1. Paradise

The area of Wuhan University outside Wuchang City should be regarded as a paradise for the three towns of Wuhan.

The spacious school building is on Luojia Mountain, and it is all a chalk palace built in Western style. There are verdant forests on the mountain, lush flowers and plants everywhere, and there is a vast East Lake at the bottom of the mountain. The lake water is clear and deep, the mountain air is cool, and there are bathing facilities near the lake. It's not far from the city, only about 20 minutes by car. Blessed are those who study here in peacetime, especially those who teach.

Outside the school building, there are quite a few faculty dormitories, scattered on the mountain; Most of them are small three-storey bungalows with good sanitary facilities, hot and cold water pipes, electric telephones, and everything is available. These are supplied by the school's own generator or terminus. Some people say that Chinese are inferior to foreigners in terms of life enjoyment. But if you have been to Wuhan University, you can correct your perception: in this place, in terms of life enjoyment, those planners have at least learned from foreigners.

After Wuhan became the commander of the Anti-Japanese War, Wuhan University was evacuated to my hometown of Leshan County in Sichuan (the old Jiading Fucheng). The remaining school building became the regimental headquarters of the Officer Training Corps. So this became the warning zone, or the Forbidden City. The "highest" concurrently served as the head of the regiment, Chen Cheng served as the deputy leader, and the larger dormitories of the faculty became their official residences. The security is very tight, and people who do not have a "special pass" or the convenience of various means of transportation cannot enter or exit at all.

I'm lucky myself. Because Fan Shoukang was originally a professor at Wuhan University, because of his mediation, I was asked to live in Professor Zhang Youtong's dormitory. (It should be noted that there is no cap.) My "special pass" happened to be still in my hand, and it was "Luo Zi No. 218", which was filled out on April 26. There is the official seal of the "Commander of the Military Committee Officer Training Corps", and the filler is Xiong Hong, but I don't know who this person is.

This dormitory is located deep in the university district, backed by mountains and lakes, and can be reached directly by car. There are three floors, and the ground floor is the basement, where there is a living room and a kitchen. The two floors have a living room, a study, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a moon tower overlooking the lake and mountains. If you want to swim and go down the slope, you will reach the shore of the lake with fine sand. If you want to climb the mountain, you will reach the top of Luojia Mountain. There must have been some poets who lingered here in the past, and you can imagine the mountain name "Luojia"?

We, Liqun and I, moved here from Taihe Street in Hankou at the end of April. Soon Huang Qixiang moved in and became our neighbor. It was a winged building, and the two of them could talk to each other while standing on the platform. Not long after, Zhou Gong and Sister Deng also lived in a building near the top of the mountain, and on the first floor of our upstream, the way up was walking under the window of our study. There are such lakes and mountains, there are such good neighbors, and there are many places in my life, and I must always take this place as the closest to the ideal.

Although life at that time was extremely busy, going out early in the morning almost every day, and returning home until the evening, sometimes even late at night, there were many sweet memories left behind a walk under the moon at night, no need to go down the mountain on Sundays, or when friends visited. We swam in the East Lake, rowed boats, and ate fresh fish at the restaurants on the shore. Strong friendship and leisurely rest are always worth recalling.

Moreover, there is the best anti-aircraft equipment in the university area, with deep and large dugouts carved out of the mountains, and anti-aircraft artillery positions lined up on all sides. But it has not been bombed once. The enemy should have known that there was an officer training regiment here, and there were high-ranking personnel, but it had never dropped a single bomb, although it bombed the city of Wuchang so frequently, and every time the enemy planes had to pass over the university area.

At the time, we were speculating that the enemy was undoubtedly cherishing the place and wanting to preserve it intact for his own enjoyment.

This speculation was later confirmed. After the enemy occupied Wuhan, it made the university district its headquarters.

It's really not bad at all, the area of Wuhan University is indeed a paradise in the three towns of Wuhan.

Second, it is blown away by the wind

Among the many friends who have come to visit us in the past week, Zhang Jiluan of Ta Kung Pao is a very rare one.

I remember that it was in the middle of May, he came with Wang Yunsheng, and Liqun personally made dumplings to entertain them.

