Chapter 833 832 [Diaoyu City]

Golden autumn October.

The Battle of Songhu is still going on fiercely. The number of Chinese defenders exceeds 600,000, and the Japanese invaders invest 130,000. Relying on their absolute superiority in land, sea and air, the Japanese invaders gradually tore apart the defense lines of the Chinese defenders and secretly formed the 10th Army to prepare for a large-scale encirclement of the Chinese defenders.

While commanding the army to resist, Chang Kaishen fantasized about the intervention of the great powers. After all, the Japanese invasion of Shanghai seriously damaged the interests of the European and American powers.

Unfortunately, instead of helping China, European and American countries accused the Chinese military of destroying peace on the grounds that China was the first to provoke a war in the Shanghai Demilitarized Zone. Historically, just because Chiang Kai-shek had been waiting for the great powers to intervene, he missed the best opportunity to retreat and made the second half of the Songhu Battle a mess.

The sulfa pharmaceutical factory in Hechuan is about to officially start construction. Most of the workers in the pharmaceutical factory have high school diplomas. Only cleaners and security guards do not need to be literate. After a month of training, the workers already know some English and can at least understand the buttons on the machines.

In addition, with the help of Sun Xuewu, an acid-base plant is being prepared near the pharmaceutical factory. Before the acid-base plant was put into operation, the sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory used imported raw materials, which could last for about a month.

Zhou Hexuan sent a telegram to Ornis and purchased a lot of machinery, equipment and raw materials from the UK, including chemical experimental equipment for Sun Xuewu.

On October 15, Zhou Hexuan led all the workers to Diaoyu Mountain. He wanted to hold a worship ceremony before the pharmaceutical factory started construction.

The straight-line distance from the Sulfonamide Pharmaceutical Factory to Diaoyu Mountain is 3 kilometers. Carrying three animals and money paper candles, everyone climbed up the steep mountain road and went straight to the Zhongyi Temple on Diaoyu Mountain.

Pound, who was studying the "Book of Changes", also came. He had been fascinated by this place for a long time and even brought a camera with him.

"Is this the legendary Fishing City?" Pang De looked up at the mountains, feeling like a pilgrim in his heart.

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "That's it."

Diaoyu City is also known as "The Place Where God Breaks His Whip" and "Oriental Mecca" in Europe and America.

At that time, Kublai Khan had already led the Eastern Route Army to break through the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and surrounded Ezhou, while Wu Lianghetai's South Route Army had reached Changsha, and the Southern Song Dynasty's court was overthrown in a matter of seconds. In the west, the Mongolian army has conquered large areas of Eastern Europe, using Central Europe as a military playground. It once crossed the Danube River and invaded Italy. The Middle East was also ravaged by the Mongol army. On the Arabian Peninsula, the Egyptians were resisting hard and saw that the Mongol army was about to sweep across Africa.

At this time, the Mongol Khan Meng Ge died in Diaoyu City, and all armies withdrew their troops to fight for power. The Southern Song Dynasty was able to survive, Europeans cheered, and Africa also avoided military disasters.

The small fishing town saved the world.

During the Republic of China, Diaoyu City had not yet been developed, and there was no direct road to the outside world. We could only climb slowly up from the riverside.

The mountain road is so narrow that it can barely accommodate two people. The steepest part is close to 70 degrees. Not to mention attacking with weapons, even climbing with bare hands is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will fall and die.

Going further up, you can see the ancient city wall of Diaoyu City. These city walls are 17 miles long in total and were built against cliffs. Due to years of disrepair, the ancient city walls have been weathered and incomplete in many places, but you can still appreciate their majesty.

Further up is the Protectorate Gate, which is the second line of defense of Diaoyu City and the most majestic and dangerous pass among the eight city gates. Even if there are 100,000 troops attacking the city, only a few hundred people can be sent to defend it. It is really true that one man can guard the gate and ten thousand men can't get in the way.

At that time, the Mongolian army attacked the Huguomen hundreds of times, and it took thirty-six years, but they never broke through the Huguomen once.

