To be more serious, overseas Chinese are not a suitable source of soldiers, especially infantry. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info everyone has a family and a business, even if they are miners, life is better than in China, who will go to war with you? The Japanese called, but it was different. At that time, it was not as simple as shouting slogans and donating money, it was really to protect the family and the land

-- According to Li Kongrong's last speech in Hong Kong and his answer to reporters' questions, if the Japanese go south, overseas Chinese, especially those who supported the war of resistance at home, will certainly be retaliated against, and some will even be executed. In addition to stealing things, the Japanese also came to Nanyang with the intention of supporting the natives to suppress the Chinese, so as to achieve the so-called common prosperity of Greater East Asia. For this purpose, the overseas Chinese in Nanyang under Japanese rule would be the lowest citizens, inferior even to the Indians.

The lethality of this kind of propaganda is much stronger than that of simple 'patriotic resistance to the enemy' and 'everyone is a descendant of Yan and Huang'. This is no longer a matter for compatriots in the country, it is a matter for oneself to settle down. The result of the propaganda is that the hearts of those who have a family and a business begin to panic, and the workers eat with a mouthful of food, and who they work for is not a worker, but those who have a family and a business are different, and it is not easy to pull out the family business from between their teeth, if the Japanese really come, there is a chance that they will not be able to keep it, and the Chaozhou people are the most self-employed, and everyone is a small boss, even if the Japanese do not rob their family business, they will not have to do business in a war.

The world is big, the family business is the largest, and the Chaozhou people will retreat thousands of miles if there is a little wind and grass, just like Li Ranran, who is a chess master in later generations and smiles proudly in the UK. As the highest decision-making organ of overseas Chinese in Chaozhou, Nanyang, the Siam Chinese Chamber of Commerce held meetings one after another a few months ago, and Zhang Lanchen, who succeeded Ant Guangyan as the chairman of the 17th session, discussed with various committee members and felt that it would be better to meet the navy for a while. Not to mention the rest, he runs the Wufu Steamship Company under his name, and if the Japanese want to come, those ships will definitely not be able to keep them.

"This is Commander Li Hansheng of the Navy." In the afternoon, the east wing of Tianfu Palace was equipped with a hall, and Chen Jiageng smiled and introduced Li Kongrong to Yang Zhangwen, the prime minister of Chaozhou Bayi Hall. "This is Mr. Yang Zhangwen, the prime minister of the Teochew Association."

"Premier Yang," Li Kongrong, who was dressed in military uniform, did not shake hands, but just saluted, and his majestic appearance made Yang Zhangwen and others look sideways.

"It's really ......" Yang Zhangwen stuttered a little, he felt that Li Kongrong was both fierce and mighty, especially the crooked scar on his face, with a strange aura. Long admiration, long admiration. He was a little stunned. This is Mr. Ant Mihou, Mr. Ant Guangyan's nephew, and he is here to ......"

Ant Guangyan, the chairman of the previous Siam Chinese Chamber of Commerce, died in the assassination of pro-Japanese elements in November last year, and he was like Tan Kah Kee in Malaya, and even more fierce than Tan Kah Kee: not only did he encourage the children of overseas Chinese in Chaozhou to return to China to join the army, but he also went to China to participate in the anti-Japanese mobilization meeting.

Ant Meihou held a thing in both hands, and he said: "Uncle admires Commander Li as a true hero of the anti-Japanese resistance, and specially donated 100,000 yuan to the navy to buy torpedoes, he originally wanted to hand it over to Commander Li in person, but he ...... it."

Ant Mei Hou came to Singapore in the hope that Tan Kah Kee would transfer the donation, but he didn't expect Li Kongrong to be in Singapore. It takes three years for Chaozhou people to remove filial piety, and he still has black yarn on his clothes, thinking that his relatives are not there, he said that tears fell as he spoke.

"Please mourn!" Chen Jiageng said to Li Kongrong about Ant Guangyan that the death of such a patriotic overseas Chinese leader was indeed a loss in the War of Resistance. "After all, we will win this battle, and when the time comes, Mr. Ant will laugh at Jiuquan."

"Mr. Xu Zonghan also asked me to bring a letter," After comforting Ant Meihou, Yang Zhangwen said the second important thing. When he was worried that Li Kongrong didn't know who Mr. Xu Zonghan was, Li Kongrong nodded and said, "It turns out that Mrs. Huang, Mr. Zonghan, is also in Siam. ”

"Yes, Mr. Zong Han went to Siam the year before last." Yang Jinwen was surprised by Li Kongrong's knowledge, "She was very excited to see Commander Li mention Mr. Huang Keqiang in the newspaper, so she asked someone to bring a letter. ”

"Okay." Xu Zonghan is Huang Xing's revolutionary wife disguised as a real person, and the niece of Xu Run, a Shanghai tycoon in the late Qing Dynasty. And the American movie star and female pilot Li Xiaqing is the daughter of Xu Zonghan's nephew Li Yingsheng, Li Yingsheng's brother Li Peiji killed Fengshan, a Guangzhou general who went to Guangdong to stabilize the current situation. What Li Kongrong didn't expect was that Xu Zonghan was still alive.

