On the last day of 1941, Hong Kong on Chinese New Year's Eve was not very lively.

Although the people of Hong Kong were excited about the defeat of the Japanese army in December, because of the geographical relationship, they could encounter retaliatory air raids by the Japanese army at any time, or even attacks from the sea, so Hong Kong was still in a state of excitement and nervous combat readiness, and there was no big celebration at all.

It is not at all like the previous years in Trojan Horse County, except for the conditions that were too difficult when I first arrived in Trojan County in 38 years, the remaining two Spring Festivals were very lively, and the people of the county had a big party together, eating meat and drinking wine, looking forward to the new year.

However, Lu Yuan didn't have a chance to say that he and Long Yunlin Shiwen took Xiaohua and Lu Ling'er's family to have a small hot pot at home, and had a warm and warm meal, because there are also generals of the Sichuan Army Independent Regiment such as the lone wolf Xu Yun Niu Pimple, as well as British generals such as Yang Muqi and Maldeshi, as well as some celebrities in Hong Kong.

The celebrities have heard the news that the British will only be a name in Hong Kong in the future, and Lu Yuan will become the real ruler of Hong Kong, so they want to come over to congratulate them, but they can't stop them.

Therefore, even if there was no big celebration, there were no less than fifty or sixty people present.

During the banquet, taking advantage of the opportunity of drunken and hot ears, Lu Yuan proposed loans to the Hong Kong celebrities who came, and the purpose was of course to expand armaments, mainly the navy and air force.

There are enough warships, but there are only about 40 fighters plus the Yankees and the British who have not yet sent them, and they should barely be enough for Hong Kong's air defense, but if they are used for other purposes, it is obviously insufficient, and there are obviously some deficiencies in submarines, after all, Lu Yuan's plan for submarines is to be used to blockade the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and the level of 30 or so submarines is still almost meaningless.

The celebrities all looked like they were rushing over to be stabbed, and there were probably a lot of grass Nima whistling in their hearts.

Lu Yuan repeatedly emphasized that it was borrowed, not levied, and he was willing to make IOUs, which could not reassure the celebrities and gentlemen, and in desperation, he could only hand it over to Luo Qinghu to do this, and finally it was done, but looking at the faces of those celebrities and gentlemen when they left, it was clear that they were no longer willing to get too close to Lu Yuan, the ruler of Hong Kong in the next few decades.

Lu Yuan expressed regret about this, after all, what he wants to do now is not only to occupy Hong Kong, but also to carry out in-depth development of Hong Kong, and there must be many places to rely on these celebrities and gentry.

It's just that at present, he is in urgent need of money, and there is no good way, so he can only hope that after the situation in Hong Kong stabilizes, he will see the hearts of the people for a long time.

The feast ended early.

On the one hand, it was because of the unhappiness with those celebrities and gentry, and on the other hand, the British representative Yang Muqi, Marder Hivalles and others were not very interested, after all, they came to Hong Kong to prepare to be uncles, and there was a white noble thought in their hearts, but now they had to succumb to Lu Yuan's command, Xu Yunluo Qinghu and a lone wolf could hook up with them and spit on their backs, and the old British gentlemen could stand it?

It's just that at the end, Xiaohua came over with a wine glass to toast Lu Yuan, so that Lu Yuan was slightly different, and in a blink of an eye, she found that the thin little girl was eleven or twelve years old in a blink of an eye, and her eyebrows and eyes began to grow, and she had a bit of slim meaning.

"Adult......"

Lu Yuan patted Xiaohua's head and sighed, Xiaohua was hehe, he was straight, and he had a mouthful, Long Yunlin Shiwen on the side immediately blackened his face, and the lone wolf Xu Yun Niu Pimple and the others laughed, knowing that Xiaohua is a girl, I am afraid that she is taking this opportunity to drink wine!

After the end, Long Yunlin Shiwen took the children to sleep first, went to various military camps, and even crossed the sea overnight to Lantau Island to drink a glass of wine, talk and say New Year's greetings to the veterans who came from Trojan Horse County.

There are no brilliant fireworks, and the sound of firecrackers is exceptionally sparse.

In this way, time entered 1941, and Lu Yuan returned to this era in the fifth year, suddenly like a dream.

Because after the air raid at the Guangzhou airport and the rout of the air confrontation that night, the Japanese army's air power in the Chinese theater of operations has been weakened to the limit, and it does not even have the ability to launch an air attack on Hong Kong in a short period of time.

What's more, the complete defeat in the last air battle made the Japanese air force even more worried about Hong Kong, and they all walked around from this side, and it seemed that the skies over Hong Kong had become a no-fly zone.

Therefore, the progress of all work in Hong Kong after the year went smoothly beyond Lu Yuan's expectations - he never expected the little devil to be so cowardly, and almost let Hong Kong exist.

Of course, it would not be surprising if he knew that the Japanese army had heard that the Battle of Hong Kong was under his full command, and then thought of the repeated defeats around Trojan County!

After all, if you are facing an enemy that you can't beat no matter how you fight, and that enemy doesn't seem to have the ability and desire to take the initiative to attack you, and the rest of the enemies you can fight are still eyeing you, then the best way is naturally to pretend not to see it for the time being, so as not to be disgusting, and want to clean up those enemies who can be beaten.

Wait until one day when you are absolutely sure, it's not too late to clean up.

This is the attitude of the Japanese side towards Hong Kong now.

However, very now, those enemies that the Japanese were able to fight now seem to have become hard bones, and the current Chinese army, in the eyes of the Japanese, seems to have become the armies of two completely different countries like the enemy when the full-scale war just started.

In addition to the improvement of weapons and equipment, the kind of fighting will that is not afraid of death, especially makes the Japanese army frightened, almost every battle, the Japanese army can see those Chinese army in the face of bullets and bullets wave after wave of rising scenes, see the Chinese army holding the position to fight even the last one, still defending the position, calling for endless battles.

In addition to these, the Japanese army also found that their work of recruiting the Imperial Allied Army had also begun to become more difficult, and it was no longer like the previous two years, when the Imperial Allied Army was recruited, the people of the Chinese Army jumped like flies and shouted to participate.

And now, very few people are willing to take the initiative to participate, and most of them have to rely on coercion and inducement to reluctantly join the Imperial Army, and the trouble is far more than that.

In the past, the Imperial Allied Army was almost combative, and it was relatively rare to fight against the battle, but now it is different, often as soon as the fight starts, there are Imperial Allied troops who fire at the Japanese troops around them or stab them with a knife, of course, such a situation is only more than in previous years, the most common situation is that once the battle starts, these recruited Imperial Allied troops directly took the allocated guns and weapons and ran to the opposite side, and the angry Japanese army wanted to vomit three liters of blood every time, shouting that they had lost their wife and folded their soldiers!

Okamura Ninji and the Japanese commanders noticed this, but they didn't have the slightest solution.

(End of chapter)