The news of Feicheng's great victory spread to the three towns of Wuhan as soon as possible. Young students from the three towns of Wuhan, as well as students from hundreds of universities that moved from the occupied areas to Wuhan for temporary schools, organized themselves and took to the streets. A massive parade was held, calling on the patriotic compatriots in the rear to actively donate money and materials to support the frontline war of resistance. For a while, various anti-war slogans resounded through the streets and alleys of the three towns in Wuhan.
"Down with Japanese imperialism!"
"The Chinese nation will never be conquered!"
"If you have money, give money, and if you have strength, give strength, support the war of resistance, and fight the national crisis together!"
"Most of China has fallen, and China has reached its most critical moment!"
"Students and comrades, don't hesitate any longer. Go to the battlefield bravely and fight! Fight with all your might! Fight for the survival of the country and the survival of the nation!"
Groups of young students shouted slogans and walked through the streets. Immediately afterwards, there were female students holding donation boxes, calling on the general public, businessmen and workers to donate money and materials for the Anti-Japanese War. Every time someone came forward. Come and donate, no matter how much, you will get bows and smiles from these beautiful girls.
"Thank you for your generosity. China will survive because of your contribution."
"Thank you for your righteous act. It is precisely because of patriots like you that China has not perished!"
"Thank you for your generous donation. The frontline soldiers will receive effective treatment because of your generous donation, and the Chinese nation will become stronger because of your generous donation."
Among the parade, Liang Yixiao found Wu Qian.
"Senior Brother Wu, how are you doing there?" The crowd was noisy, and Liang Yixiao had to be loud enough for Wu Qian to hear.
"Don't mention it." Wu Qian shook his head with a wry smile and responded loudly, "After two days of exhaustion, I only moved a few classmates. The other students either don't believe it or are hesitant. Where are you?"
Liang Yixiao said: "It's the same here. My classmates are still more willing to trust official institutions."
In the past two days, Liang Yixiao kept her mouth shut and tried her best to persuade her classmates and teachers to follow her to Dameishan to join the Dameishan Independent Group. However, no matter how much she talked, Liao Liao was still the one who answered. It's not that her teachers and classmates are unwilling to join the Dameishan Independent Group, but that they don't trust Liang Yixiao.
A person speaks lightly, but Liang Yixiao is a person who speaks lightly.
Wu Qian said: "This is reasonable. After all, the two of us speak lightly. Who knows if what we say is true? If it is false, wouldn't they not even have a place to cry?"
Liang Yixiao said: "It seems that we will not be able to complete the tasks assigned by Commander Xu. How can we report to him when we go back?"
Wu Qian said: "Xiao Liang, I have an idea."
Liang Yixiao immediately perked up after hearing this, and asked urgently: "Tell me, what can I do?"
"Let's go find the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army." Wu Qian said, "We can only ask the party organization to come forward on this matter. The two of us are talking quietly, but there will always be people in the Eighth Route Army Office who believe it, right?"
Liang Yixiao said with some worry: "Is it possible? You are just a probationary party member, and I am not even a probationary party member. Besides, we are members of the New Fourth Army. Although the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army are both independent teams, they are not the same family after all. , will the Eighth Route Army Wuhan Office ignore us?"
Wu Qian said: "Would you know if you try it?"
Liang Yixiao said: "That's right, we'll figure it out later."
Immediately, the two of them left the parade, hailed two rickshaws and went straight to the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army at No. 9 Middle Street, Concession. The staff of the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army warmly received the two of them and listened to what they said clearly. After explaining the whole story, the staff immediately reported the matter to Li Ke, Secretary-General of the Yangtze River Bureau.
Secretary-General Li Ke felt that the matter was of great importance. He sent someone to contact the New Fourth Army headquarters through the party's secret radio station to confirm whether what Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao said was true. At the same time, he reported the incident to the person in charge of the united front work. Duke Zhou immediately put down his work and personally met with Liang Yixiao and Wu Qian.
The New Fourth Army headquarters quickly reported back that this was indeed the case. Liang Yixiao and Wu Qian were indeed ordered by Xu Rui, the leader of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, to go to Wuhan to recruit students. Deputy Commander Xiang of the New Fourth Army also confirmed this in a telegram Another news is that Xu Rui is planning to build a power plant in the Dameishan base area, so there is an urgent need for young college students.
After figuring out the whole story, Duke Zhou immediately decided to go all out to promote the matter.
All the personnel and resources of the Eighth Route Army Wuhan Office and the Yangtze River Bureau of the Communist Party of China were mobilized. On the morning of that day, huge banners were hung on the campuses of major universities in Wuhan and at the temporary campuses of hundreds of universities that had been relocated to the city. The young students here immediately took action, organized a desperate corps, and rushed to the front line in central Anhui to fight the enemy side by side with the National Army!
The power of Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao is insignificant, but the power of the organization is infinite.
With the support of the organization, the situation immediately changed greatly. Within half a day, the campuses of hundreds of colleges and universities in Wuhan were turbulent. Young students signed up one after another, saying that they would apply to join the desperate corps and go to the front lines of Wanzhong to join the Wanzhong Advance Brigade. Ji Dameishan Independent Regiment fought side by side.
