The impact of the Ho-Mei Agreement intensified, with many progressives publishing articles in fierce language criticizing the treacherous actions of the Nanking government. Fortunately, everyone is concerned about natural disasters these days, and the "Ho-Mei Agreement" has not been confirmed, otherwise the whole country would be in turmoil.

By the way, there is a movie called "Children of the Storm" that is being screened, and the theme song "March of the Volunteers" is widely sung.

Mr. Tian Han was invited to compose the lyrics for the theme song, and was arrested and imprisoned just after completing the composition. While in prison, he wrote the lyrics on the back of a cigarette wrapper and forwarded them to the film company by his comrades who visited the prison. Mr. Nie Er is also facing the arrest of spies, and he took the initiative to compose a theme song for a patriotic movie. He received the lyrics after fleeing to Japan and sent the score back to Shanghai.

These two gentlemen, one trapped in prison and the other fugitive to a foreign country, jointly completed the national anthem of the future China.

It's a pity that Nie Er died soon after, accidentally drowning while swimming in Japan at the age of 23.

Zhou Hexuan also had a correspondence with Nie Er some time ago, Nie Er said that he was going to take the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Soviet Union, and Zhou Hexuan wrote a letter to persuade him to leave quickly, just to avoid this tragedy.

But for some reason, Nie Er did not board the ship and leave Japan for a long time.

Regarding the cause of Nie Er's death, there are many theories in later generations. The more mainstream is that Nie Er had a heart attack while swimming; Conspiracy theorists believe that Nie Er died of poisoning by the Japanese, because the "March of the Volunteers" was widely sung at that time, which attracted the envy of the Japanese militarists.

In mid-September, the Yangtze River and Yellow River floods came to an end, but many places are still in the middle of the floods.

At this time, Zhou Hexuan took his wife Zhang Leyi and secretary Yu Peichen to set off for London by boat.

The steamship they were on was still sailing on the ocean, and the British businessmen in China, represented by Sassoon, had already begun to publicize it with great fanfare.

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Limehouse, the future seat of London's Chinatown.

As early as the Daoguang period, a number of Chinese laborers and sailors were displaced in London and settled in the shipyard area. In the Guangxu period, there were more and more Chinese here, and it had become a veritable Chinatown.

Later London's Chinatown was famous for its restaurants and supermarkets, and in the 30s, it was the most famous slum and legal opium house in London.

Even natives of the UK sometimes visit Chinatown because it is safe, convenient and affordable to smoke opium.

Just last year (1934), the city was ordered to be demolished by the City of London, after all, it was really unsightly, but there were still a large number of Chinese who did not leave. In just one year, all kinds of shacks, wooden houses, and tin houses were rebuilt, and even some two-story small buildings were built.

No matter when and where, the survival of the Chinese is always so tenacious.

More than a dozen Chinese students are in a meeting at a restaurant that reopened just two months ago, and the owner of the restaurant is in charge of liaison, hospitality and logistics.

The owner of the restaurant is called Liu Xingzu, and his grandfather has settled in London. He doesn't belong to any party, he hasn't even read much, he looks skinny and obscene, and it's hard to believe that this kind of person would organize and sponsor international students to hold meetings.

This starts with the "September 18 Incident", when the news of the fall of Northeast China spread overseas, shocking countless overseas Chinese and students, who spontaneously carried out various anti-Japanese and life-saving activities.

In the 30s, the overseas anti-Japanese rescue activities were divided into three stages:

In the first stage, everyone took their own actions, and each of them held their own opinions, some advocated an immediate war of resistance, some advocated accumulating strength, some advocated peaceful reunification, and some advocated reunification by force. Small groups of all kinds are scattered and scattered, and although the enthusiasm is high, there is no organization to speak of.

In the second stage, the Fuxing Society (Blue Coat Society) was established, and Lao Jiang's forces took advantage of the situation. Holding high the banner of national righteousness, the Fuxing Society called on overseas Chinese to donate while recruiting international students to join. However, they have been advocating that "if you go outside, you must first settle inside", and the activities have gone through countless expenses, but there is no effect at all. Some international students even raised objections, and the Renaissance Society actually threatened to stop funding for studying abroad.

