The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

In the living room of the Liang family, almost everyone felt extremely inconceivable about Zhou Hexuan's words.

Ding Wenjiang frowned and said: "Mr. Zhou, do you know that if Japan invades China in an all-round way, China's current situation will be impossible to resist."

Jiang Tingfu also said: "As long as the Japanese Kwantung Army comes, based on the previous performance of the Northeast Army, I am afraid that North China will soon fall."

Zhou Hexuan nodded helplessly and said: "I know that not only North China, but Central China and South China will also be lost. By then, the people of the country should really wake up from their sleep. The central government and local warlords must unite to fight against Japan. China has always been powerful. Yes, Japan has always had an advantage. Japan has a small territory and scarce resources, while China has a vast territory and a large population. As long as it persists in resisting, Japan will inevitably be dragged into the quagmire of war. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1995, Japan's economy was on the verge of collapse , as long as the Qing government can insist on not surrendering for a year or so, countless people in Japan will starve to death. Similarly, if Japan wants to swallow the whole of China and conquer a country that is several times larger than it, then It is also difficult for Japan to sell pot and sell iron to support military expenditure."

Jin Yuelin asked, "What about China?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly: "Many people will die in China, and the national economy will also collapse, but it will definitely win the final victory and regain the Northeast and Taiwan."

Zhou Hexuan is not all making up and talking big things. It is really expensive to fight the national war.

Japan began its full-scale invasion of China in 1937. In just half a year, military expenditures accounted for two-thirds of Japan's annual fiscal expenditures.

By 1938, Japan's finances began to fail, so it relied on the issuance of public bonds to mobilize the people to invest money to support the consumption of the war.

By 1939, the Japanese economy began to decline in an all-round way, and the plunder in China could not make up for the consumption. Military expenditures accounted for 28% of the gross national product.

By 1941, the Japanese government had thrown all the money into war-related activities (including military production and the purchase of resources), and imposed special mandatory requirements on its citizens: no giving gifts to each other, no banquets, no extravagant clothing, no extravagance, and the promotion of national Put all the money in the bank. Ordinary people in Japan can only survive on potatoes and miscellaneous grains, and malnutrition is common throughout the country.

By 1943, the Japanese economy was facing collapse. In the name of saving fuel, the government does not allow Japanese citizens to take a bath at home, and must go to the bathhouse to soak in a large pool. In order to collect metal to make weapons, the iron street lamps on the streets of Japan were dismantled and replaced with wooden poles. The police went door to door to collect iron. Each house was only allowed to keep one pot and one iron bucket, and even the iron doorknob had to be removed. to support the war.

By 1944, Japan's military spending accounted for 98.5% of its total national income, and almost all of its citizens' money was spent on wars.

By 1945, it was even more ruthless. Japan's military expenditure exceeded 80 billion yen, which was more than double the gross national product.

On the eve of the victory of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese people could not even afford to eat miscellaneous grains, and the so-called middle class generally went hungry. The Japanese soldiers on the battlefield were also very miserable. They used to wear leather boots, and there were various canned meats in their food. Later, they could only wear rubber boots and often fought hungry.

This is a typical Snake Tunxiang, supporting himself to death.

Even if the United States and the Soviet Union did not intervene in the Sino-Japanese war, even if the Chinese army was defeated again and again, as long as they persisted in not surrendering, the whole of Japan would starve to death.

Sometimes Zhou Hexuan even felt that the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually saved Japan's life. If the war continues for another two or three years, at least millions of people in Japan will starve to death every year, and maybe a revolution will break out, and the Japanese emperor will end up in the tragic end of the Tsarist Russian royal family.

Jiang Tingfu said: "Mingcheng's words have some truth, but I am afraid that if a national war breaks out, the Chinese will not be able to hold on first."

Hu Shi also said: "Yes, since the late Qing Dynasty, China's foreign wars have suffered disastrous defeats. I am afraid that when the Japanese attack, warlords from all over the country will surrender one after another. If we don’t want to fight, we must rely on diplomatic means to resolve it.”

Zhou Hexuan's tone was sarcasm: "Shi Zhi said that it needs to be resolved through diplomacy, but that is just lingering, waiting for a slow death."

"Then what else can we do?" Hu Shi distrusted the government, warlords and Chinese soldiers very much.

"Fight, we must fight, in order to fight for the future of the Chinese nation!" Zhou Hexuan resolutely said.

Zhang Xiruo also echoed: "This is a good statement, China needs a national war!"

The two men were clamoring for war, but others expressed concern, even fearing that China would be occupied by Japan in a few months.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Lin Huiyin quickly mediated: "Let's talk about other topics. Does Zhimo have any new poems recently?"

"I've been very bored these days, and I'm not in the mood to write poetry anymore." Xu Zhimo shook his head and smiled wryly.

Speaking of poetry, Zhou Hexuan thought of Lin Huiyin's "September 18 Walking" ten years later: "But I don't believe that the blood is still boiling, and the thoughts are still spread on the streets. , when it blooms from the ground, another kind of completeness will come."

This poem was written by Lin Huiyin in pain and resentment when Lin Huiyin's third younger brother died on the Anti-Japanese War.

There is also Lin Huiyin's "Looking at Flowers on New Year's Eve": "The moonlight has frozen, pointing at the tops of the mountains, the river is more messy... trembling with the worries of thousands of people, everyone is concerned about it."

Appreciating flowers is still appreciating flowers, but Lin Huiyin's mood after appreciating flowers has nothing to do with Fengyue, but has turned into emotion for the broken mountains and rivers, and sadness for the displaced people.

Lin Huiyin became worried about the world because of the war of resistance. Zhou Hexuan was looking forward to what poems Xu Zhimo, who survived the war, would write during the war of resistance.

The topic of the salon turned to literature, Zhou Hexuan was not happy with the conversation, and reluctantly echoed a few words, but Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin chatted vigorously.

In the evening, everyone dispersed, and suddenly a big news came the next day: the January 28th Incident broke out in Shanghai!

Lao Jiang couldn't sit still now, thinking that the Japanese army was really going to attack Shanghai, he hurried back from his hometown to take up his post in Nanjing, and fully supported the 19th Route Army in the war of resistance in Shanghai-Shanghai is one of Lao Jiang's bases, so it must not be lost!

Chang Kaishen has gone crazy, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on. He became a member of the Central Government Military Commission on January 29 (he has not yet been elected as the chairman). On January 30, he issued the "Declaration on Moving the Capital to Luoyang", expressing that he would rather move the capital than fight the Japanese army to the end. On February 1, he ordered the Air Force to participate in the war. On the 4th, the country was divided into four defense zones, which is the rhythm of dealing with the Japanese for a long time.

Well, to say the least.

While shouting resistance, the central government packed up and fled to Luoyang.

However, after the January 28th Incident broke out, someone from Zhou Hexuan's family came to visit again. He was also a general of the Northwest Army, and he came here specifically to ask him about strategies for dealing with the Japanese.