Thirty: The Chief's Perspective

After reading the poem, Qiangzi was immediately greeted with warm applause. One volunteer shouted, "Well written. Wrote out our common heart, and shouted out our oath to live and die with Nanjing.

"[***] brethren, fellow citizens! The city of Nanjing has already been approached by the city, and the cannons of the devils are aimed at our ancient city gates.

"In the face of the bandits, we, the common people and the army, are united and united. We will fight to the death with the devils. Build an iron wall with our flesh and blood.

"We fought for the resistance, fought for the defense of Nanjing! Victory must belong to the heroic Zhong[***] team and to the indomitable people of Nanjing. ”

The volunteers said it so well, how much Wang Mingming wanted to be one of them and be an honorable volunteer.

The company commander said: "Brothers, the third aunt's speech is the best combat mobilization for us, and she hopes that all of you will be heroes of resistance and heroes who fight devils.

"I hope you will be the pride of old mothers, and I hope you will bring glory to your wives and children. Once again, we applaud our appreciation. ”

After the applause, the company commander said: "We ask the battalion chief of staff to give a lecture." ”

The battalion chief of staff saluted the applauding soldiers. He said: "Brothers, the third aunt came to us today to express her condolences to the officers and soldiers, and this is a great event for our company.

"It is the greatest trust of the people of Nanjing in us to defend Nanjing. It is an encouragement and spur to our war of resistance. We must fight the devils fiercely, defend Nanjing, and defend the people of Nanjing.

"I did to understand, the third aunt's family is surnamed Zhang, and her surname is Wang Mingming. Brethren are to remember her name. Some fighters only remember the third aunt, which should not be.

"If someone asks who came to comfort you that day, you can't answer with big eyes and small eyes, and some soldiers will answer that it's the third aunt. People will ask you which third aunt you are. ”

The warriors smiled happily.

The battalion chief of staff said: "With her came her butler and her attendants, who were her bodyguards. The third aunt's husband was a well-known businessman in Nanjing, and her mother-in-law used to be an official of the municipal axe.

She has the conditions to move to Yucheng with her family, and she can also enjoy Qingfu at home, but she has to do work to defend Nanjing and fight to defend Nanjing. That's what makes her respectable. ”

The fighters applauded enthusiastically.

The battalion chief of staff said: "There are 100,000 troops guarding Nanjing, and in fact there are also military police, police and troops who are moving towards Nanjing.

"We are not alone. There are volunteers in the city of Nanjing who share the same hatred and medical staff who resolutely stay in the hospital to help the wounded and sick.

"There are people in the telephone office to ensure communication, and there are workers in the power plant to ensure water and electricity. There were people who helped with transportation, and workers who helped us build fortifications.

"In addition, there are people who are with us with one heart and one mind to defend Nanjing. We have nearly 150,000 troops defending Nanjing.

"We are an elite division armed with the most advanced equipment in Germany. It is our duty to make the greatest contribution to the defense of Nanjing.

"There are warplanes of our country above our heads, as well as fighters of the volunteer brigade of the Soviet Air Force. The Soviet Union was the only country that sent troops to support our war of resistance and provided us with supplies for the war of resistance.

"As early as mid-November, when the [***] delegation visited Moscow, Marshal of the Soviet Union Voroshilov received the [***] delegation and expressed his support for us.

He said that when China's war of resistance reached a life-and-death juncture, the Soviet Union would send troops and would never sit idly by. On 30 November, the chairman of the committee sent a telegram to Stalin and Marshal Voroshilov expressing his gratitude.

Twenty-five fighter planes of the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Brigade arrived at the Nanjing airfield via Lanzhou on 1 December.

"They, under the leadership of captain Prokofiev, wore medium [***] suits and flew the plane with the Chinese flag into battle on the same day.

"They took to the air five times and shot down more than 20 enemy planes. Their achievements showed the air superiority of the Soviet Air Force and established the prestige of the Soviet Air Force in one fell swoop.

"From that day on, China's war of resistance was no longer fought alone, and China had the Soviet Union as a reliable partner. Comrades who fought side by side.

"Some people slandered the Soviet Union, saying that they supported us in order to contain our army from going north to attack Siberia. No matter what purpose the USSR supported us. Support is a reality.

On 2 December, Captain Kozlov arrived in Nanking with a plane, and the next day he led nine planes to bomb the warship in the waters off Shanghai.

"They blew up and sank a cruiser and six warships. They returned victorious. They were angry for the Soviet Air Force Yang Wei and the Chinese people. It's a delight. ”

The Soviet Union not only sent its air force to fight alongside us, but also gave our country a large amount of materials to support our war of resistance.

The fighters applauded excitedly.

The battalion chief of staff said: "Before this, China fought alone in the international war, and no country supported us, let alone any country, financially and militarily.

"Someone will ask what about Germany, we are elite divisions armed with the most advanced German equipment, German tanks, German guns.

"You have to know that that was in the past, that the three countries of Germany and Italy signed a treaty on November 6, and they were a family.

"In Hitler's words, they are the world triangle, which means that they want to dominate the whole world, they are world fascists. It is China's enemy.

"China's war of resistance is an integral part of the world's anti-fascist movement. I believe that more and more countries will support our war of resistance in the future.

"Compared to the Soviet Union, there are countries so far, such as: the United States. The United States continued to sell scrap steel to the Japanese at a critical juncture in our war of resistance against Japan.

This incident shows that their political axe is secretly supporting the fight against China. It's not true. ”

A soldier stood up and saluted and said, "Report to the sir, please tell me what is the use of buying American scrap steel." ”

The battalion chief of staff looked at him and said, "This soldier is a good question. To understand this question, we must first understand how steel is made. I'll give you an introduction here.

"I'm going to briefly explain the process of steelmaking, iron ore and coke can be made into iron when put into a blast furnace, and iron and coke and other alloys can be made into steel when they are put into a steelmaking furnace.

"It's a long and costly process. He said that he used the scrap steel he bought to turn into molten steel in an iron furnace, and put the molten steel into a steelmaking furnace and added other alloys to make alloy steel.

"This saves the process of making iron. Not only is the cost low, but also the smelting time is short. With steel, it can be rolled into various profiles in the rolling mill.

"The factory uses this steel to produce tanks, cannons and warships. Then send these tanks and artillery to the battlefield in China and fight us in China.

"Do you understand when I say this, brothers?"

The fighters replied in unison: "Understood." ”

The battalion chief of staff said: "The bombs dropped by our troops on our positions were made in the United States, and the words 'Made in the United States' were written on the shells.

"Commander Zhang Lingpu of the 305th Regiment of the 74th Army and other commanders all saw the American-made bullet casing and reported it to their superiors.

This is an ironclad fact, and this incident shows that the US political axe directly sells arms to China and that they are selling China's interests to make war profits.

"However, no matter who directly or indirectly fights with China in a coalition, it cannot shake our determination to resist the war. Our enemy is a small one.

"Since the founding of the Republic of China, [***] has not fought a large-scale war with the great powers. We have no experience in large corps operations. There was no exercise even in the operation of large corps.

"We rushed to fight in the face of a large-scale war that had suddenly started by our army. The purpose was to block the offensive of the Japanese army and gain time for the war of resistance.

"Our War of Resistance against Japan was a continuation of the war of the imperialist powers against China since the Opium War, but times have changed, and so have changes between the imperialist powers.

"China is already a republic, and the Republic of China will never surrender on its knees like the Qing political axe. We resolutely fought until victory. ”