King's College, University of Cambridge.

Zhou Hexuan is doing his routine speech again, and the sustained effect of lashing out at Japan at institutions of higher learning like Oxbridge is far greater than that of giving a speech in the British Parliament.

Because these institutions will produce many future politicians, including senior British cabinet officials, and leaders of other countries and regions. If these people can be made to hate Japan in their hearts, it will affect their policies toward Japan to a greater or lesser extent 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 sat below, listening to Zhou Hexuan's second speech in Cambridge:

"Today we're going to talk about bombing, what bombing? Bombing of schools and cultural studies......"

"We know that since the outbreak of the large-scale war between the East and the West, Japan has carried out a major bombing of China, and Germany has also carried out a major bombing of Great Britain, and the people of the two countries have suffered unprecedented suffering in the war. But there is one phenomenon that deserves attention, and that is that Germany has not bombed British universities and scientific institutions until now, and I don't think that will happen when they come back. And the British retaliatory bombing of Germany also deliberately avoided the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg. ”

"It seems that as long as the developed countries in the West have a tacit understanding, that is, war has nothing to do with academics, and scholars, students, and institutions must be duly respected and protected."

The teachers and students of Cambridge University nodded subconsciously, they all agreed with this statement, and also believed that it was as it should be, and that culture, science and art should not 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 outbreak of the Sino-Japanese all-out war, when Japan bombed Shanghai, it targeted several Chinese universities. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, China's Central University, Fudan University, Jinling University, Tongji University, Southwest Associated University, and Chongqing University ...... This series of institutions of higher learning, and even some middle schools, became the focus of the Japanese bombing! ”

"This is contrary to the axiom of the world and fully proves the barbarism of the Japanese, and it is difficult to imagine that an advanced developed country would commit such an act."

"Gentlemen here, you are very happy, because Britain's opponent is Germany. No matter how brutal the Germans are, no matter how indiscriminate they kill innocents, as long as you continue to stay at Cambridge University, you can continue to study and do research without worry. But the Chinese counterparts can't, the professors and students are in the classroom, and they have to keep an eye out for the sirens and run to the bomb shelter. ”

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

The teachers and students of Cambridge were shocked, they could not imagine that a world-class chemist would have to cultivate his own vegetables, and an internationally renowned mathematician could only study academic ...... And how strong-willed are the professors, who lead their students to lecture in the field, and turn a deaf ear to the roar of planes in the sky.

"Bang bang bang!"

At the end of the speech, the audience applauded.

Well-known scholars in Cambridge went over to shake hands with Zhou Hexuan-

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

"Please say hello to the scholars and students in China on my behalf."

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

"I will always stand by my Chinese friends."

“……”

As a world-renowned scholar, Zhou Hexuan's influence is still great. As a result of his repeated speeches and propaganda over the years, the academic circles, at least in Britain and the United States, have had a very bad impression of Japan. Japan's bombing of China's institutions of higher learning alone is enough to become the public enemy of the world's academic circles – something that civilized countries do not do!

After a few days in Cambridge, 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 the short-term training course of the Oriental College founded by Xiao Qian to give lectures, and the students there were all international friends who were interested in going to China.

Zhou Hexuan did not talk about any profound things in the short-term training course of the Oriental College, but specifically talked about China's social customs and morality, and publicized the simplicity and kindness of the Chinese people.

This is not nonsense, but the real situation.

Historically, when these international volunteers came to Yunnan, China, they were greeted with great enthusiasm. Many times when they encounter bandits in the wild, those bandits, after learning their identity, immediately stop robbing and kidnapping tickets, and even give them food.

Xiao Qian's short-term training course has 32 students, 27 of whom will travel to China in the next few years. When leaving, Zhou Hexuan took a photo with these international friends, and in that photo, there were four people who will always be on Chinese soil.

On November 7, Zhou Hexuan left London by boat.

For the sake of safety, they boarded an American passenger ship, first detoured to the United States, and then took Haishengwei to the Soviet Union, and returned to China from northwest China via the Trans-Siberian Railway. This is equivalent to circumnavigating the earth for most of the time, which will definitely delay time, but it is also a helpless move, Zhou Hexuan doesn't want to fly back in person.

