Chapter Seven: Bloody Rain and Bloody Wind Down the South Seas
Sure enough, the Southern Front led by Yamashita Bongwen rushed into the Gulf of Siam and landed at Kota Bharu, Songkhla and other places in the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, planning to quickly move south and occupy Singapore in a roundabout way.
Britain spent a lot of money on the construction of the Singapore Naval Port Fortress, mainly in the face of naval invasions, and was always on guard against South China in the south, ignoring the threat from land.
In the face of the Japanese army killed from behind, if history has not changed, the defeat of the British is certain, just like the French were detoured by the Germans and burst the chrysanthemum behind the back, the ending is painful.
The first to get nervous was Nanhua, and in a phone call with Soong Ziwen, Ho Wenxiu made it clear that he would never let Singapore fall into the hands of Japan, even if it cost anything.
"This time, Nanhua will not indulge you anymore, you must pay attention to our voice. Nanhua has the strategic interests of Nanhua! β
He Wenxiu's words were categorical, making Song Ziwen and others embarrassed.
Before defeating the Soviet Union, Wuhan did not want to go to war with Japan, nor did he want Singapore to fall into Japanese hands, so he reaffirmed his adherence to the Chinese alliance and would put pressure on Japan.
If war really breaks out, it will definitely stand on the side of South China, and at the same time, it is also recommended that South China strike first and solve Singapore's troubles in advance.
No. 10 Downing Street, London, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the Pacific War, Churchill was surprised and delighted, the United States finally entered the war, although it was only a declaration of war against Japan, not against the Germans, but sooner or later it will ally with Britain and jointly deal with Germany.
"Singapore, what a hassle!
Damn Japan, damn South China, damn China, damn Asians! How dare you threaten the Empire! β
Churchill smoked his cigar and puffed into the clouds. The brow is deeply locked. The mind is constantly calculating.
Just received news from Asia. South China issued an urgent ultimatum to the British, demanding that Britain withdraw from Singapore and make Singapore an undefended city, and at the same time sent a note to Japan not to attack Singapore.
The time is very short, and after thinking about it, the strength of the British army in Singapore is still relatively strong, with a scale of more than 100,000 people. There was a detachment of the Royal Fleet, but at the same time he had to bitterly admit that with Japan in front of him, South China in the back, and China in the back, Britain was going to lose Singapore.
The Malay Peninsula has long been surrounded by China and South China, and it has been safe before, but the two sides have not torn their faces.
Now the reckless Japanese have stepped in, not only kicking the British, but also planting a thorn in the hearts of the Chinese. Can the Chinese accept that the Straits of Malacca are cut off?
In Churchill's mind, the South Chinese were also Chinese.
"Sooner or later, the Asians will meet each other." Churchill shook his head. Thinking of this, he smiled darkly, and ordered the British army in Singapore to fight hard against the Japanese army, and ignored Nanhua's wishful thinking.
The situation in Southeast Asia is very chaotic, and if China and Japan fight, then the United States will reduce the pressure and spend more resources in Europe.
As for sending his home fleet to support Singapore, Churchill did not think about it, and he could not draw up troops, and a large number of troops are still confronting the Chinese Defense Forces in the Middle East, preventing the Chinese Defense Forces from killing the Sinai Peninsula in one go and cutting off the Suez Canal, which will be a disaster for the British Empire.
If the Americans hadn't been grinding and entering the war earlier, Britain wouldn't have been so passive now.
Except for the Americans, almost all the countries involved in the war are facing the problem of too long a front, and what makes people speechless is that this world war is extremely chaotic, not a fight between two camps, but a multinational melee.
Every country has enemies it hates and objects it does not want to provoke, and for a time all kinds of dramas were staged on the international stage, which were full of co-operation and collusion, collusion with each other, and secret vigilance.
Japan, for example, hoped that the war between China and the Soviet Union would be more fierce and that the more Chinese would die, the better, and at the same time hoped that the Germans would beat the British more badly, so that the United States could focus more on Europe to deal with Germany and reduce the pressure on Japan.
Ever since Japan attacked Britain and the United States, the United States and Great Britain have formed an alliance against Japan, as if they were dealing with Germany, and their main focus was on dealing with Germany.
The Germans expressed their grievances, we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers from Japan, are we allies?