Zhang Jiluan's friendship with us should be said to be double. He and I were classmates in Japan, both belonged to the Daitaka Club (a group of students from the Imperial University of Japan and other high schools), and they were both people who carried the pen.

He and Liqun have a different relationship.

You should still remember that just two months before the Lugouqiao Incident, a female reporter of "Ta Kung Pao" hanged herself in Shanghai, right?

That is Liqun's eldest sister Yu Lichen. She was born in Beiping Women's Normal University, was imprisoned for political activities, and joined Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" after her release. But soon she contracted lung disease, so she went to Japan for medical treatment, and she was subsidized by Ta Kung Pao. After two years of recuperation, although he gradually recovered, he has not broken his roots. The Japanese ambition to invade China is becoming more brazen day by day, and the patriotic elements in Tokyo's study abroad circles naturally cannot sit idly by. As a result, Lichen was a little active, but he was warned by the newspaper. Zhang Jiluan wrote to her, asking her to return to China, otherwise the newspaper's allowance would be stopped. Lichen was forced to return to Shanghai in March, and hanged himself in May. When he died, he left a few sad last words: "Such a family and country, such a society, and such a self, there is nothing to be done." "As if to reminisce, as if to ask for forgiveness, a wave will disappear forever.

According to Liqun, after Lichen's death, Zhang Jiluan had helped in the camp funeral, and also intended to build a tombstone, but due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, it was not realized.

Zhang Jiluan and Lichen are affectionate, and have written many letters to Lichen, but the letters are very long, and lingering, and they have exhausted their enthusiasm. The calligraphy of Wei and Jin style is quite elegant, but the signatures are all "young forest". There is no doubt that the young is the season, and the forest is the sound change of Luan.

I have read all those letters after demobilization. Judging from that content, it is obvious that Zhang Jiluan had an unreasonable request, and was politely refused. So they maintained a deep platonic love. However, this love, unexpectedly, could not withstand the conflict of ideas and economic oppression, and finally collapsed.

Liqun told me that Zhang Jiluan had asked her several times to clean up her eldest sister's relics and return them to him. When he was in Shanghai, because of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he did not have time to hand it over, but after demobilization, Zhang Jiluan became an old man.

In this way, Zhang Jiluan came to visit us with a double friendship, and we sincerely entertained him, accompanied him to the lake for a long time, and overlooked the surrounding water and mountains at the lake pavilion on the small island in the lake. Zhang Jiluan also seemed to be proud, and he also hummed his most proud Kunqu opera loudly.

After sending them away, I walked with Liqun on the mountain trail. Liqun told me that Zhang Jiluan asked about the letters he had sent to his sister again, asking her to try to send them from Shanghai. He also warned her: "Don't mix with them, it's dangerous to whirl into a whirlpool!" He warned her this when he arrived in Hankow, and he warned her again today.

"Do you say that there is me in the 'they' he speaks of?"

"That's not to say."

"But no, I think my duplex seems to be almost home."

"What?"

"When you were making dumplings in the kitchen, we talked about work. I said, 'I don't know why I was asked to do propaganda because I can't do my job.' Wang Yunsheng criticized me for 'not having enough courage and determination, I should let it go'. I understood what he meant, he said that I should step on both sides of the boat, and I should step on one side with all my heart. Zhang Jiluan added what he meant. He told me very solemnly and plainly: 'Let's talk to Yue Jun (Zhang Qun) more if I have a chance, Yue Jun is very talkative in front of Chiang. You see, when he cares about me so much, does he still have me in the 'they' he speaks? ”

"It seems that they are still interested in coming today, and they are not specifically here to enjoy the mountains and rivers."

"Today's Zhang Zifang, sometimes I have to travel in the mountains and waters."

Here are some of the words that were blown away by the wind on the mountain road by Nadong Lake.

3. I looked at Xiyuan Temple

The swimming pool under the university is quite complete, not only with water equipment, but also entertainment on the shore, refreshments, Chinese and Western food, books to read, and is a place where the officers of the training regiment gather. On Sunday, a number of party-state dignitaries came, and the situation was very lively.

One morning, in the middle of July, I accompanied some people (I don't remember the names of these people) to a place I was avoiding, and I met Zhang Qun. He leaned back on a canvas couch and looked out at the lake alone. This is the first time we have met in Wuhan, so naturally we have to have some pleasantries.