At present, the overseas anti-Japanese salvation movement is about to enter the third stage.

Those overseas Chinese and students who were strongly dissatisfied with the Kuomintang Revival Society began to unite spontaneously, with overseas Chinese providing funds for their activities, and students organizing anti-Japanese groups to jointly carry out a genuine anti-Japanese salvation movement.

The international student who presided over the meeting today is named Yang Kai, who is the third batch of students to study in the UK sponsored by Zhou Hexuan: "Yesterday, we established the name of the group, the organizational framework, the liaison system, the program of activities, etc., and today we will discuss the actual anti-Japanese and salvation strategies. Please speak freely, and Ji Mingxing is responsible for the minutes of the meeting. ”

Someone immediately raised his hand and said: "I think our first job is to publicize the situation and the suffering suffered by foreigners and overseas Chinese." There are three main ways of publicity: first, social publicity. Networking events, academic events, etc., to liaise with journalists and sympathizers from various countries, and to strive to participate in international academic conferences; Second, verbal propaganda. Try to make as many foreign friends as possible, and obtain their friendship and sympathy as much as possible through daily communication; Third, written propaganda, such as the publication of English publications, the publication of English pamphlets and declarations, and so on. I'm done, and I hope you will support it. ”

"Bang Bang!"

Yang Kai took the lead in applauding and praised: "Xu Liqin's speech is very high-level and high-level. This must be done well, especially in the written word. Go ahead! ”

Someone else raised his hand and said, "We have too few people and almost zero influence." I think we should contact more anti-Japanese salvation groups and form a British anti-Japanese salvation alliance to make the momentum bigger. At the same time, refusing to join the Kuomintang lackeys of the Renaissance Society will only bring a bad organizational atmosphere! ”

"Yes, you can't let anyone from the Fuxing Society come in," an international student scolded angrily, "Lao Tzu joined their anti-Japanese group last year, and donated all the money he earned from his hard-earned job to fund his activities, so he could only eat two meals a day." The result? I'm more numb than him, I don't do any, except for the meeting, which is to help Lao Jiang promote the civil war! ”

Yang Kai hurriedly said: "Have a meeting, don't swear." As for the Renaissance Society, I don't want them to join, and this is added to the constitution. Everyone continues. ”

Everyone spoke freely and expressed their opinions. For example, to contact and guide more overseas Chinese, such as to establish stable contacts with China, establish a channel for cross-border donations, and set up an anti-Japanese academic research group.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very warm, and the sincere feelings of working together to love the country and save the country infected everyone present, and the blood on the whole body seemed to be boiling.

The "September 18 Incident" was just like the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, which brought great excitement to the Chinese people, and at the same time gave birth to countless great people and unknown patriots.

Let's take Mr. Qian Weichang, a giant scientist, as an example, who first studied history, but switched to physics because he was stimulated by "918".

When he heard the news of the outbreak of the "September 18 Incident," Qian Weichang believed that it was useless to study history, and that China should learn to build aircraft and cannons so that China could not be bullied. He hurried to the office of the head of the physics department of Tsinghua University, only to find that there was already a long queue, and one-fifth of Tsinghua students had come to apply for the physics department, and at that time there were only 10 places in the physics department.

After queuing for a long time, Qian Weichang finally met Wu Youxun, the head of the Department of Physics, and he said excitedly: "At present, what our motherland urgently needs is science and technology, and it is aircraft artillery!" So I'm going to study physics, and although my math, physics and chemistry grades are not good, I'm determined to catch up, please rest assured! ”

Director Wu Youxun was moved by his sincerity and was very pleased, and then looked at Qian Weichang's results and rejected him very decisively.

Qian Weichang's physics test was actually fully ...... 5 points!

In the end, Qian Weichang still studied physics, because Wu Youxun was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to promise to let him try to study for a year first, so the future physics master was born.

The patriotic spirit of this era is unimaginable to people in the 21st century.

The meeting in the restaurant was almost in the evening. Boss Liu Xingzu rushed in with a freshly baked evening newspaper and shouted happily: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is good news!" Mr. Zhou Hexuan Zhou, a candidate for both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Prize in Medicine, was described by the newspaper as a 'giant from the Far East'! ”