The "Peace Charity Cup Football Match" was held as scheduled amidst overwhelming publicity by all the news media in southern Sichuan. The newly completed Polytechnic University Stadium was packed with more than 25,000 spectators. The ticket price as high as two yuan a ticket still could not stop all walks of life.
People’s enthusiasm for watching football.
Before the ball game officially started, the Boy Scout School Drum Band performed a pleasing parade performance, followed by charity fundraising and on-site auction activities. Representatives from major enterprises and chambers of commerce in southern Sichuan took turns to go to the rostrum and put red paper on each one.
The large envelope containing the huge check was handed into the hands of Yang Bin, the chief of staff and secretary-general in charge of civil affairs at the Syrian government camp.
The famous painter Liu Haisu painted a large portrait "The Young General" with his full enthusiasm and superb skills based on a group photo taken with An Yi when he visited the hydropower station during the Spring Festival. It was sold by Ou Chuer for 40 yuan during the bidding auction to raise funds.
Bought for a sky-high price of 80,000 yuan. Ten calligraphy banners by seven nationally famous calligraphers, including Wu Zhihui and Yu Youren, were sold for an astonishing 620,000 yuan in fifteen minutes.
The next two games went smoothly. The match between the British Prisoners of War team and the International Federation of the Red Cross was almost carried out amidst bursts of jeers. As early as when they entered the field, the members of the British Prisoners of War team were already in the stands.
The overwhelming boos from the crowd of more than 20,000 spectators were overwhelming. After the kick-off, almost no player was in normal condition. Continuous passing and receiving errors and a large number of dead balls made the normal game lackluster and unspectacular.
However, the performance of the International Federation of the Red Cross was not much better. In addition, the staff of the embassies and consulates of the six countries could barely make up a team of 20 people. Judging from the performance on the court, only three of them had received basic football training.
, others can’t hold the ball at all, and their passing is outrageous, let alone having complete possessions.
They had a good offensive and defensive system. As a result, in the ultra-short game of 30 minutes each in the first and second halves, three goals were scored by the underperforming British Prisoners of War team. The gradually recovering Prisoners of War team wanted to attack with all their strength, but in
The referee's final whistle and the audience's sparse applause made him leave the field with laughter.
The next competition between the "International Team" composed of engineers and technicians from various countries and the "Eagle Team" of Anjia Army soldiers was exciting and dazzling.
This intense match, which almost reached a professional level, fascinated the audience. The audience who listened to the live broadcast through several radio channels in southern Sichuan were also very involved. During the game, the "Eagle Team" mobilized all midfielders.
Captain No. 5 An Yi became the focus of everyone’s attention.
The "International Team", which came second in the Games last October, has obviously learned the lessons of the previous failure and no longer dares to use the crazy formation of eight forwards and two defenders popular in Europe and the United States.
Their physical strength was on par with the "Eagle Team". Within a few minutes of the game, their respective goals were in danger several times, causing the audience to scream in surprise.
Neither side made any achievements in the first half. After a short break, they changed places to fight again amidst the cheers that resounded throughout the audience. Twenty-five minutes into the second half, the bodies of the members of the "International Alliance" who had been eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling were already empty.
Unable to withstand the attacks of the extremely fierce Anjiajun generals, Gu Changfeng, who was as fast as lightning, received An Yi's wonderful pass and easily escaped from the country.
The last stalwart Norwegian defender of the International United team entered the penalty area in a few steps and made a furious shot on the left side of the door guarded by German goalkeeper Hank. He performed well throughout the game and blocked the game more than ten times with left and right blocks.
The Eagles had a sure chance to save Hank with all his strength. Gu Changfeng's waving leg suddenly changed direction. He quickly changed direction and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.
The whole audience burst into cheers, gongs and drums shook the sky, and the name of "General Tiger Head" was once again praised in unison.
The members of the "International Team" were so impatient that the goal was broken. In order to quickly equalize the score, almost all the players forgot about their formation and defense. As a result, not only did they fail to score any goals, but they were defeated by the "Eagles" in the last ten minutes.
After winning two games in a row, they finally lost again with a disparity of 0 to 3.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game. The players of the "International Team" shook hands with their opponents amidst the deafening cheers of the audience. Then they all sat on the court, breathing hard, and the players of Anjiajun
Still bowing to the audience with great ease, he lined up and left the stage amidst endless cheers.
