In the blink of an eye, November entered, Shanghai fell, and the Battle of Songhu ended.
The Nationalist Government in Nanjing announced that it would move its capital to Chongqing. Liu Xiang welcomed this with both hands. He secretly joined forces with Song Zheyuan and Han Fuju to block Chiang Kai-shek out of Kuimen and resolutely prevent the Central Army from entering Sichuan to seize territory.
Hu Shi was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the special envoy to visit the United States. He has been in the United States for three months and made great contributions to promoting China's resistance to Japan and winning popular support in the United States. A month ago, he and Wang Zhengting were finally summoned by Roosevelt to watch the Olympic Games with Zhou Hexuan.
Wang Zhengting was reactivated and now serves as China's ambassador to the United States.
Hu Shi described the situation of China's Anti-Japanese War in detail and begged Roosevelt to give up the idea of compromise, otherwise China would be defeated. Once China was defeated, the United States would lose the Far East and the Pacific. Helping China was helping itself.
Roosevelt expressed his sympathy for China and comforted Hu Shi not to be pessimistic. He was very optimistic about China. He felt that China would win, and then continued to sell various strategic materials to Japan.
In fact, Chiang Kai-shek originally wanted to ask Zhou Hexuan to carry out the mission of special envoy to the United States. However, Zhou Hexuan declined because it was difficult for even gods to convince Roosevelt. Instead of going to the United States to cry and beg, it would be better to stay in Chongqing and do some serious work.
At the same time, Feng Yong also asked Hu Shi and Wang Zhengting to ask for a favor in front of Roosevelt and fly the flying club's aircraft back to China to participate in the war. Zhou Hexuan ordered many advanced military aircraft at the beginning, but the contract stipulated that no additional weapons should be installed, and
These aircraft may not be transported out of the United States.
Roosevelt responded by asking Feng Yong to contact the U.S. Department of Defense, which is still meeting to discuss the matter.
Feng Yong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He wanted to take the pilots back to China to fight against Japan, but he knew that there were not enough planes in the country, so he could only block the door of the Pentagon every day, and he became familiar with the guards of the Pentagon.
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With a loud cry, the child in Liao Yaquan's belly fell to the ground.
He was a big fat boy again. This time Zhou Hexuan didn't look for any reference, but gave his son a very plain name, Xingguo, Zhou Xingguo.
Liao Yaquan turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and paid no attention to the ongoing Sino-Japanese war. Now all her energy is focused on her youngest son. She is just waiting for the day when Japan comes to Chongqing and moves to the United States or the United Kingdom in advance. For this
She also dedicated time to improve her English.
"Sir, a call from Nanjing!" Yu Peichen came quickly with the telegram.
Zhou Hexuan received the telegram, but it was from Luo Jialun. The general content was that the Central University was about to move, and the school was set to be located at Songlin Slope, Shapingba, Chongqing. Luo Jialun knew that Zhou Hexuan's father-in-law was engaged in real estate, and wanted to ask Zhou Hexuan to help find a construction team and wait for the Central University.
Construction started immediately after the university moved here.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Reply to Principal Luo and tell him that it will be done. Please rest assured."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Yu Peichen turned and left.
I have to say that Luo Jialun is really capable. In his hands, Tsinghua University transformed from a church school into a national university and established a consistent school spirit for the next few decades. In his hands, Central University became a national university during the Anti-Japanese War.
During this period, the colleges and universities had the best chance of relocation, suffered the least losses, and were the earliest to resume classes.
As early as May 1935, Luo Jialun made a detailed inspection of Sichuan and believed that Chongqing had steep mountains and rivers, rich products, and was the southwest transportation center, so he decided to relocate the Central University to Songlinpo, Chongqing. Last year, Sino-Japanese relations
Becoming more nervous, Luo Jialun instructed the school's logistics department to rush to produce a large number of wooden boxes. At that time, the teachers and students in the school did not know what the use of these wooden boxes was.
When the Battle of Songhu was in full swing, Luo Jialun organized teachers and students to pack the school's belongings into boxes and move them from Nanjing to Chongqing in batches.
At this time, many people still felt that maybe the Battle of Songhu could be stopped by the Lieutenant Commander and end quickly like the January 28th War a few years ago. It happened that the German Ambassador to China Taudemann was mediating the Sino-Japanese War, so the Central Committee
Some teachers and students at the university gave Luo Jialun the nickname "Todman's brother who escapes quickly".