"It's been a long time, okay?" I shook hands with him and said this.

"yes, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Didn't I write to you in April, saying that we were 'too busy with each other to see each other'? ”

When he said this, I was stunned.

During the Northern Expedition, before the Ninghan and Han were about to split, Zhang Qun acted as chief of staff as the chief of staff of the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army, and we lived together in Nanchang for several months. At that time, I saw very clearly in the whirlpool that Mr. Zhang was really responsible for the degeneration of the Great Revolution and the destruction of the three major policies (the United Russia, the United Communist Party, and the support of the workers and peasants).

After the defeat of the Great Revolution, I went to Japan to die. After 10 years, it was not until the Lugou Bridge Incident occurred that I returned to China. The return to China was July 27, and I had received the understanding of Nanjing ** beforehand. At the beginning of August, my wanted warrant was cancelled, and at the end of September I was "summoned" to go to Nanjing.

Zhang Qun personally told me at that time, ** I was allowed to return to China because he proposed it to Chiang at the Lushan Conference and was forgiven. I was informed through Chen Gongqia (Chen Yi, then chairman of Fujian Province), and then by Yu Dafu (who was in charge of Fujian Province at the time). That was in May. At that time, I was not publicly invited to come back because of my safety. But after the incident, I came back "resolutely".

In this way, I should be thankful to him. But I'm not that simple. Because why he interceded, and why he was able to intercede, I know the secret.

Let me debunk it myself. When I was dying in Japan, I was burdened by my family on the one hand, and under the double surveillance of the Japanese military police and torturers on the other, and I had nothing to do, so I spent a lot of time studying oracle bone inscriptions and bronzes. I have published eight or nine of these studies in Tokyo to support my family. Japan's patriarch Saionji Konozo read my book, and he complimented me. As a result, Japan's academic and journalistic circles have become noisy. It was even more icing on the cake when it came to our country, and it was said that Xiyuan Temple and I became close friends, and when the "226" incident occurred, Xiyuan Temple ran to my apartment to take refuge. The people who made these rumors originally wanted to send me to the funeral, which means that "Guo Moruo is already ready to be a traitor." But who knows, there will be an unexpected effect.

I haven't been involved in politics for ten years, and I'm concentrating on archaeology, Zhang Qun, who is the "best friend" of Xiyuan Temple and is known as the "Zhiri School", doesn't he want to use such a person? Therefore, Zhang Qun's intercession is not to look at me Guo Moruo, but to look at Xiyuan Temple: Jiang Zhi's permission to cancel the wanted warrant is not to welcome me Guo Moruo, but to welcome Xiyuan Temple!

Although the Anti-Japanese War has ended, Nanjing ** has been hooking up with Japan, and Zhang Qun and Zhang Jiluan are the main informants of this hookup. The main reason why they wanted me to return to China was nothing more than to ask a "close friend of Xiyuan Temple" to help with such a favor.

Then again. In April, when the third hall was starting to work, Zhang Qun recommended a person to me and came to me with his letter. I don't remember the name of this person, it was a relative of Zhang Qun, a Japanese student. The establishment is full and cannot be placed. If you are recommended as a design committee, you will not have enough qualifications. I replied to a letter very frankly, hoping that Zhang Qun would write directly to Chen Cheng, and Chen Cheng would definitely buy his account and come up with a accommodating solution.

There has been no follow-up on this matter. But I didn't think that we met for the first time in East Lake after three or four months, but Zhang Qun remembered the words and phrases of the recommendation so clearly.

Stunned ** goodbye. Since then, this "Great Prime Minister" and I have had very little personal communication. Although I sometimes nod my head when we meet in the conference room, there are very few opportunities to talk.

We know each other. I knew he must be regretting it, he had mistaken the wrong person. However, I have no regrets, I have never been wrong.

Fourth, sit on the court and discuss the road

The officer training corps is a short-term training course for senior generals, and the trainees are of the rank of generals, and most of them are transferred from various theaters of war in the distance. It took three months as a period, and it ended after only two issues in the Wuhan era.

On the surface, it seems that the authorities attach great importance to military science, but in fact they have ulterior motives. It was mainly a kind of feudal baptism, which was used to clean up the miscellaneous cards or divide the miscellaneous cards.

