At the beginning of the year, Japanese planes bombed Guangzhou continuously for more than 10 days, killing more than 7,000 people.
Zhou Hexuan ordered workers to speed up the construction of air-raid shelters in Chongqing. The national government did not come forward to call for it at this time, so Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to do it himself.
In fact, since July last year, Zhou Hexuan has paid for the construction of a large air defense tunnel. It is planned to start from Chaotianmen, pass through Linjiangmen, Tongyuanmen and end at Nanjimen, running through the four directions of the main city of Chongqing, with an estimated length of more than 3,700 meters.
Now half a year has passed, and the air-raid shelter built under the leadership of Zhou Hexuan has been dug out to more than 1,200 meters. He also built an air-raid basement at his home, where his family and servants can hide at any time whenever Japanese planes attack.
On January 5, Einstein, Romain Rolland, Russell, Dewey and other great scholars launched an international aid movement to China and called for donations for China's war of resistance. In June of this year, Einstein and Roosevelt's eldest son will jointly establish the Aid to China Movement
Committee, which conducts donation drives in 2,000 cities and towns across the United States.
On January 6, Bethune led a Canadian and American medical team to China to support the Chinese people in their war of resistance.
At the same time, private aid activities to China of varying scales also appeared in various European countries. I don’t know what Hitler was thinking. Germany had obviously formed an alliance with Japan, but after the fall of Nanjing, it secretly supported China with a batch of weapons, including I-type tanks and heavy weapons.
artillery.
In the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, Germany never withdrew the military advisers it sent to China. It was not until a full year after the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance that Germany withdrew a large number of advisers to aid China under Japanese diplomatic pressure. But some still remained.
and even became an active military officer in China. For example, Captain Frank Hobrich, who participated in commanding the Battle of Changde, advanced and retreated with the Chinese defenders, died heroically in November 1943, and was posthumously awarded the rank of Army Major General by the Nationalist Government.
Hitler mentioned in his autobiography that when he was in poverty, he received selfless help from a Chinese family. The Chinese surname was Cheung. The transliteration may be Zhang or Cheng. As a result, Hitler had a very good impression of China.
There were even rumors of wanting to divide the world with China.
Of course, these rumors are very unreliable, and I don’t know where they came from. But it is true that Hitler was very ambiguous about China. When the Sino-Japanese all-out war broke out, Germany was the most active mediator among European and American countries. It mediated three times, but it was a pity that the mediator
The content is too harsh.
Compared with Germany, the Soviet Union provided the greatest support to China in the early days of the War of Resistance.
The Soviet Union, in the form of a volunteer army, stationed its air force at Nanjing Airport at the end of 1937. These Soviet aircraft were painted with Chinese military emblems and fought fiercely with the Japanese Air Force in Nanjing for several days. On January 5, they came to Wuhan to participate in the war and flew to Wuhu to shoot down the Japanese aircraft.
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The reason why the Soviet Union helped China was because Britain, France and the United States encouraged Germany to attack the Soviet Union. Although Germany was temporarily unwilling to confront the Soviet Union head-on, it was encouraging Japan to attack the Far East of the Soviet Union so that the Soviet Union would be busy taking care of itself and facilitate Germany's expansion in Europe.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so the Soviet Union and China are friends.
January 10th.
Chang Kaishen and Bai Chongxi traveled from Wuchang to Kaifeng. The purpose of this trip was to punish Han Fuju. Han was not far away from death. This man deserved his death. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he almost became a traitor and promised Shandong to remain neutral. When Chiang Kai-shek heard the news, he quickly
He was appeased and made deputy commander of the fifth theater.
During the war, Han Fuju refused to carry out the central government's orders several times in order to preserve his strength. In addition, Han Fuju got involved with Liu Xiang, and Chiang Kai-shek could no longer tolerate him, so he had to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
After driving to the train station, Chang Kaishen and Bai Chongxi got on the special train.
A few minutes later, Chang Kaishen looked outside and said in surprise: "When was the Yangtze River Bridge opened?"
The adjutant replied: "The bridge builders worked overtime to meet the construction deadline. It was officially completed at four o'clock in the morning, and a train was put into trial operation at midnight."
"This bridge was repaired in time!" Chang Kaishen said with emotion.
The Pinghan-Han Line connects to the north, and the Guangdong-Hankou Line connects to the south, but is interrupted by the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. In the past, when trains crossed the river, they needed to be transferred by large barges, which would delay at least an hour and a half. If there was a heavy transportation task, it would take half a day to arrive.
One day is normal, and it is possible to wait in line for the train and board the ship for two days.
Now that the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is open, transportation efficiency will immediately double, greatly alleviating wartime transportation difficulties.
The adjutant smiled and said: "I heard that Mr. Zhou specially invested an additional 1 million yuan in order to catch up with the bridge repair progress."
Chang Kaishen nodded and said: "Zhou Mingcheng still made contributions to the country."
After Chang Kaishen finished speaking, he started reading newspapers and magazines. Although he was very busy every day, he still insisted on reading newspapers. After reading the newspaper for a while, Chang Kaishen opened the "Fei Gong" magazine again. The important contents were marked by the secretary.
, he can just open it directly.
The number one article in this issue of "Fei Gong" is exactly the content of Zhou Hexuan's lecture at the university half a month ago.
Chang Kaishen nodded repeatedly as he read, until he saw Zhou Hexuan talking about American diplomatic strategy, then he suddenly frowned and breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little angry that the United States supported Japan, but he was also looking forward to the United States' future participation in the war. After reading, he said: "Here
Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi) has a look."
Bai Chongxi was in the next car, and the adjutant quickly took the magazine over.
After Bai Chongxi finished reading the article, he ran to Chang Kaishen's carriage and said: "Although it is a scholar's opinion, it still has some truth. It can at least strengthen the confidence of the Chinese people in the war of resistance."
"Yes, what we lack most now is confidence." Chang Kaishen sighed.
Although after the Battle of Songhu, there were many fewer "peace advocates" in the country, but there were only a few who were truly confident.
For example, Zhang Qun, the veteran of the Kuomintang Party, advised Chang Kaishen in this way. The general content is as follows: German mediation cannot be accepted because the conditions are too harsh. Once accepted, the central government's prestige will be lost. China should fight the war first, and then negotiate for peace after defeat.
No matter how peace is negotiated, the people will understand it and will not be too hostile to the central government.
Well, Zhang Qun is also the main militant faction. Unfortunately, he is the main militant faction, but he is rushing to negotiate peace after defeat... He is still better than Wang Zhaoming.
Inevitably, Zhou Hexuan's article immediately aroused widespread discussion from all walks of life in Chinese society after it was published in "Fei Gong" magazine. Some said he was too arbitrary, some said he should not think of the United States so dirty, and some regarded the article as academic.
Discussion of the issue. However, many people firmly believe that the United States will definitely participate in the war. As long as China can persist in resisting, it will definitely be able to rely on the United States to win.
As a result, in addition to the peace faction and the war faction, the "American aid faction" appeared in China. This faction advocates persisting in resistance and delaying the time as much as possible until the United States joins the war, which is victory.
After the special train arrived in Kaifeng, Chang Kaishen suddenly said to his adjutant: "Send a telegram to Chairman Lin and ask him to appoint Zhou Mingcheng as the special envoy to visit Britain. He has a good relationship with King George VI, so he must get more assistance."
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When a war breaks out, money is spent like water.
The international loans that Kong Xiangxi obtained last year have been exhausted, and Chiang Kai-shek is trying every means to get money.
