The improvement in the physical condition of the second uncle and Jianxiu undoubtedly made Wen Jianning breathe a sigh of relief.

However, this does not mean that she can completely relax, on the contrary, she will inevitably go out to find out the news whenever she has time, just because the situation on Hong Kong Island has been a bit abnormal recently.

Since November this year, the British have discovered that the Japanese troops on the other side of the strait have frequently moved and concentrated in the coastal areas of Guangdong, and are eyeing Hong Kong Island.

If Wen Jianning was alone in Hong Kong, she would not be so worried, but the second uncle in the Feng Mansion was very old, and she was weak when she saw that Xiu was weak, and if the war started, she was afraid that she would not be able to protect them. Moreover, even if she wants to send people away now, I'm afraid it's not so easy, the Feng family has a big business, and she suddenly said that she wants to let people all evacuate, but I'm afraid that no one will listen.

Wen Jianning desperately needed someone to help her with her ideas, but she couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while.

Needless to say, Feng Yi, who is working as a translator for the US military in the mainland, has not returned for a long time, Aunt Zhou has been guarding the house all the year round, and she has not seen enough, at most she can only help with housework, and there is no owner in the Feng Mansion who can really take ideas.

Wen Jianning tried to call Feng Ling to ask for her opinion, asking her if she should make a plan early and evacuate Hong Kong Island at any time, but she was ridiculed by the other party and hung up immediately, which made her a little helpless.

The last time the two talked on the phone, it was because of the embroidery.

Afterwards, in order to express her gratitude, she once visited Feng Ling's house in person, but was turned away.

Feng Ling may be prejudiced against them, but she is not a bad person in essence, her attitude was too tough before, but she repeatedly made Feng Ling shameless. I think the two of them can sit down and talk calmly, and I guess we will have to wait a few more days.

The others on the Feng family's side couldn't count on it for the time being, so Wen Jianning had to refer to the opinions of others. In some of the discussions she attended, the vast majority of people still held the same view as before, believing that Japan and the United States were in negotiations and would not openly tear their faces in the short term, even the people in Zhong's father's circle also thought the same.

And this time to participate in the seminar, Wen Jianning also heard a good news from the new friends he met recently.

Just recently, a British cruiser finally sailed into Victoria Harbour with reinforcements. The arrival of reinforcements has undoubtedly given a shot in the arm to the people of Hong Kong Island, so that they are at least no longer so afraid of the Japanese watching.

After the party, she returned to the Feng Mansion alone.

When she returned, it was already raining coldly, and the buildings in the distance were shrouded in a gray rain and mist. The biting cold moisture seemed to penetrate into the person's body along the gap in the collar of the coat, making Wen Jianning instinctively shudder.

In the blink of an eye, December of this year has arrived.

Although the Japanese garrison was still eyeing the other side of the sea, the rumors that they were going to attack Hong Kong Island gradually became silent. According to some reliable sources, the Japanese themselves have not evacuated overseas Chinese during this period, the inns and tea shops they have opened have not been closed, and the Japanese language schools are still teaching Chinese children as normal, so there is no posture of evacuating overseas Chinese, and they are obviously just bluffing, and they are not going to start a war in the short term.

But Wen Jianning has always been a little restless recently, and always feels that something big is about to happen. This feeling was distant and familiar to her, as if she had had a similar feeling on the eve of the fall of Beiping.

When she wrote a letter in the evening, she discussed with Feng Yi in the letter, and planned to persuade the Feng family to prepare in advance and leave Hong Kong Island as soon as possible. After two days, she will personally discuss with her second uncle and father-in-law, whether it is to send the old man back to the Shanghai concession, or to go abroad to recuperate, in short, Hong Kong Island cannot stay here for a long time. There are also Feng Ling and Liao Jingqiu, she also has to warn them to leave as soon as possible.

As for herself, when she finishes handling the other personnel on the Feng Mansion's side, she can take Jianxiu back to Kunming with her, and wait for Feng Yi to come back in the house of Yuantong Temple.

Thinking of this, Wen Jianning settled down and prepared to go back to bed to rest for a while.

She slept until eight o'clock the next morning, and after washing and eating, the maid brought the day's newspaper. She took a cursory look at it, and only put it down when she saw Xiu calling her out to go to church with her.

There is no big news in the newspaper today, and it will be a quiet day.

Seeing the embroidery has recently published a work, and his interest in painting has increased greatly. In addition, her body has shown signs of improvement, and she can't always be locked at home, so Wen Jianning often accompanies her to go out to sketch whenever she is free these days.

They are going to church together today, firstly, because she wants to attend Mass and thank the Lord for his kindness, and this process of recovering from addiction seems to have given Jianxiu some signs of enlightenment, and she is increasingly interested in this area, and wants to find spiritual sustenance in it, and secondly, she plans to sketch around the church after watching the ceremony.

Although Wen Jianning didn't believe this, he wouldn't interfere with it much.

The two sisters sat in the car and headed for the church.

