By the way, the outbreak of the "September 18th Incident" in 1931, and Japan's full invasion of China intensified the sense of crisis that the Nanjing National Government prepared to fight against Japan. Zhang Xueliang, the young commander of the Northeast Army, visited Europe in 1933 under the instruction of Chiang Kai-shek. He visited Italy in 1933. He specially visited Italy to build a bridge for the close relationship between the two countries. During Zhang Xueliang's time in Italy, Mussolini personally held four grand banquets for the VIP from China, and each time had a long talk with the young "Northeast King". Mussolini hoped to obtain rare minerals from China and also obtained a "little brother" who likes Italy in the East, which obviously helped Italy's established national policy of "weakening Britain". It is worth mentioning that Mussolini's daughter Eda was originally an old acquaintance of Zhang Xueliang, and at this time he also strongly encouraged his father's decision.

In 1930, Eda traveled to China alone and received warm reception from Zhang Xueliang, then acting chairman of the Peking Military Branch. At many grand dance parties, Zhang Xueliang, known as one of the "Four Princes of the Republic of China", made Eda have a romantic aerial journey. During this period, the young marshal also violated the Beijing flight ban order and arranged a romantic air trip. It is said that the day was cloudless and the sun was warm and the wind was calm. The young marshal changed into a handsome flight suit and boarded a Boeing plane with Eda. This was the only new aircraft at the Peking Airport that year. When the young marshal drove the plane out of the clouds, winding and twisting, the majestic Great Wall and the Forbidden City with red walls and yellow tiles appeared in front of him, Eda, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but cheered...

It can be foreseen that this matter will definitely cause an uproar. Sure enough, for a moment, the public opinion was upset. Someone said immediately: "Deputy Commander Zhang ignored the rules and ignored the responsibilities on his shoulders in order to please women." Someone said indignantly: "The wind, flowers, snow and moon, are all going to the sky (why don't you go to heaven? Young Marshal: I just came down)!" Chiang Kai-shek was even more furious when he learned about this, and slapped the table and scolded: "Nonsense! It's simply nonsense. There is nothing he dared to do (people-harmony) things he dared not do!" First lady Soong Mei-ling also called the young marshal in Peking from Nanjing to ask about this matter. At this time, Zhang Xueliang felt that this matter was a bit too much. Later, the young marshal began to avoid Eda. Eda invited him out several times, but was rejected by the young marshal on the grounds that he was busy with official duties.

It is said that Zhang Xueliang described Eda in his memoirs in his later years: "Miss Mussolini and I are good friends... At that time, I was the head of the north. When she came to Peking, I greeted her and treated her, and met her like this. I accompanied her out to play, looked around, and ate, and that's it. There was no other special relationship at that time, and I didn't expect her to fall in love with me."

Apart from a few photos of the young man and Ada at that time, many details of the two people getting along with each other have long been unverified.

But when the plot of World War II merges time and space, the Eda Mussolini in front of him is obviously full of nostalgia for the beautiful experience in the Far East. Especially when the person around him is getting colder and colder towards him, the stronger this nostalgia is.

"Film in China..." Mrs. Katy is considering the feasibility: "I heard that since the outbreak of the war, most of the land of the Far East powers has been lost."

In the Far East in 1943, the National Government passively resisted Japan and actively fought against the civil war. In one sentence, it was described as "the front was tight, the rear was tight"; "the civil war was an internal expert, the foreign war was an outsider."

Even influenced by the so-called "curve country saving" slogan, a large number of "national army" were defeated by the entire system, and they turned into puppet troops. For example, Sun Liangcheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the 39th Army, Pang Bingxun, commander-in-chief of the 24th Army and commander-in-chief of the 40th Army, Sun Dianying, commander of the newly formed 5th Army, Wu Huawen, commander of the newly formed 4th Division, Rong Ziheng, local armed forces in Shandong, etc., all rebeled and surrendered to the enemy during this period, which caused the overall number of puppet troops to surge. Even exceeded the total strength of the Japanese invading China.

