The undulating Yuelu Mountains are across the Xiangjiang River, just opposite the city of Changsha, and even in winter, it is still verdant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Standing on the fourth floor of the teaching building of the Philippine Caiyuan Bible School, Professor Meng Zhaoying, who was looking across Changsha City, was smoking fiercely, at this time the end of class had not yet arrived, there were students from other departments in class, he and his students could only wait in the corridor - there is only one teaching building in the school, in order to improve the utilization rate, there is no longer a break between classes, as long as the bell rings after class, the students in the classroom will leave, and the teacher is not allowed to drag the class.

Teaching difficulties, lack of dormitories, loss of books and equipment, and air raid sirens sounding from time to time are the current situation of Changsha Provisional University, which is formed by the joint forces of Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University. In five months, only five months, most of the land fell, the capital was almost lost, and the whole school went south, but for the teachers and students of the school, this is not the worst, the worst is that once the capital is lost, Wuhan will be shaken, Changsha will immediately become the front line, and then the school will have to move west.

The bell rang for the end ......of class, and Meng Zhaoying greeted Professor Changsam inside with a smile, this person was Professor Liu Wendian, a famous fanatic in the Tsinghua Academy of Literature. The postponement of the war gave the Ministry of Education nearly half a month to calmly arrange for the teachers of northern colleges and universities to go south, and he did not stay in Beiping for a year as history. Meng Zhaoying and Liu Wendian were about to enter the classroom after saying hello, but they didn't want to 'woo woo woo woo woo -- the terrible air defense siren sounded again, and a Japanese plane came to Changsha to bomb it.

"Quick! Fast! "Since the official start of classes on November 1, the air defense sirens have been sounding frequently. At first, the teachers and students were still panicked, but over time they got used to it. Several male classmates from the Faculty of Arts stood up and ran away from the weak Liu Wendian, but Liu Wendian shouted loudly: "What are you doing with me?" Protect Professor Chen! You go and protect Professor Chen. Save the quintessence of the country! Preserve the quintessence of the country! ”

The students of the Faculty of Arts ran downstairs regardless of Liu Wendian, and Meng Zhaoying, who was only 31 years old, followed with the students of the Faculty of Science. A group of people ran to the auditorium on the first floor, and then they were greatly relieved.

"Zhaoying, what are the Japanese doing when they come to blow up Changsha?" In the crowded auditorium, Professor Ren Zhigong, who rushed over from the dormitory, asked puzzledly, during this time, the air defense sirens were sounding more and more densely, which only made people uneasy.

"I don't know what happened to Nanjing." Meng Zhaoying put the glasses off her nose back on. He didn't really think about why the Japanese came to Changsha more and more often, he was just thinking about an electron tube parameter, which was a follow-up problem when he developed a triode with a wavelength of only one centimeter when he was a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology in 1933.

"A few days ago, I read the newspaper that Nanjing could not be defended, and if Nanjing was lost, Wuhan would be the next ......" Ren Zhigong said what he read in the newspaper, but his voice was not loud, this is not good news after all. In the mourning of the whole country, everyone is psychologically prepared for the imminent fall of the capital, but a good country is occupied by the Japanese invaders, as long as there is a little patriotism, they will be saddened by this.

"I heard from Professor Wu that Mr. Twilight is coming back soon." Ren Zhigong didn't think about those sad things, and talked about another thing. The professor he is talking about is Wu Youxun, who is also a professor at Tsinghua University, but he also has another title: president of the Chinese Physical Society.

"Yes, Professor Wu greeted me and asked me to go to Hong Kong or Guangzhou once." The air raid sirens outside were still terrible, and the teachers and students in the auditorium could even hear the sound of aircraft engines.

"Students, this is a monoplane, compared to biplanes and triplanes, it has less lift, and similarly, its air resistance is also small, and its speed will be faster. The transition from a two-wing to a single-wing is an improvement, but during the period of alternation of single and double-wing, each has its own advantages......" lectured Professor Feng Guilian of the Department of Aeronautics. Seeing his serious appearance from the gap in the crowd, Meng Zhaoying couldn't help but shake his head again and again, he, a doctor who has not returned to China for a long time, may not be as good as the old man of Tsinghua University.

