"So, you weren't optimistic about this battle in the first place? On what basis? The gentleman asked.

"Sir, this is the first military cooperation between China, the United States and the United Kingdom. Politically, there was no clarity in the field, each had its own military objectives in mind, and at a time when Japan was sharpening its military edge, defeat was inevitable. After the British colonized Burma, they took advantage of the weakness of the Qing Dynasty and the civil war in China to gradually encroach on a lot of Chinese territory. When the British found out that the Japanese were powerful, and the Chinese did not send troops, they did not even have a chance to escape, and when they agreed to China to send troops, the first opportunity had been firmly grasped by the Japanese. The American commander seriously underestimated the strength of the Japanese, misjudged the situation on the battlefield, and wanted to drive the Japanese out of Burma after winning a small battle; China is worried about foreign aid routes, while the British are single-mindedly retreating from India, with the aim of protecting India and abandoning Burma. There is no way to talk about the purpose of the entire campaign, let alone military coordination. In addition, the problem that the Kuomintang army will not fight a retreat battle has always existed! What a loss! ”

"What do you know about the outcome of the battle?"

"The Chinese army lost at least half, of which more than 10,000 were killed in battle, the rest were caused by retreat, the British lost nearly two-thirds of their army, about 30,000, and the Japanese casualties will not exceed five thousand!"

"Such a disparity? More than one to fifteen? ”

"Sir said 'don't fight a war with certainty', the Japanese trained their troops in the rainforest area for more than one year, while the Chinese troops did not train for a day, and the British army in Burma became a veteran soldier! The Japanese dared to surround and fight thousands of Britons with a few hundred people! In short, almost every mistake that can be made in the military is demonstrated! Except that the decision to fight this battle is correct, there is nothing left to find the right place. However, the Japanese have also reached the end of their crossbows, and their strength cannot support their ambitions. He was absolutely right when he said, 'Next year will not be an auspicious year for Japanese fascists'! ”

"The article was written last year, referring to this year!"

"Hey, sir, it's appropriate to put it now!"

The gentleman looked at the time and said, "I'm still eating at home in the evening, and I want to hear your family history!" What did you bring, tell me about it, I'll deal with it! ”

"Okay!" I first found out the information on sugar beets and held it to Mr. and said, "Sir, I brought 100 catties of sugar beet seeds, sugar is a strategic material, this is the information." I was afraid that I would not be taken seriously, so I specially brought it to my husband! It would be best if there were agricultural experts to try the planting. ”

The gentleman flipped through the place and looked at the photo: "Is it a turnip?" ”

"Sir understands that it is a kind of radish that specializes in sugar in foreign countries, and the sugar content is about 12% or more!"

"How much is the yield per mu?"

"Abroad is currently capable of reaching four thousand kilograms!"

"Oh! Not bad! Even if we produce half, we will produce 400 catties of sugar per acre! It's worth more than growing food! ”

"The most suitable places are Xinjiang, Gansu and Northeast China! It is a cash crop, but it can also be eaten and used as feed! I'm a little late in doing this! ”

"It's not too late! I'm afraid no one paid attention to it before! You've wasted a lot of good advice! Our Han Dynasty and Ming Dynasty have introduced a lot of foreign crops, which have played a lot of role in improving people's livelihood! We must also pay attention to this aspect of research, and we can't make jokes about the oranges in the south and the oranges in the north! What else? ”

"More than a thousand pages of research materials similar to the last time. The others are things arranged by Aunt Dividends and Daria, and they have nothing to do with Mr. ”

Watch as the gentleman arranges for the guards to go out with seeds and cash.

The lady said, "Sir praises you!" ”

"It's more stressful to listen to Mr.'s praise, it's better to listen to Mr.'s criticism!"

"Hypocrisy! What are you going to do in the afternoon? ”

After thinking about it, he said, "If Madame has time in the afternoon, I might as well take Daria, my aunt and the children to the nursery to have a look, and I will bring some milk powder and other things for the children." Madame can also take some pictures of the teachers and children there, this time with color film. I'll wait for Staff Officer Zhang to come back and go shopping together. ”

"Nursery school? You mean 'Los Angeles Nursery'! I'll take them to see it! ”

Los Angeles Nursery? I think the name is quite foreign! (Hats off to Ms. Kishioka!) ）

Daria followed her wife, took the child and the iron pillar and left, leaving herself and Li Ming to fish. Take a look at the kitchen, ask what you need, and bring it yourself back in the afternoon! People say that the leader has instructions to clean the leftovers at night, and if you don't finish eating, you can't serve new dishes!

Staff Officer Zhang came back at two o'clock and asked where he wanted to look? I said casually: "Xinhua Bookstore!" He pointed to the car and said, "Get in the car, there is a bigger one in Nanguan, and the road is farther." "You're welcome, it's really far away from Yan'an City.