The intrigue and friction between Japan and the Chinese alliance increased, and the Germans also noticed that Hitler enthusiastically assured Wuhan that Germany insisted on standing on the side of Wuhan, as long as the Chinese were willing to ally with Germany, Germany was willing to help China fight Japan!
Tokyo, Imperial Palace Imperial Council.
"The warnings of China and South China made it clear that Japan would never be allowed to occupy Singapore and take control of the Strait of Malacca.
Intelligence shows that the South China Navy has assembled in New Tangshan, and the Chinese Navy has also assembled and can enter the South China Sea at any time. β
Foreign Minister Chongguangkui's words made everyone's hearts sink and poured cold water on the good situation of successive victories.
The attitude of the Chinese Alliance cannot be ignored, otherwise they will agree with the Americans to use the Qingdao and Dalian airfields to bomb the Japanese mainland.
The Japanese were also arrogant and unwilling to give up on the impending victory.
After thinking about it, I finally felt that the word carve up was more appropriate.
"If the Chinese want Singapore, then let's do it together, there is no lunch for nothing." The Japanese replied so singlely.
On the one hand, Japan stepped up its attack on Singapore, and on the other hand, after seeing the attitude of the Chinese, Japan knew that it would go south to the Strait of Malacca into the Indian Ocean, and after many difficulties, it accelerated its southward march to Australia.
After the destruction of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the South Pacific fell into a vacuum, and MacArthur was like a lost dog who finally escaped to Australia.
Looking back, the Japanese came after the ass and they had captured the island of New Guinea and were building an airfield on it.
Starting from the island of New Guinea, they were about to attack Australia at any time, and it was as if the Japanese would be able to touch the fertile land of Australia as soon as they stretched out their hands.
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Wuhan's reply to Japan was ambiguous, and Nanhua was a little undecided, because if it joined forces with Japan to attack Singapore, it would lead to the fact that Britain and the United States would attack Britain and the United States, and at least give people the impression that this is the case.
Song Meiling did not give the White House envoy a good face, because the Americans actually asked China to open the coastal airport to the US military, and the US military could use it as a base to bomb Japan.
"Mr. Special Envoy, we are sympathetic to your country's plight. But we do not want to get involved in the war between your country and our neighbors.
Unless we are allies. Otherwise, our territory will not allow foreign warplanes to enter. β
Song Meiling replied like this.
The United States has made similar demands on South China. He wanted to use the Nanhua airport to bomb the Philippines, but he was also refused.
The Chinese watched the play with an iron heart, failed to convince them, and **** Sheng felt lost.
When he proposed to lease Chinese aircraft carriers to defend against Japan's attack on the US mainland, Wuhan's attitude was very cautious, and they had to consider it carefully, and there was no clear answer until the **** Sheng left.
And this proposal is in South China. But there was a positive response.
Wuhan and South China disagreed on whether to lease aircraft carriers to the United States.
Just when He Wenxiu and the others were hesitating, and even considering whether they should strike first and attack Japan, a piece of information changed their attitude - Japan is attacking Australia on a large scale!
"It's really uncomfortable to be in the throat, but let's bear with it for a while, and see if Yamashita can conquer Singapore.
The Navy has strengthened its deployment in the South China Sea and Malacca, and our goal is at least to jointly manage Singapore, and if Japan does not agree to it then, then there is nothing to say! Pull the Americans in. Let's kill little Japan together. β
He Wenxiu made a decision under great pressure.
So there was the mighty and well-built South China Wehrmacht watching from the other side, watching how the stupid British were defeated by the equally exhausted Japanese army. Then surrender in disgrace.
If the British army held out for a few more days, it was estimated that Yamashita would have to retreat.
In August 1942, Singapore fell.
It has to be said that the Japanese often take risks, often succeed, and then take even greater risks next time, reflecting the narrow-minded and short-sighted side of the island nation.
In September, a naval battle broke out between the British fleet withdrawn from Singapore and the remnants of the American Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet in the waters off Coral Islands, and suffered a crushing defeat.
MacArthur's constant revenge finally had a chance, and he could finally command the US-Australian coalition and the Japanese army to fight a good battle on land.
He faced an opponent of Seishiro Itagaki's 2nd Division.
Itagaki Seishiro suffered a heavy loss on the Chinese battlefield, suffering a crushing defeat in front of the Chinese armored division, and ten years later he put the humiliation of the fiasco on the proud MacArthur, and the incompletely armored second division defeated the United States and Australia.
