Chapter 249 Give them a home (first update, please subscribe)
“From now on, you will be Zhang San!”
The moment he put on the military uniform again, Zhang San San said silently.
"Eldest brother, second brother, I am going to the home of the Japanese devils to avenge you..."
Once again, Zhang San's mind flashed to the past when the family was together. One day, the scene emerged of the eldest brother holding him with one hand and holding his intestines with the other, running desperately into the mountains.
It seemed that he saw the village that was burned down by a fire again...
But today, he did not cry.
He even had a smile on his face, because he was going to Japan with the team.
We must pay back the little Japanese ten times and a hundred times what they did.
It was not only him who went to Japan, but also many people, many of whom had blood feuds like him. For them, the 20 US dollars in military pay was not important at all. What was important was that they could go. Japan.
I can go to Japan to avenge my family!
Among these people, Watanabe’s mood is the most complicated. Finally, he can return to Japan!
There is no need to wait a few years, but this time when he returns to Japan, he does not go back as a Japanese, but as an invader. This feeling is really uncomfortable!
What made him even more uncomfortable was the order issued by the army. It was said that the order was issued from the Chief's Office.
“Japanese pirates are afraid of force but not moral. The atrocities they committed during the war are too numerous to mention. Their behavior is even worse than that of animals. Treating animals with kindness, benevolence, justice, and morality is a new kind of behavior. Crime! The sage said that repaying evil with justice, repaying kindness with kindness, and treating animals as animals should be treated..."
Although there was no written order, Watanabe almost woke up from nightmares just by the words spoken by his superior during training.
When they arrive in Japan, Japan will suffer!
God bless, but we must let Japan surrender quickly. These people... must take revenge!
What makes Watanabe even more tired is that he has to think about the future with everyone every day, imagining the scenes of horses trampling Japan in the future and killing all the little Japanese.
I have to say...it's pretty fucking exciting!
While Watanabe and tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers are training in the camp for next year's expedition, domestic recruits are also arriving in Kota Kinabalu by boat in a steady stream. Officers are needed to form an army. Where do the officers come from?
Of course they came from Europe. After all, the personnel on the search team have always been trained as officers. So a piece of paper ordered the search team members, who were countless newlyweds, to say goodbye to Germany, the Netherlands and other countries, and leave Europe with their wives, heading for the unknown Borneo.
They are undoubtedly unfamiliar with Borneo. What does that land look like? Everyone is looking forward to and curious.
……
Borneo in October 1945… was a big construction site.
More than 200,000 reclamation workers from North Borneo to Sarawak have turned patches of virgin rainforest into fertile fields. Oil palm seeds shipped from West Africa are cultivated into saplings in nurseries, and then transplanted to the fields after they are grown. Before that, the cultivated fields would not be left idle and were planted with rice.
From Sandakan to Kuching, and even cities with ports, including Balikpapan, are also undergoing large-scale construction projects. Industrial parks are rising one after another. Although the factory buildings are still under construction, But no one doubts that in a few years, a large number of factories will be built here.
At the port, a large number of immigrants arrive in Sandakan or Kuching every day. Although the labor force is still tight, the situation has improved a lot compared to a few months ago.
On October 17, in the obstetrics department of Jimin Hospital in Sandakan, the first second-generation immigrant was born with the sound of a baby crying. Regarding this, Borneo's "Nanyang Times" said, Special reports were also given.
Although there were family members of employees giving birth to children one after another before this, it had only been less than three months since the first batch of immigrants arrived here.
It means a lot to Borneo. What will you need after the baby is born?
School is needed!
Although in the reconstruction of Sandakan, the local Chinese school was the first batch of reconstruction projects and has been put into use long ago, it still needs a series of infrastructure such as nurseries and kindergartens.
Everything is for the sake of children... This seems to be the gene in the blood of the Chinese nation. It is correct, but also full of tragedy. The psychological trauma caused by poverty and backwardness in the past hundred years to the Chinese people is all Pursuing the best for future generations.
