After seeing off Li Yunlong and others, Gao Hongming also began to think about the future.
Time has passed unknowingly to 1943, only two years since the Japs surrendered.
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Guadalcanal
After several months of fierce fighting, the Chinese and American coalition forces finally cleared the entire Japanese army on Guadalcanal.
In this protracted battle, the US military suffered more than 11,000 casualties, and the Liantai Militia Corps dispatched more than 1,300 casualties, losing 24 warships, 3 transport ships, and about 250 aircraft.
The Japanese army lost a total of about 50,000 lives, 24 warships, 16 transport ships, and 892 aircraft.
Not only did the Japanese navy and aviation forces suffer heavy losses, but even the army, which had never lost a battle since the beginning of the war, and the most elite Second Division also suffered huge losses, especially the losses of the Japanese army's large warships, aircraft and skilled and well-trained pilots.
, it was even more difficult for the Japanese army to make up for it. At the end of the battle, the Japanese army's advantage in military strength was gone, and the strategic posture of both sides also changed accordingly.
In the Battle of Guadalcanal, thanks to its outstanding performance, the Liantai Militia Dispatch Corps was also recognized by the First and Second Marine Divisions.
Vice Admiral Empreus, who has been officially promoted to Commander of Task Force 17, also issued a formal order to the Logistics Department. From now on, the dispatched group will receive the same treatment as the US Marine Corps.
On the lawn of Hendry Airport, Li Sanpao was lazily lying on a hammock, enjoying a rare sunbath.
After all, only those who have experienced life and death understand what a rare enjoyment it is to be able to bask in the sun quietly for a while.
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and a soldier walked up to him.
"I asked why I can't find you anywhere. It turns out you are hiding here!"
"Sanjin, shouldn't you be busy packing your luggage? Why are you here?"
Zhao Sanjin stood by the window, took out a cigarette and handed it to him. He lit the cigarette for him and then asked: "Sanpao... the person who will change our shift will be here tomorrow. Are you really not going to follow?"
Shall I go back together?"
Li Sanpao was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I won't go back. After all, you can make a lot of money by staying here?"
"Money, money, money, you know how to make money." Zhao Sanjin, a fellow villager, became anxious and cursed: "Our salary and wartime subsidy for the past six months should add up to more than a thousand US dollars."
Alright.
This money is enough for you to go back and build three large tile-roofed houses and marry ten more wives. Why are you still here?
I just don’t understand, that American girl is really that good, is she worth your while for her?”
As expected, he had been naked since childhood, and he could see through Li Sanpao's thoughts at a glance.
"Yes, I just have a crush on her, what do you think?"
After being seen through, Li Sanpao was already a bachelor. He spread his hands and said, "What's wrong with Lynette? Isn't it just because she is a foreigner that you don't think favorably of us?"
Anyway, I just like her, and I wouldn’t marry her unless I did.
Sanjin, you go back and tell my parents that I am determined to marry this woman!"
"Hey...you bastard, do you believe that when your father finds out that you married a foreign woman, will he break your legs?"
"I will marry her even if my leg is broken."
Zhao Sanjin sighed helplessly. As a boy who grew up with him, he knew him very well.
This person is a donkey, the kind that will lead you backwards if you don't move.
Now that I have said that, I really like that foreign woman.
When he thought about how he would explain to Li Sanpao's parents when he returned, Zhao Sanjin felt his head buzzing and hurt.
"What a sin. I owed this bastard my last life."
In desperation, Zhao Sanjin could only shake his head and leave.
Not long after Zhao Sanjin returned, another burst of footsteps sounded behind him.
A tall and beautiful female nurse wearing a nurse's uniform walked up to Li Sanpao and hugged him, and the two of them kissed like no one else.
Don't think that people in this era must be conservative. For soldiers who don't know whether they will be alive tomorrow, enjoying themselves in time is the right thing to do.
Speaking of which, the love experience between Li Sanpao and female nurse Lynette is quite magical.
After recovering from his injuries, Li Sanpao returned to the team and rescued a US military medical team that was deep in the jungle during a mission.
And among this medical team was Linette, a female nurse who had cared for Li Sanpao.
Love on the battlefield always comes so suddenly. During the execution of the mission, these two people who were originally unrelated to each other actually looked at each other, and they became close to each other.
In the days that followed, the two couldn't help but have sex.
Afterwards, according to Li Sanpao, it was.
We, the old Li family, have all decided that since we slept with someone else’s girl, we must be responsible for that girl’s death.
Just like that, when the superiors informed that new troops would come from China to replace them soon, Li Sanpao only hesitated for a short while and decided to stay.
And his decision also puzzled many comrades who came with him at the same time.
After months of fighting, many soldiers are tired of the endless jungle battles and are eager to return to their families.
Now that there is such a monster around him who doesn't want to go home, many people who know the inside story call women a disaster.
When the two people separated, Lynette gasped and asked: "Dear, I heard that you gave up the opportunity to return to China for me. Is it true?"
"Yes." Li Sanpao admitted frankly, but then added: "But after the superiors heard that I did not plan to return to China, they promoted my military rank to corporal. Starting next month, I will receive monthly salary.
With a salary of US$200, the salary will be about US$2,400 a year.
As long as I can survive another two years, I will be able to save enough money, and by then we will have no problem whether we go to the United States or settle in Ryukyu."
Seeing Li Sanpao carefully calculating, almost even calculating the money for the child's milk powder, Linette fell in love with this Chinese young man even more.
She had heard before that Chinese men were the most responsible in the world. She thought it was just a joke. Unexpectedly, when she actually got in touch with these young men from China, she realized that the rumors were actually true.