Zhong Guanguang looked up at the carvings on the wall of the Protectorate Gate, and thought of the officers and soldiers in the city fighting against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. He felt a little crazy, and murmured to himself: "China has been plagued by disasters since ancient times, and there are always hot-blooded men who rise up to fight. At that time and today, How similar, I hope our Chinese nation can be revived."

Zhou Hexuan said with emotion: "As long as the people of the country are united, the country will be in danger everywhere."

"What Mr. Zhou said is so good!" Zhao Chixiong immediately agreed. Anyway, everything the idol said makes sense.

Yang Yuzhou, the secretary of the Hechuan County Education Bureau, was the guide for this trip up the mountain. After advancing for a moment, he suddenly pointed to a stone platform and said: "This is the execution ground of Diaoyu City. The traitor Jin Guobao sent by Khan Mengge to persuade him to surrender was beheaded by General Wang here."

"Kill well, all traitors should be killed!" a young man suddenly shouted. He was a chemical engineering college student brought by Zhang Fuzhong.

Not far ahead is the ladder to Diaoyu City. This place is also extremely dangerous. It is a plank road built in the later period of Diaoyu City. If the Mongolian and Yuan armies break through the National Guard Gate, there will be a ladder waiting for them. Even with all the strength of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, it is impossible to climb this ladder.

Climbing the ladder to heaven is a wide platform, which was an "arsenal" during the Southern Song Dynasty and could manufacture iron mines, artillery and other destructive weapons. The ancient city wall of Diaoyu City has gun ports and cannons. This is how Meng Ge Khan was killed.

There are also fields inside the Diaoyu City, and the defenders can farm and grow their own crops. If they work harder, they can also make their own salt. They are not afraid of the blockade of the Mongolian army.

Going further northeast from the "Arsenal" is Huguo Temple and Zhongyi Temple.

There are still a few monks living in the Huguo Temple, but they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. They usually have no incense at all and can only farm their own land to support themselves. This temple was later converted into a Diaoyu City Museum.

The Chungui Shrine is even worse. Two parts have collapsed and the gate is still covered with spider webs.

Zhou Hexuan said to the accompanying workers: "Clean up the memorial hall!"

The workers immediately started cleaning up, while Zhou Hexuan turned his attention to the stone tablets in the temple. These stone tablets are all cultural relics. There are more than ten stone tablets from the Southern Song Dynasty, and more than twenty tablets have been engraved over the past hundreds of years. Some of them record the history of the Diaoyu City War in detail.

Pound was so excited that he ran to a stone tablet with his small notebook and squatted there to copy it carefully.

Zhao Juehuang kindly reminded: "Mr. Pang De, don't go to so much trouble, just use paper and ink to tap it out."

"How to extend it?" Pang De asked confusedly.

Zhao Liohuang was well prepared and asked his disciples to take out the tools for rubbing the stele. After scrubbing the stele clean, they were able to tap out a piece in minutes.

"It can still be like this, it's so convenient!" Pang De was overjoyed. It was like getting a novel toy, and he automatically became everyone's toiler.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the workers had simply cleaned the Zhongyi Temple.

Zhou Hexuan first came to the side hall of the left chamber, where Wang Li, Li Dehui and Mrs. Xiong Er were enshrined. Because Wang Li and others finally opened the city and surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, they could not be enshrined in the main hall. However, they surrendered after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and they contributed to the revitalization of the city, so they should also be enshrined with incense - the last county government in the Southern Song Dynasty was Diaoyu. Hezhou County Government Office in the city. At that time, as long as they encountered fierce resistance, the Mongols would massacre the city after capturing it. Diaoyu City was the only city that had not been massacred because of the high-ranking officials of the Meng Yuan Dynasty. Wang Li's requirement for surrender was that no one in the city should be killed.

The tablets of Wang Li, Li Dehui and Mrs. Xiong Er have been nowhere to be found, and even the offering table is in a state of decay.