MacArthur fled back to South Australia in embarrassment, and every day he kept crying to Roosevelt by telegram, asking for equipment, soldiers, planes and tanks, and steamed buns. Otherwise, "we will suffer another crushing defeat, and once we lose Australia, where can I retreat?" Do you want to withdraw to Antarctica? β
The Roosevelt administration tried to rescue MacArthur by pumping valuable shipping capacity from the Atlantic to support Australia, which was not always safe, and Japanese warships were already appearing on the South Pacific route.
The best way to do this was to buy supplies from South China, so MacArthur cursed Chinese profiteers while having to use high-priced supplies and equipment bought from the Chinese.
"The Japanese are a mad dog, we temporarily lost the Pacific Fleet, and now only the Chinese can stop this mad dog.
We can't do without the Chinese. β
At the White House meeting, Roosevelt sighed in a low tone.
An agreement must be reached with the Chinese, otherwise the situation will be even more serious.
"The Chinese rejected us!" Sheng said regretfully, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Unlessβ"
"Unless what?"
"We're allied with them!" Shengdao.
"Dream! If we were to make an alliance with them, we would be acknowledging their aggression and we would lose everything we had in Asia. Marshall objected.
He is an anti-China faction, and he is secretly anxious when he realizes that the president wants to make a deal with the Chinese.
"Asia is the territory of the British, and although we have owned the Philippines, to be honest, we have not benefited from the Philippines, but have brought disaster. There is no need to sacrifice the names of the Americans for the sake of the British and a much stronger enemy. β
"The Pacific Ocean is big, isn't it?" β
"Japan is the enemy, although he is a vicious dog released by the Chinese, but the situation is compelling, and the best way is to obtain the understanding of the dog owner."
The Chinese did not enter Europe. Apparently did not want to cheap the Germans. They were also not aligned with Germany. In a way, we are tacit allies. β
Vice President Truman, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, and he reminded with a very serious expression: "The situation is very unfavorable for us, and if we cannot reach an understanding with China as soon as possible, once China and Japan form an alliance, then it may not be impossible for the United States to lose San Francisco and Los Angeles."
Besides, how many people will die in the United States to defeat Japan, which is supported by China? How many families are broken? β
Truman's words speak to a fact. It was after the occupation of Singapore that Japan faced the vague blockade/lockdown of the United Fleet of China, and had to agree to the conditions of South China, so that Singapore would become a free city.
The Japanese army can continue to attack Burma from the Malay Peninsula, and even India, Japanese merchant ships can also pass through the Strait of Malacca at will, and the rubber and oil from the South China Sea and South China are still open to supply to Japan, but the entry and exit of Japanese warships in and out of the Strait of Malacca is severely restricted, including the number of Japanese fighters deployed on the Malay Peninsula.
Who knows if the Japanese will be pretended to be destroyed. How about playing the drama of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor again in New Tangshan?
Perhaps the British were too vegetable, and the Japanese, who were not afraid of death, sent a detachment to attack Burma. After defeating the British colonial army, he invaded India, burned and looted in India......
(Wuhan showed great forbearance, stationed 100,000 troops in Annam, and went south to Thailand at any time to cut off the return route of the Japanese army.) Perhaps Japan saw this and showed tolerance on the Singapore issue. Therefore, with the support of the Chinese alliance, the capture of Australia will be so smooth. οΌ
Later, after Japan went south to Australia, the attitude of China and South China towards Japan changed dramatically, and their support for Japan increased.
Obviously, this is the Asian version of appeasement!
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Roosevelt looked at Truman in surprise, and suddenly realized that this deputy who had no idea was not so simple.
Although it is somewhat alarmist, the possibility of the Sino-Japanese joint fleet did pierce Roosevelt's heart, and he was not afraid of 10,000, but he was afraid of what happened.
"Yes, the Chinese still have a powerful fleet comparable to Japan in their hands!"
Roosevelt sighed.
At the meeting, Roosevelt did not make any decisions, but the contacts between China and the United States became more and more frequent, and each other was probing each other's bottom line.
In Nanhua, New Tangshan, a low-key and grand wedding is taking place in a Catholic church.
