Chapter 482: Yunnan-Burma Highway
After a brief introduction by the engineer and a detailed explanation by the mad dog dragon, everyone except Kang Ye was shocked and understood.
Yunnan-Burma Highway, from Yunnan Province of China to Yangon, Myanmar highway, it was born in the flames of the War of Resistance Against Japan, this is a highway built by the people of all ethnic groups in western Yunnan with flesh and blood, compared with the previous Great Wall, it may not be as majestic and magnificent as the Great Wall, nor is the Great Wall so majestic and magnificent.
However, in the history of China, in the world, in any dynasty, and in the history of any country, there is no highway that is so closely linked to the destiny of a country, a nation, and an era as the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and there is no highway that can remain in people's memory for a long time like the Yunnan-Burma Highway.
Historically, in 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, with the fall of Hong Kong, most of China fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and with the Japanese army attacking Vietnam and Burma, all China's foreign relations were cut off - except for the Yunnan-Burma Highway.
This is China's only channel to connect with the international community, and it is also the only channel for the world to send supplies to the rear of China's various armies.
Everyone finally understood that this highway is related to the future destiny of the whole of China, and this is the dragon vein of this era.
The task assigned by the command is simple: advance to the front line and build roads!
"Why don't you repair during the day and act at night?" Yongbang said he didn't understand.
The engineer explained with a smile, "Because the Japanese planes are bombing the sky during the day, it's best not to walk outside." ”
This time, even Kang Ye stared thoughtfully at the map on the wall. This highway is more than 1,400 kilometers long, from China to Burma, almost to run through nearly 20 cities, the length is simply terrible, but these are still secondary, from the map, the biggest problem of this highway in China is the mountains and rivers, the terrain is too steep, in that distant war years, it is almost impossible to build such a highway.
Could it be that the Japanese army was still worried that such a road would be built? And fighter planes bombing every day?
"Where is the road now?" Kang Ye finally got the idea.
The engineer explained: "Now it has been repaired to the edge of the Nu River. But time is running out. In Burma in front of the Nu River, there is also an army from the Chongqing government that is resisting the Japanese attack, buying time for the construction of the brigade, right. There are also two units from the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively, assisting the army in the war. Isn't this comrade British? You're here to support the Burma Highway, right? ”
That's it. Mad Dog Long and the others had nothing else to say, so they had to leave for the Nu River, because everyone had an intuition. The place where the Chinese army exchanged fire with the Japanese army was most likely the location of the Xi'an dagger.
But as they walked along the road, everyone was still shocked by the scenes they saw along the way.
On this road, it is almost impossible to see transport vehicles, it is all human transport, and it is almost entirely old people, children and women.
Two old men carried a lever on their shoulders, carrying a huge stone in the middle, and they formed a long queue in pairs and rushed forward desperately, while the women and children behind followed the team to climb the mountain with a huge stone mill two meters high.
To put it bluntly, this stone mill is a cylinder, but Kang Ye doesn't understand: "What are they pushing this thing for?" ”
Mad Dog Dragon said lightly: "This is the simple version of the road roller?" ”
"Is it okay to use this garbage to block the road?" Kang Ye couldn't help but laugh.
Mad Dog Dragon glared at him: "In that era, supplies were extremely scarce, and this was already the best steamroller." ”
Kang Ye couldn't laugh anymore, because he saw that many women and children were bare-assed: "Don't they even have a decent piece of clothing?" ”
The mad dog dragon looked ahead and said in a deep voice: "This road was built under such bad conditions, and the ancestors believed that the survival of the nation was much more important than eating and drinking water in that era. ”
Kang Ye looked at the long line: "How many people must be here?" ”
"200,000 people!" Mad Dog Dragon replied lightly.
Meng Qiqing and the others were also so shocked that they couldn't speak, and they saw it with their own eyes much stronger than they had heard.
At this time, the team in front let out a burst of exclamations, and the crowd scattered and fled.
"What's going on?" The black wolf asked, grabbing a small child.
"The Japanese plane is coming, everyone quickly find a place to hide!" After saying that, the child ran into the grass.
In less than half a minute, a "buzzing" sound sounded in the sky, like a large group of flies calling, and soon the sound of "flies" turned into a huge roaring sound.
The dark green shell is emblazoned with the red sun flag, and the fuselage is a cylinder that looks like a cigar, which is exactly the Japanese bomber group, dense and obscuring the sky and the sun, too many to count.
Compared with a flying column of this scale, the flying brigade of the Eastern Dynasty during the Battle of Dynasty Port can only be called child's play.
Then the bombardment began, and countless warheads, large and small, were scattered from the sky, denser than the torrential rain, and some warheads even formed a line and bombarded indiscriminately along the road.
