Chapter 103 Travel Chronicle

Travel Chronicle On the 18th, under the order of Mr. Feng Zhisheng, the president of the Faculty Association, he brought his colleagues to donate 2,000 yuan and went to Suiyuan and Pingdiquan to comfort the frontline anti-Japanese soldiers.At 6:00 p.m., I got on the train at Tsinghuayuan Station, accompanied by Mr. Wang Daren, representative of the Student Self-Government Association, Mr. Mei Yibao, representative of the Yanda Chinese Faculty Association, Mr. Zhu Taopu, representative of the Student Union, and Ms. Wang Ruolan, a student from the Department of Journalism.Third-class cars have sleeping berths, with heating, and the mattresses and pillows are all white; but the room is too warm.Passing Pingdiquan early on the 19th, a wounded officer was carried onto the train on a stretcher.The door is too narrow, and it is extremely difficult to lift it in.It was later known that the injured person was Mr. Xi Zhuo, the staff officer of the 218th Brigade of the 35th Army.Mr. Xi went through more than a hundred miles of bumps, and when he got on the train, he was stretched again and again. The situation was extremely painful, but he couldn't tell.After arriving in Sui, he was sent to the public hospital run by the church. After three injections, he lost too much blood, which was very dangerous.Remember this to see the lack of medicine and first aid ahead.

When the car left Pingdiquan, I met Mr. Su Debang, an interviewer of the United Press, and talked a lot.What I heard later after the proof, the words are not exact.But it is true that he met Chairman Fu on the evening of the 18th, that Chairman Fu was determined and confident, and that Suiyuan's people were extremely stable.It is also said that the English "Current Affairs Daily" in Peking once reported that Zhuo Zishan and the American priest and his wife were taken captive, which is absolutely nothing.He still met the priest yesterday.However, the priest felt suspicious and fearful because of the report of the captivity.Su talked about this matter when he visited Chairman Fu, and Chairman Fu said that there is no problem with the law and order in Suijing.At that time, Su Youyun said that when the car passed Zhuozi Mountain, the priest might be on the platform, so he told him immediately.

But he was too interested in the conversation, and if he looked out of the window, Zhuozishan Station had already passed. Arrived in Sui at about 12 o'clock, sent the luggage to Suixin Hotel, then went to the restaurant for lunch, and invited the principal of Guisui Middle School, Huo Shixiu, to the restaurant for a talk.Mr. Huo is a graduate student of our school's graduate school.When Mr. Huo came, Mr. Mei asked him to invite journalists and school principals to come to the hotel for a tea party at 8:00 p.m.Mr. Huo is the host of the lunch.At 3:00 p.m. to the provincial government.Beforehand, Mr. Mei had a call.As a result, the provincial government sent Mr. Wang Bin to entertain and meet with the Secretary-General Zeng Houzai.Secretary-General Zeng told that after the chaos of the royal road in Honggertu, an earthen polder was built immediately.This time, 3,000 bandit troops pressed the border, and our side only had two companies of cavalry with about 200 people stationed there.There are also ten guards.These ten people are all retired soldiers, used to unite and guide the trained men to defend the homeland.Bandit army aircraft, tanks and vehicles have everything.On our side, only the cavalry and the guards are responsible for defending the two sides of the earth.Day and night, they stood still, with few casualties.Then the reinforcements arrived.The role of the cavalry is to attack, but they can stick to it, which shows the high morale.

Secretary-General Zeng talked about it because he talked about the training of young men in Sui Province.It is said that during the first period, many people waited and waited; upon graduation from the first period, Chairman Fu specially summoned all the strong men and elders to visit the province.When the fathers and elders saw that their children were treated very well, and when the strong men saw their elders and elders, they were all happy to tell what they had learned; their original hobbies were even given up.All the elders are happy.Therefore, in the second period, all the strong men actively went to the province for training.The strong men in this category are called the Anti-Communist Self-Defense Regiment. Those who are not called "resisting the enemy" should also pay attention to avoiding the enemy.Secretary-General Zeng also talked about the training of guides by the Rural Construction Committee.It is said that all such guides are young people who have received high school education.After the training is completed, they will be assigned to serve in various townships.On the one hand, he assists the head of the township to handle the affairs of the township, on the other hand, he cooperates with the young men, and on the other hand, he also serves as the principal of the primary school.In the past, the rural defense groups were mostly run by the head of the township, which cost a lot of money but had little effect. Today, the system of guides and guides can be used to reap the benefits of the people's organizations, and the feelings of the upper and lower levels will not be incompatible.

