"Tell me about your party's situation. Of course you can tell me. I'm not trying to get information from you. I can assure you that what you say to me will never reach the ears of another person.
." Lu Ming looked at Mr. Dong and said.
"I can tell you about our party's major policies, but I can't tell you the specifics. Please forgive me." Mr. Dong pondered for a while before saying.
"Okay, that's all. I won't go into too specific details." Lu Ming nodded.
"If Mr. Lu is really interested, he can find an opportunity to visit our base area, meet our leaders, our military commanders and the people in the base area." Mr. Dong said calmly.
"When I have the opportunity, I will make a special trip to visit you and ask Mr. Dong to be my guide." Lu Ming said both truthfully and falsely.
Peter and Andre invited him to visit the Soviet Union many times, but he was always vague and refused to agree. He was worried that if he went, he might get on a Soviet pirate ship, and if he didn't join their organization, he might not be able to come back.
However, he was very interested in the CCP's base area and wanted to know what kind of armed force it was that could survive years of encirclement and suppression by the government's multiple armies.
Neither of them felt sleepy, so they simply made a pot of coffee and sat at the table to drink and chat. The coffee was given to Mr. Dong by Lu Ming.
Mr. Dong hesitated for a while. According to the instructions from his superiors, he could not have further contact with Lu Ming, which meant that he could not do Lu Ming's transformation work.
He didn't know why his superiors issued this order, and he couldn't ask, he could only execute it.
But since he and Lu Ming have become neighbors, and he lives in his house for free, with his monthly salary, he has reported these details to his superiors. His superiors did not object, and encouraged him to use Lu Ming's personal information.
Start working as a telegraph operator.
From Mr. Dong's point of view, his superiors have tacitly agreed that he and Lu Ming can have further contact, but how far this further step can go can only be determined by himself.
Mr. Dong knows very well that it is difficult for people like Lu Ming to completely transform at once.
After all, Lu Ming is a property owner, and his interests are consistent with the Kuomintang government. Although he has always shown a good impression of the Communist Party, this good impression is more out of curiosity than true understanding.
Lu Ming does not hide his favorable impression of the Communist Party, which indeed requires courage and shows that he is a true patriot, not an egoist.
Lu Ming's relationship with the United States is also very complicated. Once Roosevelt enters the White House, he will have a more special status. He will not be as simple as a special correspondent of the "Washington Post".
Mr. Dong has been wondering whether the reason why his superiors prevented him from further contacting and transforming Lu Ming was because of his American connections and American identity.
In the end, he rejected this idea because many comrades from the Communist International were also helping the Chinese Communist Party, and these comrades also had very complicated identities.
The two chatted casually, drinking coffee, and Mr. Dong occasionally smoked a cigarette.
Mr. Dong carefully introduced to Lu Ming the principles of governing the country of the Communist Party of China, described to him the difference between a country under public ownership by all the people and the government of the Republic of China, and explained to him the significance of eliminating the exploiting class and implementing people's democracy.
Mr. Dong's description was relatively concise, which gave Lu Ming the intuition that the national system that the Chinese Communist Party wanted to establish was basically similar to that of the Soviet Union.
"Then you also want to confiscate all factories and confiscate all capitalist property?" Lu Ming asked.
"No, not only will we not confiscate the personal property of factories and national capitalists, but we will also vigorously support them and make them stronger." Mr. Dong said with a smile.
"Why do you do this? Aren't you going to implement public ownership by all the people and eliminate the exploiting class?" Lu Ming was a little unconvinced.
"Mr. Lu, we have to eat our food one bite at a time, and we have to walk the road step by step. After we seize power across the country, we will also take two public and private roads. We will not step into public ownership by all people at once. The national capitalists are the ones who build our country and the nation."
Of course we must support the main force of the enterprise." Mr. Dong said with seriousness.
"Oh, that's right." Lu Ming nodded half-heartedly.
"Of course, in all factories, we must also establish trade unions to protect the interests of the working class from capitalists. Capitalists cannot fire workers at will, nor can they bully workers. The country will enact laws to protect the rights and interests of workers." Mr. Dong
Talk eloquently.
