At that time, the biological community, although there were already scientists who gave a correct explanation for the production of pearls. It is determined that the formation of pearls is due to the gradual production of other substances from the outside world into the mussels. However, if you want to artificially cultivate pearls, it is a fool's dream. There is simply no ready-made technology and experience.

And Mikimoto Kokichi sat up and put all his energy into cultivating pearls. In 1888, Kokichi Mikimoto built his own mussel farm on the Shima Peninsula. Of course, it was just a testing ground in the beginning. No matter what kind of technology, from the beginning of the exploration to the gradual maturity, I don't know how much material resources and energy will be spent.

Mikimoto Kokichi's family, originally just a noodle seller, is not enough for Mikimoto research at all. Therefore, in the process of researching cultivated pearls, Kokichi Mikimoto also needs to cut down on food and clothing with his wife, and invest all his savings in research. In 1893, they finally discovered a semicircular cultured pearl formed in the mussel's body. Kokichi Mikimoto immediately applied for a patent and continued to research the cultivation method of round beads.

At this time, Mikimoto Kokichi's wife died of illness. Kokichi Mikimoto will not marry. Until today.

In 1924, Mikimoto was appointed by the Japanese Imperial Family as a supplier of imperial jewelry. Since then, the Japanese Imperial Family has held weddings, and jewelry from Mikimoto has become a must-have gift. Even for the British royal family in Europe, the pearls on the crown and ornaments were provided by Mikimoto. In 2002, Mikimoto became the official jewelry sponsor of Miss Universe, and since then. The crown worn by Miss Universe every year is made by Mikimoto.

Not to mention that the quality of this string of pearls captured by the American GIs is really good, it is the story of this character. It is also mixed with courage, success, luck, love, perseverance, and other factors that can touch people's hearts. It touches the hearts of all kinds of little girls the most. Qing Xiaoyi's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she forgot about Marilyn Monroe's passionate kiss for the rest of her life. With the string of pearls that he gave for the rest of his life, he went out to show off.

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Although the Japanese also produce good things, they still have to fight. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Because the United States was caught off guard, and the Americans were not prepared for war before the attack on Pearl Harbor. So. The Japanese after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. In the early days of the Pacific War, it was almost like in China after the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937. In a short period of time, it occupied Southeast Asia and part of the South Pacific islands.

However, when an absolute gap in strength is formed, any conspiracy and temporary gains and losses are not enough. Although the United States has not been founded for a long time, but. The area of its land is not much smaller than that of the Chinese civilization, which has been inherited for 5,000 years, and. Without the constraints of traditional thinking and dragged down by a large population, the pace of development is much faster than that of China on the other side of the Pacific. In modern history, almost every node of development has not been left behind.

Moreover, because the mainland is far away from the devastation of the First World War, its foundation and family foundation are stronger than those of the European powers. The Japanese had the courage to challenge two major powers at the same time. The sleeping lion is also a lion. The lion in China dreams too much and wakes up slowly, but the young lion in the United States wakes up very quickly.

A few months after the outbreak of the war, almost all of America's productive forces were turned to the production of weapons. In the period from 1941 to 1945, the Americans produced a total of one hundred and forty-one aircraft carriers, ten battleships, forty-eight cruisers, three hundred and fifty-five destroyers, four hundred and ninety-eight frigates, and two hundred and three submarines. Ninety-seven thousand eight hundred and ten multi-engine bombers.

Japan, on the other hand, produced a total of 17 aircraft carriers, two battleships, nine cruisers, 63 destroyers, and 147 submarines during the period from 1941 to 1945. Fifteen thousand one hundred and seventeen multi-engine bombers.

Regardless of the technological gap between the United States and Japan, even if you only look at the numbers, the Americans don't need any tactics, and the heaps can kill the Japanese. Unfortunately, wars are seen as crushing in strength, and there are very few cases of winning more with less, and in actual wars, there are very few. In the 10,000 years of human civilization, there are only a few dozen cases, all of which have been said to be rotten by later generations. In fact, before the war began, the Japanese had already lost to the blast furnace between the United States and Japan, which had a huge disparity in numbers.

In 1942, after the Battle of Midway, after the Japanese suffered heavy losses, the Americans began to press the Japanese. The Battle of Midway was followed by a counteroffensive by the Americans, and Guadalcanal was an important point of contention between the United States and Japan. Historically known as the Battle of Kuah Island.

