The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 74 Fermentation (Part ) (Please read and vote)
…I was 17 years old and in my second year of high school, with neither good nor bad grades.

I often hide in bed and read online novels. "Ever Night" is so damn good. I often think about the female entertainment committee member of the next class. She is so beautiful. I worry that my pocket money is not enough.

At that time, the country was already the second largest economy on the planet.

The No. 20 fighter has been in its maiden flight for two years and has never worried about being invaded by foreign enemies, even Uncle Sam's home; some even hope that the Japanese will come to attack, so that they can settle old and new accounts together.

During the Battle of Shanghai, those people were 17 years old. They had good grades and could be considered high-level intellectuals. They could find a decent job after graduation.

But they walked out of the school and shouted loudly to the people, just to unite all the strength of the poor country at that time and prevent this civilization that had lasted for thousands of years from extinction.

Or maybe he could just give up writing and join the army, pick up a rifle, and personally protect this land...

...Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

When Captain Xiang led the officers and soldiers of the 150th Regiment, who numbered less than 804, including a number of lightly and seriously wounded soldiers, crossed Yunzaobang and retreated all the way to Dachang Town.

Suddenly, a voice called "Coming to the Captain" was heard.

A group of about 10 to 20 men and women, dressed in suits, robes and skirts, gathered around with pens and papers or cameras in their hands.

One of them, a beautiful young woman with fashionable curly hair, actually rushed to the front.

Seeing the lieutenant colonel walking in front, Commander Xiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked in a soft Wu dialect:
"Hello, General. I am Manli, a war correspondent for the Central News Agency.

I'd like to interview you about the battle at Dunwu Temple. How did you and the brothers from the 804th Regiment achieve such a brilliant victory?

The voice had just fallen before the leader could react.

A man wearing glasses and a robe at a later position also asked:

"Captain Xiang, I'm Xiaotian, a reporter from the National Salvation Daily. Could you give us more details about your fierce battle with the Japanese?"

At this time, Captain Xiang finally reacted.

The value and influence of journalists in the Republic of China era were incomparable to those in later generations, so he naturally did not dare to be careless at all.

After looking around, he already had an idea in his mind; first, he asked one of his battalion commanders to take the remaining brothers of the 804th Regiment to continue to carry out various resettlement matters.

Those who need to be sent to the hospital should be sent to the hospital, and those who do not need to be sent to the hospital should find a place to stay and cook.

However, it is unknown what the plan was, but Zhu Cong, Hu Biao's orderly, was allowed to stay.

Then, he spoke to the group of men and women:
"Dear friends from the press, this isn't a good place for an interview. Over there is the temporary headquarters of our 134th Division. How about we find a place over there to conduct this?"

Naturally, everyone had no objection to what Captain Xiang said.

In the following time, Commander Xiang found a slightly larger house in the temporary division headquarters and started the interview; if that was all, Li Hubiao and others would not have caused a sensation in the following time.

The key reason is that the team leader is an upright person.

Especially at this moment, my heart is still filled with great emotion, or perhaps guilt, because Hu Biao and other people from the third company were still willing to stay in the position to help friendly forces after fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese for a day and a night.

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind: I wanted to compensate these brothers.

Let more people know about the deeds of Hu Biao, Sanlian and others.

So in the following time, in addition to introducing some other combat situations of myself and the 804th Regiment, I called Zhu Cong up and asked him to introduce the biggest contributor in this battle.

Zhu Cong was a very eloquent guy, and now that it involved his own commander Hu, he became even more excited.

After a few words, Hu Biao led the brothers of the third company to launch a tragic and desperate charge under their own artillery fire in order to recapture the position.

There were also glorious records of holding their positions against the Japanese planes, artillery, poison gas bombs and other means, killing hundreds of enemies in a single day.

And he could have evacuated with the 804th Regiment tonight, but in response to the request of friendly forces, he still remained in the dangerous position selflessly.

