In the woods under the main peak of Phoenix Mountain at an altitude of 1,200 meters, Wu Ming led a general to stand at the edge of the forest, looking at the slender antenna standing on the top of the peak through clever camouflage, the blazing sunlight shone on his body through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and he was sweating profusely after a while, but no one cared, and everyone had a bright smile on their faces.

Wu Ming took the radio from Zhao Rongsheng, director of the Phoenix Mountain base, turned up the volume to the maximum, and soon heard a clear voice from the speaker:

"This is the noon factual news time of Phoenix Radio Chinese...... A few days ago, Chairman Jiang sent a telegram in Beijing urging Anhui Provincial Chairman Liu Shangqing to quickly build the Madang-Dongliu Highway, which is extremely important to national defense and communications...... Yesterday, due to frequent exercises by the Japanese army, the Jicha Political Committee declared special martial law at night in Beiping City, and Feng Zhi'an, commander of the 37th Division, maintained public order...... Recently, more than 700 Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai conducted a live-fire exercise in the area of the Yongding River in Wanping County, and the brigade commander Kawabe Shozo went to inspect the ......"

Listening to the announcer's sonorous voice, Wu Ming nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with Zhao Rongsheng's work, he smiled and said to Jiang Jingguo: "Brother Xian, what do you think of our radio station?" ”

Chiang Ching-kuo was stunned at this moment. He never thought that Wu Ming and others would set up an antenna to start a radio station on the peak of Phoenix Mountain, which was really incredible.

Zhao Rongsheng gave Chiang Ching-kuo a brief introduction to the situation of the radio station, and said proudly:

"Now we have two radio stations, one is Phoenix Radio Chinese, and the other is Phoenix Radio English, both of which start broadcasting at 6:55 a.m. and continue until 11 p.m., 16 hours a day."

"Because we use the latest broadcasting equipment made in the United States, the transmission power has reached 50 kilowatts, and now the listening range of our radio stations covers Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangzhou, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, in fact, not only the above provinces and cities, but also the northeast, north China, northwest and southwest places through the erection of wires and other means, can also listen to our broadcast."

Jiang Jingguo was very surprised, thought about it and asked Wu Ming for advice: "Why do you want to start an English broadcast?" ”

Zhao Rongsheng smiled, turned his head to look at Wu Ming, saw Wu Ming nodding in agreement, and explained: "There are not a few European and American people in China, and their views directly affect the perceptions of governments and people. If we do not take the initiative to occupy this position of public opinion, it will be occupied by the enemy, and we must tell the countries of the world about China's situation through English-language radio programs, especially after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the future, we must make full use of English-language broadcasts to publicize China's resistance against Japan to the international community and expose the barbaric aggression of the Japanese."

"Eventually, we at Maoliangwu welcomed a large number of skilled Jews, who mostly spoke German for their daily communication, but who were mostly fluent in English. Since the Jews came to Mao Liangwu and worked for us, we had to treat them equally, so that they could hear our English broadcasts, so that they could understand what was going on outside more intuitively, and they would have more identification with us. ”

Zhao Bingyi, deputy director of the Phoenix Mountain Base, who is originally from Chizhou, Anhui Province and came from the teaching team, continued: "Now the people in western Zhejiang, eastern Jiangxi and other places like to listen to our radio, and we will regularly broadcast the weather forecast for major cities in the country from the meteorological weather stations run by the British in Nanjing and Shanghai at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the weather forecast at 8 o'clock in the evening is mainly to broadcast the weather in eastern Jiangxi, western Zhejiang and other places, so that everyone can prepare for wind and rain in advance." ”

"Although the radio station has only been in operation for more than a month, we have more and more listeners, and I heard that even in Shanghai, there are many foreigners listening to our radio programs, and some foreign firms and Chinese-funded enterprises in Shanghai have also taken money to the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai to discuss advertising matters, which can be described as a bumper harvest of economic and social benefits, but the main purpose of our radio station is to let the whole world know that the Japanese are not a good thing, and now they have sharpened their knives and are ready to invade our country."

"Well said" Wu Ming took the initiative to take over the conversation: "Jianfeng, the radio station is very useful, it can help us grasp public opinion and achieve results that cannot be achieved by using military means." When I first started a radio station, many people didn't understand it and thought it was useless, but now they basically agree with it."

As we talked, the news broadcast on the radio continued.

"A few days ago, the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Korean Governor-General's Office, the North China Garrison Army Headquarters, the Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd., the Xingzhong Company, and the Dongtuo Company held a 'meeting on the imperial economy, Reuters' reporters learned from relevant sources that the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, claimed at the meeting that 'three months can solve the problem of China's ,...... "Declaration" reporter Beiping, and more than 270 Japanese troops held military exercises at Lugou Bridge......"

Chiang Ching-kuo listened carefully to the news program broadcast on the radio loudspeaker, and after a while, he straightened up and said to Wu Ming: "Brother, where did you get so many press releases?" Northeast China and Pingjin are so far away from us, how can we ensure the timeliness of news? ”

Wu Ming laughed: "We have started to build press stations across the country, but it will take some time before they are officially put into use. Before that, we sent people to collect newspapers and magazines in Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, and other places, and every day our political propaganda department would receive a few sacks of things, and the radio staff only needed to sort them out and weed out repetitive and meaningless manuscripts, which was enough for us to use."

"In between news programs, we will play some popular records in Shanghai, Europe and the United States, and in the future, we will also produce our own radio dramas, storytelling, cross talk and other music programs, the program will become more and more exciting, and I believe that there will be more and more listeners."

Jiang Jingguo nodded again and again: "It's still my brother who is smart, and Jianfeng admires it."

