抗日战争爆发后，在南洋华侨领袖陈嘉庚的号召下，侨居海外的华人组成“南洋华侨技工队”，在滇缅公路上当司机、维修工，投身抗日救亡运动。电视剧《南侨机工英雄传》就以此为背景，讲述了青年归国华侨在滇缅公路上运输物资救国，以及生死相随的感人爱情故事。

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the call of Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, the overseas Chinese formed a "Southern Overseas Chinese Technician Team" to work as drivers and maintenance workers on the Myanmar-Burma Highway to join the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. The TV series "The Heroes of Nanqiao Mechanical Engineering" is based on this background, telling the touching love story of young returned overseas Chinese transporting supplies on the Myanmar-Burma highway to save the country, and life and death.

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