Even Hu Biao's last battle record at Position No. 7 in Luodian was introduced in detail.

This kid is not only good at speaking, but also quite smart. He knows what to say and never says what he shouldn't say.

There is no mention of the reason why Hu Biao and his team were transferred from the 67th Division to the Sichuan Army. It was simply because those people dared to say anything and scared Commander Huang.

Instead, it was described as having a broad perspective, in order to pass on his rich experience in fighting the Japanese to the newly arrived Sichuan Army brothers. In short, Zhu Cong's wonderful narration made the friends from the media present feel as if they were there.

I felt as if I was also attacking the Japanese position under the fierce artillery fire of my own side.

There were also the enormous hardships of fighting to the death to hold the position under the Japanese artillery bombardment, planes raging overhead, poison gas bombs filling the air around, and tanks and large armies attacking fiercely.

For a moment, I felt an indescribable surge of emotion, shock and emotion.

Even though the Battle of Shanghai has lasted for more than two months, many brutal battles have occurred.

However, such a bloody and fierce battle still moved them deeply.

Then, there were some different ideas.

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After the interview, reporter Oda of the National Salvation Daily felt as if a fire was burning in his heart, with only one simple thought in his mind:

We must report the deeds of Major Hu and his comrades as soon as possible; let the 450 million Chinese people know that as long as China has such soldiers, it will never perish.

It inspired more Chinese people to contribute money and manpower to fight against the Japanese invaders.

After borrowing half a table from the 134th Division's headquarters and using a dim oil lamp, reporter Oda only took an hour and a half to write an exciting report.

After hurriedly finishing it, I checked for typos and left immediately.

Riding a bicycle, he returned to the newspaper headquarters in the city of Magic City overnight under the moonlight.

At this moment, although it was already late at night, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Xia, was still working overtime at the headquarters. After hurriedly reading the latest report written by Oda, he slammed the table.

He made a bold decision: "Xiaotian, you are quick, go to the printing factory immediately.

Take down the layout of tomorrow's newspaper and replace it with this report.

It must be the front page headline, and our people must know that as long as we have warriors like Commander Xiang and Captain Hu, China will never perish."

Similar situations actually occurred not only in the "Jiuwang Daily".

To be more precise, after listening to Zhu Cong's story, all the reporters from newspapers, radio stations and other media present were deeply moved.

Driven by such emotion, they all wanted to do something.

So situations similar to the "Jiuwang Daily" were repeated one after another.

The next day, when Hu Biao and his men were still on the battlefield, guiding the brothers of the 803rd Regiment and enduring the Japanese attacks again and again.

I didn't know that his deeds had spread rapidly through many newspapers and radio stations; not only in Shanghai, but also spread rapidly throughout China.

From this moment on, some related things began to ferment rapidly...

At Aurora University in Shanghai, a college student who originally had a sad face finished reading the headlines on the front page of the newspaper in his hand, and immediately ran towards the classroom like crazy.

While waving the newspaper in his hand, he shouted loudly:

"Classmates, we have not yet lost this war.

Just as the newspaper said, as long as we still have tens of thousands of soldiers like Major Hu Biao, Captain Hei Xing and Uncle Bo, Lieutenants Aiti, Chaozi and Huang A-di, and the Third Company of the Sichuan Army, China will never perish.

So we can't just sit back and watch, we have to take to the streets.

One is to publicize the deeds of Major Hu and others and boost the people's determination to resist.

Second, Major Hu and his men were still fighting at the Dunwu Temple position. They lacked ammunition and supplies and had to pick up the Japanese weapons to fight.

They lacked medical care and medicine, their military uniforms were thin, and they couldn't even get enough food.

We must take to the streets and call on more people to donate money and materials, and to contribute both money and manpower."

The young people of this nation are always full of passion and vitality, and never lack the ability to act; such a proposal was quickly implemented.

Hundreds of students from Aurora University quickly took to the streets, and this was just the beginning...

(End of this chapter)