The Battle of Songhu was still going on fiercely. The number of Chinese defenders was more than 600,000, and the Japanese invaders invested 130,000. The Japanese invaders relied on their absolute superiority in sea, land and air to gradually tear apart the Chinese defenders' defense lines and secretly formed the 10th Army.
army, preparing for a large-scale encirclement of the Chinese defenders.
While commanding the army to resist, Chang Kaishen fantasized about the intervention of the great powers. After all, the Japanese invasion of Shanghai seriously damaged the interests of the European and American powers.
Unfortunately, instead of helping China, European and American countries accused the Chinese army of destroying peace on the grounds that China took the lead in provoking a war in the Shanghai Demilitarized Zone. Historically, Chiang Kai-shek missed the best opportunity to retreat just because he had been waiting for the great powers to intervene.
, which made the second half of the Battle of Songhu a complete mess.
The sulfa pharmaceutical factory in Hechuan is about to officially start operations. Most of the workers in the pharmaceutical factory have high school diplomas. Only cleaners, security guards and the like do not need to be literate. After a month of training, the workers already know some English and can at least read it.
Be able to understand the button characters on the machine.
In addition, with the help of Sun Xuewu, an acid-base plant is being prepared near the pharmaceutical factory. Before the acid-base plant is put into operation, the sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory uses imported raw materials, which can last for about a month.
Zhou Hexuan sent a telegram to Ornis and purchased a lot of machinery, equipment and raw materials from the UK, including chemical experimental equipment for Sun Xuewu.
On October 15, Zhou Hexuan led all the workers to Diaoyu Mountain. He wanted to hold a worship ceremony before the pharmaceutical factory started construction.
The straight-line distance from the Sulfonamide Pharmaceutical Factory to Diaoyu Mountain is 3 kilometers. Carrying three animals and money paper candles, people climbed up the steep mountain road and went straight to the Zhongyi Temple on Diaoyu Mountain.
Pound, who was studying the Book of Changes, also came. He had been fascinated by this place for a long time and even brought a camera with him.
"Is this the legendary Fishing City?" Pang De looked up at the mountains with a feeling of pilgrimage in his heart.
Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "That's it."
Diaoyu City is also known as "The Place Where God Breaks His Whip" and "Oriental Mecca" in Europe and America.
At that time, Kublai Khan had already led the Eastern Route Army to break through the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and surrounded Ezhou, while Wu Lianghetai's Southern Route Army had reached Changsha. The fall of the Southern Song Dynasty was only a matter of seconds. In the west, the Mongolian army had conquered a large area of Eastern Europe.
region, treating Central Europe as a military playground, once crossing the Danube River, and even invaded Italy. The Middle East was also ravaged by the Mongol army. On the Arabian Peninsula, the Egyptians were resisting hard and saw that the Mongol army was about to sweep across Africa.
At this time, Mongol Khan Mengge was killed in Diaoyu City, and armies from all walks of life withdrew their troops to fight for power. The Southern Song Dynasty was able to survive, Europeans cheered, and Africa also avoided military disasters.
This small fishing town saved the world.
During the Republic of China, Diaoyu City had not yet been developed, and there was no direct road to the outside world. We could only climb slowly up from the riverside.
The mountain road is so narrow that it can barely accommodate two people. The steepest part is close to 70 degrees. Let alone attacking with weapons, even climbing with bare hands is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will fall and die.
Going further up, you can see the ancient city walls of Diaoyu City. These walls are 17 miles long and built against cliffs. Due to years of disrepair, the ancient walls have been weathered and incomplete in many places, but you can still appreciate its majesty.
Further up is the Guoguo Gate, which is the second line of defense of the Diaoyu City and the most magnificent dangerous pass among the eight gates. Even if a hundred thousand troops attack the city, only a few hundred people can be sent to defend it. It is really a one-man defense.
When it is closed, no one can open it.
At that time, the Mongolian army attacked the Huguo Gate hundreds of times, and it took thirty-six years, but it never broke through the Huguo Gate once.