The Ruan family mixed with the French in their early years and joined Catholicism, Wu Manli took care of the Ruan family's religious traditions intimately, agreed to put the wedding in the church, and did not require a Chinese-style wedding with three kneels and nine bows.
Situ Nan didn't pay attention to these things, sitting in the first row of the viewing seat and looking at the couple on the stage, he sighed in his heart.
The best man is Situ Nan's other son, Song Qingfeng.
The child got married in the blink of an eye, and his father didn't seem to be very competent, naturally, the two sons of **** Nan and Song Qingfeng were not close to Situ Nan.
Wu Manli sat next to Situ Nan, her face smiling all day.
Next to her sat a teenage girl, blonde haired and blue-eyed, innocent and bright, she was the daughter of Alice, Situ Nan and Laura, who was the most favored by Situ Nan, and this time also took her to Nanhua to attend the wedding.
"My brother is very handsome, Ruan is also very beautiful, the two are a good match." Alice hugged Wu Manli's arm and praised.
It makes Wu Manli very happy, and she also likes smart and beautiful girls.
Sitting on the other side of Situ Nan was a beautiful woman, also blonde and blue-eyed, much taller, in her twenties, beautiful and moving, it was the best age for a woman.
She is the daughter of Sharapova, Stuart Nan and Kuzdova, she is older, and her experience since she was a child also makes her more stable and mature than Alice.
But at this moment, her cold and proud appearance, such a cold beauty is enough to discourage people, and Wu Manli doesn't like Sharapova very much.
Once she almost entered the marriage hall, but unfortunately in the end she found out that the so-called nobleman from Europe was just a liar, who cheated her out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and fled.
Sharapova has never been able to find that bastard, it doesn't matter if she loses money, but it's a dime, she just can't find that bastard!
Situ Nan gave their mother and daughter tens of millions of dollars in assets, and Sharapova has recently been learning investment and financial management from Situ Nan, and her investment career has been doing well.
If it weren't for Situ Nan's invitation to attend the wedding of her brother on the other side of the world, Sharapova would probably still be meeting filmmakers in Hollywood. She seems to have developed an interest in cinema.
"Don't talk about the dilapidated houses of the European aristocracy. Even if it's an English prince. Not worthy of my baby. Rotten aristocrats, nothing but a bunch of garbage rules, aren't they?
It's a pity that I don't like the American dandy brother, what do you say? β
Situ Nan turned around and said to Sharapova.
"It's my business, I just like it." Sharapova glanced at Situ Nan, as if to say, you are not qualified to accuse others of being a playboy, right?
Otherwise, how could I be at the wedding of a brother I have never met. And I met two, neither of them was born to the same mother.
Situ Nan was stunned when he heard this, and in the face of Sharapova's contempt, he had no choice but to smile.
In fact, he wanted to tell her: "That bastard who cheated on you has been thrown into the sea by me to feed the fish," but he didn't dare to tell her, so he could only hide it in his heart.
In Situ Nan's view, Sharapova's indifferent personality has a lot to do with her failure to fulfill her father's responsibilities, no matter what Sharapova does, Situ Nan will tolerate her.
Sharapova saw that Situ Nan's eyes were gloomy, and realized that her tone was a little reckless. In all fairness, although only a few times a year. Situ Nan's father is not bad to his mother and daughter, and he is not afraid to despise his illegitimate daughter, which is much better than those rich Americans who can only have fun and are irresponsible.
Moreover, the more Sharapova learned about her father's deeds, the more she admired him, self-made, rich, versatile, and at the same time maintained a low-key mystery, as if there had never been such a person in history.
Take the brother who is about to get married, he is simply the prince of this country, he is said to have been a brilliant naval pilot, but he was pressed by his strict mother and began to inherit the responsibilities of the family.
"Actually, it's not bad to have such two brothers with backgrounds, I don't have to worry about being bullied, and it will also help my career."
Sharapova smiled at Situ Nan.
Situ Nan was slightly stunned, she hadn't seen a smile on her face for a long time, and she was worried that she would be hostile to other brothers and sisters, it seemed that she was more mature.
Situ Nan nodded, secretly relieved in his heart, his few daughters may not be close to each other, as long as they don't treat them as enemies, it is enough, after all, it is impossible for all members of the big family to live in harmony.
Wu Manli is in good shape, looking like she is only in her early thirties, and the two seem to have regained their former passion when they meet, and they can't help but complain about their heartfelt feelings.