After waiting in the auditorium for more than 20 minutes, the air defense sirens finally stopped screaming, and the teachers and students who had been holding back for a long time finally let out a breath, but this class was a failure. After the students left, several old people from the school standing committee did not leave. Jiang Menglin, the president of Peking University, was excitedly furious: "How can this be class?!" I don't think there is any need to go to class anymore, and it is better for the school to be disbanded. Two bombings in three days, two bombing in three days, and two students were killed earlier. I have already decided that after the students finish the exam, they will go to Wuhan to find the Standing Committee Chairman and ask for the school to be moved to Kunming. ”

Jiang Menglin is iron-clad and wants to move, but Nankai Principal Zhang Boling has a different opinion, he said: "Zhaoxian, now that the country is in the country, the government can still take care of the studies of young students in extreme difficulties, which is already commendable, and students should also be trained, so that they can empathize with the country's calamity." ”

The principal of Tsinghua University is Mei Yiqi and Zhang Boling's student, so he is not good at expressing his position on this, so he has to stand aside silently. Jiang Menglin saw that Zhang Boling was so stubborn, and immediately said angrily: "If it is still my child, I don't want him to take classes in this kind of school!" ”

Jiang Menglin was angry, Zhang Boling was also angry, and he also snorted: "If Shang is my child, I must let him take classes in this kind of school!" ”

The two principals were arguing angrily, Mei Yiqi didn't know who to persuade for a while, and just when he was at a loss, Wu Youxun from the Department of Physics ran in, and he said happily: "Principals, Mr. Twilight is back from Europe!" ”

Behind Wu Youxun is Yan Keats, and behind Yan Keats is Lieutenant Zhong Qiangong, who is dressed in a navy uniform. They got on the plane in Paris on December 27 and arrived in Hong Kong on January 5, when Yan Keats's wife had already gone south from Beiping, and seeing that his family was safe and sound, he took a plane to Changsha with Zhong Qiangong the next day, which was actually to arrive before the winter vacation of Changsha Provisional University on January 10.

"Wasn't Brother Twilight still in Europe the other day?" Mei Yiqi looked at Yan Keats and was very surprised, he also knew that Yan Keats sent a telegram back, saying that he had something important to discuss with him after returning to China, and he didn't want to see someone in less than ten days after the telegram he received last week.

"I'm coming back by plane." Yan Keats was full of smiles, what he was most satisfied with was not that he came back by plane, but that the Admiralty had great powers, and he actually brought his family to Hong Kong one by one, and it was also safely arranged by Colonel Zeng Guosheng of the Navy Office in Hong Kong.

Yan Keats is familiar with Tsinghua President Mei Yiqi, and Jiang Menglin and Zhang Boling are also familiar with them, all of whom are famous figures in the Pingjing circle. "Let me solemnly introduce that this lieutenant is Lieutenant Zhong Qiangong of the Ordnance Department of the Admiralty," Yan Keats pulled Zhong Qiangong up with a smile, "He also has the identity of the hero of Jinshanwei's great victory and the adjutant of Colonel Li Kongrong, the hero of the anti-Japanese war." ”

The few principals in front of him were all university presidents, and Zhong Qiangong immediately saluted these presidents. The principals did not like the military, but the navy was an exception, and Colonel Li Kongrong's adjutant was an exception. As soon as Yan Kici said that he was Colonel Li Kongrong's adjutant, Zhang Boling, who had been a member of Beiyang earlier, rushed up to shake hands, and he said excitedly: "The navy fought well, fought well!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Zhong Qiangong was just a translator before defecting to the navy, and he had to drive for military attache Xu Bozhou, compared to half a horse service, he really did some practice after joining the navy and Li Kongrong, but he didn't think there was anything unusual, but now he was grabbed by Zhang Boling and shook his hand, and when the principals of the other two countries next to him saw it, his whole body floated up, and he felt the glory of the soldiers!

"Colonel Li entrusted Lieutenant Zhong to come, there is an important matter, here ......" Yan Keats did not forget his mission at all, he looked at this auditorium larger than a basketball court, and said, "Is there a more private place?" ”

"Yes, yes, go to me." Zhang Boling is the oldest, the most senior, and the yard where he lives is also the best, as soon as he heard that there was an important matter, he immediately enthusiastically took people to his home, "I still have a few chickens, I just killed them to eat today." ”

Although the university office in Changsha is hard, the salary can only be allocated seventy percent, but Changsha is not short of materials, Zhang Boling said that killing chickens is also a joke, so in a laughter, a few people out of the school, to the west of the Great Wall City.