On the way, I saw that there were still many traces of bombing by devil planes in Yan'an City, and Staff Officer Zhang said, "There have been more than a dozen bombings, but fortunately, the prevention alarm is set up well, and the casualties are small, but the damage to the building is distressing!" "Sure enough, I turned around and walked more than ten kilometers to arrive, and the road is not close! This is not far from the pagoda mountain, and it is estimated that it is the appearance of 3 miles, which is the south of the pagoda.

The bookstore is a small red brick building on the second floor, and blackboard newspapers are placed on both sides of the small building. On the top of the gate, "Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Area" is written in Song characters, and the lower line is "Xinhua Bookstore" inscribed by Mr. Zhu, and the portraits of Mr. and Commander-in-Chief Zhu are also hung next to it. The first floor is a place to buy books, and it is estimated that the second floor is an office and warehouse. One is the publications area, which includes such periodicals as "Chinese Women," "Chinese Workers," "Chinese Youth," and "Chinese Culture," as well as newspapers, such as "Xinhua Daily," "Xinwen Daily," and "Mass Newspaper in the Border Areas," and so on. There is also a military and political book area, where there are translated works by Ma Enlis, and there are works by senior cadres such as Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu. The people who come to the bookstore are not, they just read more books and buy fewer books!

I mainly came here for the writings of my husband. The clerk at this counter was a female Eighth Route Army in her twenties, not tall, quite lively, and hummed in her mouth: "The sun hangs on Pagoda Mountain, the water bends in front of us, we work here, and the seeds of revolution are sown all over the ......world." I thought it was good, but Staff Officer Zhang was a little impatient and interrupted others to buy books! I had no choice but to come forward and say that I wanted to buy some single copies of Mr.'s articles.

He was very proficient in business, and soon found four books, "On Protracted War," "On New Democracy," "Strategic Issues in Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War," and "On the New Stage." asked if there was anything else, but people shook their heads and didn't speak, seeing that it was Staff Officer Zhang who was not authentic, which scared people. I asked if there were any other versions, and I found two more books, "On Protracted War" and "On New Democracy". I took a look at it myself, one was published by Xinhua Bookstore, and the other was published by Liaodong Jianguo Publishing House. I was curious to ask Staff Officer Zhang, is this Liaodong Jianguo Book Society in Liaodong? Staff Officer Zhang didn't know, and the clerk didn't know either, but he seemed to understand.

I asked for two sets, took out a silver dollar from Li Mingyu and handed it to the clerk, the clerk blew it and put it to his ear to listen, and turned around to find a 200 yuan bill. The obverse is blue, the upper end is the name of the line, there is a picture of shepherding sheep in the middle, there is a face value of "two hundred yuan" in the upper left and right corners, and the year of "32 years of the Republic of China" is at the lower end. The back is light brown, with the name pinyin at the upper end, the picture of the bank building in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District in the middle, and the year "1943" at the lower end. The paper is very poor, the design printing, engraving, and technology are good, and the picture is three-dimensional and vivid, and I think it is very beautiful. Q: Can people change the set for a while? Staff Officer Zhang told me that there is a special place for exchange, and you can take yourself there! I had to ask people to stamp the book with the seal of the bookstore before I left satisfied.

The Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District Bank is very close, only a few minutes walk away. When I asked Counselor Zhang about the exchange ratio between the border currency and the silver dollar, he said that he didn't know, he only knew that the border currency and the fiat currency were ten to one! (Tribute to Mr. Cao Juru) I know in my heart, and the fiat currency now costs almost 500 to exchange for a silver dollar. It should be about 5,000 yuan to exchange side currency, which is also more expensive!

The bank in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District looks almost identical to the banknotes. I went in to understand the exchange ratio, and it was really good, people had Wu Qian Yuan coupons, which just corresponded to a piece of ocean. Explain the intention to others, prepare your own collection, that is, to exchange a full set of side coins, to a new one, each full set of their own two oceans, buy ten sets. This makes people embarrassed, and the difficulty of selection is one thing, mainly because it is not easy to settle accounts. Fortunately, Staff Officer Zhang came up with an idea to ask the leader!

Seeing that the people nodded and agreed, he hurriedly instructed Li Mingyu to buy ten diaries. There are 10 kinds of denominations of side coins, such as one dime coupon, two jiao coupons, Wu yuan coupons, Shi Yuan coupons, Wu Shi Yuan coupons, one hundred yuan coupons, two hundred yuan coupons, Wu Bai Yuan coupons, one thousand yuan coupons, and Wu Qian Yuan coupons. There are also different versions, I don't know if I can't figure it out, I can take what I give. Be careful to clip them one by one into the journal and pay farewell!