As we walked through the bustling city, there were more and more pedestrians and vehicles on the road, and there was a lot of bustling traffic everywhere, and drivers slowed down and drove carefully. Wen Jianning looked out through the glass in the back seat, and suddenly shouted, "Stop." ”

The driver stopped on the side of the road, opened the door, stood on the side of the road and looked at the thick clouds overhead, and out of nowhere, a large group of planes came from nowhere, and they were flying in the other direction.

Jianxiu got out of the car and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?" ”

The surrounding environment is a little noisy, the sound of tram bells, shouting, and shouting are intertwined, the pedestrians on the side of the road come and go, and the rickshaws fly away.

Wen Jianning took a deep breath before saying, "It's okay." ”

The two went to church for Mass as usual.

However, just as the ritual had just begun, a rumbling sound was heard outside.

The decently dressed gentlemen and ladies on the bench were suddenly flustered, and only Wen Jianning, who was used to hearing this kind of voice, was quite calm, and just calmed down. Embroidery around you. After a brief period of confusion, a high-nosed and deep-eyed foreign priest hurriedly came in and told everyone in English that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and that the two sides had officially started a war.

This morning, Japanese planes also approached Hong Kong Island and indiscriminately bombed the airport.

The purpose of the Japanese army was obvious, and Hong Kong Island was about to become chaotic.

These two pieces of news were undoubtedly like one thunderbolt after another, and many people present did not come back to their senses for a long time. Only Wen Jianning was quite calm, and quietly took Jianxiu back to the Feng Mansion first, and then began to call non-stop to listen to the news.

The calls came out one after another, and people sent out wave after wave, and finally confirmed that the news was true. Today, the Japanese army has not only bombed various airfields, but also sent fleets to capture and blockade various ports and docks.

The fighting is said to be raging, but people in the city and elsewhere do not know what the fighting is going on. Because the response of the newspapers was extremely slow, by the evening, not a single Chinese newspaper could explain what the situation was.

At 8 p.m., everyone sat on the sofa in the living room and listened to the Governor's radio speech.

Wen Jianning listened for a while, and the speech was to the effect that he hoped that the people of Hong Kong Island would participate in the battle to defend Hong Kong Island, and he also emphasized the importance of the support of the Chinese people to the situation. After all, nearly ninety percent of the island's Chinese account for each other, and if both China and Britain can abandon their preconceptions and work together, there may be a possibility of fighting against the water.

It's a pity that there is only one room of women in the Feng Mansion.

Don't say that you are supporting the front line, in case you really come in, I am afraid that even self-protection will be a problem.

The second uncle was inconvenient to speak, so he could only write a check and ask Wen Jianning to donate tomorrow. Although the cheque may not be of much use when the war has already begun, it at least shows their attitude.

Wen Jianning accepted the check, and said respectfully to the second uncle: "There is something I want to ask your old man's opinion. ”

The second uncle asked people to bring a writing board and wrote a few lines on it, to the effect that it is now a special period, he is old, so that everything in the Feng family is subject to Wen Jianning's dispatch and assignment, and Aunt Zhou and they are on the side, so that the Feng Mansion must unite as one and overcome the difficulties.

Aunt Zhou didn't have an opinion when they saw it, but they were relieved.

Now that the situation is not as usual, the Feng family needs a backbone to stabilize everything. Wen Jianning, as the future hostess of the Feng family, is the person with the best knowledge and knowledge except for the second uncle present, and she is willing to take on the next important responsibility, which is naturally better.

Although the war has begun, it is not possible for a few people to guess how the situation will evolve next.

Everyone discussed in the living room late into the night, and there was no useful result, so they had to disperse and go back to their rooms to rest.

Wen Jianning and Jianxiu helped the second uncle into the room first, served him to sleep in the old man, and then exited the room.

The two stood in the corridor and talked for a while, and finally Jianxiu asked her, "Jianning, what will happen to Hong Kong Island?"

Although she tried her best to be calm, there was still a trace of worry in her eyebrows. Compared with Wen Jianning, who has stayed in the mainland for the past three or four years, and can see the artillery fire rising every three or five days, Hong Kong has been peaceful here for too long.

This is the first time in his life that he has personally experienced war.

Wen Jianning hesitated for a moment, and whispered the truth to her: "I don't understand military affairs, but I still think that Hong Kong Island is very likely to be undefended." The British could not even protect their own homeland, and they could not do their best for the colonies. We'd better prepare for the worst as soon as possible......"

Since the outbreak of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, these civilized countries, which have high hopes from the Chinese people, have mostly adopted an attitude of sitting on the sidelines. Taking last year's closure of the Yunnan-Burma Highway by the British, for example, they have already made clear their attitude that they would rather compromise the Japanese and Japanese than really take China, which is thousands of miles away and ravaged by war, seriously.

It's just that she is only speculating according to her personal opinion, and she doesn't know what the real result will be.

But in any case, this night, countless people on the island are destined to be as unable to sleep as they are.

(End of chapter)