Chapter 864: Strong Speech
After several days of hype on the radio and in the cinema, people in the United States could not help but enter the cinema with their curiosity.
It's free anyway, and it doesn't matter if you go and see what the movie is about.
Almost at the same time that members of the House of Representatives watched the clip, more than half of the theaters in the United States were showing the short.
However, it was only a little more than five minutes, but countless American people were greatly impacted. They never imagined that war could be so cruel! I never imagined that such a brutal thing could happen.
"Kill those damn Japs!!" I don't know who was the first to roar, and then it caused countless echoes! The crowd poured out of the movie theater and headed for the nearby Japanese consulates in their respective states.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am not showing you this to win your sympathy. I just want to tell you what is happening and what is going on in China. Mrs. Song stood on the rostrum again and said sadly to the parliamentarians below.
"My country and my compatriots are experiencing suffering, oppression, humiliation and massacre. And these robbers and executioners continue to conceal these facts. Trying to glorify their aggressive bestiality! ”
"And this is intolerable to all good and righteous people!" At this time, Mrs. Song looked so tall. With a twinkle in her eyes, she spoke out to the councillors.
"Thomas, the Prophet of America. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson said: It is our opinion that the following truth is self-evident: All men are created equal, and by the gift of the Creator, have inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! ”
"And those executioners who have the appearance of a human but are beasts and do not want to do cruelty, are now wreaking havoc on the land of China! They have lost their humanity, they have deprived others of everything that belongs to them. And no one repented. Backwards and retrogrades! ”
"What I want to tell you is, what we're fighting for!" Mrs. Song's voice gradually became high-pitched, and she made an impassioned statement to the senators: "Life, equality, justice!" And those of our birthright, we are fighting for it! ”
"The Japanese army that carried out these atrocities, the Japanese military that armed them, and the right-wingers who supported them. Hirohito, who is sitting in Tokyo and has nothing to do with himself, they are all guilty in this war and massacre! And we will record this most brutal, bloody, and horrific scene in human history. ”
"We want to tell the good people that these beasts in the form of humans have lost their human nature. And what we've done is we've cleaned them up thoroughly! ”
"In the Battle of Jinmen, our defense forces defeated the Japanese North China Front with more than 25,000 casualties! According to post-war statistics, more than 80,000 Japanese soldiers were killed by the Chinese Defense Forces. Destroyed more than 130 Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, and shot down more than 120 Japanese fighters! ”
"In the Battle of Texas, the First and Second Army Corps of our National Defense Army gathered and annihilated the Japanese North China Front. The commander of the Japanese North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, committed suicide, and all but one division and two brigades under his command were annihilated. Our troops have killed more than 120,000 enemies! ”
"A few days ago, the Fifth Division of the Second Army of the Second Army of the Chinese National Defense Army pursued the remnants of the Twelfth Army of the Japanese North China Front in Damiao Town. Defeated the 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front in Linzhang, Henan. Kill its commander, Otaka Kamezo! ”
Mrs. Song took out a small notebook and read it word by word to the deputies below. After she explained the data, the members of the House of Representatives below breathed in the cold!
For a long time, the most powerful country in Asia in their hearts should be Japan. They were even hesitant about the United States going to war against Japan. After all, Japan has had the experience of defeating such a behemoth as Russia!
But today, this Mrs. Song subverted their views. Perhaps they had seen in the newspapers about the Wehrmacht's defeat of the Japanese before, but where was this lady's data so shocking.
And at this time. The screen went down again. Those images show destroyed Japanese armored vehicles, tanks, planes, and destroyed artillery.
"We never wanted war, because it brought only death, weeping and pain. But we have never been afraid of war, because we know anyone who tries to turn us into their slaves and occupy our land. will all pay the price for their hubris! ”
Mrs. Song stood on the rostrum, she was so high-spirited!
"China and the United States are friends, and we have countless things in common. We love peace the same, and we insist on justice the same. We don't like war all the same. But we are just as fearless of any cruelty, aggression and evil! ”
"Ladies and Gentlemen! In the near future, you will see us win the battle! We will eventually drive these invaders out of our land. We're going to make those executioners pay! And justice will be with us! With China! With America! ”
......All the parliamentarians stood up and clapped incessantly to show their respect for this strong woman. Mrs. Song smiled reservedly at the congressmen and invited Speaker of the House Bankhead. William. Brockman came to power.
