"Listen to my senior brother and don't stay in Xiangjiang, because the Japanese will attack within half a year at most." Xiang Nan explained.
"No way, this is England's territory, do they dare to attack?" Xiaodouzi said in surprise, even Juxian couldn't believe it.
"The little devil dares to attack the Soviet Union, so what can England do?" Xiang Nan advised, "Listen to me, it's best to persuade your girlfriend to leave with you."
In 1939, Dongyang invaded Mongolia, and a battle broke out with the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces at Nomenkan. The fighting lasted for nearly four months, and Toyo suffered heavy losses and was forced to sign an armistice.
"Senior brother, I..." Xiaodouzi was in a dilemma for a moment.
He couldn't convince his girlfriend to go to Macau with him. After all, Macau and Hong Kong are far apart from each other.
Macau is at most a fifth-tier city, while Xiangjiang is a first-tier city. Moreover, Zhang Ruohan's family is in Xiangjiang and they are wealthy businessmen in the textile industry.
In Xiangjiang, people with connections, industries, and families would not go to Macau with them to develop.
When Xiang Nan saw this, he didn't force it, and was even secretly happy.
Xiao Douzi is unwilling to return to Macau for the sake of his girlfriend. This is precisely a sign of his growth and shows that he has developed an independent consciousness and personality, which is a good thing.
"Okay, since you are willing to stay, I won't force you. Wait until December, and you will understand." Xiang Nan then said, "Anyway, you have martial arts, and you have enough to protect yourself even if you are in danger. Just remember, don’t resist forcefully.”
Xiaodouzi has been practicing martial arts for more than ten years. Now he can't say that he is on par with the five great masters, but he is still a first-class master, equivalent to the level of Guo Jing of Guiyun Village.
With such martial arts, even when faced with firearms, you have considerable self-protection capabilities. If you can't beat someone, there is no problem in escaping. As long as you don't show off, your life will not be in danger.
Xiaodouzi nodded, and then said guiltily, "Brother, I'm sorry for making you worry about me all the time."
"We are all brothers, why are you talking about this?" Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "Anyway, take care of yourself."
…
Half a year passed quickly and it was December.
In the early morning of the 8th, the main force of the East, with the cooperation of artillery, air force, and navy, launched a fierce attack on Xiangjiang.
The Air Force first bombed Kai Tak Airport and British ships anchored on the sea, destroying the weak British air force.
The Oriental infantry immediately launched an attack on the Kowloon Fortress. The British Continental Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Wallis failed to take precautions. The Kowloon Fortress was easily captured by Dong Yang, and the British army was forced to defend Hong Kong Island.
On the 18th, the Japanese army invaded Hong Kong Island from the east and west sides. Although the British troops stationed on Hong Kong Island put up tenacious resistance, they were still retreating.
On December 26, the Japanese army completely captured Xiangjiang. Since this day falls on Christmas, it is also called Black Christmas.
After Dong Yang captured Xiangjiang, he immediately implemented a very cruel rule in Xiangjiang.
Political aspect, Dongyang established a military government in Hong Kong and formulated quite strict laws to restrain the citizens of Hong Kong.
As long as there was any act of resistance or suspicion of resistance, they would be captured immediately and then imprisoned in the prisoner-of-war camps in Sham Shui Po and Stanley, where they would be imprisoned and tortured at will.
In terms of economy, they took over all the major factories in Xiangjiang, took over all the banks in Xiangjiang, and confiscated all funds and real estate.
In addition, Dongyang also imposed an economic blockade and resource control on Xiangjiang. As a result, basic necessities for people's livelihood, such as rice, sugar, flour and cooking oil, are facing shortages and require quota rations. Moreover, in order to reduce supply pressure, they also forced the citizens of Xiangjiang to leave. Many people were forced to leave their homes, supporting the elderly and the young, and embarked on their return journey.
Because of hunger and disease along the way, as well as gangsters and local gangsters taking the opportunity to rob, many people died on the way, which can be said to be a tragedy.
At this time, Xiaodouzi realized what Xiang Nan said, "You will know everything by December." Sure enough, Xiang Nanyan had guessed everything, and now he began to regret it.
…
Xiaodouzi then embarked on an escape journey with Zhang Ruohan and his family.
Because they couldn't leave at this time.
The Zhang family originally ran a textile factory in Xiangjiang. After the Japanese invaded Xiangjiang, their textile factory was immediately expropriated without any compensation.
Moreover, all their bank deposits were confiscated by Dongyang, and even the Hong Kong dollars in their hands were forced to be converted into worthless military notes.
Hong Kong dollar can be used in Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, and even internationally. It is a currency with a very strong value. The military coupons issued by the Japanese were not guaranteed by reserves and were simply a pile of waste paper.
Hence, the Zhang family, who was originally well off, not only became pauper overnight, but most of their wealth was also wiped out. If I stay in Xiangjiang any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat.
So they could only go to Macau and defect to Xiang Nan.
In the process of escaping, something almost happened.
Let’s not talk about how difficult it is to buy a ferry ticket. It originally cost 50 cents per ticket, but now that everyone is busy escaping, the passenger ticket has risen to 10 yuan, which is a twenty-fold increase.
Moreover, there used to be seats on the boat, but now they are crowded with people. Not to mention having a seat to sit down on, I couldn't even stand firmly.
The worst thing was that as soon as the passenger ship left the port, it was discovered by the Japanese gunboats. They chased them fiercely and even fired several cannonballs at them.
Those shells almost fell on their heads, scaring the people on board so much that they screamed and lost their minds.
Even Xiaodouzi felt regretful when he saw this scene. If he were on land, he wouldn't be afraid of being pointed at gunpoint. With his martial arts skills, he would have no problem dodging bullets.
Xiang Nan taught him how to move forward and backward, making him unable to aim at all.
But now they are trapped on the boat, squeezed in the middle of the crowd, and it is difficult to even move, let alone use Lingbo Weibu. What's more, even if you can use the Lingbo Microstep, it's useless.
They are now in the middle of the sea. Once the boat sinks, no matter how good his martial arts skills are, he can only feed the fish, so he really regrets it.
Fortunately, the gunboat seemed to have other missions. It only turned around after firing a few shots, and they finally escaped.
When he arrived in Macau and saw his senior brother again, Xiaodouzi really wanted to cry, "Senior brother, I was wrong."
“Okay, okay, no matter what, it’s good to be alive.” Xiang Nan hugged him and comforted him for a while, and then greeted Zhang Ruohan and his family to go home.
This moved the Zhang family very much.
Nowadays, wars are endless, turmoil is turbulent, everyone is in danger, and it is difficult to take care of themselves. It is really rare that Xiang Nan can still greet their family.