Chapter 846 845 [United Front Model Province]

"Boom boom boom!"

Before the truck Zhou Hexuan was riding entered the city, another 18 Japanese planes flew in and carried out indiscriminate bombing of the urban area of ​​Guangzhou.

"Get off, get off!"

"Lie down in the grass and stay away from the car!"

"Don't stand and run!"

Sun Yongzhen, Zhu Guozhen and Min Zhou, who were responsible for protecting safety, shouted loudly and hurriedly got out of the car while protecting Zhou Hexuan and the two women. People on the road were also running around with their heads in arms and shouting everywhere. Zhou Hexuan even heard a child crying for his mother.

Fortunately, the enemy plane's bombing target was inside the city. After dropping nearly a hundred heavy bombs, they swaggered away.

Zhou Hexuan stood up and patted the dust on his butt, and couldn't help but cursed: "Fuck little Japan, is it over or not? It was bombed twice in one day!"

Next to him, there was a local man who was escaping from the bombing. He was wearing silk and looked quite luxurious. He said in difficult Mandarin: "Choose a position first. If you smash two books in one hall, you will be wiped out. If you scream in succession, the whole hall will be wiped out." Smash the four pieces of fertilizer. Guangzou seems to be unable to cut the meat, so I will move the fat star and cut the meat."

Zhou Hexuan pricked up his ears and thought about it carefully, and then he understood that the other party meant that two bombings a day was not enough, and four bombings a day during the Chinese New Year. Now there is no place for people to live in Guangzhou, so he can only move back to his hometown in the countryside. Zhou Hexuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said in Cantonese: "Fellow, how is the situation in Guangzhou?"

The other party replied in Cantonese: "Many people were killed in the bombing. From New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, at least several thousand died. At first, the Japanese only bombed railways and mines, but now they bomb everything they see. Two or three bombings a day are very common. Normally, at least 12 planes come every time, and at most there are forty or fifty at a time."

"The Japanese are hateful!" Yu Peichen said angrily.

Hearing Yu Peichen speak Mandarin, the other party switched to Guangdong Pu and waved his hand: "Don't instigate me, I'm going to miss you again, we are all in Guangzhou and staying in the forest. Renting a seat is enough!"

"Farewell!" Zhou Hexuan said with his fists in hand.

The closer to the city of Guangzhou, the worse the road conditions became. There were many potholes in many places, so Zhou Hexuan could only take people out of the car and push them around.

Entering the city, it was devastated, and many people were crying and holding the bodies of their deceased relatives. Some government officials and civil society groups are leading rescue efforts, and citizens are helping to exhume the injured and dead bodies.

Slogans such as "Fight to the End", "All People's United Front", "Vow to Live or Die with Guangzhou" are posted everywhere on the streets.

Not long after walking, Zhou Hexuan saw another parade, shouting slogans to defend Guangzhou and asking citizens to donate money to buy an airplane. People frantically surrounded the donation box and stuffed copper coins and banknotes into the box, hoping that the money could be turned into a plane immediately and have a good fight with the Japanese invaders' planes.

Yu Peichen was full of praise for this. She said: "I often see in newspapers that Guangdong is a 'United Front Model Province'. It seems that it is indeed true. Just after the bombing, the rescue team and medical team began to After work, the people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm was also extremely high."

"Alas, it's just superficial." Zhou Hexuan shook his head and sighed.

Zhu Guozhen asked doubtfully: "Sir, why do you say that?"

Zhou Hexuan didn't explain either: "You'll know if you look more."

Since the July 7th Incident broke out, the slogans of Guangdong Province have been extremely beautiful. The provincial government has carried out a series of united front work, such as releasing political prisoners, canceling censorship of postal and telecommunications news, allowing people to organize national salvation groups, forming local armed forces, and launching pro-democracy, air defense, and ambulance training courses, etc.

Political freedom, national resistance, and support from the people...this is the good impression Guangdong has left on outsiders.

But what is the real situation?

Guangdong now has three big bosses, namely Yu Hanmou, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, Wu Tiecheng, chairman and security commander of Guangdong Province, and Zeng Yangfu, mayor of Guangzhou. Instead of cooperating on anti-Japanese war matters, these three people restricted and competed with each other.

What to fight for?

Fight for face!

The three of them each established several international and domestic propaganda agencies, and shouted anti-war slogans loudly. You appoint a militia commander today, and I will appoint a national salvation general tomorrow. For more than half a year, militia commanders have been everywhere in Guangdong, and the number of civilian anti-Japanese volunteers is said to be hundreds of thousands.

However, the provincial government did not give these civilian anti-Japanese troops a single shot, nor did it pay attention to training, let alone arrange defense. The result was that "there were more commanders than soldiers, more soldiers than guns, and more guns than bullets." When the Japanese aggressors really came, everyone would be in a panic.

Since the Guangdong army was constantly transferred to Wuhan, Guangdong's defense was actually extremely empty. As for Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou, it was already difficult to restrain his generals, and he even believed that Japan would not attack South China in the short term.

It wasn't until April that Chiang Kai-shek sent a warning that Japan intended to attack Guangzhou. Yu Hanmou was able to improvise and rush to repair the fortifications. At the same time, he used this as an excuse to ask the central government for troops and food. News soon came that Japan had changed its plan to attack Guangzhou, and Yu Hanmou and his subordinates immediately relaxed.

While Guangzhou was being bombed by Yueyue, the Cantonese generals were busy having fun and making money, and some even abandoned their troops and traveled to Hong Kong. Military discipline has been corrupted to the extreme. The army has become a tool for smuggling and making money. They smuggle tungsten ore from Guangdong to Hong Kong, and then purchase in-demand goods from Hong Kong and return to Guangzhou, making a lot of money one by one. The checkpoints set up on the border became a smuggling station for generals. A large number of Japanese spies sneaked in from the checkpoints and found out the details of Guangzhou.

As for the money donated by ordinary people to buy the plane, I don’t know where it went. When Japan really started to attack, Yu Hanmou and others panicked, so they took the opportunity to make another profit - changing the land tax from tax to grain, which led to a severe shortage of grain, soaring prices, and even famine in Guangzhou. They also implemented a scorched-earth policy, burning what should be burned and destroying what should be destroyed. The people could not even get firewood, so they had to risk going out of the city to cut down trees. Some even dug graves and stole coffins to sell as firewood.

Before the Japanese invaders officially started their offensive, Guangzhou was already in a state of chaos and the public security order was extremely bad. The people were hungry, cold, and panicked, but Yu Hanmou and others actually ran away with the army after a slight resistance.

It's impossible to run away, the military is weak, the intelligence is wrong, and the deployment is chaotic... Just beat the shit!

The most speechless ones were the leaders of the Cantonese army. Japanese warships had appeared on the sea, and the garrison officers were still playing around. The defenders quickly called Guangzhou and Hong Kong to notify the officers there to return to the defense as soon as possible. Some people couldn't be found. What method do you think they used to inform them? At that time, in major movie theaters in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the words "Officers and soldiers of the 151st Division will return soon" suddenly appeared on the screen, confusing the moviegoers.

Well, the Japanese warships have sailed to the waters of Guangzhou, and the officers are still watching movies. Some even watch movies in Hong Kong...

This is the united front model province-Guangdong!