Chapter 959 958 [Li Ying]

University of Cambridge, King's College.

Zhou Hexuan is giving his routine speech again. He criticizes Japan in institutions of higher learning such as Oxford and Cambridge, and its lasting effect is much higher than that of a speech in the British Parliament.

Because these universities will produce many future politicians, including senior British cabinet officials and leaders from other countries and regions. If these people can be made to hate Japan from the bottom of their hearts, it will more or less affect their policies towards Japan in the future.

In addition, there will be many writers in institutions of higher learning, and the subtle propaganda effect of cultural works is even more terrifying.

Hundreds of Cambridge teachers and students were sitting below, listening to Zhou Hexuan's second speech in Cambridge:

"Today we are going to talk about bombing. What kind of bombing? Bombing of schools and research institutions..."

"We know that since the outbreak of the large-scale war between the East and the West, Japan has carried out large-scale bombings against China, and Germany has also carried out large-scale bombings against the United Kingdom. The people of the two countries have suffered unprecedented suffering during the war. But there is a phenomenon worthy of attention. That is, Germany has not bombed British universities and scientific research institutions so far, and I think this will not happen in the future. And the British retaliatory bombing of Germany also deliberately avoided Göttingen and Heidelberg University."

"It seems that all Western developed countries have a tacit understanding that war has nothing to do with academics, and scholars, students, and institutions must receive due respect and protection."

The teachers and students of Cambridge University nodded subconsciously. They all agreed with this statement and believed that it should be done. Culture, science and art cannot be destroyed by war.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly sneered and said: "But this is not the case in the Far East. As early as nine years ago, before the Sino-Japanese all-out war broke out, when Japan bombed Shanghai, it targeted several Chinese universities. Among them After the full-scale war between Japan and Japan broke out, China's Central University, Fudan University, Jinling University, Tongji University, Southwest Associated University, Chongqing University...this series of higher education institutions, and even some middle schools, became key bombing targets of the Japanese army!"

"This is against world justice and fully proves the barbarity of the Japanese. It is difficult to imagine that an advanced developed country would do such a thing."

"Gentlemen here, you are very happy, because Britain's opponent is Germany. No matter how cruel the Germans are, no matter how indiscriminately they kill innocent people, as long as you continue to stay at Cambridge University, you can continue to study and do research without any worries. But our colleagues in China cannot do this. Professors and students have to pay attention to the sirens and run to air-raid shelters when they are in the classroom."

Zhou Hexuan began to talk in detail about Chinese teachers and students, especially what he saw and heard at Southwest Associated University.

The teachers and students in Cambridge were extremely shocked. They could not imagine that a world-class chemist would actually open up wasteland and grow vegetables on his own, and an internationally renowned mathematician could only do academic research in an air-raid shelter... What was wrong with the professors? With a strong will, he led students to give lectures in the wild, turning a deaf ear to the roar of airplanes in the sky.

"Snap, snap, snap!"

At the end of the speech, the audience burst into applause.

Well-known scholars from Cambridge came over to shake hands with Zhou Hexuan——

"Mr. Zhou, I admire the will of Chinese scholars very much. They deserve respect."

"Please give my regards to the Chinese scholars and students."

"War must bypass science, culture and art. The tragedy of Archimedes cannot be repeated. I will initiate academic condemnation of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army."

"I will always stand with my friends in China."

"..."

As a world-renowned scholar, Zhou Hexuan's influence is still huge. Thanks to his repeated speeches and propaganda over the past few years, at least the academic circles in the United Kingdom and the United States have had an extremely bad impression of Japan. Just Japan's bombing of Chinese institutions of higher learning is enough to make it a public enemy of the world's academic community - no civilized country would do this!

After staying in Cambridge for a few days, Zhou Hexuan returned to London and was invited by Xiao Qian to give a lecture at the Oriental College of the University of London. To be precise, I went to give lectures at the Oriental College short-term training class founded by Xiao Qian. The students there were all international friends who were interested in going to China.

Zhou Hexuan did not teach anything esoteric in the Oriental College short-term training class. He specifically talked about Chinese social customs and morals and promoted the simplicity and kindness of the Chinese people.

This is not nonsense, this is the truth.

Historically, when these international volunteers came to Yunnan, China, they received an extremely warm welcome. Many times when we encounter bandits in the wild, after learning their identities, the bandits immediately stop robbing and kidnapping, and even give them food as gifts.

There are 32 students in Xiao Qian’s short-term training class, 27 of whom will go to China in the next few years. When leaving, Zhou Hexuan took photos with these international friends. In that photo, four people were buried forever in China.

On November 7, Zhou Hexuan left London by boat.

For safety reasons, they took an American passenger ship. They first detoured through the United States, then took Haishengwei to the Soviet Union, and returned from northwest China via the Siberian Railway. This is equivalent to circling the earth more than half a circle, which will definitely delay time, but it is also a helpless move. Zhou Hexuan does not want to fly another plane himself.

By the way, you can also go to the United States to see Vivien Leigh and Yu Peichen, especially Yu Peichen. She stayed in the United States and gave birth to a pair of twin daughters. Zhou Hexuan has not yet met the two daughters.

By the time they arrived on the west coast of the United States, it was already late November.

