Chapter 394 Sports Event (first update, please subscribe)
No matter how troubled the outside world is, Nanyang people are still living their lives. The end of the year and the beginning of the year are the most lively times of the year. This kind of excitement is not only due to the prosperity of business, nor is it just the bustling crowd on the streets, but all kinds of activities, which are endless at this time.
Nanyang is definitely not a sports desert. It can even be said that it attaches great importance to sports - universities have their own stadiums, all middle schools and primary schools have their own playgrounds, and even kindergartens and nurseries have their own playgrounds. Own activity venue. Not only are there venues, but there are also physical education teachers or coaches in their respective professions.
Actually, this is not important.
The important thing is that many people in Nanyang regard watching games as a part of their lives, not just an entertainment. Sports games are always packed. This is especially true for football and basketball.
The reason is that in the early days of construction, apart from playing football and basketball, workers had no other entertainment. After all, watching movies requires a movie machine, and playing football only requires an open space and a ball. There are large areas of open space in industrial parks or reclamation areas.
In addition, the early managers were all from the military. When they were in North Africa and Europe, they were used to playing football and basketball for entertainment. It was from then on that football and basketball took root in Nanyang. At first, everyone played and played, and then there were competitions between reclamation areas, then between reclamation areas and industrial areas, and then between cities and cities. Make a match. Later, even the military was involved - the army, navy and air force all had their own teams.
Although these football matches in Nanyang seem a bit crude because they are not organized by professional organizations, it does not prevent this sport from becoming a part of the life of Nanyang people in the past few years. Watching football is in itself a kind of entertainment, a kind of relaxation, and also a kind of catharsis.
Among these teams, the most popular is the Air Force's "Red Hunters" team.
The match between the "Red Hunters" and the "Sharks" of Nanyang University was held on January 6, but the tickets were sold out on the 4th. You can see them outside Chang'an Stadium at any time during these two days. There were crowds of people chatting and waiting anxiously, hoping to meet someone who would sell their tickets. Everyone who stops here is their target.
If someone stopped, a group of people would immediately surround him from all directions.
"Friend, do you have a ticket for the No. 6 "Red Hunter"? I'll pay one and a half yuan!"
But the price was immediately raised.
“I will pay two yuan!”
“I will pay five yuan!”
At this time, most of the people who unfortunately became the center of attention said in panic:
"I, I am also here to buy tickets."
People will continue to wait for the next hope in disappointment. . What if I meet that person selling tickets who has something to do in the next two days and really can’t get away?
This kind of thing often depends on luck, so what they are guarding here is actually luck. An ordinary Class A ticket was directly pushed up to a sky-high price of five yuan.
The local newspapers will also focus on this game and give it an attention-grabbing name - Showdown of Kings!
In order to increase their circulation and influence, those newspapers each selected a team with which they had a good relationship, and immediately regarded themselves as its fans, relying on interviews, inquiries, inferences and information from the team. All kinds of imaginary materials were made tit-for-tat in newspapers.
In sports competitions, there has never been any "objective reporting" in the middle, either "Red Hunter" or "Shark". Although the "Sharks" are a university team, they are a local team. That is his own child, no matter how bad he is, he is still his own child. Moreover, Nanyang University's "Sharks" are also a strong team. Otherwise, newspapers would not use the words "Duel of Kings".
As for the "Red Hunter", he is famous and the absolute king, but he is not his own child. Even though the Air Force headquarters is in Chang'an, as we all know, the "Red Hunter"'s home ground is in Sarawak. Other people’s children.
As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, Li Huitang felt the strong "smell of gunpowder" from the newspaper. As the famous "King of Football", of course he did not need to go to the stadium to buy scalper tickets, he only needed to give An old friend made a phone call and told him that he was in Chang'an, and the game tickets were naturally delivered to his door. The "King of Football" is here, will he miss such a game?
Actually, the reason why he waited until now was for this game. In the past half month, he had heard too many "Red Hunter" games. It's more than just curiosity about that team.
However, the debate in the newspapers and the fact that all 60,000 tickets were sold out made him feel that football has a mass base in Nanyang that is difficult to compare with anywhere else.
