Chapter 808 New York (I)

After visiting Mr. Doug, Ni Hua returned to Columbia University to give a speech in accordance with the predetermined itinerary, introducing to the teachers and students the difficulties encountered and the achievements of the Chinese people in defying and persisting in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and introducing the brilliant achievements of the six medical teams in support of China composed of teachers and students of Columbia University School of Medicine on the battlefield in Shandong.

Columbia University is a famous university in the United States, and Ni Hua was the Oriental Angel in the minds of teachers and students when he was studying at Columbia University. In addition, the situation at this time was very different from that of Ni Hua when he was propagandizing in the United States more than a year ago, the Japanese army had captured Hainan Island and Spratly Island, could threaten the Philippines and Singapore at any time, and kept creating incidents in various concessions in China, compressing the living space of the United States and Britain in China, and the American people had already begun to feel the chill coming from the devil's bayonet. Therefore, Ni Hua's speech resonated with the teachers and students of Columbia, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

As soon as the speech ended, teachers and students of Columbia University took to the streets and began to demonstrate, waving slogans such as "The United States should wake up," "Selling scrap steel, oil, copper, and rubber to others is tantamount to a murderer," "The US Government must decisively suspend trade with Japan," "Support the Chinese people's War of Resistance Against Japan," and "The United States should say no."

As soon as the teachers and students of Columbia University took to the streets, they attracted the attention of the people of New York, and some people with a sense of justice consciously joined the march. In the end, the marches grew larger and larger, and the entire New York City once again set off a ** in solidarity with the Chinese people's just war of resistance.

At this time, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had been going on for two years, and Chinese chambers of commerce throughout the United States had grown under the banner of supporting the motherland to resist Japan. As soon as the parade began, the New York Chinese Chamber of Commerce organized overseas Chinese to participate. As soon as the march ended, the overseas Chinese divided into two groups, one to the consulate in New York to protest and the other to the New York City government.

The mayor of New York City, Mr. LaGuardia, was in a hurry and had to come forward to receive the representatives of overseas Chinese, and repeatedly expressed that he would report to Mr. President the wishes of the New York people.

The last time Ni Hua and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in New York organized overseas Chinese to sit in front of the city government, LaGuardia said that if President Roosevelt and the Department of Commerce reported it, it would still be able to buy strategic materials from the United States. This time, the overseas Chinese delegates did not believe Mr. LaGuardia's promise and demanded that New York City first impose a trade embargo on Japan.

LaGuardia could not accede to this request, which after all involved diplomatic relations between the two countries, and only the president had the authority to make a decision. Therefore, LaGuardia can only take a stand, go to the President in person, and state the wishes of the New York people.

LaGuardia was a very prestigious mayor who sympathized with the Chinese people's war of resistance, and the overseas Chinese representatives did not embarrass him, and handed the letter to President Roosevelt written in advance to Mr. LaGuardia, asking him to hand it over on his behalf, and ended the sit-in.

The overseas Chinese who were sit-in in front of the consulate in New York were not so easy to speak, waving slogans such as "The invaders get out of New York," "The United States does not welcome the invaders," "The Japanese army is the most barbaric army in the history of mankind," "The little devils are murderers, criminals, robbers, arsonists, and thieves," and "Emperor Hirohito is the largest war criminal in the world." They shouted slogans one after another, frightening the consul to hide in the consulate and dare not face him, constantly reporting the situation to the embassy in Japan, and constantly calling the New York Police Department to call the police.

That's not the end of the story!

Mr. Salisberg, the president of the New York Times, is an old friend of Ni Hua, and she benefited from Mr. Salisberg's help when she held a press conference in the United States for the first time. This time, Ni Hua returned to the United States, bringing more complete and detailed information, and she wanted to hold a press conference again to expose the murderous features of the people to the world, and to call on all peace-loving and righteous people in the world to rise up and support China's War of Resistance.

Mr. Salisberg, like Mr. Doug, could not have imagined that he would be able to see this beautiful angel of the East again so soon. Therefore, as soon as they met, they put on a gentlemanly demeanor and kissed Ni Hua's little hand, they were busy inviting Ni Hua to sit down on the sofa, and couldn't wait to ask about the progress of the war in China.