"I personally met with Colonel Lee in Berlin, and I was deeply touched by what he said, saying that we doctoral scholars may have a misunderstanding that the Japanese are going to go to the country together, so we have to return to China. But ordinary people should return to China, but scientific and technological personnel should not return to China but should go abroad. Yan Keats relayed what Li Kongrong said in Berlin at that time, and felt more and more reasonable. But like him, the principals of the few people sitting had different expressions, Mei Yiqi waited for his next step, Zhang Boling frowned and thought deeply

, Jiang Menglin probably wanted to refute, but in the end he held back.

Yan Keats didn't care about everyone's expressions, and continued: "I was also against Colonel Li's words at first, but later he said: The Japanese can win against us because science and technology and industry are more developed than us, and the war is all about science and technology and industry. Since we are backward in science and technology industry, then scientific and technological personnel should go abroad instead of returning to China. At the time, I retorted that it was precisely because of the backwardness of domestic science and technology that we had to return to China; He said that no matter how advanced science and technology are, there is no industrial base, and now if we go back to build industry, it will no longer be possible. Scientists and technologists who go abroad not only learn more advanced science and technology than Japan, but also use the foreign industrial base to turn science and technology into weapons to attack Japan. In this way, we can not only earn money from foreigners, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the army, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone......"

"The truth is this, but we ......," Zhang Boling was the first to speak, "but we don't have any conditions!" ”

Changsha Provisional University was originally borrowed 500,000 yuan by the board of directors of the Ministry of Education as a start-up fee, but the board of directors of the Zhongying Geng Fund could not raise enough funds for a while, and only allowed 250,000 yuan, and finally only got 200,000 yuan. The money has to be used for the expenses of the three schools, and the rest, not to mention the tuition fees for studying abroad, even the ferry tickets can't buy many tickets.

"I agree with Colonel Li's idea, it's not easy for us to train a talent, and we are so innocent and die in such a chaos, I'm really sorry for the country." Jiang Menglin was deeply touched when he heard the example of the physicist's death relayed by Yan Kici, and the student who was killed by a Japanese plane last time was from Peking University, which is why he did not want to continue to run a school in Changsha.

"What about the funds?" Mei Yiqi asked. "If you want to send people out, you also have to have a research condition, which is a huge amount of money, may I ask Lieutenant Zhong, can the Admiralty allocate funds for this?"

"The Admiralty will grant funds based on research projects." Zhong Qiangong came back with 10,000 pounds this time, which was his fund for recruiting talents in China and buying tickets to Europe. "The Admiralty will have ample funds to sustain the research and development of these projects, and the problem at the moment is a lack of personnel."

"Plenty of money?" Mei Yiqi did not know what the navy meant by "sufficient".

"At least?" Yan Keats interjected, and he stretched out a hand and said, "Fifty thousand...... Pound sterling. ”

A few people were still a little disappointed when they heard 50,000, but they didn't want the unit to be pounds, and they became excited again. £50,000 is worth at least 800,000 national dollars, which is more than the start-up costs of the three schools. Jiang Menglin, who was one step ahead of Mei Yiqi, asked, "Then what are the projects of the navy?" ”

"Please forgive President Jiang for this, the project needs to be kept confidential, I can only say that those people are needed. For the time being, the Navy needs scientific research talents in the field of radio, research personnel in the field of engines, and then talents in precision navigation and chemical pharmaceuticals. Zhong Qiangong only talked about things according to the specialty of recruitment, and did not mention the name of the project, and finally added: "Principals, in fact, every project is related to weapons. Chief Li meant that he must develop an epoch-making weapon in order to fight the Japanese invaders, and he has already started this matter in Germany, and the laboratory is already ready, waiting for domestic researchers to go to Europe. ”

He said this, which made Jiang Menglin very disappointed, although Peking University has a Department of Physics and a Department of Chemistry, it is not as good as Tsinghua University. On the contrary, Zhang Boling said: "Since it involves weapons, there is nothing wrong with secrecy, you have been watching in Linda these days, and if you see who is suitable, let him go, and if he doesn't go, I will come to the door to say the item in person." Now it is to resist Japan and save the country, not to mention that we need to study weapons, that is, if we want to go to the battlefield, we also have to go! ”

Zhang Boling is over sixty years old, gray-haired, but his patriotic heart is old and strong, he only feels that his heart is hot when he supports Zhong Qiangong so much, and he stands up to salute and thank him, but Zhang Boling does not let him salute, "If you want to salute again, I will bow to your navy." The navy's monthly military expenditure is only 500,000, and the annual military expenditure does not exceed 6 million, and if you look at the army, it can easily be hundreds of millions, which is really ......" (to be continued. )