Zhou Hexuan is giving his routine speech again, criticizing Japan in universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, and the lasting effect is much higher than giving a speech in the British Parliament.
Because these universities will produce many future politicians, including senior British cabinet officials and leaders of other countries and regions. If these people can be made to hate Japan from the bottom of their hearts, it will more or less affect their approach to Japan in the future.
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In addition, there will be many writers in institutions of higher learning, and the subtle propaganda effect of cultural works is even more terrifying.
Hundreds of Cambridge teachers and students were sitting below, listening to Zhou Hexuan's second speech in Cambridge:
"Today we are going to talk about bombing. What bombing? The bombing of schools and cultural studies..."
"We know that since the outbreak of the large-scale war between the East and the West, Japan has carried out large-scale bombings against China, and Germany has also carried out large-scale bombings against the United Kingdom. The people of the two countries have suffered unprecedented suffering during the war. But there is a phenomenon worthy of attention.
That is, Germany has not bombed British universities and scientific research institutions so far, and I don’t think this will happen again. And Britain’s retaliatory bombing of Germany also deliberately avoided Göttingen and Heidelberg University.”
"It seems that all Western developed countries have a tacit understanding that war has nothing to do with academics. Scholars, students, and institutions must receive due respect and protection."
The teachers and students of Cambridge University nodded subconsciously. They all agreed with this statement and believed that it should be done. Culture, science and art cannot be destroyed by war.
Zhou Hexuan suddenly sneered and said: "But this is not the case in the Far East. As early as nine years ago, before the all-out war between China and Japan broke out, when Japan bombed Shanghai, it targeted several Chinese universities. Among them,
After the full-scale war between Japan and Japan broke out, China's Central University, Fudan University, Jinling University, Tongji University, Southwest Associated University, Chongqing University...this series of higher education institutions, and even some middle schools, became key bombing targets of the Japanese army!"
"This is against world justice and fully proves the barbarity of the Japanese. It is difficult to imagine that an advanced developed country would do such a thing."
"Gentlemen here, you are very happy, because Britain's opponent is Germany. No matter how cruel the Germans are and how they kill innocent people, as long as you continue to stay at Cambridge University, you can continue to study and do research without any worries.
But our colleagues in China cannot do this. Professors and students have to pay attention to the alarms and run to air-raid shelters at all times when they have classes in the classroom."
Zhou Hexuan began to talk in detail about Chinese teachers and students, especially what he saw and heard at Southwest Associated University.
The teachers and students in Cambridge were extremely shocked. They could not imagine that a world-class chemist would actually open up wasteland and grow vegetables on his own, and an internationally renowned mathematician could only do academic research in an air-raid shelter... What was wrong with the professors?
With a strong will, he led students to give lectures in the wild, turning a deaf ear to the roar of airplanes in the sky.
"Pap-pap-pap-pap!"
At the end of the speech, the audience burst into applause.
Well-known scholars from Cambridge came over to shake hands with Zhou Hexuan.
"Mr. Zhou, I admire the will of Chinese scholars very much. They deserve respect."
"Please give my regards to the Chinese scholars and students."
"War must bypass science, culture and art. The tragedy of Archimedes cannot be repeated. I will launch an academic condemnation of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army."
"I will always stand with my friends in China."
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As a world-renowned scholar, Zhou Hexuan's influence is still huge. Thanks to his repeated speeches and propaganda over the past few years, at least the academic circles in the United Kingdom and the United States have an extremely bad impression of Japan. Japan's bombing of Chinese institutions of higher learning alone has It’s enough to become a public enemy of the world’s academic community. Civilized countries don’t do this!
After staying in Cambridge for a few days, Zhou Hexuan returned to London and was invited by Xiao Qian to give lectures at the Oriental College of the University of London. To be precise, he went to give lectures at the Oriental College short-term training class founded by Xiao Qian. The students there were all interested in going to China. international friends.
Zhou Hexuan did not teach anything esoteric in the Oriental College short-term training class. He specifically talked about Chinese social customs and morals and promoted the simplicity and kindness of the Chinese people.
This is not nonsense, this is the truth.
Historically, when these international volunteers came to Yunnan, China, they received an extremely warm welcome. Many times they encountered bandits in the wild. After learning their identities, the bandits immediately stopped robbing and kidnapping, and even gave them away as gifts. They food.
Xiao Qian's short-term training class has a total of 32 students, 27 of whom will go to China in the next few years. When leaving, Zhou Hexuan took a photo with these international friends. In that photo, four people will stay in China forever.
On November 7, Zhou Hexuan left London by boat.
For safety reasons, they took an American passenger ship. They first detoured through the United States, then took Haishengwei to the Soviet Union, and then returned from northwest China via the Siberian Railway. This was equivalent to circling the earth more than half a circle, which would definitely delay time, but it was also a helpless move. , Zhou Hexuan doesn’t want to fly another plane himself.
By the way, you can also go to the United States to see Vivien Leigh and Yu Peichen, especially Yu Peichen. She stayed in the United States and gave birth to a pair of twin daughters. Zhou Hexuan has not yet met his two daughters.
By the time they arrived on the west coast of the United States, it was already late November.
