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"Where are the flowers?

They were all picked up by the girls.

Where have the girls gone?

Let the lads marry off.

Where have the boys gone?

They all went to war and became soldiers.

Where have the soldiers gone?

They all died in battle and went to the grave.

Where are the graves?

All let the flowers cover the ......"

John doe

Nanjing, as the capital of the Chinese Empire, is to some extent the world's first well-planned city, although it is an old city, although the stretch of the city wall shows people the city's long history, but it does not prevent the imperial capital construction committee in the past nine years to carry out a drastic transformation of the city, even the old city, has undergone a series of "street corrections" and a series of renovations, so that it has everything that a capital should have.

In fact, among the cities in the world, Nanjing has too many leading points, for example, it has the world's first ring highway, it is the first city in the world to popularize flush toilets, and it is also the first city in the world to fully popularize piped gas.

Other than that, the city is more like a city in the forest, and the green corridor around the city is the famous Huancheng Forest Park, where water birds roam in artificial wetlands, and if it were dotted with modern high-rise buildings, it would be hard to believe that this is actually a city.

Even if you live in the mountains and green sea for many years, you will be amazed by the blue sky and white clouds here, and marvel at the lakes, parks and large carpet-like green grass around the lake, as a city, everything here seems to be so perfect.

Is it perfect?

No, there is no such thing as perfection, there is no perfect thing, and it is impossible to be perfect person.

But some people are perfect, at least for the Chinese, everything here is perfect, the people here are also perfect, perhaps there is no more perfect existence in the world.

Every time people come here, they are always in awe and identify with the place in their hearts, and for many Chinese, they always believe in a word.

"You really should go to this place once in your life, to feel the atmosphere there, there are always countless things there that will touch people's hearts. It is the land of honor, the place of the soul of the faithful. ”

This is the Purple Mountain Zhaozhong Temple, and his other name is more well-known - the Zhaozhong Temple of the Chinese Empire.

Just out of the three dogs, accompanied by a slightly cool wind blowing through the fog and rain, blowing away the stuffiness of Nanjing's "furnace", the knowledge on the branches is sending out the last cheer in the sun, the well-maintained grass is blowing under the wind, showing a wave, the sky is clear and blue, the sun is like gold, only a piece of flat green space can be seen, the size, the same white tombstones are arranged in an orderly manner, the tombstones are lined up one after another, like the huge army array of the deceased, the sound is mighty, and it is magnificent. More than 300,000 officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and the Imperial Army and Navy are buried here, which is the place where their souls return and where they are also honored.

Undoubtedly, this place is perfect, these heroic spirits are perfect!

And only they can be worthy of this term.

In the wee hours of the morning, in front of the imposing Chinese-style palace of the Chao Chung Ancestral Hall, there are hardly any visitors to be seen, as it is so early that many people are still asleep. In a corner, an officer in a military uniform and a military cap was silently watching into the distance.

Looking at the sentries in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, who stood up in black uniforms and carried rifles, they walked rhythmically in front of the tombstone for twenty-one steps, stopped in front of the tombstone for twenty-one seconds, then turned around and stopped for twenty-one seconds and then marched in reverse for twenty-one steps. Twenty-one symbolizes the highest salute in the military ceremony, which is due to the naval salute, of course, it is also the first of the imperial army, in fact, the ceremonies about the military tomb are in the period of the Korean unification, it has been perfected step by step, and now, in the imperial army there is a whole set of military funeral ceremonies that can be called complicated, but extremely solemn.

Like these sentinels at this time, they belonged to the Imperial Army's Guards Legion, known in ancient times as the Imperial Guards. In Nanjing, there were only three places that needed to be guarded by the Imperial Guards, one was the Imperial Palace, the other was the Imperial Council, and the Zhaozhong Temple was ranked third.

Even the location of the Purple Mountain, where the Zhaozhong Temple is located, is a symbol of supremacy, which is the location of the Royal Garden and the Ming Tomb, all of which demonstrate the supremacy of these loyal spirits.

The ritual practiced here by the Imperial Guards is to pay tribute to those who sacrificed for the country, and out of respect for an ordinary person. Here there are soldiers patrolling day and night according to strict etiquette, and here the general and the soldier are equal, the general is not on top, the soldier is not under him, because their lives are equal, their sacrifices are equal.

Tang Haoran, who lowered the brim of his hat and wore a military uniform without rank, looked no different from an ordinary retired soldier, he just stood silently in the cemetery, looking at the white tombstones, his heart seemed a little dignified, in this national cemetery, which symbolizes the highest glory of soldiers, more than 368,000 officers and soldiers are buried here, and their spiritual seats are enshrined in the majestic and magnificent Zhaozhong Temple behind the nameless tomb to enjoy the respect and commemoration of the world.

At this time, Tang Haoran, who was in the middle of it, looked like a veteran who was about to retire, as the emperor of the empire, he did not leave Nanjing on this summer, this summer because of the tense situation, he canceled the annual routine Lushan summer vacation, and this is undoubtedly sending a signal to foreign countries - a signal of tension.

At this time, as the emperor, he just stood here silently, as if he was remembering something.

"How a nation honors and honors those who have sacrificed for it is also a question of how a people treat their own country."

Tang Haoran's memory once again surfaced that when the Zhaozhong Temple was completed, as the emperor, he made a speech here, and when he was in it, he couldn't help but think of those young people withering at the most dazzling moment of his life, and there would inevitably be some hidden pain in his heart.

“…… The Imperial Army must make sacrifices for strategic victory! Sacrifice has to be made! ”

"Your Majesty, a soldier means sacrifice!"