By the way, you can also go to the United States to see Vivien Li and Yu Peichen, especially Yu Peichen, she stayed in the United States to give birth to twin daughters, and Zhou Hexuan has not met her two daughters yet.

By the time they arrived on the West Coast of the United States, it was late November.

In these months, the Japanese offensive in China was mainly divided into two parts, namely, sweeping the occupied areas and bombing the large rear.

In the anti-sweep, although the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was not over, its achievements and military strength shocked both the Japanese and the government.

As for the bombing, Kunming and Chongqing became the main targets of the Japanese army's air raids, and the Yunnan-Burma Highway after the reopening was also taken special care by the Japanese planes.

At the same time, Japanese Zero fighters appeared in China.

On 13 September, 13 planes were shot down, 11 were damaged, and 10 pilots were killed in a single air battle, while the Japanese planes suffered few casualties.

Chang Kaishen was furious, completely ignoring Japan's new fighters, believing that the air force was useless, and demanded to continue the decisive battle against the enemy.

This is obviously a very wrong approach, and if someone else has an advanced fighter, he should conduct a tentative air battle to find out the situation of the other side and then fight back, and taking the initiative to take the air to fight a decisive battle is tantamount to suicide.

Liu Zongwu, the deputy captain of the Fourth Brigade, was unwilling to be humiliated and directly asked to meet the leader. Lao Jiang didn't listen to Liu Zongwu's defense at all, and reprimanded him again, Liu Zongwu could only shout: "Report to the chairman, I am the third phase of the aviation school, your student." Today, in order to save the country and save my compatriots, I will never give up, be willing, and move forward bravely. But it would be nice to make the Japanese pay a little price. Originally, our planes were inferior in quantity and quality to others, but now Japan has come up with new planes this year to beat our old goods from 10 years ago, and we have no chance to fight back. What is the point of such a sacrifice? After I report to you, I will definitely die for you in order to obey the order, and the report is complete! ”

I will surely die for you!

This sentence is said tragically and full of grievances.

After Liu Zongwu finished speaking, he rushed out of Yunxiu Tower, and Lao Jiang hurriedly shouted to wait. But Liu Zongwu ignored it, went straight to the airport, and led the team to take off immediately. Zhou Zhirou hurriedly called the Air Force First Road Command and ordered: "The chairman told him not to fight. ”

Liu Zongwu still didn't listen, and led his team to look for enemy planes in the air, but as a result, most of the gasoline was consumed and no shadow of the Japanese plane was found, so Liu Zongwu led the team back to the airport.

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

Three weeks later, the Japanese Zero fighters reappeared in Kunming.

The air force on the Kunming side was weaker, with only a few Hawkers and I-15s. Not to mention the backwardness of the plane, the pilots only had a few aviation school instructors to support the scene, and the rest were all freshmen who had just graduated from the aviation school.

Under the command of Captain Li Xiangyang, the Chinese lost 2 planes, which almost consumed the gasoline of the Japanese Zero fighters, and the Japanese returned home with zero losses. During this period, Kunming was bombed by Japanese bombers, which directly led to the relocation of Tongji University, Academia Sinica and Construction Institute to Lizhuang, and 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 issue of the Zero fighter.

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 told by a Japanese friend, and he told Feng Yong about the weaknesses of the Zero fighter in the telegram.

But it didn't work much, because China's aircraft were too backward.

Take the Kunming air battle as an example, China only has Hawker and I-15, with a limit speed 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 get rid of the pursuit of the Zero fighter - the problem is that the limit speed of the Chinese fighter cannot reach 370 kilometers.

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

But that's all, after the loss of 5 Zero fighters, the Japanese quickly learned to be obedient and did not repeat this situation. Chinese planes can only rely on this method to save their lives, and they cannot stop the Japanese bombing at all, and the Zero is still the air supremacy of the Chinese battlefield.

It's not playable at all, the performance gap of the aircraft is too big.

The only thing to be thankful for is that after learning of the heavy losses of the Chinese Air Force, overseas Chinese raised funds and donated 217 aircraft. This time, Song Meiling didn't dare to mess around again, and most of the donations were used to buy fighters, but when it would arrive was a question.

Even if you buy it, it can only be old goods from seven or eight years ago, such as the Hawker and I-15, and it still can't beat the Zero fighter.