Chapter 916 915 [All the Rage]
The young pilots were very lucky. After only waiting for half a month, the aircraft Zhou Hexuan purchased last time (the second batch) were delivered. At the same time, 16 SB bombers from the Soviet Union to aid China arrived.
Time passed in December, and the Japanese planes suddenly stopped after carrying out multiple retaliatory bombings on Chengdu.
This is not because the enemy has become merciful, but because the air force athletes in Chengdu fought hard to stop it. Although the Chengdu Airport was badly bombed, the Japanese army also paid a price of nearly 20 aircraft. The results of previous air battles were: all pilots and fighter planes in Chengdu were consumed, and the strength of the Japanese air force in Wuhan was reduced by one-fifth. .
Nearly half of the young pilots assigned to Chongqing were urgently transferred to Chengdu for garrison before they even had time to touch the aircraft.
As the Japanese air force in Wuhan was licking its wounds, major cities in Sichuan suffered only two air raids throughout December. Chongqing was often foggy in winter, and Japanese spies who could send telegrams were blocked by military commanders. Therefore, from December to the Lunar New Year, the people of Chongqing enjoyed rare tranquility and did not encounter a single bombing.
Over in Guangxi, the "Battle of Southern Guangxi" was in full swing, with Bai Chongxi serving as the commander-in-chief and Chen Cheng serving as supervisor.
There is a saying that "Kill the Japanese troops to eliminate the enemy, kill friendly troops to eliminate the internal enemy." During the Anti-Japanese War, Chang Kaishen always consciously consumed the miscellaneous troops. This time, they met Bai Chongxi, who was "one foot taller than the devil". He blatantly avoided Chen Cheng, the supervisor, and allowed the Guangxi troops to fight on the sidelines from beginning to end, and mobilized Du Yuming's Fifth Army and other miscellaneous armies to fight against the Japanese invaders. .
The "Victory of Kunlun Pass" made Du Yuming and the Fifth Army famous in the first battle. He killed the Japanese brigade commander Masao Nakamura, killed more than 4,000 enemies, and captured more than 100 people. But Chiang Kai-shek's heart was bleeding. The Fifth Army was not only a direct descendant of the Central Army, but also China's first mechanized force. This battle resulted in more than 15,000 casualties.
Chang Kaishen felt that he had been cheated by Bai Chongxi, and he was still complaining and angry - Bai Chongxi had just commanded a great victory, so it was impossible to punish him. Not only could he not be punished, but he must also be commended. Chiang Kai-shek was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
At the end of 1939, there were few battles as fierce as the "Battle of Southern Guangxi". The Japanese troops on all other fronts stopped large-scale operations, and the "stalemate" became more and more obvious. The Kuomintang, finally able to take a breath, quickly set off the first anti-communist climax during the Anti-Japanese War.
On December 1, Yan Xishan instigated the "Xinxi Incident" and deployed almost all his military power to suddenly attack the Shanxi New Army.
Although the Shanxi New Army is a team formed by the Communist Party, it belongs to the Shanxi-Sui Army designation sequence. This was approved by Yan Xishan in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Now Yan Xishan not only turned his guns to attack the Shanxi New Army, but also colluded with the Japanese and puppet troops. The absurd and bizarre incident occurred in which the Shanxi-Sui Army (old army) and the Japanese puppet army attacked the Shanxi-Sui Army (new army).
On December 4, the Kuomintang once again created the "Longdong Incident" and took the initiative to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army did not hesitate, and easily drove away the Heshui and Qingyang county governments under the rule of the Kuomintang.
On December 20, the Kuomintang ordered the implementation of the "Measures for Handling Communist Party Issues", which explicitly restricted the development of the Communist Party from three aspects: the party, government and military.
At this time, Wu Peifu died, and the whole country mourned. Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party spoke highly of him.
According to the Japanese invaders' intention, they wanted Wu Peifu and Tang Shaoyi to form a puppet government.
Tang Shaoyi was more unlucky. His son-in-law (Cen Deguang) had already defected to the enemy, and he personally took Doihara Kenji to persuade Tang Shaoyi to become a traitor. Before Tang Shaoyi expressed his attitude, and even before he saw Kenji Doihara, the news was discovered by military secret agents, and he was assassinated and killed by Dai Li's men.
The elders of the Kuomintang were very dissatisfied with this because Tang Shaoyi had not surrendered to the enemy yet. Who could tell whether he was loyal or traitorous?
