At this time, Changsha was rarely disturbed because it was from the Chinese mainland. It is also an important port for water transportation on the Yangtze River, so there are many ancient Chinese buildings left from the Ming and Qing dynasties and even the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the biggest feature of these buildings is that wood is used as the main building material. Therefore, Changsha at this time seems to be prosperous, but it is actually built on a pile of dry firewood that has been dried for many years.

The burning of Changsha was a scorched earth policy of last resort. Because, if the Japanese captured Changsha and went up the river, Chongqing would fall into passivity. Therefore, although there are many cultural relics and historic sites in Changsha, they can't take care of it for the sake of preserving China's bloodline.

Tactically speaking, the burning of Changsha was completely correct. If the Japanese fall into flames, the Chinese will be able to turn tens of thousands of Japanese into barbecue meat without a single soldier. Even if there were Japanese who escaped from the fire, they could not escape the pursuit of the Chinese army in panic.

However, as the officer under Lao Jiang in "Bright Sword" said, there is no shortage of geniuses under Lao Jiang who formulate strategies and tactics, but most of the executors are stupid. Several people in charge of the execution, in order to escape in advance, ignited a fire before the Japanese entered the city.

The fire burned down 90 percent of Changsha's buildings. And more than 30,000 Chinese civilians were killed. If you look at the effect alone, the fire is really beautiful. However, not even a single hair of the Japanese was hurt. made the whole country criticized, and Lao Jiang was so angry that he jumped like thunder. A few days later, the person in charge of the execution was killed.

In 1939, Lao Chiang sent Xue Yue to act as the commander of the Ninth Theater and command the Battle of Changsha. In fact, there were four battles of Changsha, from 1938 to 1944, which lasted for six years. These four battles of Changsha were the largest and longest in the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China.

The Chinese army dispatched more than 1 million troops. The Japanese dispatched 660,000 troops. Although during the Fourth Battle, the Japanese jumped over the wall in a hurry, gathered 300,000 people, and forced the Chinese army to retreat with a large number of superior forces. But in the first three battles, Xue Yue commanded very beautifully.

According to later statistics, in the first three battles, the Japanese army suffered more than 107,000 casualties, and the Chinese army suffered 130,000 casualties. The casualty ratio is close to one to one. It is much lower than the Battle of Taierzhuang. And the equipment of the Chinese army, at this time, was still inferior to the Japanese.

Osaka 4th Division. The time of its appearance in Changsha was the beginning of September 1941, the Second Battle of Changsha. At this time, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Anan Weiji, gathered four divisions, two detachments, and aviation units, totaling 120,000 people, in an attempt to take Changsha in one fell swoop.

However, what made Anan almost devastated was that the Osaka Fourth Division, which he had placed his hopes on, was driven out by Xue Yue's Chinese elite as soon as it entered Changsha. It can almost be called a rout on all fronts. And war is a thing that pays attention to a strategic coordination. Interlocking. When the Osaka 4th Division collapsed, several other Japanese divisions fell into a passive situation. They were defeated. Only the Chinese army was in good spirits.

Since then, the reputation of the Osaka 4th Division in the Japanese army has been regarded as a stinking street. None of the Japanese army dared to take it under his command. In the end, the Japanese military department could only change it into a directly administered unit. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in Japan. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, he was sent to the Philippines to attack the United States and the Philippines, which had run out of ammunition and food.

The American-Philippine coalition army, which had been hungry for months, was not even the end of a strong crossbow, and the Osaka Fourth Division found out about this situation. It didn't take much effort to achieve victory. This victory made the people of Osaka feel extremely honored and honored. Take this opportunity. Traders in Osaka began to resell wartime rations of military supplies and made a windfall......

Of course, only being "embarrassed" in front of China and Japan was not enough to make the Osaka Fourth Division famous through the ages. The best impression of the Osaka Corps is not the Chinese, but the Americans.

In August 1945, after the defeat and surrender of the Japanese, the Osaka Fourth Division, which was resting near Bangkok, Thailand, surrendered to the Americans. There was no procrastination at all, after all, they were practicing the "Goseki Daikiri", not the spirit of bushido. According to post-war statistics, the 4th Division of Osaka was the unit with the fewest casualties and the most complete equipment and materials among the Japanese Southern Army and even all the corps. It has fully fulfilled its strategic goal of preserving life first.