"You're still great, you almost killed me." Wu Manli's face flushed, and she praised Situ Nan's chest.
"Aren't you just as glamorous?" Situ Nan smiled slightly, put his arms around Wu Manli, and gently stroked her smooth body.
The two have a lot to say, ****, children's issues, and national events.
"The war has become a sandwich until now, and it has not been able to destroy the Soviet Union, and the pressure on Wuhan is getting stronger and stronger.
Now that the United States is involved, it is even more difficult. β
Wu Manli was a little worried.
"Hitler's psychopathy was always going to be exterminated, so many Russians were captured, and those countries in Eastern Europe had enmity with the Russians, if they were willing to use Russia to contain Russia, there would be a lot less trouble."
Situ Nandao, but that's fine, let's let Europe die more. It is estimated that when the war is over, Europe will be over.
"Don't worry about Wuhan, the attack on the Soviet Union and the Chinese defense army used more than one million troops, and there are still two or three million troops in the country that have not been used? Millions more troops could be mobilized if necessary.
The South China Defense Force has also remained intact, and the Chinese Alliance has been invincible, and I believe other countries have seen this as well. β
Situ Nan said again.
In the past two years, according to the Absinthe report, scientists in South China and China have begun to enrich uranium, and the atomic bomb will be developed by the end of 1943 at the earliest and by mid-1944 at the latest.
The Manhattan project in the United States has only just begun, and the progress is at least two years behind, and even if the United States has sufficient money, it will not be easy to catch up.
After all, China is not a country with a small hinterland like Germany, and no foreign country can blow up a uranium enrichment plant.
We have always firmly grasped the initiative in the war.
"Don't worry, it's only a year or two, and the winner will be decided. I've been planning for twenty years, and I've spent so much effort that even the president of the United States can't stop my plans. β
A hint of coldness flashed in Situ Nan's eyes, and the confidence in his body was extremely strong.
Not to mention the White House, even in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Situ Nan also buried people.
Like a glimpse. Scratch the surface. After sending Alice and Sharapova to Bali to play, Situ Nan quietly traveled north to China, to Wuhan and other places, to secretly inspect the atomic project, and the results made him satisfied.
After staying in Wuhan for a while, Situ Nan, the big boss behind the scenes, of course, had to meet with Song Ziwen, Li Zongren and other military and political bigwigs to discuss the strategic arrangements of the China Alliance in this world war.
"I really hope to go to Beihai to herd horses and see where Su Wu herds sheep. It's a pity that the time is too rushed. Situ Nan sighed, his face full of regret.
"Do you want to fight Europe and work together with Germany to destroy the Soviet Union, many people in the army have the impulse to do this, I want to hear your opinion, I have a good bottom in my heart." Li Zongren asked Situ Nan.
Song Ziwen, Lin Yimin and others also looked over, and they wanted to know Situ Nan's opinion.
"War is at the service of politics, politics is at the service of the economy, and economics is the use of resources. To provide products and services to the society, to put it bluntly, is the so-called living space.
In fact, the living space of the Chinese nation is not in the north. In my opinion, the most important thing in fighting Russia is security and avoiding the invasion of the northern forces since the dynasties.
Now that this goal has been achieved, railway traffic has changed the times, China has basically achieved industrialization, can put more people and resources into the north, and has the ability to digest the northern territories, and it is basically impossible for the Russians to return to Asia.
China's future development direction should be to the south and west, Southeast Asia has rich resources and land, and the Middle East is the heart of the world, those deserts, the ocean buried hundreds of billions of tons of oil, the future of human industrial development energy mostly from the Middle East.
I'm not afraid to tell you that China's domestic oil resources have basically been discovered and exploited, and there will be no more......"
Situ Nandao's voice has warnings and temptations, deepening the impression of these people in Wuhan about the Middle East.
How important oil is, just look at the current situation in Germany, although the Soviet Union is weaker, but Germany is not having a good time, because of the lack of oil, domestic industrial production, front-line army operations, have been impressed, there is no longer the original sharpness.
Li Zongren and Song Ziwen glanced at each other, their faces were grim, and they nodded, tacitly agreeing to speed up the expansion of the Central Asian Railway and the laying of oil pipelines in the Middle East.
