Tang Rubei (motor) and American Dodge and colleagues in Okinawa.
1947, in order to complete a large international business, the Material Supply Bureau of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China recruited a group of employees to Japan to receive the remaining materials from the US military on the islands of the South Pacific. The South Pacific islands were the most tragic war zone between the United States and Japan in World War II. The US military dropped more strategic materials to the area than the ammunition it poured out. At that time, Mr. Tang Rubei, an employee of Chongqing Industrial Installation Company, was recruited to become a counter, from Chongqing to to , and "counted" ten thousand ten round cards in the United States back to China. On the island, the post-war friendship he formed with the local resident Hiroshi family has lasted to this day. We will use three columns to watch the legendary stories of this mountain city and island country.
Old Photos
This story was first "provoked" by my friends and colleagues - Chongqing "Shuidrip Bookstore" New Year pictures, bottles, jars and old photos Mr. Li Lian, director of the Folk Museum of Chongqing. One day, he took out a large bag of old photos with a proud expression on his face, and I became "stupid" when I saw it. The more he asked him about the source of the photo, the more reserved he became. I only said, "Other situations are kept confidential now. I just said, the owner of the photo has a name and surname, and is from Chongqing, and may still be there now. I just asked you a child, do you want to go find me?" Brother Lian "takes" me to death. I was a reporter from the street. How could I tell such things? How could I hear such words! Inquire about everything immediately.
There are some photos with the protagonist's name "Tang Rubei" and the photo description written behind it, especially if there are three photos that look at the time, place, characters and events of the photo.
"This is what I am sending photos to my Japanese friend Hiroshi Waima. He works in the photo studio of that American cooperative. He has given me dozens of photos, with the back saying "January 19, 1955" and "Jin Guangqi, he used to work in the same warehouse in Okinawa Island. He returned to Qionglai, Chengdu from Taiwan after May and June 1949. His communications office (before liberation) was No. 1, Shuyuan Street, Qionglai", "This is a 3/4 Dodge car (i.e., a medium-sized Jeep) I used to use on the island.
photo was taken by the owner on Okinawa, Japan 1949. They were working in a warehouse on the island and drove an American Chinese Jeep. From the tone of the photo description "the past has been explained" and the year of 1955, we can see that these instructions were written as explanation materials, but these are just speculations.
Soon, we finally held hands with 93-year-old Mr. Tang Rubei in Wangjiang Factory Square, and all the answers were solved.
Wangjiang Factory
Tang Rubei lives in the house of Tang Jie, a member of Wangjiang Factory. He is strong and moves freely. He has to go out for a long time every day. He was surprised when he saw the photos we took out. He said: "Because I have been to Japan in the past, whenever there is a movement, I will say that I am a 'reachery foreign''return spy', which is completely a fool! But at that time you had to explain honestly. These photos were what the unit wanted to review me and I handed in, so I wrote some instructions behind it."
His hometown is in Suining, Sichuan. In April 1, he went to Chongqing with his fellow villager to look for a job. "My family's five brothers are silversmiths, and they make gold and silver jewelry. I first went to Caiyuanba butcher shop as an apprentice, selling meat, sharpening knives, washing tables, and guarding stalls. I worked for two years. I was introduced by fellow villagers and worked as a handyman in the East Normal Primary School of Culture Palace, Sichuan East Normal School, for more than a year; the 50 Arsenal just moved from Guangdong to Jiangbei Guojiatuo, and soon recruited workers, so I went and worked as a handyman first. In 1947, I worked as a staff member in the common affairs office."
The office is very luxurious, and it is a large manor next to Guojiatuo. "It's called Maoju. Guangyangba and there is also a Maozhuang. They are all built by Li Maoqing. The boss of the cotton yarn business in Shaanxi Street is called Li Maoqing. Maoju is a large courtyard with two main buildings and one floor. We work in the West Courtyard. anti-Japanese occupied it, and there was no reward. The Kuomintang occupied it. The project was occupied before the project was completed. Li Maoqing asked his father to come to see Maoju. He came to see it. Guangdong people couldn't hear him clearly, so he became angry when he went back. Tongluoxia mouthed Yanxitai, which was the guesthouse of the 50 factory. At that time, the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin 55th birthday, and many high-ranking officials came to the Military Service and Military Services Department, which I handled.My lover's family is a landlord from Guangyangba, and his brother-in-law Chen Busong is the captain of the 901 Auto Team of the Fifth Military Region of the Air Force. "
1947 Tang Rubei attended the Cuntan Chinese Vocational School Reading Club. "It is an external progress organization of the Communist Party. They are all progressive young people, so someone in the inspection room in the factory was investigating me. I had no future if I stayed in the factory, so I thought of going to Shanghai for training. When I arrived in Shanghai, I met recruiting people to Japan. Jin Guangqi recruited people. He was from Dayi and asked me for it, so I transferred me to Okinawa. We went to Japan without a salary, but we had a allowance of 15 US dollars a day; the salary in the factory will be paid and will be collected by the family members of Chongqing. "
Okinawa
It took more than two days to take the American 10,000-ton wheel " Freewheel " from Shanghai Jiangwan Pier to Japan. "It's so storm and waves on the sea, but I'm not seasick." The first time I saw Okinawa on the boat, it seemed that the Americans burned the island with napalm bombs. Boys wear work clothes, girls wear kimono, and skirts. "
There are huge American white warehouses scattered on the island, which is their residence." In the white metal warehouse, there are two houses, one of Lao Jin and one of mine. He doesn't like to go out and read books at home. I laughed at him for being fat and I often go out to play when driving. The car I drove was a 3/4 Dodge, which means 'three-quarters of a ton', that is, a medium-sized Jeep. The American Chinese Jeep is easy to drive, and the steering wheel is not floating. Use the gasoline open and add it after use. "
Tanks were parked everywhere on the hills of the island, and some were planted in the soil. Thousands of American trucks and jeeps were numbered "CHlNA B0SEY" and "1023". "'CHlNA B0SEY' represents supplies for China. Our job is to load the car and transport it back to China, and ship it from Okinawa to Kaohsiung, Shantou and Qingdao, Taiwan. There were too many cars, and even the luck was not good. Later, as long as the tires and engines were used, the frame was thrown away. ”
Upstream News·Chongqing Morning Post Reporter Text/Malatu/Li Lian