Before Ni Hua came, Liu Yimin prepared detailed information for him, and after arriving in Xi'an, the central government supplemented her with another information. When she was in Chongqing, not only did Vice Chairman Zhou personally deliberate on the work plan for Ni Hua that Liu Yimin had drawn up for Ni Hua, but even Chiang Kai-shek's husband and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China helped her prepare materials and refine the plan. In a word, this is tantamount to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party jointly sending Ni Hua to the United States for activities, with only one purpose, that is, to promote the US trade embargo against Japan as soon as possible, vigorously support China's war of resistance, and preferably make a complete break in US-Japan relations.

Ni Hua briefed Mr. Salisberg on the situation after the Battle of Wuhan, focusing on the characteristics of the stalemate stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan. After hearing this, Mr. Salisberg immediately asked Ni Hua if he would hold a press conference as soon as possible to report the news from the front line of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to American readers.

As soon as Mr. Salisberg said that, Ni Hua hurriedly thanked him, and on behalf of the Nationalist Government, the Central Committee, and the Eighth Route Army, he presented gifts to the New York Times and Mr. Salisberg to express Mr. Salisberg's and the New York Times' concern and support for China's War of Resistance.

The gift to Mr. Salisberg was a saber of a Japanese lieutenant general, and the gift to the New York Times was an inscription by Chiang Kai-shek.

As soon as he heard that he was given a command knife by the lieutenant general of the Japanese invasion of China, Salzberg was pleasantly surprised, picked it up and played with it, admired it for a long time, and then asked the secretary to make a shelf and hang it on the wall of the office. Ni Hua hurriedly told him that this knife can't be known, if they know it, they will fight to grab it, they have to hide it first, and then take it out to appreciate when they defeat the devil.

As soon as Salzberg heard this, he knew that what Ni Hua said was reasonable, so he asked the secretary to put it away and lock it in the safe.

The saber of the lieutenant general is already very precious, and the more precious is still to come, which is the inscription of the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

Chiang Kai-shek's inscription is written in block letters, and the content is "Fearless, resist to the end"! There is also a small line next to it, which reads "Gift to the New York Times" for supporting China's anti-Japanese war.

The inscription is written in cursive, and the content is "Good neighborliness and friendship, unity and resistance to war"! There is also small print next to it, which reads "The New York Times, a newspaper giant." Uphold justice and inherit civilization. ”

Salzberg did not understand Chinese, Ni Hua taught him word by word, told him to listen, so happy that Salisberg's nose and eyes were smiling, and finally gave a gift back.

Then Ni Hua didn't have to worry about it, Salisberg carefully arranged and held the first press conference after Ni Hua returned to the United States.

When Ni Hua walked into the press conference venue, the audience applauded. Most of these reporters were reporters who attended Ni Hua's press conference last time, and some of them had also traveled to China to cover the news, so they were particularly enthusiastic.

Mr. Salisberg's voice was particularly cordial: "Ladies and gentlemen, The New York Times and I are very honored to invite the beautiful Angel of the East, the representative of the government of the Republic of China, the wife of General Liu Yimin, the invincible general of the Eighth Route Army, and Dr. Ni Hua, vice president of the Eighth Route Army General Hospital and president of the Eighth Route Army Teaching Instructor Hospital, to attend today's press conference. As you may recall, a year ago, Dr. Ni Hua held a press conference here to expose the atrocities of the invaders to the world. After the press conference, Dr. Ni Hua returned to China to participate in the war and threw himself into the anti-Japanese battlefield. Today, Dr. Ni Hua, who has endured the test of blood and fire on the battlefield, returns to New York, and she brings us endless news materials. Okay, I'm not going to be verbose, let's ask Dr. Ni Hua to post the news. ”

Ni Hua deliberately dressed up today, and specially put on the summer clothes of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, a brand-new gray military hat, gray short sleeves, gray kùzi, with a peerless appearance, she looked indescribably sassy and heroic, which attracted the amazement of those reporters who saw her for the first time.

After saluting the reporters, Ni Hua first introduced the overall situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. According to Ni Hua's introduction, during the Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese army proposed to destroy China in three months. Now that the war has been fought for two years, China still exists, and the squadron is still fighting to the death with the Japanese army, although the military and civilians suffered heavy casualties, but the Japanese army's attempt to occupy China in an all-round way has been smashed, and the more the war has become more and more courageous, forming a war pattern of the regular army fighting on the frontal battlefield and the guerrilla attack behind the enemy line of the Eighth Route Army, and plunging the Japanese army invading China into the quagmire of war.

Ni Hua himself is a fairy, and he speaks Jiāo soft and pleasant New York English, and he can listen to the reporters who participated in the press conference keep recording.

