The young students of the three towns of Wuhan and the students of hundreds of universities that had moved from the occupied areas to Wuhan to temporarily run schools organized themselves and took to the streets to start a huge procession, calling on patriotic compatriots in the rear to enthusiastically donate money and materials to support the frontline of the war of resistance.

"Down with Japanese imperialism!"

"The Chinese nation will never be conquered!"

"If you have money to contribute, you will have the strength to support the War of Resistance and go to the national disaster together!"

"Most of China has fallen, and China has reached the most critical moment!"

"Students, fellow chests, don't hesitate any longer, bravely go to the battlefield and fight! Let's fight! Fight for the survival of the country, fight for the survival of the nation! ”

Groups of young students shouted slogans and walked through the streets and alleys, followed by female students holding donation boxes, calling on citizens, businessmen and workers to donate money and materials for the war effort.

"Thank you for your generosity, China will survive because of your contributions."

"Thank you for your righteous deeds, it is precisely because of patriots like you that China has not died!"

"Thanks to 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."

In the procession of the parade, Liang Yixiao found Wu Qian.

"Senior Brother Wu, how are you doing over there?" The crowd was noisy, and Liang Yixiao had to be loud for Wu Qian to hear.

"Don't mention it." Wu Qian shook his head with a wry smile, and also responded loudly, "I've been tired for two days, and I only said that I moved a few classmates, and the other classmates either don't believe it, or they are hesitant, what about you?" ”

Liang smiled and said: "It's similar on my side, and my classmates still prefer to believe in official institutions." ”

In the past two days, Liang Yixiao has encouraged her to go to Dameishan with her and participate in the Dameishan Independent Regiment, but despite her fanciful words, she is still the respondent Liao Liao, not that her teachers and classmates are unwilling to participate in the Dameishan Independent League, but they don't trust Liang Yixiao very much.

People are soft-spoken, and Liang Yixiao is soft-spoken after all.

Wu Qian said: "This is also reasonable, after all, the two of us are soft-spoken, who knows if what we said is true, if it is false, wouldn't they even be able to find a place to cry?" ”

Liang Yi smiled and said: "It seems that we can't complete the task assigned by Captain Xu, how can we give him an errand when we go back?" ”

Wu Qian said: "Xiao Liang, I have a way. ”

Liang Yixiao suddenly perked up when he heard this, and asked urgently: "Say it quickly, what way?" ”

"Let's go to the Wuhan office of the Eighth Route Army." Wu Qian said, "This matter can only be asked to come forward by the party organization, the two of us are soft-spoken, but there are always people in the Eighth Route Army Office who believe it, right?" ”

Liang Yixiao said with some worry: "Can it be done?" Besides, we are members of the New Fourth Army, although the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army are both Communist Party teams, but after all, they are not one, will the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army ignore us? ”

Wu Qian said: "Won't you know if you try it?" ”

Liang smiled and said, "That's right, it's a big deal to find a way when the time comes." ”

At that moment, the two left the procession, called two rickshaws and went straight to the Wuhan office of the Eighth Route Army at No. 9 Middle Street in the former Japanese Concession, and the staff of the Wuhan office of the Eighth Route Army warmly received the two, and after listening to the two explain the reason, the staff immediately reported the matter to Li Ke, the secretary general of the Yangtze River Bureau.

Secretary-General Li Ke felt that the matter was very important, and while sending someone to contact the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army through the party's secret radio station to confirm whether what Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao said was true, he also reported the incident to Zhou Gong, who was in charge of united front work, and Zhou Gong immediately put down his work and personally met with Liang Yixiao and Wu Qian.

Liang Yixiao and Wu Qian were indeed ordered by Xu Rui, the head of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, to go to Wuhan to recruit students, and the deputy commander of the New Fourth Army Xiang also confirmed another news in the telegram that Xu Rui was preparing to build a power plant in the Dameishan base area, so there was an urgent need for young college students.

After figuring out the reason, Zhou Gong immediately decided to go all out to facilitate the matter.

On the morning of the same day, huge banners were unfurled on the campuses of major colleges and universities in Wuhan and in the temporary schools of hundreds of colleges and universities that had been relocated.

The strength 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, and within half a day, the campuses of hundreds of colleges and universities in Wuhan were surging, and the vast number of young students signed up one after another, saying that they would enlist to join the decisive death corps, go to the front line in central Anhui, and fight side by side with the Central Anhui Advance Brigade and the Dameishan Independent Regiment.

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When Gu Shutong and Wan Xiangyun came ashore from the Hankou wharf, they were just in time for the students to parade with banners.