At this time, the Japanese no longer had the advantage of the Zero aircraft, their weapons were inferior to those of the United States, the number of troops they could invest was not as good as that of the United States, and even the logistics were thrown away by the Americans, and it was reasonable that they would be defeated. During the battle, the US troops lost more than 5,000 casualties, more than 250 planes, and 24 warships. The Japanese, on the other hand, lost more than 50,000 people, ten times as many as the United States. The loss of 24 warships, 892 aircraft, and 16 search transports -- this was almost all the supplies that the Japanese had to supply in this war.

By February 1943, the remnants of the Japanese army were forced to withdraw from Kuah. After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese were again devastated. The ensuing Battle of the Marianas cost the Japanese the core of their navy. The Americans captured Saipan, Guam, and Tinian Islands, and annihilated 70,000 Japanese defenders. The collapse of the so-called "absolute defense circle" of the Japanese. The bombing of Japan by American planes from Chengdu brought production to a standstill. The lack of hematopoietic capacity makes it impossible for the army to replenish at all.

At this point in the battle, the victory and defeat are basically clear. What remains is the gradual encroachment and encroachment of the Japanese by the Americans. In 1944, when the rest of his life was busy collecting supplies for the Chinese anti-Japanese forces and the refugees who had been victimized by the Japanese, the prelude to the Americans' war in the Philippines had already begun.

The U.S. forces were commanded by MacArthur, who had escaped in time, and Nimitz, who had made great achievements, commanded the naval support. In September 1944, the campaign officially began. The Americans flew a large number of aircraft. Large-scale air raids were carried out on airfields in the Ryukyu Islands, Luzon, Taiwan and other places under Japanese occupation. As a result of this air raid, the Japanese lost most of their air power, and 1,093 planes were blown up. And the Americans. Only one hundred and two aircraft were lost. Basically a fraction of Japan's losses.

This was followed by the landing of U.S. troops on Leyte Island. And the Japanese, unwilling to accept defeat, gathered forces and threw everything they had. The largest naval battle in the history of world warfare broke out with the Americans in Leyte Gulf. Historically known as the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Generally speaking, gamblers who lose red-eyed gambles are desperate, and the odds of turning the book are really pitiful. When the Japanese do all the bad things, they naturally don't have a chance to get that glimmer of life. The forces of the Americans. Far more than the Japanese. In this naval battle, the Americans fought with thirty-four aircraft carriers, and the Japanese. There are only four; The Americans fought with more than 2,000 aircraft, while the Japanese had only 600; As for other ships involved in the battle, such as cruisers, battleships, destroyers, etc. It's even more incomparable. Look at the list of those who went to war. The Japanese are really poor and pitiful......

And the result of this battle is even more pitiful. All four aircraft carriers of the Japanese were sunk, nearly half of the six hundred aircraft were lost, and dozens of warships were lost. Since then, the Japanese have almost lost the ability to fight in the oceans. It can only be slaughtered by the Americans. The rest of his life looked at the newspaper reports on the war situation, and his heart was full of joy. Of course, what made him happy was not only that the Japanese were beaten to the point that they were powerless to fight back.

At this time, he raised tens of millions of dollars worth of supplies. It has arrived in China from two routes from the north and south!

The way across the Pacific Ocean to the south. With the escort of American troops in the Pacific, the supplies reached India safely. Then he traveled all the way and was sent to Chongqing Lao Jiang. And the north along Alaska and the Bering Strait, because the route is close to the Allies, so the Japanese simply did not have the courage to attack. It was a smoother ride than expected for the rest of my life. After leaving a part of the agreed supplies to the Soviets, a large amount of the remaining materials were quickly transported to Saryozek via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Then, through Huocheng, through the Shaanxi-Xin Highway, directly to southern Shaanxi. As a result, various materials were sent to anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.

Ten million dollars, although for the vast majority of people in this era, is an astronomical amount. But it is precisely because there are too many and too big that ordinary people feel that this matter has nothing to do with them when they see the news. However, when the material arrived in China, the people in China knew how much the material was in exchange for 10 million US dollars. Not to mention the wagons of corn one wagon after another, the amount of penicillin transported back to China for the rest of his life this time is already several times the total amount of the original penicillin drugs in China!