This is true for rich and poor alike.
As a leader or planner, Li Yian also has the same idea.
“Not just schools and libraries, these children also need a home! A real home!”
In the spacious hall of the Planning Department, watching the large sand table go up to Sandakan The planning sand table, located in the coastal city center, is planning a large number of modern buildings. Although the city's planning is very reasonable and spectacular, from an architectural aesthetic point of view, it is definitely influenced by the Third Reich, such as the extensive use of stone, which is Nazi architecture. One of the characteristics of Xue Xue is that most public buildings are made of pure stone.
In order to balance the influence of Santoku aesthetics, Li Yian specially invited a group of architectural designers from China. After all, the city in his heart should be oriental, not Santoku style.
However, Li Yian did not want to discuss these buildings with them today, but the simplest topic - home.
“So far, among the 7 batches of immigrants, there have been 100,000 family immigrants, mainly husband and wife. Now, without exception, they all live in the couple’s houses we provide, but the couple’s houses are only temporary. Transition, as a responsible government, we must provide a home for everyone!”
This seemingly simple sentence made Otto and other German architects’ eyes light up. In fact, the third The empire also planned national residences, but because high-level officials preferred to build public buildings that reflected the power of the Third Reich and the impact of the war, the residences remained in the planning stage.
"Sir, when we were in Germany, we planned national housing. In the urban planned residential areas, we have designed corresponding apartments..."
Here Otto Just after introducing the apartment they designed, Li Yian interrupted them and said.
"When it comes to designing apartments, I am better than you!"
This is not a boast. I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs walking. I worked in the sales department for several months when I was in college. Li Yi'an doesn't know much about multi-storey apartments and communities. He can make them amazing with just a casual drawing. After all, it is a design that has been tested by the market for decades.
“How much concrete and steel is used per square meter to build a multi-storey apartment? In terms of steel, at least 40 kilograms of steel are needed per square meter. Calculated based on 125 square meters per household, it is just steel. It requires 5 tons of steel. Based on the current standard of 100,000 households, only 500,000 tons of steel are needed, and our steel and cement need to be imported! Steel and cement must be used first in factories and large public buildings. . ”
Any architecture must give way to reality, and Li Yi’an knows this better than anyone. The reality is that steel plants and cement plants in Borneo are currently under construction. Before they are put into production, steel and cement can only be imported.
“So multi-storey apartments are not suitable for Borneo, or in other words, they are not suitable for Borneo now. At least in the next ten years, residential buildings in Borneo must follow one principle, which is to use local materials. , such as wood.”
Pointing to this hall built of wooden boards, Li Yi'an said that except for schools and factories, most buildings in Borneo now use wood as raw materials.
“There is almost inexhaustible wood in Borneo, so I would like to ask you to design a wooden house. This kind of house should have a living room, a dining room, and a separate bathroom. , with at least 6 bedrooms, because in the future Borneo, a family should have at least five children. In order to save land, it should be two floors, and the area of each bedroom should not be less than 10 square meters..."
< br>While describing his idea, Li Yian drew a sketch with a pen. It looked a bit like an American two-story house with a small pitched roof in the movie.
“Well, every family should have its own courtyard, front yard and backyard. It doesn’t necessarily need to be big, but it should be there so that the children can have space to play. The front yard should be open , the children can play freely with the neighbor's children..."
In fact, Li Yi'an's description and plan are not just a house, but a way of life. This way of life is not about treating people Stuffed into a crowded pigeon cage, endure the noise from the rooftop, the quarrels between neighbors, and the indifference between neighbors after closing the security door.
Of course, the more important thing is that whether people have no space for activities or children have no space to play, even in a community, how many children will run to the community to play after returning home to finish their homework?
Distance and time hinder everything.
For children, the best playground is the courtyard in front of the house and behind the house.
This kind of lifestyle is exactly what Li Yi'an yearns for, and what he longs to give to those children - to give them the best, not just in words.
(End of this chapter)