Although Chairman Chiang did not explicitly state his intention to call them to Wuhan, he could think of it with his toes that this was certainly not a bad thing, but could only be a good thing, and maybe the two of them would get another medal.

After half a day of hard work, cars, and ships, we finally arrived in Wuhan.

Wan Xiangyun listened to a few words of the student's slogan, and said to Gu Shutong sourly: "This time Feicheng is very fast, and the impact is quite big." ”

"Nonsense." Gu Shutong didn't have a good breath and said, "This time Feicheng is another victory, although the results of the battle are not as great as the last time when the Feicheng Garrison Brigade was annihilated, but the influence is absolutely not the same, what troops are the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, and what kind of troops is the Kagoshima Wing?" What's more, this time it was the Kagoshima Wing, which was completely annihilated under the heavy service of the Japanese army, this is simply a tiger's mouth pulling teeth! ”

"yes, the tiger's mouth pulls out the teeth." Wan Xiangyun said, "No wonder the old man is excited like this, hey." ”

Gu Shutong waved his hand and said: "What really excites the old man is not Feicheng Zaijie itself, but the meaning behind Feicheng Zaijie, the decisive battle to encircle and annihilate the devils to the north cluster is about to start, originally the old man was most worried about Feicheng, but now Feicheng is more tenacious than everyone imagined, you say the old man can not be excited?" ”

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, but in the end it's still empty joy." Wan Xiangyun shook his head and whispered, "The little devil's northward cluster is unable to supply fuel, all the trucks and tanks are lying down, and even all the heavy artillery is also lying down, so it is trapped in Fuyang and Mengcheng and cannot move, but its actual combat effectiveness has not been damaged in any way, although our army has gathered more than 15 armies and 30 divisions in the periphery of Fuyang and Mengcheng, but due to the lack of heavy weapons to attack the fortifications, I am afraid that the 9th and 13th divisions of the devil's northward cluster will not be able to win, at least a quick victory is absolutely impossible." ”

"Be careful." Gu Shushi glared at Wan Xiangyun dissatisfied, and said, "Lao Wan, you are good anywhere, it's just that this broken mouth always says something out of tune, remember, today's words, just tell me about it, don't mention it again when you meet your colleagues in the Command, especially not in the premise of the commission." ”

"Yes." Wanxiang Yun responded, "I understand. ”

It's just that when Gu Shutong and Wanxiang Yunxing rushed to the camp, they found that the atmosphere of the camp was a little strange.

It stands to reason that the Central Anhui Advance Brigade has won such a brilliant victory in Feicheng, and the senior officials and senior staff members of the Wuhan camp should cheer, but after Gu Shutong and Wan Xiangyun walked to the camp, they found that the expressions on the faces of both the senior officials and those senior staff officers they saw along the way were gloomy, as if something big had happened.

At that moment, Wan Xiangyun grabbed a high staff member and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chu, what's wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?" The high staff still didn't understand, and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Wan Xiangyun glanced at Gu Shutong and asked, "I mean, why is the atmosphere in the camp a little weird?" ”

"That's what you say." Gao Shen, surnamed Chu, whispered, "Let me tell you, something happened, the Communist Party had just set up a death squad in Wuhan, organized more than 2,000 students, and clamored to go to central Anhui to fight side by side with the Anhui Central Advance Brigade. ”

"Death Squad?" Wan Xiangyun was surprised and said, "This is a good thing, why is the old man angry?" ”

"Are you stupid?" Gao Shen surnamed Chu said, "Your brother won't forget about the Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Death Corps so quickly, the old man is not unwilling to let these students go to the front line to resist the war, but he is worried that these students will be pried away by the CCP and become the second Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Death Corps." ”

Wan Xiangyun suddenly said: "This is indeed a thing. ”

The Shanxi Youth Anti-Japanese Death Squad was formed by Yan Xishan and the CCP in cooperation with the Shanxi New Army, Yan Xishan contributed money and equipment, and the CCP sent people, but in the end, this unit became the armed force of the Eighth Route Army.

At present, although it is the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, from the bottom of its bones, the Nationalist Government has never relaxed its vigilance against the CCP.

At that moment, Wan Xiangyun asked in a low voice: "Then what should I do about this?" I saw it on the street just now, and the students are very motivated, and if there is no justifiable reason, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop them. ”

"Block?" Gao Shen sneered, "If you can stop it, the old man will be so angry?" Ah, that's it, the only thing that can be done now is to stuff people into this young student death brigade, no matter what, the Communists can't let this unit be pulled away, at least not easily. ”