Marshall, the Army's chief of staff, who had just been promoted to four-star general, hurried into Roosevelt's office with a telegram.

"Mr. President, the Chinese have occupied Taipei, and now most of Taiwan is under their control, and the Chinese have finally made a move against the Japanese, we can breathe a sigh of relief."

Roosevelt took off the sunglasses in his hand and slowly raised his head, revealing eyes that seemed to be cloudy but flashed with a hint of essence.

"George, do you really think this is a sign that the Chinese are going to send troops to Japan? Do you really think that the Huaxia will share the pressure of the Japanese Combined Fleet for us in the Pacific? Or will the Japanese shift their strategic focus back to Asia? ”

Hill was overwhelmed by Roosevelt's successive questions, "What do you mean, Mr. President?"

"My meaning is very clear, that is, you can't pin your hopes on the Chinese people." Roosevelt pointed to a document that was still on his lap and said slowly: "Compared with the fact that the Chinese sent troops to Taiwan, what I value more is what is revealed in the "Free Trade Notice" passed by the Chinese Congress a few days ago. ”

"Free Trade Circular?" Marshall thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. President, I have also read this "Free Trade Notice", but I don't see any inevitable connection between this and Huaxia's attitude towards Japan. ”

Roosevelt sighed, "George, although you are a soldier, you should also be involved in politics, although we in the United States encourage the separation of military and government, but there are some things that can only be understood when combined." Although this "Free Trade Circular" only shows that China's foreign trade is free and free from interference by any country, it appears at this sensitive period, don't you feel surprised? ”

After thinking for a while, Schel suddenly realized: "I understand, do you say that the timing of the introduction of free trade by the Chinese people is too coincidental, and it is a message that the Chinese people are expressing to the world?" ”

Sifu nodded lightly, "You can see the first article of this circular: The Huaxia government has the right to conduct normal commercial trade with all countries in the world, and no country or individual has the right to interfere or obstruct unless authorized by the Huaxia Congress and the president. What does this mean? This shows that the Chinese government is not ready to get involved in this world war in an all-round way, and you can see if you look at the posture of the five million troops in the air in China, sitting in Yekaterinburg and watching the Germans and the Russians fight to the death and kill themselves, but they are indifferent. Look at their performance in Asia, although they sent troops to recover Taiwan, but they would rather let their nine largest aircraft carrier battle groups in the world roam in the Taiwan Strait to bully the Japanese poor little sampans than go straight out of the Ryukyu Islands to threaten the Japanese dear George, from the above point of view, don't you understand what the Chinese are fighting in mind? ”

Roosevelt's words woke up Marshall at once: Did the Chinese people want to exert their strength in the later stages of the war, and then to fight against our great United States of America? ”

It is a division of courtesy. A hint of concern appeared on Roosevelt's face, "I suspect that the Huaxia must have a larger conspiracy, and I also firmly believe that they must have a very large plan." It's just that I still can't think of what their plot is, so my dear George, we can't count on the Huaxia people now, in the future," Roosevelt's voice gradually lowered as he spoke, and finally turned into a low sigh

Japan's defeat in Taiwan led to the exodus of Japanese troops and immigrants in Taiwan, and countless soldiers and civilians flocked to the same place, which was called Hualien.

Alishan is located in Taichung City, northeast of Chiayi County in Taiwan, belongs to the branch of the Yushan Mountain Range, spans Nantou County, Chiayi County two counties, is the general name of 18 mountains such as Dawu Lian Mountain, Jianshan, Zhushan, Tashan, etc., the main peak Tashan is more than 2,600 meters above sea level, and the east is close to the highest peak in Taiwan, Yushan.

Alishan is a famous tourist attraction in Taiwan, with unique and gorgeous scenery, which makes some people forget to return, but it is the result of 60 years of development. If you go back in time to 1942, Alishan at this time was definitely a formidable forbidden place, with dense jungles and poisonous snakes and beasts that infested from time to time devouring many people who rushed into it.

Today, a group of heavily armed soldiers came to Xiaoqiao Town at the foot of Alishan, carrying heavy equipment on their backs, and walking on the mountain with difficulty. The heavy rain that had been raging for more than a week had long since stopped, and the long-lost sun showed its tyrannical side, and the scorching sun shone on the soldiers' bodies, and their clothes, which had been soaked by the continuous drizzle for days, were suddenly hard as a leather armor after being exposed to the sun.

There was not a hint of wind in the cloudless sky, and the sugarcane leaves in the sugarcane fields by the roadside were not moving, and such weather was undoubtedly a painful torture for the marines who carried dozens of kilograms of weapons and equipment under the scorching sun overhead.

Wang Xiaoguo walked in the center of the procession, and the more than twenty-five kilograms of supplies he was carrying were very heavy, so heavy that he was a little irritable, but because of the rapid flight of the Japanese troops, they had to speed up the pace of pursuit.

After Hasegawa Kiyoshi escaped, the Japanese troops in various parts of Taiwan fell into chaos, and surrender has become a commonplace, and many Japanese troops put down their weapons to the Wehrmacht in droves, raised their hands and obediently entered the prisoner of war camp.

