Chapter 125 Trapped

After the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor War, Chen Yinke's family was trapped in Hong Kong.Fu Sinian, who was ill, tried every means to rescue him.Due to the siege of Hong Kong Island, the Chongqing Nationalist Government could only send planes to Hong Kong to "scramble to transport" government officials and famous cultural and educational figures stranded in Hong Kong. On December 18, when the last plane sent by the Nationalist Government arrived at Hong Kong Airport, the British governor of Hong Kong, Yang Muqi, had surrendered to Japan, and Hong Kong had fallen.According to the proposal of the Ministry of Education of the Nationalist Government and the Academia Sinica, Chen Yinke was also included in the "rush luck".When Chen Yinke rushed to the airport, he was blocked by Kong Xiangxi's wife Song Ailing, daughter, entourage and a large number of bodyguards.Along with Chen Yinke, He Xiangning, the vice president of the Procuratorate of the Nationalist Government Xu Chongzhi, well-known cultural figures Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, and Cai Yuanpei's wife were also blocked.

At that time, Chen Jitang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee and a first-level army general known as the "King of the South", had already boarded the plane first.However, Kong Lingjun, the second daughter of the Kong family, put his pet dog on the seat to prevent Chen Jitang from taking the seat.Chen Jitang was furious, and reprimanded Miss Kong Er on the spot.However, Kong Lingjun took advantage of the large number of people, pulled out a refined revolver from his waist, tapped Chen Jitang on the forehead, and ordered Chen to get out of the cabin immediately, or he would be shot on the spot.Several guards around Chen Jitang saw it, and immediately drew their guns to guard.Due to Chen Jitang's lack of troops, Chen Jitang was obviously at a disadvantage in this duel.Mrs. Chen was afraid that her husband would be in trouble, so she shed tears and beckoned the bodyguards to admit defeat.In the end, all Chen's guards were forcibly disarmed by Miss Kong Er's order, and they were bombed off the plane together with Chen Jitang and his wife.

And this Miss Kong Er calmly directed her entourage and bodyguards to put all her family's large and small furniture, 18 black shellfish, and even her own toilet into the cabin, and then ordered the plane to take off.Two hours later, Japanese troops entered the airport. In Chongqing, the party and state officials of the Kuomintang rushed to the airport to greet them.Seeing Kong Xiangxi's family getting off the plane and their servants, foreign dogs, toilets and spice bed boards, all the pick-ups were dumbfounded.Afterwards, Chongqing's "Ta Kung Pao" exposed the evil deeds of Kong Xiangxi's family occupying the plane anonymously. On December 24, the "Chao Bao" in Kunming sharply criticized the misdeeds of the Kong family. Those who cross are still in danger overseas..."

After the news appeared in the newspapers, many teachers and students of the United Nations University thought that Chen Yinke had died in the war, so several history students published an article entitled "Mourning Chen Shiyinke", in which they said in a sad tone: "The famous history professor Teacher Chen Yinke, if you can't leave Hong Kong on the plane sent by the government, your fate seems to be worse than that of a foreign dog..." Wu Han from Southwest Associated University said to the students in class: "Before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a cricket prime minister (referring to Jia Sidao), and today there is a flying dog dean. What a coincidence!" He urged teachers and students to rebel.Therefore, students from the Lianhe University jointly drafted the "Declaration against Confucius", shouted the slogan "Down with Kong Xiangxi, eradicate corrupt officials", and started demonstrations.The vanguard of the parade is a picture of Kong Xiangxi made of bed sheets and painted with a huge copper coin as a shackle around his neck.Along the parade, teachers and students from more than a dozen universities and middle schools including Yunnan University, Kunhua Teachers College, and Nanjing Middle School joined in one after another, forming a parade of thousands of people.Jiang Menglin, who has always opposed the student movement, acquiesced in this action. He and Mei Yiqi followed the parade in a car to protect teachers and students.Afterwards, the General Assembly held a memorial service.

When Fu Sinian heard the news of Chen Yinke's "death", he immediately called the headquarters of the Academia Sinica in Chongqing. The Chongqing side replied that he had also heard such unfortunate news, but could not confirm the authenticity.Thus, Fu Sinian, furious, jumped into a rage, calling out to "kill 'Flying Dog Dean' Kong Xiangxi to thank the world". At this time, all transportation and communication between Hong Kong and the mainland were cut off, and the whole of Hong Kong had become an isolated city.Chen Yinke's family was in dire straits, and their money and food had been cut off. In order to save rations, Tang Yuan began to forcibly control his family's food intake. The children also found the sweet potato roots and skins delicious.One day, the Japanese army wanted to requisition the rented building of Chen Yinke's house as a barracks, and ordered all residents to move out within a time limit.Hearing the news that he would be deported, the whole building panicked.However, the traffic on the street was closed at this time, and the Japanese army erected barbed wire fences at the intersections, shooting and killing people at every turn. Passers-by were often shot and fell to the ground for no reason, and the residents of the whole building had nowhere to go.Liuqiu, the eldest daughter of Chen Yinke, recalled: "That morning, with tears in my eyes, my mother took a piece of light-colored cloth, wrote the names of the parents and children, the date of birth, and the addresses of relatives and friends with a brush, and sewed them on the lapel of the blouse of the 4-year-old sister Meiyan. I was afraid that she would be lost if she was forced to leave, and hoped that someone with good intentions would take her in. Not only the eyes of the whole family were moist, but even the nanny who was about to leave and return home cried.” In distress, Chen Yinke resolutely went downstairs to meet the Japanese army. After negotiations, the other party finally agreed to extend the time to allow time for the residents to relocate.Later, because this army was suddenly ordered to go to a new battlefield, the whole building was spared.

At that time, the Japanese army raped and looted in Hong Kong, committing all sorts of crimes.All five girls from the family next to Chen Yinke's were raped and humiliated by Japanese soldiers.Chen Yinke's eldest daughter, Liuqiu, has already entered junior high school. After Tang Yuan heard this, he immediately took the scissors, pulled Liuqiu over, cut off the long hair on her head, and found Chen Yinke's old clothes for her to wear. Women disguised themselves as men to prevent accidents.At this moment, there was news that Mrs. Cai Yuanpei's home had been robbed. Chen Yinke hurried to see that all the money and belongings of Cai's family had been looted. Mrs. Cai was so sad that she passed out several times.

Jiang Tianshu later wrote in the note describing this "event": "If Japan had not provoked the Pacific War, (Chen Yinke)'s trip to England might have been possible. When Mr. Wang left Beijing, the retina of his right eye had been detached. If you get it in England, your eye disease can be cured and recovered, so you won’t end up blind.” Jiang sighed: “Heaven, what a misfortune?”