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After spn returned to Hanking from the southwest, the New Year was approaching, and the world situation became increasingly unstable. Various circumstances had already predicted that the turning point of World War II was about to occur.

Perhaps sensing the approaching war, Zhang Shusheng deliberately scheduled the Zhang family’s reunion dinner for noon on February 4. According to the old rules over the years, the Zhang family’s reunion dinner and New Year’s Eve dinner have always been one.

In his previous life, there were many uncles in Zhang Shusheng's family, so the New Year's Eve dinner would start from the beginning of the year, and the family would have one meal at a time, and finally have a New Year's Eve dinner at Mrs. Zhang's house.

In this era, the Zhang family's New Year's reunion dinner has always been very lively. Every year, several close relatives of the Zhang family, the Sun family, and the He Ning and Lu Yunyan families will gather together for a New Year reunion.

Early in the morning, Liu Cuihua, the daughter-in-law of the Sun family, came to Nanyuan and cooked together with Lu Yunyan and He Ning to prepare the family reunion dinner. Zhang Shusheng accompanied Taotai to watch TV all morning. The girl didn't like traditional TV stations, so she

I don’t like specialized film and television channels, but I prefer to watch comprehensive art channels. Now, as a pretty girl in her early years, she is still very dry as a godfather who is busy with government affairs.

The three women are not slow at work, especially Cuihua, who is a full-time housewife at home. She has no other specialties. She is excellent at cooking and handicrafts. Mr. He Fangjiong, Mr. Lu Rongting, and Sun

After father and son had all arrived, the food was almost on the table.[

This is Zhang Shusheng's own insistence. Even if he is in a high and powerful position, he cannot lose the taste of this family. Although power is very important to him, it will not make him lose his humanity and lose the deepest longing for others' humanity.

It feels like a home in the previous life. Therefore, every traditional festival, he must give the servants in Nanyuan a holiday and let them go back to cook a sumptuous holiday meal for their family. In his own home, he will let a few

The woman started to make arrangements.

Although the dish is salty, it leaves people with a sweet aftertaste.

"Sister-in-law, cousin, it's time to eat."

A meaty little meat ball ran to the side of the sofa and hung on Zhang Shusheng's knees. He looked at his uncle, who was no stranger to him, and urged him to come to have a family reunion dinner.

Taotai Luoshu smiled happily, bent down, hugged the chubby little kid, picked him up, kissed his fleshy little face, and then said, "Weizhi

, come, cousin, give me a hug. Godfather, let’s go have dinner.”

"Yeah." Zhang Shusheng responded slightly absentmindedly. Taotai has grown bigger and bigger over the years, and the little beauty's stunning beauty has been fully matured, but he always felt that there was something subtle between him and this adopted daughter.

For example, she likes to be with herself very much, but once

When we are together, she is very silent, careful in her words and deeds, relying on herself quietly, listening to herself playing the flute, or watching movies and TV shows with her. Although many years ago, he discovered that this girl is very precocious, and usually

She is relatively silent. If she has anything on her mind, even her closest relatives

He Ning, the little mother, would not tell her, but occasionally noticed that she loved to keep diaries. However, Zhang Shusheng didn't take it to heart. He just felt that every time she came home from school, there seemed to be another person in the house who was exactly like his girlfriend. Then

It feels very strange, some

He was happy and a little worried, but he was unwilling to change. Perhaps, the existence of Taotai was the most important factor that evoked all the memories of his previous life. However, he was too lazy to think about it, so he squeezed it casually and was held in Taotai's arms.

In the middle, the little baby He Weizhi is holding his hand.

Although the son of brother-in-law He An is not very old, he is usually very chubby and active, running around like a little pig, very restless.

Sitting at the dinner table, Zhang Shusheng deliberately turned on the TV, and the family began to have a family reunion dinner. During the dinner, everyone only talked about the shortcomings of the parents, and did not mention the government and military affairs.

Zhang Shusheng lamented that time flies. The oldest person here is Mr. Lu Rongting. At the age of 84, he is still in good spirits because of proper care. However, he has long had silver hair and even his concubine has been dead for a long time. Now he relies on Lu Rongting.

There are several children in the family, including Lu Yunyan, a niece who is closer than her daughter.