"We don't want to fight, we just want to go home." This is the sentence that many Japanese soldiers and even officers and other prisoners say the most.

Of course, there is still a long way for them to go home, there are still a lot of roads and ports in Taiwan waiting for them to repair, and it is surprising that these surrendered Japanese soldiers are even more diligent than the engineering units of the Wehrmacht when rushing to repair roads and ports, they never dare to run away and become very obedient, which also surprises all the Wehrmacht officers and soldiers.

Wang Xiaoguo led his company to pursue the Japanese rout in central Taiwan, from the beginning of the stubborn resistance to the collapse of the first touch, and then to the current fleeing in despair, to now even those armed with wooden sticks "Japanese revenge" soldiers dare to pursue those Japanese deserters armed with rifles.

Due to the need for vehicles everywhere, resulting in a serious shortage of vehicles, Wang Xiaoguo's company was not assigned vehicles, and the No. 11 bus became their first choice.

Zhang Yanbo took off his steel helmet and wiped the sweat on his head, and said weakly to Liu Zhaochen next to him: "Sir, please speak." ”

"Permission to speak!" Wang Xiaoguo said angrily.

Zhang Yanbo swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Why can those prisoners stay comfortably in the prisoner of war camp and sleep, while we have to carry fifty pounds of guns and ammunition to dig deep in the mountains and old forests, I strongly recommend that you bring some Japanese prisoners of war to help us share the burden when we march this time." ”

"You kid talk a lot." Wang Xiaoguo said with a straight face: "Do you still want me to equip you with a Japanese girl to help you beat your back?" ”

"How can it?" Zhang Yanbo accompanied the smiling face: "Didn't I see that those devils were too idle and wanted to add a burden to them." ”

"Yo he" Wang Xiaoguo was very happy when he heard it, "The more I look at you, the less you kid looks like a soldier, but like those parliamentarians who love to show off, or you will go to politics after retiring." ”

Yanbo's head shook like a broken wave, "Yes, sir, you better spare me, I'm not the material to be a councilor, can't I shut up?" Who made our Marines a stepmother? ”

Although the Marine Corps around the world is a small army in the navy, unlike the Marine Corps of many countries that are subordinate to the Navy, the Marine Corps of the Chinese National Defense Force is not directly subordinate to the Navy or the Army, but is under the direct command of the President and the Ministry of Defense. Whether it is the army, navy, air force, or national guard, the five types of national defense armed forces, they all have their own transport ships and their own air forces, and the commander of the Marine Corps is directly responsible to the Secretary of Defense and the President. Therefore, Wang Xiaoguo: It is understandable that they could not find a transport vehicle this time.

"Yes, our Marines are the best, and the best soldiers are going to walk!" A strange word came out of the marching column, and Zhang Yanbo glanced back at the soldier, who turned out to be a corporal carrying a machine gun.

The machine gunner was carrying an 11.5 kilogram machine gun, a single chain of 250 rounds hanging from his body, and six grenades on his waist, plus gas masks, military quilts, raincoats, and other messy supplies of more than 35 kilograms.

Looking at the listless appearance of the soldiers, Wang Xiaoguo sighed, and when he finally walked into the streets of Xiaoqiao Town for another half an hour, Wang Xiaoguo had just ordered the soldiers to eat on the spot.

Suddenly, a large crowd poured out of the town, led by a well-dressed old man in his seventies, and dozens of sturdy young men followed him and set off firecrackers, which were so lively that they were "crackling", and then more and more people came up to greet him, and later there were thousands of people.

"This is the army of the motherland, welcome the army of the motherland to Xiaoqiao Town." The old man came to Wang Xiaoguo with a smile on his face, stretched out his trembling hand, and his wrinkled old face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Hello, we are Wehrmacht Marines, ordered to hunt down the remnants of the Japanese army. Is there anything you guys are up to? Contrary to the old man's expression, Wang Xiaoguo behaved very coldly, even indifferently. Because Wang Xiaoguo mentally understands that this old man can live so nourishingly in Xiaoqiao Town, he must have had an inextricable relationship with the Japanese before, although the Taiwan Attack Command has issued a notice announcing the amnesty of those Taiwanese who are not deeply involved with the Japanese, but these people are inevitably branded with the word Han jiān in the psychology of the marines.

Just when Wang Xiaoguo had a cold face and this old "Han Jiān" and snake tail, the people in the town took out a lot of food and stuffed it into the hands of the soldiers. The things here include boiled eggs, rice wine, braised pork and other food, the residents of the town are warmly greeting the marines, seeing that the people in the town are so enthusiastic, Wang Xiaoguo secretly sighed and asked loudly: "Old man, are there any Japanese people passing by in this town these days?" ”

"What? The old Japanese man hesitated a little after hearing this, and his mouth opened and closed for a while, but he couldn't speak for a long time.

Xiaoguo's brows furrowed, it seems that this old man still has the intention of not offending both sides of the wall.

