In the blink of an eye, it has entered 1938.

At the beginning of the year, Japanese planes bombed Guangzhou for more than 10 days, killing more than 7,000 people.

Zhou Hexuan ordered the workers to speed up the construction of the Chongqing air-raid shelter, but the government did not come forward at this time, so Zhou Hexuan could only do it himself.

In fact, since July last year, Zhou Hexuan has paid for the construction of an air defense tunnel, and plans to start from Chaotianmen, pass through Linjiangmen and Tongyuanmen to Nanjimen, and run through the four directions of the main city of Chongqing, with an estimated length of more than 3,700 meters.

Now half a year has passed, and the air-raid shelter built by Zhou Hexuan has been dug out for more than 1,200 meters. He also built an air-raid basement in his house, so that his family and helpers could hide at any time if the Japanese aircraft attacked.

On January 5, Albert Einstein, Romain Rolland, Russell, Dewey and other scholars launched an international campaign to aid China and called for fundraising for China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In June, Albert Einstein and Roosevelt's eldest son will set up the China Aid Committee to donate money in 2,000 cities and towns in the United States.

On January 6, Bethune led Canadian and American medical teams to China to support the Chinese in their war of resistance.

At the same time, there are also different scales of non-governmental aid activities in European countries. I don't know what Hitler thought, Germany had clearly allied with Japan, but after the fall of Nanjing, it secretly supported China with a batch of weapons, including Type I tanks and heavy artillery.

In the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, the military advisers sent by Germany to China were never withdrawn. It was not until a full year after the outbreak of the All-Out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression that Germany withdrew a large number of advisers to China under diplomatic pressure from Japan. But there are still some who remain, or even become active military officers in China. For example, Captain Frank Hobrich, who participated in the command of the Battle of Changde, advanced and retreated with the Chinese defenders, died heroically in November 1943, and was posthumously awarded the rank of major general by the Nationalist Government.

In Hitler's autobiography, it is mentioned that when he was poor, he was selflessly helped by a Chinese family, the Chinese surname Cheung, the transliteration may be surnamed Zhang, or the surname may be Cheng. As a result, Hitler had a very good impression of China, and there were even rumors that he wanted to share the world with China.

Of course, these rumors are very unreliable, and I don't know where they came from. However, it is true that Hitler was very ambiguous about China, and when a full-scale war broke out between China and Japan, Germany was the most active in Europe and the United States to stand up for mediation, and mediated three times before and after, but unfortunately the content of the mediation was too harsh.

Compared with Germany, the Soviet Union provided the greatest support to China in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

The Soviet Union, in the form of a volunteer army, sent an air force to Nanjing Airport at the end of 1937. These Soviet planes, painted with the Chinese military insignia, fought fiercely with the Japanese air force in Nanjing for several days, and on January 5 they came to Wuhan to participate in the war, flying to Wuhu to shoot down six Japanese planes.

The reason why the Soviet Union helped China was because Britain, France, and the United States instigated Germany to attack the Soviet Union. Although Germany was unwilling to confront the Soviet Union head-on for the time being, it was encouraging Japan to attack the Soviet Far East, so that the Soviet Union could take care of itself and facilitate German expansion in Europe.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, so the USSR and China are friends.

January 10th.

Chang Kaishen and Bai Chongxi went to Kaifeng from Wuchang, the purpose of this trip was to punish Han Fuyu, and Han was not far from death. This deserved to die, and he almost became a traitor in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War - promising Shandong to remain neutral, Lao Jiang learned the news and hurriedly appeased him to be the deputy commander of the Fifth War Zone.

During the war, in order to preserve his strength, Han Fuyu refused to carry out the orders of the central government several times. In addition, Han Fuyu and Liu Xiang were mixed together, and Lao Jiang couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to make an example of the monkey this time.

Arriving at the railway station by car, Chang Kaishen and Bai Chongxi got into the special train.

A few minutes later, Chang Kaishen looked outside and said in surprise: "When did this Yangtze River Bridge open?" ”

The adjutant replied: "The bridge builders worked overtime to rush the deadline, and the construction was officially completed at four o'clock in the morning, and there was a test run of a train in the middle of the night." ”

"This bridge was built in time!" Chang Kaishen sighed.

The Pinghan line connects the north, and the Guangdong-Han line connects the south, but it is interrupted in the face of the Yangtze River. In the past, trains crossing the river had to be transferred by large barges, which had to be delayed for at least an hour and a half. If you encounter a heavy transportation task, it is common to delay half a day to a day, and it is possible to wait for two days for the train to queue up for boarding.

Now that the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge has been opened, the transportation efficiency has been multiplied immediately, greatly alleviating the transportation difficulties in wartime.

The adjutant said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Zhou specially added 1 million ocean investment in order to catch up with the progress of the bridge repair. ”

Chang Kaishen nodded and said, "Zhou Mingcheng still contributes to the country. ”

Chang Kaishen began to read newspapers and magazines after speaking, although he was too busy every day, he still insisted on reading newspapers. After reading the newspaper for a while, Chang Kaishen opened the magazine "Non-Offensive" again, and the important content was marked by the secretary, and he could open it directly.

The number one article in this issue of "Non-Offensive" is exactly the content of Zhou Hexuan's lecture at the university half a month ago.

Chang Kaishen nodded again and again when he saw Zhou Hexuan talking about US diplomatic strategy, and then he suddenly frowned and breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little annoyed that the United States supported Japan, and he was quite looking forward to the future entry of the United States into the war, so he said: "Show Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi)." ”

Bai Chongxi was in the next compartment, and the adjutant hurriedly took the magazine.

Bai Chongxi finished reading the article, ran to Chang Kaishen's carriage and said: "Although it is a scholar's opinion, it also has some truth, at least it can strengthen the confidence of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance." ”

"Yes, the most important thing right now is faith." Chang Kaishen sighed.

Although after the Battle of Songhu, there were many fewer "lords and factions" in China, but few were really confident.

For example, Zhang Qun, a veteran of the Kuomintang Party, advised Chang Kaishen in this way, and the general content was as follows: We cannot accept German mediation, because the conditions are too harsh, and once we accept it, the prestige of the central government will be lost. China should fight the war first, and then negotiate peace after defeat, and no matter how peace is negotiated at that time, the common people can understand it, and they will not be too hostile to the central government.

Okay, Zhang Qun is also the main battle faction. It's a pity that he, the main battle faction, is running for defeat...... is always better than Wang Zhaoming.

Inevitably, after Zhou Hexuan's article was published in the magazine "Fei Offensive", it immediately aroused extensive discussion in all walks of life in China. Some people say that he is too arbitrary, some people say that he should not think of the United States so dirty, and some people discuss the article as an academic issue. But many people are convinced that the United States will inevitably enter the war, and that as long as China can persist in resisting, it will be able to rely on the United States to win.

As a result, in addition to the main peace faction and the main war faction, the "US aid faction" has emerged in China. This faction advocated persisting in resistance, delaying the time as much as possible, and dragging it out until the United States entered the war to be victory.

After the special train arrived in Kaifeng, Chang Kaishen suddenly said to the adjutant: "Send a telegram to Chairman Lin and ask him to appoint Zhou Mingcheng as a special envoy to visit Britain." He had a good relationship with King George VI of England, so he had to get some more help. ”

When the war is fought, the money is spent like running water.

The international loans that Kong Xiangxi got last year have been consumed, and Lao Jiang is trying his best to get money.