Sifu discusses the war of resistance.It is said that there have been many fortifications in Suijing in the past six months.Sometimes work day and night.For example, bunkers, etc., are all made of iron bars and cement, and they are all tested with small cannons, and they are indeed solid.If only bandits come to harass, nothing will go wrong.For front-line soldiers, fur coats are generally prepared, but if the weather gets colder, shoes, socks, earmuffs and gloves may be very necessary.Sui can't buy much, and there are too few workers to make it. I hope that compatriots in Pingjin and other places can help me with this matter.It is also said that the people in Suidi are very capable of cooperating with the government. For example, recently, the bakers in the whole city stepped up their work to make sesame seed cakes for the front, and said to each other: "This is for our brothers, and it needs to be cooked." According to reports We have observed that the military, government and civilians in Sui Province can indeed integrate and cooperate with each other, not just for a while.

Secretary-General Zeng also mentioned that in the past six months, because of the unbearable oppression of the bandits, many people in northern Chabei brought their children and chattels to Suidong.It is also said that recently I have received condolence letters and money from various places, with an average of 20 copies a day, and I am very grateful.At the end, it is said that on the 18th, Hong Geertu injured a bandit plane with a special mark on the tail, but he fled to Yun. After returning from the provincial capital, a British reporter Brown visited.It represents the North American News Agency of the British "News and Times" and the Swedish News Agency.Since Yunfu came from Japan.Mr. Mei immediately told the people of the country that they were determined that Suiyuan could no longer give way, and that any sacrifice would be willing.At 6:00 p.m., Mr. Yan Wei, Director of the Department of Education hosted a banquet. After the banquet, we went back to the hotel for a tea party. There were about 20 journalists and principals.Mr. Mei said that the representatives of the two schools had three missions when they came to Suiyuan: 1. To express their admiration to the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War, and to say that Suiyuan is the Suiyuan of the whole country; 2. To inspect the actual situation in Suiyuan so as to inform the compatriots in Pingjin; Necessary items, so that the backup will know what to do.The representatives also detailed the two schools' fundraising, ceasefire and hunger strike.The journalists responded and reported on the situation ahead. The principal of Guisui Middle School Huo also responded, saying that the education sector in Suiyuan has made up its mind and is willing to live and die with the land.It is also said that the students will organize a self-defense group to serve in the rear.

On the morning of the 20th, Qingzhi Guisui Middle School gave a speech, asking students to earnestly receive military training and develop organizational skills.After the lecture, I will join the standing team of the Anti-Communist Self-Defense Corps on the same level as Mr. Mei.Director Yuan Qingzeng of the Department of Civil Affairs and Deputy Director Li Dachao called the team of more than 3,600 people to line up to invite the representatives to give speeches.All the team members are young and strong, with red faces; loyalty is revealed in the simplicity.He listened to the lecture for about an hour, always neat and serious, and never slack off.Director Yuan told me that most of the young men in the first phase were high school graduates; in the second phase, they were real ordinary people.According to Deputy Director Li, the training program is divided into four sections: the first teaching new life, the second teaching social common sense, the second teaching the history of imperialist oppression, and the second teaching the history of national struggle.The technical department focuses on guerrilla tactics.The political trainers in the team are trained by the township construction association;

Distributing to each township is the guide. In the afternoon, the provincial government hosted a banquet.You should hand over a sample of the gas mask that Mr. Gu Yiqiao ordered to bring to Director Yang who is in charge of such matters.According to the cloud, Yanda sent a telegram before, and it was appropriate to send it on this day.After the banquet, visit the Rural Development Association, where guides are trained.However, because the club has enough guides, the training has been suspended.At that time, I heard that Chairman Fu had returned to the province, so he went to Jin Dynasty to pay homage.Chairman Fu gave a brief overview of the battle situation, saying that Wang Ying's troops had been wiped out, and the bandits' attempt had completely failed. There might be a short period of calm after that, but they will be stronger when they come again.Mr. Qing and Mr. Wang Daren are about to submit the donation draft; Mr. Mei and others also said that they are collecting donations.Chairman Fu expressed his gratitude and hoped that we could help with science, such as anti-virus equipment.