It wasn't until the National Government of Nanjing announced that it would move the capital that the teachers and students of Central University were filled with admiration and realized the foresight of President Luo.
Some people described the relocation of Central University as "leaving no chickens or dogs behind." Not only were the fine poultry and livestock of the Agricultural College taken away, but also 24 corpses used for dissection by the Medical College were also taken away. These corpses were soaked in blessings along the way.
Malin arrived at his new home in Chongqing unscathed.
At the end of November, when other universities in Nanjing were still discussing whether to relocate and how to relocate, the first batch of teachers and students from Central University had arrived in Chongqing. Since the construction of the new campus had not yet begun, these teachers and students temporarily borrowed the campus of Chongqing University for one day.
Classes resumed without any further delay.
Early December.
Nanjing, Central University.
Luo Jialun was the last group to leave Nanjing. He inspected the campus again and saw that the entire campus was empty of personnel, equipment and property, and he felt very happy.
When he walked to the Agricultural College, he saw that the fine-bred poultry on the pasture were still there, and immediately called the pasture workers: "You guys, take care of these pigs, cattle and sheep, and you can eat them, sell them, or take them home to raise them."
, As long as it doesn’t fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders, I won’t leave a hair for the little devil!”
The poultry and livestock on the farm of the Agricultural College are all of high quality. One male and one female of each species have been selected and taken away. These are the remaining ones.
The four ranch workers were all ordinary people, and the youngest was in his forties. Although he did not recognize a few words, what he said surprised Luo Jialun.
Wu Qian said: "Principal Luo, some of these well-bred livestock were cultivated by teachers and classmates who spent many years of hard work, and some were purchased from foreigners by the state with foreign exchange. They are all treasures of the school. It is a pity to lose them."
"Yes," Cao Zhanting agreed, "the teachers and classmates went to Chongqing this time, and they only brought one male and one female with them. We won't be able to do animal experiments in the future, and we have to slowly cultivate them."
Yuan Weimin said: "I can't bear to part with it either."
Wang Youting said: "Principal Luo, why not take all the livestock to Chongqing and let us take care of them."
Luo Jialun said with a wry smile: "Now Nanjing residents are relocating on a large scale. Even people can't get on the boats, let alone so many livestock."
Wang Youting is a gray-haired, honest man who usually doesn't say much, but now he said firmly: "Principal Luo, I promise you that you will take these well-bred livestock to Chongqing and never throw them away, let alone keep them to benefit the Japanese!"
Luo Jialun didn't comment on this and left with a smile. He thought the four ranch workers were just joking.
The four workers took it seriously. They elected Wang Youting, the oldest, as their leader. They spent their own money and worked overtime to make wooden cages. They put chickens, ducks, dogs, rabbits, etc. into the cages, and put the wooden cages on the horses.
, cattle, pigs, and sheep, and drove the livestock onto four wooden boats.
The night before the Japanese invaders launched a general attack on Nanjing, four people left in a hurry in a wooden boat.
At this time, the Japanese invaders had surrounded the southeast and west sides of Nanjing. They had no choice but to take a detour from the north. On the way, they encountered Japanese planes bombing Chinese ships, so they abandoned the ships and went ashore, driving their livestock to the mountains of central Anhui. In order to avoid the war
, they first went north to Henan, and then turned back to Hubei. They had to eat and sleep in the open air along the way, which was extremely difficult.
When we were in Xuchang, it was snowing heavily and the weather was freezing cold. Although we tried every means to protect them, some rabbits were still frozen to death. The four workers were heartbroken and cried. Of course, there were also happy things. Two Dutch cows gave birth to a baby on the way.
Two lively calves.
When they came to Wuhan with their animal army, the Japanese invaders also attacked Wuhan, so they had to rush to Yichang. Their patriotic act touched the local people, and they were sent to the ship for free, and they could finally take the ship to Chongqing with peace of mind.
When the four of them met Luo Jialun again, it had been nearly a year and they had traveled thousands of miles across various provinces.
Luo Jialun looked at the four weather-beaten, disheveled, and ragged workers, as well as the well-bred livestock that had lost a few rabbits and gained two calves. He was so excited that he burst into tears and immediately organized the teachers and students of the school to welcome the meritor home.
This is the story of Central University’s internal relocation, “leaving no chickens or dogs behind”.