He Fangjiong is not young either. He just celebrated his 70th birthday a year ago. He enjoys the life of an old man every day. Except for family affairs, he no longer cares about the world. He often goes to the Sun family and the Lu family.

, played chess with two old men and sipped tea.

Among the younger generation present, Sun Yiren, who is about 15 years old, has been admitted to the postgraduate program of International Politics at Southwest University in advance. He is increasingly stable, quick-thinking, easy-going, and extremely upright in character. He is quite a combination of the two Sun family members.

It means the culmination of father and son. Although Taotai is small, no one has any special expectations for her, but according to her mother, the child intends to specialize in music and art.

"Yeah, car...car..."

The little boy He Zhiwei suddenly pointed in the direction of the TV and yelled. Everyone looked and saw an advertisement. A man in a black windbreaker was riding a motorcycle on the mountaintop highway.

Biao, after rushing down from the top of the mountain, the man in the car took off his sunglasses and said to the camera the popular advertising slogan "With you, I can travel to China."

"People's lives are getting better and better. Thirty years ago, let alone motorcycles, there were only a few carriages and ox carts in every village." Sun Changjiu shook his head slightly and said with emotion.

"What Dad is saying is that nowadays it is not just the wealth of the country, but you can truly discover the wealth of the people when you open the door of every house. Slightly wealthier people have more everything from large and small household appliances to daily necessities than they did thirty years ago.

The difference is underground." Sun Laixi, deputy general manager of Shusheng Company, also echoed, and everyone immediately turned from their shortcomings to some of the economic and social highlights of the past year.

When the banquet officially started, Zhang Shusheng simply said a few words, "For this year's New Year's reunion dinner, Shenxing invited everyone in advance, but the family banquet had to give way to the state banquet. Let's move the family's New Year's reunion dinner to noon. This year's New Year's Eve dinner

The New Year's Eve dinner is the New Year's Eve dinner for retired military and political veterans.

We are not outsiders. Let me say this from the bottom of my heart: life is getting better and better, and the country is getting stronger, but this war is getting closer."

This is not an alarmist statement on his part, everyone here is more or less aware of it.

The Chinese have to celebrate the New Year, but Americans don't have to celebrate the Spring Festival. In mid-January, only ten months after the Pearl Harbor incident, based on accurate intelligence, the United States deployed a large fleet to escort and massively increased its troops to India, including at least 10 US divisions and

A large number of tanks, armored vehicles, and aircraft have arrived in India. Together with the US troops who went to India in the early stage, there are already 15 divisions.[

Under the attack of Japan and the German Middle East Expeditionary Force, the Americans also realized the extremely important importance of India and were determined to protect India to the death.

The Americans not only formed a tripartite coalition with Britain and India and began to deploy defenses against the expeditionary German troops on the western border of India, but also dispatched a large number of troops to the India-Myanmar border.

As for the European battlefield, although the Germans have an absolute advantage, they also face two serious problems. First, Britain, after receiving strong support from the Americans, is desperately arming itself. Almost every day, there will be a fierce battle over the English Channel.

In the air battle, both sides went back and forth. The coastal areas of Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, the industrial belts in these two areas, were all bombed to pieces. Secondly, the Soviet Union, with the support of the Americans, especially

After emergency arms, technology and resource support, they responded to the British and had a tendency to contain the German Nazi Army. The two sides fought repeatedly, with heavy casualties, but there was still no winner. The iconic "Iconic" Moscow has long become

Although the city was in ruins, the two sides were still fighting over this dangerous city.

If these alone are not enough to make China join the war.

What really worries Zhang Shusheng is the Americans' latest Pacific War plan. If a landing battle of unprecedented scale is launched, based on his various considerations, it is likely to be the main trigger for China to join the war.

Looking at the attentive relatives and friends, Zhang Shusheng did not hide too much. Without leaking the secret, he said, "The era of peace is about to pass, and the years of war will eventually come. The Americans joined in when the major battlefields were in a stalemate.

It was enough to change the direction of the entire war. It was also time for China to choose its side.

Although this decision has not yet been made, both the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, as well as public opinion and ordinary people, are beginning to discuss the issue of China's participation in the war. This also means that China cannot be alone. If it wants to get what it wants, it must

You must stand up. In other words, this may be the last peaceful reunion dinner in recent years. Everyone eats and drinks well, and then it’s time for the show to start.”