Chinese society is respectful of teachers, each family's ancestral hall has been offered to the "heaven and earth monarch teacher" incense tablet, in recent years, although the "king" has become a "country", and the status of the "teacher" in the minds of some people is more grand. The authorities are training the government, isn't "division" equal to "jun"? It's all too much space. If the high-ranking generals had been trained, they would have belonged to the monarch and the ministers, and they would have been friends with teachers and students and were like father and son. Wouldn't it be inconvenient for the "highest" person to occupy three-fifths of the incense position in the ancestral hall of the trainees, and directly "connect with heaven and earth"?

Knowing this calculation, you can understand why there are always people who love to be principals and train officers. Count it, the president of the Whampoa Military Academy, the president of the Lu University, the president of the Police Academy, the president of the Central Political School, and the former president of the Central University...... It's like a pan-principal. And what about officer training? I have done Lushan training, Meishan training, and now it is Luojia Mountain training.

At the time of training on Luojia Mountain, I believe that it is probably the time when the dignity of the teacher is at its peak. Although the enemy is ruthlessly fierce, the people of the whole country are excited, and they are all wholeheartedly supporting one person, who is the king and the teacher. Since the beginning of history, the golden crown of any emperor, I don't believe that there is anything more glorious than the emblem of this "national leader", right?

Look at the most concentrated expression of this radiance. All the senior personnel of the party, government, and military high-ranking organs of the three towns of Wuhan were ordered to attend the regimental headquarters of the training regiment.

Look at the tall auditorium, which has glass windows on both sides and can accommodate two or three thousand people. Before the ceremony is about to begin, the left and the right are neat, neat and tidy. At the head of the military general team, you will often see many majestic generals, all in swords and uniforms, in good spirits, really full of stars and a full stomach of military rations! Wenchen is inferior, because the Kuomintang ** and the Central Party Department have moved to Chongqing. But don't be disappointed, you can occasionally see some alternate "great prime ministers" here, alternate "big traitors", and the communities of the yin and yang world are also listed in it.

Suddenly, the military music rang out in unison, and the audience stood solemnly. In three or five minutes like this, the person who "participated in the ginseng with heaven and earth" moved steadily and stepped into the auditorium, his eyes were wide, his lips were nervous, his white gloves were extraordinarily white, and the three-star brand was extraordinarily yellow. The elbows are slightly bent, the arms are slightly bowed, this is a little casual, extraordinarily eagle. Behind is followed by the "pocket book" Chen Cheng and the "Gestapo" Dai Li, who stood on both sides of the altar, just like Guan Ping and Zhou Cang. The majesty of the majesty, woohoo, should be breathtaking.

Everything ends here, the scene is very **, but it's a pity that it is a sound film, and as soon as the protagonist actor makes a sound, the mood is about to be broken.

Joy, salute as etiquette, and the lecture begins. A kind of Ningbo official dialect with inaccurate words is forced out of the sharp and high-pitched throat very reluctantly, and in order to adjust the connection of brain cells, almost some "this is" must be inserted into every sentence. When there are many, you can even insert five.

"Today, hey, this is, this is, I want to tell you about this is, this is, this is, this is, 'kiss and respect'. (The sound of the virtuous character is pronounced as a county, and is particularly elongated while playing a whirlpool.) ）”

"Hey, this is, this is, hey, this is the 'mean' way of governing the country and leveling the world, and the way of governing the country and leveling the world. Hey, this is, this is, this is, it is to kiss and respect the virtuous. ”

"What do you mean by kissing? Hey, this is, this is, this is, this is, all comrades in our party are pro. All comrades of our own party, we must trust him, hey, this is, this is, this is kissing. ”

"What do you mean by honor? Hey, this is, this is, this is...... This is not a comrade of the party, as long as he has the ability, hey, this is, this is, we will call him an official. ……”

It takes almost an hour to talk about such a big truth, but "this is" takes at least 40 minutes.

But sometimes he doesn't talk about the "golden mean", but scolds angrily on the spot, and the scolding is really blushing. If someone wears a military hat untidy, he will inevitably scold him and insult the dignity of a soldier. (At that time, there was no American style of crooked hats.) And if someone finds a copy from his pants bag, he will inevitably scold him for not understanding Western rules and disgrace the Chinese. It is because of this that the Japanese came to invade us and bully us. ……

But well, when scolding people like this, there is a quarrel, and there is no longer a disturbance of "this is".

