After returning to Hanjing from the southwest, the New Year is approaching, and the world situation is becoming more and more treacherous. All these circumstances have already indicated that the turning point of World War II is about to appear.

Perhaps sensing the approaching war, Zhang Shusheng deliberately set the Zhang family's New Year's dinner at noon on February 4. According to the old rules of these years, the Zhang family's reunion dinner and Chinese New Year's Eve dinner have always been one. In the previous life, Zhang Shusheng's family had many uncles, and the reunion dinner had to be eaten from the 26th and 7th year, one meal for the whole family, and finally a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at Mrs. Zhang's house.

In this era, the reunion dinner of the Zhang family has always been very lively, every year, several close relatives of the Zhang family and the Sun family, He Ning and Lu Yunyan will gather together for a year.

Early in the morning, Liu Cuihua, the daughter-in-law of the Sun family, came to Nanyuan and cooked with Lu Yunyan and He Ning to prepare the reunion dinner. Zhang Shusheng watched TV all morning with the station, the girl doesn't like traditional TV stations, and she doesn't like special film and television stations, but she likes to watch comprehensive art stations. Now she is also a little beauty in her early 15s, and she is still very sticky to this godfather who is busy with government affairs.

The three women are not slow, especially Liu Cuihua, who is a full-time housewife at home, and has no other expertise, cooking and manual needlework are amazing. After He Fangjiong and his wife, Lu Rongting's old man, and Sun Changchang's father and son all came, almost all the meals were served on the table.

This is Zhang Shusheng's own insistence, even if it is a high authority, but the taste of this family cannot be lost, although power is very important to him, but it will not make him lose his surname, and lose the feeling of home in his previous life that he longed for in the deepest part of his surname. Therefore, every time there is a traditional festival, he must give the servants of Nanyuan a holiday, let them go back to cook a sumptuous festival meal for their families, and let a few women do it in his own home.

Although the dish is salty, it has a sweet aftertaste.

"Auntie, little cousin, it's time to eat."

A small meat ball of meat ran to the sofa and hung on Zhang Shusheng's knees, looking at his aunt, who was not a stranger, and urging him to come to the New Year's dinner. Lantai Luoyu smiled comfortably, bent down, hugged this meaty little brat, picked him up, fragrant his fleshy little face, and then said, "Weizhi, come, cousin hug." Godfather, let's go to dinner. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Shusheng replied slightly distractedly, as he grew older and older over the years, the beauty of the little beauty had been completely achieved, but he always felt that there was something subtle between himself and this righteous girl. For example, she likes to be with herself very much, but once she is together, she is very silent, cautious in her words and deeds, quietly reading books by herself, listening to herself playing the flute, or watching movies and television programs together. Although many years ago, he found that this girl was very precocious, usually relatively silent, and even her dearest mother He Ning would not tell her about anything on her mind, but occasionally noticed that she loved to remember.

However, Zhang Shusheng didn't take it to heart, but felt that every time she came home from school, there seemed to be an extra person at home who was exactly the same as her girlfriend. It felt weird, some happiness and some worries, but he was unwilling to change, perhaps, the existence of Yutai was the most important factor in evoking all the memories of his previous life.

However, he didn't bother to think about it, so he casually pinched He Weizhi, the little milk child who was held in the arms of Yutai but dragged his hand.

The son of his brother-in-law, He An, although he is not very old, is usually very active, running around like a little pig, very restless.

Sitting at the dinner table, Zhang Shusheng deliberately turned on the TV, and the family started the reunion dinner. During the banquet, everyone only talked about some parents' shortcomings, and did not mention those government and military affairs.

Zhang Shusheng sighed, time flies. The oldest person here is the old man Lu Rongting, who is 84 years old but because of proper conditioning, his spirit is still strong, but he has already been full of silver hair, and even the concubine has passed away for a long time, and now he relies on several children of the Lu family, including Lu Yunyan, a niece who is closer than a daughter.

He Fangjiong is not young, he just passed his seventieth birthday a year ago, and he enjoys the words of Zugu Weng every day, except for the short things in the family, he no longer asks about any worldliness, but often goes to the Sun family and the Lu family to walk around, play chess with the two old men, and taste tea.