"Well, this is what it should be. Mencius once said that the cultivator has his land, the dweller has his house, the diligent has his industry, and his hard work has his income. Enlightened capitalists should understand this. The profits of enterprises are used by workers.
Created by hands." Lu Ming agreed.
"Yes, that's what we mean. Of course, in addition to the national capitalists, we also want to build many state-owned factories and create our own national industrial brand." Mr. Dong's face was filled with excitement, as if he had seen the beautiful scenery.
The more the two chatted, the more they became more and more speculative. Although Lu Ming still had doubts, he felt more hopeful about the vision described by Mr. Dong.
The CCP's governance policy that Mr. Dong mentioned is undoubtedly more humane than the Soviet Union's tough public ownership policy, and is more in line with China's national conditions.
The two of them talked all night amid the fierce and sparse sounds of gunfire. It wasn't until it got slightly light that Lu Ming went to the back room and lay down, but he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.
He simply got out of bed and wrote an observation report to Teacher Frank. The report briefly described his trip to Nanjing to attend the Supreme Military Conference and the Nanjing government's ambiguous attitude towards the Japanese invasion of Shanghai.
However, he was very proud to tell his teacher that the soldiers of China's 19th Route Army were not afraid of sacrifice and fought to the death against the invading enemy.
At the end of the report, Lu Ming issued suggestions to the teacher, hoping that the teacher would promote the United States to implement its aid policy to China and call for the establishment of an anti-war alliance in the international community.
After writing the observation report, Lu Ming immediately handed it to Mr. Dong and asked him to send it as soon as possible.
Mr. Dong read the report carefully and found out that Lu Ming went to Nanjing to attend the highest military meeting of the authorities. Obviously, Lu Ming provided Mr. Dong with valuable military intelligence in this way.
Late that night, the Japanese Marine Corps, under the personal command of Japanese Navy Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, raided Zhabei in three groups and captured Tiantong'an Station. The next step was to capture Shanghai North Railway Station.
The Japanese army used more than 20 armored vehicles to clear the way, and with the advantage of artillery fire from the sea and the cover of aircraft overhead, they launched a very crazy attack.
Those who blocked the Japanese army were all the officers and soldiers of the 156th Brigade of the 19th Route Army. They were the aces of the Chinese army. Although they were inferior to the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment, their fighting momentum was no less than that of the enemy.
The battles on the screen, even with special effects, are far less brutal than in reality.
The battle started at 11:30 midnight and lasted until early morning. The officers and soldiers of the 156th Brigade did not have anti-tank guns or anti-tank guns. They used cluster grenades to deal with the thin-skinned armored vehicles of the Japanese army and repelled four crazy attacks organized by the Japanese army.
The scene was like a re-enactment of the Battle of Lushunkou between Japan and Russia, except that the Chinese officers and soldiers did not have the heavy firepower of the Russian army at that time. They only had flesh and blood and the angry flames burning in their chests.
When the supply of weapons and equipment was far insufficient, the 19th Route Army specially organized a death squad to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, using extreme methods to frighten the Japanese army.
After daybreak, the Japanese attack came to an end, but a more violent attack was brewing.
In the morning, Lu Ming went to the bank, took out 50,000 silver yuan in banknotes from his bank account, and went to the military headquarters of the 19th Route Army. He did not go to see General Cai Tingkai, but directly handed the money to the 19th Route Army.
An officer from the Munitions Department turned around and left without leaving his name.
Outside the headquarters of the 19th Route Army, many people from all walks of life in Shanghai have gathered. Many businessmen came to donate money to the 19th Route Army, and many people came to work for the army with various food and supplies.
The laborers lined up in a long line. There was no expression of fear on their faces, but they were proud of their soldiers.
Seeing the faces filled with enthusiasm and confidence, Lu Ming truly felt what the Great Steel Wall of China is, which is the collective of Chinese officers and soldiers and the Chinese people.
Those confident officers and soldiers and enthusiastic people kept flashing like movie shots, and Lu Ming felt completely relaxed.
Various spontaneous temporary organizations took to the streets, some raised funds, some gave lectures, and launched activities to support the 19th Route Army in different ways. People kept asking while walking on the road to the labor army.