By mid-June, Zhao Yiman and Chen Dabang had arrived in the United States. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Yiman took the passport of the puppet Manchukuo, and Chen Dabang took the French passport, and the entry from New York was quite smooth. After getting off the boat, I saw dozens of Chinese on the dock holding a big banner and saying: "Welcome to Zhao Yiman, the heroine of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Resistance!" ”

A few Chinese people ran over and asked, "Are you Ms. Zhao Yiman?" ”

Zhao Yiman said: "It's me." May I ask you guys what this is? ”

The man turned back and said, "Here comes the hero!" Dozens of people cheered.

The man said: "We are overseas Chinese in New York, and we have been waiting here for a few days when we got the news from Ms. Soong Ching Ling from China. ”

It turned out that Xiaolu reported the dispatch of Zhao Yiman to Europe and the United States to the central government. The central government supported his approach, believing that this was a good opportunity for propaganda, and quickly contacted Lu Xun and Soong Ching-ling in Shanghai.

When Song Qingling learned of Zhao Yiman's deeds, she was moved to tears, and at that time she asked several Kuomintang people in Guangdong to send a message to overseas Chinese in the United States, saying that Zhao Yiman, a Chinese Manchurian heroine, had gone to the United States to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance and raise donations for the anti-Japanese resistance, and so on.

Xiaolu informed Song Qingling of Zhao Yiman's itinerary, and soon, when Zhao Yiman was sailing on the Atlantic Ocean by boat, the overseas Chinese community in New York was ready to welcome Zhao Yiman.

At noon the next day, in New York's Chinatown, all Chinese closed the market and held a meeting to welcome the heroine Zhao Yiman.

A small number of overseas Chinese have already obtained Zhao Yiman's deeds, after the meeting, a New York overseas Chinese leader introduced Zhao Yiman, and told everyone her deeds, English mixed with Hakka mixed with vernacular, after talking for a long time, all the ladies in the venue have cried bitterly, and many men have also cried.

When Zhao Yiman spoke, Zhao Yiman said: "I am very moved to see that everyone cares about the motherland. I learned what it means to be connected. ”

The interpreter next to her translated her words into English, Hakka, vernacular.

Zhao Yiman continued: "I am from Sichuan, not from the Northeast. I want to ask you, do you know where the Northeast is? ”

In the next few days, a whirlwind of Zhao Yiman blew among overseas Chinese on the entire East Coast, and Zhao Yiman went to more than 20 cities in the eastern United States to give speeches to the vast number of overseas Chinese and do anti-Japanese propaganda.

Overseas Chinese not only learned about the situation of the fall of Northeast China since September 18, but also learned about the arduous course of resistance against Japan by the anti-Japanese forces in Northeast China.

Zhao Yiman did not clearly state that she was a Communist Party according to the strategy discussed with Xiaolu, but the overseas Chinese had already heard her identity.

Regarding the Xi'an incident last year, Zhao Yiman also told everyone that overseas Chinese were very encouraged by the fact that the major political parties in China began to unite to resist Japan.

On July 9, Zhao Yiman received a telegram from Song Qingling, telling overseas Chinese about the Lugou Bridge incident. The anti-Japanese anger of overseas Chinese was ignited. Many overseas Chinese young people are ready to return to China to resist Japan, and a large amount of money is donated to Zhao Yiman. Zhao Yiman discussed with several overseas Chinese leaders that what was lacking outside the customs was materials, machinery and equipment for producing materials, not money.

Several overseas Chinese set up a Chinese Anti-Japanese Support Association to be responsible for the purchase and delivery of materials. Overseas Chinese in San Francisco and Los Angeles also got the news, insisted on setting up a support club in Los Angeles, and asked Zhao Yiman to go to California to meet with the vast number of overseas Chinese.

On 11 July, two U.S. government officials, led by an overseas Chinese lawyer, came to Zhao Yiman and asked her to testify before the Congress in the capital and give a briefing on China's situation to Congress, and the United States was eager to find out what had happened in China recently.

On July 12, Zhao Yiman testified before the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., about what happened in China. She spoke for an hour, and the Chinese was already mixed with English words.

A parliamentarian asked, "Is it true that the Japanese say you are barbaric bandits?" ”

Zhao Yiman said: "Do you think I look like a bandit? As a matter of fact, the anti-Japanese armed forces in the northeast were basically launched against intellectuals like me. We had no equipment or money, so we had to talk to all walks of life to make them understand the truth of anti-Japanese resistance and organize them to resist Japan. Some of the weapons used by our team were Japanese robbers, shotguns, and even farm tools. Our land and homeland are occupied, we rise up to fight, are we bandits? ”

Saying that, Zhao Yiman rolled up his sleeves and said: "I was arrested by them the year before last and put in prison, you see, my whole body, except for a face, there is hardly an inch of skin without scars." Only a savage would do such a vicious treatment to a thin woman like me. ”

Another parliamentarian said, "But we can't let you bring the supplies you bought to Manchuria." ”

Zhao Yiman said: "We don't buy weapons, we only buy some equipment. For example, we buy looms to produce our own cloth. Manchuria was a very cold place, and there were six months of winter, and our soldiers, many of them, froze to death, not died in battle. After they were injured, they had no medicine, and in the cold weather, they had to wait for death. ”

Another congressman said, "You called on us, the United States, to help you." But why are we helping you? ”

Zhao Yiman said: "First, for justice. I think the American people are a people who stand for justice. Second, for the benefit of the American people. Because the ambitions of the Japanese are not just for China. Their ambition is the Pacific Ocean, or even half the world. I suggest you go to Japan, to China, to the places that they invaded. If you can't go yourself, then ask the reporter to go. We welcome you. ”

Because of Zhao Yiman's speech, the materials purchased by the Overseas Chinese Support Association were allowed to be released.

Similarly, Zhao Yiman became one of the most influential Chinese women in the United States. Americans met the Chinese through her, different Chinese. Photographs of her resolute expression, as well as the scars on her neck, hands and arms, were published in American newspapers.

In August, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao arrived in California. In California, she traveled to several cities where overseas Chinese gathered, gave dozens of speeches, and the majority of overseas Chinese enthusiastically donated. During the speech, Zhao Yiman's old illness relapsed and insisted on running to give a speech. They are carried up to the podium before each presentation and down again after the presentation. When overseas Chinese saw it, they were all moved.

By September, the first supplies had been purchased and loaded into two ships for Vladivostok. Zhao Yiman's trip to the United States raised a total of 8 million US dollars, and less than half of the first batch of materials was used, and the support club will buy the second and third batches. The materials can be distributed as appropriate, and some of them can be transported to Yan'an. While the Nationalist Government has not restricted Yan'an, the materials transported to Yan'an need to go first.

On September 10, Zhao Yiman received a telegram from Xiaolu. Xiaolu asked her to take Guangzhou, through Changsha and through Wuhan and Chongqing to northern Shaanxi, and the child may have arrived in Chongqing. If possible, the child can also be taken to northern Shaanxi. In addition, if possible, you can go to Nanyang, Singapore and other places to publicize the anti-Japanese war.

At present, Yichun's organization has set up a permanent office in Vladivostok to get in touch with the Anti-Japanese Overseas Chinese Support Association in the United States, so that there is no need to worry about the transportation of materials.

In mid-September, Zhao Yiman and his wife, under the arrangement of overseas Chinese leaders in Los Angeles, boarded a ship and went to Singapore to publicize the Anti-Japanese War there. At this time, Zhao Yiman's health was slightly better.