Zhou Hexuan bowed twice to the altar table, then turned and walked into the main hall, where five sages of the Anti-Yuan Dynasty in Diaoyu City were enshrined: Wang Jian, Zhang Jue, Yu Jie, Ran Jing and Ran Pu. Zhou Hexuan personally placed brand new tablets for these five people. After four bows, he respectfully left the main hall.

The workers also placed the three animals and the memorial tablets of Wang Li and others from the Zuo family. When the time came, the worship ceremony officially began.

Zhou Hexuan led hundreds of factory employees and stood upright in front of the hall. Zhong Guanguang is the oldest and most senior person. He is responsible for reciting the memorial table and directing everyone to perform worship.

Pound, an American, was very interested in this. He stood nearby and kept taking pictures. After taking the pictures, he couldn't wait to ask: "Zhou, why do you have to bow twenty-four times instead of eight times? I just learned an idiom, It’s called the Eight-Based Friendship, which fits the Eight Diagrams perfectly.”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "The Eight Bows, it is the time for the descendants of family friends to pay homage to their elders, and later it was also used as a ceremony for sworn brothers. The Twenty-four Bows are dedicated to sacrifices, and there are also Twelve Bows. For example, when a good friend's family dies, you go to express your condolences. , twelve prayers is the greatest respect. Under normal circumstances, when sweeping the tombs of one's ancestors during the Qingming Festival, four prayers is more in line with the standard. Twenty-four and twelve prayers are used for extremely formal, large and solemn occasions. Ordinary people When meeting people, they bow. One bow is an ordinary greeting, two bows show respect, and four bows represent admiration, respect and infinite respect. There are also three bows, which are Buddhist etiquette. You can only use three or nine bows when worshiping Buddha. At the same time, three bows It is also a Chinese guest etiquette. The host bows to the guest three times to show respect and welcome to the guest."

"Chinese etiquette is so complicated." Pang De felt a little dizzy.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It's all red tape. Nowadays, China is learning from the West and usually uses handshakes, and bowing has been abandoned. However, in solemn occasions such as sacrifices, I think ancient rituals are still necessary."

Zhao Liohuang suddenly came over: "Mr. Zhou, please say a few words."

Zhou Hexuan came to the front of the altar table, looked at the more than 100 people in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Compatriots, have you forgotten that the Japanese occupied Taiwan, China?"

"No!" everyone shouted.

Zhou Hexuan shouted again: "Have you forgotten that the Japanese occupied Northeast China?"

"No!" The crowd shouted louder and louder.

Zhou Hexuan roared: "Have you forgotten that the Japanese are invading North and East China?"

"Don't dare forget! Don't dare forget!"

Most of the workers in the pharmaceutical factory and the acid-base factory under construction have a middle school education or above, or even elementary school. Nowadays, newspapers are full of patriotic propaganda, and the literate people have long been aroused to national sentiment. At this moment, everyone's face is red, and they are holding back anger that is difficult to vent.

Zhou Hexuan pointed to the main hall of the Loyalty Temple behind him: "Did you see what is written on the plaque? Loyalty is eternal! What is loyalty? Patriotism is loyalty! What is righteousness? Saving the people is righteousness! Now that the country is in crisis, if you want to do something loyal and righteous, you must save the country and save the people! I don’t want you to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but your future work is not inferior to killing the enemy and serving the country. Medicines can relieve the people and save the lives of the wounded. When you start the machine, countless people’s lives are saved because of you! Some people say that China is hopeless and that China cannot defeat Japan. Fart! When Mongolia swept the world, Diaoyu City still resisted for 36 years. Can the little devils compare to the Mongols? They are not even worthy of carrying shoes! Japan is a small country, but it still wants to dream Annexing China is a typical example of a snake swallowing an elephant. You can choke them to death if you swallow half of them! As long as we persist in resisting, China will win! And the drugs you produce are the key to China's victory. You produce sulfa drugs with high efficiency. Far superior to the little Japanese, it is the best life-saving medicine in the world. Our weapons are not as good as Japan, but our life-saving medicine is stronger than Japan. You are workers and soldiers. Tell me, do you have the confidence to use medicine to defeat the Japanese!"

"have!"

The shouts in Zhongyi Temple were loud.