5. The Imperial Council

The date is inaccurate, probably in August or September. The Japanese landed on an island in the South China Sea. (I think it was like the Paracel Islands, which retreated shortly after landing.) ）

For this reason, Chiang invited seven or eight people to have dinner in the official residence in Hankow to discuss how to publicize it.

Among the people invited, I remember clearly that there were Zhang Jiluan, Chen Bosheng, Wang Qiansheng, Chen Lifu and me, and one or two others, but I couldn't think of anything. Chen Bui in the chamber of waiters, as an usher, mediated between the guests and the hosts.

Probably because of my hearing insensitivity, Chen Bui placed me next to Jiang. followed by Zhang Jiluan, Chen Bosheng, etc., in a small upstairs living room full of three parties, Chen Lifu sat at the end of the seat.

Chiang began to ask questions: What do you think about the Japanese landing on a certain island?

He asked me sideways. It was time for me to speak, and I had no choice but to express my opinion.

"This may be a test of the Japanese Navy to Britain and France, especially Britain. If Britain and France do not react, he may start a war in South China. The opinions of the Japanese army and navy factions were not quite in agreement. The army lord goes north, and the navy lord goes south. The army sent a test of the Soviet Union at Zhanggufeng, but failed, so the navy sent another test to the south. ”

"What will happen to England and France?"

"I don't think Britain and France will move. Britain and France are not sufficiently prepared militarily in the East, and they are even more appeased in Europe. ”

"What about the second step for the Japanese?"

"The Japanese attack the weak but do not attack, as long as Britain and France do not move, the Japanese will make a big move."

"How do you get the word out?" Jiang thought about it for a moment and asked again.

I didn't understand the meaning of his question, so I had to say: "I had to answer with strength and mobilize the people of South China to ......."

"No," he interrupted, "I'm asking what to do with Britain and France?" Huh? ”

This question made me even more confused. I think Britain and France will not move, so how can I publicize it to them? I hesitated and didn't answer.

Jiang's eyes glanced at the crowd, and then he said again and again: "How to publicize it?" Om, how to publicize? ”

It was so amazing that everyone looked at it and didn't answer.

"I see, oh," he paused, but Chiang himself said, "This is very serious." This is, hey, this is, it's '918' in the Pacific. We should, this is, to stir up Britain and France, and to ask them to come out is interference. If they don't move, hey! This is, this is, their interests will be violated. Britain's ** and Nanyang, France's Annam and Guangzhou Bay will be violated. And the British interests in South China! Britain cannot sit idly by. Huh? Not? This is '918' in the Pacific Ocean! This is, hey, this is, we should advertise this like this. Meet! Huh? ”

Everyone said that they seemed to have the apocalypse, nodding their heads, saying yes, and Zhang Jiluan spoke more solemnly and calmly.

"The Commission's view is very thorough. Ever since Britain dismantled the alliance between Japan and Britain, Britain has been on guard against Japan. The British are a nation that values practical interests, and they will never sit idly by when their own interests are threatened. Today's Pacific Ocean is a conflict between Japan and Britain and the United States, and we have explained to them the profound significance and danger of the incident that if Britain, the United States, and France can intervene together, just as the intervention of the three countries in the past caused Japan to retreat to the Liaodong Peninsula, Japan's war of aggression in Greater East Asia may be stopped. ”

The issue was thus brought to a conclusion, and the international propaganda was carried out, emphasizing the "918" in the Pacific. It was decided that Chen Bui would sort out a statement and see it in the newspaper tomorrow.

After eating, on a long dining table in the adjacent dining room, four dishes and one soup, it is a Chinese and Western-style way of eating, the amount is not much, everyone eats very politely, there is no doubt that no one is full.

This is the first time I have attended such a meeting. Later, before the retreat from Wuhan, I also participated once. But I completely forgot what was being discussed that time. I only remember that among the guests, three more were added: Zhu Jiahua, Zhang Gongquan, and Hu Yuzhi.

