The first thousand two hundred and twenty-seven chapters of the oral history of the witnesses
When Li Mu said the name of the Flying Tigers, the electronic silk cloth on the background wall was released in an instant, and all the background was exposed with a swish.
The media reporters present had the chance to see the background image that had been blocked. When the old photos with huge shark totem Flying Tigers were displayed, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
This cartoon totem designed by Disney is perfectly integrated with fighter jets. In the glorious years of bullets, there is such a cartoon totem, but it does not make people feel inconsistent at all, but instead gives people a kind of indomitable determination.
Many people have heard of the history of the Flying Tigers for the first time. Whether it is Li Mu's introduction or the background picture in front of them, they have greatly shocked them.
"The movie "Flying Tigers" will be jointly jointly developed by companies from China and the United States, and will be jointly created by actors from both countries. In the next filming and production process, all the cast and crew related to "Flying Tigers" will do their 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, so that everyone knows that such an extraordinary true story happened in China sixty years ago."
Li Mu said, cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Today we are very fortunate to invite Mr. Chennard's daughter and two American Flying Tigers who have followed him to fight against the Japanese invaders over China to the scene. Next, please welcome these three historical witnesses with applause!"
Mr. Chennard's daughter and two old Flying Tigers team members took the stage together. Li Mu bowed and paid tribute to them one by one on the stage and walked down from the stage, leaving the stage to the three old men and the host.
The host introduced three old men in a dialogue manner. After the introduction, he first asked Mr. Chennard's daughter and said, "As Mr. Chennard's daughter, you see a movie like "Flying Tigers" about to start filming. How do you feel?"
Mr. Chennard's daughter breathed a sigh of relief and said with red eyes: "It's hard to describe my current mood in words. When I was young, young and even young and middle-aged, I complained about my father. When I was a child, he went to China. I didn't know what he was doing there. Later, I knew that he had formed a volunteer army flight team in China, but I still didn't know what this organization was doing. Until last year, I went to China..."
The host asked in surprise: "Did you go to China last year?"
"Yes, last October, I went to Sichuan Province first, and then to some cities in the southwest. Those were places where my father had fought. The local government of the Chinese government introduced me to some surviving Chinese Flying Tigers. When I heard from them what amazing deeds my father did back then, I truly understood him and understood his actions back then."
"After returning home, I found some American Flying Tigers members and looked up a lot of information about my father and Flying Tigers. Then I felt more and more that in that era, they were able to leave their families and children to fight bloody battles with the invaders for justice and peace. This is really a very, very great thing. I also hope that this real history can be well-known to the world. Therefore, the movie "Flying Tigers" is of great significance to me. This movie is my greatest wish about my father. Now this wish is finally coming true. I just hope that I can live until the release of this movie. At that time, I must take my family to watch it."
The host said: "You can live a long life. Not only can you see this movie released with your own eyes, but you will also see more movies related to your father and the Flying Tigers in the future!"
The old lady thanked the host and turned her head to the side and shed tears silently. Then the host began to interview two American Flying Tigers who had personally experienced the war.
These two Flying Tigers are basically in their 80s and 90s. When talking about the war back then, they both felt like they were talking and talking endlessly.
One of the old men recalled that year, saying, "In 1941, I was flying a small plane to spray pesticides on the farmland at the Country Flight Club in Texas. Suddenly one day, the club's flight cadet David Cruise found me and said that someone was recruiting fighter pilots. My biggest wish at that time was to join the US Air Force, but I had never passed the US Air Force physical examination. So when I heard that someone was recruiting fighter pilots, I almost immediately decided to try it."
"When I was taking David's car to the registration office, I didn't know who was recruiting pilots, nor where I was going after being recruited. David told me that if I passed, I would go to China to fight with the Japanese. I was very surprised at that time. I had never been to Japan or China. I didn't even know where these two countries were, and I didn't know what the war between them was, and why I went to China to fight with the Japanese. In the end, I decided to go to China, mostly because Mr. Chennard 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 of resistance against Japan was. The cruelty of the Japanese army was simply unimaginable. When we were training, we often heard that a village was shot and even buried alive by the Japanese army. The Japanese army almost killed everyone in China. Even the Japanese Air Force aircraft mostly launched attacks on civilians. At the beginning, many American pilots, including me, went to China with a sloppy attitude, and made a high salary. But when we saw these with our own eyes, each of us changed drastically. In order to attack the Japanese army, we began to actively train and fight hard. Sometimes we flew a few ups and downs every day to fight against the Japanese Air Force..."
"Before we went to China, we had never experienced the cruelty of war. I was just a rural boy who could spray pesticides in small planes in Texas. But when I arrived in China, I realized that I was not just a rural boy, but also a pilot fighting for justice. Every time we took off, we didn't know whether we could come back alive. But when we thought that every time we took off, we could defend the people of China and prevent some of the people from being killed by the Japanese Air Force, we felt that even our lives were worth it, because in our lives, we finally found something worthy of our life."
"As early as ten years ago, I had already made a will. I was too old to accept organ donation. So I asked my children to cremate me after I died, half of the ashes were buried in Texas, and the other half of the ashes were brought to China, and sprinkled in the place where I had fought, and sprinkled in the river where David Cruise crashed...."
Speaking of this, the old man choked up and stretched out his two fingers and said, "In 1941, two Texas young men who could fly planes packed their luggage and left home to China. They fought side by side in China for seven months and thirteen days, and fought together 107 times. One of the planes flying was shot down by the Japanese invaders' plane and fell into a river located in southwest China. The other man returned to the United States alone after the war, married and had children, and took care of the mother of the young man who could not come back. Until her death in 1963, the young man's biggest regret was that he failed to bring his good friends back. His greatest wish was to go to the river and send him a bouquet of flowers with his own hands. After his death, he would let the ashes go there to accompany him..."
The old man's memories made many people cry, and many female reporters were already crying. If they had never experienced the cruelty of war, they would never be able to experience it. Listening to the witnesses' narration can only understand some of the superficiality of war. But even so, the story of the two people leaving home and returning alone still makes people feel sad.
The host then interviewed another Flying Tigers member, the old man named Paul Crawford. When asked about the old man’s opinion on the movie, the old man was filled with emotion and said: “I am very grateful to director Spielberg. He took the initiative to show us the script of "Flying Tigers". What I never dreamed of was that there was a story in the script of this movie that was so similar to my experience back then…”
"I asked Spielberg if I could tell this story at today's press conference. This may leak some of the contents in the movie script. Spielberg's answer touched me very much. He said: The movie we are going to make is based on real history, not fabricated out of thin air. 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 in my life."
Chapter completed!