Chapter 334 The Legendary One Hundred Battalions

"Speaking of the army of the Stars and Stripes, where do you know first?" Xiao Peng asked.

"101st Airborne Division! I just watched Band of Brothers!" replied Yang Meng.

Pan Peiyu thought for a while: "It must be the 1st Marine Division! Han Zhan fought with us and broke the bloodshed." ”

Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, these two armies are indeed famous, but do you know? The 101st Airborne Division has only won two presidential troop commendations representing the highest honors, and the 1st Marine Division has only won three presidential troop commendations, but the 442nd regiment has won seven presidential troop commendations for one regiment!"

"Are you saying that one regiment has won more honors than two divisions combined? You're not kidding?" Pan Peiyu said in surprise.

Xiao Peng lit a cigarette and smiled slightly: "Do you think this is the end? Let me just say this, this 442 regiment has a total of only 800 people, but a total of 1,814 people were awarded various medals during World War II. ”

Yang Meng took a cool breath: ", an average of nearly five yuan per person?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "It can't really be counted, there are still dead ones." But in any case, this unit is indeed brave. This is an indisputable fact. They were the only army in the Stars and Stripes that could fight one-on-one with the Germanic armies in the European War. ”

Bob frowned: "Xiao, isn't it? Our country has such a brave army? Why don't I know? There are no films and television works about them. ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "This is the sad thing now, no matter who it is, no matter which country, people now generally want to understand history through film and television dramas, and few people can calm down and read books." These 442 Marine Corps do exist, but there are really no film and television works to introduce them, and even their biographies are very few. ”

Pan Peiyu was puzzled: "Brother Peng, if you really have such a brave army as you say, why are there no film and television works to introduce them?"

Xiao Peng gave the answer: "Because no one is watching." The 100 battalions and the 442nd Marine Regiment were all made up of Japanese descent. Who is the movie for? Let the Stars and Stripes see that the most capable troops in the entire Stars and Stripes are made up of Japanese people? Or let the Japanese people see how their compatriots fight for the Stars and Stripes? This is also not in line with the mainstream values of the Stars and Stripes Nation's 'asp', just like John Woo's "Wind Whisperer", a good movie failed at the box office, isn't that because of this?"

"Wa descendants?" Pan Peiyu frowned.

Xiao Peng nodded and answered Pan Peiyu's doubts: "Actually, the story of this 100 battalions and the 442nd regiment is quite legendary. At that time, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the worst people were the Japanese in the Stars and Stripes. You said that the Stars and Stripes took the initiative to fight Germain, and the Germans did not take the initiative to provoke the Stars and Stripes, but this Japanese country was different, it was a serious attack on Pearl Harbor and killed thousands of people at once. And what about the Japanese in the Stars and Stripes?

"What did the Stars and Stripes do?" Pan Peiyu asked.

Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Simple and rude, put all the Japanese people in a concentration camp." ”

"Hat?" Don't talk about Yang Meng and Lao Pan, even Bob was shocked.

Xiao Peng smiled: "No way, who knows if you are spies sent by the Japanese State? The first generation of Japanese immigrants is okay to say, lock up and lock up, the second and third generations are different, they are not happy to be locked up like this, they were also born and raised in the Stars and Stripes, they also have to go to the battlefield to serve the country, and then things get bigger and bigger, and there is a big posture of 'if you don't let me go to the battlefield, we will die for you'. The Stars and Stripes looked at it, okay, if you want to go, I can send you there, but I didn't dare to organize more people, so I formed a battalion, which was more than a thousand people, and gave them a unique name, called the Hundred Battalions. And they didn't dare to send them to the Pacific theater to fight against the Japanese state, so they threw them into northern Europe to fight with Germania. ”

"As a result, when we arrived in Northern Europe, the 100 battalions were fighting with great ferocity, and Eisenhower was worried about the lack of major generals, and look, good fellows, where did such a group of people come from, and what a waste of them there? When this group of 100 battalions first arrived on the battlefield, they really couldn't get along. Because racism was very bad at that time, and blacks were in charge of logistics, and you watched "Band of Brothers," right? There wasn't a single black person in it, and that's the fact at that time. And the 100 battalions of Japanese descendants are not to mention, because they are short, they are directly called the 'groundhog battalion', but this groundhog battalion is serious and proves itself by fighting. They had the highest casualty ratio of any Stars and Stripes army in World War II, and even during the attack on the Great Pear, a battalion of 1,300 men landed and there were only 500 men left in Rome. They have won respect through this and are known as the 'Purple Star Camp'. At this time, the commanders of the Stars and Stripes found out that I went, this group of Japanese descendants was really dead, so they simply transferred people from the country again, so the 442nd Regiment was established, and the original 100 battalions were also incorporated into the 442nd Regiment. Now these Japanese soldiers went even more crazy and went to Europe to play 'Banzai Charge'. You now know where the 18,000 medals came from, right? After the war, the 442nd Regiment was withdrawn, but the number of the 100th Battalion was retained and has been passed down to this day. ”

"Crazy people are crazy everywhere. Running to Europe to play Banzai Charge can frighten the Germanic people, right?" Yang Meng sighed, but after thinking about it, he asked another question: "But Brother Peng, according to you, these souvenirs are also equipment for the European battlefield." It's not that precious to our country, is it?"