Among the young generation here, 22-year-old Sun Yiren has been admitted to the graduate school of international politics at Southwest University in advance, and he is more and more stable, quick thinking, easy-going surname, and extremely upright surname, which is quite a collection of the two fathers and sons of the Sun family. Although she was small, no one expected anything special from her, but according to her mother, the child intended to specialize in music and art.

"Ah, the car... car..."

The little milk boy He Zhiwei suddenly pointed to the direction of the TV and shouted, everyone looked over, only to see that it was an advertisement, a man in a black windbreaker, was riding a motorcycle on the top of the mountain road, after rushing down from the top of the mountain, the man in the car took off his sunglasses and said a very popular advertising slogan to the camera "With you, China Tour".

"The people's lives are getting better and better, 30 years ago, not to mention this motorcycle, even horse-drawn carts, ox carts, there were few in a village." Sun Changjiu shook his head slightly and said with emotion.

"That's what Dad said. Nowadays, it is not only the wealth of the country, but the wealth of the people can be truly found when the door of every household is opened. Slightly wealthier people, from large and small household appliances to ordinary products, are different from those thirty years ago. Sun Laixi, deputy general manager of Shusheng Company, also echoed, and everyone immediately turned from their parents to some of the flashes of the economy and society in the past year.

At the official opening of the banquet, Zhang Shusheng said a few words simply, "For this year's reunion dinner, Shen Xing invited everyone in advance, but it was a family banquet to make concessions for the state banquet. Bring the reunion dinner of this small family to noon. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the military and political veterans who retired from the big regiment.

Everyone is not an outsider, and he said a word from the bottom of his heart, life is getting better and better, and the country is getting stronger and stronger, but this war is getting closer and closer. ”

It's not that he's alarmist, and those of you know it a little bit.

Chinese In mid-January, only a few months after the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States mobilized a large number of fleets to escort the Chinese New Year and sent a large number of troops to India on a large scale, and at least 10 US divisions and a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, and planes arrived in India. Together with the US troops who went to India in the early stage, there are already 15 divisions.

Under the attack of the Middle East Expeditionary Force of the Middle East, the Americans also realized the extremely important surname of India and were bound to defend India to the death.

The Americans not only formed a tripartite alliance with Britain and India, and began to deploy defenses on the western border of India against the expeditionary German army, but also transferred a large number of troops to the Indo-Burmese border.

In terms of the European battlefield, although the Germans had an absolute advantage, they also faced two serious problems. Almost every day, there will be a fierce air battle over the English Channel, and the two sides will come and go, Britain's coastal areas, the Dutch, Belgium and French coastal areas, the industrial belts of these two major regions have all been bombed into ruins. Second, the Soviet Union, after receiving support from the Americans, especially emergency arms, technology, and resources, echoed the British from afar, and actually had a tendency to contain the Nazi regiments of the Germans. Moscow, which is a symbol of the surname, has long been in ruins, but the two sides are still fighting repeatedly for this dangerous city.

If that alone is not enough to get China into the war.

What really worries Zhang Shusheng is that if the Americans' latest plan for the Pacific War is launched, if a landing war on an unprecedented scale is launched, according to his various considerations, it is very likely that it will be the general trigger for China to join the war.

Looking at the relatives and friends who were contemplating, Zhang Shusheng did not hide it too much, and on the premise of not leaking secrets, he said, "The era of peace is about to pass, and the years of war will eventually come." The fact that the Americans joined in a stalemate on the major battlefields was enough to change the course of the entire war. It has also come time for China to choose a side.

Although this decision has not yet been made, the Allies and the Axis powers, as well as public opinion and ordinary people, are beginning to discuss the issue of China's entry into the war. This also means that China cannot stand alone, and if it wants to get what it wants, it must stand up. In other words, this may be the last peaceful reunion dinner in recent years, everyone eats and drinks well, and then it's time for the show to be staged. ”

Everyone didn't speak, looking at Sun Changqing to the side, the latter groaned slightly, and then picked up the wine glass and toasted to a large table of relatives and friends, and then said to Zhang Shusheng, "Be cautious, godfather will make a statement on behalf of everyone." Thirty years ago, you and we were nameless, and thirty years later, you can win the mountains and rivers. This world is transformed by you, this country is brought up by you, no matter what, as relatives, we support you to the end. ”

At the noon New Year's dinner, the food was extremely warm, and Zhang Shusheng only felt that the last trace of burden about the war on his body seemed to be let go.