In September 1943, the total force of the Eighth Route Army plus the New Fourth Army was only more than 470,000, and it was equipped with poor ammunition, and it did not control the national war resources. The regular army of the National Government alone had more than 5 million people, 10.6 times that of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. To be honest, since the National Army has more than 5 million armed forces, and has mastered most of the war resources such as domestic and foreign military industry, economy and food, and has received almost all international aid, should we also take the lead in becoming the absolute main force in the fight against the Japanese invading China?

However, the cold numbers tell future generations that the National Government did not assume the responsibility of defending the country at all. Taking the frontal main battlefield of the anti-Japanese war, as an example, the more than 200,000 Japanese troops of the 11th Army faced a total of 1.1 million troops of the National Government's Fifth War Zone (300,000 troops), the Sixth War Zone (400,000 troops), and the Ninth War Zone (400,000 troops) totaling 1.1 million troops. Even according to the so-called quality gap, "five to one (I thought of my Emperor Wu of Han, the Five Barbarians of the Han Dynasty, and the weak world in modern times has been reversed, which is sad and lamentable), these three war zones still have a certain advantage in military strength over more than 200,000 Japanese troops. Unfortunately, the three war zones have never taken the initiative to attack and restore any important city. Even if they can even repel the local sweep of the Japanese army, it is reported as a "great victory". For example, Changsha, western Hubei, and Changde, all passively respond to the battle rather than actively seeking war.

It's a joke. The National Government has an army of 1.1 million, but it is even more than 200,000 Japanese troops have the initiative in the battlefield. Isn't that a strange thing?

In fact, in 1944, when the Hollywood movie "Dragon Seed" was released, Chairman Jiang was defeated. He lost more than 500,000 to 600,000 troops on the battlefield of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, lost 4 provincial capitals and 146 cities. Among them, 38 cities were lost in 37 days of the battle in Henan, and the Flying Tigers aided China had already seized air supremacy, the seven air bases and 36 airports of the Kuomintang were occupied by the Japanese army, losing more than 200,000 square kilometers of land, and 60 million citizens were trapped under the ravages of the Japanese army. In 1944, the Kuomintang defeated Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, and even lost the strength to recover Nanjing, which directly led to the independence of Outer Mongolia.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! As a last resort, President Roosevelt of the United States could only urge Stalin to urge the Soviet Red Army to send troops as soon as possible to fight against Japan. That is, the Soviet Union sent troops to the Northeast incident later. After all, it was not because Chairman Chiang's national army was too bad.

Think about it, if I came to southern China to film "Dragon Seed" in 1943, maybe the filming was not finished yet, and even the filming location was occupied by the Japanese army. The national army could not even keep the airport of American pilots aiding China, let alone a mere photography venue. The Italian film crew replaced by the Nazi army photographer was not tolerated. Many of the continental female stars on this train were still held in the palm of the Nazi senior management and included in the forbidden body. They would all become the "flower girls" of the Imperial Army. That was really a huge tragic event in the history of film.

Just thinking about it, I feel that the risk is extremely huge.

"It's true, as you said." Eda Mussolini said calmly: "So I will try my best to help you arrange personnel and supplies to ensure safety along the way."

"What do you want?" Mrs. Katy said straight to the point. It seemed as if MGM was driven by your family.

Wait, can it be a big investment of 3 million yuan, and the contribution of the Italian film department? Or, before Mussolini fell, some Italian executives secretly communicated with the Allies in the name of making movies? Moreover, on July 24, 1943, this person launched a court coup with other fascist executives to remove all Mussolini from his post, but was intervened by Nazi Germany to rescue Mussolini from supporting the puppet regime. After being arrested, on January 11, 1944, under the strong pressure of Nazi Germany, the husband of Edda Mussolini, who was executed by Mussolini's firing squad, was executed by Mussolini's firing squad on January 11, 1944?
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