Chapter 55: Student Strike
March 30, the 28th year of the Republic of China, is destined to be a day written in history.
Early this morning, the citizens of the concession felt a hint of tension in the air. The China Student Newspaper has been distributing newspapers free of charge. The content has already been written about the fall of the three northeastern provinces.
The writing is still sharp, and the words are like knives, which are deeper into the psychology of every Chinese who reads the newspaper.
After the Northeast fell under the iron heel of Japan, the tragic **, innocent people suffered heavy casualties, and the country's mineral wealth was transported back to Japan. The people of the entire three northeastern provinces have been reduced to lambs to the slaughter under the clutches of Japan.
8:30 sharp. In the central square of the concession, people are constantly gathering here. Most were young men and women dressed in student attire, all holding small flags in their hands.
Still others are holding banners. In this crowd, the figure of Principal Zhang suddenly appeared.
President Zhang walked to the high place of the square, holding a loudspeaker in his hand and shouting: "Students, I am Zhang Xiaoping, president of Shanghai Medical College, Nanchang was lost on March 28, 28 years of the Republic of China.
Patriots formed a procession, and during the parade there were some unpleasant incidents with the patrol. At that time, the situation was very tight, and the bloody incident was imminent. My students Zhou Min and Zhao Gang did not hesitate to risk their lives in order to prevent the unfortunate incident from happening, but shamelessly the Japanese infiltrated the concession with weapons, injured Zhao Gang for no reason, and wanted to shoot and kill another classmate, Zhou Min.
Now Zhou Min is still in the prison of the patrol room.
The Japanese devils will never let Zhou Min go, students, compatriots, have the Japanese killed fewer Chinese over the years? Now the Japanese devils have extended their claws to the students, students, can you still tolerate the aggressiveness of the Japanese devils? Can you still endure their cruel torture? Can you still endure their wanton aggression on our land?" Principal Zhang shouted excitedly.
"No, we can't", the enthusiasm of the students below was stimulated by Principal Zhang's words, and they shouted one after another.
Principal Zhang looked at the excited students, and his heart was both moved and proud. Because, in this ancient nation, every time they encounter hardships, it is the students who are the first to stand up, and the students have enthusiasm, ideals, ambitions, and an unparalleled patriotic spirit, take the May Fourth Movement in modern times as an example. The first student strike caused political turmoil throughout China. In the end, there was a strike of businessmen and workers, and the proletariat stepped onto the stage of history.
Principal Zhang calmed down his mood and said excitedly: "You are all the future of the nation and the hope of the nation. But it is precisely because our country has such a future and hope as yours that the Japanese devils use the excuse of killing students, and they want our country to be destroyed and extinct. I will never allow the Japanese to hurt the students. Today, I would like to take you to the front of the concession government to protest, demand the release of student Zhou Min, and demand that the Japanese apologize for injuring Zhao Gang.
I want to lead you in defending your rights. Use youth and blood to awaken the consciousness of this nation. It's time for ancient China to wake up. ”
"Students!!" Principal Zhang shouted.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on her, and Principal Zhang raised his right hand, clenched his fists and shouted: "Long live the Chinese nation if you fight Japanese imperialism." ”
This sentence seemed to be poured oil on the flames, and the heat in everyone's hearts was blazing, and they shouted after her.
The procession, led by President Zhang, began to take to the streets, like a long Chinese dragon, roaming the streets.
The procession shouted as it marched, the students held small flags in their hands, and more and more citizens joined the procession. When the procession reached the concession government intersection, there were already patrols who set up checkpoints at the intersection to stop the procession from advancing.
There are not only patrols ahead, but also countless reporters and cameras.
The leader of the patrol in front of Luka is still Bailey, the patrol leader of the day.
Bailey looked at Principal Zhang with a gloomy and incredulous expression, and really didn't understand what she was doing.
"Ms. Zhang, what are you doing here?"
Hearing Bailey's question, Principal Zhang calmly replied, "We are using our right to march - march." ”
"Why march?" Bailey was a little puzzled, why did this woman stop the march last time, but this time she was marching herself.
Principal Zhang still said calmly: "For my students, for the future of the nation, and even more for the oppressed and enslaved Chinese." Principal Zhang's words were resounding.
The reporters' cameras clicked, and they quickly wrote down the words that Principal Zhang said.
Bailey also understood that Principal Zhang was for Zhou Min's business, but he couldn't call the shots in this matter at all, because it had already involved international disputes, and now all he could do was stop Principal Zhang's procession and move on. If the procession does get to the downstairs of the administration building, his place will not be guaranteed.
"Ms. Zhang, you can't move forward any longer, if you insist on moving forward, I can only use force. ”
Principal Zhang just looked at him coldly and said nothing. Raise your right hand and shout: "Release the innocent students and bring down Japanese imperialism." ”
After Principal Zhang said this, the large troops behind him shouted in unison, the sound was deafening, and the rolling sound penetrated the sky.
Not far away, the administrative building of the concession can be heard shouting outside. Flender frowned and looked out the window at the long procession. I can't help but feel a little anxious. There was a march that showed that the concession was not peaceful under his rule, and Flender was a little anxious when he thought of it, and he couldn't help but curse the damned Japanese. I really don't know what to do, a small land still wants to annex the whole of China.
When he said this, Flender did not think that Britain was just a small island.
