Chapter 834 833 [Leave No Chickens or Dogs]

In the blink of an eye, November entered, Shanghai fell, and the Battle of Songhu ended.

The Nationalist Government in Nanjing announced that it would move its capital to Chongqing. Liu Xiang welcomed this with both hands. He secretly joined forces with Song Zheyuan and Han Fuju to block Chiang Kai-shek out of Kuimen and resolutely prevent the Central Army from entering Sichuan to seize territory.

Hu Shi was appointed as the special envoy to the United States by Chiang Kai-shek. He had been in the United States for three months and made great contributions to promoting China's resistance to Japan and winning public support in the United States. A month ago, he and Wang Zhengting were finally summoned by Roosevelt—Wang Zhengting, who watched the Olympics with Zhou Hexuan, was reactivated and now serves as China's ambassador to the United States.

Hu Shi described the situation of China's Anti-Japanese War in detail and begged Roosevelt to give up the idea of ​​compromise, otherwise China would be defeated, and once China was defeated, the United States would lose the Far East and the Pacific. The United States helping China was helping itself.

Roosevelt expressed his sympathy for China and comforted Hu Shi not to be pessimistic. He is very optimistic about China. He believes that China will win, and then continues to sell various strategic materials to Japan.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek originally wanted to ask Zhou Hexuan to carry out the mission of the special envoy to the United States. But Zhou Hexuan declined, because it was difficult for even gods to convince Roosevelt. Instead of going to the United States to cry and beg, it would be better to stay in Chongqing and do some serious work.

At the same time, Feng Yong also asked Hu Shi and Wang Zhengting to ask for a favor in front of Roosevelt and fly the flying club's plane back to China to participate in the war. Initially, Zhou Hexuan ordered a number of advanced military aircraft, but the contract stipulated that the aircraft could not be equipped with weapons or transported out of the United States.

Roosevelt responded by asking Feng Yong to contact the U.S. War Department, which is still meeting to discuss the matter.

Feng Yong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He wanted to take the pilots back to China to fight against Japan, but he knew that there were not enough aircraft in the country, so he could only block the entrance of the Army Department every day, and he became familiar with the guards of the Army Department.

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With a loud cry, the child in Liao Yaquan's belly fell to the ground.

He was a big fat boy again. This time Zhou Hexuan did not look for references, but gave his son a very plain name - Xingguo, Zhou Xingguo.

Liao Yaquan turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and paid no attention to the ongoing Sino-Japanese war. She is now focusing all her energy on her youngest son. She is just waiting for the day when Japan comes to Chongqing and moves to the United States or the United Kingdom in advance. For this reason, she also takes time to improve her English.

"Sir, a call from Nanjing!" Yu Peichen came quickly with the telegram.

Zhou Hexuan received the telegram, but it was from Luo Jialun. The general content was that the Central University was about to move, and the school would be located at Songlinpo, Shapingba, Chongqing. Luo Jialun knew that Zhou Hexuan's father-in-law was engaged in real estate and wanted to ask Zhou Hexuan to help find a construction team and start construction as soon as Central University moved there.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Reply to Principal Luo and tell him that it will be done. Please rest assured."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Yu Peichen turned and left.

I have to say that Luo Jialun is really capable. In his hands, Tsinghua University transformed from a church school into a national university and established a consistent school spirit for the next few decades. In his hands, Central University became the university with the best inward relocation, the smallest losses, and the earliest resumption of classes during the Anti-Japanese War.

As early as May 1935, Luo Jialun made a detailed inspection of Sichuan and believed that Chongqing had steep mountains and rivers, rich products, and was the southwest transportation center, so he decided to relocate the Central University to Songlinpo, Chongqing. Last year, when Sino-Japanese relations became more tense, Luo Jialun instructed the school's logistics department to rush to produce a large number of wooden boxes. At that time, teachers and students at the school did not know what the use of these wooden boxes was.

When the Battle of Songhu was in full swing, Luo Jialun organized teachers and students to pack the school's belongings into boxes and move them from Nanjing to Chongqing in batches.

At this time, many people still felt that maybe the Battle of Songhu could be stopped by Lieutenant Commander and end quickly like the one on 128 a few years ago. It happened that the German Ambassador to China Taudemann was mediating the Sino-Japanese War, so some teachers and students at the Central University nicknamed Luo Jialun, "Taudmann's brother - escape quickly".

It wasn't until the National Government of Nanjing announced that it would move the capital that the teachers and students of Central University were so impressed that they realized the foresight of President Luo.