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When Gu Shutong and Wan Xiangyun disembarked from Hankou Pier, they happened to catch up with students holding banners and marching.
Gu and Wan came to Wuhan urgently from the former enemy headquarters in Jiangbei to meet with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek this morning after receiving the news of the success of the advancing brigade in Central Anhui. Although Chairman Chiang did not explicitly tell them his intention to come to Wuhan, he said with his feet You can all think with your fingers that this is definitely not a bad thing, but a good thing. Maybe the two of them will get another medal.
After half a day's hard work of traveling by car and ship, we finally arrived in Wuhan.
Wan Xiangyun listened to a few of the students' slogans and said to Gu Shutong sourly: "This time, no matter how successful Feicheng is, the impact will be quite big."
"Nonsense." Gu Shutong said angrily, "This time Feicheng is victorious again. Although the result is not as great as the last time when the Feicheng garrison was completely annihilated, the influence is definitely not the same. What kind of troops is Feicheng garrison? Lu'er What kind of force is the Island Regiment? What’s more, this time it was the Kagoshima Regiment that was completely annihilated under the heavy presence of Japanese troops. This is simply pulling out teeth from the tiger’s mouth!”
"Yeah, it's like pulling out teeth from a tiger's mouth." Wan Xiangyun said, "No wonder the old man is so excited, hey."
Gu Shutong waved his hand and said: "What really excites the old man is not Feicheng's victory itself, but the meaning behind Feicheng's victory. The decisive battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese group heading north is about to begin. Originally, the old man was most worried about Feicheng, but now Feicheng He is more tenacious than anyone imagined, do you think the old man can't be excited?"
"I'm just afraid, but in the end it's all joy." Wan Xiangyun shook his head and whispered, "Because of the lack of fuel supply for the group heading north, all the trucks and tanks of the little devils were lying down, including all the heavy artillery. After leaving their nest, they were trapped on the front line of Fuyang and Mengcheng, unable to move. However, their actual combat effectiveness was not damaged at all. Although our army had assembled more than 15 armies and 30 divisions outside Fuyang and Mengcheng. , but due to the lack of heavy attack weapons, I am afraid that the 9th and 13th Divisions, which the Japanese have gathered in the north, are helpless, and at least victory is absolutely impossible."
"Be careful what you say." Gu Shushi glared at Wan Xiangyun with dissatisfaction and said, "Old Wan, you are good at everything, but you always say some nonsense with this bad mouth. Remember, what happened today Just talk to me, don’t mention it again when you meet your colleagues in the headquarters, especially not in front of the commissioners.”
"Yes." Wan Xiangyun responded, "I understand."
However, when Gu Shutong and Wan Xiangyun rushed to the camp, they found that the atmosphere in the camp was a little strange.
It stands to reason that when the Central Anhui Advancing Brigade achieved such a glorious victory in Feicheng, the senior officials and senior counselors marching in Wuhan should be cheering. However, after Gu Shutong and Wan Xiangyun walked to the camp, they discovered that everything they saw along the way was... The expressions on the faces of senior officials and senior staff officers were gloomy, as if something big had happened.
At that moment, Wan Xiangyun grabbed a senior counselor and asked in a low voice: "Brother Chu, what's going on?"
"What's wrong?" The senior counselor was still a little confused and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Wan Xiangyun glanced at Gu Shutong and asked, "I mean, why is the atmosphere at the camp so strange?"
"That's what you're talking about." Gao Shen, surnamed Chu, said in a low voice, "I'm telling you, something happened. The Communist Party of China has just established a desperate corps in Wuhan, organized more than 2,000 students, and is clamoring to go to Wanzhong. To fight side by side with the Central Anhui Advance Brigade, for this reason, Chairman Chiang broke all the birthday gifts that Madam Chiang had prepared for Madam Kong."
"Death Corps?" Wan Xiangyun said in surprise, "This is a good thing, why is the old man angry?"
"Are you stupid?" Gao Shen, surnamed Chu, said, "Brother, you won't forget about the Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Fighting Corps so quickly. It's not that the old man refuses to let these students go to the front line to fight, but he is worried that these students will He was pried away by the Japanese and became the second Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Fighting Corps."
Wan Xiangyun suddenly realized: "This is indeed a thing."
The Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Death Squadron is a new Shanxi army formed by Yan Xishan and Mao Zedong. Yan Xishan provided money and equipment, and Mao Zedong hired men. But in the end, this unit became the armed force of the Eighth Route Army. Yan Xishan was really a bamboo The battle was in vain, so the Wuhan camp was very wary of this new desperate team of young students.
Although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating at the moment, the Nationalist Government has never relaxed its guard against corruption.
At that moment, Wan Xiangyun asked in a low voice: "Then what should we do about this matter? I just saw it on the street. The students are very motivated. If there is no justifiable reason, it will be difficult to stop them."
"Stop it?" Gao Shen sneered, "If we could still stop it, would the old man be so angry? That's it. The only thing we can do now is to add people to this young student death squad. No matter what, we can't let *** Pull this troop away, at least we can’t let them pull away easily.” (To be continued.)