On the second day after returning to the United States, the soldiers of the Osaka Fourth Division, who came from commercial families, ran to the front of the American barracks, neatly set up stalls, and sold war souvenirs......

All Americans, including the Americans, were impressed by the peace-loving spirit of the Osaka Corps......

It is not surprising that the people of the Osaka 4th Division were able to run to do American business on the second day after returning home, and they had the courage to talk to the rest of their lives about investing in the anti-war film "Li Xianglan".

Yu Sheng read the investment plan given to him by this Osaka businessman, and felt that the conditions given by the Osaka businessman were very generous. Among them, there are obviously people who are proficient in the film industry, not only know that the rest of their life team is now in the United States, and no one is available for the time being, but also take into account all the details needed to shoot "Li Xianglan", list them one by one in the investment plan, and state that they can handle these tedious details. As long as you get a 10% profit in the end, you can do it.

Yu Sheng snorted: "Am I outdated?" When did you hear about hiring a few handymen, and these handymen have the right to pay dividends? Your Osaka business group has been doing business for hundreds of years, is this business model not successful? ”

The Osaka businessman smiled and said to Yu Sheng: "Of course, there are some things that cannot be written on the contract, this contract is just a name." We know that Mr. Yu is very interested in Chinese antiques that have been scattered to the Japanese people, and although our Osaka merchant group is not as rich as those chaebols, the combined power of these chaebols cannot be underestimated. ”

"Having been in business for hundreds of years, we always have some Chinese antique collections. If Mr. Yu is interested, we can give it to Mr. Yu as an investment in this film. Although there are only more than 300 pieces of these antiques, they are all high-quality products. And the profits from the movie, our Osaka business group is still only 10%! ”

Saying that, the man took out a few more pieces of paper, which were densely listed in Chinese with a list of Chinese antiques that they had prepared in advance. The rest of my life looked at them one by one, and I felt a little dizzy. It clearly lists some ancient books of the Song and Yuan dynasties that have now become unique books, as well as some precious calligraphy and paintings.

Yu Sheng muttered: "The strength of your Osaka merchant group is not bad!" Even Wen Zhengming's authentic works and Tang Bohu's paintings are available. It seems that I can't really say yes. However, if you post it like this, there will always be a request, right? It's better to explain it all at once. ”

The Osaka businessman said happily: "Mr. Yu is really a business wizard. Actually, we don't have any special requirements, only one condition. It is hoped that this profit will be settled with grain. The price of grain is calculated based on the U.S. grain price plus freight on that day. ”

After this condition was spoken, Yu Sheng began to admire these Osaka businessmen a little. Not to mention the army, peace-loving or not, this business acumen is indeed rare. They saw the influence that Yu Sheng and Li Xianglan, two celebrities, could superimpose on the movie, and saw that this movie, which was bound to be popular with Americans, Japanese, Chinese and even others in allied countries, would make a lot of money, so they dared to place heavy bets on more than 300 Chinese antiques of extremely high value.

It's just that if you get this profit, you won't lose too much. After all, Chinese antiques of this era were not as valuable as later generations. And if this profit is settled in grain, and goes according to the price of grain in the United States, they will make a lot of money. After all. In Japan, where food is scarce today, food prices are many times higher than in the United States, where there is an overproduction.

If this percentage of the profit is exchanged for grain in exchange for other things, these Osaka merchants will only have four or five times the profit!

Moreover, after investing in anti-war films and building relationships with Americans and the rest of their lives, the long-term benefits of opening up business routes are far more than these four or five times. Therefore, it seems that the bid for these more than 300 pieces of fine antiques is extremely high. But in fact, the Osaka business group did not lose anything.

Yu Sheng thought about it for a while, and then agreed. He said to the merchant, "I will accept this investment plan and this list of antiques." After the delivery of these more than 300 antiques. Our contract is now valid. ”

Yu Sheng's promise was far beyond the expectations of the Osaka businessman, and after bending down and bowing, he respectfully said to Yu Sheng: "Mr. Yu, it only takes two days." These things will be delivered to you, please rest assured Mr. Yu! When he had finished speaking, he withdrew like a servant.