Wu Ming was not modest, the two looked at each other and smiled, and suddenly felt like a confidant.

After a while, a soft piano sound came from the radio, and Wu Ming said to Zhao Rongsheng and Zhao Bingyi: "Jianfeng is now the colonel and deputy director of the staff office of our new Second Division, and he is specially responsible for the military's ideological and political education and propaganda work. ”

"Rongsheng and Bingyi, you two are the chief and deputy directors of the Phoenix Mountain base, and the radio station is on your territory, so you must cooperate well with Jianfeng's work."

Zhao Rongsheng and Zhao Bingyi nodded yes. Jiang Jingguo did not shirk Wu Ming's arrangement, and it was accepted as a promise. Chiang Ching-kuo had lived in the Soviet Union for more than a decade and was very familiar with Soviet propaganda methods. When it comes to mobilizing and inspiring the masses, the propaganda apparatus of the Nationalist Government is now weaker than that of the Soviet Union, and he is confident that he will be able to do this job well.

Public opinion propaganda is indeed very important, and if it is done well, it can effectively organize the people to support frontal battlefield operations, such as organizing the masses to transport food and ammunition materials, organizing stretcher teams to transport the wounded, and so on, and can also organize militia groups, establish reserve forces, and stabilize the rear, all of which must rely on propaganda to mobilize the people.

Wu Ming also has his own plans.

Let Chiang Ching-kuo be in charge of the political and proclamation work of the new Second Division, and he can give Chiang Kai-shek an explanation, so that when other powerful forces want to get their hands on their own territory, they will have to weigh their own weight. In addition, by using Chiang Ching-kuo's glove and using the propaganda experience of Soviet Russia and the CCP, we can avoid the suspicion of the party affairs and secret services.

"Brother, do you have anything to explain?" Chiang Ching-kuo put himself in the right position and had great respect for Wu Ming.

Wu Ming thought for a while and suggested: "As long as we pay attention to three points: First, vigorously publicize our anti-Japanese proposition, let every officer and soldier in the division know what we are fighting for, and let the common people understand that our new Second Division is fighting for their happiness and tranquility; Second, strengthen the national consciousness of the people, so that everyone knows that the country is each of us, only when the country is strong, families and individuals can live a good life, if foreign invaders invade the mountains and rivers and fall, then we will be slaves of the country, and even the minimum right to survive cannot be guaranteed. The propaganda department should vigorously awaken the people and actively sign up for the reserve force of our new second division; Third, after the outbreak of war, we will quietly set up a Japanese-language radio station in the name of the Japanese military headquarters, and in addition to broadcasting the war reports of the Japanese army, we will also publicize as much as possible the tyrannical acts of the Japanese army against our people, expose their aggressive nature, and preferably provoke the war-weariness of the Japanese soldiers. ”

"I know the way"

Jiang Jingguo pondered for a while, keeping in mind the several points that Wu Ming had ordered. But after thinking about it, he asked again: "Master, I have a question." ”

"Please speak," Wu Ming nodded.

Jiang Jingguo frowned slightly, and asked: "Master, our radio station has been broadcast to the outside world, if we want to expand our influence, we must have enough listeners...... Our new Second Division is rooted in western Zhejiang, and there are many mountains and hills in Quzhou, and most of the people in the mountains are not wealthy, so can they listen to our broadcast? ”

"Let Rongsheng answer this question you said" Wu Ming couldn't help but pull Zhao Rongsheng in front of Jiang Jingguo.

Zhao Rongsheng briefly introduced the situation in Maoliangwu, Changshan, and even the entire western Zhejiang and eastern Jiangxi regions to Chiang Ching-kuo, and then said:

"Driven by the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce, the Quzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Shangrao Chamber of Commerce, the economy of western Zhejiang and eastern Jiangxi has developed greatly, and the three major chambers of commerce have cooperated in the development of gold, silver, phosphate, fluorite, iron, tungsten, coal, limestone, sulfur, crystal and barite mines, porcelain mines, and granite factories, marble factories, firewood factories, machinery factories, machinery factories, hardware factories and other factories and enterprises, and vigorously develop transportation, purchase herbs, mountain goods and agricultural products from the mountains of eastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang, and send them to Quzhou. It is processed in Changshan or Maoliangwu and other places, and then transported to Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places by water, road and railway for sale. ”

"In this way, through the establishment of industrial and mining enterprises, the capitalists have made money, a large number of rural surplus labor has also solved work problems, the agricultural products grown by the peasants have a market, the mountain people have spare money in their hands through the sale of herbs and mountain goods, which in turn stimulates consumption, and the three major chambers of commerce have also earned enough profits from trade."

"Generally speaking, with the current economic level of Quzhou, Changshan and Maoliangwu and other areas, it is not too difficult for a family to buy a Phoenix brand ore radio produced by our Maoliangwu Electric Appliance Factory, and our radios are sold to the people at cost price."

Ore radio refers to a passive radio without amplification circuit composed of antenna, ground wire, basic tuning loop and ore as a geophone, which is the simplest radio receiving device, mainly used for the reception of medium wave public radio broadcasting. As early as four years ago, Shanghai AAG Radio Company produced a small appearance, low price ore radio, each radio sold for less than 50 yuan, while the Phoenix brand ore radio was only sold for 10 yuan, equivalent to half a month's salary of mining workers, so once launched, it was in short supply, which is also an important reason for the rapid development of Phoenix Broadcasting.

Jiang Jingguo sighed, and lowered his head a little helplessly, it would be great if all of China was like Zhexi, but he clearly knew that it was impossible.