In the evening, there should be a banquet for the heads of various departments and officials. After the banquet, get on the car and go to Pingdiquan.The provincial government sent Mr. Wang to accompany him.I arrived at the station after one o'clock in the night, groped in secret, and lodged in the county government.On the morning of the 21st, the 218th Brigade Headquarters received a telegram from the provincial government, sending staff officer Chen Shijie and military judge Fan Diqing to contact; Mr. Fan Xitian (Yangtze River), special commissioner of Suiyuan from "Ta Kung Pao", and Fan Guoji'an, the principal of the Second Suiyuan Normal University, also came together.Principal Guo made an appointment for breakfast.There were only two or three families in Pingdiquan. After the railway was completed, there were gradually grain stores;Talking about the battle during the meeting, I knew that our side used offense as defense; on the 16th and 7th, at night, three regiments of infantry and three regiments of cavalry were transported by car at night, with a total of more than 20,000 people driving to the front together.A general attack was launched at 2:00 am on the 19th.There are about 20,000 bandit troops, all mobs, unable to fight.After being driven back by our army, there were many casualties; it was later discovered that there were two false regiment leaders among the dead.At that time, all the sergeants in our trenches came out of the trenches and shouted "Long live the Republic of China".When the cavalry set off, Mr. Fan Xitian had personally seen that the soldiers were all wearing leather caps, with tails, sitting on high horses, and walking in a very strong manner.In this battle, there were more than 100 wounded soldiers on our side. The seriously injured were sent to the rear hospitals in Suiyuan and Datong, and the slightly injured were sent to the local field hospital for recuperation. However, there was a shortage of medicine and ambulance.This is not only related to human nature, but there are many wounded, the medical equipment is too poor, treatment is not easy, and the loss of combat effectiveness is also great.As far as Xinghe is concerned, it is not the main force of bandits.We have 68 divisions stationed on our side, and the bandits repeatedly invaded by small groups, but they were all repelled.

After breakfast, I went to the Second Normal School, where the self-defense association of all walks of life in Shipingdiquan held a meeting. I met Su Kaiyuan, the left-behind commander.A native of Northeast Jiangsu, he is extremely patriotic, and even though he talked about it in a hurry, he left a deep impression on him.When it comes to the matter of students' national salvation, it is said that they can join the self-defense association to work together; if they have contact with other students' national salvation organizations, they can also handle it independently, so as not to lose their independence.This opinion is very real.On that day, the normal students also went on a hunger strike for one day, and decided to cease fire for a week next week. The ceasefire in Pingdiquan is not comparable to that in Beiping, but they still resolutely follow suit, which is very admirable.At twelve o'clock, the Student Salvation Council held a meeting. Yu and others also attended, and each gave a short speech.Spin to the field hospital to condolences to the wounded soldiers.About eight or nine wounded soldiers lived in one room, and the representatives of the two schools jointly donated five yuan to buy food.There are two other officials, who live in another room, and the representatives also extend their condolences.None of them were seriously injured, and some were on the verge of recovery.After leaving the hospital, he took the car sent by Commander Zhao Chengsui's cavalry to go outside the city to pay homage.Commander Zhao spoke frankly and had no city mansion; he sent Staff Officer Zhao to accompany him to observe the fortifications, which were very large-scale.After watching, go to the city to meet the banquet of the Ministry of Tourism.Brigadier Dong is in front, represented by Staff Officer Chen.During the meeting, I met Mr. Chen Youcheng, an investigator of the Mongolian and Tibetan Committee. It is said that he has been working in the Northwest for more than a year, and he feels that the Mongolian problem is very serious.At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, I boarded the car, and there were many people who saw me off.Returned to school after 6:00 am on the 22nd.This trip is planned to stay in Sui for one and a half days, and stay in Pingdiquan for one day. I would like to thank Chairman Fu, various military and political officials, and local people for the convenience of various investigations and inspections, and for the generous treatment. I am very grateful.

Made on November 22, 1936 (Originally published in "National Tsinghua University Journal" No. 792 on November 26, 1936.)