The rest of his life promised this Osaka businessman. It's not just about keeping these 300 Chinese antiques. Rather, he took a fancy to the war-weariness of the Osaka group from top to bottom.

Such a group of battlefield "wasters" who focus on saving their lives and are unwilling to be cannon fodder seem to be humiliating. But it is a rare rationality among Japanese people. At least they are not war maniacs, not only did they save their own lives, but also did not cause any harm to the Chinese. Compared with other heroic and inhumane Japanese legions, there was much less killing and sin.

In later generations, the Chinese were most wary of the Japanese mania for war. Due to the incomplete transformation of Japan by the Americans, a large number of Japanese war criminals took up important positions after the war to control the Japanese economy. Therefore, later generations of Japanese people have never apologized for their crimes. I don't think war is wrong.

And just as the later Japanese historian Guan Xingfu said in the last part of "The First Abandoned Division of the Japanese Army", a short summary of the Fourth Division: "If the Japanese army were like the Fourth Division, probably there would not be a war between China and Japan, right?" If that had happened, there would have been no defeat of Japan......"

If for the rest of his life, when Japanese militarism, war criminals, and major chaebols are at their weakest, they will support the anti-war Osaka merchant group, let them control Japan's economy and political circles in the future, and slowly corrode the ruthless character of the Japanese people. Then, in a few decades from now, the atmosphere in Japan will probably become as war-weary and harmless as the Osaka 4th Division!

History starts small, so it can change.

When Yu Sheng was negotiating with the man representing the Osaka business group, Qing Xiaoyi also went from the bedroom to the front hall of the actor interview for Yu Sheng with great interest. Generally speaking, Qing Xiaoyi is very conscious of not disturbing when she works for the rest of her life, but after the last interview with Marilyn Monroe and being forcibly kissed, Qing Xiaoyi also has a sense of crisis.

In this year, capable, handsome, earnable and physically fit men are simply hot and sought-after goods in the post-World War II world where there are more women than men. Therefore, Qing Xiaoyi also kept a small eye when she worked for the rest of her life. For other jobs, Qing Xiaoyi can not be disturbed, but interviewing actors, a job that has been full of unspoken rules since ancient times, she will still take a look at it intentionally or unintentionally.

However, after discovering that the two interviewers who were most interested in Yu Sheng were men, Qing Xiaoyi couldn't help but feel a little overhearted. Some heat on the face.

After taking two looks, Qing Xiaoyi quietly left the front hall and slipped out through the side door. At this time, there are still dozens of meters long waiting in line for interviews outside the rest of the residence. These people have different postures, both men and women. Because at this time, Japan still paid attention to the priority of a male employment, so most of the people at the front of the line were men. Many of the women were pushed to the back of the line.

Qing Xiaoyi watched it for a long time, and then she understood why most of the candidates interviewed at the beginning of the rest of her life were men. The women behind the team, some of them are obviously physically exhausted, and no matter how fast the interview is for the rest of their lives, there are only a few dozen people in the morning. And some of the women at the end of these lines have been waiting here since early in the morning and have been standing all morning.

Hunger due to food shortages left these women with no physical strength to sustain themselves for too long. At the end of the line at this time, a woman suddenly couldn't support it and fell. Qing Xiaoyi asked an American female soldier who followed her to the street and was responsible for protecting her safety, and stepped forward to help the Japanese woman up.

After the announcement of the iron ore reserves in Australia's Turner Valley under the name of Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng became the world's top billionaire at the level of 100 billion, and the iron ore in his hands had the ability to change the world, MacArthur's attitude towards the rest of his life also changed from the beginning of the general cooperation with Hollywood stars to the respect for people of his own status.

Because Yu Sheng and MacArthur had a cooperative relationship, MacArthur was very enthusiastic about classifying Yu Sheng as his own and wanted to send two American GIs to Yu Sheng to protect his safety. With the skills of the rest of his life, he naturally does not need the protection of American soldiers. It's just that in today's Japan, many Japanese people do not admit that they have been defeated by the Chinese, and their hatred of the Chinese is more serious, and the rest of their lives are very worried about the safety of Qing Xiaoyi.

Therefore, the rest of his life asked MacArthur for a skilled female soldier to protect Qing Xiaoyi's personal safety. (To be continued.) )

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