"Your Majesty, this is a choice that must be made in order to seek victory!"

One will be a success!

Again, Tang Haoran thought of Han Che's words, and there was not much emotion in their words.

Panama Battle!

Once the war began, it would be a plan that would determine the course of the campaign, and in this plan, many young lives would be squandered on a foreign battlefield tens of thousands of miles away, and those young soldiers, unbeknownst to them, in fact, from the beginning, their sacrifice was doomed.

"The navy will do everything possible to ensure the initial operation of 200,000 land troops, and as for the ...... later"

As for the future...... Everything is left to heaven to decide, as for the 200,000 land troops, what is their fate? What about their sacrifices?

Perhaps, they still have a chance, and how many chances do they have?

The problem of war is always extremely realistic, after the start of the war, in the case of multi-front operations, the Navy Transportation Bureau cannot provide enough merchant ships to meet the operational needs, the South Seas Theater, the Indian Theater, and even Australia, these strategic objectives themselves need too many merchant ships, as for the Panama operation, it is only to induce the US Navy to dispatch, and then through one or more naval battles to severely damage the US Pacific Fleet.

While fighting at sea, American merchant ships can slowly and continuously transport troops and supplies to Panama through the Caribbean Sea, while in contrast, the Imperial Navy, which focuses on fighting the American fleet, cannot provide sufficient cover to the land troops, and what kind of situation will these 200,000 troops fall into?

Without even thinking too much, Tang Haoran knew what would happen to them, perhaps, Panama would become Guadalcanal in another time and space, and it might even become a "sad place" for the Chinese army - hundreds of thousands of troops struggling and fighting in the rainforest, they didn't know what they were sacrificing for.

"Your Majesty, for us, the best choice is now, as soon as the war starts, we will borrow heavy fists to take the city of Barnabas, take advantage of the weakness of the American army, defeat the American army there, and then send the army and supplies up, and transport one more shipload of supplies, so that in the future, the troops there will be able to hold out for one more day, hold on for one more day, and their sacrifice will be more valuable......"

Yes, that's the only hope, and what happens when the U.S. fleet and the U.S. Army are drawn to the U.S. fleet and the U.S. Army, where the Navy finally achieves its strategic goal of inflicting heavy damage on the U.S. Pacific Fleet?

Then the navy with its hands freed up would be able to regain escort in the Pacific, so as to transport more troops to Panama, occupy there, cut off the connection between the two oceanic fleets of the United States, and thus grasp maritime superiority in the Pacific.

This is the only option, the only way to bridge the gap in national strength.

And at what cost of this choice?

It is to prepare for the worst at the expense of 200,000 troops!

200,000 soldiers!

200,000 lives were sacrificed like this, and their sacrifice was worthwhile.

……

Tang Haoran comforted himself in his heart, yes, their sacrifice is worthwhile, their sacrifice will be enough for China to win this war, at least get the chance to win this war, this is their value.

They, like the heroic souls buried here, are worth their sacrifice, in front of them is a poor nation, and behind them will be an empire at the pinnacle.

This empire will usher in his own time!

Every time he passed a tombstone, Tang Haoran would glance at the name on the white tombstone, and each tombstone made of white marble had a sentence engraved on it.

"Here rests a glorious Chinese soldier."

It's just a simple word, but that's enough!

Tang Haoran's expression became more and more solemn and serious, and the undulating white ribbon formed by the tombstones made him feel a little suffocated, and this white ribbon was connected by hundreds of thousands of young people with their lives.

"Each individual has more to gain when the whole country is moving forward than when his personal interests are satisfied and the whole country is going downhill. However rich a man may be in his private life, if his country is destroyed, he will surely fall into general ruin; But as long as the state itself is safe, individuals have more chances to recover from private misfortunes. ”

In the bottom of his heart, he silently read the speech made by the famous ancient Greek statesman Perikles at the state funeral ceremony for the soldiers killed in the Peloponnesian War......

Finally, he silently raised his right hand and gave a military salute to these heroic spirits.

At this moment, he made a choice, made the choice he should make as an emperor, he had to prioritize the interests of the country!

And when he performed this military salute, Tang Yixuan, who had been silently following him, also saluted with a military salute, he was wearing a white naval officer academy uniform, now he is a member of the imperial navy, to be precise, the officer student of the imperial naval officer academy, four years later, he will be like other officers, board a certain warship, as a member of the imperial soldiers, to serve the war......

"Dad, have you decided?"

When his father lowered his saluting right hand in an extremely slow motion, Tang Yixuan asked softly. My father hadn't slept all night yesterday, and he had been thinking about it, thinking about it, thinking about how to deal with the situation.

"When you want peace but can't, you can only strive to forge ahead to save the country!"

Tang Haoran said this calmly, he had completely figured it out, and there was no other choice, or rather, for China, there was no other choice!

At this moment, the morning sun has jumped out of the ridge, and the vast land is completely shrouded in sunlight. The huge red sun creates a mesmerizing natural beauty that will leave everyone who witnesses it in a dreamlike situation.

The morning sun radiated a golden and red glow between the ridges and trees in the distance. The flowing clouds flowed in the light spectacularly, the golden, red waves, symbolizing hope, symbolizing awakening, and the loving light of nature shining on the earth, reflecting the white tombstones in golden red.

At this time, the rising sun hung in the sky like that, looking at the rising sun, Tang Haoran suddenly smiled, he looked at his son beside him, and then turned his eyes to the rising sun, he knew that this empire was just like this rising sunrise, at the time of its vigor...... (To be continued.) )