Some people describe the relocation of Central University as "leaving no chickens or dogs behind." Not only were the fine poultry and livestock from the Agricultural College taken away, but also 24 corpses used for dissection by the Medical College. These corpses were soaked in formalin and arrived at their new home in Chongqing intact.

At the end of November, while other universities in Nanjing were still discussing whether and how to relocate, the first batch of teachers and students from Central University had arrived in Chongqing. Since the construction of the new campus had not yet begun, these teachers and students temporarily borrowed the campus of Chongqing University and resumed classes without any delay.

Early December.

Nanjing, Central University.

Luo Jialun was among the last group to leave Nanjing. He inspected the campus again and was very happy to see that all personnel, equipment and property had been evacuated.

When he walked to the Agricultural College, he saw that the high-breed poultry and livestock were still there, and immediately called the ranch workers: "You guys, you have processed all these pigs, cattle and sheep, and you can eat them, sell them, or take them home to raise them." Yes, as long as it doesn’t fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders, I won’t leave a hair for the little devil!”

The poultry and livestock in the Agricultural College pasture are all of high quality. One male and one female of each species have been selected and taken away. These are the remaining ones from the selection.

Some of the ranch workers were illiterate, and some were intellectuals, such as veterinarians, but what they said surprised Luo Jialun.

Wu Qian said: "Principal Luo, some of these well-bred livestock were cultivated by teachers and classmates who spent many years of hard work, and some were purchased from foreigners by the state with foreign exchange. They are all treasures of the school. It is a pity to lose them."

"Yes," Cao Zhanting agreed, "the teachers and classmates only brought one male and one female of each species to Chongqing this time. We won't be able to do animal experiments in the future, and we have to slowly cultivate them."

Yuan Weimin said: "I can't bear to part with it either."

Wang Youting said: "Principal Luo, why not take all the livestock to Chongqing and let us take care of them."

Luo Jialun said with a wry smile: "Nanjing residents are now relocating on a large scale. Even people can't get on the boats, let alone so many livestock."

Wang Youting usually doesn't say much, but now he said categorically: "Principal Luo, I promise you, we will take these well-bred livestock to Chongqing and never throw them away, let alone keep them to benefit the Japanese!"

Luo Jialun didn't comment on this and left with a smile. He thought these ranch workers were just joking.

But the workers took it seriously. They elected Wang Youting, the oldest, as their leader. They spent their own money and worked overtime to make wooden cages. They put chickens, ducks, dogs, rabbits, etc. into the cages, and put the wooden cages on horses and horses. Cattle, pigs, and sheep were driven onto four wooden boats.

In order to raise funds for moving westward, Wang Youting even sold two of his properties at a low price.

The night before the Japanese invaders launched a general attack on Nanjing, sixteen ranch workers and more than a thousand livestock left in a hurry in a wooden boat.

At this time, the Japanese invaders had surrounded the southeast and west sides of Nanjing. They had no choice but to take a detour from the north. On the way, they encountered Japanese planes bombing Chinese ships, so they abandoned the ships and landed ashore, driving their livestock towards the mountainous areas of central Anhui. In order to avoid the war, they first went north to Henan, and then turned back to Hubei. They had to eat and sleep in the open air along the way, which was extremely difficult.

When we were in Xuchang, it was snowing heavily and the weather was freezing cold. Although we tried every means to protect them, some rabbits still froze to death, and the workers were so heartbroken that they cried. Four workers were collecting grain and fodder when they were discovered and chased by Japanese soldiers in the village. In order to cover the whereabouts of well-bred livestock, three of them deliberately led the enemy troops southward and were shot to death. One person who narrowly escaped death ran back to the north to report the news, and Wang Youting led everyone to escape the disaster of annihilation of the entire army.

Of course, there were also happy things. Two Dutch cows gave birth to two lively calves on the way.

When they came to Wuhan with their animal army, the Japanese invaders also attacked Wuhan, so they had to rush towards Yichang. Their patriotic act moved the local people, and they were sent on the ship for free, and they could finally take the ship to Chongqing with confidence.

When the ranch workers met Luo Jialun again, it had been nearly a year and they had traveled thousands of miles across various provinces.

Luo Jialun looked at the weather-beaten, unkempt and ragged employees, as well as the well-bred livestock that had several dead rabbits and two extra calves. He was so excited that he burst into tears and immediately organized all the teachers and students in the school to welcome the meritor home.

This is the story of Central University’s internal relocation, “leaving no chickens or dogs behind”.