Due to the thorough preparations, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Hu Shi also attended the press conference.

Hu Shi can also be regarded as a strange person in modern history, he is one of the leaders of the New Culture Movement, and has made outstanding contributions to the popularization and application of vernacular literature. After graduating from Cornell University, this man went to study at the graduate school of Columbia University, was a student of the great philosopher John Dewey, and was a great believer in Dewey's philosophy of pragmatism.

When Hu Shi was in China, he was very close to Wang Jingwei and others, and the future of the war was rather pessimistic. However, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek made him ambassador to the United States, Hu Shih's attitude immediately changed, and he severed his relationship with Wang Jingwei and his ilk, and instead contributed to the anti-Japanese war. After arriving in the United States, Hu Shih's work was easy to do because of Ni Hua's previous work, and after publicly proposing the construction of a new East Asian order integrating Japan, Manchuria, and China, Hu Shih easily won a loan of $25 million for China with the help of the change of attitude of the US government. Now, Ni Hua, who was the first to expose the atrocities of the Japanese army in the United States and called on the US government and people to support China's war of resistance, returned to the United States and held a press conference.

Hu Shi is 48 years old, with a pair of myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he looks very delicate and gentle.

At this time, Hu Shi had just received an honorary doctorate of law from Columbia University and the University of Chicago, and so far, Hu Shi had received a total of six doctorates, including a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University, an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Hong Kong, and an honorary doctorate of letters from Harvard University and the University of Southern California.

Looking at Ni Hua's graceful and heroic appearance when he spoke, Hu Shi felt that Ni Hua's visit to the United States this time would definitely achieve fruitful results. Not to mention anything else, Ni Hua's demeanor alone can dump a large area of Yankees. However, Hu Shi had an opinion on Ni Hua wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army to attend the press conference, and felt that it was inappropriate to wear a military uniform on this occasion, and he should wear a cheongsam, dress or skirt. However, Ni Hua did not adopt his advice and insisted on wearing a military uniform, Hu Shi was old and open-minded, so he did not insist.

Talking about the whole battle situation, Ni Hua began to expose the atrocities of the Japanese army.

Liu Yimin is a traverser and knows the importance of evidence. Therefore, when the Eighth Route Army was fighting, it was generally photographed. Especially the evidence of the Japanese army's massacre of villages and massacres, that is, we must take more pictures.

This time, Ni Hua took not only photos, but also the confessions of Japanese prisoners and the records in Japanese pictorials, which were very complete.

With Ni Hua's introduction, what was shown in front of the reporters was a series of footage of the atrocities of the Japanese army, and everyone present gritted their teeth and couldn't help but burst into tears.

The evidence includes photos of children picking up children on bayonets published in Japanese military pictorials, photos of Japanese soldiers cutting off the ruin room and taking wooden sticks, and photos of Japanese soldiers taking massacres and mass graves taken by reporters of the Eighth Route Army, as well as a large number of photos of urbanization in ruins. Later, Ni Hua couldn't cry, and the audience was full of crying.

Ni Hua was pregnant at this time, and as soon as her emotions moved, she had fetal gas, and her stomach hurt so much that beads of sweat as big as soybeans on her forehead rolled down, so panicked that Hanqing, Hu Shi and Salzberg hurriedly took her aside and lay down to rest. After an hour, he returned to the venue and continued to press the news.

Next, Ni Hua began to talk about the achievements of the Chinese People's War of Resistance. This is not a big deal, and every major battle on the Chinese battlefield has been reported by the New York Times. However, it is impossible for these American journalists to be on the front line of the battlefield, and their reports are all from Chinese journalists. Now, Ni Hua, who has been on the battlefield, appeared at the press conference of the "New York Times" and personally talked about the squadron's achievements, which is a special taste. Because, the biggest achievements since the Anti-Japanese War were all scored by the instructor and the struggle of the troops under the command of Liu Yimin. Ni Hua, as a member of the instructor and Liu Yimin's wife, spoke with great pride, and the readers who listened to it were fascinated.

After talking about this, Ni Hua began to talk about the topics that reporters are most willing to hear: Sino-US relations and Sino-Japanese relations.

Don't say that Ni Hua didn't understand these things, and even Hu Shi might not be able to explain them thoroughly. However, before Ni Hua left this time, Liu Yimin made up for her, and after arriving in Xi'an and Chongqing, senior leaders guided her again.

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