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The spn Southwest Army Air Force Task Force surprised everyone by sinking an aircraft carrier of the Japanese task force off the coast of Tianjin and damaging three large ships, including a battleship-converted aircraft carrier.

When the news came, the whole country was shocked.

In these troubled times, when the Japanese invaders are trampling on our great land and mountains, the arrival of such great good news undoubtedly brings a glimmer of hope to this troubled nation.

If the "May Day Cooperation" signed by the Kuomintang and the Southwest Government, a peaceful anti-war agreement based on overall considerations, is the prerequisite consensus for saving the nation, then the Southwest Army's actual march north to resist Japan can be regarded as a solution to this unfortunate situation.

Injected a touch of vitality into the nation.

In May, the land of China was completely inspired by the news of this great victory. In every city, a large number of students and citizens took to the streets to celebrate the victory and called on the Kuomintang and the southwestern "government" to increase their anti-Japanese cooperation and regain the Japanese territory as soon as possible.

The great rivers and mountains occupied by the bandits.[

Just when the Nanjing National Government was at a loss as to where the Southwest fighter planes took off from, the Southwest Joint Government had issued a government press conference on the 514 Tianjin Maritime Victory.

Li Zongren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Southwest United Autonomous Government, personally attended the press conference and conveyed the latest decision of the Southwest United Self-Government.

"...This great victory was achieved with the joint efforts of the Southwest United Government and the Kuomintang Government. Perhaps at this moment, the gentlemen and ladies here have many newspaper colleagues who are covering the front lines in Langfang. Since

From the battle status announced by us and the Nanjing "government" and the news reports sent back by these brave reporters from the front line, you can see that both the Southwest People's Army and the Kuomintang army are fighting with all their strength.

Among them, I think many people still remember the bamboo tube picture of martyrs, which was taken together by Major General Chen Jun of the 19th Route Army and Lieutenant General Chen Cheng of the 18th Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. Although it was the dying wish of a Kuomintang soldier,

But he represents the common will of our two armies, which is to defeat the Japanese and regain our own great rivers and mountains.

What I have to admit is that in this ongoing battle, neither the Southwest People's Army nor the Kuomintang officers and soldiers chose to retreat. They fought fiercely with the Japanese troops on the front line day and night. As far as I know, the Southwest People's Army and the Kuomintang troops

Some grassroots companies and battalions even had to replenish up to 70% of their recruits after half a month of fighting. This is a very scary number. It can be imagined how fierce the fierce battle between the two armies and the Japanese army in Langfang was.

degree.

Tragic sacrifices have resulted in tragic victory, and our road to resistance has a long and arduous journey.

In this air raid plan, our Southwest People's Army received full cooperation from the Kuomintang government. It not only secretly provided a frontline airport for anti-Japanese use, but also sent two squadrons led by Lieutenant Colonel Gao Zhihang to contain Japanese fighter planes.

It provides favorable conditions for the Southwest Air Force to finally successfully complete its mission...

…We call on the Kuomintang government to intensify its anti-Japanese efforts and jointly fight against the powerful enemy. The southwest government has made all preparations and is eager to make greater contributions to the anti-Japanese war.

At the same time, here, on behalf of the southwest "government", I announce an important decision.

In order to commemorate the sons and daughters of China who have sacrificed their lives in the Anti-Japanese War and who are about to sacrifice their lives in the War of Resistance, Zhang Shusheng, the top leader of the Southwest United Autonomous Government, personally signed an order from the General Secretary that the Southwest Government will build the Anti-Japanese Heroes Memorial Hall in Chengdu.

sacrifice in war

Chinese sons and daughters, no matter where they come from, no matter where they died, regardless of party affiliation, place of origin, or nationality, all the heroes who contributed to this nation's fight against the Japanese invaders will have their souls here and be cherished by future generations.

Their achievements will be remembered for eternity.

Finally, what I want to tell you is that the Chinese nation has never been a nation lacking heroes. What we lack is a kind of recognition of heroes. Often contemporary heroes suffered in their era and were not known or understood by others.