But the applause from the audience still lasted for a long time, and Mrs. Song had to stand up and bow to these parliamentarians again to thank them. The applause lasted for eight minutes before it subsided.
While the applause in the House of Representatives has subsided, the roar across the United States has not. Countless people poured into the streets, and they began throwing stones and bottles at the nearby Japanese consulate.
The Great Depression is not completely gone at this time, and food is still important. Otherwise, there will be plenty of eggs and tomatoes.
The furious people kept shouting, "Executioner! "Get out of America!" …… and so on, attacking consulates and embassies to which Japan belongs.
The police were forced to go to maintain order, but they were ordered not to evict the crowd. It's just a matter of making sure that the crowd doesn't storm the Japanese embassy.
Sanpao did not go to the House of Representatives to listen to Mrs. Song's speech, he changed into civilian clothes and went to an observation point under the leadership of the people in the Zhigong Court. He needed to see what kind of situation the movie would provoke.
Seeing the Americans' constant assault on the Japanese Embassy, the cannon man smiled.
He knew that it was not so much that Americans were angry at the cruelty of the Japanese, but that Americans were looking for an outlet for the anger of the Great Depression.
The advent of the Great Depression brought most Americans from the clouds to the bottom. Countless people are confused and angry, but there is nowhere to vent.
The brutality of the Japanese army in the movie gave them an outlet and ignited their anger for a long time. They began to vent their anger from the Great Depression in the midst of the shock.
At this time, most Americans were still adhering to the Puritan precepts. Self-denial and duty-keeping. And there are not many opportunities for this kind of catharsis in the name of justice.
They found an outlet for their emotions, and they began to pour out their anger on Japan.
After the speeches in the House of Representatives, Mrs. Soong, accompanied by Roosevelt and his wife, held a reception in the Oval Office of the White House attended by nearly 200 reporters.
"Mrs. Song, I just came out of the cinema. To be honest, I'm still not in a calm mood right now. After getting the opportunity to ask a question, a reporter stood up and said in a deep voice to Mrs. Song.
"Allow me to express my personal capacity to the condolences of your compatriots who have passed away. And I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to those who have suffered. ”
"Thank you very much! Mr. Eddy, thank you so much for your condolences to my departed compatriots. Mrs. Song stood up, bowed slightly to the reporter and said softly, "I will bring your condolences back home to tell my compatriots." ”
The reporter had a nameplate on his body, and Mrs. Song saw his name at a glance: Eddie.
"Then Madam, my question is what is the ultimate purpose of your visit to the United States?! Do you need our help?! ”
After expressing his condolences, this Eddie sat down and said to Mrs. Song, "So, which aspect of your country should we help you?!" ”
"First of all, I didn't come to the U.S. specifically to ask for help." Mrs. Song smiled and whispered to the reporter: "The bigger reason why I came to America is to tell the good and righteous people of America what the Japanese who are wreaking havoc on Chinese soil have done. ”
"I want to tell the good people of America that these beasts are actually watching the United States as well. And that's something that America needs to be wary of, and it's something that we, people of good will, need to be wary of. ”
After a pause, Mrs. Song said to the reporter: "Of course, I don't need the help of the United States. But what I need is for America to be able to tell the world how brutal the executioners of the world who only look like humans and do what beasts don't do. ”
"That's why I came to the United States." Saying that, Mrs. Song smiled at the reporter and said, "As for the war...... I'm sure we'll be able to win in the end! Just as good will always triumph over evil, and those sins will eventually be punished! ”
The Japanese army did feel that they were about to be "punished", at least that's how the Central China Front saw it. More than 200,000 troops of the First Army are moving in the direction of Zhengzhou, and as long as they are not deaf or blind, they will always receive news.
The Fifth Army Corps of the Wehrmacht on the Shandong Front has already gone to receive it, and the Second Army Corps is moving in the predetermined direction. As a result, Jiangsu is also unstable.
"If there is no action in the base camp, we will only die in a foreign land......"
ps: Chapter 2~~