(ps: In the previous chapter, some book friends questioned the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Here is a brief explanation. At that time, 40% of the elites of the national army in Zhongtiao Mountain were in the Fourth Group Army, and the Fourth Group Army was developed from Yang Hucheng’s troops.
They were very pro-communist. Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Fourth Army to suppress the guerrilla defense areas and took the opportunity to carry out a general purge of the Fourth Army. The author did not say that the Fourth Army did not resist Japan. On the contrary, the Fourth Army was fierce and pro-communist.
common.
To be honest, the commander-in-chief of that battle, Wei Lihuang, was also taking the blame, because Chiang Kai-shek felt that Wei Lihuang was also suspected of being pro-communist, so he had Wei Lihuang dumped in disguise before the war broke out. Wei Lihuang was
Without actual command authority, he can only take passive defensive measures.
Therefore, the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was normal. Before the battle even started, Wei Lihuang, the brains of the defenders, was "beheaded", and the Fourth Group Army, the mainstay of the defenders, was "cramped". After experiencing "beheading and cramps", the Chinese army was
The national troops in Tiaoshan were like patients without brains and spines. How could they defeat the oncoming Japanese invaders? In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese army cooperated perfectly, making Chiang Kai-shek look like a Japanese spy.)
No more gossip, let’s get down to business.
While U.S. Special Envoy Curry was inspecting China's legal tender situation and meeting with dignitaries from various Chinese political parties, Zhou's residence suddenly had people visiting him for half a month.
The "Southern Anhui Incident" greatly devastated the people of the Nationalist Government. All political parties and democrats, including many members of the Kuomintang, felt that they could no longer endure it. They advocated unity and democracy to resist Japan and abandoned all internal strife, so they secretly formed the "Democratic Political Alliance".
It was the predecessor of the "Democratic League".
Groups such as the Youth Party, the National Socialist Party, the Vocational Education Society, the Rural Construction Association, and the National Liberation Committee all participated. Zhou Hexuan was not surprised to be invited. However, Zhou Hexuan did not join any group, and the "Alliance of Democratic Political Groups" was not involved for the time being.
Accept individual members, so they want to absorb Zhou Hexuan into an organization before joining.
Zhou Hexuan declined politely. He did not want to join any group, but secretly donated 5,000 yuan to the "League of Democratic Political Groups" for funding.
As for Chang Kaishen's cooperation negotiations with Britain and the United States, they were both smooth and disappointing.
Chang Kaishen hoped to launch Far East cooperation with Britain and the United States, even if he did not directly mention an alliance. However, Britain looked at the United States, and the United States refused to let go. The Far East cooperation plan was simply impossible to realize.
However, U.S. Special Envoy Curry discovered that China's inflation was so severe that the legal currency was almost turning into waste paper, and the situation was so serious that it could not support the war of resistance. Therefore, the United States agreed to borrow US$50 million to stabilize the value of the legal currency, and at the same time urged the United Kingdom to
China borrows £5 million.
Including the U.S. metal borrowing in February, this time the United States borrowed a total of $100 million from China within two months (actual payment was $60 million).
As Japan's aggression in Southeast Asia intensified, Churchill panicked. After borrowing 5 million pounds from China in April, he lent another 5 million pounds to China in June. In total, he actually gave China 10 million pounds.
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We can't blame Churchill for being stingy. At this time, Britain was already financially bankrupt, and the 10 million pounds it could lend to China were all extracted from it.
In comparison, the United States seems less authentic. It had clearly agreed to give 50 million, but actually received only 10 million. Moreover, among all the foreign loans China made during the War of Resistance, the United States had the highest interest rate by far.
Higher than the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, it was not until the outbreak of the Pacific War that it suddenly became generous (direct interest-free loan of US$500 million).
When Britain and the United States were borrowing heavily from China, the Soviet Union's attitude towards China suddenly became subtle. Previously, the Soviet Union had borrowed a total of 250 million US dollars from China and provided various support for arms. However, in April this year, it suddenly signed the "Japan-Soviet Mutual Non-Aggression"
treaty".
The reason is that the situation in Europe is becoming more and more severe, and the Soviet Union must fully defend against Germany. Japan also wants to invade Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and cannot conflict with the Soviet Union for the time being. Therefore, the Soviet Union and Japan hit it off and each gave China and Germany
sold.
By the way, the Flying Tigers were being formed and received secret support from Roosevelt. At this time, Chennault had returned to the United States to recruit volunteer pilots.
Soong Meiling and Kong Xiangxi are still working on things. Last year, the Chinese Air Force was defeated miserably by Zero fighters, and the two immediately started buying aircraft. Kong Xiangxi planned to order 50 Hawker aircraft and 30 C21 interceptors, with a total price of 4 million US dollars.
The price is not outrageous. The actual purchaser planned to save a fortune. After many efforts, he successfully reduced the price by 7%, saving the country approximately US$300,000.
In the spring of 1941, 50 Hawker aircraft were finally shipped to China, but the remaining 30 interceptor aircraft were bombed by the Japanese army in Myanmar. At this time, Kong Xiangxi proposed to order 160 American aircraft, but after much negotiation, he only bought 80.
planes, and I don’t know when they will be delivered. Anyway, the author cannot find out the whereabouts of these planes.
Due to the visit of US Special Envoy Curry to China, Roosevelt realized that the situation in China was more serious than imagined. Therefore, Roosevelt intercepted 100 P40Bs originally sold to the United Kingdom and shipped them to China in May. These aircraft were the foundation of the "Flying Tigers"
The initial family background.
Judging from the changes in the attitudes of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union towards China, the Soviet-German war is about to break out, and wars in Southeast Asia and the Pacific are not far away.
Zhou Hexuan is free for the time being. He usually writes books at home, gives lectures at universities, and makes donations every now and then.
The "Chongqing Tunnel Massacre" that killed tens of thousands of people cannot happen again, because the largest air-raid shelter in Chongqing was built with donations from Zhou Hexuan. He specifically ordered that the door of the air-raid shelter must be opened outwards. The remaining air-raid shelters are under the control of Zhou Hexuan and the Chongqing Air Defense Command.
After careful communication, they all opened the door.
How did the Chongqing Tunnel Massacre happen?
There were too many people in the air-raid shelter, and there was a lack of oxygen. People squeezed out like crazy. But the door opened inwards. The more people squeezed out, the less likely they were to rush out, because the doors were blocked, and eventually tens of thousands of people were in the air-raid shelter.
He was suffocated to death.
Under Zhou Hexuan's supervision, this situation will be avoided. As long as something happens inside, if more people squeeze out, they can break the iron lock outside and forcefully escape.
Early April.
Cui Huifu suddenly came over with a letter: "Sir, Professor Jin Yuelin wrote from Lizhuang, hoping to support a batch of medicines."
Tongji University, Jinling University Research Institute, Academia Sinica and China Construction Society have moved to Lizhuang, but the situation is very bad. Jin Yuelin said in the letter that Lizhuang is extremely short of supplies and has nothing. Lin Hui has been suffering from lung disease for several consecutive years.
I had a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius for a month and it didn’t go away. I had no choice but to carry it without medicine.
Jin Yuelin hoped that Zhou Hexuan could support a batch of medicines, not only for Lin Huiyin, but also for all the scholars, teachers and students of Lizhuang.