The procession kept shouting slogans, and by noon there were enthusiastic citizens bringing lunch and water to the students.
The procession occupied a lot of streets, and the area near the administration building was closed to pedestrians and opened to traffic. Traffic was chaotic.
This parade in Shanghai has been relatively large in recent years, and in addition, in time to catch up with the sensitive time of the loss of Nanchang, the reporters reported on this parade in a big way, and the newspapers were printed at noon.
The spearhead was directed at the concession government and the Japanese, and many citizens believed that the Japanese had colluded with the concession government to detain innocent students.
More and more people joined the march. In the afternoon, the Chinese Student Newspaper began to distribute newspapers for free. The content has already been written about the Lugou Bridge Incident in 37, and the Japanese devils invaded the Central Plains on a large scale.
At this time, in the Japanese concession, Mitsui Masahiro, reported the parade to Kawada Daisa with a gloomy face.
"Your Excellency Dazuo, I didn't expect that the incident of Zhou Min shooting and killing the imperial warriors has intensified, and now the concession authorities are also putting pressure on us, asking us not to press forward step by step. ”
Kawada Daisa frowned and asked, "Did Zhou Yaozu loosen his mouth over there?"
"No, he's just perfunctory to us, and Zhou Min's attitude is also very resolute, are we?"
Masahiro Mitsui made a decapitation move.
Kawada shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer, you go to Zhou Yaozu in person and give him an ultimatum." ”
Mitsui Masahiro left quickly after standing upright. Kawada Daisa picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number, saying, "Pick me up at the Li Mansion." ”
"Hey, I'm Li Qisheng, who are you looking for?"
"Li San, I'm Kawada. ”
When Li Qisheng heard that he was Kawada Daisaku. Hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Your Excellency Kawada, is there anything you are looking for me?"
"Li Sang, you already know about the procession! There is also the Chinese student newspaper, the impact of this incident is very bad, and that newspaper has been slandering the Japanese Empire, I need to use your strength to calm down this matter, and now it is inconvenient for us Japanese to intervene. ”
Li Qisheng pondered for a while and said, "I don't know how Kawada Daizo wants to solve it? Is it a solution by text or by force?"
Kawada Dazuo laughed and said: "It doesn't matter how you solve it, as long as this matter is calmed down, Li Sang, you are the hero of the Great Japanese Empire, and the empire will not treat you badly." ”
Li Qisheng also echoed and said with a smile and assured: "Your Excellency Kawada, rest assured, this matter is on me. ”
After finishing the phone call with Qisheng fishing boat cone, he sat on the sofa and thought for a while and ordered the maid, Li Mingdong called over.
"Mingdong, you also saw what is happening now, can you tell me what you think?"
"Grandpa, Zhou Yaozu's house must be in a state of anxiety now, how can you be worthy of him if you don't add a fire at this time?" Li Mingdong said gloomily.
"Oh, what do you think?"
"Grandpa asked me to say that it is better for us to release the news to the outside world now, saying that Zhou Yaozu may surrender to Japan in order to save his daughter, and with Zhou Yaozu's character, he will definitely not surrender to the Japanese, and at this time he will stand up and publicly say that he will not be a traitor. Then he has to rescue his own daughter again. At this time, he will definitely make enemies with the Japanese and the concession, and then their opportunity will come. ”
Li Qisheng couldn't help but stroke his beard and laugh after listening to his grandson's words, "Okay, good, worthy of being a member of my Li family, I haven't practiced in vain over the years." ”
The two of them muttered for a while, and from time to time there were bursts of sneering laughter.
At this time, Zhou Yaozu was shuttling between the business and political circles in the concession, trying to find a way to rescue his daughter, completely unaware that a big net was covering him.
Time passed minute by minute, and in prison, Zhou Min fell into deep contemplation except for saying a few words to Cao Tianjun. She reflects on what she had done in this world. It seems that she has been in trouble, either trouble finds her or she creates trouble. Although there have been a few thrilling experiences, overall nothing has been done so far?
She couldn't help but be a little discouraged when she thought of the people described in the novel who crossed over and turned the tide. failed to turn the tide, but went to prison.
The sound of a bang sounded, and the prison guard walked in from outside, handed Zhou Min a newspaper, and said, "Miss Zhou, take a look, there is a big incident today, for you, there are thousands of people marching now." ”
Zhou Min thanked him, picked up the newspaper and looked at it, it was the incident of this morning's parade, looking at the black and white photos and the words below that made people's blood boil, Zhou Min had a feeling of being there. Zhou Min really admires the students of this era, they are so enthusiastic and patriotic. Now her heart is full of gratitude to these people who did not know her, but who were able to take risks and demonstrate for her.
The day passed quickly, and under the organization of President Zhang, today's procession did not clash with the patrol.
However, Principal Zhang knew that their request had been conveyed to the concession authorities, and if the concession authorities did not respond, she would plan the next larger-scale parade, in fact, Principal Zhang had already secretly decided that this parade would not only rescue Zhou Min, but also widely attract donations and materials from the society, as well as recruit soldiers to support the anti-Japanese war. It would be great if we could send some materials and talents to Yan'an because of this.
This was the end of the day's march, and although it seemed to be a great roar in the morning and a hasty end in the evening, everyone knew in their hearts that if the concession authorities did not give everyone a clear answer tomorrow, there would be a stormy demonstration.