"This is ......" Yang Zhangwen was behind two people wearing military uniforms without titles and emblems, and he pointed to the older one and said: "This is Zhuo Xianshu, which used to be a country. Army Staff Officer. After that, he pointed to the young one: "This is Li Yingcai, who has studied in a military academy in China." Hearing that the navy was recruiting, they wanted to defect to Commander Lee. ”

Yang Zhangwen and these people, except for a few representatives of the old man of the guild hall, and then Ant Meihou, the two soldiers felt very abrupt. Especially which one is called Zhuo Xianshu, his eyes flashed, people in their forties still have a strong desire to express, Li Kongrong looked at him and saluted with a very standard chest, and shouted: "I have seen Commander Li in my humble position!" That Li Yingcai was a little young man's dazedness, saluting was not good, and he didn't speak loudly.

"What are you?" Li Kongrong had to ask after returning the salute. He thought he was meeting and talking with the Chaozhou people, but he didn't expect that two soldiers suddenly came to defect. Bandit spy, it should be a bandit spy!

"Humble Zhuo dedicates a book, the sixth company of the first regiment of the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy." Zhuo Xianshu is really like a bandit spy, the fourth phase of Whampoa, a top-notch talent. "In his early years, when he was studying in Japan, he married a Japanese wife, but later he was framed for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and he was imprisoned for two years, and he was released the year before last."

"Now your wife is still Japanese?" Li Kongrong was secretly wary in his heart, and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"Divorced." Zhuo Xianshu is not tall, but his spirit is full of momentum. Although others were released, they had no real job at all, and could only be a staff officer in the same classmate army, how could a high-minded person like him stand this, since the navy had newly formed a marine corps, he hoped to defect to the navy and get ahead.

"Tragedy." Li Kongrong said lightly, he turned his head and asked Li Yingcai, "What about you, you are ...... again"

"Report to the chief, the subordinate escaped by asking for leave." Li Yingcai gritted his teeth and told the truth, and the truth made people stunned.

"Okay, how do you want to escape?" Li Kongrong didn't think it was strange. There were many deserters in the army, and it was normal for low-ranking officers to run away.

"I ......" Li Yingcai wanted to speak and stopped, but under Li Kongrong's gaze, he still said: "The subordinate officer graduated from the 97th Regiment of the 33rd Division, and the above did not treat people as human beings at all. One day, a few soldiers were really hungry, so they killed the landlady and the old lady a dog, and the old lady ran to the company to complain when she found out, ......."

Li Yingcai was talking about trivial things in the army, and he stopped after saying a few words for fear that Li Kongrong would not want to hear it, but Li Kongrong said: "Then, the old man came to complain about your company commander?" ”

The company commander gathered the troops and asked the old lady to recognize people, and she recognized them one by one and recognized a soldier who stole a dog. The company commander asked Liu Xiaomao, did you steal someone's dog and kill it? Liu Xiaomao was frightened and stammered yes. Li Yingcai suddenly choked a little, and it could be seen that he had some friendship with Liu Xiaomao, who stole the dog. Before he could finish speaking, the company commander had people pull him out and kill him with one shot, one shot......"

"......" A dog shot a soldier, Li Kongrong sighed in his heart, and when he was about to speak, Li Yingcai said with a weird smile: "After the team was disbanded, the company commander said to the old lady, 'You have seen it, our military discipline is very strict, but now I have one less soldier, you have to find a way to add one to me, otherwise the above will ask me.' ’

The old lady was still in the dark at this time, and she stammered, saying, 'I don't have a son in my family who can be a soldier with the chief.'" The company commander said, 'It's nothing, don't worry, you go out of the ocean, I'll find someone to carry it for you.'" The old lady woke up from a dream at this time, knelt on the ground and shouted loudly to the heavens, saying that she was really doing evil, and later she sold some valuable jewelry and belongings, and borrowed some debts to make up 30 yuan of ocean, and sent it to the company commander......

"That's how you escaped?" Li Kongrong's face was pale, and he believed that every word Li Yingcai said was true. The War of Resistance is not a novel, and those messy Predator Kings have no possibility of survival at all, and their lives are not worth a dog. Of course, the country. Such company commanders may be a minority in the army, but it is the norm to eat empty salaries and deduct military rations, and soldiers are just tools for officers to make money, and only when they can eat enough can they have ghosts.

