The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

(PS: In the previous chapter, a book friend questioned the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, so I will briefly explain it here. At that time, 40% of the elites of the Zhongtiao Mountain National Army were in the Fourth Army, and the Fourth Army was developed from Yang Hucheng’s troops. It is very pro-Communist. Lao Jiang was transferred from the Fourth Army to oppress the guerrillas' defense area, and took the opportunity to carry out a major purge of the Fourth Army - the author did not say that the Fourth Army did not resist the Japanese. On the contrary, the Fourth Army was very fierce, And pro-community.

   Really, Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of that battle, was also taking the blame, because Lao Jiang felt that Wei Lihuang was also suspected of being pro-CCP, so he slapped Wei Lihuang away in disguise before the outbreak of the war. Wei Lihuang has no actual command, he can only take passive defensive measures.

   Therefore, the fiasco of the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan was normal. Before the battle started, Wei Lihuang, the brain of the defenders, was "beheaded", and the mainstay of the defenders, the Fourth Army, was "cramped" again. After the "decapitation cramps", the national army of Zhongtiao Mountain is like a patient without a brain and a spine. How can they beat the surging Japanese aggressors? In this battle, Lao Jiang and the Japanese army cooperated perfectly, making Lao Jiang like a Japanese spy. )

   Forget the gossip, let’s get down to business.

  When U.S. Special Envoy Currie inspected the situation of Chinese fiat currency and met with dignitaries from various parties in China, Zhou Mansion was suddenly visited for half a month.

   The "Southern Anhui Incident" made the Kuomintang government's hearts and minds devastated, and various parties and democrats, including many members of the Kuomintang Party, felt that they could no longer bear it. They advocated unity, democracy and resistance to Japan and abandoned all infighting, so they secretly formed the "Democratic Political League" - the predecessor of the "NLD".

   Youth Party, National Socialist Party, Vocational Education Society, Rural Construction Association, National Liberation Committee and other groups all participated, and Zhou Hexuan was not unexpectedly invited. It's just that Zhou Hexuan did not join any group, and the "Democratic Political Group Alliance" temporarily does not accept individual members, so they want to absorb Zhou Hexuan into an organization before joining.

   Zhou Hexuan expressed his tactful rejection. He did not want to join any group, but secretly donated 5,000 yuan to the "Democratic Political Group Alliance" for funding.

   As for the cooperation negotiation between Chang Kaishen and the United Kingdom and the United States, the negotiation was smooth but disappointing.

  Chang Kaishen hoped to cooperate with Britain and the United States in the Far East, so he almost did not directly mention an alliance. But the United Kingdom looks at the United States, the United States will not let go, and the Far East cooperation plan is impossible to achieve.

   However, the US special envoy Currie found that China's inflation was so severe that the legal currency was almost turned into waste paper, and the situation was so serious that it could not support the War of Resistance. As a result, the United States promised to borrow $50 million to stabilize the value of the fiat currency, while urging the United Kingdom to borrow 5 million pounds from China.

   Together with the U.S. metals borrowing in February, this time the U.S. borrowed a total of $100 million from China over two months ($60 million actually paid).

As Japan's aggression in Southeast Asia intensified, Churchill panicked. After borrowing 5 million pounds from China in April, he lent China another 5 million pounds in June, and gave China a solid 10 million pounds twice. .

  Can't blame Churchill for being stingy. At this time, Britain was already financially bankrupt, and the 10 million pounds that could be lent to China were all taken out.

   In comparison, the United States is not so authentic. It was promised to give 50 million before, but only 10 million was actually received. Moreover, among China’s previous foreign loans during the Anti-Japanese War, the interest rate of the United States was the highest, much higher than that of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. It was not until the outbreak of the Pacific War that it suddenly became generous (the direct loan of 500 million US dollars without interest).

  When the United Kingdom and the United States borrowed heavily from China, the Soviet Union's attitude toward 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, but suddenly signed the "Japan-Soviet Non-aggression Pact" in April this year.

   The reason is that the situation in Europe has become more and more severe, and the Soviet Union must fully guard against Germany. And Japan wants to invade Southeast Asia and the Pacific on a large scale, and temporarily cannot conflict with the Soviet Union. As a result, the Soviet Union and Japan hit it off and sold China and Germany respectively.

  By the way, the Flying Tigers were being formed and had the secret support of Roosevelt, when Chennault had returned to the United States to recruit volunteer pilots.

  Song Meiling and Kong Xiangxi are still doing things. Last year, the Chinese Air Force was defeated by the Zero fighters, and the two immediately started to buy planes. Kong Xiangxi intends to order 50 Hawker aircraft and 30 CW21 interceptors, with a total price of 4 million US dollars, which is not outrageous in terms of price. The actual purchasers planned to save a fortune. After many efforts, they successfully reduced the price by 7%, saving the country about 300,000 US dollars.

   In the spring of 1941, 50 Hawkers were finally delivered to China, but the remaining 30 interceptors were blown up by the Japanese in Burma. At this time, Kong Xiangxi also proposed to order 160 American planes, but he only bought 80 planes after talks, and he didn't know when they would be delivered. Anyway, the author could not find out the whereabouts of these planes.

  Due to the visit of the US special envoy Currie, Roosevelt realized that the situation in China was more serious than expected. As a result, Roosevelt intercepted 100 P40Bs originally sold to the United Kingdom and delivered them to China in May-these planes were the home of the "Flying Tigers" at the beginning of its establishment.

   Judging from the changes in the attitudes of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union towards China, the Soviet-German war is on the verge of breaking out, and the Southeast Asian and Pacific wars are not far away.

   Zhou Hexuan is temporarily free. He usually writes books at home, lectures at the university, and donates money every three to five.

   The "Chongqing Tunnel Massacre" that killed tens of thousands of people could not happen again, because the largest bomb shelter in Chongqing was built with donations by Zhou Hexuan. The rest of the other air-raid shelters, under the communication between Zhou Hexuan and the Chongqing Air Defense Command, also opened their doors.

  How did the Chongqing Tunnel Massacre happen?

   There were too many people in the dugout, lack of oxygen, and people crowded out frantically. But the gate opened inward, and the more people crowded out, the less likely it would be to rush out, because the gate was blocked, and eventually tens of thousands of people were suffocated to death in the air-raid shelter.

  Under Zhou Hexuan's urging, this situation will be avoided. As long as there is a situation inside, and there are more people crowding out, you can break the iron locks outside and forcefully escape.

   Early April.

  Cui Huichi suddenly came over with a letter: "Sir, Professor Jin Yuelin sent a letter 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 was in short supply and had nothing. Lin Hui suffered from a lung disease and had a high fever of 40 degrees for one month in a row. He could only bear it without medicine.

  Jin Yuelin hopes that Zhou Hexuan can support a batch of medicines, not only for Lin Huiyin, but also for all the scholars, teachers and students of Li Zhuang.