Everyone was silent, looking to one side at Sun Changqing, who pondered slightly, then raised his glass and toasted to a large table of relatives and friends, and then said to Zhang Shusheng, "Be careful, my godfather represents everyone."

Personality. Thirty years ago, you and we were penniless. Thirty years later, you can aspire to the world. It was you who transformed this world and brought up this country. No matter what, as relatives, we support

You to the end."

During the family reunion dinner at noon, Zhang Shusheng felt as if the last burden of the war had been let go.

For him, all he has done is to let every small family live a good life, so that every Chinese person can live a good life as much as possible, so that they can walk safely on the spacious streets and go to shopping malls and shops with peace of mind.

Shopping here, sitting at the table with peace of mind, family reunion, and enjoying the comprehensive social changes brought about by the strength of the motherland.

Protecting the environment and the people, opening up new territories and reviving civilization are what he should do.

At the same time in the evening, the Great Hall of the People in Hanking Mountain became lively. Representatives from the current party, government, and military, as well as disabled retired cadres and representatives were invited here to participate in the New Year's Eve dinner of the Republic.

In the past, the annual New Year's Eve dinner was relatively simple, not so grand, but only some special representatives were invited. The standard of the New Year's Eve dinner was also very simple, with three dishes and one soup.

This time, although it was still a simple New Year's Eve dinner, the number of people was relatively large.

When Zhang Shusheng finally arrived at the auditorium with his two wives and adopted daughter, everyone stood up and saluted and stood at attention.

"Fellow heroes, these salutes must not be necessary." When he saw the tables of disabled retired veterans, and even veterans with broken arms and legs saluting and barely standing at attention, Zhang Shusheng felt his eyes sore and hurried over.

, personally put down their hands.

Except for a few of these people, most of them were his first sight. After all, even the number of veterans from the Southwest period was huge. Even if some disabled and retired veterans were invited to Hanking every year, it would still be a drop in the bucket.

However, at this time, a veteran suddenly said, "Chairman, we don't just respect you, we dare not forget the military spirit of our country. Although we are disabled and getting older, our ambitions remain the same.

The general trend of the world can still be seen. I only hope that you can allow us to live to see the day when our troops leave China and point their swords at the world.

Chairman, I often dream that I am still in the mountains of Yunnan, following you to conquer the world. But my fate was not good at that time, and my leg was bitten by the quilt.

Although I feel regretful, I don't feel that I am at a loss. I serve my country with my life, and my country treats me as a scholar. This is what the ancients dreamed of, but it has come true in our generation.

I, Wang Sanmu, dare not say that I am physically disabled but strong-willed, but I have a good son who is already a squad leader at the age of Dao. I am very pleased that he has sons to fight the battles that his father has not finished, and they are educated.

He will definitely fight better than us. With the Chairman’s order, our Wang family will not be short of this job.”

The lame veteran sat down slowly. Zhang Shusheng didn't say anything. He just raised his hands and saluted these veterans with the most solemn military salute.[

They may have foreseen the coming war, and they may not be able to go into battle to kill the enemy because of their inability, but Zhang Shusheng knew that their military spirit was not extinguished, and they were still dreaming of fighting with their iron horses.

With the whole auditorium standing in silence, Zhang Shusheng walked up to the podium alone, facing the backbone of the Republic below. The corners of his mouth moved slightly, and suddenly he felt that he was using strength like never before, and said slowly: "What veteran Wang Sanmu said

These words reminded me of the years when I was struggling to move forward. These years have passed, and in front of everyone, I, as the leader, am missing a few things when I come to the doorstep.

Quite calm.

However, today, in front of you, in front of those of you who have given or are giving your all to this republic, I will give you the bottom line.

War is already around the corner.

Our enemies sit in spacious and bright offices, commanding their thousands of troops to fight for every continent in the world.

What we need to do is to take away the enemy's things, get back what belongs to us, and even get everything that can belong to us.

No matter what happens in the end, no matter where we end up joining, I think all working and retired comrades will be able to see with their own eyes this coming battle for rejuvenation."

Afterwards, Zhang Shusheng went to every table for the first time to propose a toast. It was not so much a toast as a gesture of comfort and commitment to half of the retired and disabled veterans and half of the serving military and political personnel present.

Only he knows where the bottom line for China's participation in the war is, and this bottom line is about to be touched.
Chapter completed!