"Yes. I can't stand it. I ......" Li Yingcai shook his head vigorously, he was an overseas Chinese who returned to China to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy as soon as the war began, and he thought that the people of the whole country were united and that the revolutionary soldiers were not afraid of death, but the reality gap was too big. "Commander Li," Li Yingcai suddenly knelt down, "Your troops worship brothers, and brothers save each other in good fortune and evil, and help each other in times of trouble." I just want to be a soldier in the navy, so I have no regrets about dying in battle, so please accept me. ”

Li Yingcai knelt down and begged, although he was a deserter, he was excusable for escape. Li Kongrong looked at him silently, and said after a while: "You came out on leave?" ”

"Yes." Li Yingcai looked up at him. "But I don't want to go back."

"The Navy does not accept deserters." Li Kongrong said. "Anyone of bad character will not be accepted by the navy. I suggest that you go back first, and if you really want to come, you have to settle the matter over there, whether it is spending money or going through the relationship-since your company commander loves money so much, why should you give him a few dozen yuan of ocean? ”

"This ......" I didn't expect Li Kongrong to deal with it like this, and Li Yingcai was confused. Yang Zhangwen, who understood what Li Kongrong meant, helped him up, "Commander Li has already promised to accept you, but you have to end it in the country, at least you can't be a deserter." ”

"Commander Li, please accept your humble position." Seeing that Li Yingcai was accepted, Zhuo Xianshu couldn't help but take a step forward, "I'm not a deserter. ”

"You're an officer." Li Kongrong smiled, "The army officers are in charge of Major General Huang Baitao, the commander of the Marine Corps, you will leave a copy of the information later, and someone will pass it on to Commander Huang, as for whether you can stay or not, he has complete decision." ”

"Humble duty understood." Zhuo Xianshu exhaled heavily, although Li Kongrong did not agree on the spot, but he pointed out the way, and, according to the general law, if he said in front of Huang Baitao that he was recommended by Li Kongrong, then Huang Baitao always has to give Li Kongrong a face, it doesn't matter if he is real or not, the key is to stay, and the future will be long.

The two defectors were dealt with, and the talks with Yang Zhangwen and others officially began. In this case, of course, Li Kongrong opened the speech, he said: "I welcome overseas Chinese from Teochew to join the navy and promise that there will be no discrimination because of their origin. But first of all, we must make it clear that the navy does not represent the national government, nor does it represent any other government, and the navy only represents overseas Chinese. The Teochew people are part of the overseas Chinese, that is, part of the navy. This is the foundation of the entire navy, and to break away from this foundation is to go against the navy.

This is number one. Second, because of the relationship between the branches of the military, the navy is not only close to Britain and the United States, but also believes that the South Seas under the management of Britain and the United States are more in line with the vital interests of overseas Chinese. In other words, in order to safeguard the interests of the Navy and overseas Chinese, the most correct choice is to safeguard the interests of Britain and the United States in the South Seas. If the British and American forces withdraw from the South Seas, overseas Chinese will definitely be the target of purge and suppression. Therefore, being pro-British and American is the direction of the Navy that will never change. If you can keep these two points, you are a family, and if you can't keep these two points, then you are not a family. It's as simple as that. ”

Although there are not many people in Teochew in Singapore, after all, it is an important place in Nanyang, and there are many smart people in the Bayi Guild Hall, and Li Kongrong only said that "the navy does not represent the national government, nor does it represent any other government, and the navy only represents overseas Chinese." Half of the members of the committee fully understood what Li Kongrong meant. As for the second point, 'pro-Britain and the United States', this is only a judgment and choice based on interests, and it does not involve any political color.

"Commander Li, but our roots are in Chaozhou." Sitting next to Yang Jinwen is Lin Ziming, the owner of the Lindeli, who is a businessman, although a businessman loves money, he can never give up his hometown.

"The roots of Fujian people are also in Fujian." Li Kongrong said, "But if you have to make a choice between Fujian and Nanyang, the navy will choose Nanyang, which is why the navy recruits overseas Chinese soldiers on a large scale." ”

"Commander Li, what about the War of Resistance, doesn't the navy resist Japan?" Pan Xingnong, the secretary of the Chaozhou Bayi Association, asked, he is not only the secretary of the Bayi Association, but also the secretary of the newly established Singapore Cantonese Association last year, a typical literati of the old times.

"The domestic resistance to the domestic Japan, the overseas Chinese to the overseas Chinese to the overseas Chinese, the two sides are not subordinate but allies." Li Kongrong said, "The 40,000,000 Chinese in China are human beings, and tens of millions of overseas Chinese are also human beings. The Chinese in China will save their lives, but overseas Chinese will not be able to save their lives? Whether it is the government or the party, these are all fake, and it is true that the children and grandchildren will continue to reproduce. The mission of the Navy is to make the lives of overseas Chinese better, occupy more territory, and give birth to more sons, what's wrong with that? ”

Li Kongrong said that Pan Xingnong was powerless to refute, Yang Zhangwen, Lin Ziming and others were also silent, and he said again: "If you can do your best, there is nothing wrong with funding the country, but if the lives of overseas Chinese can't save ......, how does the Hakka saying say, 'It's better to die than to die', that's what it means." ”