Save the Bachelor of Heaven

"Listen to 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 were quite different from each other.

Macau is considered a fifth-tier city at most, 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 follow him to Macau for development.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan didn't force it, and was even secretly happy.

Xiaodouzi's unwillingness to return to Macau for the sake of his girlfriend 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. You will understand it yourself in December." 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-rate 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, and there is no problem in running away if you can't be beaten. As long as you don't show off, your life will not be in danger.

Xiaodouzi nodded, and then said guiltily, "Senior 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 Japan, with the cooperation of artillery, air force, and navy, launched a fierce attack on Xiangjiang.

The Air Force first bombed Kai Tak Airport and the British ships anchored on the sea, destroying the weak British air force.

The Japanese 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 Dongyang captured Xiangjiang, it immediately implemented a very cruel rule in Xiangjiang.

Politically, 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 immediately capture them and then imprison them in the prisoner-of-war camps in Sham Shui Po and Stanley, where they would imprison and torture them at will.

Economically, they took over all the major factories in Xiangjiang, took over all the banks in Xiangjiang, and confiscated all funds and real estate.

At the same time, military stamps were issued to replace Hong Kong dollars in the hands of citizens. The initial exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and military bills was two to one. In less than half a year, it fell to four to one, causing people's savings to disappear in an instant.

In addition, Dongyang also carries out 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 Xiangjiang citizens 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 hooligans and local gangsters who took the opportunity to rob, many people died on the way, which can be said to be a tragedy.

Only then did Xiaodouzi realize 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 can't do anything if they don't leave at this time.

The Zhang family originally ran a textile factory in Xiangjiang. After the Japanese invaded Xiangjiang, his family's 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.

The 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.

Therefore, the Zhang family, which was originally well-off, not only became pauper overnight, but most of the family wealth has also been 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.

Not to mention 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 few shells were very close to falling 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 had 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, "Brother, I was wrong."

If you had listened to what Xiang Nan said earlier, why would you have been in trouble today?

"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 unsettled, everyone is in danger, and it is difficult to take good care of oneself. It is really rare that Xiang Nan can still greet their family.