In the past few months, the Japanese offensive in China was mainly divided into two parts, namely, mopping up the occupied areas and bombing the rear areas.
During the counter-mopping up, although the Hundred Regiment War was not over yet, its achievements and the military strength it displayed shocked both the Japanese invaders and the national government.
As for bombing, Kunming and Chongqing became the main air raid targets of the Japanese army. After the reopening of the Burma Highway, Japanese planes also took special care.
At the same time, Japanese Zero fighters appeared in China.
On September 13, the aircraft that China finally managed to get together were shot down in a single air battle, 13 of them were shot down, 11 were damaged, and 10 pilots were killed. However, the Japanese aircraft suffered very few casualties. This was an unprecedented aerial defeat since the Anti-Japanese War.
Chang Kaishen was furious and completely ignored Japan's new fighter planes. He believed that the air force was useless and demanded that the enemy be pursued for a decisive battle.
This is obviously a very wrong approach. If someone else has advanced fighter aircraft, they should conduct exploratory air combat to find out the opponent's situation and then fight back. Taking the initiative to launch a decisive battle is tantamount to suicide.
Liu Zongwu, the deputy captain of the Fourth Brigade, was not willing to be humiliated and directly asked to see the leader. Lao Jiang did not listen to Liu Zongwu's excuses and rebuked him again. Liu Zongwu could only shout: "Report to the chairman, I am the third phase of the aviation school, your Student. Today, in order to save the country and my compatriots, I will die without hesitation, willingly, and move forward courageously. But the Japanese must pay a small price. Our aircraft were originally not as good as others in quantity and quality, but now Japan has come up with this year’s new aircraft. The planes hit us ten years ago, and we didn’t even have a chance to fight back. What’s the point of such a sacrifice? After I report to you, in order to obey the order, I will definitely die in battle to show you, report over!”
I will definitely fight to the death to show you!
This sentence is tragic and full of grievances.
After Liu Zongwu finished speaking, he rushed out of Yunxiu Tower. Lao Jiang quickly shouted to wait. But Liu Zongwu ignored him, went straight to the airport, and led his team to take off immediately. Zhou Zhirou quickly called the Air Force First Route Headquarters and conveyed the order:
: "The Chairman asked not to fight."
Liu Zongwu still refused to listen and led his team to search for enemy planes in the air. As a result, most of the gasoline was consumed and the Japanese plane was not found. Liu Zongwu then led the team back to the airport.
After that, Chang Kaishen no longer asked the Air Force for a decisive battle, saving fuel for the remaining air force. However, the morale of the Chinese Air Force was extremely low because they felt that they "must flee every battle", which was really a shame for the military.
Three weeks later, Japanese Zero fighters appeared in Kunming again.
The air force in Kunming is even weaker, with only some Hawker aircraft and I-15s. Not to mention the backwardness of the aircraft, there are only a few aviation school instructors to support the pilots, and the rest are all novices who have just graduated from the aviation school.
This air battle was fought equally bravely and tragically. Under the command of Captain Li Xiangyang, the Chinese aircraft lost two aircraft, which almost consumed the gasoline of the Japanese Zero fighters, and the Japanese invaders returned with no losses. During this period, Kunming
It was completely blown up by Japanese bombers, which directly led to the relocation of Tongji University, Academia Sinica and Construction Society to Lizhuang. At the same time, Southwest Associated University was also forced to open a new branch campus.
When Zhou Hexuan was in the UK, he had a telegram discussion with Feng Yong on the Zero fighter issue.
Military fans or World War II fans should know the weaknesses of the Japanese Zero fighter. Zhou Hexuan said that he had reliable information, which was given by a Japanese friend, and told Feng Yong all the weaknesses of the Zero fighter in the telegram.
But it is of little use because the performance of Chinese aircraft is too backward.
Take the Kunming air battle as an example. China only has Hawker aircraft and I-15s, with maximum speeds of 360 kilometers per hour and 367 kilometers per hour respectively. According to subsequent analysis by the US military, as long as it suddenly turns right and rolls at a speed of 370 kilometers per hour, it can get out of zero.
The problem with pursuing Chinese fighter jets is that the ultimate speed of Chinese fighter jets cannot reach 370 kilometers.
Another method to deal with the Zero fighter, after being reminded by Zhou Hexuan, the Chinese Air Force also used it in the Chengdu air battle in early November. That is to dive vertically and accelerate to get rid of the Zero fighter. This method is slightly effective, even
On the spot, two Zero fighter planes stopped mid-air and crashed.
But that was all. After losing 5 Zero fighters as a result, the Japanese quickly learned their lesson and this situation did not happen again. Chinese aircraft could only rely on this method to save their lives and could not stop Japan's bombing at all.
Shiji remains the aerial supremacy of the Chinese battlefield.
This is impossible to play at all, the performance gap between the aircraft is too big.
The only good thing is that after learning that the Chinese Air Force suffered heavy losses, overseas Chinese raised funds and donated 217 aircraft. This time, Soong Meiling did not dare to mess around again. Most of the donations were used to purchase fighter aircraft, but when will they arrive?
is a problem.
Even if you can buy one, it will only be old goods from seven or eight years ago like the Hawker and I-15, and they will still be unable to defeat the Zero fighter.