Zhou Hexuan stayed in three towns in Wuhan for a full week. In addition to inspecting the construction progress of the Yangtze River Bridge, he also visited the magazines "Ta Kung Pao" and "Fei Gong".
Due to Ta Kung Pao's propaganda of anti-Japanese ideas, the Tianjin General Newspaper office has been forced to close, and general manager Hu Zhengzhi led some employees to evacuate south overnight.
Currently, the Wuhan branch of "Ta Kung Pao" is personally presided over by Hu Zhengzhi. As for the "Ta Kung Pao" in Shanghai, it can still be sustained until the end of the year, when Zhang Jiluan will also have to evacuate, and Zhou Hexuan plans to put Zhang Jiluan in charge of the Chongqing branch.
As for the magazine "Feigong", the current editor-in-chief is Gao Han, who is also the chairman of the philosophy department of Wuhan University.
"Feigong" magazine was suspended in Tianjin. After it moved to Wuhan and resumed publication, it immediately received strong support from Wuhan University. Not only was the magazine's editor-in-chief Gao Han a professor at Wuhan University, but the deputy editor-in-chief Wu Qichang was also a professor at Wuhan University. Wu Qichang was a disciple of Liang Qichao and Wang Guowei.
Xu Zhimo's cousin. After the September 18th Incident, Wu Qichang, his wife, and brothers went to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to cry at the mausoleum and went on a hunger strike to force Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan. He was dismissed from Tsinghua University and became a professor in the History Department of Wuhan University.
As for Li Shoumin, who was originally the editor-in-chief of "Fei Gong" and "The Earth", he still stayed in Tianjin at this time. His mother, brother, and father-in-law were all in Tianjin, and his circle of friends was also in Tianjin, so he was a little reluctant to leave.
Li Shoumin is now very famous. His "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" is even sold well in Southeast Asia, and his Peking Opera is also widely sought after by fans. Because of this, after the Japanese occupied Tianjin, they immediately asked Li Shoumin to co-organize a publication, hoping to
He betrayed the country and became a cultural traitor.
Li Shoumin declined several times, and the Japanese were so angry that they took him to prison and tortured him.
At this moment, Li Shoumin's eyes were half-blinded by the pepper water, and he still refused to agree to cooperate with the Japanese. His father-in-law and friends were looking for connections everywhere to rescue him.
Just like in history, even if Li Shoumin is released from prison, he will have to rely on dictation for the rest of his life.
By the time Zhou Hexuan left Wuhan and returned to Chongqing, the armies of Sichuan and Kangxi had been reorganized, and Liu Xiang was preparing to lead his troops out of Sichuan to fight against Japan.
In fact, as early as June, the Sichuan Army had already begun comprehensive reorganization.
On July 6, Chuankang officially organized his army.
On the third day of the military conference, news of the July 7th Incident came. Liu Xiang immediately sent out a telegram advocating nationwide mobilization for a desperate fight with Japan.
On August 7, Liu Xiang went to Nanjing to attend a national defense conference. When various forces were arguing over the war and war issues, Liu Xiang stood up and gave a two-hour speech, saying: "For the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan can send 300,000 troops.
, supplying 5 million strong men and tens of thousands of dans of grain."
On August 26, Liu Xiang returned to Sichuan and issued a "Message to the Sichuan Army and People", calling on Sichuan soldiers and people to make sacrifices for the War of Resistance: "The national war of resistance has been launched, and the responsibilities that the people of Sichuan should bear are particularly important compared to other provinces!"
Generals from various departments of the Sichuan Army volunteered to fight the war, and Fan Haer was particularly active.
Because Fan Haer offended Liu Xiang, he was beaten to a bare pole during the army reorganization. Although he was named deputy commander, he could not even command a large soldier. He jumped up and down shouting anti-Japanese slogans, and Liu Xiang did not get rid of him.
, Fan Haer had no choice but to go to Shanghai on the anti-Japanese front line alone, hoping to find help from his brother Du Yuesheng and ask Chiang Kai-shek to get him a powerful general to serve as Dangdang.
Regardless of Fan Haer's anti-Japanese intentions, he indeed made great contributions to the Anti-Japanese War.
Historically, Fan Haer was appointed commander of the 88th Army by Chiang Kai-shek and spent his own money to recruit soldiers. The unit he led later killed Naoji Sakai, making Naoji Sakai the first soldier in the history of the Japanese Army.
A serving division commander who was killed in action.
Naoji Sakai committed numerous crimes in China. He once implemented the three-guang policy in the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. He even asked his subordinates to hold a competition to rape women, and judged tigers, leopards, and jackals, that is, first, second, and third prizes, and gave material rewards to the winners.
award.
It was such a heartless bastard who died under a mine of the 88th Army. Although Fan Haer had been transferred from the 88th Army for two months at that time, there is no doubt that he paid for the 88th Army out of his own pocket.