Zhong Guanguang looked up at the carvings on the wall of the Protectorate Gate and thought of the officers and soldiers in the city fighting against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. He felt a little crazy and murmured to himself: "China has been plagued by disasters since ancient times, but there are always passionate people who rise up to fight. At that time and today,
How similar, I hope our Chinese nation can be rejuvenated."
Zhou Hexuan said with emotion: "As long as the people of the country are united, the country will be in danger everywhere."
"What Mr. Zhou said is so good!" Zhao Chixiong immediately agreed. Anyway, everything the idol said makes sense.
Yang Yuzhou, the secretary of the Hechuan County Education Bureau, was the guide who went up the mountain this time. After advancing for a while, he suddenly pointed to a stone platform and said: "This is the execution ground of Diaoyu City. The traitor Jin Guobao sent by Meng Ge Khan to persuade him to surrender.
He was beheaded here by General Wang."
"Kill well, all traitors should be killed!" a young man suddenly shouted. He was a chemical engineering college student brought by Zhang Fuzhong.
Not far ahead is the ladder to the Diaoyu City. This place is also extremely dangerous. It is a plank road built in the later period of the Diaoyu City. If the Mongolian and Yuan armies break through the National Guard Gate, there will be a ladder waiting for them. With the power of the entire Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty,
It is impossible to climb this ladder.
Climbing the ladder to heaven is a wide platform, which was an "arsenal" during the Southern Song Dynasty. It could manufacture iron mines, artillery and other anti-personnel weapons. The ancient walls of Diaoyu City have muzzles and cannons. This is how Mongolian Khan was used.
Blast to death.
There are also fields inside the Diaoyu City, and the defenders can farm and grow their own crops. If they work harder, they can also make their own salt. They are not afraid of the blockade of the Mongolian army.
Going further northeast from the "Arsenal" is Huguo Temple and Zhongyi Temple.
There are still a few monks living in Huguo Temple, but they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. They usually have no incense at all, so they can only farm their own land to support themselves. This temple was later converted into a Diaoyu City Museum.
The Chungui Shrine is even worse. Two parts have collapsed and the gate is still covered with spider webs.
Zhou Hexuan said to the accompanying workers: "Clean up the memorial hall!"
The workers immediately started cleaning up, while Zhou Hexuan turned his attention to the stone steles in the temple. These stone steles are all cultural relics. There are more than ten in the Southern Song Dynasty, and more than 20 have been engraved over the centuries. Some of them record fishing in detail.
History of urban warfare.
Pound was so excited that he ran to a stone tablet with his small notebook and squatted there to copy it carefully.
Zhao Huanhuang kindly reminded: "Mr. Pang De, don't go to so much trouble, just use paper and ink to tap it out."
"How to extend it?" Pang De asked confusedly.
Zhao Juehuang was well prepared and asked his disciples to take out the tools for rubbing the stele. After scrubbing the stele clean, they could cut out a piece in minutes.
"It can still be like this, it's so convenient!" Pang De was overjoyed. It was like getting a novel toy, and he automatically became everyone's toiler.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the workers had simply finished cleaning the Zhongyi Temple.
Zhou Hexuan first came to the side hall of the left chamber, where Wang Li, Li Dehui and Mrs. Xiong Er were enshrined. Because Wang Li and others finally opened the city and surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, they could not be enshrined in the main hall, but their surrender was after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there was a living city
The last county government in the Southern Song Dynasty was the Hezhou County Government in Diaoyu City. At that time, as long as there was fierce resistance, the Mongols would massacre the city after capturing the city. Diaoyu City was responsible for killing the high-level officials of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
As for the only city that was not massacred, Wang Li's requirement for surrender was that no one in the city should be killed.
The tablets of Wang Li, Li Dehui and Mrs. Xiong Er have been missing, and even the offering table is in a state of decay.
Zhou Hexuan bowed twice before turning around and walking into the main hall. Inside were the five anti-Yuan sages of Diaoyu City, Wang Jian, Zhang Jue, Yu Jie, Ran Jing and Ran Pu. Zhou Hexuan personally placed offerings for these five people.