Xiao Peng gave him a middle finger: "You said that you don't read books or newspapers, I don't say anything about you, but don't you even know the basics? Look at how many precious things there are here? Let's not talk about the regimental flag of the 442nd regiment, you see, this is the Stars and Stripes Country Excellent Cross, this is the Outstanding Service Medal, and the Silver Star Medal, this is the Legion Medal of Merit, wow, this is amazing, the Medal of Honor, the entire World War II Stars and Stripes Country only had 464 medals, and there are three here, it seems that the Japanese family that Stephen said was originally an official in 442. ”

Pan Peiyu shrugged: "But this is still a thing of the Stars and Stripes Country, isn't it?"

Xiao Peng looked at him with disgust, and took out a small pistol from the box: "Look! What is this?"

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know each other, and Xiao Peng took the gun and said proudly: "The Inagaki type shozo pistol! It is a pistol specially equipped with the interests of middle and high-ranking officers in the Japanese state, and it uses southern bullets! There are also these two, the first type of shogun and the second type of shogun pistol! These are all precious collectors! In particular, this type of shosho pistol is not common! A one-type shosa pistol that can be used can be sold for at least 20,000 US dollars. I don't know what that addict and his father used to do in the 442nd regiment, bringing so many souvenirs. ”

At the end of World War II, many soldiers came back with all kinds of loot, and there were also people who collected these trophies, and it seems that the original owners of these collections liked to collect the spoils of the Japanese war. It's such a mess.

Yang Meng and the others also came to their senses after hearing Xiao Peng's words, and rummaged through several large boxes to find them: "Made, there are no bullets here." ”

Xiao Peng glanced at him: "What kind of bullet do you want? This is a collectible." Stephen said that it was an addict who sold it to him, it is definitely not that simple here, the price of so many collections is not cheap, even an addict knows that it is more profitable to sell one piece at a time, how could it be packed into Stephen's hands? But this has nothing to do with us, anyway, it is ours now! I will contact Lao Du and ask him to help send it to the Jinling Massacre Memorial Hall! ”

Yang Meng nodded: "This is good, strengthen patriotic education." ”

Xiao Peng played with the Agaki pistol in his hand: "In any country, if patriotism needs education, it will be a tragedy for this country." You see that in our country, when it comes to 'Double 12', we all know that this is a shopping festival, but how many people still know that this is the day of the 'Xi'an Incident'? Everyone knows that 1225 is Christmas, and how many people know that 1226 is the birthday of the chairman?"

Xiao Peng put the pistol back in the box and continued: "There are too many such people in our country, eating the food given by the country, and scolding the country badly. These people were put into the war years, all traitors. ”

Pan Peiyu shook his head and said, "Brother Peng, what you said is a bit excessive, isn't it?"

"Exaggerated?" Xiao Peng shrugged: "Was it true that the Japanese invaders were brave and good at fighting in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression? In those days, only 4.2 million invaders came to China, and in the later stages of the war, the Japanese attached great importance to the Pacific theater and had only 1.05 million soldiers in China, but in this way, this war was fought for eight years! Why? Is it not because there are more traitors than the invaders? When any nation invades by foreign nations, there will be some traitors who have milk and mothers, and this is not surprising, but it is really rare to see as many as China. ”

Bob frowned slightly after hearing this: "Xiao, if you say that, you Huaxia people are too spineless, right?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "You can't say that, this also has something to do with the era, in that era of China, the Chinese people who had just come under the rule of the Qing government were still very servile, and the people were many and weak, and in that era, China was not unified, the warlords fought separately, and even equivalent to some warlords, the common people felt that the rule of the Japanese country was more peaceful, and at that time, the War of Resistance could only rely on national feelings, and there was no actual motivation and organization, so the Chinese people never stopped resisting from beginning to end, isn't this great?" Bob, don't underestimate the Chinese people, if the Chinese people are united, that is the most terrible nation in the world, look at the current world pattern, do you dare to believe that China has only been reforming and opening up for more than 30 years? We have spent more than 30 years walking a road that many countries have not been able to complete for hundreds of years, what else do we want? I suggest you quickly find a way to apply for a Chinese green card, and you will not be able to apply if you want to apply in the future!"

Yang Meng pouted when he heard this: "If he wants to apply for a Huaxia green card now, he may not be able to apply for it, right?"

At this moment, Pan Peiyu's mobile phone rang, and Pan Peiyu threw the mobile phone to Xiao Peng as if throwing a bomb: "Brother Peng, hurry up and answer the phone, I'm going crazy now." ”