The flames from the explosion set the woods on both sides of the road on fire, and the dust kicked up by the explosion made the road invisible, and the whole world seemed to be in the midst of this dense and crazy bombardment.
The bombing lasted about 10 minutes, and as the Japanese flight column left, everyone escaped from the dugouts or cols.
The road had been bombed to potholes and shattered, and the mechanics who followed behind immediately began to rush to repair it, while the front team continued to advance.
But with such a massive air raid, it is impossible not to die.
Many old people carrying stones did not have time to escape into the woods, and were directly killed on the side of the road, most of the corpses were not complete, either headless or footless, and some even half of the corpses were blown up and hung on the branches, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
Rao is everyone has seen a lot of war scenes, and I don't think it can be more shocking than the scene in front of me, because the previous big scenes were all big battles, and the two sides were fighting, but this was not a fight, this was a plane in the sky bombing the civilians below, and these people knew the danger, and they would go forward with bombs.
A woman squatting on the side of the road, caressing the corpse of a child, covered with sackcloth, was quickly carried away, while the mother continued to follow the army with a basket full of stones.
Seeing these tragic scenes, everyone was in a heavy mood, and they didn't seem to want to talk much, so they all walked forward in silence.
In fact, it was already four days after we walked to the edge of the Nu River, and along the way, we don't know how many times we had experienced aircraft bombing, and witnessed the tragic death of countless Chinese civilians.
No one feels sad, everyone only feels that the blood in the body is constantly burning, not because of the brutal bombing of Japanese planes, but proud of being the descendants of the Chinese people, our ancestors, is to build a great wall to bury the dreams of the Japanese with flesh and blood, the birth of the Chinese miracle, the Yunnan-Burma highway is the world's other outstanding nation can not complete the thing, but we Chinese people have done it.
"Ahead is the country of Burma!" Meng Qiqing stared at the towering peaks on the opposite side of the Nu River, there was a trace of white on the peaks, obviously at a high altitude, and there was a sun flag on it, "The place we are going to is probably on it!" ”
"The little devils are not allowed to build a bridge over the Nu River, but if we don't, we have to build it!" A young man came over and explained, "Once the bridge is built, the Yunnan-Burma Highway will be opened, and the supplies purchased by overseas Chinese in Britain and the United States will be transported into China smoothly." ”
Meng Qiqing smiled: "May I ask who you are?" ”
The young man immediately puffed up his chest: "Hello comrade, my name is Lin Shiyang, I am the designer and deputy commander-in-chief of this bridge, I graduated from Oxford University in England, and now I have returned to my homeland to fight for the expulsion of the Japanese. ”
The crowd immediately stood in awe.
Mad Dog Dragon couldn't help but say: "Mr. Lin, this bridge hasn't been built yet, how can it be built?" How did the Japanese on the opposite hill cope? ”
Lin Shiyang sighed: "It is expected to be open tonight, but the intelligence of the expeditionary force said that Japan has a large-scale bomber attack tonight, maybe we can wait, but China can not wait any longer, our nation can not wait any longer, we must build a bridge tonight, there are also troops of the national government guarding the Nu River, the Japanese do not dare to attack rashly, everyone, you are dressed strangely, you must have amazing skills, now is a time of crisis, I hope you can help the mechanic service group." ”
Dream Qiqing immediately turned his head and looked at the mad dog dragon, which means that it is time for us to set off to find a dagger on the opposite peak? This Nu River can stop the warring Chinese and Japanese sides, but can it stop our group of players?
The mad dog dragon didn't speak yet, but the princess spoke first: "Sister Meng, I want to stay." ”
Meng Qiqing was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”
The princess's expression was very solemn: "Build the bridge!" ”
Meng Qiqing was stunned, and suddenly smiled: "It's okay!" ”
The prince's love also spoke: "I want to stay too!" ”
This love seemed to have been brewing for a long time, and at this moment it suddenly flowed among everyone, and the black wolf also raised his hand and said, "I want to stay too!" ”
Yongbang said: "Maybe as soon as the bridge is opened, the Japanese troops above will have to retreat, and it will be easier for us to go up the mountain." ”
Remnant Nian nodded and said, "That's the reason!" ”
Kang Ye was stunned: "Don't you want the legendary Xi'an dagger?" ”
Mad Dog Long smiled: "I said earlier, the things of the Huaxia tribe, you a Britannica will not understand, look at the British army in Myanmar in front, you will know to escape, but our Chinese soldiers and civilians are on the top of the bombers, do you think the chances of building a bridge are better, or is it more certain to go up the mountain?" ”
"A bunch of maniacs!" Kang Ye was angry. (To be continued......)