It will take thousands of years to be recognized by future generations. Now, we should not leave the responsibility of paying homage and praising heroes to future generations. What we need is to remember them from now on, affirm them, and give them a suitable

The highest recognition of heroic achievements”

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"Regardless of party affiliation or place of origin, as long as they have made sacrifices for the Anti-Japanese War, they will all be recognized. Whether now or in the future, this nation will never forget its heroes and those who shed their blood for the nation.

The great Han people are betraying the entire nation."

Zhang Shusheng gently put down the report in his hand and said earnestly to Wei Sancai, Deputy Prime Minister and Propaganda Minister of the Government Affairs Council, "Political propaganda is very important, but we must not tamper with these things. We must affirm what should be affirmed and conceal what should be concealed.

Neither should we be disrespectful to those heroic sons and daughters who have made huge sacrifices for the nation, nor should we undermine the overall situation of a unified war of resistance for the sake of our own political views."

"General Commander, please rest assured that the Propaganda Department will not do anything that goes against the Commander-in-Chief's instructions. All political propaganda will focus on the nation and the war of resistance." Wei Sancai rarely stood up and showed respect to Zhang Shusheng like a soldier.

In the room between these two people, he seemed to be no longer the knowledgeable political star with knowledge of both China and the West, but the genius in the orphanage back then.

"Well, Sancai, political work is very important, but you also need to have a wiser political heart. How to grasp this degree requires more experience. You are not lacking in loyalty, talent, style and wisdom, plus years of experience

With hard work, you can go further in the future.

"Zhang Shusheng walked up to Wei Sancai and stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes, just like he did when he was in the orphanage. He remembered that at that time, Wei San was one of the first batch of orphans who impressed him the most. "No more in the future.

When you are alone, just call me dean."

"Yes, Dean."

Wei Sancai's eyes turned red inadvertently. As a rising political star born from an orphan, Zhang Shusheng's trust and affirmation were inevitable in his promotion. However, he never regarded himself as a person with great power from beginning to end.

He worked conscientiously in the Propaganda Department, determined to use political propaganda to open a path to higher power for this figure who he regarded as a god and father.

From beginning to end, he firmly believed in one sentence: "Some things can never be exchanged for war and killing, especially absolute loyalty and following. The only way is to follow the inductive propaganda and agitation."[

Watching Wei Sancai leave, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but sigh slightly. As his own propaganda minister, and as the propaganda minister of Southwest China, Wei Sancai was destined to become a feared and alienated person. Perhaps the current propaganda department is still calm.

”, but with the increasing rise of his own rights, in order to unify the will of the entire nation, he

If the future of the entire nation is affected, some totalitarian things will inevitably happen, and just like what has happened many times in history and in later generations, political propaganda always serves politicians, and uses well-intentioned or malicious lies to turn a nation into a

The power is gathered together to expand territory or satisfy personal ambitions.

Wei Sancai's absolute loyalty, political talent, and meticulous style are destined to make great achievements in political propaganda. Judging from some internal investigations, Wei Sancai is gradually changing.

It was more dull back then

A man of his duty began to become smooth and wise in political propaganda. His growth path once surprised Zhang Shusheng, because he thought of a person, and it was that person in later generations who assisted a greater person and achieved countless things.

achievements in this world.

In the afternoon, Zhang Shusheng, escorted by the commander-in-chief's guard, arrived in the mountains one hundred and thirty kilometers north of the outskirts of Kunming, where a secret experiment was being conducted.

The full name of this SS-level secret base, which ranks among the best in the Southwest Special Intelligence Department's confidential files, is "China Jet Propulsion Laboratory"

This is a mysterious base. Like other SS-level or higher bases, its name and information cannot be found in any "government" files. It can only be found in the Special Intelligence Department and the "China" where Zhang Shusheng is the director.

Its existence can only be found in the files of the Supreme Science and Technology Committee, and on some necessary occasions, it is called the 's11' laboratory.

