With the various perverse behaviors of the Japanese people, the lives of the people in the mainland have become more difficult and the people are in dire straits.
In order to escape for their lives, they fled to Macau one after another, causing the number of refugees in Macau to surge.
There were already more than 200,000 people before, and now it has increased to more than 300,000.
The streets, alleys, and mountains are full of people fleeing.
Some of them were huddled on the roadside, some were lying in the aisles, and some were lying in alleys. They had no roof to cover their heads, no place to stand, and they were suffering from lack of food and clothing.
When Xiang Nan saw this, he felt very pitiful.
After discussing with Zhou Qingquan, they each set up a porridge tent to provide porridge to the refugees.
Although their power is limited and they cannot save too many people, at this time when the country is in ruins and their families are in ruins, any little they can do is helpful.
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June, Battle of Midway.
Four Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk by the US military. From then on, the Japanese army lost the strategic initiative in the Pacific naval battle, and its defeat became apparent.
In July, the Battle of El Alamein broke out.
The German and Italian armies, the British and French armies fought fiercely in North Africa.
Although the German army achieved a brief victory, there were more than 60,000 casualties and captured officers and soldiers.
This also caused the military strength of the German and Italian troops in North Africa to drop sharply, becoming a turning point in the North African battlefield.
In the same month, the Battle of Stalingrad began.
The battle continues until February next year. The German army suffered heavy losses as many as 1.5 million casualties.
The defeat of this battle greatly reduced the strength of the German army and was no longer able to launch an offensive.
In August, the Battle of Guadalcanal began.
This war lasted until March next year, with 20,000 Japanese casualties.
After this battle, the Japanese army completely lost the initiative in the South Pacific. We have to change from strategic offense to strategic defense.
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Due to heavy losses in the South Pacific, the Japanese army had to mobilize elite troops to participate in the war in Southeast Asia, which also greatly weakened the strength of the Japanese army in the mainland.
Since then, large-scale battles have rarely been launched, and strategic stalemates have been the main focus.
Therefore, from 1942 to 1943, there were fewer large-scale battles, but there were still many small-scale battles.
Moreover, there are more and more news about the Japanese army’s brutal expropriation, burning, killing and looting.
In order to suppress public opinion, the military attache in Macau not only forcibly closed down many newspapers, but also established its own newspaper to beautify the invasion and fool the people.
Xiang Nan sneered at this.
He no longer buys these fake newspapers and concentrates on teaching his son at home.
Now Ye Zhun is twelve years old and a big boy.
Because the world was not peaceful, Xiang Nan did not allow him to go to school anymore, but kept him at home to teach himself.
Mathematics, English, Chinese, physics, chemistry, history, geography... all subjects are taught carefully, but he is not allowed to practice martial arts.
Because in his view, the future is an era of technology, and kung fu has long been outdated.
No matter how capable a person is of fighting, he will still have to kneel when faced with guns. Therefore, practicing martial arts is basically useless. It only teaches people to be brave and ruthless. If you want to exercise, running, high jumping, and long jumping are better than martial arts.
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In the past two years, in addition to teaching children, Xiang Nan also helped Wu Chilin, Jinshan Zhao and others find wives, so that they could start a family and start a business instead of being alone.
Adding a child, starting a family and starting a business are also rare warm moments in these difficult years.
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Over the past four or three years, good news has come one after another.
To the north, in the Battle of Stalingrad, the German army surrendered to the Soviet army and more than 90,000 people were captured; to the south, the German and Italian troops in North Africa surrendered to the British and French forces; the commander-in-chief of the Japanese joint forces, Yamamoto Isoroku, was shot in his car and died by the U.S. military. .
In July, political unrest occurred in Italy and Mussolini was arrested.
The Battle of Korke begins. In the two months of war, the German army lost more than 500,000 people, completely lost its ability to counterattack, and switched to strategic defense.
The Soviet army completely reversed the situation of the war and switched from strategic defense to active offense.
In September, the Allied forces landed in Italy, and Italy surrendered. The following month, it turned its guns and declared war on Germany.
In November, the Cairo Conference and the Tehran Conference were held successively to discuss arrangements for jointly dealing with Germany, the East, and the post-war international order.
In the same year, in order to protect the Burma Highway, the Chinese Expeditionary Force launched an attack on the Japanese army that occupied Burma. After many battles, nearly 50,000 Japanese troops were wiped out, making great contributions to the international anti-Fasisi movement.
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There is also good news from home.
Zhang Yongcheng successfully became pregnant with his second child, which made Xiang Nan very happy.
After his careful care, Zhang Yongcheng successfully gave birth to a baby boy in June 1944.
That day was also the day when the Allied forces launched the Normandy landings.
Xiang Nan named his son Ye Zheng.
The Normandy landing successfully opened the second battlefield in Europe.
From then on, Germany will face a two-front war and an additional attack on both fronts. This makes its already weak national strength more and more difficult to support, and it has become a failure.
In October 1944, the Japanese and Allied forces engaged in a decisive naval battle in Leyte Gulf, Philippines.
In the end, all large Japanese warships were sunk, and the Toyo Navy existed in name only.
The Allies completely gained control of the Pacific Ocean. Dongyang lost its vital maritime supply line and its combat readiness resources were further depleted.
In November 1944, in order to open up the supply line, Dongyang launched the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign.
The national army suffered a disastrous defeat, with more than 500,000 casualties. Although the Japanese army won, they also paid a heavy price with more than 100,000 casualties.
As we entered four or five years, good news came one after another.
In Europe, the Allied forces successively regained lost territory, liberated France, liberated Warsaw, liberated Budapest, liberated Romania...
In Asia, the U.S. military continues to pull out of areas occupied by Japanese troops. Manila, Luzon, Okinawa, etc. were liberated one after another. Moreover, the US military also sent a large number of aircraft to bomb Tokyo, causing hundreds of thousands of houses to be burned and millions of people displaced.
This move accelerated the collapse of militarism and avenged the hundreds of millions of people who had been invaded and harmed by the Japanese invaders.
In April, the Allies captured Berlin.
The end of the two war madmen, Mussolini and Hitler, has finally come.
In May, Germany surrendered unconditionally. The Allies achieved comprehensive victory in the European battlefield.
After Italy and Germany surrendered one after another, the remaining East Ocean of the three Axis countries became even more helpless.
Although it was trapped and still fighting, it brazenly launched the Battle of Western Hubei and the Battle of Western Hunan. However, both battles failed, especially the Battle of Xiangxi. The Japanese army suffered more than 30,000 casualties and was no longer able to launch a large-scale offensive.
In July, the United States, Britain, and China issued the Potsdam Declaration, urging Japan to surrender as soon as possible.
In August, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the East, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties. Its extremely powerful power makes Dongyang fearful.
On the 8th, the Soviet Red Army invaded Northeast China and wiped out 750,000 Kwantung Army troops in a week.
This battle completely shattered Japan's illusion of stubborn resistance.
On August 15, Dongyang officially announced its unconditional surrender.
When the news came, the whole country rejoiced.
People in Macao took to the streets together, beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
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