Women's work

Generally speaking, the women's community in Wuhan was very active. While Hitla's disciples and grandchildren are shouting "go back to the kitchen" and are opposing the "vase", the progressive elder sisters are desperate to bury their heads in the toil. As in the Shanghai period, the opportunity to go to the front line and serve in the field has decreased, but the practical work such as comfort and childcare has attracted more attention. The content determines the form, and the velvet serge has been replaced by Yin Dan Shilin, isn't it a very obvious visualization?

At this time, to the best of my knowledge, there are two women's organizations that are serious about their work and have achieved success. One is the wartime childcare association, which was actively promoted by Deng Yingchao, Shi Liang, and Cao Mengjun, so that many orphans lost their parents in the war and saved their little lives. The other is the Refugee Women's Task Force, headed by Zhang Qifan and Hu Xiufeng, and Liqun is also participating. The latter is to mobilize the young women in the refugee camps to serve the wounded soldiers. Although the number of people is not large, only about a hundred, the work is very organized. They often take turns in groups to go to the wounded soldiers' hospitals to write letters to the wounded soldiers, wash clothes, cook, and clean the wards. Not only did this provide tangible comfort to the wounded soldiers, but it also organized the refugee women, which can really be said to kill two birds with one stone, although it did not appear glamorous in appearance.

According to Liqun, the life of the wounded soldiers is miserable enough. Most of them were not seriously injured, and if they were, they would have been left in the battlefield and died, but they were all half-dead. The staff of the hospital were extremely irresponsible (the hospital for wounded soldiers was the first precedent for corruption to be exposed), did not take medicine, did not change bandages, did not change clothes, did not have adequate diet, did not have clean and complete bedding, and some did not even have a hospital bed, and slept on the floor of the cement with a few sticks of grass. The wounded soldiers, of course, were in agony and inexplicably sad. Lice alone are considerable, and no matter how much you wash them, it's really infuriating to see them, but who can do anything about it?

The funds of the task force are mainly subsidized by the Comfort Labor Association, but sometimes they also go to the National Women's Comfort Labor Association led by Soong Meiling to receive soap and other items for laundry. It is said that picking up items in this way is the most nerve-wracking thing. There are several die-hard female heroes in the women's federation, led by Chen Yiyun and Tang Guozhen, and everything is not done. Whoever wants to do it, they do their best to destroy. You go get the soap, and she says you're wasteful, and if you want to be in the limelight, you'll have to pay for it yourself. They see other people's service as showmanship, but who else has enough of them?

There is the story of Song Meiling's "918" labor army here, and of course it was told to me by Liqun (at this time I went to the Ninth War Zone).

"918" is coming. The newspapers in Wuhan had long publicized that Song Meiling would personally go to comfort the wounded soldiers on the same day. This can keep the people in the hospital busy. They are desperately cleaning, tidying up, arranging, as if they were going to celebrate the New Year. The strange thing is that the people who sleep with the cements have beds, and everyone is covered with a new snow-white quilt, and the medicine and bandages are changed. I don't know where these things came from.

The "First Lady" appeared. Dressed in a blue cloth worker's uniform and canvas rubber-soled shoes, he was surrounded by a group of female heroes in the same outfit. It's so civilian, I didn't take a car, but walked! The snow-white doctors and nurses were also very neat and serious today, opening the way in front. The Chinese studio, the Central Studio, the Central News Agency, the New Life Society, all the Kaimeramaran (photographers) were mobilized. So the hospital for wounded soldiers became Hollywood, and some half-dead and half-alive wounded soldiers became extras who played supporting roles. What about the remuneration of the actors? It was a towel distributed by the "first lady" herself, and I heard it in a can.

The starring actor's sassy demeanor is very good, some people say that she is comparable to Ingrid Bauman!

The camera was taken, and the angels were scattered. The cans of consolation were opened by the women's team for the wounded soldiers, and the first and second cans were soybeans. The enraged wounded soldiers all scolded bitterly.

"! Who is rare to this stinky soybean! Kidding me! ……”

The scolding is really bad, but it's a pity that the "first lady" has gone far away.

However, there is still drama to come. As soon as "918" passed, the brand-new snow-white quilt was gone. If the person who slept on the cement slept on the cement, where did the bed and the quilt go?