Ordinary people don't know it, but for generals with a little knowledge, they all know that with such a large amount of penicillin, the number of soldiers who can save is probably enough for several group armies. Where can you not be ecstatic!

Of course, the Japanese have already received the news that it is difficult for the Japanese to know that such a batch of military supplies that are enough to change the situation in China has arrived in China. So, I also started to think. However, the supplies on Lao Chiang's side were untouchable, and the Japanese army in the Pacific was defeated and lost, and even the ability to fight in the ocean was gone. The Japanese army in Southeast Asia was even more powerless.

Therefore, the idea of the Japanese hit the supplies that came from the north, and the quantity far exceeded the amount of goods that arrived in China by the southern route. However, after all, the Japanese are not indigenous to China, and they are not skilled in guerrilla warfare. Originally, the main source of materials for the anti-Japanese troops behind enemy lines, in addition to their own production, was to rob the Japanese. Although the plot in the later drama "Bright Sword" is a bit exaggerated, the root cause is true.

At least, half of the weapons of the anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines were taken alive from the Japanese. And the Japanese troops with the most oil and water are the ones who have a lot of transportation. The escort force is not strong, and a few companies can take it down. And the things that are transported, a little frugality is enough for one or two regiments. Therefore, such a thing as robbing a transport team is still the most skilled in Chinese. Naturally, they also know how to prepare and how to choose a route. The Japanese army did not have to worry about food and clothing, so naturally they did not have this experience.

On the way to the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, although the Japanese repeatedly attacked the Japanese, there were very few successful examples of robbery. Moreover, after the Japanese were divided into pieces, they became a minority. Stealing chickens and rice happens a lot. The little supplies that were stolen were not enough for the Japanese to pay for their lives.

At this time, the anti-Japanese troops behind the enemy line, after eight years of anti-Japanese war, although they were damaged, but after a long time of baptism of blood and fire, they trained a large number of veterans with rich battlefield experience. Moreover, it has been expanded by these veterans to accept a large number of young people with anti-Japanese patriotic aspirations. The number of troops has expanded rapidly, and although the number of troops has not changed, it has become the norm for a regiment to have more than 10,000 people.

However, although the size of the army has increased, the land for grain production and the number of people who cultivate the land have decreased. Although the troops also have production to save themselves. However, production is still limited after all. Although most of the grain that arrived in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines for the rest of their lives was corn and less wheat, the food standards of the troops in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines at this time were only coarse grains such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and so on. This corn is enough for the troops that have expanded in size, and even if there is no food supplement, they can eat for two years.

Therefore, it can be regarded as solving the urgent need of the anti-Japanese base troops behind enemy lines. Naturally, there are people who are happy, but there is really nothing at hand that can repay the rest of their lives, so they can only inscribe a word and let the contact person in the United States transfer it for the rest of their lives. When Yu Sheng received the words, he didn't know what kind of mood he should have. But it is still treasured and collected, and the appreciation space of this object in the future is immeasurable, not only can it be worth a lot of silver, but also can be auspicious and avoid evil......

Among the people who received the supplies, the most entangled was Lao Jiang in Chongqing. In other words, there are four major families of Jiang, Song, Kong and Chen behind him, and their foundation is much deeper than that of the rest of his life. Therefore, even if the battle is fought to the end, he will not lack supplies. Originally, it was a good thing that someone sent money and materials to serve him, and Lao Jiang also enjoyed this feeling.

However, this person is Yu Sheng, and Lao Jiang naturally knows the intrigue between his wife and Yu Sheng when she met in the United States. I know that the rest of my life has no sense of loyalty to him. Therefore, after receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of supplies, it is not very happy. And after hearing that the materials sent to the base area behind enemy lines for Yu Sheng were dozens of times the amount of materials sent to him, he realized that Yu Sheng was using these things to gag everyone's mouths. couldn't help but be a little angry: "Niang Xipi! For the rest of my life, I don't know where the orthodoxy is! (To be continued.) )

PS: It's too busy on the weekend, 3,000 words today, forgive me! Also, ask for a few monthly passes! Although our book is deserted, the number of monthly passes is too embarrassing. It's really a sad thing......