For him, all he did was to let each small family live a good life, so that every Chinese could live a good life as much as possible, walk safely on the spacious streets, shop in shopping malls and shops with peace of mind, sit at the table with peace of mind, reunite with his family, and enjoy the comprehensive social changes brought about by the strength of the motherland.

Protecting the territory and the people, expanding the territory, and rejuvenating civilization are his duties.

In the evening, the people's hall in Hanjingshan was lively, and cadres and deputies from the party, government, and military, as well as disabled and retired cadres, were invited here to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of the Republic.

In the past, the annual Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was relatively simple, not so grand, but some special representatives were invited, and the standard of the New Year's meal was also very simple, three dishes and one soup.

This time, although it was still a simple Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the number of people was relatively large.

When Zhang Shusheng finally came to the auditorium with his two wives and daughter-in-law, everyone stood up and saluted.

"Heroes, these gifts are not necessary." When he saw the tables of disabled and retired veterans, and even the veterans with broken arms and legs saluting and barely standing upright, Zhang Shusheng only felt that his eyes were sour, and he hurried over and put down their hands in person.

Most of these people, except for a few, he first saw them. After all, even if it is a veteran of the southwest period, the number is huge, even if some disabled retired veterans are invited to Hanjing every year, it is still a drop in the bucket.

However, at this time, a veteran suddenly said, "Chairman, we respect not only you, we dare not forget the soul of the army of that country." Although we are old and disabled, our ambitions are not old, and the general trend of the world can still be seen. I only hope that you can let us live to see the day when the soldiers go out of China and point to the world.

Chairman of the National Committee, I often dream in my dreams that I am still in the mountains of Yunnan, and I am following you to fight the world. It's just that his life was not good that year, and he was bitten by a bullet in the leg.

Although I feel regretful, but I don't feel lost, I serve the country with my life, and the country treats me with a soldier, which is what the ancients dreamed of, but it has been realized in our generation.

I, Wang Sanmu, don't dare to say that I am disabled, but I have a good son, 22 years old, who is already a squad leader. I am very relieved that he has a son to fight the battle that he has not finished, and they are educated, so they must be better than us. The chairman of the committee gave an order, and my Wang family will not lack this child. ”

The lame veteran sat down slowly, Zhang Shusheng didn't say anything, just raised his hand and saluted these veterans with the most solemn military salute.

They may also have foreseen the imminent war, and they may not be able to go into battle to kill the enemy, but Zhang Shusheng knows that their military soul has not been extinguished, and the iron horse Jingo is still dreaming.

In the solemnity of the whole auditorium, Zhang Shusheng walked up to the podium alone, facing the backbone of the republic below, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and suddenly he only felt that he had used his strength like never before, and said slowly:

"The words of the veteran Wang Sanmu reminded me of the years when I was indomitable in the struggle. All these years have passed, and in the face of everyone, I, as a guide, have lost a little calmness when I am on the verge of stepping at this door.

However, today, in the face of you, in the face of those of you who have given or are giving your all for this republic, I will also give you a thorough understanding.

War is just around the corner.

Our enemies, sitting in their spacious and bright offices, command their thousands of armies and horses to seize every continent in this world.

What we need to do is to take what is from the enemy, take back what belongs to us, and even get everything that can belong to us.

Whatever happens in the end, no matter where we end up joining, I think that all of you, serving and retired comrades, will be able to see with your own eyes the battle for revival that is coming. ”

Subsequently, Zhang Shusheng went to every table for the first time to toast, not so much a toast, but a consolation and commitment to half of the retired and disabled veterans and half of the in-service military and political personnel present.

Only he knows where the bottom line of China's participation in the war is, and this bottom line is about to be touched.

"War is on the verge of breaking out......

After learning from the pain, I saw the reader's suggestion, and I couldn't write it for two days, so I cut straight into World War II. The little fish will do their best to write it. Recently, the update has been slow, and because of a lot of business trips, I have just been transferred. This chapter is basically excessive, but then it will be the plot of China's World War II, and everything possible is written smoothly and in one go.

This chapter is specially presented to a friend I respect very much in the Internet field: Sanniang.

This Sanniang, maybe you don't know her, but for most of the authors of the starting point, she is worthy of respect, over the years, she has always insisted on the same, supporting the author's creation, and encouraging newcomers to create. It is truly selfless and desireless. Tonight, I asked her what kept her going for a few years, and she replied, "Because the little fish care."

(To be continued)