It was brought out by one hand and made many military exploits under the command of Fan Haer. It was upgraded from a miscellaneous army with scattered personnel to an A-type army with three divisions in charge.
Times make heroes. Without the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Xiang would have been just a local warlord specializing in fighting civil war, and Fan Haer would have been just a small warlord leader who did many bad things.
Just like Dr. Xu Chuanyin mentioned above, he was not that great at first. He was allowed to move freely in Nanjing by the Japanese invaders, which actually allowed him to collect corpses on the streets. Because of his identity as a Chinese, Xu Chuanyin was almost dragged to death by the Japanese army several times.
But not only was he not timid, but because he witnessed the tragic death of his compatriots, his whole soul was sublimated, and he transformed from an ordinary person to a hero, and he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the action of rescuing his compatriots.
Heroes can actually be ordinary people.
Anxian County, Sichuan Province, Qushan Town.
This is the area hardest hit by the severe drought in Sichuan, and the people have not yet recovered from the famine.
Wang Jiantang, a primary school teacher, saw Liu Xiang's "A Letter to the Army and the People of Sichuan", dropped the newspaper and came to town. It was the market that day, and Wang Jiantang climbed onto the stage where a Sichuan opera was being performed. In the confused eyes of the actors,
He shouted to the audience: "Brothers, sisters, please listen to what I have to say! Japan has already reached Shanghai and sent planes to bomb everywhere, killing many compatriots. Sichuan is far away from Shanghai.
But it's very close. If we don't resist, the Japanese will attack Sichuan soon. The Japanese are very bad, with evil eyes and a black heart. They can do anything, including burning, killing, looting, etc.
If we want to protect our Sichuan folks from being poisoned by the little Japanese, we Sichuan people should stand up and join the army with me if we are men to drive the slutty little Japanese out of China! Everyone, tell me, do you care what I say?"
"That's right!" A sparse response came from under the stage.
Wang Jiantang added: "In the past, the Sichuan Army only knew how to fight civil war, but now the Sichuan Army wants to fight against Japan. I am a primary school teacher, and my life is not bad, but I no longer want to be a teacher. I want to go out to Sichuan to fight the Japanese. Otherwise, when the Japanese invade Sichuan, what will happen to me?"
Is there still a chance for my son to study? Come out and join me to fight against Japan!"
"Mr. Wang (referring to teacher specifically), I'll go with you!" Someone in the audience raised their hands in response.
"Very good, which one else is there?" Wang Jiantang said happily.
"And I!"
"I'll go too! Since life can't go on anymore, I might as well join the army and fight against the Japanese."
"Count me in!"
"..."
In this remote town in northwest Sichuan, most of the people were ignorant, but hundreds of people stood up on the spot.
Wang Jiantang took these companions to publicize anti-Japanese ideas everywhere in the town. In just one day, he summoned 176 strong men. They found a piece of coarse cloth, bit off their fingers and wrote a blood petition, and sent it to the county magistrate the next morning.
Where is Cheng Yunzhang?
Cheng Yunzhang was greatly moved and immediately approved the petition of Wang Jiantang and others, unified them into the Anxian Volunteer Replenishment Team, and set a date to hold a grand farewell party.
The day the Anxian Volunteer Corps left their hometown was already in autumn. After the drought since last year, it rained heavily that day. More than 3,000 ordinary people spontaneously braved the rain to come to see the soldiers off.
Wang Jiantang's father was over sixty years old. He was old and sick and could not come to see him off in person. He could only send a flag through the post office.
The post office clerk ran wildly with a piece of white cloth, stopped in front of the team that was about to set off, and said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute! Wang Jiantang, come out quickly, your old man (father) is here to send you a flag!"
County Magistrate Cheng Yunzhang walked over with an umbrella and said: "What kind of flag is it? Show me it."
The two attendants immediately took the flag and opened it in public. They saw the big word "death" written in the center of the white cloth, and the two lines of small words on the right side read "I don't want you to be filial in my presence, but I only want you to be loyal to the nation."
", the five lines of small characters on the left are "National disaster is at hand, and the Japanese invaders are ferocious. Every man has a share in the rise and fall of the country. I wanted to serve, but I was too old. Fortunately, I have a son, so I volunteered voluntarily. Give me a flag to carry with me at all times. Wipe the blood when you are injured, and die.
Wrap yourself up behind. Go forward bravely and don’t forget your duty! Father’s handwriting.”
The scene was silent for a moment, and then there was an explosion, as the literate people read out the content of the death flag to the illiterate people.
County Magistrate Cheng Yunzhang's eyes were red, he threw away his umbrella, handed the death flag to Wang Jiantang with his own hands, and choked with sobs: "Take care, strong man!"