On the day of the game, the debate in the newspapers had reached its climax. One side insisted that the "Sharks" team had a chance to defeat the "Red Hunters". After all, the current Sharks were no longer the "Baby Sharks" of last year, while the other side insisted that the "Sharks" team had a chance to defeat the "Red Hunters". This view is dismissive and believes that the "Red Hunter" must win. This is definitely a game without any suspense.
The entire city is invisibly divided into two camps, and in the licensed stores of the two teams outside the stadium, sun hats with the team logos and words of "Red Hunters" and "Sharks" are sold. and T-shirts. The supporters of the two teams naturally wore the uniforms of their respective teams.
The game started at 6:30 in the afternoon. The stadium was already full before 6:00, and the bustling crowd was still there. As the fans continued to pour in, the stadium was buzzing with people. The red jerseys of the "Red Hunters" and the gray jerseys of the "Sharks" turned the stadium into two colors.
As a son of the Air Force, although the home field is not in Chang'an, the Air Force has made extraordinary moves. It invited a military band from the Chang'an Air Force Base and organized hundreds of people to support them, all wearing the same blue and gray Air Force uniforms. It is particularly conspicuous in the stadium. A wide and long blue banner is propped up in the stands with big red letters written on it.
"The Air Force must win!" Not to be outdone, the "Sharks" team of Nanyang University also held up a banner with the words "The Sharks must win!"
"Commissioner Chen, the key to this game is The smell of gunpowder is very strong!"
Li Huitang turned to Chen Jixuan next to him. The latter was a member of the Nanyang Olympic Committee, and the two had some contacts in London.
“Sports competitions are like this. Without the smell of gunpowder, what kind of competition is it? After all, there is only one winner, and the purpose of the competition is to win!”
Chen Jixuan, who was born in the military, laughed.
"If it is a military game, if the Warriors of the Army meet the Red Hunters of the Air Force, they will write "Sink the Air Force." When the Red Hunters meet the "Black Sharks" of the Navy, they will write "Sink the Navy." "Well, if the Navy comes across Nanyang University, it will write "Sharks belong to the Navy."
Although he is talking about Nanyang, when he said this, Li Huitang laughed.
"Haha, I know this - it was the "Shark" that sank the Japanese super battleship "Yamato"."
"Yes, that's why the Navy is so upset about this Well, there’s nothing you can do about it. If Nanyang University takes the lead, the Navy can’t just drive a warship to the school and force it to change its name!”
At this moment, bursts of cheers suddenly sounded from the stands. Along with the cheers, the roar of airplanes came. Three B24s and three "Lancasters" were seen flying over the stadium almost close to it. , the commentator’s shout rang out from the loudspeaker.
"What are flying over the sky now are the Air Force's B24 and Lancaster bombers. They all participated in the bombing of Tokyo!"
In an instant, people's enthusiasm was ignited, The tsunami-like shouts brought the emotion in the stadium to its peak, and then a six-engine giant transport aircraft passed by - it was the "Supergiant" transport aircraft named after the Berlin Airlift.
Then twelve shining silver P51D Mustang fighter jets passed over people's heads. They pulled colorful smoke, made various tumblings and somersaults at low altitude, and drew beautiful trajectories in the air. .
The scene in front of him left Li Huitang stunned for a while. At this time, the atmosphere of the scene had been brought to its peak.
"How about it, it's okay..."
Chen Jixuan said with a smile.
"This is what the Air Force likes to do most, using aircraft to grab attention in major competitions."
"This, this...it's hard to believe, it's hard to believe..."
At this moment, the players from both sides appeared. Through the telescope, Li Huitang saw the famous "Red Hunters" team. What caught his attention was not the several European players among them. They were in the crown team of Kuching University. There were also European players. To his surprise, he saw an acquaintance - Herberger. He had met him once when he participated in the Berlin Olympics in 1936, and the other person was the head coach of the German national football team at that time. coach!
"Herberger!"
"Yes, that's him!"
Chen Jixuan nodded and said.
“He was the head coach of the Red Hunters, during the war, and a few months ago we were going to send him to the Olympics, you know, because Germany was deprived of qualifications and there were For some special reasons, in order to protect their comrades, the team members voluntarily gave up..."
Just before Chen Jixuan finished explaining, with a "stand up", everyone stood up. The national anthem was played immediately on the radio...
(End of this chapter)