Chapter 1227 The Oral History of the Witnesses

After Li Mu said the name of the Flying Tigers, the electronically controlled silk cloth on the background wall was released in an instant, revealing all the background with a swish.

Only then did the media reporters present have the opportunity to see the background image that had been blocked all the time, and when the old photo with the huge shark totem Flying Tigers fighter plane was shown, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed.

This cartoon totem designed by Disney is perfectly integrated with fighter jets. In the turbulent years of bullets and bullets, there is such a cartoon totem, but it does not make people feel disobedient, but gives people a kind of indomitable determination.

It was the first time for many people to hear about the history of the Flying Tigers. Whether it was Li Mu's introduction or the background picture in front of them, they were greatly shocked.

"The film "Flying Tigers" will be jointly produced by companies from China and the United States, and will be jointly produced by actors from the two countries. We will do our best to make this movie well, and we will definitely respect the real history to the greatest extent, show the real and cruel war in history, and let everyone know that just sixty years ago in China, there was a Such an extraordinary true story."

Li Mu said, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Today we are very honored to invite Mr. Chennault's daughter and the two American Flying Tigers who followed him to fight against the Japanese invaders over China. Next, please Everyone welcomes these three witnesses of history with applause!"

Mr. Chennault's daughter and two old Flying Tigers joined hands on the stage. Li Mu bowed to them one by one and then walked off the stage, leaving the stage to the three old people and the host.

The host introduced the three elderly people respectively in the form of dialogue introduction. After the introduction, he first asked Mr. Chennault's daughter, saying: "As the daughter of Mr. Chennault, you see that the filming of "Flying Tigers" is about to start. , what is your psychological feeling?"

Mr. Chennault's daughter breathed a sigh of relief, and said with flushed eyes: "It's hard to describe my current mood in words. When I was young, young, and even young and middle-aged, I complained a lot about my father. , when I was a child, he went to Huaxia, I don't know what he was doing there, later I learned that he went to Huaxia to form a volunteer flying team, but I still don't know what this organization is doing , until last year, I went to Huaxia..."

The host asked in surprise, "Did you go to Huaxia last year?"

"Yes, last October, I first went to Sichuan Province, and then went to some cities in the southwest. Those were the places where my father had fought. The Huaxia local government introduced me to some surviving Huaxia Flying Tigers. After I heard from them what great deeds my father did back then, I really understood him and understood what he did back then."

"After returning to China, I found some American Flying Tigers, and checked a lot of information about my father and the Flying Tigers, and then I felt more and more that in those days, these Americans were able to sacrifice their lives for the sake of justice and peace. It is really a very, very great thing that the abandoned son went to the other side of the ocean to fight bloody battles with the invaders, and I very much hope that this real history can be known to the world, so the "Flying Tigers" Movies mean a lot to me. This movie is my biggest wish about my father. Now this wish is about to come true. I only hope that I can live until this movie is released. When the time comes, I must take it with me. My family went to see it together."

The host said: "You will surely live a long life. Not only will you be able to see the release of this movie with your own eyes, but you will also see more movies about your father and the Flying Tigers released in the future!"

The old lady thanked the host, turned her head to the side and wept silently, and then the host began to interview two American Flying Tigers who had personally experienced the war.

The two Flying Tigers are basically in their eighties or nineties,

Talking about the war that year, both of them seemed to have opened up a chatterbox, talking endlessly.

One of the old people recalled that year and said: "In 1941, I was flying a small plane to spray pesticides on the farmland in the Texas Country Flying Club. Suddenly one day, the club's pilot David Cruise found me and said that someone When recruiting fighter pilots, my biggest wish at the time was to be able to join the U.S. Air Force, but I never passed the U.S. Air Force medical examination, so when I heard that there were fighter pilot recruits, I decided almost immediately to try."

"When I went to the registration office in David's car, I didn't know who was recruiting pilots, and I didn't know where I was going after being recruited. David told me that if I passed, I would go to China to fight the Japanese. , I was still very surprised at the time. I have never been to Japan or China. I don’t even know where these two countries are, let alone what is going on with the war between them. Why did I go to China and Japan? In the end, I decided to go to Huaxia, mostly because Mr. Chennault gave me a good salary, which I couldn't earn in the United States and in Texas."

"When I arrived in China, I really understood how cruel the Chinese people's war against Japan was. The brutality of the Japanese army was unimaginable. When we were training, we often heard that a certain village was killed by the entire Japanese army. Shooting or even burying alive, the Japanese army almost killed people at sight in China. Even the planes of the Japanese Air Force mostly targeted civilians. However, when we saw this with our own eyes, each of us changed drastically. In order to fight against the Japanese army, we began to train actively and fight hard, sometimes flying several landings and landings every day. The Japanese Air Force is fighting..."

"Before we went to Huaxia, none of us had experienced the cruelty of war. I was just a country boy in Texas who could spray pesticides from a small plane, but when I arrived in China, I realized that I am not just a country boy, I am also a For the pilots fighting for justice, every time we take off, we don’t know if we can come back alive, but when we think of every time we take off, we can protect the people of China and save some people from being killed by the Japanese Air Force , we feel that even giving our lives is worth it, because in our lives, we have finally found something worth defending with our lives."

"As early as ten years ago, I had already made a will. I was too old to accept organ donations, so I asked my children to cremate me after I died, and half of the ashes were buried. In Texas, let them take the ashes of the other half to China, throw them in the place where I once fought, and throw them in the river whose name David Cruise crashed... "

Speaking of this, the old man choked up, stretched out two fingers, and said: "In 1941, two Texas boys who could fly planes packed their luggage and left home for Huaxia. They fought side by side in China for seven months. In 13 days, we fought together 107 times. One of the planes driven by the young man was shot down by the plane of the Japanese invaders and fell into a river in the southwest of China. The other young man returned to the United States alone after the war and married a wife. She gave birth to a mother who took care of the boy who couldn’t come back until she passed away in 1963. The boy’s biggest regret was that he couldn’t bring his good friend back. His biggest wish was to go to the river and give him a gift. Send a bouquet of flowers, and after death, let the ashes go there to accompany him..."

The memories of the old man made many people cry. Many female journalists have burst into tears. If you have never experienced the cruelty of war, you will never be able to experience it. And listening to the stories of those who have experienced it, you can only experience some of the war. Fur, but even so, the story of the two leaving home and returning alone still makes people feel sad.

The host then interviewed another member of the Flying Tigers, that is, the old man named Paul Crawford. When asked about the old man's opinion on the movie, the old man was full of emotion and said: "I am very grateful to the director Spielberg, he took the initiative to show us the script of "Flying Tigers". What I never dreamed of was that there is a story in the script of this movie that is so similar to my experience back then... ..."

"I asked Spielberg, can I tell this story at today's press conference, maybe this will reveal part of the content of the movie script, Spielberg's answer moved me very much, he said: We The film to be made is based on real history, not fabricated out of thin air, and history cannot be concealed by anyone in any form, so you can say everything you want to say."

Speaking of this, the old man smiled slightly and said, "So I decided to share this personal experience that I will never forget for the rest of my life."

"In 1945, I was between Kawato and Chang'an. I was in charge of defending the B-29 strategic bomber base that the United States bombed the Japanese mainland. During an operation in July, my fighter plane was shot down by the Japanese army. My crew and I We were forced to parachute. At that time, the Japanese army dispatched a large number of troops to search for our whereabouts. At that time, as long as the American and Chinese pilots fell into the hands of the Japanese army, almost 100% of them died. We rescued them and they kept us safe and desperate to get us back to the base, and I lived with them for three weeks, and I swear, those were the warmest three weeks of my life..."