All the foreigners on the podium couldn't help but applaud the superb skills and abundant physical fitness of the Anjia Army generals. When they learned that there were six generals and 11 school officers in the "Eagle Team" participating in the competition, the foreigners all sighed.
After many rounds, I finally understood the fame of An Jiajun, both in terms of fighting spirit and fighting skills.
All aspects of organization and training are far beyond their knowledge. The vitality and combat effectiveness of the army commanded by such a group of heroic and energetic generals are undoubtedly very terrifying. Looking at the whole of China and even the entire
The world and foreigners have never seen such a special military leadership group.
The football match between the team led by An Yi and the "International Team" completely overwhelmed the British Prisoners of War Team and the International Red Cross Team that participated in the first game in terms of excitement and popularity. The Americans expected to win.
The public opinion effect was greatly reduced, and it was even called a farce by many people. However, An Yi used the game tickets and the generous donations that the audience put into twelve donation boxes when they entered the venue.
With the support of major enterprises and chambers of commerce, and the auction of artists' works, a huge amount of more than 7.5 million yuan has been raised. This money will be sent to the soldiers of the Yunnan Army's security forces.
Here, the soldiers of the Yunnan Army, who are suffering from urgent financial problems, can overcome the current difficulties, those who sacrificed their lives for the country can receive necessary pensions, those who have been injured can be compensated, and those who have made meritorious services can be rewarded.
In addition, An Yi also gave Zhan Huanqi's department 50,000 sets of new summer camouflage uniforms, helmets, shoes and hats, 50,000 mosquito nets, and 50,000 mosquito nets in the collective name of the Xufu Camp, the Sichuan-Yunnan-Hunan-Guizhou Border Appeasement Office, and the Anjia Army Headquarters.
Military aluminum kettles and 50,000 blended military blankets to show his high respect for the old brothers and the Yunnan Army soldiers who defended their families and the country without any regrets.
The good atmosphere on the court may bring a lot of help to the negotiations, but it still cannot change the essence of the negotiations-the differences between China and Britain in terms of territory and interests.
In the next few days, An Yi was still very busy. He had to hold meetings with International Red Cross officials every day to discuss the aftermath of British and Burmese prisoners of war. On two afternoons, he accompanied this group of gentlemen and ladies to inspect the Syrian government.
There are four large hospitals, veterans' rest homes and welfare homes in the urban area.
This group of officials from all over the world were surprised and moved by what they saw. They never expected that in China, a poor and backward country where even basic survival cannot be guaranteed, the people in southern Sichuan live so happily. They went to the hospital to see a doctor.
You only need to pay a registration fee of two cents. No matter how serious the illness is, you will not have to pay a penny from now on.
The hospital is bustling with people waiting in long lines to see a doctor. Many patients who are not too serious but still need to stay in the hospital for observation and treatment due to the serious shortage of hospital beds can only wait for the doctors to prescribe preliminary diagnosis and treatment plans.
The medicines prescribed by the hospital are free for patients to go home and recuperate, but this does not in any way undermine the public's praise for the generous welfare system.
Officials from the International Health Organization learned from interviews that almost all of the non-local patients who come to major hospitals in Xufu, Luzhou and Zhaotong are patients with common diseases such as colds and fevers that cannot be treated by hospitals in counties and towns in southern Sichuan.
Diseases can be treated locally for free, and everyone is impressed by the comprehensive medical system in southern Sichuan.
Of course, there are one or two discordant voices among them, who are doubtful about the source of the astonishing expenditure of such a huge free medical system, but they dare not ask An Yi directly, and An Yi will not answer them. Youdao is: My territory
I make the decision and do your stupid things!
Since the officials of the International Red Cross have no right to interfere in the negotiations between countries, these highly trusted white people can only communicate in private and hold several secret discussions with the friendly An Yi to promote the elimination of Sino-British relations.
Hidden dangers of war.
On March 21, after the British Lord Chancellor Eden once again formally issued a solemn declaration in the House of Commons that "Manchukuo will never be recognized", An Yi cleverly used an opportunity to take a walk after dinner to communicate with the International Red Cross.
McCourt talked about the British government's announcement and the ongoing dispute between China and Britain over the prisoner of war issue.
After listening to McCourt's request again, An Yi finally gave a surprising answer:
"My friend, last night I had more than an hour of telegram contact with President Wang Jingwei of the Executive Yuan of the Central Government, Yunnan Provincial Chairman General Zhu Peide, and the frontline commander of the Yunnan Army General Zhan Huanqi. The Yunnan side was based on a humanitarian stance, and
British government in
In a rare and fair and strict attitude in international affairs, we decided to take the lead in releasing a group of prisoners of war. The number of this group of prisoners of war is twice as large as what you requested. We initially decided to release 4,500 prisoners of war who were injured, injured, sick and malnourished.
