"I'd rather trust the Ryukyuan people than the Japanese, but it has to be a real Ryukyuan people!"

Downing's words can be described as a shock, although everyone present today is a staunch Ryukyu democrat, otherwise Junichi Aoyama would not have invited them, although they have all heard Junichi Aoyama say in private that this American officer is very sympathetic to the plight of the Ryukyuan, and even has ideas and plans to help Ryukyu independence, but when they heard Downing say this sentence publicly, they were still shocked and speechless for a while.

Tang Ning was very satisfied with the performance of these people, he said this just to express his own views, anyway, now the United States and Japan have not reached the time to ease relations, there is no big scruple in saying this kind of thing, after giving everyone a time to digest, Tang Ning continued: "Since the Pearl Harbor incident, the war between the United States and Japan has been several years, and more than 10,000 American soldiers have died at the hands of the Japanese, and the hatred between the United States and Japan has long been unforgettable. Since more than 250,000 innocent people in the Ryukyus died at the hands of the Japanese before Operation Iceberg (also known as the Battle of Okinawa), and the suffering suffered by the Ryukyus during the period of Japanese rule, I think we should be the same in our attitude towards the Japanese.

Since I built a factory in Tokyo last year, although I have recruited a group of very loyal subordinates, but I have also encountered a lot of harassment and sabotage from the Japanese chaebol and left-wing forces, so I feel that it is never a good decision to put my own industry on the territory of the Japanese, it just so happened that I met Mr. Junichi Aoyama from the Ryukyus, and was fortunate enough to marry his daughter, through them, I saw the intelligence and tenacity of the Ryukyuan people, so I decided to set up my base camp in the Ryukyus, and I hope to cooperate with the elite of the Ryukyus, Seek common development and get a win-win situation! ”

Downing's words aroused great resonance among the people present, because the Ryukyuan people in this period had just experienced the catastrophe, almost everyone would be hated by the Japanese, but because of their weak ability, they could not resist, but as soon as they had the opportunity, they would try their best to break away from Japan, but unfortunately, the bald heads at that time had no time to take care of them, and the United States deliberately blurred the sovereignty of the Ryukyus in order to envelop Japan, and until now the Ryukyus, that is, Okinawa, still belong to the U.S. military administration area. What is even more tragic is that the young people of Okinawa today have gradually regarded themselves as Japanese due to decades of brainwashing and cultural invasion by Japan, forgetting their former national hatred and family hatred, but in 1947 and even until 1971, the desire of the Ryukyu people to secede from Japan was extremely strong.

Therefore, Tang Ning's words really spoke to the hearts of these people, which also verified what Junichi Aoyama had said to them in private, at this time their mood was the same as that of Aoyama at the beginning, although Tang Ning did not make a commitment to independence in public now, but since he expressed his attitude, it means that there is still a glimmer of hope in the future, and when his factory develops to a certain extent, when the time is really ripe, he should help us get the Ryukyuan people out of Japanese control, After all, now the Japanese are afraid of the Americans, and they are afraid to death.

Although these people present also knew that the probability of success in this was actually very slim, but they had no choice other than that, because there was no other way to even have this faint hope, so as long as there was this glimmer of hope, they would never give up, and said that they would join the factory work, and it was estimated that even if they rebelled, there might be many people who would follow.

It's just that due to the current situation, Tang Ning, the Yankee, can say the same thing, but they have to have some scruples and dare not say it casually, but they have already agreed with Tang Ning in their hearts, coupled with the promises and blueprints made by Tang Ning before, everyone has indicated that they will make every effort to mobilize their nephews and villagers to join the factory.

After sending these people away, Downing immediately gathered all his men, because he had to give an explanation for what he had just said, although Downing hated the Japanese in his heart, but he also had to admit that these men from Tokyo and Okinawa were very satisfied with him, and if possible, he did not want to lose them because of this, and then train a new group of people.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tang Ning stood up and said, "Presumably you all know what I said to those Ryukyuan people here just now, here, I must explain it to you in detail, and I also want to hear your opinions."

As I said earlier, as an American soldier, I don't have any good feelings about the country and nation of Japan, so when I came to Japan, although I didn't take the initiative to do anything bad, I chose to accept some unreasonable privileges calmly.

Although the reasons for meeting you are different, I am very grateful and cherish the time spent together for more than a year, especially when you were able to follow me from the bustling city of Tokyo to the sparsely populated Okinawa.

I believe that since you have followed me, you will definitely have been slandered and misunderstood by some people to varying degrees, I regret this, and even more regrettablely, I may take you further and further down this road, although I will certainly not be openly hostile to the Japanese government, but in order to achieve my career, there will definitely be times when the interests of the Japanese government and the chaebol will be harmed, so I hope you can think about it, whether you can accept my arrangements for the future, whether you are willing to continue to accompany me loyally, well, everyone think about itI'm waiting for your answers. ”

As soon as Tang Ning's words fell, Endo, Okubo and other guards stood up, and after glancing at each other, Endo said as a representative: "Boss, no matter what others think or do, we, the members of the escort team, will always serve you as the master." We were all war orphans, and if it weren't for you, we would all be starving to death by now. It is you who give us a life of being fed and clothed; It is you who have taught us all kinds of skills and knowledge; It is you who promote and reuse us, so that we have the dignity of being looked down upon.

And the so-called government and chaebols in order to satisfy their selfish desires to start a war on their own, not only killed our parents and relatives, but also caused us to live on the streets since childhood, hungry, so in our hearts there has long been no government, only you are the closest person.

So, no matter what others think, we are all there for you, and wherever you go, the escort is the strongest barrier behind you! After saying that, a group of guards knelt down in front of Tang Ning.