In the past few months, the Japanese offensive in China was mainly divided into two parts, namely, mopping up the occupied areas and bombing the rear areas.

During the counter-mopping up, although the Hundred Regiment War was not over yet, its achievements and the military strength it displayed shocked both the Japanese invaders and the government.

As for bombing, Kunming and Chongqing became the main targets of Japanese air strikes. After the reopening of the Burma Highway, Japanese aircraft also took special care.

At the same time, Japan's Zero fighter appeared in China.

On September 13, the aircraft that China finally managed to get together were shot down in a single air battle, 13 of them were shot down, 11 were damaged, and 10 pilots were killed, while the Japanese aircraft suffered very few casualties. This was an unprecedented aerial defeat since the Anti-Japanese War.

Chang Kaishen was furious and completely ignored Japan's new fighter planes. He believed that the air force was useless and demanded that the enemy continue to fight decisively.

This is obviously a very wrong approach. If someone else has advanced fighter aircraft, they should conduct exploratory air combat to find out the opponent's situation and then fight back. Taking the initiative to launch a decisive battle is tantamount to suicide.

Liu Zongwu, deputy captain of the Fourth Brigade, was not willing to be humiliated and directly asked to see the leader. Lao Jiang didn't listen to Liu Zongwu's excuse at all, and rebuked him again. Liu Zongwu could only yell: "Report to the Chairman, I am your student in the third phase of the Aviation School. Today, in order to save the country and save my compatriots, I will die even if I don't give up." We are willing to move forward courageously. But we must make the Japanese pay a small price. Our aircraft were originally not as good as others in quantity and quality, but now Japan has come up with new aircraft this year and beat us with our old products from ten years ago, and we can't even fight back. There is no chance. What is the meaning of such a sacrifice? After I report to you, in order to obey the order, I will definitely die in battle to show you, report completed!"

I will definitely die in battle to show you!

This sentence is tragic and full of grievances.

After Liu Zongwu finished speaking, he rushed out of Yunxiu Tower. Lao Jiang quickly shouted to wait. But Liu Zongwu ignored him, went straight to the airport, and led his team members to take off immediately. Zhou Zhirou quickly called the Air Force No. 1 Headquarters and sent an order: "The Chairman ordered not to fight."

Liu Zongwu still refused to listen and led his team to search for enemy planes in the air. As a result, most of the gasoline was consumed and the Japanese plane was not found. Liu Zongwu then led the team back to the airport.

After that, Chang Kaishen no longer asked the Air Force for a decisive battle, saving fuel for the remaining air force. However, the morale of the Chinese Air Force is extremely low because they feel that they "must flee every battle", which is really a shame for military personnel.

Three weeks later, Japanese Zero fighters appeared in Kunming again.

The air force in Kunming is even weaker, with only some Hawker aircraft and I-15s. Not to mention the backwardness of the aircraft, the pilots only had a few aviation school instructors to support the scene, and the rest were all novices who had just graduated from the aviation school.

This air battle was equally heroic and brutal. Under the command of Captain Li Xiangyang, the Chinese aircraft lost two aircraft, which almost consumed the gasoline of the Japanese Zero fighters, and the Japanese invaders returned with no losses. During this period, Kunming was completely bombed by Japanese bombers, which directly caused Tongji University, Academia Sinica and the Society of Architecture to move to Lizhuang. At the same time, Southwest Associated University was also forced to open a new branch campus.

When Zhou Hexuan was in the UK, he had a telegram discussion with Feng Yong on the Zero fighter issue.

Military fans or World War II fans should know the weaknesses of the Japanese Zero fighter. Zhou Hexuan said that he had reliable information, which was given to him by a Japanese friend. He told Feng Yong all the weaknesses of the Zero fighter in the telegram.

But it is of little use because the performance of Chinese aircraft is too backward.

Take the Kunming air battle as an example. China only has Hawker aircraft and I-15s, with maximum speeds of 360 kilometers per hour and 367 kilometers per hour respectively. According to the later analysis of the US military, as long as it suddenly turns right and rolls at a speed of 370 kilometers per hour, it can escape the pursuit of the Zero fighter - the problem is that the maximum speed of the Chinese fighter jets cannot reach 370 kilometers per hour.

Another method to deal with Zero fighters was also used by the Chinese Air Force in the Chengdu air battle in early November after being reminded by Zhou Hexuan. That is to dive vertically and accelerate to get rid of the Zero's pursuit. This method was slightly effective, and even caused two Zero fighters to stop in the air and crash on the spot.

But that was all. After losing five Zero fighters as a result, the Japanese quickly learned their lesson and this situation did not happen again. Chinese aircraft can only rely on this method to survive and cannot stop Japanese bombing. The Zero is still the air supremacy on the Chinese battlefield.

This is impossible to play, the performance gap of the aircraft is too big.

The only good thing is that after learning that the Chinese Air Force suffered heavy losses, overseas Chinese raised funds and donated 217 aircraft. This time Soong Meiling did not dare to mess around again. Most of the donations were used to purchase fighter jets, but when they would arrive was a question.

Even if you can buy one, it will only be old goods from seven or eight years ago, such as Hawker and I-15, and they will still be unable to defeat the Zero fighter.