When Wang Xiaoguo was about to reprimand him with a straight face, a young man with a full face squeezed over and shouted: "Sir, I know the news of the Japanese, there was a group of Japanese soldiers passing by here this morning, and there are many Japanese civilians among them!" ”

"Are there really Japanese people passing by?" Wang Xiaoguo's spirits perked: "How many people are there?" ”

"There were about 1,000 of them, including about 200 of them who were old and weak, and I saw them walk into the mountains with my own eyes."

The young man's words lifted Wang Xiaoguo's spirits, and he immediately ordered: "Messenger, immediately inform the air force to send a reconnaissance plane to search southeast along Xiaoqiao Town, we must catch up with this Japanese army and annihilate them." ”

"Yes!"

As the situation changed, the marines who were originally going to rest for the night in Xiaoqiao Town hurriedly ate a little food and then headed for the mountain, and Wang Xiaoguo did not forget to ask the mayor of Xiaoqiao Town for two guides before leaving, and they also went deep into the mountains under the guidance of the guides.

At dusk, they finally caught up with the Japanese at the tail, and the battle began.

In a valley, the Japanese soldier Osa Nakagawa Liang listened to the constant gunshots behind him, and then looked at a kind of Japanese wounded soldier who was faltering behind him, and his heart was sad. This fleeing team of more than 1,000 people has been walking slowly since entering the jungle due to the drag of the wounded and sick, and now it has finally been caught up by the Chinese.

Nakagawa Ryo listened to the increasingly urgent gunfire and the faint roar of the plane, he came to the wounded soldier and said loudly: "Gentlemen, now that the people of China have caught up, if we continue at this speed, we will only have one fate, that is, everyone will die here, although it is a supreme honor to die for His Majesty the Emperor, but we still have to keep useful people to serve His Majesty the Emperor, so here I have to make a painful decision, to your understanding." ”

The wounded soldiers around him were silent, and after a while, one of the wounded soldiers said with difficulty: "Your Excellency Dazuo, we all know what you mean, please break through with confidence, let's go first!" ”

"That's right, Kudansakami!" The wounded soldiers shouted.

Ryo Nakagawa Osa bowed deeply to his companions with tears streaming down his face.

"Thank you, gentlemen, the lightly wounded who can still walk walk with the troops, and the seriously wounded who are slow or unable to move leave them a grenade for every ten people."

Seeing the wounded saying goodbye to their companions around him, Nakagawa Daisa's heart ached, but he had to do it, if he took the seriously wounded on the road, not to mention whether he could continue to persevere, even if he could enter the mountains, he would be beheaded by the natives in the mountains as sacrifices on the altar.

After the wounded were distributed with grenades, they sat in small circles and sang all kinds of military songs, and soon there were bursts of explosions in the valley.

When Wang Xiaoguo and the Marines chased them to the valley, all they found were piles of corpses.

"Sir, there are a few devil wounded soldiers ahead." Zhang Yanbo, who was walking in front, pointed to the two hundred meters ahead and reported loudly.

"Okay, outflank."

When Wang Xiaoguo and the Marines came to these wounded Japanese soldiers, they were surprised to find that among the wounded were a young Japanese female nurse.

This group of wounded soldiers did not show a panicked look after seeing the Huaxia people chasing, but saw the young female nurse slowly stand up and bow to these marines, and said softly in Chinese: "Hello, I am their nurse Yumiko, can you please wait for a while, we will finish immediately." ”

Wang Xiaoguo frowned and asked, "Do you speak Chinese?" ”

"Yes, I grew up in Taiwan, so naturally I also learned Chinese." Yumiko said softly.

"Are you going to kill yourself?" Zhang Yanbo on the side sneered, "If so, please hurry up, we still have to hurry." ”

"Hello." Yumiko bowed lightly to Zhang Yanbo, returned to the wounded and softly sang a song full of sad tunes.

Wang Xiaoguo frowned and asked the guide on the side: "Young man, do you understand what this Japanese girl is singing?" ”

"I know, this Japanese woman sings a song that the Japanese like to sing, the gist of the lyrics is that an elderly mother, holding the gold medal of her son who died in battle, came from the countryside to the Yasukuni Shrine in Kudanzaka: from Ueno Station to Kudanzaka, I was in a hurry, and it was difficult to distinguish the road;

I walked all day with a cane in my hand, and came to Kudanzaka, where I visited you, my son.

The towering gate leads to the splendid shrine, son, and now you have ascended to heaven as a god, your useless mother, happy for you, tears flowing!

The black hen hatched an eagle, where did your mother dare to be?

In order for you to see your gold medal, come to Kudanzaka, I visit you, my son. ”

Listening to the lyrics translated by the guide, Wang Xiaoguo was silent for a long time, sighed for a long time, and then walked back, saying as he walked: "Forget it, Lao Tzu originally planned to let them be violent corpses in the wilderness, but now Lao Tzu will do good deeds and bury them." ”

As soon as Wang Xiaoguo finished speaking, there was an explosion behind him!