On December 7, 1941, after Japan successfully attacked Pearl Harbor, it immediately began to attack European and American forces in Asia.
At 5 o'clock in the morning on December 8, 1941, the Japanese naval fleet stationed in Shanghai issued an ultimatum to the British gunboat Petersburg and the American gunboat Vail anchored on the Huangpu River, ordering them to surrender unconditionally. surrender.
The American gunboat Vail surrendered to the Japanese, and the British gunboat Petrel returned fire.
After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the British gunboat Petrel was sunk by the Japanese fleet.
Subsequently, the Japanese drove armored vehicles into the Shanghai Bund Concession.
The concession that the Europeans had maintained here for nearly a hundred years disappeared.
An era has come to an end.
At the same time, the Japanese also launched an attack on Hong Kong.
Subsequently, on December 10, the British battleship Prince of Wales and heavy cruiser HMS Queer which were anchored near Hong Kong Island were sunk by the Japanese.
These two battleships are the main battleships deployed by the British in the Pacific.
The sinking of these two warships caused heavy losses to the British.
Not only did they lose the protection of Hong Kong, but they also lost their ability to control Southeast Asia.
Hong Kong Island itself does not have very strong defense capabilities.
After the Japanese bombarded Hong Kong, more than ten days later, Hong Kong fell.
However, after the fall, it was not the British or Americans who were most unlucky.
The Japanese established concentration camps for these Europeans and Americans.
Although the treatment is not good, you can still survive at least.
The most unlucky ones are the Chinese, who make up the vast majority of the population in Hong Kong.
Although the encounter was not as tragic as that of Nanjing, it still suffered heavy casualties.
Families were broken up, and countless wives and children were separated.
After Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi rescued the Americans in Hawaii, they were not immediately recognized by the Americans.
The reason is that both of them have yellow skin and look similar to the Japanese.
At this time, the Chinese people's status in the world was really not high.
Moreover, the United States is still a country with a Chinese Exclusion Act.
Therefore, the attitude of Americans towards the Chinese in this era is sometimes not even regarded as contempt, but can only be regarded as disregard.
This concept can even continue to later generations.
For the rest of my life, my classmates who came back from the United States would often talk about how they were considered Japanese by the American people.
In Hawaii, except for Chinese and Japanese workers, there are not many people with yellow skin.
Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi are two of the people who recently landed on the island and have yellow skin.
Naturally, they will be questioned and interrogated.
However, because too many American soldiers and nurses witnessed Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi's treatment of American wounded.
Therefore, the FBI commissioner who interrogated the two of them separately was quite polite.
But there was one thing that made Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi dumbfounded.
The two of them told the truth, but the FBI commissioner in charge of the interrogation didn't believe it at all.
After all, documents and identities in this era are too easy to forge.
"You said that you are the director of The Great Wall Will Never Fall Down and Havoc in Heaven.
How is that possible?
Who can prove it to you?"
"You said your husband is the director of The Great Wall Will Never Fall and Upheaval in Heaven.
He filmed Shanghai on the Beach.
You also know Hemingway and Warner Albert.
Do you know that these lies you made up are actually very easy to expose?"
"Actually, we are very grateful for your help to the Americans, but can you please tell us your true identity?
As long as you are not a Japanese spy, or a member of the Japanese military, even if you are a member of the Japanese royal family, we will comply with the Geneva Convention Your highest treatment” "Singing the Great Wall Forever twice proves nothing.
This movie is so popular that all Chinese in the United States can sing it.
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As a pure American, I almost learned Chinese after listening to this song so many times. " "You said these people can prove it, okay.
We will contact Guerhong and Hemingway, George, the director of Westinghouse, and Mr.
Albert Warner of Warner Company.
However, before we confirm your identity, you need to stay quietly.
The place where you live, you can’t leave.”
This interrogation lasted only two hours, and Yu Sheng took Qing Xiaoyi back to the residence he bought in Honolulu.
Then let the suspicious FBI officials contact Albert and the others.
I have to say that Americans are still very serious in this regard.
However, I have a clear conscience for the rest of my life, but I am not afraid of these old beauties being serious.
However, although Lao Mei put Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi back home.
But it is inevitable to send people to monitor one or two.
Then the people watching watched Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi laughing and joking, not knowing what Yu Sheng was talking about.
Qing Xiaoyi would be happy, angry, or irritated after hearing this, and she would always be in high spirits.
Whether playing cards or chess, they will continue until after midnight.
They will not fall asleep until they are too tired and will not get up until three o'clock in the morning the next day.
The Chinese language composed of hieroglyphic characters is simply more difficult to understand for these old Americans than the Martian characters.
After finding someone to translate, I discovered that everything Yu Sheng told Qing Xiaoyi were all jokes, such as "Once upon a time, there was a mountain, and there was a temple on the mountain.
In the temple, there was an old monk and a little nun."
It seems that the FBI agent responsible for surveillance is full of dark clues.
However, I gradually understood that these two people were probably not Japanese spies.
Sure enough, in just three days, the acquaintances mentioned by Yu Sheng all proved that Yu Sheng was Yu Sheng, and the Americans also collected photos of Yu Sheng participating in various activities in Shanghai.
Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi regained their freedom and received a telegram from Albert Warner from the United States.
"I heard that you made a great documentary and let it be shown in the United States."
When FBI agents interrogated Yu Sheng and Qing Xiaoyi, they naturally did not fail to check their personal belongings.
As a result, nothing was found except a few reels of undeveloped film.
Yu Sheng said to the FBI agent: "Except for some of these films that record how you American girls learned to dance hula, the others record how the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
This is what I risked."
What you filmed while hiding in the bushes.
There are only so many reels of film in the world.
If you destroy it rashly, the most complete image data of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will disappear, and you will become the United States. sinner" These few words made several people in the FBI very unhappy, but they did not dare to neglect them and immediately reported Yu Sheng's video recording of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the FBI headquarters.
Then, several reels of film were developed and printed by professionals overnight
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