This jet laboratory located in the mountains has been a project since the final production of the J-1 fighter jet. Although it has been dedicated to scientific research for more than 10 years, it has not yet produced a single jet aircraft or aircraft.

It is an advanced rocket jet engine, but it has accumulated countless experiences, and several products derived from it have been used in the military.

The base had already made all preparations for the experiment. After welcoming Zhang Shusheng, the experiment was ready to begin.

This is a jet experiment.

"Director, this experiment is mainly divided into two parts. The first part is the engine static ignition experiment. There will be a second experiment in the afternoon, and a verification aircraft will conduct a simulated test flight."

The head of the JPL, Murong Bo, is a returned scholar. Although he is not an aircraft expert, he is a dynamics expert graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to China in the 1920s and underwent strict political scrutiny. In the end, because of his

He has unique ideas in dynamics and serves as the director of China's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The director he spoke of was Zhang Shusheng, director of China's Supreme Science and Technology Commission.

For the past ten years, the laboratory has not produced any particularly representative scientific research results. Murong Bo feels a little ashamed every time he sees Director Zhang. However, this cannot be blamed on the laboratory, although the Supreme Science and Technology Committee has provided the most critical

Although the laboratory started with a few people at the beginning, it slowly recruited people from various universities around the world and in the southwest. In the end, it took ten years to basically solve half of the technical problems.

How to fully understand the information and technologies on these papers is a huge problem. However, with the improvement of the overall scientific and technological level in Southwest China, and as some particularly outstanding students graduate from major universities and enter the laboratory, more and more Chinese scientists are

They also returned home with a heart to serve the country, and the progress of the laboratory was much faster.

If the war in the north is a war of national defense and resistance to aggression, the war of scientific and technological research in the southwest is a battle to gamble on tomorrow.

Even when the gunfire of the war was at its loudest, scientific and technological research and development in Southwest China was in full swing and never stopped for a day. Many scientific researchers, such as Murong Bo, worked overtime.

They are patriotic, but they cherish this rare scientific research opportunity even more.

When they saw that other parts of China were still living in dire straits, and that their compatriots were still struggling under abject poverty, while their own scientific research institutes were already spending millions of dollars on scientific research, they felt a sense of urgency.

We must not waste this money and let the southwest "government"'s investment go to waste. That would be a crime against the entire nation.

As ancillary products of the laboratory, rockets and rocket-assisted flight devices that will be used on large aircraft are very advanced products and are definitely among the first-class products in today's actual combat equipment.

Zhang Shusheng thought about the actual combat effectiveness of the rocket launcher in the battle report. The troops used it to hit enemy targets within a range of 100 meters to 150 meters and achieved good results. It has strong firepower, is easy to operate by a single soldier, and is easy to carry.

It is considered a very good individual firepower weapon.

"The rocket launcher designed by your laboratory has very good actual combat effects. It should be praised."

Murong Bo was a little ashamed. He had achieved such little results in the past ten years. He was embarrassed to write in the annual scientific research report submitted to the Supreme Science and Technology Committee every year, "The director gave me the award. It was just the application of some mature technologies in practice. Rocket

The production is not only an accessory product, but also a "specific" design by us after the army put forward the demand."

At this time, the experiment was finally ready. Inside a very empty mountain, a rocket engine was placed in a laboratory. Since it was a static ignition test to test the working condition of the engine, this all-metal engine even looked a little

Ugly, but the tail nozzle reminded Zhang Shusheng of some of the jet tailpipes he saw when flying in his previous life.[

Zhang Shusheng and Murong Bo stood in front of the display screen in the command room, paying attention to this experiment.

"ignition"

After getting Zhang Shusheng's consent, Murong Bo pointed at the microphone in front of him and gave the order to light the fire.

In the otherwise quiet laboratory, the fixed engine tail pipe began to spit out flames. First there was a burst of explosions, and then the tail flames slowly stabilized, and the engine began to run statically at a stable power.

"Engine works fine"

"Engine power output reaches one-third of rated value"

"Abnormalities in various parts of the engine"
To be continued...