things he has done in the past few years, but I don't want to care about the feelings of the older generation. Long Xingtian waved his hand.

"That's good!" Li Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Yan suddenly thought of another question: "Uncle, I don't know which country this Shuanglong Island belongs to now?"

"Nowhere does it belong anywhere, we are now an independent administrative region recognized by the United Nations, and strictly speaking, Ssangyong Island is also a country. It was founded in 1963. Long Xingtian said proudly.

"Uh!" Li Yan was a little surprised, but he was relieved when he thought of those small island countries in the Pacific Ocean that were as big as projectiles, and he asked again: "Then what is the name of the country, and who is the leader here, is it you, uncle?"

"Don't we have a joint chamber of commerce, the president of the joint chamber of commerce is the president of the Shuanglong Kingdom, this president has always been served by the Zhongyi Gang, the Longxing "Gate" and the Brotherhood Alliance in turn, but in the future, there should only be one family of the Zhongyi Gang, little couple, are you interested in coming here to be the president for a few years?" Long Xingtian replied.

"I'll forget it. "Li Yan's head shook like a "wave" and "wave" drum, and he had no interest in this president.

"You two have been talking for so long, I asked Mary to make a supper, come out and eat." At this moment, the helper's wife pushed the 'door' in and said to Long Xingtian and Li Yan with a smile.

Li Yan also felt hungry at this time, there were too many things in a day today, and he hadn't eaten since he had eaten in the morning, so when the helper's wife talked about eating, his stomach immediately rumbled, he was really hungry.

Li Yan and Long Xingtian came to the restaurant, and saw that Ah Xiu and Steve were there, but Xiao Jenny was missing, so they asked, "Ah Xiu, why didn't you see Xiao Jenny?"

Ah Xiu and Steve were helpless when they heard this, Ah Xiu said: "After little Jenny came here, she hid in the room and didn't let anyone touch her, and she didn't come out to eat, so you can go and have a look." ”

Li Yan estimated that Xiao Jenny had not yet escaped from the psychological "yin" shadow, and had an inexplicable hostility towards the living, so in desperation, he had to let Ah Xiu take him to Xiao Jenny's room, but he didn't see the shadow of the little girl, so he asked, "Where is she?"

Ah Xiu pointed to the cabinet in the room, looking helpless.

"Could it be that she has been hiding in the cupboard?" Li Yanqi said.

Ah Xiu nodded and said: "When she came, she saw people coming and going, so she hid in the cabinet in fright and refused to come out again, I guess only you can call her out." ”

Li Yan shook his head helplessly, he came to the cabinet, opened the cabinet, and sure enough, the little "girl" child was curled up in the cabinet, looking out with a frightened face, she was now Li Yan, the frightened look on her face turned into surprise, and she quickly pounced out, hugged Li Yan's waist tightly, and refused to let go.

ps: About the history of the expeditionary force green tea consulted a lot of information, want to condense tens of thousands of words of information to one or two thousand words, but also to write popular but not boring, indeed let the green tea brain cells kill and injure countless people, if which big bull has a thorough understanding of this history, now green tea is not written correctly, you have the right to laugh, don't take it too seriously, after all, this is, not reportage.

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