As for Japan, of course, Japan is strong, but now it is not an enemy of China, and to some extent it has helped the Chinese Alliance share the pressure of Britain and the United States, and the Chinese Alliance can develop more calmly to the south and west.
Let the Japanese toss first, Song Ziwen and others have already reached a consensus on this point.
Japan is definitely going to fail, Situ Nan secretly doubts, when the time comes, the Wuhan gang will stand up against the United States and be the father of the Japanese when Japan is not good.
Stuart returned to the United States at the end of 1942, just in time for Christmas.
For many, Christmas was a bit sad, with many people killed in Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. government putting Japanese expatriates and Japanese Americans in concentration camps and restricting the movement of Chinese and other Asian communities in the United States.
However, for Situ Nan himself and the William family, this is a bumper season, and the William consortium accounts for 40% of the entire US military industrial orders, and occupies almost all aspects of social production in the fields of oil, explosives, aircraft, ships, automobiles, communication equipment, and food.
As far as aircraft manufacturing is concerned, the Cummins-Lincoln Aircraft Company and Boeing have received orders for more than 50,000 aircraft, accounting for the main fighter models of the Hainan Airlines and Army Airlines, and as the scale of the war expands, the orders received will double, and even the Chrysler Automobile Company has joined in the aircraft manufacturing.
Broadly speaking, the William consortium accounts for 7% of the US aircraft manufacturing market!
Not to mention other consortia, even the White House is jealous of the William consortium.
Stoney William, the name is not very well-known, but they know that he is more greedy, cunning, and far-sighted than the dead old John Rockefeller, and he has the strength to rule America!
He was only forty or fifty years old, and when he was really young and strong, the shadow of the Night King was destined to hang over the heads of many people, and he would not be able to break free for even a lifetime.
Situ Nan doesn't care what others think of him, even if those competitors grit their teeth at him in private, they have to be respectful when they see him.
He is more concerned about the inheritance of the family, the second generation has grown up and begun to take over the family business, Laura has begun to care about the marriage of the children, and from time to time she will ask: "Andy, how did you talk to the young lady of the Brown family?" β
"Miss Brown is fine." Andy William gave the same answer as last time, and then there was no follow-up. Perhaps in his mind, a certain Jewish girl who had fled with her family from Europe to the United States, had just graduated from college, was poor and young, but was a little unruly and unruly on her independence.
"Intellectual wealth is more important than the number of bank accounts, if she is not smart enough, she should have the quality of good integrity, and if she lacks even this, then she should at least be a person who can support herself.
That's all I have to ask for. β
Situ Nan said with a smile, he was not keen on marrying the Brown family, including other big families.
Situ Nan is very open in this regard, as long as his son does not bring back a boyfriend and his daughter does not bring back a girlfriend, he can accept any race and skin color.
Of course, acceptance is not the same as liking.
"Thanks, Dad. I think she should have all the qualities you mentioned, if I find her. β
Andy smiled and glanced at Situ Nan gratefully. Whenever there was a disagreement with his mother, his father's tolerance and openness would always support him in a timely manner.
Both he and his sister Alice believe that his mother Laura is a good mother, from a large family, well-educated, but at the ideological level, far inferior to her father.
He also laughed at his sister Alice, saying that if she used her father as a model to find her husband, there would be no second person on the planet.
However, once Situ Nan told Andy and the children: "Of course, my life is a legend, honor, wealth, power, there is no less, but life is not always bright and correct, the bigger the person, the more dark and evil outsiders do not know, and I am no exception." β
At that time, Andy was shocked and puzzled, Situ Nan explained: "Of course, I am not one of those people who are full of evil in prison, but just a person in a high position, and every decision I make will affect others, some people will benefit from it, and some people will suffer because of it."
If there was heaven, your mother would go later, but I can't, and I won't go to hell, because I'm an obsession in time travel. β
Andy felt that his father was like a philosopher, and often said strange things, the meaning behind which he quickly understood at the time, such as the William family, the world's largest philanthropic family, and the world's largest death merchants.
Perhaps, decades later, when you think about it and chew it slowly, there will be another interpretation.
Under the education and training of the couple, the second generation will maintain their enthusiasm for business, and there will not be a dilemma like the Mellon family that no one inherits the family business.
Situ Nan will not force his children to go into business, but if there is no successor, he will regret it.
(To be continued.) )