As a last resort, Chang Kaishen could only declare to the outside world that Tang Shaoyi was assassinated by the Japanese invaders because he refused to be a traitor. The Kuomintang also specially issued a "commendation order" and 5,000 yuan for funeral expenses to Tang Shaoyi.
Wu Peifu's death was much more bizarre. He was probably killed by Japanese invaders. This man refused the Japanese invaders' attempts to win over him many times. When his dental disease recurred, a Japanese dentist suddenly came to visit him and accidentally killed Wu Peifu on the spot.
The most ridiculous thing is that after Wu Peifu's death, not only the Kuomintang and the Communist Party unanimously praised him, but the Japanese invaders also commended him. The supreme commander of the Japanese invasion of China personally attended Wu Peifu's public memorial ceremony. Flags in cities and counties in the occupied areas of North China were flown at half-mast for three consecutive days in mourning - nothing more than using his fame to win over people (Han) and traitors.
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The pictorials co-organized by Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yuxiang quickly became popular. Whether it was "Captain of China" or "San Mao's Army", they were widely sought after by readers.
In terms of reputation, "San Mao Joins the Army" is rated higher and is liked by both intellectuals and ordinary people.
But "Captain China" caused an even greater sensation. No one had ever seen this type of superhero comic before. What are genetic agents? Except for a few biology students, no one knows. But it does not affect its popularity at all. The common people are fed up with the Japanese aggression, and they can see Chinese heroes beating up the little Japanese in the comics. This is also a kind of spiritual sustenance and emotional outlet.
Although many literati criticized "Captain China" for having no connotation and reflecting an escapist mentality that is divorced from reality, people just like to watch it. Even in the school children play games, they all compete to play the role of "Tiger King" Zheng Xiaofei. The particularly unlucky students can only play Dr. Aihara and get beaten.
The general content of the fourth episode of "Captain China" is that Zheng Xiaofei escaped from the laboratory and was taken in by a farmer family on the outskirts of Peking. The beautiful village girl also developed a love for Zheng Xiaofei.
Just when the reader thought that the village girl was the heroine, the Japanese invaded the village with puppet troops. They came to the countryside to collect food. The village girl was spotted by a Japanese soldier and was brutally killed for resisting. Zheng Xiao, who went to the city to inquire about the enemy, flew back to the village to witness this tragic incident.
Zheng Xiaofei broke out. He transformed into a human tiger, killed all the Japanese devils and puppet army leaders, and forced the remaining puppet soldiers to surrender to the anti-Japanese forces.
With one against a thousand, he can still win completely, making readers excited and wishing that there really is a "Tiger King" Zheng Xiaofei in reality.
The fifth episode is even more powerful, Zheng Xiaofei goes straight into the North China Expedition Army Headquarters. Since the commander of the North China Expeditionary Force, Juichi Terauchi, happened to be absent, he could only kill several Japanese staff officers and have another fierce battle with Dr. Aihara who came after hearing the news. Both of them were injured. Zheng Xiaofei was injured all the way and killed more than 3,000 people in the encirclement.
Zheng Xiaofei desperately fled to Xiangshan and came to a broken Taoist temple. There was a young Taoist priest in the Taoist temple who was giving a farewell ceremony to his master. The two fought against each other due to a misunderstanding. The young Taoist priest actually knew the orthodox Taoist methods, but his progress was slow due to the difficulty of practicing in the Age of Dharma Ending.
They didn't know each other before they fought, and they agreed to go down the mountain to kill the Japanese together. The number two super anti-Japanese hero, "Sword Immortal" Li Tonglin, returned to his position.
In the sixth episode, when Zheng Xiaofei and Li Tonglin were assassinating senior Japanese military officials, they accidentally encountered Dr. Aihara mass-producing Japanese super soldiers. The two sneaked in secretly, successfully destroyed each other's conspiracy, and completely destroyed the genetic medicine materials and finished products, but two Japanese super soldiers were still successfully created.
Before New Year's Day in 1940, this was the serialized content of "Captain of China". It was so popular that some old talents in the late Qing Dynasty were waiting to catch up with it every day. These cartoons gradually spread to various war zones and were circulated by frontline soldiers. Some troops specifically requested several copies of the "Captain of China" serialized pictorial when asking for supplies.
Wanrong, who was already a university lecturer, couldn't draw it at all, so Zhou Hexuan had to recruit two more young cartoonists to create an assembly line according to the plot he gave.