3 Burmese officers and soldiers, and 380 British officers and soldiers.
"You must also know that the living conditions of the Yunnan army officers and soldiers are extremely difficult. The medicines consumed in the prisoner-of-war camps were all urgently airlifted from our Syrian government, including a field hospital of our army that has been stationed in Baoshan for a long time. If the British government
still insist on that in negotiations
It will be difficult for the matter to be resolved smoothly if we make these extremely ridiculous and unreasonable demands. The release of nearly half of the prisoners of war this time can be regarded as an expression of our sincerity. I hope that you will facilitate this matter. If necessary, I will send a special military plane to you.
I’ll help you fly to Nanjing and then to Kunming.”
McCourt's spirit perked up and he held An Yi's hand very excitedly: "Thank you, my friend! I can't express my excitement and gratitude at this moment in words. An Yi, I will remember your deep friendship."
...Well, I will immediately return to the hotel to convene a meeting with everyone and convey it to the consular officials from the six countries who are still stranded here.
Good news. Tomorrow morning, I will immediately fly to Nanjing to meet with the British Ambassador and President Wang of your country, and ask the British to do a good job in receiving prisoners of war on the other side of the border. Let other Red Cross personnel and officials from the six countries
Rush to Yunnan first, and fly from Nanjing to Kunming as soon as I finish my work. Dear Ann, what do you think of this plan?"
"very good!"
An Yi smiled and then said: "McCourt, after meeting Mr. Jiadegan, please convey my heartfelt greetings to him. Maybe you don't know that his daughter and my wife were classmates and friends at Cambridge University. Please
It’s not that my wife is pregnant. When Mr. Jiadegan came to China to take office, we went to visit him together. Please bear with me."
McCourt looked at An Yi in surprise: "An, why don't we know about this?"
"I guess Mr. Jiadegan already knows this. His daughter will not fail to mention to her father that he has such a good friend in China when he leaves for China. I have seen Mr. Jiadegan's daughter in my wife's photo album. The photo is very beautiful!" An Yi showed a bright smile.
McCourt was very excited and joked a few more times with An Yi. He immediately left and took An Yi's special car back to the Minjiang Hotel.
Shen Fengdao continued to walk with An Yi in the back garden of the Western restaurant: "It is also a good thing to send away thousands of sick prisoners. The manpower and material resources consumed every day are quite amazing. It is better to let the British have a headache than to let Huanqi bear the burden. many. "
"Yes! But the treatment expenses, food and accommodation expenses for each prisoner must be calculated clearly, and the British can't even refuse to pay." An Yi was in a very happy mood.
Shen Fengdao nodded: "What if the British refuse to pay this huge consumption?"
An Yi said confidently: "They don't dare. If they really dare to be so rogue, we will naturally have a way to deal with it. First, I will ask Huanqi to use the excuse that the conditions in the western Yunnan prisoner-of-war camp are too poor and they are overwhelmed. All military prisoners were sent to the Syrian government for detention. Secondly, more than 6,000 healthy Burmese military prisoners were used as coolies for the expansion of the road. The road from Kunming to Luxi was just built before the rainy season last year. It has been damaged numerous times due to overuse. According to the survey results of more than 200 experts from the Yunnan Department of Construction and the Central Ministry of Construction, just to repair this more than 600 kilometers long road into a standard two-lane road with gravel pavement will require more than 3,000 kilometers. Ten thousand yuan and one hundred thousand people invested in three years.
"With the initial rough road, the expansion is expected to be faster and save a lot of materials and labor. However, it will be difficult to actually start the construction. Unlike our southern Yunnan highway construction, we are willing to invest regardless of the cost and just compete for time. Due to the speed, there are many mountains and rivers in western Yunnan, the construction conditions are extremely difficult, and people's hearts are not unified, so it is still very difficult to achieve anything."
"In this case, let the prisoners undertake this project... It is not enough to raise thousands of people for nothing. If the British prisoners are really sent to Xufu, they must be treated in the same way as the Japanese soldiers in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River during the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai. standards and let the prisoners fend for themselves."
"This is natural. Don't British people love face the most? It depends on whether they are willing to spend money or lose face, haha!"