The brand new tablet was placed, and after four bows, he respectfully exited the main hall.
The workers also placed the three animals, and at the same time placed the memorial tablets of Wang Li and others from the left family. When the time came, the worship ceremony officially began.
Zhou Hexuan led hundreds of factory employees and stood upright in front of the temple. Zhong Guanguang was the oldest and most senior. He was responsible for reading the memorial list and directing everyone to perform worship.
Pound, a Yankee, was very interested in this. He stood nearby and kept taking pictures. After taking the pictures, he couldn't wait to ask: "Zhou, why do you have to bow twenty-four times instead of eight times? I just learned an idiom,
It’s called the Eight Worshipers, which just fits the Eight Diagrams.”
Zhou Hexuan explained: "The Eight-Bow's Day is a time when children of family friends pay respects to their elders. Later, it was also used as a ceremony for sworn brothers. The Twenty-four-Bow's Day is a ceremony dedicated to sacrifices, and there are also Twelve-Bow's Day. For example, if a good friend's family dies, you go to express your condolences.
, Twelve prayers is the greatest respect. Generally speaking, when sweeping the tombs of one’s ancestors during Qingming Festival, four prayers is more in line with the standard. Twenty-four and twelve prayers are used for extremely formal, large and solemn occasions. Ordinary people
When meeting people, they bow. One bow is a normal greeting, two bows show respect, and four bows represent admiration, reverence and infinite respect. There are also three bows. This is a Buddhist etiquette. You can only use three or nine bows when worshiping Buddha. At the same time, three bows
It is also a Chinese guest etiquette. The host bows to the guest three times to show respect and welcome to the guest."
"Chinese etiquette is so complicated." Pound felt a little dizzy.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's all red tape. Nowadays, China is learning from the West and usually uses a handshake. The bow has been abandoned. However, in solemn occasions such as sacrifices, I think ancient rituals are still necessary."
Zhao Liohuang suddenly came over: "Mr. Zhou, please say a few words."
Zhou Hexuan came to the front of the altar table, looked at the more than a hundred people in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Compatriots, have you forgotten that the Japanese occupied Taiwan, China?"
"No!" everyone shouted in unison.
Zhou Hexuan shouted again: "Have you forgotten that the Japanese occupied Northeast China?"
"No!" The crowd's shouts became louder and louder.
Zhou Hexuan roared: "Have you forgotten that the Japanese are invading North and East China?"
"Don't dare forget! Don't dare forget!"
Most of the workers in the pharmaceutical factory and the acid and alkali factory under construction have a middle school education or above, or even elementary school. Nowadays, newspapers are full of patriotic propaganda, and the literate people have long been aroused to national sentiment. At this moment, one by one
His face was red, and he was holding back anger that was difficult to vent.
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the main hall of the Loyalty Temple behind him: "Did you see what is written on the plaque? Loyalty is eternal! What is loyalty? Patriotism is loyalty! What is righteousness? Saving the people is righteousness! Nowadays, the country is facing a crisis. If you want to do something loyal and righteous, you must save the country and save the people!
I don’t want you to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but your future work will not be inferior to killing the enemy to serve the country. Medicines can help the people and save the lives of the wounded. When you start the machine, countless people’s lives will be saved because of you!
Some people say that China is hopeless and that China cannot defeat Japan. Fart! When Mongolia swept the world, Diaoyu City still resisted for 36 years. Can the little devils compare to the Mongols? They are not even worthy of carrying shoes! Japan is a small country, but it still wants to dream
Annexing China is a typical example of a snake swallowing an elephant, and you can choke them to death if you swallow half of it! As long as we persist in resisting, China will win! And the drugs you produce are the key to China's victory. You produce sulfonamide drugs with high efficiency
It is far superior to the little Japanese and is the best life-saving medicine in the world. Our weapons are not as good as Japan, but our life-saving medicine is stronger than Japan. You are workers and soldiers. Tell me, do you have the confidence to use medicine to defeat the Japanese!"
